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  • Abiel Hawes (1649 - 1718)
    Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915Abigail Gay Massachusetts, Births and Christenings Name: Abigail Gay Gender: Female Birth Date: 25 Feb 1649 Father's Name: John Gay Mother's Name: Joana...
  • Abigail Gay (1666 - 1744)
  • Abigail Gay (1723 - 1810)
    JOHN GAY, OF DEDHAM, MASSACHUSETTS and Some of His Descendants, by Frederick Lewis Gay, Published by D. Clapp & Son, printers, 1879, p. 9
  • Agnes Clark (1745 - 1821)
    Agnes Elizabeth Gay Clark BIRTH unknown DEATH unknown BURIAL UnknownAgnes Elizabeth Clark formerly Gay Born 1745 in , Augusta County, Colony and Dominion of VirginiaAncestors ancestorsDaughter of Willi...
  • Aliva (or Aline) de Gay (aft.1159 - bef.1230)
    Children: 1. Gilbert Basset 2. Thomas Basset 3. Fulke Basset 4. Katherine Basset b: Abt 1190 5. Aline (Aliva) Basset b: Bef 1200 6. Philip Basset b: Abt 1184 in Wycombe, Buckshire, England 7. Hawise Ba...

About the Gay surname

Gay Name Meaning

English and French: nickname for a lighthearted or cheerful person, from Middle English, Old French gai. In Middle English the term could also mean ‘wanton’, ‘lascivious’ and this sense may lie behind the surname in some instances.

English (of Norman origin): habitational name from places in Normandy called Gaye, from an early proprietor bearing a Germanic personal name cognate with Wade. probably from the Catalan personal name Gai (Latin Gaius), or in some cases a nickname from Catalan gay ‘cheerful’. Variant of German Gau.

North German: from a Frisian personal name Gay.

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