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Excerpt from William Gray of Lynn, Massachusetts, and Some of His Descendants Note. - As far as any one knows, this Lynn family has no connec tion With the Gray families of Yarmouth, Plymouth, Boston, Salem, Beverly, etc., and on account of these numerous families, I have been unable, in some cases, to trace some branches of our Grays When they moved or left no record. A Gray Genealogy, by M. D. Raymond, under Salem Grays, says William Gray of Lynn was the son of Joseph Gray of Salem and Deborah Williams, but I can find absolutely no proof of it. There is also a tradition that Wil liam Gray's father was named William Gray and came from England to Salem, but I cannot find any proof of that. From the names he gave his children, it seems possible our William Gray belonged to the Grays of harrow-ou-the-hill and London, England, where the names William, Jeremiah, and Abraham Gray occur. There -is nothing which shows Whether or not, William Gray had any connec tion with Robert Gray of Lynn, whose marriage intention is re corded at Lynn, Oct. 19, 1700, to Dorothy Collins. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.