it has been suggested that the family took its name from the estate of "wray" in the parish of moretonhampstead in devon, in which case the ancient name would have been "de wrey". however, the moretonhampstead history society in its history of the existing "wray barton", on the wray brook about 1 mile south-east of moretonhampstead, omits mention of any connection to the wrey baronets.