Nathaniel Gay (1682 - 1750)

Born 2 Apr 1682 in Dedham, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Margaret (Fisher) Gay — married 16 Mar 1709 in Dedham, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Descendants

Died 25 May 1750 at age 68 in Dedham, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony

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Biography

Nathaniel, son of Nathaniel and Lydia (Starr) Gay was born in Dedham, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony on 2 Apr 1682; he married there Margaret, daughter of Daniel and Mary (Fuller) Fisher on 27 Mar 1706; Nathaniel died there on 25 May 1750.

Nathaniel (Nathaniel, John) Gay and Margaret had eleven known children born in Dedham. Nathaniel died at age 68 and was survived by at least two of his children.

Children

• Margaret Gay (1710-1710)
• Nathaniel Gay (1711-1776)
• Joseph Gay (1714- )
• Josiah Gay (1718-1719)
• Daniel Gay ( -1826)
• Samuel Gay (1723-1723)
• Abigail Gay twin (1723- )
• Marggaret Gay (1725- )
• Moses Gay ( -1727)
• Abigail Gay (1728- )
• Mary Gay (1732- )

Timeline

• 1682, 2 Apr - born in Dedham, Massachusetts Bay Colony ^[1]
• 1709, 16 Mar -married Margaret Fisher of Dedham ^[2]
• 1710 to 1732 - births of 11 children in Dedham
• 1750, 25 May - died at age 68 in Dedham ^[3]
• 1750 - burial

Research Notes

• The family of Nathaniel and Margaret Gay are documented in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol 33, page 36
• It is the policy of The England Historical and Genealogical Society to allow their document pages to be posted as long as the document's cover page is also presented.

Sources

1. ↑ 1682 Birth for Nathaniel Gay, son of Nathaniel in "The New England Historical and Genealogical Register," Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1847-. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2018.) NEHGR:33:47
2. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP8D-XMP8 : 19 April 2021), Nathaniell Gay and Margret Fisher, 16 Mar 1709; citing Marriage, Dedham, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007548965.
3. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FH82-Q2J : 10 November 2020), Nathaniel Gay, 25 May 1750; citing Death, Dedham, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009369.

Acknowledgements

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