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William Gay Jr. (abt. 1749 - abt. 1815)

Capt William Gay Jr.
Born about in Henrico County, Virginia Colonymap
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Son of and
Brother of , and
Husband of — married 20 Sep 1769 in Cumberland, Virginiamap
Husband of — married 14 Jan 1783 in Amelia County, Virginia, United Statesmap
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Father of , , , , , , and
Died about at about age 66 in Goochland County, Virginia, United Statesmap
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Matoaka Amonute Powhatan
William Gay Jr. is a descendant of Pocahontas. Here is the trail.

Captain William Gay married twice and had 13 children (7 sons, 6 daughters).[1]

William was born about 1749. He passed away about 1815.

Sources

  1. ↑ Names and dates taken from Pocahontas and Her Descendants, by Wyndham Robertson (1887). Supplemented by modern research. In this line, the chart extracts generation 7 from the book and then continues through Neil Buchanan Gay jr down to the site-owner.
  • Mentioned in the will of his wife's mother, Elizabeth (Bolling) Gay.
  • usgwarchives Amelia County Virginia Marriages. William Gay & Judith Scott, January 14, 1783.
  • 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.
  • 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, 5da.
  • "The Ancestors and Descendants of John Rolfe", in The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 23, no. 1 (Jan 1915), p. 94.
  • Robertson, Wyndham (1887), Pocahontas and her Descendants, p. 34 (gen 5), p. 38 (children).
  • Smith family records




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Smith-123343 Robbie Smith
William Henry Gay is a cousin of sorts who has been errantly included in this profile.
posted by Robbie Smith
Smith-123343 Robbie Smith
This family has been particularly difficult to verify due to (one)--the lack of actual documentation of birth, marriage and death dates, and (two)-- the many and often conflicting claims published or purported over the years. As a result, everyone is inspired to speculate--hm-mmm!!
posted by Robbie Smith
Linda (Johnson) Leslie
Gay-5083 and Gay-1038 appear to represent the same person because: they share similar vital statistics, the same father, the same siblings and the same spouse, Frances Trent.
posted by Linda (Johnson) Leslie
Smith-123343 Robbie Smith
Hold off on this proposed merge....it appears to a case of statistical doppelgangers--two similar but unrelated individuals, OR a case of guesswork.

Due to the lack of solid documentation, many of the Bolling and related family claims are based on faith rather than facts. More research is due....

posted on Gay-4646 (merged) by Robbie Smith
Lancashire-42 Amy (Lancashire) Barlow
Gay-1038 and Gay-4646 appear to represent the same person because: Similar DOB, DOD, parents, spouse. After locating on the Suggestions report for the Virginia Project, it appears these are the same person. Some clean-up would also need to occur on the merged profile. See some stats below.

Source records can be located at: https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/sources/LV13-M4Z

Various stats:

  • Name: Captain William Gray Jr
  • DOB: about 1731, possibly in Henrico County, VA (later, in 1777, became Powhatan County, VA).
  • DOD: 2 May 1815, most likely in Powhatan or Goochland County, VA. Buried in Goochland.
  • Marriage 1: 20 Sep 1769 to Frances Trent (1753-1780), daughter of Alexander Trent and Elizabeth Woodson.
  • Marriage 2: 14 Jan 1783 to Judith Scott, daughter of John Scott (1765-1827) in Amelia County, Virginia.


FindAGrave link: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/136107868/william-gay Child Neil B Gary, born 1791, died 23 Jun 1864.

Loosely used source: http://www.genealogy.com/ftm/g/a/y/William-L-Gay/GENE1-0002.html

posted on Gay-4646 (merged) by Amy (Lancashire) Barlow
Doughman-1 Wesley Doughman
It is strange that there is a William Gay and a Henry William Gay, in this immediate family.
posted by Wesley Doughman
N.-17 Maggie N.
The GAYRE or GAY FAMILY GENEALOGY. By Lanette Hill Brightwell. Available to read on Google Books at http://tinyurl.com/p7q9noa
posted by Maggie N.

Rejected matches › William C Gay Sr (1863-bef.1943) › William Beady Grant Gay (abt.1864-abt.1935) › William Gay (abt.1825-1893) › › William Rufus Gay (1832-1864) › William Gay (1763-1812) › William David Gay Sr. (1867-abt.1904) › William Gay (abt.1895-)

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