Hezekiah Gay b. 3 Jul 1640 Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts d. 28 Nov 1669 Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts: Roy Family Genealogy

1640 - 1669 (29 years)

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Name Hezekiah Gay

Relationship with Robert Alan Roy

Birth 3 Jul 1640 Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10]

Birth Record of Hezekiah Gay

Christening 12 Jul 1640 Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts [1, 6]

Will 25 Oct 1669 (29 years) Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts

The will of Hezekiah Gay reads: "Hezekiah Gay the son of John Gay of Deadham late deceased being aged about 27 years or 28 in time of his sickness expressed his mind in reference to the disposing of his estate 25.8 mo.1669 [25 October 1669] as is here testified the deposition of Mary Wilson aged about 54 years & Hannah Hwtting aged about 28 years," bequeathing to ''my brother John Bord," clothing, "I think he have most need, they are hardest to be gotten there"; to my brother Nathaniell Gay my pair of bullocks"; to "my father my mare"; to "my brother John Gay my one-year-old colt"; "my brother Jonathan Gay shall have the first colt of the mare that I gave my father & then being interrupted by pain, he lay still a while & after a little time his mother told him he had forgotten his brother Samuell, then he said I give my brother Samuell that which I have in my pocket whereupon his mother felt in his pocket & not finding anything said to him is it in this pocket, he said no it is in my other pocket & we heard no more of that"; to "my mother Mr. Burrowes book"; to "my sister Whiting that new book concerning Thomas Savage"; to "my sisters Abigall & Judeth 5s. apiece"; to "Goodwife Wilson 5s." "Mary Wilson further saith that she heard him pray his father that every one of his brothers & sisters might have something of his though he had forgotten them." These depositions were sworn at court on 10 November 1669"

Death 28 Nov 1669 Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts [1, 2, 3, 4, 7]

He died unmarried. [3]

Last Full Review 4 May 2020 [1]

Burial — Old Village Cemetery, Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. [2]

Siblings 9 Siblings

	1. Samuel Gay, b. 10 Mar 1639, Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts d. 15 Apr 1718, Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts (Age 79 years) ▻ Mary Bridge, m. 23 Nov 1661
	2. Hezekiah Gay, b. 3 Jul 1640, Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts d. 28 Nov 1669, Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts (Age 29 years)
	3. Nathaniel Gay, b. 11 Jan 1643, Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts d. 20 Feb 1712, Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts (Age 69 years) ▻ Lydia Starr, m. by 1675
	4. Joanna Gay, b. 23 Mar 1644/45, Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts d. 26 Oct 1708, Wrentham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts (Age 63 years) ▻ Nathaniel Whiting, m. 29 Mar 1664 ; John Ware, m. 24 Mar 1678/79
	5. Eliezer Gay, b. 25 Jun 1647, Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts d. 13 Apr 1726, Wrentham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts (Age 78 years) ▻ Lydia Hawes, m. by 1677
	6. Abiel Gay, b. 23 Apr 1649, Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts d. 17 Jun 1718, Wrentham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts (Age 69 years) ▻ Daniel Hawes, m. 23 Jan 1677/78
	7. Judith Gay, b. 23 Apr 1649, Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts d. 19 Nov 1718, Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts (Age 69 years) ▻ John Fuller, m. 8 Jan 1672
	8. John Gay, b. 6 May 1651, Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts d. 19 Nov 1731, Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts (Age 80 years) ▻ Rebecca Bacon, m. 13 Feb 1678/79
	9. Jonathan Gay, b. 1 Aug 1653, Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts d. 12 Jul 1713, Needham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts (Age 59 years) ▻ Mary Bullard, m. 29 Aug 1682
	10. Hannah Gay, b. 16 Oct 1656, Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts d. 26 Feb 1660, Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts (Age 3 years)

Person ID I21135

Last Modified 24 Jun 2021

Father	John Gay, b. Abt 1613 d. 4 Mar 1688/89, Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts (Age 76 years)
Relationship	Birth
Mother	Joanna Hooker, c. 12 Apr 1612, Lenham, Kent, England d. 14 Aug 1691, Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts (Age ~ 79 years)
Relationship	Birth
Marriage	by 1638
Age at Marriage	He : ~ 25 years - She : ~ 25 years and 8 months.
Family ID	F2262	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Notes
Birth: Savage (1860) lists his birth date as 8 July 1640. [10]

Birth: His birth date was recorded as 3 (5) 1640. [9]

Event Map

	Birth - 3 Jul 1640 - Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts
	Christening - 12 Jul 1640 - Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts
	Will - 25 Oct 1669 - Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts
	Death - 28 Nov 1669 - Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts
	Burial - — - Old Village Cemetery, Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.

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Sources

[S1160] Anderson, Robert Charles. The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England 1634-1635, volume III (G-H), (Boston: New England Historic Genealogy Society, 2003).
[S14] Find-a-Grave website, (http://www.findagrave.com), Memorial ID 116975793 Hezekiah Gay.
[S2135] Gay, Eldon Wilson and Christopher Challender Child. "Joanna Hooker, Wife of John Borden and John Gay", (Boston: New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Volume 164, 2010).
[S1226] Gay, Frederick Lewis. "John Gay of Dedham, Massachusetts, and Some of His Descendants" , (Boston: The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, volume XXXIII, January 1879).
[S1582] Gay, Jesse Bishop. John Gay of Dedham, Massachusetts, and Some of His Descendants in America, (San Francisco: manuscript, 1925).
[S960] Hanson, Robert Brand. The Vital Records of Dedham, Massachusetts volume 1: Births and Baptisms, (Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books, 1989).
[S1000] Hanson, Robert Brand. The Vital Records of Dedham, Massachusetts volume 2: Deaths , (Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books, 1989).
[S188] Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, (Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011), Birth Record of Hezekiah Gay.
[S72] Pope, Charles Henry. The Pioneers of Massachusetts , (Boston: Charles H. Pope, 1900).
[S1027] Savage, James. A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England Showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before May 1692 on the Basis of Farmer's Register, volume II , (Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1860).