Martin Gay (1726 - 1809)

Born 29 Dec 1726 in Hingham, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Pinckney) Gay — married 27 Feb 1749 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Husband of Ruth (Atkins) Gay — married 24 Oct 1765 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Descendants

Died 13 Feb 1809 at age 82 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Martin Gay was born on December 29, 1726 in Hingham, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony. His parents were Ebenezer Gay and Jerusha Bradford.^[1]

He married Mary Pinckney on 22 Feb 1750^[2].^[1] Children:^[1]

1. Mary
2. Celia
3. Samuel
4. Elizabeth Gay
5. Martin
6. Frances
7. Pinckney

Mary died in 1765 in Boston, Mass. (likely early in the year as Martin had remarried by 24 Oct 1765). ^[3]

Martin then married Ruth Atkins on October 24, 1765^[4]

1. Ebenezer 1st child with this name
2. Ebenezer 2nd child with this name
3. Pinckney 2nd child with this name

He carried on the business of "brass-founder," on Union St., Boston, and also was interested in shipping.^[1]

He was a deacon of the West Church, and captain of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company.^[1] . He was an addresser of Hutchinson in 1774, and of Gage in 1775, and was proscribed and banished in 1778.^[1]

He remained in Boston while the British were in possession, and left with them, March, 1776. He did not return to remain permanently until about Nov. 1792.^[1]

During the war he lived at Nova Scotia. In the autumn" of 1788 he went to England, and there resided for about two years.^[1]

He died on February 13, 1809 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States. ^[1]

"The will of Martin Gay of Boston, gentleman, proved 13 Feb. 1809, names son Samuel Gay of Westmorland in the Province of New Brunswick; daughter Mary Black, wife of Rev. William Black of Halifax, N.S...."^[5]

Sources

Libby Tough received Canadian Mayflower Society Membership number before Christmas 2021 for this line.

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8} History of the town of Hingham, Massachusetts. Thomas T Bouvé; Edward Tracy Bouvé; John Davis Long; Walter Lincoln Bouvé; Francis Henry Lincoln; George Lincoln; Edmund Hersey; Fearing Burr; Charles Winfield Scott Seymour; Hingham (Mass.). (1893). Pub. by the town. Vol II, p.265
2. ↑ Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook), Martin Gay and Mary Pinkney, Marriage Publications, 1741-1759, Yr: 1750, Vol 4, pg 197
3. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/234249983/mary-gay: accessed 10 July 2023), memorial page for Mary Pinckney Gay (1729–1765), Find a Grave Memorial ID 234249983; Burial Details Unknown; Maintained by Family of George Otis Parker, Jr. (contributor 50182541).
4. ↑ Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook), Boston, Births, Marriages and Deaths, Ruth Atkins, pg 123
5. ↑ Robert S. Wakefield, Mayflower Families through Five Generations, Vol 22, The Descendants of William Bradford, General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2004. "The Silver Book" Page 378

• Colonial Families of the United States of America, Vol VII, p.213 Notes: Information similar to History of Hingham.
• Robert S. Wakefield, Mayflower Families through Five Generations, Vol 22, The Descendants of William Bradford, General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2004. "The Silver Book" Page 376
• Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, Silver Books, Volume Sixteen, Part 2, The Descendants of John Alden Through His Daughter Elizabeth (Alden) Pabodie, 2002 Edition, Published 2002, Page 11

Notes

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Ancestry Profile

1. Marriage to Mary Pinckney on February 27, 1749
2. Marriage to Ruth Atkins on October 24, 1765