Joel Gay (1807 - 1894)

Born 1 Jul 1807 in Chelsea, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States

Husband of Elizabeth (Perkins) Gay — married 22 Sep 1829 in Lynnfield, Essex, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Joel was born in 1807 in Chelsea, Massachusetts, son of Abner and Lydia. ^[1]

Joel Gay and Miss Elizabeth Perkins married in 1829 in Lynnfield, Massachusetts. ^[2]

The 1850 Census from Nashua, New Hampshire ^[3]

By the 1860 Census from Nashua, New Hampshire Joseph and Mary are no longer in the household, Arthur has been born. ^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZ8L-KM7 : 10 February 2018), Joel Gay, 01 Jul 1807; citing CHELSEA,SUFFOLK,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 0874029 IT 1.
2. ↑ "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHSW-WL2 : 9 February 2018), Mr Joel Gay and Miss Elizabeth Perkins, 22 Sep 1829; citing reference ; FHL microfilm 760,609.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWZJ-2B6 : 12 April 2016), Elizabeth Gay in household of Joel Gay, Nashville, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States; citing family 228, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M7WJ-H59 : 14 December 2017), Joel Gay, 1860.

• Vital Records Lynnfield, Marriages

Name: Joel Gay Event Type: Death Event Date: 24 Nov 1894 Event Place: Stoneham, Massachusetts Gender: Male Age: 87 Age: 87y 3m 24d Age: 87 years 3 months 24 days Marital Status: Married Race: White Occupation: Blacksmith Birth Year (Estimated): 1807 Birthplace: Chelsea Burial Place: Pievere Father's Name: Abner Gay Father's Birthplace: Dedham Mother's Name: Lydia Low Mother's Birthplace: Chelsea Source Reference: Gay, Oel, 1894 Digital Folder Number: 004225008 Record Number: 130 Record Number: 130

Other information in the record of Joel Gay Name: Joel Gay Event Type: Death Event Date: 24 Nov 1894 Event Place: Stoneham, Massachusetts Gender: Male Age: 87 Age: 87y 3m 24d Age: 87 years 3 months 24 days Marital Status: Married Race: White Occupation: Blacksmith Birth Year (Estimated): 1807 Birthplace: Chelsea Burial Place: Pievere Father's Name: Abner Gay Father's Birthplace: Dedham Mother's Name: Lydia Low Mother's Birthplace: Chelsea Source Reference: Gay, Oel, 1894 Digital Folder Number: 004225008 Record Number: 130 Record Number: 130

Reference ID: v 446 p 375 GS Film Number: 961513 Digital Folder Number: 4225008 Image Number: 366 Indexing Project (Batch) Number: B06835-5

Citing this Record "Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NW4Q-SBS : 16 June 2020), Lydia Low in entry for Oel Gay, 24 Nov 1894; citing Stoneham, Massachusetts, v 446 p 375, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 961,513.