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Compiled Student Attendance for 1762, 1765, and 1769
| Students by Name and Year | Enslaver Household | Enslaver Occupation |
| John (1762), Anne (1762), William (1765) | Martha Davenport | Widow of John Davenport (Occupation Undetermined) |
| Dick (1762), Matt (1769), Harry (1769) | Davenport II | Undetermined |
| London (1762), Aggy (1762), Shropshire (1762), Young (1765), Mary (1765, 1769), Sally (1769), Sukey (1769) | Christiana Burdette Campbell | Tavern Keeper (Campbell’s Tavern) |
| Aberdeen (1762) | Alexander Craig | Saddle Maker |
| Mary (1762), Harry (1762) | Thomas Everard | Court Clerk |
| George (1762), Bristol (1762) | George Gilmer | Doctor |
| Aggy (1762), Roger (1762, 1765) Sam (1765, 1769) | Peyton Randolph, Esq.; Elizabeth Harrison Randolph |
Speaker, House of Burgesses; Wife of Peyton Randolph |
| Mary (1762), Nancy (1769), Judy (1769), Ratchel (1769) | Thomas Hornsby | Merchant |
| Rippon (1762), Jenny (1765), Jerry (1769), Joseph (1769), Dick (1769) | Anthony Hay | Cabinet Maker/Tavern Keeper |
| Robert (1762), Lucy (1762) | John Randolph, Esq. | Attorney General for the Colony of Virginia |
| Elizabeth (1762), Grace (1769) | Priscilla Bassett Dawson | Widow of Rev. Thomas Dawson (William & Mary President/Bray School Trustee) |
| George (1762), Nanny (1765) | Dr. James Carter | Doctor/Apothecary/Surgeon/ Attending physician to W&M |
| Locust (1762) | Jane Frances Anderson Armistead | Widow of Ellyson Armistead (Captain/Sheriff/Justice) |
| Sarah (1762) | Mary Page | Widow of John Page (Glazier) |
| Hannah (1762), Sarah (1769) | Robert Carter Nicholas, Esq. | Treasurer for the Colony of Virginia/Bray School Trustee |
| John (1762), Patt (1765), Jack (1765), James (1765), Sal (1765) | Hugh Orr; Catherine Orr | Blacksmith; Widow of Hugh Orr |
| Phoebe (1762) | William Trebell | Tavern Keeper (Raleigh) |
| Jane (1762), John (1762, 1765), Doll (1762), Dolly (1765), Elizabeth (1765), Fanny (1765), Isaac Bee (1765), Catherine (1765, 1769), Johanna Bee (1765, 1769), Nancy (1769), Clara Bee (1769) | John Blair, Esq. | President of Governor’s Council/W&M Board of Visitors |
| Edmund (1765), Johnny (1765), Jack (1769) | Col. John Chiswell; Elizabeth Randolph Chiswell | Planter/Burgess; Widow of Col. John Chiswell |
| Sal (1765), Jack (1769) | Jane Vobe | Tavern Keeper (Kings Arms Tavern) |
| Sally (1769) | Christopher Ayscough | Tavern Keeper |
| Adam (1769), Fanny (1769) | William & Mary | Educational Institution |
| Charlotte (1769) | Rev. James Horrocks | Rector of Bruton Parish/President of W&M |
| Jenny (1769), Jack (1769) | Catherine Blaikley | Midwife |
| Dennis (1769) | Robert Carter III | Planter/Lawyer/Member of Governor’s Council |
| Mourning (1769) | James Cocke | Merchant/Clerk |
| Joseph (1765), Davy (1765) | Christian Blair Burwell | Widow of Armistead Burwell (Planter) |
| Molly (1765) | Mary Brookes Prentis | Widow of William Prentis (Merchant) |
| Nancy (1765), Davy (1765) | Edward Charlton | Wigmaker/Barber |
| Phillis (1765) | Mary Randolph Grymes | Widow of Philip Grymes (Planter) |
| Charles (1765) | Thompson I | Undetermined |
| Betty (1765) | Thompson II | Undetermined |
| Sylvia (1765) | William Waters | Planter/Merchant |
| Squire (1765) | Col. Philip Johnson | Planter/Justice of the Peace |
| Elizabeth (1765) | Brown | Undetermined |
| Students by Name and Year | Free Black Household | Parental Occupation |
| Harry (1765), John (1765, 1769) Mary (1769) | Matthew Ashby Ann Ashby | Carter/Laborer Laundress |
| Mary Anne (1762) | [No Family Name Given] | Undetermined |
| Mary (1762), Elisha (1762) | Jones Family | Undetermined |
Sources consulted include William Hunter, Robert Carter Nicholas, and Managers of Williamsburg Negro School Correspondence from Virginia to Bray Associates, 1761-1774, in the Papers of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, Bray Associates Collection (1699-1979), North American Files, Vol. 1, F2, Weston Library, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK; John C. Van Horne, ed, Religious Philanthropy and Colonial Slavery: The American Correspondence of the Associates of Dr. Bray, 1717-1777 (Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1986), 188, 241–42, 277–278.
For digital transcriptions of these student lists, visit the W&M Bray School Lab Research Portal. Special thanks to Olivia Blackshire, Madeline Dort, Rachel Hogue, Emily Knoeppel, Lily Martin, Ye Xiao, Julie Richter, Nicole Brown, Elizabeth Drembus, Maureen Elgersman Lee, and Tonia Merideth for their contributions to this ever-evolving document.