Person:Henry Gay (10)

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15. HENRY4 GAY (JOHN3, HENRY2, JOHN1) was born Abt. 1758 in Augusta Co., VA, and died 1830 in Gays Creek, Perry, KY. He married (1) JANE HENDERSON 1785 in Rockbridge Co. VA, daughter of JOANES HENDERSON and ISABELLA KING. She was born Abt. 1765 in Augusta Co., VA, and died Bef. 1800 in Augusta Co. VA. He married (2) ELIZABETH WILKINSON Jun 1797 in Greene Co., TN. She was born Abt. 1761 in North Carolina, and died in Greene Co., TN. He married (3) MARGARET RUSSELL Abt. 1800 in TN, VA, or NC, daughter of MARTIN RUSSELL and VIOLET GRANT. She was born Abt. 1780 in Virginia or North Carolina, and died Aft. 1850 in Gays Creek, Perry, KY.

More About HENRY GAY: Residence: 1810, Not Stated, Clay, Kentucky

Notes for JANE HENDERSON: Jane is not mentioned in her father's will (dated 1801) but her children are. This seems to indicate that Jane had died prior to her father. Since Henry left Augusta County about 1790, it is likely that if she died, she died prior to this time, perhaps in childbirth.

More About HENRY GAY and JANE HENDERSON: Marriage: 1785, Rockbridge Co. VA

Marriage Notes for HENRY GAY and ELIZABETH WILKINSON: This was a short-lved marriage as Elizabeth remarried in 1800 to John Johnson.

More About HENRY GAY and ELIZABETH WILKINSON: Marriage: Jun 1797, Greene Co., TN

More About MARGARET RUSSELL: Residence: 1850, District 1, Perry, Kentucky

Marriage Notes for HENRY GAY and MARGARET RUSSELL: It is not clear exactly when or where Henry and Margaret were married. No marrage record has been found for them. We are also not sure of her last name or parentage.

A Henry Gay left Rockbridge Co., VA about 1790, apparently with his first wife, Jane Henderson and a relative, William Gay and his wife Mary Craig. Their stated destination 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.

In 1801, Joanes Henderson, Jane Henderson's father mentions the gandchildren of this marriage, but not Jane hersellf. It appears Jane has died prior to 1801.

In 1797, a Henry Guy married Elizabeth Wilkinson in Greene County, TN. This is in eastern Tennessee, not far from the French Broad. This marriage was short-lived however as Elizbeth Wilkinson was re-married by 1800.

In 1807, the year it was formed, Clay County records show Henry Gay (the name is Guy in the records) lliving in the upper district. He settled on the Middle Fork of the Kentucky River, in an area that later became Perry County.

We assume from census records that the Margaret Gay, aged 70 in the 1850 Census, and living with apparent son, Joseph Gay, is the possibly 3rd wife of Henry Gay and the mother of all children born in Kentucky. The first child born of this marriage was Jane Gay in 1800. We know this from her census records in Missouri where she moved after marrying John Williams in 1819 in Clay County.

More About HENRY GAY and MARGARET RUSSELL: Marriage: Abt. 1800, TN, VA, or NC

Children of HENRY GAY and JANE HENDERSON are: 24. i. JOHN HENDERSON5 GAY, b. 07 Oct 1787, Rockbridge Co., VA; d. 09 Sep 1878, St Louis, Missouri.

 ii.   UNKNOWN GAY, b. Bef. 1800, Rockbridge Co., VA; d. 1823. 
 Notes for UNKNOWN GAY:

The will of Joanes Henderson mentions the grandchildren of his daughter as though his daughter is dead. Unfortunately he does not name the children. However, from biographies of John Henderson Gay we know that he was one of these children, but we do not know the names of any others. It appears that the Henderson family may have been caring for the children of Jane Henderson Gay after her death. John Henderson Gay mentions the death of a brother in the "south" in 1823, but does not mention his name.

Children of HENRY GAY and MARGARET RUSSELL are: 25. iii. JANE5 GAY, b. 1800, Kentucky; d. 1882, Gallatin, Daviess Co., MO. 26. iv. HENRY "CLIFF" GAY, b. 1805, Rush Creek, Clay Co., Kentucky; d. 1858, Harlan Co., KY. 27. v. LEWIS RUSSELL GAY, b. 1807, Shoal, Clay Co., KY; d. Oct 1876, Mercer Co., MO. 28. vi. VIOLET CHARLOTTE GAY, b. Bef. 1810, Shoal, Clay Co., KY; d. 1843, Gallatin, Daviess Co., MO. 29. vii. MARGARET "PEGGY" GAY, b. 1810, Shoal, Clay Co., KY; d. 1891, Moore's Creek, Jackson Co., KY. 30. viii. NELSON GAY, b. Apr 1812, Shoal, Clay Co., KY; d. Aug 1899, Turkey Branch, Leslie Co., KY. 31. ix. ELIJAH GAY, b. 1815, Shoal, Clay Co., KY; d. 1891, Buffalo Creek, Owsley Co., Kentucky. 32. x. JOSEPH ("BUDDY") GAY, b. 1817, Shoal, Clay Co., KY; d. Aft. 1880, Crockettsville, Breathitt Co., KY.

 xi.   RACHAEL GAY, b. 1819, Shoal, Clay Co., KY; d. Possibly Missouri; m. JAMES WEST; b. Abt. 1800. 
 Notes for RACHAEL GAY:

Married a West and moved to Missouri.

33. xii. MARY ANN ("POLLY") GAY, b. 10 Jan 1823, Shoal, Perry Co., KY; d. 03 Nov 1850, Burtons Fork, Longs Creek, Breathitt Co., KY.