Cathryn Christena Bray was one of 11 children of Henry Bray (1727-1799) & Cathryn Jarbo (1731-1800); she went by her middle name.
married 5 July 1784 in Maryland to Revolutionary War veteran Edward Roberts (1754-1832), son of William Roberts & Sarah Elizabeth Addison; children--from a family tree on Ancestry, not all proven:
Elizabeth Roberts 1785–1867, wed Paul Huls
Henry Roberts 1787–1834
William Roberts 1788-1859
John Roberts 1789–1835
Anna Roberts 1791–1868, wed John Roush
Jane "Jennie" Roberts 1794–1869, wed Joab Morton
Mary "Polly" Roberts 1796–1856, wed Amsted Carder
Edward Roberts 1798–1844
Chapman Roberts 1801–1846
Nathan Roberts 1803–1859
James Roberts 1805–1862
Dorcas Roberts 1807–1834
Frederick Roberts 1811-1883, named after Christena's brother Frederick Bray, also a Revolutionary War veteran--findagrave# 50281639
After her husband's death in 1832, Christena received a Revolutionary War widow's pension. The many family trees posted on Ancestry differ on Christena's place of death: Jefferson County, Indiana, Jefferson County, Ohio, and Jefferson County, Iowa. Iowa is the winner, as the 1856 census of Walnut, Jefferson County, Iowa, lists aged Christena living with her youngest son Frederick and his family.
married 5 July 1784 in Maryland to Revolutionary War veteran Edward Roberts (1754-1832), son of William Roberts & Sarah Elizabeth Addison; children--from a family tree on Ancestry, not all proven:
Elizabeth Roberts 1785–1867, wed Paul Huls
Henry Roberts 1787–1834
William Roberts 1788-1859
John Roberts 1789–1835
Anna Roberts 1791–1868, wed John Roush
Jane "Jennie" Roberts 1794–1869, wed Joab Morton
Mary "Polly" Roberts 1796–1856, wed Amsted Carder
Edward Roberts 1798–1844
Chapman Roberts 1801–1846
Nathan Roberts 1803–1859
James Roberts 1805–1862
Dorcas Roberts 1807–1834
Frederick Roberts 1811-1883, named after Christena's brother Frederick Bray, also a Revolutionary War veteran--findagrave# 50281639
After her husband's death in 1832, Christena received a Revolutionary War widow's pension. The many family trees posted on Ancestry differ on Christena's place of death: Jefferson County, Indiana, Jefferson County, Ohio, and Jefferson County, Iowa. Iowa is the winner, as the 1856 census of Walnut, Jefferson County, Iowa, lists aged Christena living with her youngest son Frederick and his family.
Cathryn Christena Bray was one of 11 children of Henry Bray (1727-1799) & Cathryn Jarbo (1731-1800); she went by her middle name.
married 5 July 1784 in Maryland to Revolutionary War veteran Edward Roberts (1754-1832), son of William Roberts & Sarah Elizabeth Addison; children--from a family tree on Ancestry, not all proven:
Elizabeth Roberts 1785–1867, wed Paul Huls
Henry Roberts 1787–1834
William Roberts 1788-1859
John Roberts 1789–1835
Anna Roberts 1791–1868, wed John Roush
Jane "Jennie" Roberts 1794–1869, wed Joab Morton
Mary "Polly" Roberts 1796–1856, wed Amsted Carder
Edward Roberts 1798–1844
Chapman Roberts 1801–1846
Nathan Roberts 1803–1859
James Roberts 1805–1862
Dorcas Roberts 1807–1834
Frederick Roberts 1811-1883, named after Christena's brother Frederick Bray, also a Revolutionary War veteran--findagrave# 50281639
After her husband's death in 1832, Christena received a Revolutionary War widow's pension. The many family trees posted on Ancestry differ on Christena's place of death: Jefferson County, Indiana, Jefferson County, Ohio, and Jefferson County, Iowa. Iowa is the winner, as the 1856 census of Walnut, Jefferson County, Iowa, lists aged Christena living with her youngest son Frederick and his family.
married 5 July 1784 in Maryland to Revolutionary War veteran Edward Roberts (1754-1832), son of William Roberts & Sarah Elizabeth Addison; children--from a family tree on Ancestry, not all proven:
Elizabeth Roberts 1785–1867, wed Paul Huls
Henry Roberts 1787–1834
William Roberts 1788-1859
John Roberts 1789–1835
Anna Roberts 1791–1868, wed John Roush
Jane "Jennie" Roberts 1794–1869, wed Joab Morton
Mary "Polly" Roberts 1796–1856, wed Amsted Carder
Edward Roberts 1798–1844
Chapman Roberts 1801–1846
Nathan Roberts 1803–1859
James Roberts 1805–1862
Dorcas Roberts 1807–1834
Frederick Roberts 1811-1883, named after Christena's brother Frederick Bray, also a Revolutionary War veteran--findagrave# 50281639
After her husband's death in 1832, Christena received a Revolutionary War widow's pension. The many family trees posted on Ancestry differ on Christena's place of death: Jefferson County, Indiana, Jefferson County, Ohio, and Jefferson County, Iowa. Iowa is the winner, as the 1856 census of Walnut, Jefferson County, Iowa, lists aged Christena living with her youngest son Frederick and his family.
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