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Cray/Crays/Crayes---The Group is for males of all variant surnames who are encouraged to take the 37 Marker Y-DNA test.
My wife is a CRAY whose last name was changed from CRAYS/CRAZE/CRAES, etc. over the centuries. Her line has been traced to four brothers who first appeared in the 1790 Census of Barree Twp., Huntingdon Co., PA. The family appears to have came from Scotland. Descendants have migrated from PA to OH, IN, IL, MN, & KS. I have also researched the CRAYs of Onslow Co., NC, for several years. This line I believe is traceable to John Cray of Charles Town, SC from Cork, Ireland. His surname could have been McCray. Descendants migrated as Cray to GA, AL, & TX.
Descendants of a William Crayes, b. in western NC in 1780, migrated as CRAYES to Macoupin Co., IL.
Y-DNA testing has proven that this line shares a common ancestor with my wife's PA line! The project results are posted at: http>//www.PageY-DNA.org
Y-DNA testing has confirmed that these two lines of CRAYS/CRAYSE share a common male ancestor!
George W. Page
Col., U.S. Army (Ret.)
1100 Cataway Place
Bryans Rd, MD 20616
Requirements
A Surname Project traces members of a family that share a common surname. They are of the most interest in cultures where surnames are passed on from father to son like the Y-Chromosome. This project is for males taking a Y-Chromosome DNA (Y-DNA) test. Thus, the individual who tests must be a male who wants to check his direct paternal line (father's father's father's...) with a Y-DNA12, Y-DNA37, Y-DNA67, or Y-DNA111 test and who has one of the surnames listed for the project. Females do not carry their father's Y-DNA. Females who would like to check their father's direct paternal line can have a male relative with his surname order a Y-DNA test. Females can also order an mtDNA test for themselves such as the mtDNAPlus test or the mtFullSequence test and participate in an mtDNA project. Both men and women may take our autosomal Family Finder test to discover recent relationships across all family lines.
Surnames In This Project
MacCray, Cray, Crayes, Crays, McCrae, McCray, McCrea, McRae are now in the McCray Project.