Born about in Gays Creek, Clay County, Kentucky
Ancestors 
Daughter of William Henry Gay
and Margaret (Russell) Gay
Sister of
Thomas Gay [half], Elizabeth Gay [half], Andrew Gay [half], Robert Gay [half], Archibald Gay [half], Marvin Gay [half], Anne Gay [half], John Henderson Gay [half], Mary Polly (Gay) Cale [half], Rebbeca Gay [half], Henry Cliff Gay III, James Gay [half], Jane (Gay) Williams, Henry Gay, Lewis Russell Gay, Margaret Gay, Violet Charlotte Gay, Joanna Gay, Nelson Gay, Elijah Gay, Joseph Gay and Mary Ann (Gay) Burton
Wife of
Zachariah West
— married
[date unknown] in Clay County, Kentucky
Descendants 
Mother of
John West, Joseph West, Jonathan West, Jacob West, Leander West, Samuel West, Jane West, Mounts West, Ballinger West and Charles West
Died about
at about age 61
in Missouri [uncertain]
[uncertain]Profile last modified
| Created 17 Jul 2011
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Biography
Rachel was born about 1819. She is the daughter of Henry Gay and Margaret Russell. She passed away about 1880. [1]
Sources
- Danielle Whitehead, firsthand knowledge. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Danielle and others.
- Wesley Doughman, firsthand knowledge. Click the Changes tab for the details of edits by Wesley and others.
- "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MH8M-MY4 : 14 December 2017), Zachariah West, 1860.
- ↑ Entered by Danielle Whitehead, Jul 16, 2011
Notes for Rachel Gay: Married a West and moved to Missouri.
James West may have been the husband
https://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=bass%2Dsetters&id=I569
Another source that has James West as the husband.
https://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=gayfamilyfile&id=I000495
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Rachel by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Rachel:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Rachel by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Rachel:
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~4.69%
~3.12%
Mary Gay 
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A158759 [compare], Ancestry member MARYKGAY
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~3.12%
~3.12%
Freda (Thomas) Adkins :
23andMe, GEDmatch M282922 [compare]
+
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member okspiriteyes7
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~3.12%
~6.25%
Linda (Sharpton) Davidson :
AncestryDNA
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~3.12%
Gloria (Adams) Bidinger :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member glorrya37
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~3.12%
~12.50%
Nora (Welch) Goodin :
AncestryDNA
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~1.56%
Sharon Barger :
23andMe
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~1.56%
John Viars :
AncestryDNA
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