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Army for 26 years. James Gray died 11th May, 1796, aged 64, and his 

 wife Elizabeth Gray, died 14th February, 1800, aged 63. They are both 

 buried at Cornwall. The address issued by Eobert I. D. Gray to his 

 constituents may be found in Judge Pringle's " Lunenburgh," page 358. 

 It is dated August 3, 1796, and is addressed " To the Free and Inde- 

 pendent Electors of the Township of Cornwall and Osnabruck and of 

 the County of vStormont." Col. Clarke, of Niagara, in his memoirs 

 refers to Solicitor-General Gray as being the chief promoter of the bill 

 against slavery. He w'as one of the charter members of the Law Socie- 

 ty of Upper Canada (1797), the first name on the list being that of 

 John White, the first attorney-general, and the second that of Eobert 

 Isaac Dey Gray, the first solicitor-general. These two were also chosen 

 Benchers of the Law Society on the 9th Xovember, 1799, (approved 

 16th January, 1800), and Mr. Gray was treasurer from 1798 to 1801. 

 . He was re-el eeted as member of the third legislature, being chosen for 

 the new constituency of Stormont and Kussell in 1800. The election 

 for the fourth legislature was held in 1804, and he was again elected, 

 but he met his fate soon after in that year, being one of the victims in 

 the memorable loss of " The Speedy." His successor as member for 

 Stormont and also as solicitor-general was Mr. D'Arcy Boulton. 



When John White, the attorney-general was killed in a duel, 

 January, 1800, he was succeeded by Thomas Scott. The reason why 

 Solicitor-General Gray was not promoted to this position was that it 

 was considered that be was too young. 



GrenviUe. — As already stated Jessup's Loyal Eangers were settled 

 in Edwards])urgh and Augusta, the two townships of Grenville, Colonel 

 Edward Jessup being the leading man of the county. Tlie first Amer- 

 ican Jessup was Edward, who came from England. His son Joseph 

 died at Montreal in 1779. Joseph's son Edward was born in Stamford, 

 Fairfield county, Connecticut, in 1735. This member of the third 

 generation was evidently a man of influence. He resided at Albany and 

 had at his disposal a large tract north of Albany known as Jessup's 

 Patent. There may be seen on the large map, at the end of Vol. I. 

 of O'Callaghan's Documentary History of New York, two blocks of land 

 bearing the name " E. Jessup & Co.," lying west and southwest of Fort 

 George. This will locate the section of the state in which the Jessups 

 recruited. Fort Edward was near by, the home of Dr. Solomon Jones 

 and his brothers; Saratoga was a little further south; while east of 

 Saratoga was the Cambridge settlement of Irish Palatines whence ha 

 drew some members, among whom may be mentioned Lt. John Dulmage. 

 On the U. E. L. list we find Edward Jessup, Esq., major commandant; 

 his son, Edward Jessup; his brother, Capt. Joseph Jessup, and Henry 



