Arabella Jemima Gray

1768 - 1860  (92 years)

• Name	Arabella Jemima Gray  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Birth	1768	Rowan County, North Carolina, USA   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Female
  Census	1840	Austin County, Texas, USA   [6]
  	Austin Colony Pioneers
  DAR/SAR	Daughter of the Republic of Texas
  		Seal-DRT
  Residence	1846	Washington County, Texas, USA   [4]
  Death	12 Apr 1860	Brenham, Washington, Texas, USA   [1, 3]
  Burial	Walker Cemetery, Brenham, Washington, Texas, USA   [3]
  	Arabella Dever Gray Harrington ~ Republic of Texas
  		Grave Marker-HARRINGTON Arabella (Republic of Texas)
  		Cemetery-WALKER (BrenhamTX)
  		Grave-HARRINGTON Arabella
  Person ID	I13679	A Tree Called Smith
  Last Modified	2 Mar 2023

  
  

  Father	William R Gray,   b. 1745, Gillingham, Dorset, England d. 18 Oct 1780, Kings Mountain, Cleveland, North Carolina, USA (Age 35 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Lydia gray,   b. 1747, Augusta County, Virginia, USA d. 1820, Burke County, North Carolina, USA (Age 73 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	1765	Burke County, North Carolina, USA   [7]
  Family ID	F4749	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	John William Harrington,   b. 1760, Virginia, USA d. 1826, Arkansas, USA (Age 66 years)
  Marriage	15 Sep 1814	Livingston County, Kentucky, USA   [2, 5]
  Family ID	F1146	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	2 Mar 2023

  
  

  Family 2	Nathaniel Deaver,   b. 11 Oct 1760, Baltimore, Independent Cities, Maryland, USA d. Dec 1810, Randolph County, Illinois, USA (Age 50 years)
  Children	1. Mary Mariah 'Polly' Deaver,   b. 6 Dec 1810, Randolph County, Illinois, USA d. 15 Jun 1892, Catheys Valley, Mariposa, California, USA (Age 81 years)  [natural]
  Family ID	F2499	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	2 Mar 2023

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1768 - Rowan County, North Carolina, USA Marriage - 15 Sep 1814 - Livingston County, Kentucky, USA Census - Austin Colony Pioneers - 1840 - Austin County, Texas, USA Residence - 1846 - Washington County, Texas, USA Death - 12 Apr 1860 - Brenham, Washington, Texas, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Arms and Icons

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• Sources

  [S1277] Ancestry.com, U.S., Federal Census Mortality Schedules Index, 1850-1880, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 1999;). [S110] Yates Publishing, U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2004;), Source number: 2318.001; Source type: Family group sheet, FGSE, listed as parents; Number of Pages: 1. [S34] Ancestry.com, Find a Grave, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;), Arabella Jemima Dever Gray Harrington Birth 1768, Rowan County, North Carolina, USA Death 12 Apr 1860 (aged 91–92), Brenham, Washington County, Texas, USA Burial Walker Cemetery, Brenham, Washington County, Texas, USA Memorial ID 9474347. Arabella Jemima GRAY was born in 1768 to William GRAY and Lydia (Richardson) GRAY in Rowan County, NC. She married Nathaniel DEAVER in 1791 at Buncombe County, NC. Nathaniel died in 1812 in the Illinois Territory. (They had several children.) Arabella married John Walton HARRINGTON about 1812 in NC. They were coming to Texas when John was killed in a sawmill accident in Arkansas. She arrived in Texas in the 1820s while it was still under Mexican rule and settled in present day Brenham, Washington County. Much of downtown Brenham is built on the Harrington League. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/9474347/arabella-jemima_dever-harrington [S1278] Ancestry.com, Texas, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1820-1890, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 1999;). [S209] Dodd, Jordan, Kentucky Marriages, 1802-1850, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 1997;). [S1279] Austin [Texas] Colony Pioneers, Austin [Texas] Colony Pioneers. Austin [Texas] Colony Pioneers [S550] Ancestry.com, North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2016;), Book Title: Lineage Book of the Charter Members of the DAR Vol 075. North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000