[1][2] Born to Angelica, the wife of brash attorney and politician James Bray (who died in 1691), he received an education appropriate to his class.
[1] In 1700 Bray purchased the legal interests of Pettus' other heirs in 1,280 acres known as the Littletown and Utopia plantations on the east side of College Creek in Williamsburg, which he developed into his family seat.
[2] On July 23, 1700, Bray licensed a slave ship at Jamestown.
[2] James City voters elected Bray one of the men representing them in the House of Burgesses during the 1700-1702 session.
[2] Bray made his last will and testament about a week before his death, and it was presented for probate in York County on March 14, 1726.