Individual Details
John GAY
(13 Jul 1616 - 4 Mar 1688)
Public tree cites this:
http://books.google.com/books?id=C9_LhAwk98gC&dq=John%20Gay%20- inauthor%3A%22John%20Gay%22&as_brr=1&pg=PA3#v=onepage&q=&f=false
Title: John Gay of Dedham, Massachusetts: and some of his descendants
Author: Frederick Lewis Gay
Publisher: D. Clapp & son, printers, 1879
Original from: Harvard University
Digitized: Sep 20, 2006
Length: 15 pages
I have saved this as a PDF file.
The tree also says that John's father was Richard Gay, born 25 Dec 1580, Suffolk England, and died 1693, Age 113. Mother was listed as Ms. Joan Gay, born 1584, Suffolk, England, and died 1693. No other children were listed for this couple. Have not entered it.
According to the above book, "John Gay emigrated to America about 1630. He settled first at Watertown, and was a grantee in the Great Dividends and in the Beaver Brook plowlands, owning altogether forty acres. He was admitted freeman May 6, 1635. With others of Watertown he was one of the founders of the plantation at Dedham, his name appearing on the petition for incorporation Sept. 6, 1636, and among the original proprietors of lands. He was one of the selectmen, 1654. He died March 4, 1688. Joanna, his wife, died Aug. 14, 1691. She is said in family tradition to have been widow Baldwicke before her marriage to John Gay. His will in the Suffolk records, dated Dec. 18, 1686, was proved Dec. 17, 1689, his wife Joanna and son John being the executors. His estate was valued in the inventory at 91 pounds 5 shillings 8 d." Eleven children are listed and are entered in the database without verification, unless otherwise cited. The book lists much more information on children and other descendants that is not entered as of 27 Nov 2011.
http://books.google.com/books?id=C9_LhAwk98gC&dq=John%20Gay%20- inauthor%3A%22John%20Gay%22&as_brr=1&pg=PA3#v=onepage&q=&f=false
Title: John Gay of Dedham, Massachusetts: and some of his descendants
Author: Frederick Lewis Gay
Publisher: D. Clapp & son, printers, 1879
Original from: Harvard University
Digitized: Sep 20, 2006
Length: 15 pages
I have saved this as a PDF file.
The tree also says that John's father was Richard Gay, born 25 Dec 1580, Suffolk England, and died 1693, Age 113. Mother was listed as Ms. Joan Gay, born 1584, Suffolk, England, and died 1693. No other children were listed for this couple. Have not entered it.
According to the above book, "John Gay emigrated to America about 1630. He settled first at Watertown, and was a grantee in the Great Dividends and in the Beaver Brook plowlands, owning altogether forty acres. He was admitted freeman May 6, 1635. With others of Watertown he was one of the founders of the plantation at Dedham, his name appearing on the petition for incorporation Sept. 6, 1636, and among the original proprietors of lands. He was one of the selectmen, 1654. He died March 4, 1688. Joanna, his wife, died Aug. 14, 1691. She is said in family tradition to have been widow Baldwicke before her marriage to John Gay. His will in the Suffolk records, dated Dec. 18, 1686, was proved Dec. 17, 1689, his wife Joanna and son John being the executors. His estate was valued in the inventory at 91 pounds 5 shillings 8 d." Eleven children are listed and are entered in the database without verification, unless otherwise cited. The book lists much more information on children and other descendants that is not entered as of 27 Nov 2011.
Events
| Birth | 13 Jul 1616 | Plymouth, Devon, England | |||
| Immigration | 1630 | Massachusetts |  | ||
| Marriage | 4 Mar 1638 | Dedham, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts - Joanna BORDON | |||
| Death | 4 Mar 1688 | Dedham, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts |
Families
| Spouse | Joanna BORDON (1612 - 1691) |
| Child | Samuel GAY (1639 - 1718) |
| Child | Hezekiah GAY (1640 - 1669) |
| Child | Nathaniel GAY (1643 - 1712) |
| Child | Joanna GAY (1645 - ) |
| Child | Eleazer GAY (1647 - 1726) |
| Child | Abiel GAY (1649 - ) |
| Child | Judith Judah GAY (1649 - ) |
| Child | John GAY (1651 - 1731) |
| Child | Jonathan GAY (1653 - ) |
| Child | Hannah GAY (1656 - 1660) |
| Child | Elizabeth GAY ( - ) |
Notes
Immigration
Much information on the Gay family from a public tree at ancestry:http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/13736065/person/46119402
Not verified except where sources cited or otherwise noted.