Sybil Ray1

F, b. 19 March 1665/66, d. 23 December 1733
     Sybil was born on Friday, 19 March 1665/66 in Block Island, Washington County, Rhode Island. She was the daughter of Simon Ray III and Mary Thomas. Sybil married John Sands, son of Captain James Sands and Sarah Walker, circa 1682 in Rhode Island. John and Sybil had children: John [1/22/1684-8/30/1763] [m. Catherine Guthrie], Nathaniel [1687-5/10/1750] [m. Miss O’Neil], Edward [1691-3/09/1746] [m. Mary Cornell], George 1694-1704], Mary 1697-1713] [m. Nathan Selleck], Catherine [1700-1758] [m. 1730 Edmund Mott], Dorothy [1703-6/15/1765] & Abigail [1708-8/04/1782] [m. 2/19/1730 John Thomas].2,3 Sybil's husband, John, died on 15 March 1712/13 in Cow Neck in the Town of Oyster Bay, Queens County, Long Island, New York, leaving her a widow. Sybil departed this life on Wednesday, 23 December 1733 in Cow Neck in the Town of Oyster Bay, Queens County, Long Island, New York, at age 67 years, 9 months and 4 days.

Citations

  1. [S132] Malcolm Samds Wilson, Descendants James Sands of Block Island, p. 84.
  2. [S22] Norman Davis, Westchester Patriarchs, A Genealogical Dictionary of Westchester Co., N.Y., p. 236.
  3. [S132] Malcolm Samds Wilson, Descendants James Sands of Block Island, p. 4,.