Desire Gray Southworth was born 6 November 1651 in Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts to Edward Gray (1629-1681) and Mary Winslow (1628-1663) and died 4 December 1690 Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts of unspecified causes. She married Nathaniel Southworth (1648-1710) 10 January 1672 in Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.
Biography
Daughter of Edward Gray Sr. and his first wife Mary Winslow. Desire's grandmother Mary Chilton (c1605-1679) was the first female to disembark from the Mayflower at Plymouth Colony. After Desire's death at age 39 her husband Nathaniel Southworth removed to Middleborough, Massachusetts.
Desire's son Edward Southworth (1688-1748) married Bridget Bosworth on June 25th, 1711. (per Terri)
Children
Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
Hannah Southworth (1672-1751) | |||
Constant Southworth (1674-1706) | |||
Constant Southworth (1674-1706) | |||
Mary Southworth (1676-1757) | |||
Ichabod Southworth (1678-1757) | |||
Nathaniel Southworth (1684-1757) | 18 May 1684 Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts | 8 April 1757 Middleborough, Plymouth County, Massachusetts | Jael Howland (1688-1743) |
Elizabeth Southworth (1686-1729) | |||
Edward Southworth (1688-1758) |
Siblings
Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
Mary Gray (1651-1706) | |||
Desire Gray (1651-1690) | 6 November 1651 Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts | 4 December 1690 Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts | Nathaniel Southworth (1648-1710) |
Mary Gray (1653-) | |||
Elizabeth Gray (1658-1721) | 11 February 1658 Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts | 22 December 1721 Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts | Seth Arnold (1648-1720) |
Sarah Gray (1658-1737) | |||
John Gray (1661-1732) | |||
Anna Gray (1663-1728) |
Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
Rebecca Gray (1660-1712) | |||
Edward Gray (1666-1726) | |||
Susanna Gray (1668-1727) | 15 October 1668 Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States | 26 August 1727 Plympton, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States | John Cole (1660-1724) |
Thomas Gray (1670-1721) | |||
Samuel Gray (1672-1712) | |||
Lydia Gray (1678-1771) |
Residences
References
- Winslow Memorial, Vol. 1 : Family Records of Winslows and Their Descendants in America, With the English Ancestry as Far as Known; Winslow Family(Classic Reprint) - Tracing family roots of the descendants these early Plymouth Colony settlers back to England.
- Gray in Massachusetts - first families history
- Desire Gray- disambiguation