Caterina Rosiglio  - (My G-G-G-G-Grandmother)

Date of Birth

Location of Birth & Baptism if known
Unknown Probably Italy
Date of Death Location of Death & Burial if known
Unknown Unknown

PARENTS

Father

Mother
Unknown Unknown

SPOUSE & MARRIAGE DETAILS

Date of Marriage

Spouse

Location of Marriage
Never Married Sir James Gray (2nd Baronet)

Recently an old document was forwarded to me which was written in "Old Italian" on 9th April 1763 and has now been translated into English confirming that Caterina is the mother of Sir James Gray's two children.  Click Here  to view translation in English. 

Aft. 1761 Giuseppi Bezzi This marriage is mentioned in the old Italian document declaring Sir James Gray the father of the two children born to Caterina in Naples, Italy. 
 

CHILDREN 

Giacomo (James Gray)

Giacomo Gray (James (2nd Baronet)2, James (1st Baronet)1) was born 23-Jul-1759 in Naples, Italy, and died 09-Jul-1806 in Cawnpore, India.  He married Frances Elisabeth Sutton Prince Abt. 1780 in ?, daughter of John Prince and Elizabeth Chidley.  She was born Abt. 1764 in ?, and died 20-Jan-1804 in India.

  Children of Giacomo Gray and Frances Prince are:

                         i.    Amelia Gray.

                        ii.    Deceased Male Gray.

                       iii.    Charlotte Elisabeth Gray, born Abt. 1783; died 08-Jan-1817 in At sea?.  She married (1) Arthur Hesilrige 27-Feb-1798 in Calcutta, India; born 1756 in Braintree, Mass. USA; died 28-Jul-1804 in Lucknow, India.  She married (2) Henry William Wilkinson 01-Aug-1805 in Lillah, Burdwan, Bengal, India; born 09-Aug-1779 in London, England.

                       iv.    George Blanchard Penang Gray, born Abt. 1787.  He married Eliza Vence; died 06-Jul-1838.

                        v.    Frances Burgh Gray, born 1791.  She married Clement William Whitley.

                       vi.    James Clarke Charnock Gray, born 19-Aug-1794 in "Under the sound of Bow Bells", England; died 15-Mar-1891 in London, England.  He married Arabella Keziah Macarthur 23-Jul-1822; born 12-Oct-1800; died 25-Apr-1864.

                     vii.    Alured William Gray, born 30-Sep-1796; died 29-Apr-1863.  He married Isabella Gibbs 01-Aug-1821.

                    viii.    Caroline Birch Gray, born 09-Jun-1798 in Calcutta, East Indies; died 09-Jul-1879 in Lindenow, Gippsland, Vic, Australia.  She married John Davison Smith (her 1st cousin) 19-Apr-1824 in Calcutta, India; born Bef. 19-Jan-1787 in Worcester, England; died 27-Oct-1871 in Lindenow, Gippsland, Vic, Australia.

                       ix.    Hester Popham Gray, born 02-Oct-1801; died 14-Jul-1805.

Caterina Carlotta Anna Maria Teresa (Catherine Charlotte Gray)

Caterina Carlotta Anna Maria Teresa Gray (James (2nd Baronet)2, James (1st Baronet)1) was born 14-Oct-1761 in Naples, Italy, and died 17-Aug-1838 in Britannia Square, Worcester, England.  She married Rev. Digby Smith 26-Aug-1783 in Belbroughton, Worcester, England, son of William Smith and Jane Cotes)?.  He was born 11-Aug-1752 in Doctors Commons, London, England, and died 14-Jan-1833 in Worcester, England.

   Children of Caterina Gray and Digby Smith are:

                       i.    Charlotte Jane Smith, born Bef. Jun-1784; died Deceased.  She married ? Mitchell.

                      ii.    John Davison Smith, born Bef. 19-Jan-1787 in Worcester, England; died 27-Oct-1871 in Lindenow, Gippsland, Vic, Australia.  He married (1) Anne Stanley 01-Nov-1821 in St John the Baptist, Croydon, Surrey, England.  He married (2) Caroline Birch Gray (his 1st cousin) 19-Apr-1824 in Calcutta, India; born 09-Jun-1798 in Calcutta, East Indies; died 09-Jul-1879 in Lindenow, Gippsland, Vic, Australia.

                     iii.    James Smith, born Bef. 02-May-1788; died Deceased.

                     iv.    Charles Digby Smith, born 1795; died Deceased.

OTHER KNOWN INFORMATION OR COMMENTS:-

The identity of this woman had remained a mystery to me for years and always was thought to have been a member of a Royal family by the older members of the Smith family here in Australia.

Jason M Kelly the author of a 5 page article "The portraits of Sir James Gray (c1708-73)" published in the British Art Journal (Summer 2007 Edition) Volume V111 No. 1 was the first person able to give me a name for the mother of Sir James Gray's children when he found this web-site whilst researching for his article.

After finally obtaining a copy of the old Italian document I was initially unable to get it completely translated into English as all who tried were put off by the amount of Latin in it here in Australia.  It was only when Gareth Brown and his wife Eleanor (nee Gray) from Africa found my web-site and I mentioned it to them, I was amazed that they were able to get it translated in a few hours.  I was unaware of the Italian Gray line Eleanor descends from and Eleanor together with her mother and grandmother did an amazing job translating the "Old Italian" language used in the document back in the 1700's.

 

The only other clue I have had to her identity I found on the Internet  showing a Caterina Rosiglio somehow connected to the Sanfelice family on an Italian genealogy site about 3 yrs ago which I now cannot access.  I'll have to leave that research to those who can understand Italian but hopefully one day we may find out who she really was?

I also noted that a Ferdinando Sanfelice (1675-1748) was an Italian painter and architect of the Baroque. Born and died in Naples. One of the principal architects in Naples in the first half of the 1700s, so there possibly is a connection into that family.

 

My attempt at an Italian translation for help. Can anybody help with the surnames Rosiglio, Sanfalice or Bezzi  with a connection to a Caterina Rosiglio who had two illegitimate children born in Naples around 1860 to Sir James Gray who was Ambassador to the King at the time? I have a copy of an old legal document written in 1763 which is a declaration from Sir James Gray that he is the father of two children and that Caterina Rosiglio is their mother but she was married to Giuseppi  Bezzi at the time this document was written: A son Giacomo born on 23rd July 1759 and baptised on 24th July 1759.   A daughter Caterina Carlotta Anna Maria Teresa born on 14th October 1761 and baptised on 17th October 1761.  According to the document both these children were baptised in the Venerable Church of S. Marco of Palazzo, Italy.  Can anybody please let me know where I might gain access to the baptismal records of that Church? Italian translation: Chiunque può contribuire con i cognomi Rosiglio, Sanfalice o Bezzi con una connessione a un Rosiglio Caterina che aveva due figli illegittimi nati a Napoli intorno al 1860 a Sir James Gray che fu ambasciatore al Re, al momento? Ho una copia di un vecchio documento legale scritto nel 1763 che è una dichiarazione di Sir James Gray che egli è il padre di due bambini e che Caterina Rosiglio è la loro madre, ma lei era sposata con Giuseppi Bezzi, al momento è stato scritto questo documento: Un figlio Giacomo nato il 23 luglio 1759 e battezzato il 24 luglio 1759. Una figlia Caterina, Carlotta Anna Maria Teresa nata il 14 ottobre 1761 e battezzato il 17 ottobre 1761. Secondo il documento di entrambi questi bambini sono stati battezzati nella veneranda Chiesa di S. Marco di Palazzo, in Italia. Qualcuno può per favore fatemelo sapere dove potrei ottenere l'accesso ai registri battesimali di quella Chiesa? Clicca qui per contattarmi  

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