Gray family collection, 20th century.

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Gray family collection, 20th century.

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Seven typed pages discussing the seven generations of the Gray family, descendants of Robert Gray of the 1718 Irish immigration to New England; 2 letters (1929 May) from Charles N. Chase to Frank Kneeland concerning the Gray family; quotes from encyclopedias about Captain Robert Gray who discovered the Columbia River and also about John Kendrick and Jonah Austin; letter (1929 May 28) from Walter Gray, of Paris, Me., to Frank Kneeland discussing "what I know of the Gray family"; genealogical materials on Robert Gray (d. 1766), John Gray (b. 1763), and Jonah Austin; autobiographical and genealogical materials of Stephen Decatur Gray as well as photo of Gray and his wife taken a few weeks before his death; and copy of pages from History of Ancient Sheepscot and Newcastle discussing the death of a Mrs. Gray and her children at the hands of Indians.

4 folders.

Penobscot Marine Museum

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Gray, Robert, 1755-1806

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Kendrick, John, approximately 1740-1794

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John Kendrick was the original commander of the 1787 expedition of the Columbia and the Washington to the Pacific Northwest and China. Kendrick was killed at Oahu by an accidental shot from a British ship entering harbor on December 12, 1794. From the description of John Kendrick letters [manuscript], 1787-1845. (Oregon Historical Society Research Library). WorldCat record id: 662812041 ...

Gray, Stephen Decatur, 1822-1913

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Gray, John, 1763-

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Gray family.

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Gray, Robert, -1766

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Cushman, David Quimby, 1806-1889

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Chase, Charles N.

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Austin, Jonah.

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Gray, Walter D. (Walter Dennis)

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Kneeland, Frank H.

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