Elijah
Gay
Born about in Gays Creek, Clay County, Kentucky
Ancestors 
Son of William Henry Gay
and Margaret (Russell) Gay
Brother 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, Margaret Gay, Violet Charlotte Gay, Joanna Gay, Nelson Gay, Joseph Gay, Rachel Elizabeth (Gay) West and Mary Ann (Gay) Burton
Husband of
Mary Polly (Baker) Gay
— married
10 Aug 1838 in Clay County, Kentucky
Husband of
Catherine (Anderson) Gay
— married
1862 in Buffalo Creek, Owsley County, KY.
Descendants 
Father of
James Baker Gay, Charlotte C (Gay) Burns, Russell Lewis Gay, Sarah Gay, Henry C. Gay, Hannah Gay, Joseph Gay, Jobe Gay, Fanny Gay, McCoy L Gay, Orville Bradley Gay, Margaret (Gay) Couch and George Washington Gay
Died before
before about age 76
in Buffalo Creek, Owsley Co., Kentucky
Profile last modified
| Created 17 Jul 2011
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Biography
Elijah was born about 1815. He is the son of Henry Gay and Margaret Russell. He passed away before 1891. [1]
He is the son of William Henry Gay and Margaret Russell. [2]
Sources
- Danielle Whitehead, firsthand knowledge. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Danielle and others.
Burial: Unknown, Lucy Angel Cemetery, Squabble Creek, Perry County.
- Wesley Doughman, firsthand knowledge. Click the Changes tab for the details of edits by Wesley and others.
- "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZBJ-4P2 : 14 December 2017), Elijah Gay, 1860.
- "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCZL-GLY : 7 September 2017), Elijah Gay, Buffalo, Owsley, Kentucky, United States; citing enumeration district ED 79, sheet 285D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0438; FHL microfilm 1,254,438.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Elijah by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Elijah:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Elijah by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Elijah:
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~6.25%
~6.25%
Mary Gay 
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A158759 [compare], Ancestry member MARYKGAY
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~3.12%
~3.12%
Freda (Thomas) Adkins :
23andMe, GEDmatch M282922 [compare]
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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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~3.12%
~12.50%
Nora (Welch) Goodin :
AncestryDNA
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~3.12%
John Viars :
AncestryDNA
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~1.56%
Sharon Barger :
23andMe
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