Gray, James, 1731-1795

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Gray, James, 1731-1795

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        1731-1795

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        James Gray was an officer in the British Army. He was born in Scotland in 1731. He migrated to the United States in 1763, settling in Albany, New York. During the American Revolutionary War, he fought in the King's Royal Reigment of New York. In 1777, he relocated near New Johnstown (now Cornwall), Upper Canada along with a number of other loyalists. He attained the rank of Major and continued to fight during the remainder of the war. Gray was married to Elizabeth Low, and they had several children together, including the judge Robert Isaac Dey Gray. He died on 11 May 1795 in Cornwall, Ontario.

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            Dates of activity and biographical details based on content of the collection, and an entry for his son, Robert Isaac Dey in the Dictionary of Canadian Biography: http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/gray_robert_isaac_dey_5E.html

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