Cleek, Dunmore, Gum, Hill, Stephenson, Suit Family - Person Sheet
NameJohn Gay 172811,172812,172813,172814,172815,172816,172817,172774,172775,172818,172819,172820,172821,172822,172823,172824,172825,172826,172827
MemoAbt 1613? 1612? 1614?
ResidenceFeb 1630, New Hospital, Plymouth, England172832
MemoMeeting of Puritans with the purpose of emigrating to the new world
Land Purchase28 Feb 1636, Watertown, Middlesex County, MA172837,172838
Memo/1637 granted 5 ac in Beaverbrook Plowlands, being lot 24
MemoGrantee in the Great Dividends and the Beaver Brook lowlands, owning altogether 40 ac
MemoFounders of the plantation, his name appearing on the petition for incorporation and among the original proprietors of lands
Land Purchase26 Jun 1637, Watertown, Middlesex County, MA172849
MemoGranted 5 ac in the Remote Meadows, being lot 29
MemoWill dated
Death4 Mar 1688, Dedham, Norfolk County, MA172857,172816,172858,172859,172860,172820,172861,172823,172862,172863,172864,172865
Memo/1689
MemoWill Proved
Will Filed17 Dec 1689, Suffolk County, MA172867
MemoInventory
OccupationDedham selectman 1653/4; Constable 1648; Highway surveyor 1644/5172868
ReligionAdmission to Watertown church on 12 Apr 1644172869
Misc. Notes
V33 Pg 45 1. John1 Gay of Dedham MA admitted as Freeman 6 May 1635. With others of Watertown he was one of the founders of the plantation at Dedham, his name appearing on the petition for incorporation 6 Sep 1636, and among the original proprietors of lands.
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Spouses
1Joanna Hooker 172811,172813,172814,172815,172816,172774,172817,172775,172818,172870,172819,172871,172872,172821,172873,172823,172874,172875,172846,172876,172826,172827
Will Filed1 Mar 1689, Dedham, Suffolk County, MA172877,172823
Memo/1690 Will dated
Death14 Aug 1691, Dedham, Norfolk County, MA172816,172878,172879,172880,172822,172881,172882,172883
Will Filed12 Nov 1691, Boston, Suffolk County, MA172877,172884
MemoWill probated
Research
MA Wills & Probate Records 1635-1991 Suffolk Probate Recds Vol 7-8 Image349of585 Johanna Gay, widow, the Relict of John Gay Sr, dec’d in Dedham Suffolk MA Will dtd 1 Mar 1689
44589 (how related?) Vol 3 G-H Image122of682
66067Grandchild, Elizabeth Bacon
Grandchild, Joanna Borden (grandchild by her first husband?)
Marr MemoBy 1638? Dedham, MA?