Item GRF/3/1 - Account Book of William Gray Senior

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GRF/3/1

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Account Book of William Gray Senior

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  • 1775-1826 (Creation)

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1 volume

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(1751-1845)

Biographical history

William Gray (1) was born in 1751, the son of a Hull customs officer. He married Faith Hopwood in Oct 1777. They had three children - Jonathan (b. 1779), Margaret (b. 1782) and William (2) (b. 1785). Gray died in 1845. His son Jonathan Gray and his wife Mary had two children - Margaret (b.1808) and William (3). Jonathan died in 1837. William Gray (3) had a son named Edwin (b. 1847). William died in 1880. Edwin died in 1929.
See Also - Gray; family

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William Gray, senior. ledger 'No 1', pocket and miscellaneous expenses, rent accounts, interest accounts and charity funds, besides account of numerous trusts and executorships. The accounts for the Committee of the Association (for parliamentary Reform), of which William Gray was Secretary, appear on page 42 for the year 1781

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  • English

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    legacy

    Acc 24 A1

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