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William Gay[1, 2]

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  • Name William Gay
    Birth Oct 1562  Combe Hay, Somerset, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male
    Baptism 25 Oct 1562  Combe Hay, Somerset, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    • Details found on FreeReg Search for Gay in Combe Hay Somerset. Assumption that there may be only one family surname Gay in the village at c.1500. Note that church register appears to be in French at 1500 to late 1500. Hence Gay maybe written as Gaye.
    Person ID I320050817848  Hurst Improbable Family Tree
    Last Modified 15 Jun 2026

    Father John (Joannes) Gay,   b. Abt. 1540, Combe Hay, Somerset Find all individuals with events at this locationd. May 1585, Combe Hay, Somerset, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 45 years)
    Mother Isabella Kelston,   b. Abt. 1540, Combe Hay, Somerset, England Find all individuals with events at this location
    Marriage 02 Oct 1559  Combe Hay, Somerset, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Family ID F1544  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S_2080810673] Ancestry, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.), Ancestry Family Tree.

    2. [S1105261372] Ancestry.com, Somerset, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1531-1812, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), Somerset Heritage Service; Taunton, Somerset, England; Somerset Parish Records, 1538-1913; Reference Number: D\P\co.hy/2/1/1.


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