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Thomas Gay 1666 – 1750 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1666

Birth Location: Isle of Wight County, Virginia, USA

Death Date: 6 Dec 1750

Death Location: Nansemond, New Kent County, Virginia, USA

Father: Henry Gay

Mother: Joane Sanders

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Thomas Gay was born in 1666 in Isle of Wight County, Virginia, USA, the child of Henry Gay and Joane Sanders. Thomas Gay passed away in 1750 in Nansemond, New Kent County, Virginia, USA.

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Biography

  • Thomas Gay was born in 1666 in Isle of Wight County, Virginia, USA, the child of Henry Gay and Joane Sanders.
  • Thomas Gay passed away in 1750 in Nansemond, New Kent County, Virginia, USA.

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Spouses(s)

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Thomas Gay's Ancestors

Self
Thomas Gay
1666 – 1750
Birth Place: Isle of Wight County, 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

Thomas Gay's Timeline

2 Records

1666
1666
Birth of Thomas Gay in Isle of Wight County, Virginia, USA
Isle of Wight County, Virginia, USA
1750
6 Dec 1750
Age 84
Death of Thomas Gay in Nansemond, New Kent County, Virginia, USA
Nansemond, New Kent County, Virginia, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1666
    Event Place: Isle of Wight County, Virginia, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 6 Dec 1750
    Event Place: Nansemond, New Kent County, Virginia, USA

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