Solomon Gay

(24 February 1741 - 8 June 1823)
Pedigree - three generations
Date this page was last edited=6 Feb 2016
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Ancestors of Martha Josselyn (1909 - 2007)
Solomon Gay was born on 24 February 1741.1,2,3 He was the son of Timothy Gay and Azubah Thorp.4

Solomon Gay was baptized on 1 March 1740/41 at South Parish Church, Dedham, Massachusetts.5

Solomon Gay married Abigail Gould on 4 February 1762 at the South Parish Church, Dedham, Massachusetts.4,6,1,2,7,8,3

In the Revolutionary War, he served as a private in Samuel Payson's company, Col. John Graton's Regiment of Minute Men.4

Solomon Gay appeared on the census of 1800 at Sharon, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, in a household with 1 male age 10-15, 1 male age 16-25, 1 male age 45 or older, 2 females age 16-25, and 1 female age 45 or older.9

Solomon Gay appeared on the census of 1810 at Sharon, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, in a household with 3 males age under 10, 1 male age 26-44, 1 male age 45 or older, 1 female age 10-15, and 1 female age 45 or older.10

Solomon Gay died on 8 June 1823 in Sharon, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, at age 82.4,11,3

Child of Solomon Gay and Abigail Gould

Citations

  1. [S420] Gay, "John Gay of Dedham", 50.
  2. [S763] Gay, John Gay of Dedham, 8.
  3. [S992] Arthur Adams, "Memoirs of the Deceased Members", 308.
  4. [S415] GEDCOM file received July 2004 from A. Joanne Hunt, 18 Cranberry Lane, Litchfield, New Hampshire, 03052.
  5. [S416] Hill, Dedham Church Records, 151.
  6. [S416] Hill, Dedham Church Records, 170.
  7. [S421] Hill, Dedham Records, 266.
  8. [S909] Frederic Endicott, The Record of Births, Marriages and Deaths and Intentions of Marriage, in the Town of Stoughton, 265.
  9. [S904] Solomon Gay household, 1800 U.S. census, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, Sharon.
  10. [S905] Solomon Gay household, 1810 U.S. census, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, Sharon.
  11. [S606] Baldwin, Vital Records of Sharon, 167.

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