The Gray Family Reunion web page has been established as a source of reference for the descendants of William Gray and Sarah Wright Maynard, and their children, Edward Nixon Gray, Sarah Elizabeth Gray, Frances Gray, and William Gray, along with Sarah Wright Maynard's children, Mary Ann Maynard and John Henry Maynard, from her previous marriage to Henry Maynard. There is not much available information about William Gray and Sarah Wright Maynard Gray. They were married on December 27, 1823 in Auckland Saint Andrew, Durham, England. Click on the "married" link to see their marriage certificate and notice one of the witness's names is Edwin Nixon. Another interesting thing is that Sarah Wright's two marriages to Henry Maynard and William Gray both took place on December 27, but 10 years apart, 1813 and 1823.
Additional information about William's and Sarah's children can be found by clicking on the links below.
William Gray was William and Sarah's first child. He was christened on January 15, 1825 in Durham, England. He moved with his mom and dad from England to New York and then to Galveston, Texas around 1835.
Edward Nixon Gray, was born in Durham, England
and was christened on November 4, 1826 in the Parish of Saint Andrew Auckland, Durham, England. On January 13, 1853, Edward Nixon married Rosa Garza Garcia in the Parish of the Village of Santa Ana de Carmargo, Mexico. He and Rosa had 14 children. Edward Nixon died at his ranch near San Diego, Texas on September 11, 1897 at the age of 70.
Sarah Eliza Gray was born in Durham, England and was christened on December 2, 1828. On September 8, 1859, she married William Mansell Power in the Trinity Church in Galveston, Texas. She and William had a child, Annie Gibson Power, on July 15, 1860. Sarah died on December 30, 1898 in Luling, Texas at the age of 70.
Frances Gray, according to the 1850 US Census, was born in New York around 1835, shortly before the Grays moved to Galveston, Texas. In the 1850 US Census, she was age 15 and living with her half-sister, Mary Ann Maynard, and Mary Ann's family in Galveston, Texas, so we can assume that both of her parents had died by this time. She married William Griffith in Galveston, Texas and died in the Rosenburg home in Galveston, Texas.
Mary Ann Maynard was born around 1815 in England. In the 1850 US Census, she lists her age as 30. She married Stephen VanSickle around 1845 and they had 3 children. Mary Ann died in June, 1880 in Houston, Texas.
John Henry Maynard was also born around 1815 in England. He moved from England to Galveston when he was about 20 years old. He never married and died in Galveston in 1838, at the age of 23.
