Phebe Ray
Phebe Ray Littlefield (1733–1761) was the daughter of Simon Ray and Deborah Greene of Block Island, Rhode Island. She married John Littlefield in 1751 and had five children, including Catharine, later wife of Nathanael Greene. She left young children at her death; Catharine subsequently lived with Phebe’s sister Catherine Ray Greene. Her gravestone survives in the island’s Old Burial Ground. It gives September 27 as her birthday, while vital records give September 10.
EARLY LIFE
Phebe Ray was born Sep 10, 1733. The external genealogical record identifies Deborah Greene as a parent. Surviving structured biographical sources provide limited detail about childhood, education, household routines, or the economic circumstances in which this person grew up.
No distinct public profession or office for Phebe Ray is established by the structured external record used for this entry. The surviving information is primarily genealogical and documents family identity rather than an independently recorded public career. Phebe Ray died Apr 30, 1761. Additional claims about employment, officeholding, military service, or accomplishments have been omitted where the consulted record did not support them.
CAREER
DEATH
Phebe Ray died on Apr 30, 1761. Phebe Ray Littlefield was the daughter of Simon Ray and Deborah Greene of Block Island, Rhode Island. She married John Littlefield in 1751 and had five children, including Catharine, later wife of Nathanael Greene. She left young children at her death; Catharine subsequently lived with Phebe’s sister Catherine Ray Greene. Her gravestone survives in the island’s Old Burial Ground. It gives September 27 as her birthday, while vital records give September 10. The available account does not establish a medical cause or a dependable sequence of final symptoms and care.
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