| Nathaniel Deaver |
| Born: October 11, 1760 in Anne Arundel County, MD |
| Died: December 1812, in the Illinois territory |
| Arabella Gray |
| Born: 1768 in Rowan Co., NC |
| Died: April 12, 1860 in Washington County, Texas |
| Buried: Family plot near Brenham, Texas |
| Farmer, Texas League landowner, midwife |
| Click here to view a webpage about Arabella Deaver from the Handbook of Texas Online site. This page has one fact wrong, however. After her first husband Nathaniel died, she did not return to North Carolina before moving to Texas. Only her daughters did, returning with Nathaniel's brother William. |
| Married 1791 in Buncombe County, NC |
| Children (5): William Harvey, Elijah, Frances, Margaret, and Mary (Polly) |
| Second Marriage of Arabella Gray: |
| John Harrington |
| Died: enroute to Texas in a sawmill accident |
| Children (2): John Walton, and Lydia |
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