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Dr. William GAY

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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Dr. William GAY

    Family/Spouse: Elizabeth BOLLING. Elizabeth (daughter of Col. John Fairfax BOLLING, I and Mary Elizabeth KENNON) was born in 1709 in Cobbs Plantation, Henrico County, Virginia, USA; died in 1766 in Chesterfield County, Virginia, USA; was buried in Cobbs Cemetery, Enon, Chesterfield, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 2. Mary GAY  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 3. Cpt. William GAY  Descendancy chart to this point
    3. 4. Elizabeth GAY  Descendancy chart to this point


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Mary GAY Descendancy chart to this point (1.William1)

    Family/Spouse: Neil BUCHANAN, of Ettrick Banks. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Cpt. William GAY Descendancy chart to this point (1.William1)

    Family/Spouse: Frances TRENT. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 5. William GAY  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 6. Elizabeth GAY  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1772.

    Family/Spouse: Judith SCOTT. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 7. Thomas Bolling GAY  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 8. Cpt. Edward Scott GAY  Descendancy chart to this point
    3. 9. Ann H. GAY  Descendancy chart to this point
    4. 10. Charles S. GAY  Descendancy chart to this point
    5. 11. Sally GAY  Descendancy chart to this point
    6. 12. Neil Buchanan GAY  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 3 Sep 1791; died on 25 Jun 1864.
    7. 13. Mary B. GAY  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1794; died in 1879.

  3. 4.  Elizabeth GAY Descendancy chart to this point (1.William1)

    Family/Spouse: Cpt. Thomas BOLLING, Snr. J.P.. Thomas (son of Maj. John BOLLING, II and Elizabeth BLAIR) was born on 7 Jul 1735 in Varina Plantation, Varina, Henrico County, Virginia, USA; died on 7 Aug 1804 in Cobbs, Chesterfield County, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 14. Rebecca BOLLING  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 15. Col. William BOLLING  Descendancy chart to this point
    3. 16. Thomas BOLLING, Jr.  Descendancy chart to this point
    4. 17. Mary BOLLING  Descendancy chart to this point
    5. 18. Elizabeth BOLLING  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1760.


Generation: 3

  1. 5.  William GAY Descendancy chart to this point (3.William2, 1.William1)

    Family/Spouse: Lucy Harrison COUPLAND. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 19. Peterfield GAY, M.D.  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 20. B. Franklin GAY  Descendancy chart to this point

  2. 6.  Elizabeth GAY Descendancy chart to this point (3.William2, 1.William1) was born in 1772.

    Family/Spouse: Efford BENTLEY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 21. Eliza Gay BENTLEY  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 22. William Field BENTLEY  Descendancy chart to this point
    3. 23. Fanny Trent BENTLEY  Descendancy chart to this point
    4. 24. Efford Bolling BENTLEY  Descendancy chart to this point
    5. 25. John Gay BENTLEY  Descendancy chart to this point
    6. 26. Maria Buchanan BENTLEY  Descendancy chart to this point
    7. 27. Alexander Willis BENTLEY, M.D.  Descendancy chart to this point
    8. 28. Lavinia BENTLEY  Descendancy chart to this point

  3. 7.  Thomas Bolling GAY Descendancy chart to this point (3.William2, 1.William1)

    Family/Spouse: Eliza R. ARCHER. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 29. Ellen GAY  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 30. Delia GAY  Descendancy chart to this point
    3. 31. William GAY  Descendancy chart to this point
    4. 32. Eliza S. GAY  Descendancy chart to this point
    5. 33. Powhatan A. GAY  Descendancy chart to this point
    6. 34. Virginia F. GAY  Descendancy chart to this point
    7. 35. Bolling GAY  Descendancy chart to this point died in Apr 1865 in Camp Douglass.

  4. 8.  Cpt. Edward Scott GAY Descendancy chart to this point (3.William2, 1.William1)

    Family/Spouse: Catherine Nevison TAZEWELL. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 36. Matoaca GAY  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 37. Louisa GAY  Descendancy chart to this point
    3. 38. Edward S. GAY  Descendancy chart to this point
    4. 39. Caroline GAY  Descendancy chart to this point died on 1 Jan 1887.
    5. 40. Minnie W. GAY  Descendancy chart to this point

  5. 9.  Ann H. GAY Descendancy chart to this point (3.William2, 1.William1)

    Family/Spouse: Charles H. SCOTT. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  6. 10.  Charles S. GAY Descendancy chart to this point (3.William2, 1.William1)

    Family/Spouse: Margaret ERSKINE. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 41. Charles Wyndham GAY  Descendancy chart to this point and died.
    2. 42. Henry Erskine GAY  Descendancy chart to this point
    3. 43. Frances B. GAY  Descendancy chart to this point
    4. 44. Lizzie E. GAY  Descendancy chart to this point
    5. 45. William GAY  Descendancy chart to this point
    6. 46. Agatha Estell GAY  Descendancy chart to this point
    7. 47. Caroline Scott GAY  Descendancy chart to this point

  7. 11.  Sally GAY Descendancy chart to this point (3.William2, 1.William1)

    Family/Spouse: James B. FERGUSON. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 48. Judith Gay FERGUSON  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 49. Pocahontas FERGUSON  Descendancy chart to this point
    3. 50. James B. FERGUSON  Descendancy chart to this point
    4. 51. Mary Frances FERGUSON  Descendancy chart to this point
    5. 52. William Gay FERGUSON  Descendancy chart to this point

  8. 12.  Neil Buchanan GAY Descendancy chart to this point (3.William2, 1.William1) was born on 3 Sep 1791; died on 25 Jun 1864.

    Family/Spouse: Martha TALLEY. Martha was born on 27 Nov 1795; died on 28 Apr 1864. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 53. William GAY  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 54. Martha GAY  Descendancy chart to this point
    3. 55. Pocahontas V. GAY  Descendancy chart to this point
    4. 56. Ann Caroline GAY  Descendancy chart to this point
    5. 57. Annie B. GAY  Descendancy chart to this point
    6. 58. Neil Buchanan GAY, Jr.  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 6 Feb 1827; died on 16 Jul 1906.

  9. 13.  Mary B. GAY Descendancy chart to this point (3.William2, 1.William1) was born in 1794; died in 1879.

    Family/Spouse: Gideon A. STRANGE. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 59. William Gay STRANGE  Descendancy chart to this point

  10. 14.  Rebecca BOLLING Descendancy chart to this point (4.Elizabeth2, 1.William1)

    Family/Spouse: William MURRAY. William (son of James MURRAY and Anne BOLLING) was born on 6 May 1752; died in 1815. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 60. Anne MURRAY  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 61. Mary MURRAY  Descendancy chart to this point
    3. 62. William MURRAY  Descendancy chart to this point died in 1866.

  11. 15.  Col. William BOLLING Descendancy chart to this point (4.Elizabeth2, 1.William1)

    Family/Spouse: Mary RANDOLPH. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 63. Ann Meade BOLLING  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 64. William Albert BOLLING  Descendancy chart to this point
    3. 65. Jane Rolfe BOLLING  Descendancy chart to this point
    4. 66. Thomas BOLLING  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1807.

  12. 16.  Thomas BOLLING, Jr. Descendancy chart to this point (4.Elizabeth2, 1.William1)

  13. 17.  Mary BOLLING Descendancy chart to this point (4.Elizabeth2, 1.William1)

  14. 18.  Elizabeth BOLLING Descendancy chart to this point (4.Elizabeth2, 1.William1) was born in 1760.

    Family/Spouse: William ROBERTSON. William was born in 1750; died in 1829. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 67. William ROBERTSON  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 68. Anne ROBERTSON  Descendancy chart to this point
    3. 69. Jane Gay ROBERTSON  Descendancy chart to this point
    4. 70. Archibald ROBERTSON  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1772; died in 1861.
    5. 71. Thomas Bolling ROBERTSON  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1773; died in 1828.
    6. 72. John ROBERTSON  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1787; died on 5 Jul 1873.
    7. 73. Wyndham ROBERTSON  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1803.


Generation: 4

  1. 19.  Peterfield GAY, M.D. Descendancy chart to this point (5.William3, 3.William2, 1.William1)

    Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 20.  B. Franklin GAY Descendancy chart to this point (5.William3, 3.William2, 1.William1)

    Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  3. 21.  Eliza Gay BENTLEY Descendancy chart to this point (6.Elizabeth3, 3.William2, 1.William1)

    Family/Spouse: Daniel HARRIS. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 22.  William Field BENTLEY Descendancy chart to this point (6.Elizabeth3, 3.William2, 1.William1)

    Family/Spouse: Sarah DUPREE. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  5. 23.  Fanny Trent BENTLEY Descendancy chart to this point (6.Elizabeth3, 3.William2, 1.William1)

    Family/Spouse: William HOUSTON. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  6. 24.  Efford Bolling BENTLEY Descendancy chart to this point (6.Elizabeth3, 3.William2, 1.William1)

    Family/Spouse: Lucy W. CHAMBERLAYNE. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  7. 25.  John Gay BENTLEY Descendancy chart to this point (6.Elizabeth3, 3.William2, 1.William1)

    Family/Spouse: Judith THOMPSON. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  8. 26.  Maria Buchanan BENTLEY Descendancy chart to this point (6.Elizabeth3, 3.William2, 1.William1)

    Family/Spouse: Daniel B. FRIEND. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  9. 27.  Alexander Willis BENTLEY, M.D. Descendancy chart to this point (6.Elizabeth3, 3.William2, 1.William1)

    Family/Spouse: PETERS. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  10. 28.  Lavinia BENTLEY Descendancy chart to this point (6.Elizabeth3, 3.William2, 1.William1)

    Family/Spouse: William ROPER. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  11. 29.  Ellen GAY Descendancy chart to this point (7.Thomas3, 3.William2, 1.William1)

    Family/Spouse: Jacob SKEIN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  12. 30.  Delia GAY Descendancy chart to this point (7.Thomas3, 3.William2, 1.William1)

  13. 31.  William GAY Descendancy chart to this point (7.Thomas3, 3.William2, 1.William1)

    Family/Spouse: JACKSON. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  14. 32.  Eliza S. GAY Descendancy chart to this point (7.Thomas3, 3.William2, 1.William1)

  15. 33.  Powhatan A. GAY Descendancy chart to this point (7.Thomas3, 3.William2, 1.William1)

  16. 34.  Virginia F. GAY Descendancy chart to this point (7.Thomas3, 3.William2, 1.William1)

  17. 35.  Bolling GAY Descendancy chart to this point (7.Thomas3, 3.William2, 1.William1) died in Apr 1865 in Camp Douglass.

  18. 36.  Matoaca GAY Descendancy chart to this point (8.Edward3, 3.William2, 1.William1)

  19. 37.  Louisa GAY Descendancy chart to this point (8.Edward3, 3.William2, 1.William1)

    Family/Spouse: Robert C. WHITE. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  20. 38.  Edward S. GAY Descendancy chart to this point (8.Edward3, 3.William2, 1.William1)

    Family/Spouse: Sarah EWELL. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  21. 39.  Caroline GAY Descendancy chart to this point (8.Edward3, 3.William2, 1.William1) died on 1 Jan 1887.

    Family/Spouse: Charles P. WINSTON. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  22. 40.  Minnie W. GAY Descendancy chart to this point (8.Edward3, 3.William2, 1.William1)

  23. 41.  Charles Wyndham GAY Descendancy chart to this point (10.Charles3, 3.William2, 1.William1) and died.

  24. 42.  Henry Erskine GAY Descendancy chart to this point (10.Charles3, 3.William2, 1.William1)

  25. 43.  Frances B. GAY Descendancy chart to this point (10.Charles3, 3.William2, 1.William1)

    Frances married R. H. CATLETT in 1875. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  26. 44.  Lizzie E. GAY Descendancy chart to this point (10.Charles3, 3.William2, 1.William1)

  27. 45.  William GAY Descendancy chart to this point (10.Charles3, 3.William2, 1.William1)

  28. 46.  Agatha Estell GAY Descendancy chart to this point (10.Charles3, 3.William2, 1.William1)

  29. 47.  Caroline Scott GAY Descendancy chart to this point (10.Charles3, 3.William2, 1.William1)

    Family/Spouse: W. M. ALLEN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  30. 48.  Judith Gay FERGUSON Descendancy chart to this point (11.Sally3, 3.William2, 1.William1)

    Family/Spouse: J. A. CARR. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  31. 49.  Pocahontas FERGUSON Descendancy chart to this point (11.Sally3, 3.William2, 1.William1)

    Family/Spouse: J. M. VAUGHAN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  32. 50.  James B. FERGUSON Descendancy chart to this point (11.Sally3, 3.William2, 1.William1)

    Family/Spouse: Emma C. HENRY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  33. 51.  Mary Frances FERGUSON Descendancy chart to this point (11.Sally3, 3.William2, 1.William1)

  34. 52.  William Gay FERGUSON Descendancy chart to this point (11.Sally3, 3.William2, 1.William1)

    Family/Spouse: Margaret PICKETT. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  35. 53.  William GAY Descendancy chart to this point (12.Neil3, 3.William2, 1.William1)

    Family/Spouse: Sarah BRUCE. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  36. 54.  Martha GAY Descendancy chart to this point (12.Neil3, 3.William2, 1.William1)

    Family/Spouse: PERKINS. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  37. 55.  Pocahontas V. GAY Descendancy chart to this point (12.Neil3, 3.William2, 1.William1)

  38. 56.  Ann Caroline GAY Descendancy chart to this point (12.Neil3, 3.William2, 1.William1)

  39. 57.  Annie B. GAY Descendancy chart to this point (12.Neil3, 3.William2, 1.William1)

  40. 58.  Neil Buchanan GAY, Jr. Descendancy chart to this point (12.Neil3, 3.William2, 1.William1) was born on 6 Feb 1827; died on 16 Jul 1906.

    Family/Spouse: Mary BUNN. Mary was born on 15 Aug 1834; died on 12 May 1921. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 74. Richard Welling GAY  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 75. Neil Buchanan GAY, III  Descendancy chart to this point
    3. 76. Charles Wyndham GAY  Descendancy chart to this point
    4. 77. Madison Talley GAY  Descendancy chart to this point
    5. 78. Thomas Bolling GAY  Descendancy chart to this point
    6. 79. William Bunn GAY  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1858; died on 24 Dec 1921.

  41. 59.  William Gay STRANGE Descendancy chart to this point (13.Mary3, 3.William2, 1.William1)

  42. 60.  Anne MURRAY Descendancy chart to this point (14.Rebecca3, 4.Elizabeth2, 1.William1)

    Family/Spouse: Dr. Thomas ROBINSON. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 80. Robert EMMETT, M.D.  Descendancy chart to this point died in 1865.
    2. 81. Powhatan ROBINSON  Descendancy chart to this point
    3. 82. William Murray ROBINSON  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1807; died in 1878.

  43. 61.  Mary MURRAY Descendancy chart to this point (14.Rebecca3, 4.Elizabeth2, 1.William1)

    Family/Spouse: George SKIPWITH. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 83. Robert SKIPWITH  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 84. William M. SKIPWITH  Descendancy chart to this point
    3. 85. George N. SKIPWITH, M.D.  Descendancy chart to this point
    4. 86. Cornelia Lotte SKIPWITH  Descendancy chart to this point
    5. 87. Thomas Bolling SKIPWITH  Descendancy chart to this point died in 1873.

  44. 62.  William MURRAY Descendancy chart to this point (14.Rebecca3, 4.Elizabeth2, 1.William1) died in 1866.

    Family/Spouse: Rebecca SKELTON. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 88. Rebecca B. MURRAY  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 89. Matoaca MURRAY  Descendancy chart to this point
    3. 90. Nannie S. MURRAY  Descendancy chart to this point
    4. 91. Louisa S. MURRAY  Descendancy chart to this point
    5. 92. Mary MURRAY  Descendancy chart to this point
    6. 93. Cornelia S. MURRAY  Descendancy chart to this point
    7. 94. Gay Bernard MURRAY  Descendancy chart to this point

  45. 63.  Ann Meade BOLLING Descendancy chart to this point (15.William3, 4.Elizabeth2, 1.William1)

    Family/Spouse: Joseph K. WEISIGER. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  46. 64.  William Albert BOLLING Descendancy chart to this point (15.William3, 4.Elizabeth2, 1.William1)

    Family/Spouse: Eliza CHRISTIAN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  47. 65.  Jane Rolfe BOLLING Descendancy chart to this point (15.William3, 4.Elizabeth2, 1.William1)

    Family/Spouse: Robert SKIPWITH. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  48. 66.  Thomas BOLLING Descendancy chart to this point (15.William3, 4.Elizabeth2, 1.William1) was born in 1807.

    Family/Spouse: Louisa MORRIS. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  49. 67.  William ROBERTSON Descendancy chart to this point (18.Elizabeth3, 4.Elizabeth2, 1.William1)

    Family/Spouse: Christina WILLIAMS. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  50. 68.  Anne ROBERTSON Descendancy chart to this point (18.Elizabeth3, 4.Elizabeth2, 1.William1)

    Anne married Dr. Henry SKIPWITH in 1813. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  51. 69.  Jane Gay ROBERTSON Descendancy chart to this point (18.Elizabeth3, 4.Elizabeth2, 1.William1)

    Family/Spouse: John H. BERNARD. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  52. 70.  Archibald ROBERTSON Descendancy chart to this point (18.Elizabeth3, 4.Elizabeth2, 1.William1) was born in 1772; died in 1861.

    Family/Spouse: Elizabeth Meade BOLLING. Elizabeth (daughter of Col. Robert BOLLING and Susanna WATSON) was born about 1770; died in 1823. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 95. Elizabeth Jane ROBERTSON  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1802; died in 1822.
    2. 96. Rebecca ROBERTSON  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1803; died in 1823.
    3. 97. Pocahontas Anne ROBERTSON  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1805; died in 1838.
    4. 98. Virginia B. ROBERTSON  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1807; died in 1836.

  53. 71.  Thomas Bolling ROBERTSON Descendancy chart to this point (18.Elizabeth3, 4.Elizabeth2, 1.William1) was born in 1773; died in 1828.

    Family/Spouse: Lelia SKIPWITH. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  54. 72.  John ROBERTSON Descendancy chart to this point (18.Elizabeth3, 4.Elizabeth2, 1.William1) was born in 1787; died on 5 Jul 1873.

    Family/Spouse: Anne TRENT. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  55. 73.  Wyndham ROBERTSON Descendancy chart to this point (18.Elizabeth3, 4.Elizabeth2, 1.William1) was born in 1803.

    Family/Spouse: Mary F. T. SMITH. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]




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