Ebenezer Gay Jr (1696 - 1787)

Born 15 Aug 1696 in Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts

Ancestors

Husband of Jerusha (Bradford) Gay — married 13 Nov 1719 in Duxbury, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died 18 Mar 1787 at age 90 in Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts

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Biography

Ebenezer, was born on August 15, 1696 in Dedham, Massachusetts; the son of Nathaniel and Lydia (Starr) Gay ^{[1] [2] [3]}

He graduated from Harvard in 1714 and served as Minister in Hingham, Massachusetts from his ordination on June 11, 1718 until his death. ^[4]

He married Jerusha Bradford on 13 November 1719 in Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts. ^[5]

He died in 1787 in Hingham, Massachusetts at age 91. ^[6]

Research Notes

His mother is also referred to as Lydia Lusher in some places. They have a child named Lusher. There could possibly be two Nathaniel Gay's that married two different spouses: Lydia Lusher and Lydia Starr both born in 1652?

Sources

1. ↑ Torry, Clarence A. New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2004.
2. ↑ Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook).
3. ↑ 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.
4. ↑ Godfrey Memorial Library, comp.. American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI) [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999. Reference: Eliz. (Alden) Pabodie & des. By Mary L.T. Alden. Salem, Ms, 1897 (125p.):80; Vol 61, p 275.
5. ↑ Diary of Rev. John Robinson (Connecticut State Library) Page 2: "Bradford, Jerusha, Mrs., of [Lebanon], m. E[ ] Gay, of Hingham, Nov. 12, 1719, by Rev. J[ohn] Robinson"
6. ↑ Newspapers and Periodicals. American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, Massachusetts. Boston, various newspapers, published 18 March 1787. Massachusetts. Call No. 109363.

See also:

• Alice Westgate, comp., Ann T. Reeves, 2000 ed., Peggy M. Baker, 2013 ed., Mayflower Families through Five Generations, Thomas Rogers, Volume 19, second edition (Plymouth: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2013) 305-308.
• Dexter, Franklin Bowditch. Extracts From The Itineraries and Other Miscellanies of Ezra Stiles (Yale Univ. Press, New Haven, Conn., 1916) Page 212.
• Fessenden, G.M. A Genealogy of the Bradford Family, New England Historical & Genealogical Register (NEHGS, Boston, 1850) Vol. 4, Page 47.
• Lincoln, Solomon. History of the Town of Hingham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts (Caleb Gill, Jr. & Farmer & Brown, Hingham, Mass., 1827) Page 26-30. Also see footnote.
• Shipton, Clifford K., Biographical Sketches of Graduates of Harvard University (Massachusetts Historical Society, Boston, 1942) Vol. 6, Page 59.

This is from Anita Gay Tetreault: I have a booklet entitled "Ebenezer Gay Jr's Record of Deaths in his Parish 1795-1814". It was transcribed and published by iRoots.net in 2001; in the same year it was copyrighted by Scott Prentice. The original manuscript is stored at the Kent Memorial Library, Suffield, CT. and what I have is a typed copy of the records. A brief genealogy which follows the original manuscript material gives Ebenezer's date of death as 18 March 1787, ten years later than the date in this profile.

I'm not sure why he used Jr. in his name, but I do know that at his ordination on January 13, 1741, in Suffield, Connecticut, he was called The Reverand Mr. Ebenezer Gay, Junior.