http://thekrumms.com/bray.htm The Bray family is quite extensive and has many branches. Our ancestor, John Bray was born abt 1760 in North Carolina. He married a woman named Jane. No further information has been confirmed about this couple. They had a son named Joshua J Bray who was born 1815 in Anderson County, Tennessee. Joshua married Ame Hall in 1834 in Robertsville, Anderson County, Tennessee. Joshua and Ame had a son named James born 1857 who married Mary Elizabeth Wallace. James and Mary's son was named John Archie, he was born on Jan 23, 1888 in Caryville, Campbell County, Tennessee. http://thekrumms.com/Surnames/bray.htm