The Parish Register of St Peter and St Paul Church, Cromer, 6 May 1816 records the marriage of Thomas Randell and Mary Anne Gray. Thomas, a bachelor, married spinster Mary Anne Gray and the ceremony was witnessed by Sarah and W. Fuller.
Mary Anne Gray is a complete enigma, nothing I have found links her to anybody outside her own husband or children. From the census records, it's reasonable to conclude that she was born, Southrepps 1798. Unfortunately, I can find no Mary Anne Gray or any other permutation of Mary Gray from the period in any online parish register.
According to her death certificate, Mary died 4 February 1864, aged 71 years which suggests she was born in 1793, five years earlier than the census records indicate. There is no reference to her being under twenty-one at marriage.
Southrepps is in the 1800 Census and had nine households named Gray, totalling 30 individuals. They included two called Francis, two Thomas, one William and a Matthew plus Ann Grey a spinster and finally two Widow Gray's, one with a child. Significantly none of Mary Annes children are called either Matthew or Francis.
Has anybody looked into the Southrepps Greys or know anything I don't. If so I would be glad to here from you. Thanks
