Articles posted here explore the origins of the two couples at the heart of the Nail-Ray Association: Henry Nail & Mary Keller and Thomas Ray & Elizabeth Pearce.
The maternal line of Elizabeth Pearce was researched in 2009-2010 by Janet Morgan Ross, and her findings are documented in the three attached files. Here you will find connections to many 17th century Virginia ancestors of Elizabeth, including men of prominence such as Arthur Allen (builder of Bacon's Castle), Gen. Joseph Bridger, Robert Pitt and others. The genealogies of these men of prominence have been pushed back into England by other researchers.