Capt. Daniel Bray [11192245] and Mary Woolverton [11193120]
Husband Capt. Daniel Bray [35779] [11192245]
Born: 12 Oct 1751 - Hunterdon County, NJ Christened: Died: 5 Dec 1819 - Hunterdon County, NJ Buried: - Rosemont Cemetery, Delaware Township, Hunterdon County, NJMarriage: 2 May 1772 - Trenton, Mercer County, NJ [MRIN:12000]
Wife Mary Woolverton [35693] [11193120]
Born: 2 Nov 1756 - Hunterdon County, NJ Christened: Died: 19 Apr 1840 - Kingwood, Hunterdon County, NJ Buried: - Rosemont Cemetery, Delaware Township, Hunterdon County, NJ
Father: Dennis Woolverton [19] [LRBJ-1MC] [27168083] (1709-1774) Mother: Elizabeth Pettit [20] [M6S8-KNN] [27180157] (1714-1785)
Children
1 F Elizabeth (Betsy) Bray [35780] [39843886]
Born: 24 Jan 1775 Christened: Died: 18 Dec 1845 Buried: - Baptistown Cemetery, Baptistown, Hunterdon County, NJSpouse: Edward Rittenhouse [35793] [40450776] (1768-1821) Marr: [MRIN:12001]
2 F Delilah Bray [7744]
Born: 1 Feb 1777 Christened: Died: After 1850 Buried:Spouse: Jonathan Rittenhouse [7846] (1770-1846) Marr: [MRIN:2571]
3 M John Bray [35782] [11193122]
Born: 25 May 1779 Christened: Died: 26 Jan 1818 Buried: - Rosemont Cemetery, Delaware Township, Hunterdon County, NJ
4 M Jonathan Bray [35783]
Born: 25 Jan 1781 Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: Elizabeth Cool [35966] ( - ) Marr: [MRIN:12072]
5 F Hannah Bray [35784] [53763746]
Born: 28 Oct 1783 - NJ Christened: Died: 10 Nov 1858 - Lambertville, Hunterdon County, NJ Buried: - Hopewell Baptist Meeting House Cemetery, Hopewell, Mercer County, NJSpouse: Jonathan Blackwell [35977] [53763745] (1777-1821) Marr: 25 Oct 1801 [MRIN:12076]
6 M James Bray [7748]
Born: 2 Aug 1785 Christened: Died: 16 Mar 1786 Buried:
7 F Susan(nah) Bray [35786]
Born: 6 Dec 1786 Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: Israel Bateman [35986] ( - ) Marr: [MRIN:12081]
8 M Andrew Bray [35787] [100297227]
Born: 12 Dec 1789 Christened: Died: 27 Mar 1849 Buried: - Slacktown Cemetery, Kingwood, Hunterdon County, NJSpouse: Sarah Rittenhouse [35995] [100296992] (1795-1882) Marr: [MRIN:12085]
9 M Sidney Bray [7751]
Born: 15 Dec 1791 Christened: Died: 2 Jun 1803 Buried:
10 M Wilson Bray [35789] [140590701]
Born: 21 Dec 1793 - Hunterdon County, NJ Christened: Died: 22 Nov 1850 - Kingwood, Hunterdon County, NJ Buried: - Methodist Episcopal Church Cemetery, Kingwood, Hunterdon County, NJSpouse: Mary West [36001] [14472039] (1800-1876) Marr: [MRIN:12087]
11 M Daniel Bray [35790]
Born: 20 Jul 1795 Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: Elizabeth Kirk [36033] ( - ) Marr: [MRIN:12102]
12 M Gardner Bray [7754]
Born: 15 Dec 1797 Christened: Died: 15 Jan 1798 Buried:
13 F Mary Bray [7755]
Born: 10 Oct 1801 Christened: Died: 25 Mar 1812 Buried:
General Notes: Husband - Capt. Daniel Bray [11192245]
FTM BIRT: RIN MH:IF12480
from Emma Ten Broeck Runk
birthdate from David Macdonald
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=11192245
Birth: Oct. 12, 1751
Hunterdon County
New Jersey, USA
Death: Dec. 5, 1819
Hunterdon County
New Jersey, USA
Captain Daniel Bray was the Kingwood Township, New Jersey farmer who, with other members of the Hunterdon County Militia under his command, collected all of the boats on the upper Delaware.
Boats were gathered from Easton to Bordentown, being then hidden on Malta Island so the British could not follow Washington as he escaped across the Delaware River into Pennsylvania. Daniel Bray was the leader of the "Boat Gatherers". He also fought at Millstone, Germantown, Monmouth, Paramus, Passaic, Woodbridge, Passaic Falls, Springfield, Byers, Elizabethtown Point, and
Quibbletown.
This action was part of Washington's retreat across New Jersey prior to the famous Battle of Trenton, Christmas night 1776, when he moved his army back into New Jersey and defeated the British and Hessians, reversing the course of the war.
Family links:
Spouse:
Mary Wolverton Bray (1756 - 1840)*
Children:
Elizabeth Bray Rittenhouse (1775 - 1845)*
John Bray (1779 - 1818)*
Hannah Bray Blackwell (1783 - 1858)*
Andrew Bray (1789 - 1849)*
Wilson Bray (1793 - 1850)*
*Calculated relationship
Inscription:
Sacred to the memory of Daniel Bray, born October the 12th, A. D. 1751, and departed this life December the 5th, A. D. 1819, in the 69th year of his age.
Burial:
Rosemont Cemetery
Rosemont
Hunterdon County
New Jersey, USA
Created by: Duke Thatcher
Record added: Jun 17, 2005
Find A Grave Memorial# 11192245
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Bray
Daniel Bray (October 12, 1751 – December 5, 1819)[1] was a Captain on General George Washington's staff during the American Revolutionary War. Captain Bray, along with members of the Hunterdon County Militia under his command, collected the boats necessary for crossing the Delaware River on the night of December 25–26, 1776 prior to the Battle of Trenton.[2] After the war he became the general in the New Jersey state Militia.
He was married to Mary Wolverton. Children of Daniel Bray and Mary Wolverton are:
Elizabeth Bray, b. January 24, 1775, d. date unknown.
Delilah Bray, b. February 1, 1777, d. date unknown.
John Bray, b. May 25, 1779, d. January 26, 1818.
Jonathan Bray, b. June 25, 1781, d. date unknown.
Hannah Bray, b. April 28, 1783, d. date unknown.
James Bray, b. August 2, 1785, d. March 16, 1786.
Susannah Bray, b. December 6, 1786, d. date unknown.
Andrew Bray, b. December 12, 1789, d. date unknown.
Sidney Bray, b. December 15, 1791, d. June 2, 1803.
Wilson Bray, b. December 21, 1793, d. November 22, 1850.
Daniel Bray, b. July 20, 1795, d. 1857.
Gardner Bray, b. December 15, 1797, d. January 15, 1798.
Mary Bray, b. October 10, 1801, d. April 25, 1812
The boats played a very prominent part in the attack on Trenton. For all time Washington crossing the Delaware will be one of the most dramatic incidents of the great struggle. Art has fixed it upon canvas, history has dwelt upon it. But few eyes beheld that little band of men risking life and health through the long nights. bringing the boats to Washington.
A large portion of New Jersey Route 29 is named the Daniel Bray Highway in honor of Captain Bray's vital role in this critical phase of the Revolutionary War.
In 1903 Joseph F. Folsom wrote "The Ballad of Daniel Bray", which is printed in "Patriotic Poems of New Jersey" compiled by W. C. Armstrong, and in "Historic Trenton" by Louise Hewitt.[1]
Author: Rev. Joseph F. Folsom "Many patriots who in the long struggle did less for their country's freedom than Daniel Bray are to-day more honored and sung, although he, through many perils, gathered by night the fleet of boats by which Washington crossed the icy Delaware. Even had the battle of Trenton proved a disaster for the Americans, instead of the glorious victory it actually became, the dangerous descent of the swiftly flowing river, from the mouth of the Lehigh to Malta Island, a journey of fifty miles through long wintry nights, accomplished by Captain Bray and his compatriots, should at least give his name a place beside those of Paul Revere, Sergeant Jasper and Molly Pitcher."
After the war, Daniel Bray, like Cincinnatus, went back to being a Hunterdon County farmer, on his homestead farm in Kingwood Township. He and his wife Mary Wolverton already had four children by the end of the war. Daniel Bray is also listed as a noble traitor in the House of Lords England and him and his descendants would suffer loss of title and property in the British Empire.
General Notes: Wife - Mary Woolverton [11193120]
FTM BIRT: RIN MH:IF10688
from Emma Ten Broeck Runk
birthdate from David Macdonald
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=wolverton&GSiman=1&GSpartial=1&GSby=1850&GSbyrel=before&GSdyrel=all&GSob=n&GRid=11193120&df=all&
Birth: Nov. 2, 1756
Hunterdon County
New Jersey, USA
Death: Apr. 19, 1840
Hunterdon County
New Jersey, USA
Daughter of Dennis Wolverton and Elizabeth Pettit
Family links:
Spouse:
Daniel Bray (1751 - 1819)
Children:
Elizabeth Bray Rittenhouse (1775 - 1845)*
John Bray (1779 - 1818)*
Hannah Bray Blackwell (1783 - 1858)*
Andrew Bray (1789 - 1849)*
Wilson Bray (1793 - 1850)*
*Calculated relationship
Inscription:
Sacred to the memory of MARY BRAY wife of DANIEL BRAY who departed this life April 19, AD. 1840 in the 84th year of her age.
Burial:
Rosemont Cemetery
Rosemont
Hunterdon County
New Jersey, USA
Created by: Duke Thatcher
Record added: Jun 18, 2005
Find A Grave Memorial# 11193120
Notes: Marriage
FTM
MARR: RIN MH:FF3531
from Emma Ten Broeck Runk
from David Macdonald