George Wesley PRAY

Birth:
18 Jan 1791
Foster Prov., R.I.
Death:
14 Jul 1840
Rochester, Monroe, New York
Father:
John PRAY
Notes:
                   Bible of John and Deborah Pray in possession of Frank Lansing Heath
Benn's Rhode Island Families, vol. 3, pp. 114, 275
Ballou Genealogy
Heath Record pp. 79-159
Mt. Morris Cemetery, Groveland, New York
Hammond's History, Madison, New York, p. 702
Foster Bk. 3, p. 143: Will of Deborah Wade

Unpublished Pray Genealogy by John Lansing Pray (1839-1911)
Records of Schuler M. Pray of Delta, Ohio, son of Miles S. Pray
Gen. records of Iva Andrews Weedon of East Killingly, Conn.
The Rhode Island Branch of the Pray Family,
       compiled by Marjorie Bucher Shufelt, Waterville, Ohio
Elizabeth BURTON
Birth:
Abt 1796
of Foster Prov., R.I.
Death:
1 Dec 1851
Rochester, Monroe, New York
Father:
Blocked
Mother:
Blocked
Notes:
                   Unpublished Pray Genealogy by John Lansing Pray (1839-1911)
Records of Schuler M. Pray of Delta, Ohio, son of Miles S. Pray
Gen. records of Iva Andrews Weedon of East Killingly, Conn.
The Rhode Island Branch of the Pray Family,
       compiled by Marjorie Bucher Shufelt, Waterville, Ohio
Children
Marriage
1
Mary PRAY
Birth:
Abt 1813
Foster Prov., R.I.
Death:
Notes:
                   Unpublished Pray Genealogy by John Lansing Pray (1839-1911)
Records of Schuler M. Pray of Delta, Ohio, son of Miles S. Pray
Gen. records of Iva Andrews Weedon of East Killingly, Conn.
The Rhode Island Branch of the Pray Family,
       compiled by Marjorie Bucher Shufelt, Waterville, Ohio
2
Lydia PRAY
Birth:
16 Sep 1835
Foster Prov., R.I.
Death:
18 Nov 1898
Rochester, Massachusetts
Notes:
                   Unpublished Pray Genealogy by John Lansing Pray (1839-1911)
Records of Schuler M. Pray of Delta, Ohio, son of Miles S. Pray
Gen. records of Iva Andrews Weedon of East Killingly, Conn.
The Rhode Island Branch of the Pray Family,
       compiled by Marjorie Bucher Shufelt, Waterville, Ohio
3
Nathan PRAY
Birth:
6 Apr 1815
Foster Prov., R.I.
Death:
27 Jun 1860
Notes:
                   Unpublished Pray Genealogy by John Lansing Pray (1839-1911)
Records of Schuler M. Pray of Delta, Ohio, son of Miles S. Pray
Gen. records of Iva Andrews Weedon of East Killingly, Conn.
The Rhode Island Branch of the Pray Family,
       compiled by Marjorie Bucher Shufelt, Waterville, Ohio

Nathan and Jane Pray had no children.
4
Orman O. PRAY
Birth:
1 Mar 1818
Foster Prov., R.I.
Death:
Esther Ann RICHARDS 
Marr:
20 Mar 1844
 
Notes:
                   Unpublished Pray Genealogy by John Lansing Pray (1839-1911) pp. 159, 171
Records of Schuler M. Pray of Delta, Ohio, son of Miles S. Pray
Gen. records of Iva Andrews Weedon of East Killingly, Conn.
The Rhode Island Branch of the Pray Family,
       compiled by Marjorie Bucher Shufelt, Waterville, Ohio

       Orman may have been born in Canada;  he lived in Otsego and Rochester, New York, then Eureka, Clinton, Michigan.  In 1824 he was living with his parents in Otsego Co., New York.

       The record of this family was given in a letter to John Lansing Pray from Dr. Frances Marian Pray, 18 West Ohio St., Indianapolis, Indiana.
5
Miles S. PRAY
Birth:
23 Mar 1824
Foster Prov., R.I.
Death:
20 Jul 1892
Delta, Fulton, Ohio
Notes:
                   Unpublished Pray Genealogy by John Lansing Pray (1839-1911)
Records of Schuler M. Pray of Delta, Ohio, son of Miles S. Pray
Gen. records of Iva Andrews Weedon of East Killingly, Conn.
1880 Census, Delta, Ohio
The Rhode Island Branch of the Pray Family,
       compiled by Marjorie Bucher Shufelt, Waterville, Ohio

Miles Pray was a jeweler in Delta, Ohio.
6
Elizabeth PRAY
Birth:
11 Apr 1823
Foster Prov., R.I.
Death:
7 Sep 1882
Notes:
                   Unpublished Pray Genealogy by John Lansing Pray (1839-1911)
Records of Schuler M. Pray of Delta, Ohio, son of Miles S. Pray
Gen. records of Iva Andrews Weedon of East Killingly, Conn.
The Rhode Island Branch of the Pray Family,
       compiled by Marjorie Bucher Shufelt, Waterville, Ohio

Lived in Rochester, New York.
7
George Wesley PRAY
Birth:
16 May 1827
Otsego, New York
Death:
8 Aug 1891
Elsie, Clinton, Michigan
Caroline H. POND 
Marr:
31 Oct 1860
Brighton, Livingston, Michigan 
Notes:
                   Records of Schuler M. Pray of Delta, Ohio, son of Miles S. Pray
Gen. records of Iva Andrews Weedon of East Killingly, Conn.
PRAY unpublished genealogy by John Lansing (1839-1911,) pp. 159, 171
The Rhode Island Branch of the Pray Family,
       compiled by Marjorie Bucher Shufelt, Waterville, Ohio

George Pray lived in  St. John's, Michigan; he enlisted and served 2 years and 10 months in Co. G, 23rd Michigan Infantry.
8
Geneverah Maria PRAY
Birth:
11 May 1837
Rochester, Monroe, New York
Death:
12 Apr 1904
Rochester, Monroe, New York
Notes:
                   Unpublished Pray genealogy by John Lansing Pray (1839-1911) pp. 79, 167
Records of Montrepose Cemetery at Kingston, New York
Records of Schuler M. Pray of Delta, Ohio, son of Miles S. Pray
Gen. records of Iva Andrews Weedon of East Killingly, Conn.
The Rhode Island Branch of the Pray Family,
       compiled by Marjorie Bucher Shufelt, Waterville, Ohio


Geneverah Pray Peelor was buried in the Montrepose Cemetery at Kingston, Ulster, New York.  There were no children by her second marriage to W. H. Winton.
9
Byron Gordon PRAY
Birth:
11 May 1837
Rochester, New York
Death:
14 Aug 1837
 
Marr:
 
Notes:
                   Unpublished Pray Genealogy by John Lansing Pray (1839-1911)
Records of Schuler M. Pray of Delta, Ohio, son of Miles S. Pray
Gen. records of Iva Andrews Weedon of East Killingly, Conn.
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George Wesley Pray - Elizabeth Burton

George Wesley Pray was born at Foster Prov., R.I. 18 Jan 1791. His parents were John Pray and Deborah Wade.

He married Elizabeth Burton . Elizabeth Burton was born at of Foster Prov., R.I. Abt 1796 .

They were the parents of 9 children:
Mary Pray born Abt 1813.
Lydia Pray born 16 Sep 1835.
Nathan Pray born 6 Apr 1815.
Orman O. Pray born 1 Mar 1818.
Miles S. Pray born 23 Mar 1824.
Elizabeth Pray born 11 Apr 1823.
George Wesley Pray born 16 May 1827.
Geneverah Maria Pray born 11 May 1837.
Byron Gordon Pray born 11 May 1837.

George Wesley Pray died 14 Jul 1840 at Rochester, Monroe, New York .

Elizabeth Burton died 1 Dec 1851 at Rochester, Monroe, New York .