John Gay

Abt 1613 - 1689  (~ 76 years)

• Name	John Gay  [1]
  Birth	Abt 1613  [2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Death	4 Mar 1689	Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts   [2, 3]
  Person ID	I30677	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of EK
  Last Modified	4 Nov 2020

  
  

  Family	Joanna Hooker,   b. Bef 12 Apr 1612   d. 14 Aug 1691, Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts (Age > 79 years)
  Marriage	Bef 1638  [2, 3]
  Children	+ 1. Eleazar Gay,   b. 25 Jun 1647, Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts d. 13 Apr 1726, Wrentham, Norfolk, Massachusetts (Age 78 years)
  Family ID	F7214	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	4 Nov 2020

  
  

• Notes

  Arrived in New England in 1634. First at Watertown; removed to Dedham in 1637. He was literate and held many public offices.

  
  

• Sources

  [S562] Bassett-Preston Ancestors: A History of the Ancestors in America of Marion Bassett Luitweiler, Howard Murray Bassett, Preston Rogers Bassett, Isabel Bassett Watson, and Helen Bassett Hauser, Children of Edward M. and Annie (Preston) Bassett, by Howard Murray Bassett Preston. New Haven, Connecticut: Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor, 1930. [S101] The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633, Volumes 1-3 and The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volumes 1-7, by Robert Charles Anderson. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1996-2011. [S4785] Eldon Wilson Gay and Christopher Challender Child, "Joanna Hooker, Wife of John1 Borden and John1 Gay." The New England Historical and Genealogical Register 164:114, 2010.