Benjamin Tray Type: Person Identifier: 217437 Title: Benjamin Tray Unique ID: Benjamin Tray 1 Standard Name: Tray Manuscript Name: Benj. Tray Benja Tray Benjamin Tray Benjamin Tray Sr. Benjamin Tray, Pvt. Ethnicity: Natick Place Event: Natick, MA Place Vital: Natick, MA Date: 1719 1724-10-26 1725 1728-08-30 1728-10-17 1729 1729-12-18 1740 1740-09-01 1741 1741-03-17 1742-03-17 1743-06-03 1744 1748-01-20 1748-02-17 1749-06-16 1749-11 1749-12-01 1751-01-25 1762-01-18 1775 Mention Type: archival, Natick, MA Events that this Person attendedItem 128276 With other Indians "distinguished to me the only and true proprietors of Natick."Item 128780 Deceased; died in military service. No year actually specified.Item 128801 "before all went away some to Cuba others to sea and elsewhere & we fear are dead"Item 128802 Child died.Item 132151 Petitioned with others that their sale of lands to Peabody be confirmed.Item 132428 Natick Proprietors petiton to have six English families from Dedham annexed to Natick.Item 132433 Wish their names be removed from the petition to annex Needham.Item 132440 Petitioned re: meeting house site dispute.Item 132443 Petitioned with others for new meeting house.Item 132586 Trustees granted permission for his sale of land there.Item 132607 Petitioned concerning debate over meetinghouse.Item 132669 Lived there.Item 101257 Served in the Mass. Militia, West Indies.Item 107280 Served in the Mass. Militia.Item 107509 Served in the Mass. Militia, West Indies.Mentions of this PersonItem 54507 With other Indians "distinguished to me the only and true proprietors of Natick."Item 54511 Child died.Item 54513 "before all went away some to Cuba others to sea and elsewhere & we fear are dead"Item 54516 Deceased; died in military service. No year actually specified.Item 54506 Was granted title to 4 acres (2 parcels).Item 54509 Petitioned with others that their sale of lands to Peabody be confirmed.Item 54510 Petitioned to sell land to pay for completing his house.Item 54512 Petitioned to sell land.Item 54546 Natick Proprietors petiton to have six English families from Dedham annexed to Natick.Item 54498 Wish their names be removed from the petition to annex Needham.Item 54500 Petitioned re: meeting house site dispute.Item 54499 Petitioned with others for new meeting house.Item 54502 Granted permission to give five acres to Rev. Oliver Peabody.Item 54548 Petitioned to give six acres ro Rev. Oliver PeabodyItem 54553 Deceased.Item 54515 Trustees granted permission for his sale of land there.Item 54547 Petitioned to sell thirty acres remote from his dwelling to pay debts incurred while in the service at Annapolis Royal and to aid him, his mother, and his grandmother.Item 54501 Petitioned concerning debate over meetinghouse.Item 54549 Deceased; Hannah Speen petitioned to sell a small parcel of land inherited by her and Daniel Thomas by Benjamin Tray.Item 54514 Lived there.Item 54508 Served in the Mass. Militia.Item 54517 Served in the Mass. Militia.Item 54518 Served in the Mass. Militia, West Indies.Item 54519 Served in the Mass. Militia, West Indies.Item 54520 Served in the Mass. Militia, West Indies.Show 19 moreSource Manuscripts for this PersonItem 300026 Bacon, Oliver N. A History of Natick, from ...Item 300402 Congregational Library & Archives & Natick ...Item 300029 Baldwin, Thomas W. Vital Records of Natick ...Item 300218 Goddard, Ives, and Kathleen Bragdon. Native ...Item 300271 Journals of the House of Representatives ...Item 300315 Massachusetts Archives. Boston, Mass.Item 300318 Massachusetts Historic Society Collections ...Item 300549 Stachiw, Myron O., et al. Massachusetts Officers ... Relationships Enlarge Citation “Benjamin Tray,” Historical Documents of Indians of the Far Northeast, accessed May 3, 2025, https://www.hrifne.avantlogic.net/digitalarchive/items/show/57985.Item217437 Save this item as a PDF file
