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
↑ 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
↑ 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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