Capt. Daniel Bray and Mary Woolverton
Husband Capt. Daniel Bray 1
Born: 12 Oct 1751 - Kingwood Township, Hunterdon County, NJ Baptized: Died: 5 Dec 1819 - Hunterdon County, NJ Buried: - Rosemont Cemetery, Delaware Township, Hunterdon County, NJ Find A Grave ID: 11192245Marriage: 2 May 1772 - Trenton, Mercer County, NJ
Wife Mary Woolverton 1
AKA: Mary Wolverton Born: 2 Nov 1756 - Hunterdon County, NJ Baptized: Died: 19 Apr 1840 - Kingwood Township, Hunterdon County, NJ Buried: - Rosemont Cemetery, Delaware Township, Hunterdon County, NJ Find A Grave ID: 11193120
Father: Dennis Woolverton {FSID: LRBJ-1MC, FGID: 27168083} 1 Mother: Elizabeth Pettit {FSID: M6S8-KNN, FGID: 27180157} 1
Children
1 F Elizabeth (Betsy) Bray 1
AKA: Rittenhouse Born: 24 Jan 1775 - New Jersey colony Baptized: Died: 18 Dec 1845 Buried: - Baptistown Cemetery, Baptistown, Hunterdon County, NJ Find A Grave ID: 39843886Spouse: Edward Rittenhouse {FGID: 40450776} 1 Marr: 18 Dec 1791
2 F Delilah Bray 1
AKA: Rittenhouse Born: 1 Feb 1777 - NJ Baptized: Died: After 1850 Buried:Spouse: Jonathan Rittenhouse 1 Marr: 10 Jul 1796
3 M John Bray 1
Born: 25 May 1779 - NJ Baptized: Died: 26 Jan 1818 - Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA Buried: - Rosemont Cemetery, Delaware Township, Hunterdon County, NJ Find A Grave ID: 11193122
4 M Jonathan Bray 1
Born: 25 Jan 1781 - NJ Baptized: Died: Buried:Spouse: Elizabeth Cool
5 F Hannah Bray 1
Born: 28 Oct 1783 - NJ Baptized: Died: 10 Nov 1858 - Lambertville, Hunterdon County, NJ Buried: - Hopewell Baptist Meeting House Cemetery, Hopewell, Mercer County, NJ Find A Grave ID: 53763746Spouse: Jonathan Blackwell {FGID: 53763745} Marr: 25 Oct 1801
6 M James Bray 1
Born: 2 Aug 1785 - NJ Baptized: Died: 16 Mar 1786 - NJ Buried:
7 F Susan(nah) Bray 1
Born: 6 Dec 1786 - NJ Baptized: Died: Abt 1862 Buried:Spouse: Israel Bateman
8 M Andrew Bray 1
Born: 12 Dec 1789 - NJ Baptized: Died: 27 Mar 1849 Buried: - Slacktown Cemetery, Kingwood, Hunterdon County, NJ Find A Grave ID: 100297227Spouse: Sarah Rittenhouse {FGID: 100296992}
9 M Sidney Bray 1
AKA: Sydney Bray Born: 15 Dec 1791 - NJ Baptized: Died: 2 Jun 1803 Buried:
10 M Wilson Bray 1
Born: 21 Dec 1793 - Hunterdon County, NJ Baptized: Died: 22 Nov 1850 - Kingwood Township, Hunterdon County, NJ Buried: - Methodist Episcopal Church Cemetery, Kingwood, Hunterdon County, NJ FamilySearch ID: LHJM-WDK Find A Grave ID: 140590701Spouse: Mary West {FSID: KHMN-Q5J, FGID: 14472039} Marr: 4 Dec 1816 - Hunterdon County, NJ
11 M Daniel Bray 1
Born: 20 Jul 1795 - NJ Baptized: Died: Buried:Spouse: Elizabeth Kirk
12 M Gardner Bray
Born: 15 Dec 1797 Baptized: Died: 15 Jan 1798 Buried:
13 M Garner Bray 1
Born: Abt 15 Dec 1797 - NJ Baptized: Died: Abt 15 Jan 1798 - NJ Buried:
14 F Mary Bray 1
Born: 10 Oct 1801 - NJ Baptized: Died: 25 Mar 1812 - NJ Buried:
General Notes: Husband - Capt. Daniel Bray
https://www.genealogy.com/ftm/m/a/d/Sharon-L-Madsen-CA/BOOK-0001/0005-0003.html#CHILD11
https://www.genealogy.com/ftm/w/o/l/Richard-C-Wolverton/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-1260.html
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.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/11192245
General Notes: Wife - Mary Woolverton
FTM BIRT: RIN MH:IF10688
From Emma Ten Broeck Runk: EXTRACT FROM MARRIAGES RECORDED IN SECRETARY OF STATE'S OFFICE, TRENTON, N. J.
https://www.genealogy.com/ftm/m/a/d/Sharon-L-Madsen-CA/BOOK-0001/0005-0003.html#CHILD11 - Mary Wolverton
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
https://www.genealogy.com/ftm/w/o/l/Richard-C-Wolverton/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-1258.html - b abt. 1752
Research Notes: Wife - Mary Woolverton
== Biography ==
<ref>Entered by Hal Wolverton.</ref>
== Sources ==
Hunterdon County NJ Archives Biographies.....Daniel BRAY, 1751 - 1819- Author: Rev. Joseph F. Folsom
=== Footnotes ===
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=== Acknowledgments ===
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Notes: Marriage
FTM
MARR: RIN MH:FF3531
From Emma Ten Broeck Runk: EXTRACT FROM MARRIAGES RECORDED IN SECRETARY OF STATE'S OFFICE, TRENTON, N. J.
https://www.genealogy.com/ftm/m/a/d/Sharon-L-Madsen-CA/BOOK-0001/0005-0003.html#CHILD11 - 14 May 1772
from David Macdonald
Alt. Marriage: Mary Woolverton Date: 14 May 1772 Location: Ringoes, Amwell Twp., Hunterdon Cty., NJ
https://www.genealogy.com/ftm/w/o/l/Richard-C-Wolverton/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-1260.html - 14 May 1772
https://www.genealogy.com/ftm/w/o/l/Richard-C-Wolverton/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-1258.html - 14 May 1772
Sources
1. WikiTree Wolverton Family.
1 WikiTree Wolverton Family.
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