WDC GenWeb - Descendants of Samuel Gay

* Samuel Gay b. 1699 d. 1781 VA
     Located in Orange Co VA in 1738. A military officer in 1742.
     Owned property in Rockbridge Co VA on the Calfpasture River
  m. Margaret _ b. abt 1705
  *  Robert Gay b. 1729 d. 1791 VA
        maybe d. 1816
     m. Sarah Johnson 1750 Bath Co VA, b. abt 1730
        [d/o Salathiel Johnson and Mary _]
     *  Samuel Gay b. 1775 d. 1851 VA
        m. Margaret Catherine Mustoe Sep 12 1799 Bath Co VA
           b. Jan 16 1782 Bath Co, d. May 10 1840 Bath Co
           one source says b. Jan 10 1782 Augusta Co VA
        *  Andrew Warwick Gay Sr
           b. Jan 29 1806 near Warm Springs, Bath Co VA
           d. Apr 12 1881 Collins Settlement, Lewis Co WV
           m. Martha Mary Knowlden Mar 15 1831 Bath Co VA
              b. 1807 Rye, Kent England
              d. Jun 3 1885 Oil Creek, Lewis Co WV
              Came to USA when she was 21 years old
           *  Samuel Jacob Gay
              b. Apr 26 1840 VA, d. Feb 18 1920 Peterson Siding, Lewis Co WV
              m. Martha Jane Fox Dec 31 1863 Lewis Co
                 b. Sep 20 1842 Bath Co VA, d. May 20 1898 Lewis Co WV
                 [d/o Martin M Fox b. Apr 15 1819 Back Creek, Bath Co VA,
                 and m. Nov 15 1841 Bath Co, Mary E Watson b. abt 1823 VA,
                 d/o John F Watson. Martin s/o Isaac Fox b. 1765, and
                 m. Oct 30 1817 Back Creek, Bath Co VA, Catherine Ratliff
                 b. abt 1794 Wash's Mills Creek, Louisa Co VA, d/o Martin
                 Ratliff Sr b. abt 1768 Wash's Mills or Gibson's Creek VA,
                 and Mary Susannah _ b. 1784 d. 1839 Bath Co VA. Martin Sr
                 s/o James Ratliff b. abt 1735 and Mary _]
                 one source says b. Sep 12 1841
                 one source says d. May 28 1888
              *  John Marshall Gay
                 b. Apr 10 1882 Lewis Co WV, d. Jun 1961 Lewis Co
                    buried Peterson Cem
                 m. Bessie B Wooddell Jun 23 1906 Lewis Co
                    b. Apr 12 1886 d. Nov 13 1972 Lewis Co
                    buried Peterson Cem
                    [d/o James Brown Wooddell b. 1847 VA, d. 1918, and
                    Julia Fisher b. 1856 d. 1932. James is s/o John W
                    Wooddell b. 1812, and Margaret _ b. 1828]
                 *  Pauline Gay
                    m. Walter C Foster b. Mar 31 1905 d. Jan 5 1974
                 *  Cora Lulu Gay b. Jul 1 1909
                    m. Vaden Eric Grove Sep 4 1931
                       b. May 10 1910 Lewis Co WV
                    Descendants of Cora Gay and Vaden Grove
           *  Andrew Warwick Gay Jr
              b. 1851 Lewis Co WV, d. Jun 4 1934 Lewis Co
              m. Harriet M Watson
                 [d/o William A Watson]
              2nd wife of Andrew Warwick Gay Jr:
              m. Landona J Summers Nov 2 1871 Lewis Co WV
                 b. Jul 7 1851 d. Sep 3 1890 Lewis Co
              *  Landonia Gay b. Nov 30 1872 d. Nov 30 1872 Lewis Co WV
              *  Leah Maud Gay b. Feb 7 1874 d. Dec 10 1940
                 m. Francis Marion Groves Feb 7 1894 Lewis Co WV
                    b. Jun 1872 d. Oct 6 1959
                 Descendants of Leah Gay and Francis Groves
              *  Arminta Gay b. Mar 5 1876 d. 1967
                 m. Otto Cosner Oct 19 1898 Lewis Co WV, b. Jul 1874 d. 1944
                 *  Fay Basil Cosner b. Dec 29 1899 d. Sep 9 1991
              *  Camden G Gay b. Mar 14 1878 d. Dec 29 1883
              *  Earle Clinton Gay b. Mar 1880
                 m. Ornie Vivian Strader Jun 7 1925 Lewis Co WV, b. abt 1895
                 *  Robert Strader Gay b. abt 1930
                    m. Eva Charlene Davidson Sep 15 1950 Buckhannon WV
                       b. May 19 1930
                    *  D'Ann Sue Gay b. Aug 2 1951
                       m. Thomas Roy Himes Aug 30 1974 Charleston WV
                       *  Alison Courtney Himes b. Nov 3 1977
              *  Ina O Gay b. Oct 29 1882 d. Dec 8 1883
              *  Vera Ellen Gay b. Dec 1884
                 m. Wilbert H Puffinbarger b. 1885
              *  Dana K Gay b. May 1887
                 m. Archie Clarence McCord May 2 1920 Lewis Co WV, b. 1897
              *  Lloyd Glen Gay
                 b. Mar 14 1889 Roanoke WV, d. Apr 2 1966 Roanoke
                 m. Laura May Wellen Feb 15 1913 Weston WV
                    b. Apr 24 1891 d. Aug 5 1986
                 *  Lloyd Stanton Gay
                    b. Feb 19 1914 d. Oct 5 1941 never married
                 *  Lena Gladys Gay
                    b. Oct 5 1915 Roanoke WV, d. Dec 24 1999 Salem WV
                 *  Everett Glenn Gay
                    b. Feb 3 1918 Weston WV, d. Oct 28 1998 Clarksburg WV
                    m. Wilma Ratas Jan 14 1948 Chicago IL
                       b. Dec 10 1913 Estonia
                    *  Raymond Eugene Gay b. Nov 29 1949 Chicago IL
                       m. Madeline Kay Scalise Aug 22 1971
                       *  Jennifer Marie Gay b. Jul 8 1971 Logan WV
                          m. Troy Parcell
                       *  Raymond Eugene Gay Jr b. Feb 27 1974 Logan WV
                          m. Jennifer Diggs Jul 11 1998 Richmond VA
                       *  Andrea Nicole Gay b. Aug 1982 WV
                    *  Robert Andrew Gay b. Jan 3 1950 Weston WV
                       m. Pamela Sue Layfield Nov 5 1971 Clarksburg WV
                          b. Mar 6 1952 Clarksburg
                       *  Jason Paul Gay b. Oct 11 1972 Clarksburg WV
                       *  Amy Shantel Gay b. Jul 27 1979 Clarksburg WV
                    *  Shirley Marilyn Gay b. Feb 1 1955 Clarksburg WV
                       m. William Bunting Aug 1987
                       *  Jonathan Bunting b. Dec 31 1994 Richmond VA


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