Margaret
"Peggy"
Gay
Born about in Gays Creek, Clay, Kentucky, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of William Henry Gay
and Margaret (Russell) Gay
Sister of
Thomas Gay [half], Elizabeth Gay [half], Andrew Gay [half], Robert Gay [half], Archibald Gay [half], Marvin Gay [half], Anne Gay [half], John Henderson Gay [half], Mary Polly (Gay) Cale [half], Rebbeca Gay [half], Henry Cliff Gay III, James Gay [half], Jane (Gay) Williams, Henry Gay, Lewis Russell Gay, Violet Charlotte Gay, Joanna Gay, Nelson Gay, Elijah Gay, Joseph Gay, Rachel Elizabeth (Gay) West and Mary Ann (Gay) Burton
Wife of
James Johnston
— married
1827 in Buckhorn, Perry County, Kentucky
Descendants 
Died
at about age 81
in Moores Creek, Jackson, Kentucky, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 17 Jul 2011
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Biography
Margaret was born in 1810. She is the daughter of Henry Gay and Margaret Russell. She passed away in 1891. [1]
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Margaret was born about 1810. She passed away about 1891.
Sources
- ↑ Entered by Danielle Whitehead, Jul 16, 2011
- Danielle Whitehead, firsthand knowledge. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Danielle and others.
- "Kentucky Death Records, 1911-1965," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NSMB-JQ8 : 20 October 2016), James Johnston in entry for Robert Johnston, 1911; citing Death, Berea, Madison, Kentucky, United States, certificate , Office of Vital Statistics, Frankfort; FHL microfilm 1,904,673.
- Wesley Doughman, firsthand knowledge. Click the Changes tab for the details of edits by Wesley and others.
- Census Records:
- "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M65K-5ZH : 4 April 2020), Margaret Johnson in household of James Johnson, Perry county, part of, Perry, Kentucky, United States; citing family 213, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
- "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCC3-N64 : 13 November 2020), Margret Johnson in household of James Johnson, Breathitt, Kentucky, United States; citing enumeration district ED 14, sheet 592B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,404.
- Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 21 November 2020), memorial page for Margaret Gay Johnston (1810–2 Nov 1891), Find A Grave: Memorial #5385277, citing Wilson Cemetery, Moores Creek, Jackson County, Kentucky, USA ; Maintained by don vasko (contributor 47988015) .
- More information at https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/sources/LCZL-DWR
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Margaret by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Margaret:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Margaret by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Margaret:
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~6.25%
~25.00%
Nora (Welch) Goodin 
:
AncestryDNA
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~4.69%
~3.12%
Mary Gay :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A158759 [compare], Ancestry member MARYKGAY
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~3.12%
~3.12%
Freda (Thomas) Adkins :
23andMe, GEDmatch M282922 [compare]
+
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member okspiriteyes7
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~3.12%
~6.25%
Linda (Sharpton) Davidson :
AncestryDNA
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~3.12%
Gloria (Adams) Bidinger :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member glorrya37
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~1.56%
Sharon Barger :
23andMe
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~1.56%
John Viars :
AncestryDNA
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Rejected matches › Margaret Jane (Begley) Gay (abt.1870-1950) › Margaret C. (Unknown) Lockhart (1813-1875) › Margaret Unknown (abt.1810-)
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