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Descendants of Henry Gay, Sr.

Generation No. 1

1. HENRY¹ GAY, SR. was born 1748 in Augusta Co. Virginia, and died 1830 in Perry Co. Kentucky. He married (1) JANE HENDERSON April 15, 1785 in Augusta Co. Virginia, daughter of JONES HENDERSON. She was born 1760 in Augusta Co. Virginia, and died Unknown. He married (2) MARGARET RUSSELL 1795 in Augusta Co. Virginia, daughter of VIOLET GRANT. She was born 1780 in Augusta Co. Virginia, and died 1855 in Perry Co. Kentucky.

Notes for HENRY GAY, SR.:
Henry and Margaret are buried at the mouth of Gays Creek and according to James Cantrell told to him by Allen Gay when the cemeteries in Bowlingtown and on the Middle Fork were moved for the building of the Buckhorn Dam all traces of their graves were destroyed and that they were never moved...Henry was a Revolutionary War veteran...

More About HENRY GAY, SR.:
Burial: Henry Gay Cemetery, Gays Creek, Perry Co. Kentucky

More About MARGARET RUSSELL:
Burial: Henry Gay Cemetery, Gays Creek, Perry Co. Kentucky

Children of HENRY GAY and JANE HENDERSON are:

2.	i.	JOHN HENDERSON² GAY, b. 1787, Rockbridge Co. Virginia; d. 1878, St. Louis, St. Louis Co. Missouri.
	ii.	JAMES F. GAY, b. 1790, Virginia; d. Unknown.
	iii.	MARVIN GAY, b. 1792, Virginia; d. Unknown.
	iv.	WILLIAM GAY, b. 1794, Virginia; d. Unknown.
	v.	THOMAS GAY, b. 1796, Virginia; d. Unknown.

Children of HENRY GAY and MARGARET RUSSELL are:

3.	vi.	HENRY² GAY, JR., b. 1796, Knox Co. Kentucky; d. 1858, Harlan Co. Kentucky.
4.	vii.	JANE GAY, b. 1800, Knox Co. Kentucky; d. December 20, 1882, Gallatin, Daviess Co. Missouri.
	viii.	RACHEL GAY, b. 1804, Knox Co. Kentucky; d. Unknown; m. JAMES WEST; b. 1800, Knox Co. Kentucky; d. Unknown.
5.	ix.	LEWIS RUSSELL GAY, b. 1806, Virginia; d. October 10, 1876, Mercer Co. Missouri.
6.	x.	MARGARET GAY, b. 1810, Clay Co. Kentucky; d. November 2, 1894, Jackson Co. Kentucky.
7.	xi.	NELSON GAY, b. April 12, 1812, Clay Co. Kentucky; d. August 18, 1900, Leslie Co. Kentucky.
8.	xii.	VIOLET CHARLOTTE GAY, b. 1814, Clay Co. Kentucky; d. 1843, Gallatin, Daviess Co. Missouri.
9.	xiii.	ELIJAH GAY, b. 1815, Clay Co. Kentucky; d. 1891, Perry Co. Kentucky.
	xiv.	JOANNA GAY, b. 1818, Clay Co. Kentucky; d. Unknown; m. SAMUEL WILLIAMS; b. 1815, Clay Co. Kentucky; d. Unknown.
10.	xv.	JOSEPH GAY, b. 1820, Perry Co. Kentucky; d. Unknown.
11.	xvi.	MARY ANN GAY, b. January 10, 1823, Perry Co. Kentucky; d. December 12, 1850, Breathitt Co. Kentucky.

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