Nathaniel Gay (1643 - 1712)

Born 11 Jan 1643 in Dedham, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Lydia (Starr) Gay — married 1675 in Dedham, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Descendants

Died 20 Feb 1712 at age 69 in Dedham, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

Nathaniel Gay was born on 11 January 1642 in Dedham, Massachusetts. He was the son of John Gay and Joanna Hooker; his mother was the widow of John Borden. ^{[1] [2] [3][4] [5] [6]}

His father, John Gay immigrated about 1634, origin unknown. He first resided in Watertown, Massachusetts. He was admitted to the Watertown church before 6 May 1637. He was granted a Great Dividend at Watertown of thirty-five acres. the land passed into the hands of Samuel Freeman. On 5 December 1637, John Gay was ordered to pay Samuel Freeman damages after he had appeared in court. He removed to Dedham, Massachusetts in 1637. In Dedham he served as a selectman and highway surveyor among other positions. He was a literate man and signed his will and several town petitions. Inventory of his estate included "two old Bibles & other small book." ^[1]

Children of John Gay and Joanna (Hooker) Borden Gay include^[1]:

1. Samuel Gay, b. 10 March 1638/9; m. 23 Nov 1661, Mary Bridge
2. Hezekiah Gay, b. 12 July 1640; d. 28 Nov 1669 at age 27.
3. Nathaniel Gay , b. 11 Jan 1642/3; m. 1675 Lydia Starr, she was the eldest child b. 13 May 1675, daughter of John Starr.
4. Joanna Gay, b. 23 March 1644/5; m. 1st 29 March 1664 Nathaniel Whiting; m. 2d 24 March 1678/9 John Ware
5. Eleazer Gay, b. 25 June 1647; m. by 1677 Lydia Hawes, eldest child of Edward Hawes.
6. Abiel Gay (twin), b. 23 April 1649; m. 23 Jan 1677/8 Daniel Hawes
7. Judith Gay (twin), b. 23 April 1649; m. 8 Jan 1672/3 John Fuller
8. John Gay, b. 6 May 1651; m. 13 February 1678/9 Rebecca Bacon
9. Jonathan Gay, m. 1 August 1653 m. 29 August 1682 Mary Bullard
10. Hannah Gay, b. 16 October 1656; no further record

He married Lydia Starr in 1675. She was the daughter of John Starr. ^[7]

Children of Nathaniel and Lydia include^[8]:

1. Nathaniel Gay, b. 17 April 1676; d. 1 May 1676
2. Mary Gay, b. 20 March 1677; d. 11 June 1731; m. Jabez Pond
3. Lydia Gay, b. 12 June 1679; d. 20 Aug 1748; m. 5 Oct 1697 Thomas Eaton
4. Nathaniel Gay, b. 1 April 1682; d. 25 May 1750; m. 16 March 1708/9 Margaret Fisher ^[9]
5. Lusher Gay, b. 26 Sept 1685; d. 18 Oct 1769; m. 1715 Mary Ellis
6. Timothy Gay, b. 15 December 1685; d. 19 April 1691
7. Joanna Gay, b. 3 Sept 1688; d. 28 Mar 1738; m. 19 Dec 1706 Ephraim Wilson
8. Benjamin Gay, b. 20 April 1691; d. 24 May 1761; m. 3 Dec 1718 Hannah Fisher
9. Abigail Gay, b. 15 Feb 1694; d. 1 June 1718; m. 1716 Samuel Dana
10. Reverend Ebenezer Gay, D.D., b. 15 Aug 1696; d.18 March 1787 ; m. Jerusha Bradford, daughter of Samuel and Hannah (Rogers) Bradford. She died on 19 Aug 1783. Had a son Samuel Gay, b. 15 Jan 1720/1. ^[10]

Nathaniel Gay died on 20 February 1712 in Dedham, Massachusetts. ^[11]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Anderson, Robert Charles. The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633, Volumes 1-3; The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volumes 1-6. Boston: New England Historical and Genealogical Society, 1996-2011. Vol 3, G-H, p 36.
2. ↑ Delaware, Craftperson Files, 1600-1995.
3. ↑ Jackson, Ron V., Accelerated Indexing Systems, comp.. Massachusetts Census, 1790-1890. Compiled and digitized by Mr. Jackson and AIS from microfilmed schedules of the U.S. Federal Decennial Census, territorial/state censuses, and/or census substitutes.
4. ↑ New England Historic Genealogical Society. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Boston: The New England Historic Genealogical Society.
5. ↑ Godfrey Memorial Library. American Genealogical-Biographical Index. Middletown, CT, USA: Godfrey Memorial Library. Reference: Gen. Column of the " Boston Transcript". 1906-1941.( The greatest single source of material for gen. Data for the N.E. area and for the period 1600-1800. Completely indexed in the Index.): 9 Jun 1902, 4977; 30 Dec 1903, 6825. Vol. 61, p 324.
6. ↑ Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook).
7. ↑ Torry, Clarence A. New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2004.
8. ↑ Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook).
9. ↑ Yates Publishing. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004. Source number: 2408.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: KC1
10. ↑ Roser, Susan E. Mayflower Births and Deaths: From the Files of George Ernest Bowman at the Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants. Volumes 1 & 2. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc., 1992.
11. ↑ Edmund West, comp.. Family Data Collection - Individual Records [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000.

See also:

• Gay, Eldon Wilson & Child, Christopher Challender. Joanna Hooker, Wife of John¹ Borden and John¹ Gay, The New England Historical & Genealogical Register (NEHGS, Boston, Mass., 2010) Vol. 164, WN 654, Page 118.