John Gay 
(about 1611 - 4 March 1688)
Date this page was last edited=6 Feb 2016
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John Gay was born about 1611 in Ashford, Kent, England.1
In February 1630 he attended a meeting of Puritans in Plymouth, England, to plan emigration to the new world.2 He embarked on 30 March 1630 in a company of 140 in the 400-ton ship Mary and John.3 After a voyage of seventy days the company entered the harbor of Nantucket, Massachusetts.3
John Gay settled in Watertown, Massachusetts; he owned 40 acres in the Great Dividends and the Beaver Brooks plowlands, and was admitted as a Freeman on 6 May 1635.4,3 His name appeared 6 September 1636 on the petition for the incorporation of the plantation at Dedham, and he was one of the original proprietors of land there.5,6,3
John Gay married Joanna ____ on 4 March 1638 at Dedham, Massachusetts.1
John Gay died on 4 March 1688 in Dedham, Massachusetts.1,5,7,6,3,8 He was buried in the Old Village Cemetery, Dedham, Massachusetts, a very small cemetery with unmarked graves.1 He left a will dated 18 December 1686 and proved 17 December 1689.5,6,3
In February 1630 he attended a meeting of Puritans in Plymouth, England, to plan emigration to the new world.2 He embarked on 30 March 1630 in a company of 140 in the 400-ton ship Mary and John.3 After a voyage of seventy days the company entered the harbor of Nantucket, Massachusetts.3
John Gay settled in Watertown, Massachusetts; he owned 40 acres in the Great Dividends and the Beaver Brooks plowlands, and was admitted as a Freeman on 6 May 1635.4,3 His name appeared 6 September 1636 on the petition for the incorporation of the plantation at Dedham, and he was one of the original proprietors of land there.5,6,3
John Gay married Joanna ____ on 4 March 1638 at Dedham, Massachusetts.1
John Gay died on 4 March 1688 in Dedham, Massachusetts.1,5,7,6,3,8 He was buried in the Old Village Cemetery, Dedham, Massachusetts, a very small cemetery with unmarked graves.1 He left a will dated 18 December 1686 and proved 17 December 1689.5,6,3
Child of John Gay and Joanna ____
- Samuel Gay+1 (1639-1718)
Citations
- [S415] GEDCOM file received July 2004 from A. Joanne Hunt, 18 Cranberry Lane, Litchfield, New Hampshire, 03052.
- [S764] Rhoades, Colonial Familes, Vol. VII, 210.
- [S764] Rhoades, Colonial Familes, Vol. VII, 211.
- [S755] Savage, Genealogical Dictionary, Vol. II, 236.
- [S420] Gay, "John Gay of Dedham", 45.
- [S763] Gay, John Gay of Dedham, 3.
- [S755] Savage, Genealogical Dictionary, Vol. II, 237.
- [S992] Arthur Adams, "Memoirs of the Deceased Members", 308.
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