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Brayers, Jacques Catholic philologist. Born 1635; died 1712. Author of the oldest known Iroquois grammar. Credited with the authorship of the Iroquois Dictionary preserved in the Bibliotheque de l’Arsenal, of Paris. Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary

Brayer, Pierre a French theologian, was born in Paris, May 19, 1654. He was canon, grand deacon, and vicar-general of the diocese of Metz, where he died, January 26, 1731. He wrote, Rituel du. Diocese de Metz (Metz, 1713): Oraison Funebre de Ml. le Dauphin, son of Louis XIV (ibid. 1711). He also wrote several … Continue reading “Brayer, Pierre”

Bray, Thomas, D.D. was born in Shropshire 1656, and was educated at Oxford. In 1690 he was appointed to the livings of Over-Whitacre and Sheldon. Here he composed his Catechetical Lectures, a work which so pleased Bishop Compton that he selected the writer to act as his commissary to settle the Church affairs of Maryland. … Continue reading “Bray, Thomas, D.D. (2)”

Bray, William (or Billy Bray as he was familiarly called), was a distinguished, eccentric, and useful local preacher. among the Bible Christians. He was born in Cornwall, England, June 1, 1794. He was converted in 1823, and in 1824 made a local preacher. He died May 25, 1868. His benevolence was remarkable, his faith strong, … Continue reading “Bray, William (or Billy Bray”

Bray, Sullivan a Methodist Episcopal minister, was born in Minot, Maine, September 15, 1795. He was carefully trained by a Christian mother; experienced a change of heart when quite young; began to preach at the age of twenty; and in 1818 entered the East Maine Conference, wherein he spent his long and useful life, dying … Continue reading “Bray, Sullivan”

Bray, Samuel a Baptist minister, was born in Randolph County, N.C., April 6, 1806. He removed in 1838 to Perry County, Tennessee; professed faith in Christ in 1840; shortly afterwards moved to Henderson County, Tennessee, and resided near Mifflin. He was licensed in November 1850, and ordained in 1856. “His preaching was eminently practical in … Continue reading “Bray, Samuel”

Bray, Nathan H a Baptist minister, was born in Petersborough, England, April 29, 1809, and came to America in 1840. He began to preach in 1847, his ministerial labors being put forth in that portion, of Louisina which borders on the Sabine River. He bore the title among his brethren of “apostle of the Sabine … Continue reading “Bray, Nathan H”

Bray, John Evans a Congregational minister, son of Reverend Thomas Wells Bray, was born at North Guilford, Connecticut, November 28, 1787. In 1806 he went to Portland, Maine, and the next year entered the Fryeburg Academy. The death of his father, in 1808, compelled him to abandon a collegiate course. Until 1816 he was engaged … Continue reading “Bray, John Evans”

Bray, Horace L a Methodist Episcopal minister, was born at East Vassalborough, Maine, March 19, 1831. He was favored with tender religious. instruction; professed conversion at the age of eighteen; received a thorough mental culture at Lincoln Academy and at Waterville College; began preaching in 1854, and in 1855 was admitted into the East Maine … Continue reading “Bray, Horace L”

Bray, Charles H a Methodist Episcopal minister, son of Reverend Sullivan Bray, was born at Winslow, Maine, December 26, 1840. He. was converted in early life; received a careful Methodist training, having rare opportunities for understanding the doctrines, usages, and genius of the Church; and began his ministerial career as supply at Cushing in 1867, … Continue reading “Bray, Charles H”