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Is this your ancestor? Compare DNA and explore genealogy for Henry Gay born abt. Augusta County, Virginia died Gays Creek, Perry, Kentucky, United States including research + descendants + 1 photos + 7 genealogist comments + questions + DNA connections + more in the free family tree community. This interesting name has two possible origins, both French, and both introduced by the Normans after the Conquest of The first of these derives from a nickname or byname bestowed on a light-hearted, joyful or cheerful person, from the Old French word "gai", full of joy, in Middle English "gai e ". 
William Henry “Red” Gay Sr. (1748
Henry (William Henry) Red Gay, Sr.: Born in (Greenbriar County) Augusta County, Virginia, and died in Gays Creek, Buckhorn, Perry County, Kentucky. He married (1) Rebecca Jane Henderson April 15, in Agusta County, Virginia, daughter of Jones Henderson. He married (2) Margaret Russell August 15, in. William Henry Henry "Red" Gay. Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown].
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The Will Gay cemetery was moved from the mouth of Turkey Branch, Leslie Co. KY to Leatherwood Creek when the Buckhorn, KY dam was built on the Middle Fork of the Kentucky River. Allen and Ammie remained in the vicinity of Turkey Branch until about when the lake came into being. Allen and grandfather Nelson Gay were very close. William Gay. William was born about 
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A Henry Gay left Rockbridge Co., VA about , apparently with his first wife, Jane Henderson and a relative, William Gay and his wife Mary Craig. Their stated d estination in court records was the French Broad (east Tennessee). William and Mary Craig Gay can be found in early Blount County, TN records, but there is no sign of Henry. Now through Nov. Henry died with a will in
William Henry Gay (abt.1758
The test results received so far on the Gay Family DNA Study appear to document at least three different branches of the Gay family in America and one in the UK. For classification purposes, these groups have been numbered and unique DNA characteristic are highlighted, as follows: LINEAGE GROUP #1: Members of this group share DNA withdescendants of a Henry Gay of Isle of Wight County, in the. .
Capt. William Henry Gay, Jr. (1748
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I am a direct descendant of Henry Gay, the first of this surname to arrive in Perry County Kentucky. He settled near Bowlingtown and Buckhorn, on the North Fork of the Kentucky River. .