Baptized at Hundon 20 December 1638, son of Simon and Mary (Rowning) Ray. See New England Historical and Genealogical Register 85:325-26.
Contributor: William Carr (47561367)
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Birth based on age at death
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Note: the letter 's' was written as an elongated 'f' in those days.
[Horizontal slate-stone slab.]
THIS MONUMENT
Is erected to the Memory of SIMON RAY Efquire
One of the original Proprietors of this Ifland
He was largely concerned
In setling the Townfhip
And was one of the chief Magiftrates and such was his Benevolence
That besides the care which he took
Of their civil Interefts
He frequently inftructed them
In the more important Concerns
Of our Holy Religion
He was deprived of his Eyefight many Years
Cheerfully fubmitting to the will of God
His Life being in this trying Inftance
As in all others
A Lovely Example of Chriftian Virtue
He died on the 17th of March 1737
In the 102nd Year of his Age
Bio courtesy Find A Grave contributor cjbrown45
---------------------------∼Simon was the son of Simon Ray III & Mary Norman. He married Mary Thomas. To this union, 4 children were born:
Simon
Mary
Sibyl
Dorothy
Simon Ray and his stepfather Peter George were among the original purchasers of Block Island, in 1660. In the early years of the settlement, he and James Sands were the most prominent people on the island. In 1687/8 he was appointed a justice of the General Quarter Sessions and the Inferior Court of Common Pleas at Newport.
He was a magistrate and prominent land owner ABT 1660 Block Island, Newport, RI
THIS MONUMENT
Is erected to the Memory
of SIMON RAY Efquire
One of the original Proprietors
of this Ifland
He was largely concerned
In setling the Townfhip
And was one of the chief Magiftrates
and such was his Benevolence
That besides the care which he took
Of their civil Intrefts
He frequently inftructed them
In the more important Concerns
Of our Holy Religion
He was deprived of his Eyefight many Years
Cheerfully fubmitting to the will of God
His Life bein in this trying Inftance
As in all others
A Lovely Example of Chriftian Virtue
He died on the 17th of March 1737
In the 102th Year of his Age.
Contributor: William Carr (47561367)
----------------------------------------------------
Birth based on age at death
-------------------------
Note: the letter 's' was written as an elongated 'f' in those days.
[Horizontal slate-stone slab.]
THIS MONUMENT
Is erected to the Memory of SIMON RAY Efquire
One of the original Proprietors of this Ifland
He was largely concerned
In setling the Townfhip
And was one of the chief Magiftrates and such was his Benevolence
That besides the care which he took
Of their civil Interefts
He frequently inftructed them
In the more important Concerns
Of our Holy Religion
He was deprived of his Eyefight many Years
Cheerfully fubmitting to the will of God
His Life being in this trying Inftance
As in all others
A Lovely Example of Chriftian Virtue
He died on the 17th of March 1737
In the 102nd Year of his Age
Bio courtesy Find A Grave contributor cjbrown45
---------------------------∼Simon was the son of Simon Ray III & Mary Norman. He married Mary Thomas. To this union, 4 children were born:
Simon
Mary
Sibyl
Dorothy
Simon Ray and his stepfather Peter George were among the original purchasers of Block Island, in 1660. In the early years of the settlement, he and James Sands were the most prominent people on the island. In 1687/8 he was appointed a justice of the General Quarter Sessions and the Inferior Court of Common Pleas at Newport.
He was a magistrate and prominent land owner ABT 1660 Block Island, Newport, RI
THIS MONUMENT
Is erected to the Memory
of SIMON RAY Efquire
One of the original Proprietors
of this Ifland
He was largely concerned
In setling the Townfhip
And was one of the chief Magiftrates
and such was his Benevolence
That besides the care which he took
Of their civil Intrefts
He frequently inftructed them
In the more important Concerns
Of our Holy Religion
He was deprived of his Eyefight many Years
Cheerfully fubmitting to the will of God
His Life bein in this trying Inftance
As in all others
A Lovely Example of Chriftian Virtue
He died on the 17th of March 1737
In the 102th Year of his Age.
Baptized at Hundon 20 December 1638, son of Simon and Mary (Rowning) Ray. See New England Historical and Genealogical Register 85:325-26.
Contributor: William Carr (47561367)
----------------------------------------------------
Birth based on age at death
-------------------------
Note: the letter 's' was written as an elongated 'f' in those days.
[Horizontal slate-stone slab.]
THIS MONUMENT
Is erected to the Memory of SIMON RAY Efquire
One of the original Proprietors of this Ifland
He was largely concerned
In setling the Townfhip
And was one of the chief Magiftrates and such was his Benevolence
That besides the care which he took
Of their civil Interefts
He frequently inftructed them
In the more important Concerns
Of our Holy Religion
He was deprived of his Eyefight many Years
Cheerfully fubmitting to the will of God
His Life being in this trying Inftance
As in all others
A Lovely Example of Chriftian Virtue
He died on the 17th of March 1737
In the 102nd Year of his Age
Bio courtesy Find A Grave contributor cjbrown45
---------------------------∼Simon was the son of Simon Ray III & Mary Norman. He married Mary Thomas. To this union, 4 children were born:
Simon
Mary
Sibyl
Dorothy
Simon Ray and his stepfather Peter George were among the original purchasers of Block Island, in 1660. In the early years of the settlement, he and James Sands were the most prominent people on the island. In 1687/8 he was appointed a justice of the General Quarter Sessions and the Inferior Court of Common Pleas at Newport.
He was a magistrate and prominent land owner ABT 1660 Block Island, Newport, RI
THIS MONUMENT
Is erected to the Memory
of SIMON RAY Efquire
One of the original Proprietors
of this Ifland
He was largely concerned
In setling the Townfhip
And was one of the chief Magiftrates
and such was his Benevolence
That besides the care which he took
Of their civil Intrefts
He frequently inftructed them
In the more important Concerns
Of our Holy Religion
He was deprived of his Eyefight many Years
Cheerfully fubmitting to the will of God
His Life bein in this trying Inftance
As in all others
A Lovely Example of Chriftian Virtue
He died on the 17th of March 1737
In the 102th Year of his Age.
Contributor: William Carr (47561367)
----------------------------------------------------
Birth based on age at death
-------------------------
Note: the letter 's' was written as an elongated 'f' in those days.
[Horizontal slate-stone slab.]
THIS MONUMENT
Is erected to the Memory of SIMON RAY Efquire
One of the original Proprietors of this Ifland
He was largely concerned
In setling the Townfhip
And was one of the chief Magiftrates and such was his Benevolence
That besides the care which he took
Of their civil Interefts
He frequently inftructed them
In the more important Concerns
Of our Holy Religion
He was deprived of his Eyefight many Years
Cheerfully fubmitting to the will of God
His Life being in this trying Inftance
As in all others
A Lovely Example of Chriftian Virtue
He died on the 17th of March 1737
In the 102nd Year of his Age
Bio courtesy Find A Grave contributor cjbrown45
---------------------------∼Simon was the son of Simon Ray III & Mary Norman. He married Mary Thomas. To this union, 4 children were born:
Simon
Mary
Sibyl
Dorothy
Simon Ray and his stepfather Peter George were among the original purchasers of Block Island, in 1660. In the early years of the settlement, he and James Sands were the most prominent people on the island. In 1687/8 he was appointed a justice of the General Quarter Sessions and the Inferior Court of Common Pleas at Newport.
He was a magistrate and prominent land owner ABT 1660 Block Island, Newport, RI
THIS MONUMENT
Is erected to the Memory
of SIMON RAY Efquire
One of the original Proprietors
of this Ifland
He was largely concerned
In setling the Townfhip
And was one of the chief Magiftrates
and such was his Benevolence
That besides the care which he took
Of their civil Intrefts
He frequently inftructed them
In the more important Concerns
Of our Holy Religion
He was deprived of his Eyefight many Years
Cheerfully fubmitting to the will of God
His Life bein in this trying Inftance
As in all others
A Lovely Example of Chriftian Virtue
He died on the 17th of March 1737
In the 102th Year of his Age.
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