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William Gay 1729–1768 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 3 April 1729

Birth Location: St James, Goochland Co, VA, Virginia, USA

Death Date: 13 March 1768

Death Location: Goochland County, Virginia, United States of America

Father: William Sr

Mother: Elizabeth Bolling

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William Gay was born in 1729 in St James, Goochland Co, VA, Virginia, USA, the child of William Gay Sr And Elizabeth Bolling. William Gay married Francis Trent, Judith Scott, and had children including Ann Gay, Charles Gay, Edward Gay, Elizabeth Gay, Mary Gay, Neil Gay, Sally Gay, Thomas Gay, William Gay. William Gay passed away in 1768 in Goochland County, Virginia, United States of America.

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Biography

  • William Gay was born in 1729 in St James, Goochland Co, VA, Virginia, USA, the child of William Gay Sr And Elizabeth Bolling.
  • William Gay married Francis Trent, Judith Scott, and had children including Ann Gay, Charles Gay, Edward Gay, Elizabeth Gay, Mary Gay, Neil Gay, Sally Gay, Thomas Gay, William Gay.
  • William Gay passed away in 1768 in Goochland County, Virginia, United States of America.

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William Gay's Ancestors

Self
William Gay
1729–1768
Birth Place: St James, Goochland Co, VA, Virginia, USA
Parents
William Gay Sr
1705–1749
Henrico County, Virginia, USA
Elizabeth Bolling
1709–1766
Cobbs, Henrico County, Virginia, USA
Grandparents
John (Fairfax) Bolling
1676–1729
Kippax Plantation, Charles City County, Virginia, Colonial America
Mary Kennon
1679–1727
Conjurer's Neck, Chesterfield, Henrico Co, Virginia, USA
Great-Grandparents
Robert Bolling
1646–1709
Jane Rolfe
1650–1676
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Bolling
1615–1684
Thomas Rolfe
1615–1675

William Gay's Timeline

2 Records

1729
3 April 1729
Birth of William Gay in St James, Goochland Co, VA, Virginia, USA
St James, Goochland Co, VA, Virginia, USA
1768
13 March 1768
Age 39
Death of William Gay in Annapolis, Anne Arundel, Maryland, USA
Annapolis, Anne Arundel, Maryland, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 3 April 1729
    Event Place: St James, Goochland Co, VA, Virginia, USA
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 13 March 1768
    Event Place: Annapolis, Anne Arundel, Maryland, USA
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Goochland County, Virginia, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

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