Hezekiah Gay

1640 - 1669  (29 years)

• Name	Hezekiah Gay
  Birth	3 Jul 1640	Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts Bay Colony   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10]
  	Birth Record of Hezekiah Gay
  Christening	12 Jul 1640	Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts Bay Colony   [1, 6]
  Will	25 Oct 1669 (29 years)	Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts Bay Colony
  The will of Hezekiah Gay reads: "Hezekiah Gay the son of John Gay of Deadham late deceased being aged about 27 years or 28 in time of his sickness expressed his mind in reference to the disposing of his estate 25.8 mo.1669 [25 October 1669] as is here testified the deposition of Mary Wilson aged about 54 years & Hannah Hwtting aged about 28 years," bequeathing to ''my brother John Bord," clothing, "I think he have most need, they are hardest to be gotten there"; to my brother Nathaniell Gay my pair of bullocks"; to "my father my mare"; to "my brother John Gay my one-year-old colt"; "my brother Jonathan Gay shall have the first colt of the mare that I gave my father & then being interrupted by pain, he lay still a while & after a little time his mother told him he had forgotten his brother Samuell, then he said I give my brother Samuell that which I have in my pocket whereupon his mother felt in his pocket & not finding anything said to him is it in this pocket, he said no it is in my other pocket & we heard no more of that"; to "my mother Mr. Burrowes book"; to "my sister Whiting that new book concerning Thomas Savage"; to "my sisters Abigall & Judeth 5s. apiece"; to "Goodwife Wilson 5s." "Mary Wilson further saith that she heard him pray his father that every one of his brothers & sisters might have something of his though he had forgotten them." These depositions were sworn at court on 10 November 1669"
  Death	28 Nov 1669	Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts Bay Colony   [1, 2, 3, 4, 7]
  He died unmarried. [3]
  Burial	Aft 28 Nov 1669	Old Village Cemetery, Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Old Village Cemetery, Dedham, Massachusetts   [2]
  Siblings	5 brothers and 4 sisters
  > 1. Samuel Gay,   b. 10 Mar 1639, Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 15 Apr 1718, Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 79 years) ▻ Mary Bridge,  m. 23 Nov 1661   2. Hezekiah Gay,   b. 3 Jul 1640, Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts Bay Colony d. 28 Nov 1669, Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts Bay Colony  (Age 29 years) > 3. Nathaniel Gay,   b. 11 Jan 1643, Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 20 Feb 1712, Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 69 years) ▻ Lydia Starr,  m. by 1675 > 4. Joanna Gay,   b. 23 Mar 1644/45, Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 26 Oct 1708, Wrentham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 63 years) ▻ Nathaniel Whiting,  m. 29 Mar 1664 ;   John Ware,  m. 24 Mar 1678/79 > 5. Eliezer Gay,   b. 25 Jun 1647, Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 13 Apr 1726, Wrentham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 78 years) ▻ Lydia Hawes,  m. by 1677 > 6. Abiel Gay,   b. 23 Apr 1649, Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 17 Jun 1718, Wrentham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 69 years) ▻ Daniel Hawes,  m. 23 Jan 1677/78 + 7. Judith Gay,   b. 23 Apr 1649, Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 19 Nov 1718, Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 69 years) ▻ John Fuller,  m. 8 Jan 1672 > 8. John Gay,   b. 6 May 1651, Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 19 Nov 1731, Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 80 years) ▻ Rebecca Bacon,  m. 13 Feb 1678/79 > 9. Jonathan Gay,   b. 1 Aug 1653, Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 12 Jul 1713, Needham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 59 years) ▻ Mary Bullard,  m. 29 Aug 1682   10. Hannah Gay,   b. 16 Oct 1656, Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 26 Feb 1660, Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 3 years)
  Half siblings	2 half brothers and 1 half sister (family of John Borden and Joanna Hooker)
  1. Matthew Borden,   c. 24 Feb 1629/30, Boughton Malherbe, Kent, England > 2. Elizabeth Borden,   c. 15 Feb 1631/32, Lenham, Kent, England ▻ Richard Martin,  m. 1660 > 3. John Borden,   b. 24 Jun 1635/36 ▻ Hannah Hough,  m. 11 Feb 1661/62
  Patriarch & Matriarch	John Gay,   b. Abt 1613   d. 4 Mar 1688/89, Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 76 years)  (Father)  Alice  (Great Grandmother)
  Person ID, Branch	I21135
  Last Modified	12 Jul 2025

  
  

• Notes

  Birth: Savage (1860) lists his birth date as 8 July 1640. [10] Birth: His birth date was recorded as 3 (5) 1640. [9]

  
  

Father	John Gay,   b. Abt 1613   d. 4 Mar 1688/89, Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (Age 76 years)
Mother	Joanna Hooker,   c. 12 Apr 1612, Lenham, Kent, England d. 14 Aug 1691, Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (Age ~ 79 years)
Family ID	F2262	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart




• Pedigree

  ← Click to display 1Hezekiah Gay(1640 – 1669) 2John Gay(Abt 1613 – 4 Mar 1688/89) 4 8 9 5 10 11 3Joanna Hooker(1612 – 1691) 6Robert Hooker 12 13 7Margaret Topley(1577 – ) 14Richard Topley( – 1591) 15Alice

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 3 Jul 1640 - Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts Bay Colony Christening - 12 Jul 1640 - Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts Bay Colony Will - 25 Oct 1669 - Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts Bay Colony Death - 28 Nov 1669 - Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts Bay Colony Burial - Aft 28 Nov 1669 - Old Village Cemetery, Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources 🟢 Primary Evidence 🟡 Secondary Evidence 🟠 Tertiary Evidence 🔴 Unreliable Evidence

  [S1160] Anderson, Robert Charles. The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England 1634-1635, volume III (G-H), (Boston: New England Historic Genealogy Society, 2003). [S14] Ancestry.com, Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current® http://findagrave.com, (Lehi, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), Memorial ID 116975793 Hezekiah Gay. [S2135] Gay, Eldon Wilson and Christopher Challender Child. "Joanna Hooker, Wife of John Borden and John Gay", (Boston: New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Volume 164, 2010). [S1226] Gay, Frederick Lewis. "John Gay of Dedham, Massachusetts, and Some of His Descendants" , (Boston: The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, volume XXXIII, January 1879). [S1582] Gay, Jesse Bishop. John Gay of Dedham, Massachusetts, and Some of His Descendants in America, (San Francisco: manuscript, 1925). [S960] Hanson, Robert Brand. The Vital Records of Dedham, Massachusetts volume 1: Births and Baptisms, (Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books, 1989). [S1000] Hanson, Robert Brand. The Vital Records of Dedham, Massachusetts volume 2: Deaths , (Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books, 1989). [S188] Holbrook Research Institute, Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, (Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011), Birth Record of Hezekiah Gay. [S72] Pope, Charles Henry, The Pioneers of Massachusetts , (Boston: Charles H. Pope, 1900). [S1027] Savage, James. A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England Showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before May 1692 on the Basis of Farmer's Register, volume II , (Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1860).