Le RAY, James Donatien (de Chaumont), land proprietor in northern N Y b. Nov. 13, 1760, at Chaumont, France ; son of a commissary of the' Am', fleet and host of B. Franklin, when living at Passy, Fr. ; he came to America in 1785, returned in 1790, and in 1808, made a permanent settlement at Le Raysville, Jeff. co. ; he had been many years concerned in the Company of N. Y., a Parisian land speculation, and in the Antwerp Company, of Holland, and finally became owner of much of their lands in Jefferson and Lewis Counties., N. Y.; in 1812, he was employed
to negotiate a foreign loan, but without success; m 18i3, he encountered heavy pecuniary difficulties, and in 1832, returned to France, but in 1836 revisited America; he d. in France, Dec. 31, 1840 a. 80; he was the first president of the State Ag, Soc, in 1832, and took a zealous interest in all public improvements. {Bow/h's Siet. Jefferson to. J\. t., p. m, with portrait.)

Le RAY, James Donatien (de Chaumont), land proprietor in northern N Y b. Nov. 13, 1760, at Chaumont, France ; son of a commissary of the' Am', fleet and host of B. Franklin, when living at Passy, Fr. ; he came to America in 1785, returned in 1790, and in 1808, made a permanent settlement at Le Raysville, Jeff. co. ; he had been many years concerned in the Company of N. Y., a Parisian land speculation, and in the Antwerp Company, of Holland, and finally became owner of much of their lands in Jefferson and Lewis Counties., N. Y.; in 1812, he was employed
to negotiate a foreign loan, but without success; m 18i3, he encountered heavy pecuniary difficulties, and in 1832, returned to France, but in 1836 revisited America; he d. in France, Dec. 31, 1840 a. 80; he was the first president of the State Ag, Soc, in 1832, and took a zealous interest in all public improvements. {Bow/h's Siet. Jefferson to. J\. t., p. m, with portrait.)