Hezekiah Gay

1640 - 1669  (29 years)

• Name	Hezekiah Gay
  Relationship	with Robert Alan Roy
  Birth	3 Jul 1640	Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10]
  	Birth Record of Hezekiah Gay
  Christening	12 Jul 1640	Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [1, 6]
  Will	25 Oct 1669 (29 years)	Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
  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, U.S.A.   [1, 2, 3, 4, 7]
  He died unmarried. [3]
  Burial	—	Old Village Cemetery, Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [2]
  Siblings	5 brothers and 4 sisters
  > 1. Samuel Gay,   b. 10 Mar 1639, Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 15 Apr 1718, Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 79 years) ▻Mary Bridge,   b. 18 Nov 1637, Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts d. 13 Apr 1718, Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 80 years) m. 23 Nov 1661     2. Hezekiah Gay,   b. 3 Jul 1640, Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 28 Nov 1669, Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 29 years) > 3. Nathaniel Gay,   b. 11 Jan 1643, Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 20 Feb 1712, Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 69 years) ▻Lydia Starr,   b. Abt 1652   d. 6 Aug 1744, Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 92 years) m. by 1675   > 4. Joanna Gay,   b. 23 Mar 1644/45, Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 26 Oct 1708, Wrentham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts  (Age 63 years) ▻Nathaniel Whiting,   b. 26 Sep 1644, Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. Bef 31 Oct 1676  (Age 32 years) m. 29 Mar 1664   ▻John Ware,   b. 6 Oct 1646, Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 7 Apr 1718, Wrentham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts  (Age 71 years) m. 24 Mar 1678/79   > 5. Eliezer Gay,   b. 25 Jun 1647, Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 13 Apr 1726, Wrentham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts  (Age 78 years) ▻Lydia Hawes,   b. 26 Jan 1648/49, Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 16 Nov 1717, Wrentham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts  (Age 68 years) m. by 1677   > 6. Abiel Gay,   b. 23 Apr 1649, Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 17 Jun 1718, Wrentham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts  (Age 69 years) ▻Daniel Hawes,   b. 10 Feb 1652/53, Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 16 Mar 1737/38, Wrentham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts  (Age 85 years) m. 23 Jan 1677/78   + 7. Judith Gay,   b. 23 Apr 1649, Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 19 Nov 1718, Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 69 years) ▻John Fuller,   b. 28 Dec 1645, Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 15 Jan 1719, Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 73 years) m. 8 Jan 1672   > 8. John Gay,   b. 6 May 1651, Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 19 Nov 1731, Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 80 years) ▻Rebecca Bacon,   b. 10 Dec 1658, Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 6 Mar 1731/32, Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 73 years) m. 13 Feb 1678/79   > 9. Jonathan Gay,   b. 1 Aug 1653, Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 12 Jul 1713, Needham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 59 years) ▻Mary Bullard,   b. 24 Dec 1659, Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 7 May 1757  (Age 97 years) m. 29 Aug 1682     10. Hannah Gay,   b. 16 Oct 1656, Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 26 Feb 1660, Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 3 years)
  Oldest Known Ancestors	Paternal Line: John Gay,   b. Abt 1613   d. 4 Mar 1688/89, Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Maternal Line: Alice
  Person ID	I21135
  Last Modified	24 Jun 2021

  
  

  Father	John Gay,   b. Abt 1613   d. 4 Mar 1688/89, Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (Age 76 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Joanna Hooker,   c. 12 Apr 1612, Lenham, Kent, England d. 14 Aug 1691, Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (Age ~ 79 years)
  Relationship	Birth

  
  

• Pedigree

  ← Click to display 1Hezekiah Gay(1640 – 1669) 2John Gay(Abt 1613 – 4 Mar 1688/89) 3Joanna Hooker(1612 – 1691)

  
  

• 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, U.S.A. Christening - 12 Jul 1640 - Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Will - 25 Oct 1669 - Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Death - 28 Nov 1669 - Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Burial - — - Old Village Cemetery, Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• 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://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).