Thomas Gay (1788 - 1858)

Born 1788 in Adderley, County Fermanagh, Ireland

Ancestors

Husband of Jane Marshall — married 1813 in Armagh, County Fermanagh, Ireland

Descendants

Died 7 Sep 1858 at about age 70 in Long Brush, New South Wales, Australia

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Biography

Thomas Gay was born in Adderley, County Fermanagh, Ireland. On his immigration papers he claimed to be 39, making his birth about 1802, but the age given at his death in 1858 was 70, which would be closer to 1788.

He married Jane Marshall in 1813 in Fernmanagh County, Tyrone, Ireland.

Thomas emigrated to Australia with his family on the ship Margaret, arriving on the 28th of March, 1841.^[1][2]

He died at Long Brush near Jamberoo on the 7th of September, 1858, and was buried in the Jamberoo cemetery on the 9th of September.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ Ancestry.com. New South Wales, Australia, Assisted Immigrant Passenger Lists, 1828-1896
   Married Male Immigrant Th. Gay, Arrived by the Ship: Margaret, A Native of: adderly, Co Fermanagh. Parents deceased. Calling: Farm St., Age on embarkation: 39, Person certifying Registry of Baptism: Jno Richardson, Minister, Character, and Person certifying the same: Jno Richardson, Minister, Jas. Wood, Religion: Prot., Read and write: both,
2. ↑ Australia, New South Wales, Index to Bounty Immigrants, 1828-1842," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-267-12337-136958-65?cc=1542665&wc=M995-SHP:n376015209 : accessed 02 Nov 2013), Gay
3. ↑ NSW BDM: Death 3831/1858
   GAY THOMAS, father JAMES, mother JANE, district KIAMA

• Re: [NSW-SE] Marshall Gay families abt 1865. Rootsweb discussion retrieved 19/9/17 from http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/th/read/AUS-NSW-SE/2010-01/1264654724

Note

17 years in colony of NSW. Family Search ID: LD17-ZZT