Person:Eleazar Gay (1)

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Eleazar Gay
b.19 Aug 1677 Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States
d.13 Apr 1726 Wrentham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m. Bef 1677
  1. Eleazar Gay1677 - 1726
  2. Lydia Gay1685 - 1717
  3. John Gay1687 -
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  Eleazar Gay1677 - 1726
  • W.  Mary _____Abt 1690 - 1744/45
m. Bef 1713
  1. Mary Gay1713 -
  2. Eleazer Gay1714/15 - Bef 1727
  3. Abigail Gay1715/16 -
  4. Job Gay1717 -
  5. Esther Gay1719 -
  6. Jonah Gay1721 -
  7. Lydia Gay1723 -
  8. Seth Gay1725 -
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Facts and Events
Name[3] Eleazar Gay
Gender Male
Birth[1] 19 Aug 1677 Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States
Marriage Bef 1713 Based on birth of eldest known child
to Mary _____
Death[2][4] 13 Apr 1726 Wrentham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States
References
  1. ↑ Dedham (Massachusetts). Town Clerk; Julius Herbert Tuttle; Benjamin Fisher; and Don Gleason Hill. The early records of the town of Dedham, Massachusetts. (Dedham, Massachusetts: Dedham Transcript Press, 1886-1936)
    Vol. 1, p. 16.

    Eleazar, ye Son of Eleazar & Lydia Gay, born 19th 6th, [16]77.
    [Note: In old-styles dates, the sixth month is August. More info may be found here.]

  2. ↑ Massachusetts. Probate Court (Suffolk County). Probate records, 1636-1899. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1969-1971)
    Case 5271: Gay Eleazer Wrentham 1726 June 24.

    22 Jun 1726: Inventory of Eleazer Gay late Decaced: £962-5-6, by Thomas Bacon, ephraim Poind, John Day.
    24 Jun 1726: Bond of Mary Gay widow as admin'x of Eleazer Gay late of Wrentham Husbandman deceased.
    1 Mar 1726[/27]: Account of Mary Gay Admin'x of her Husband Eleazer Gay late of Wrentham Husbandman deceased Intestate, allowed. 23 Aug 1727: Additional account allowed (includes allowance for maintenance of three of Deceased's seven children they being now under 7 years of age).
    5 Apr 1742: Division of real estate of Eleazer Gay: to widow Gay for her thirds; to Jobe Gay; to Jonah Gay; to Seth Gay; to Mary Gay; to Abigal Gay; to Esther Gay; to Lydia Gay

  3. ↑ Gay, Frederick Lewis. John Gay of Dedham, Massachusetts and Some of His Descendants. (Boston: D. Clapp & Son, 1879)
    p. 4.

    Children of Eliezer Gay and Lydia ---: Eleazer, b. 19 Apr 1677, m. Lydia ---.
    [Note: the identification of the wife is apparently an editing error, since it is identical to how his father's wife is identified, in spite of the fact that all 8 of the children shown have birth records in Wrentham naming their mother as Mary.]

  4. ↑ Baldwin, Thomas W. Vital records of Wrentham, Massachusetts, to the year 1850. (Boston: Stanhope Press, 1910)
    Vol. 2, p. 449.

    GAY, Eleazer, [died] Apr. 13, 1726.

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