McCRAY Home Page: Daniel McCRAY & Sarah NODDING

Table of Contents

Diana, Goddess of the Hunt — for Ancestors!

Every-Name Index

Daniel McCRAY & Sarah NODDING of Jonesborough, Washington County, Tennessee

Daniel McCRAY is estimated to have been born ca. 1745. His origin is unknown, though his name is clearly Scottish. By tradition, he is believed to be from Ayrshire, Scotland, but there is no documentation supporting this legend. Daniel is first recorded in America in 1770, in Loudoun Co., VA. Some time before then, he had married Sarah NODDING, born 1751 in Loudoun Co., VA, the daughter of William and Mary NODDING of Montgomery Co., MD. Daniel served in the Revolutionary War, and his five youngest sons served in the War of 1812 (eldest son, Charles, died before the war began). In 1784, the McCRAYs and the NODDINGs moved to Washington Co., NC [now TN], where Daniel and Sarah lived out their days.

It is an understatement to say that the McCRAYs were prolific. Most had 8, 10, 12, or more children, so there are many descendants, most of whom moved southwards or westwards, some as far as California. My line is Daniel > William > George > Delilah, so that line is favored in terms of completeness.

The children of Daniel & Sarah (NODDING) McCRAY were:
-

Charles McCRAY	b. 1769
Rebecca (McCRAY) DEAKINS	b. ca. 1770
Jane "Jennie" (McCRAY) JENKINS	b. 1772
Capt. Henry McCRAY	b. ca. 1775
Ens. Thomas Daniel McCRAY	b. 1781
Priscilla (McCRAY) TEMPLIN COX	b. 1783
Sgt. William McCRAY	b. 1789
Lt. Elisha McCRAY	b. ca. 1790
Sgt. Phillip McCRAY	b. ca. 1792-4
Sarah "Sally" (McCRAY) HARRIS	b. 1793

This site may be searched using the Every-Name Indices.

Every-Name Indices to McCRAY Family Group Sheets

Important McCRAY Source!

Philip Roger McCray. 1993. McCrays of America. 2^nd ed. Heritage Books, Bowie, MD.
The book itself is out of print, but it has been republished on CD by Heritage Books.
Table of Contents

McCRAY Kin — famous and infamous

If you are descended from William and Sarah (HENDRY) McCRAY (i.e., connections through Sarah's ancestors, not William's), you are cousins to:

Gail BORDEN, inventor of canned milk, founder of Borden Foods
Matthew BORDEN, first European born in Rhode Island, 1638
Lizzie BORDEN, who took an ax…
Robert Laird BORDEN, 8th Prime Minister of Canada
Sir Winston CHURCHILL, K.G., Prime Minister of Great Britain
Sir Anthony EDEN, K.G., Earl of Avon, Prime Minister of Great Britain

Contact Home
Page Table of
Contents DNA
Hub Biddle
DNA Carrico
DNA Corbin
DNA Cupp
DNA Danish
DNA Ely
DNA Lyon(s)
DNA Rasey
DNA Reason
DNA Rose
DNA Straub
DNA Pedigree
Charts Census
Records Every-Name
Indices

"The Cloud" is double-speak for "dumb terminal on a main frame." Been there; done that. Never again.
You are giving away not only your privacy, but control of your data, your apps, and your computer to a corporation. Is that really where you want to go?
The IT guys on the big iron hated the Personal Computer because it gave users freedom and power; now they've conned you into being back under their control.

Table of Contents

Every-Name Index