Nathaniel and Joanna had children, the first born in Dedham, the rest in Medfield, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony:[3]
Joana (1665), married John Blake
Nathaniel (1667-1693), died unmarried
John (1669), married Mary Billings
Samuel (1671), married Mary Clark
Hezekiah (1673)
Death
Nathaniel died before 9 September 1676, when his inventory was appraised. His probate shows that he died intestate and that he was living in Medfield when he died. Joanna and her father John Gay Sr. were the administrators of the estate.[4]
Sources
↑ New England Marriages to 1700. Torrey, v.3 p.1655 (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015. NEHGS member site
Text: "WHITING, Nathaniel (1644-1676) & Joanna GAY (1645-), m/2 John WARE 1679; 29 Mar 1664; Dedham/Boston (1676?) {Dwight 100; Ware 10; Bassett-Preston 323; Cross Anc. 149; Reg. 33:45, 41:25, 396}"
↑ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850 Medfield, v.1 p.103 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016). NEHGS member site
↑ Suffolk County, MA: Probate File Papers.Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2017-2019. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives. Digitized images provided by FamilySearch.org) NEHGS member site
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.
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Shouldn't this profile mention that he lived most of his (short) adult life at Medfield (Norfolk County), where he sustained fatal injuries when his house was burned by Indians?