Career
After the war he became the general in the New Jersey state Militia. Children of Daniel Bray and Mary Wolverton are:
Elizabeth Bray, b. January 24, 1775, daughter date unknown.
Delilah Bray, b.
February 1, 1777, daughter date unknown. John Bray, b. May 25, 1779, daughter January 26, 1818. Jonathan Bray, b.
June 25, 1781, daughter date unknown.
Hannah Bray, b. April 28, 1783, daughter date unknown. James Bray, b. August 2, 1785, daughter
March 16, 1786. Susannah Bray, b. December 6, 1786, daughter date unknown.
Andrew Bray, b. December 12, 1789, daughter date unknown.
Sidney Bray, b. December 15, 1791, daughter June 2, 1803. Wilson Bray, b.
December 21, 1793, daughter
November 22, 1850. Daniel Bray, b. July 20, 1795, daughter 1857. Gardner Bray, b.
December 15, 1797, daughter
January 15, 1798. Mary Bray, b. October 10, 1801, daughter April 25, 1812
The boats played a very prominent part in the attack on Trenton.
Foreign all time Washington crossing the Delaware will be one of the most dramatic incidents of the great struggle.
Art has fixed it upon canvas, history has dwelt upon lieutenant But few eyes beheld that little band of men risking life and health through the long nights. bringing the boats to Washington. A large portion of New Jersey Route 29 is named the Daniel Bray Highway in honor of Captain Bray"s vital role in this critical phase of the Revolutionary War.
In 1903 Joseph F. Folsom wrote "The Ballad of Daniel Bray", which is printed in "Patriotic Poems of New Jersey" compiled by West. C. Armstrong, and in "Historic Trenton" by Louise Hewitt.
Author: Review Joseph F. Folsom "Many patriots who in the long struggle did less for their country"s freedom than Daniel Bray are to-day more honored and sung, although he, through many perils, gathered by night the fleet of boats by which Washington crossed the icy Delaware. After the war, Daniel Bray, like Cincinnatus, went back to being a Hunterdon County farmer, on his homestead farm in Kingwood Township.
To the right is a link to a picture of where Daniel Bray is buried.