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Henry H Gay 1663 – 1737 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1 Jun 1663

Birth Location: Isle of Wight, Isle of Wight, Virginia, USA

Death Date: 25 Apr 1737

Death Location: Isle of Wight, Isle of Wight, Virginia, USA

Father: Henry Gay

Mother: Joane Sanders

Spouse(s): Jane Lawrence

Children(s): Thomas Gay, Joshua Gay, Dr Gay,

The story of Henry H Gay II began in 1663 in Isle of Wight, Isle of Wight, Virginia, USA. In 1600, Henry H Gay II resided in Isle of Wight, Virginia, USA. Henry H Gay II married Jane Lawrence, and had children including Thomas Gay, Joshua Gay, Dr William Alexander 'Old Duke' Gay,. Henry H Gay II passed away in 1737 in Isle of Wight, Isle of Wight, Virginia, USA.

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Biography

  • The story of Henry H Gay II began in 1663 in Isle of Wight, Isle of Wight, Virginia, USA.
  • In 1600, Henry H Gay II resided in Isle of Wight, Virginia, USA.
  • Henry H Gay II married Jane Lawrence, and had children including Thomas Gay, Joshua Gay, Dr William Alexander 'Old Duke' Gay,.
  • Henry H Gay II passed away in 1737 in Isle of Wight, Isle of Wight, Virginia, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Henry Gay
1639 – 1688
Birth Location: Alcester, Warwickshire, England
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Joane Sanders
1641 – 1725
Birth Location: Isle of Wight County, Virginia, USA
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Spouses(s)

Jane Lawrence
1664 – 1737
Birth Location: Isle of Wight, Virginia, USA
JL

Children(s)

Thomas Gay
1690 – 1754
Birth Location: Isle of Wight County, Virginia, USA
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Joshua Gay
1693 – 1784
Birth Location: Virginia, USA
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Dr Gay,
1705 – 1749
Birth Location: Cobbs, Henrico County, Virginia, USA
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Henry Gay's Ancestors

Self
Henry Gay
1663 – 1737
Birth Place: Isle of Wight, Isle of Wight, Virginia, USA
Parents
Henry Gay
1639 – 1688
Alcester, Warwickshire, England
Joane Sanders
1641 – 1725
Isle of Wight County, Virginia, USA
Grandparents
Henry Gay
1615 – 1669
Plymouth, Devon, England
Joanne (Jane) Baldwin
1619 – 1688
England??
Tobias (Saunders) II,
1620 – 1695
Amersham, Chiltern District, Buckinghamshire, England
Mary (Clarke) Peckham
1625 – 1694
Newport, Newport, Rhode Island, USA
Great-Grandparents
Thomas Gay
1590 –
Tobias Saunders
1596 – 1642
Isabel Wilde
1598 – 1642
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Richard Saunders
1560 – 1629
Johanna Osburne
1561 – 1614

Henry Gay's Descendants

1.
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Henry (H) Gay (1 Jun 1663 – 25 Apr 1737) m. Jane Lawrence (8 Nov 1664 – 25 Apr 1737)
  1. 1. Thomas Gay (1690 – 4 Apr 1754) m. Mary Bryan (1700 – 1794)
    1. 1. William Gay (1720 – 1804)
  2. 2. Joshua Gay (1693 – 1 Jul 1784)
  3. 3. Dr (William Alexander 'Old Duke') Gay, (1705 – 1 Mar 1749) m. Elizabeth Bolling (17 Dec 1709 – 24 July 1766)
    1. 1. William Gay (1731 – 24 May 1815) m. Frances Trent, (18 Oct 1753 – 1780) m. Judith Scott (1765 – 3 October 1827)
      1. 1. Elizabeth (Gay) (Bentley) (20 Aug 1773 – 28 Jun 1840) m. Peter (Efford) Bentley, (Nov 1759 – 2 July 1837)
        1. 1. Henry (Hogue) Bentley (1794 – 27 March 1836)
        2. 2. Eliza (Gay) Bentley (1796 – 1852)
        3. 3. William (Field) Bentley (1798 – 1871)
        4. 4. Frances (Trent) Bentley (1 May 1798 – 5 Sep 1859)
        5. 5. Efford (Bolling) Bentley (21 September 1801 – 8 August 1882)
        6. 6. John (Gay) Bentley (1804 – 21 Sep 1870)
        7. 7. Dr. (Alexander Willis) Bentley (1811 – May 1868)
      2. 2. Neil (Buchanan) Gay, (03 Sep 1791 – 25 June 1864) m. Martha ("Patsy" T) Talley (27 Nov 1795 – 28 Apr 1864)
        1. 1. William (C) Gay (20 Jun 1823 – 1 Dec 1893)
        2. 2. Dr. (Neil Buchanan "Uncle Buck") Gay (6 Feb 1827 – 16 Jul 1906) m. Mary Bunn (15 Aug 1834 – )
        3. 3. Martha (Ann) Gay (26 Dec 1828 – 15 Dec 1915) m. Capt (William Archelaus) Perkins (17 Sep 1829 – 16 April 1895)
        4. 4. Pocahontas (Virginia "Aunt Poca") Gay (5 Sep 1830 – 14 Oct 1922)
        5. 5. Caroline (Ann Scott) Gay (1 Dec 1832 – 2 May 1909)
        6. 6. Richard (Anderson) Gay (23 Oct 1835 – 25 Jun 1847)
      3. 3. Thomas (Bolling) Gay (1794 – 10 Feb 1849)
      4. 4. Mary ("Polly" Buchanan) Gay (3 Feb 1794 – 1879)
      5. 5. Capt (Edward Scott) Gay (1795 – 11 Aug 1874)
      6. 6. Anna (H.) Gay (1798 – 4 Mar 1867)
      7. 7. Charles (Scott) Gay (9 June 1802 – 17 March 1872)
    2. 2. Mary Gay (1735 – ) m. Mil (Neil) Buchanan ( – 1792)
    3. 3. Elizabeth (Betty) Gay (September 1738 – 27 November 1813) m. James (Thomas) Bolling, (18 Jul 1735 – 7 Aug 1804)
      1. 1. Elizabeth Bolling (14 Oct 1758 – 12 Aug 1830)
      2. 2. John Bolling, (31 Jan 1761 – 1783)
      3. 3. Rebecca Bolling (19 Aug 1763 – 05 Dec 1824) m. Dr (William) Murray (6 May 1752 – 1815)
        1. 1. Cornelia (Sarah) Murray (1780 – Aug 1843)
        2. 2. Anne Murray (1780 – 24 Mar 1837)
        3. 3. William Murray (1782 – 1866)
        4. 4. Thomas Murray (1788 – 1809)
        5. 5. Bolling Murray (1796 – abt 17 Aug 1821)
        6. 6. William Murray (31 Aug 1796 – 11 Jul 1866) m. Rebecca (M) Skelton (10 Nov 1804 – 10 Nov 1858)
      4. 4. Thomas Bolling (1 Jul 1766 – 11 Jan 1836)
      5. 5. Mary Bolling, (1767 – 10 Apr 1826)
      6. 6. James (Thomas) Bolling (1 Jul 1773 – 07 Mar 1838) m. Anne (Nancy Ellicock) Alcot (1760 – 1813) m. Hester (Seals) Voiles (1773 – 20 Jan 1859)
        1. 1. James Bolling, (9 Mar 1793 – 11 Nov 1879)
        2. 2. William Bolling (17 Mar 1796 – 29 Aug 1828)
        3. 3. Elizabeth ("Betsy") Bolling (Abt. 1800 – 1846)
        4. 4. George Boling (8 Dec 1802 – 24 Feb 1857)
        5. 5. Jesse (Hirman) Boling (29 March 1809 – 30 April 1897)
        6. 6. Nancy (Alcot) Boling (17 Jan 1812 – 28 Nov 1891)
      7. 7. Col (William 'Bolling Hall') Bolling (26 May 1777 – 16 Jul 1845) m. Mary Randolph (5 Jul 1775 – 08 Aug 1863)
        1. 1. William (Albert) Bolling (21 Feb 1799 – 30 Oct 1884)
        2. 2. Anne (Meade) Bolling (1804 – 29 Apr 1845)
        3. 3. Pvt (Thomas) Bolling (05 Feb 1807 – 18 Mar 1889)
        4. 4. Mary (Randolph) Bolling (03 Apr 1809 – 18 Jan 1870)
        5. 5. Jane (Rolfe) Bolling (01 May 1817 – 28 Feb 1867) m. Robert Skipwith, (30 Sep 1810 – 27 Apr 1904)
    4. 4. Henry (William 'Red' Gay) Sr, (1748 – 24 May 1830) m. Rebecca (Jane) Henderson (1764 – abt 1801) m. Margaret ('Peggy') Russell, (1780 – 1855) m. Elizabeth Wilkinson (1766 – 1833)
      1. 1. John (Henderson) Gay, (7 Oct 1787 – 09 Sep 1878) m. Sophia Mitchell (27 Mar 1793 – 14 Oct 1869)
        1. 1. Edward (James) Gay, (3 Feb 1816 – 30 May 1889) m. Lavinia Hynes (21 April 1821 – 22 Nov 1891)
        2. 2. William (Thomas) Gay (15 OCT 1828 – 16 October 1895) m. Sallie (Sarah) Bass (July 1834 – 1909)
      2. 2. Marvin Gay (1789 – )
      3. 3. Josiah Gay (1790 – 27 Nov 1865)
      4. 4. James (F) Gay (1791 – 1875)
      5. 5. Mary (Polly) Gay (1794 – 1885)
      6. 6. Henry ('Cliff') Gay (1796 – 1858) m. Hannah Couch
        1. 1. Edward Gay (Abt. 1839 – )
      7. 7. Jane Gay (1800 – 20 Dec 1882)
      8. 8. Margaret Gay (1802 – 02 Nov 1891)
      9. 9. Nathaniel Gay (1805 – Aug 1870)
      10. 10. Lewis (Russell) Gay (1806 – 1876)
      11. 11. Nelson Gay (12 Apr 1812 – August 1900)
      12. 12. Pvt (Elijah Lige) Gay, (1815 – 1891) m. Mary (Polly) Gay (1812 – 1860)
        1. 1. James (Baker) Gay (1838 – 15 Oct 1888)
        2. 2. Russell (Lewis) Gay (1842 – 14 Nov 1886)
        3. 3. Henry (C) Gay, (1846 – 28 Jul 1890) m. Elizabeth Gay
        4. 4. Orville (Bradley) Gay (4 March 1866 – 24 June 1919)
        5. 5. George (Washington) Gay (16 July 1873 – )
      13. 13. Elizabeth (Mitchell) Gay (1818 – 1862) m. Edward Bentley
      14. 14. Rachel Gay (1819 – 1880)
      15. 15. Joanna Gay (10 Jan 1823 – 03 Nov 1850)
      16. 16. Rebecca Gay (1798 – )
    5. 5. Mills Gay (1754 – 1854) m. Nancy Gay
      1. 1. Elizabeth ("Betsey") Gay (1820 – Feb 28, 1894)

Henry Gay's Timeline

3 Records

1600
1600-1705
Henry H Gay II resided here in Isle of Wight, Virginia, USA
Isle of Wight, Virginia, USA
1663
1 Jun 1663
Birth of Henry H Gay II in Isle of Wight, Isle of Wight, Virginia, USA
Isle of Wight, Isle of Wight, Virginia, USA
1737
25 Apr 1737
Age 74
Death of Henry H Gay II in Isle of Wight, Isle of Wight, Virginia, USA
Isle of Wight, Isle of Wight, Virginia, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1 Jun 1663
    Event Place: Isle of Wight, Isle of Wight, Virginia, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1600-1705
    Event Place: Isle of Wight, Virginia, USA
    Record Source: Seventeenth century Isle of Wight County, Virginia

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 25 Apr 1737
    Event Place: Isle of Wight, Isle of Wight, Virginia, USA
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