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Family of Oliver GAY and Abigail FISHER
Oliver GAY b. 1719 Aug 29949 at Dedham, MA. d. 1784~841.
Abigail FISHER d. 1752 Jun 16949.
Married949 1746 Jan 2949 at Dedham, MA949.
"Olliuer, the son of Benjamin and Hannah Gay" was born949 in Dedham, MA, ("29 of Oagust") Aug 29, 1719.
Oliver married first5451, Jan 2, 1746, Abigail Fisher. She died 16 June 1752. They had no children.
Oliver may be the Oliver Gay of Braintree cited as a Tory in 1777 (Divided Hearts: Massachusetts Loyalists, 1765-1790 A Biographical Directory, Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, p 632).
Sprague: Apr 27, 1784, Thomas Boylston Adams was made guardian of Henry and Ebenezer. Oliver's nuncupative will, Sep 17, 1782, all personal estate to wife and son Benjamin equally, was allowed by the (Suffolk) court Jun. 8, 1784. That will was sworn to by Richard Cranch, Ebenezer Miller, and William Vesey Jr
See NEHGR5451: "John Gay, of Dedham, Massachusetts, and some of his Descendants," for more complete information on this family to the mid 1800s.
841. Genealogy of the Families of Braintree, Mass. 1640-1850, Waldo Chamberlain Sprague - CD, NEHGS, Picton Press
949. Massachusetts, Dedham, Vital Records, 1635 - 1845. (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org)
5451. Gay, John, of Dedham, Mass., and Some of His Descendants, by Frederick Lewis Gay, of Boston; NEHGR V33, st. p 33