Newsletter 2 1978.pdf - The Grayson Family

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se of all the above research was paid personally by
a pension to hls wi ow, in existence. (-on
and myself. There has been no financial gain to , ington, D. Cb were searched.)
either of us. here was one exception, where six interested people . All of dates and names are proved in William Gracen's fnmilyvolufltnrily
donated money to pay a genealogist in Ireland. The Un- . by hir ~ibl&'a~d tllosa of his two sons, ~ d birth ~ and death ~ .a ~
used I'ortions of this were refunded to Mrs. J* P* Grayson; dates are not jn these BiMes-only his mnrrja~e date to Ann Sarah &
hfrs. V. Gral~am, Mrs. George Sheldon and hfr, D, W. Xnox, Mr.lE. C, ; Burgess, and the birth dates of his first three children. According a
Grayson. I was the sixth donater. . Several were kind enough to . to the War Indent, Edward had to be born between the dates of his \o
donate their refullds toward expense of postage stamps. The in- sisters' birth, 1783; and the cleath date on Indent of his father, Dec. w
formation sent from the gelledogi~t in Irclnnd has not been "Proved" 1 1785 (or soon after in 1780). ~ 1 Indent , ~ proves the deadl of John,
to connect with our first ancestors, in this country, namely-John and
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between his appearance in July 1785 and Payment made to his estate
Isabella (Skilling) Gracen.
: in Dec. 1785. The Census gives Edward's birth in 1787, which gives
Ilere nre some fncts to prove that our search for the marriage::' a difEe~~nce of one or two years. According to descendants,
date of this couple seems I~opeless, unless n "Known" old Bible comes