GRAY, Reverend Robert

1671 - 1749  (78 years)

• Name	GRAY, Robert
  Title	Reverend
  Birth	27 Jan 1671
  Gender	Male
  Death	18 Nov 1749
  Person ID	I103	Stark Family Tree
  Last Modified	31 Mar 2025

  
  

  Father	GRAY, John,   b. Bef 1650
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	JANET,   b. Bef 1671
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F104	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	SINCLAIR, Margaret,   b. Aft 1680, Shetland, Scotland d. 18 Nov 1749, Nesting, Shetland Islands, Scotland (Age < 67 years)
  Children	1. GRAY, Robert,   b. Aft 1700  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. GRAY, Margaret,   b. Aft 1700  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. GRAY, Thomas,   b. Aft 1700  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] > 4. GRAY, James,   b. Aft 1700, Scotland  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 5. GRAY, Elizabeth,   b. Aft 1700  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   6. GRAY, Grizel,   b. Aft 1700  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   7. GRAY, Christian,   b. Aft 1700  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   8. GRAY, Barbara,   b. Aft 1700  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F45	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	31 Mar 2025

  
  

  Family 2	SPENCE, Anna   d. 19 May 1762
  Marriage	17 Jul 1735
  Family ID	F46	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	31 Mar 2025

  
  

• Notes

  Minister of Nesting 1705 to 1749 Rev. Robert GRAY who studied in Glasgow in 1695, was licenced to preach in Hamilton, Lanarkshire 20 June 1700, he travelled to Shetland in 1702 and was ordained Minister of Nesting, Lunnasting, and Whalsay 29 July 1703. Family tradition records that Rev. Gray may have had a number of illegitimate children beyond the 8 "official"