Elizabeth (Bolling) Gay (1709 - abt. 1766)

Born 1709 in Cobbs, Henrico County, Colony of Virginia [uncertain]

Ancestors

Wife of William Gay — married 1730 in Buckingham, Henrico County, Colony of Virginia

Descendants

Died about 1766 at about age 57 in Chesterfield County, Colony of Virginia

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Biography

Elizabeth was born about 1709. Elizabeth Bolling .She passed away about 1766. ^[1] She was the mother of five children -two sons, three daughters - with Dr. William Gay.

Elizabeth (Bolling) Gay^[2]

Born 1709^[3]

Will of Elizabeth Gay. Chesterfield Co., VA, WB 2, pp. 112-114, w. 12 Aug 1764, codicil w. 24 aug 1764, no notation of when the will was proved. Digital image at Ancestry.com - [1]

daughter Betty Bolling
daughter Mary Buchanan
sons in law Thomas Bolling & Neil Buchanan
son John Gay (under age) - land in chesterfield called Auborn Chase
son William Gay (under age) - land in Cumberland Co. + £30/year bequest from his uncle John Gay
Exrs: sons in law Thos Bolling & Neil Buchanan & my nephew John Fleming
Wit: John Bolling, Martin King, Edward Bolling, Wm Fleming
Codicil names granddaughter Elizabeth Bolling
Wit to codicil: Wm Fleming, John Bolling, Edward Bolling

Sources

1. ↑ Pg,332-333. Ackerly, Mary Denham,. "Our kin" : the genealogies of some of the early families who made history in the founding and development of Bedford County, Virginia. unknown: unknown, c1930.
2. ↑ She left a will in Chesterfield. Will dated 24 Aug. 1764,(Chesterfield Co. Will Bk. 2, p. 112, recorded 4 Dec. 1772 - Chesterfield Co. Court Order Bk. 5, p. 191)
3. ↑ JOURNAL ARTICLE. The Ancestors and Descendants of John Rolfe with Notices of Some Connected Families (Continued) The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography. Vol. 22, no. 1 (Jan., 1914), pp. 106-107, and Vol. 23, No. 1 (Jan., 1915), pp. 94-96. Published by: Virginia Historical Society (Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/4243412) Page Count: 3

• Mentioned in the will of her husband William Gay; also in that of her father John Bolling, abstracted in "Ancestors and Descendants of John Rolfe", q.v, p. 22:106.

• Bolling, Robert (1764): Memoir of the Bolling Family, ed. Thomas H. Wynne (1868), p. 4.

• Find A Grave: Memorial #140069103 not a reliable source. Only posted for reference.

• Source: S1454104815 Repository: #R-1790816339 U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.

• The GAYRE or GAY FAMILY GENEALOGY. By Lanette Hill Brightwell. Available to read on Google Books at http://tinyurl.com/p7q9noa

• Morenus, David. The Real Pocahontas website, "Pocahontas Descendants" chart, 4d.

• RootsWeb Bolling Genealogy Janet Ariciu does reliable sources.

• RootsWeb William Gay Genealogy By Alan Bently. Sourced.

• Descendants of Dr. William Gay Genealogy.com. Notes for DR. WILLIAM GAY: The following are miscellaneous accumulated notes [no sources] on Dr. William Gay: Mormon Library shows birth in Scotland.

See also:

• Ackerly, Mary Denham,. "Our kin" : the genealogies of some of the early families who made history in the founding and development of Bedford County, Virginia. unknown: unknown, c1930.

• Robertson, Wyndham (1887), Pocahontas and her Descendants, p. 32, gen 4, p. 34 (children).
• Robertson, Wyndham (1887), Pocahontas and her Descendants, p. 32 (gen 4).
• Ancestry.com