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Elizabeth (Sims) Gay (abt. 1785 - 1861)

Elizabeth (Betsey) Gay formerly Sims
Born about in Connecticut, United Statesmap
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Descendants descendants
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Died at about age 76 in Liberty Hill, Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, United Statesmap
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Biography

Elizabeth "Betsey" was born about 1785 (aged "about" 18 in 1803), probably in Lebanon, to George Sims and Caroline Hyde.[1]

She and her two sisters were baptized at Lebanon on August 3, 1794.[2]

Betsey received $17.11 of her father's estate in 1803.[3]

She married about 1806 Asa Gay, the son of Samuel Gay and Abigail Bailey.[4] They had:

  1. George Sims, b. March 31, 1807 at Lebanon[4]
  2. Gordon Hyde, b. June 8, 1809 at Lebanon[4]
  3. Amos William, b. July 3, 1814 at Lebanon[4]
  4. Ambrose Cushman, b. October 4, 1817 at Lebanon[4]
  5. Samuel Augustus, b. March 27, 1820 at Lebanon[4]
  6. Caroline, b. March 3, 1812 at Lebanon, died May 28, 1814[4]

They settled at Liberty Hill in Lebanon. Asa died in 1855, and Elizabeth was living in 1859, presumably when she contributed to the "Hyde Genealogy" (1864).[4]

Betsey died February 11, 1861, probably at Liberty Hill, and is buried in the Liberty Hill Cemetery. The inscription on her gravestone reads:[5]

BETSEY SIMS
wife of
Asa Gay,
DIED
Feb. 11, 1861.
E. 75

Sources

  1. Windham Probate Packets: No. 3391, Elizabeth Sims
  2. Connecticut State Library. Connecticut Church Record Abstracts, Volume 47 Lebanon First Congregational Church 1700-1883. (Connecticut State Library, 1942): Page 171, citing Volume 5, Page 122
  3. Windham Probate Packets: No. 3393, George Sims
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 Walworth, Reuben Hyde. Hyde Genealogy, or The descendants, in the Female as well as in the Male Lines, From William Hyde, of Norwich (J. Munsell, Albany, 1864) : Volume 2, Page 713
  5. Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 08 October 2019), memorial page for Elizabeth “Betsey” Sims Gay (1786–11 Feb 1861), Find A Grave: Memorial #40153069, citing Liberty Hill Cemetery, Lebanon, New London County, Connecticut, USA ; Maintained by wobie (contributor 47066288) .
  • Connecticut State Library. Windham Probate Packets; imaged, FamilySearch; DGS 007629475 ("Probate packets - Rose, Seth - Slocum, John 1719-1880").




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