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I am concentrating my attention now to the extensive Bray clan, in the hope of finding a clue to the family of JB's wife Elizabeth.
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We know Elizabeth was supposed aged 21+ on 21 Oct 1803 and was of the parish of St Michael, Coventry. She was buried 21 Dec 1819 age 39.
So, it's very likely she was born about 1780.
There's this baptism:
Elizabeth Bray bap 13 Jan 1780 Saint Michael, Coventry, Warwick, parents William and Mary (Ancestry, no image)
I'm not saying that's her for certain, but the whole family seems to be::
Ann 1775
Sarah 1776 (bur Xmas day 1776 dau of Wm and Mary Bray of Coventry - image FMP))
Elizabeth 1780
William 1781
Mary 1783
John 1785
Thomas 1788
There's a will for a William Bray, butcher, signed 24 Jan 1799 which names one daughter, Ann, and suggests that any other children (not named) are aged under 21. This fits well with the above.
There's no mention of a wife in the will.
There's a burial for Mary Bray 22 Jan 1795 at Stoke, the wife of Wm Bray, from Coventry (Image FMP)
William Bray was bur 27 Jan 1799 at Stoke (Image FMP)
There's a marriage 15 Feb 1774 at Withybrook, Warwickshire:
William Bray of the parish of St Michael in the City of Coventry and Mary Croft(s?) otp married by licence. They both signed. Witnesses Edwards Crofts and Richard Willson.
At the moment I can't find a marriage allegation.