Will names wife Katherine, daughter of Robert Myles, brother-in-law Thomas Wyseman, son Thomas, daughters Susan, Parnell, Katherine (all u18). He gave his wife a life estate, remainder in fee tail to Thomas, to be divided among his daughters if Thomas had no lawful heirs. If they had no heirs either, it went to Katherine’s heirs.
Thomas Gray died in 1607, and his widow married on 23 Dec. 1610 at Harwick, England, Rowland Coytemore, of Wapping (next to London, in Middlesex), a widower, who died in 1626; she came to New England in 1636 or 1637 as a wealthy widow and settled in Charlestown, Mass.; was admitted to the church in 1638, and died 28 Nov. 1659. Her will, dated 28 or 30 April 1658 named 14 grandchildren, including the 5 children of her daughter Katherine. An article in the NEHGS Register gives much more information on the Myles family, and also says that Katherine (Myles) Gray had 6 children. (See Appendix of this book for more information.)”
Katherine Coytemore, mother of Thomas Graves' wife, with her son Thomas and wife and her daughter Elizabeth, also came to America, probably at the same time as the family of Thomas Graves. The son, Thomas Coytemore, was a mariner and commanded the Tryall on her first trip. He was lost on the coast of Spain 27 Dec. 1644, and his widow Martha, daughter of Captain William Rainsborough, a mariner of England, married 4 Dec. 1647 at Boston as her second husband Governor John Withrop who died 26 March 1649. She married thirdly John Coggan of Boston on 10 March 1652.”[
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Referred to as “co-heiress” of Robert Myles of Sutton, England.[
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5g grandmother Oliver Wendell Holmes, through daughter Elizabeth with second husband Rowland Coytmore. Notable Kin also calls her an ancestress of 2 presidents.