Pages from the Gay Family Bible
In the papers passed down from my father are four original pages removed from a Bible. These pages contain entries for birth, marriage and death for a number of individuals in the Gay family, starting with the birth of Martin Gay in 1766. I don't know what happened to the Bible or who wrote or ultimately removed these pages, and my father is gone so I can't ask him. It goes against my nature to remove pages from any book, much less a Bible. But I'm thankful that these pages still exist. I realize that I'm the only who probably has copies of them, so it's only right to share. I will also let the members of the RootsWeb GAY mailing list know.
The images below are saved as bi-level jpegs and aren't the best quality (especially for a couple of entries with blue ink on the Deaths page). I do have higher resolution TIFF files in color, but they are too large in size to post here. My best effort at transcription follows the images. And we're working on a way to add a Contacts page in case you want additional information.
Gay Family Bible - Births
Gay Family Bible - Marriages
Gay Family Bible - Deaths
Transcriptions (to the best of my ability; I have not doublechecked these against other sources for verification.)
- Martin Gay, July 7th, 1766
- Rebecah Sadler, Sep. 23rd, 1770
- Lusher Gay, Oc. 30th, 1798
- Polly W. Gay, Dec 29th, 1800
- Joseph Gay, Nov. 27th, 1802
- Laura Gay, Oct. 13th, 1804
- Royal Gay, Mar. 30th, 1807
- Sophia Ann Gay, M 22nd, 1810
- Theodore Gay, Apr 1, 1812
- Lucy W. Gay, Mar 7th, 1815
- Anson Waterman, Jan 28th, 1768
- Lucy Murray, Feb 8th, 1772
- Harriet Waterman, Jan. 11th, 1794
- Murray Waterman, Jan 12th, 1796
- Edwin Waterman, Nov 12th, 1797
- Sally Waterman, Ap. 4th, 1802
- Eliza Waterman, Jan 6th, 1800
- Sarah Waterman, Jun 10th, 1804
- Lucy Ann Waterman, Aug 6, 1806
- George Waterman, Jul 10, 1809
- Martin W. Gay, Dec 17th 1822
- William H. Gay, May 22d, 1833
- Theodore R. Gay, Jan 26th, 1835
- Edwin Martin Gay, Born February 19th 1867
- Martin Gay and Rebeccah Saddler were married Oct 9th 1797
- Anson Waterman and Lucy Murray Dec 31st 1792
- Lusher Gay and Eliza Waterman were married Feb 21st 1822
- Martin W. Gay and Loraine E. Gay were married Oct 3d 1872
- William H. Gay and Mary Ella Ellett were married April 12th 1866
- Martin Gay, Aug 26th 1841
- Rebecah Gay, Dec 19th 1842
- Sophia A. Keeler, Mar 12th 1852
- Lusher Gay, Apr 9th 1858
- Eliza Gay, Dec 31st 1859 (although it looks like Dec 37th…)
- Joseph Gay, March 31st 1868
- Maria A. R. Gay, Apr 30th 1854
- Dr. Theodore Gay, Jan 21st 1899
- Martin W. Gay, April 10th 1900
- Loraine E. Gay, Feb 5 1904
- Laura Gay, April 23 1879
- Royal Gay, June 27 1871
- Lucy W. Gay Reynolds, May 18th 1881
- Theodore R. Gay, Feby 9 1908
- Edwin Martin Gay, June 26 1909
- Anson Waterman, Sep 25th 1810
- Lucy Waterman Gay, Aug 23d, 1829
- Edwin Waterman, Nov 15th 1813
- Sally Waterman, June 21 1803
- George Waterman, Sep 11 1810
- Lucy W. Reynolds, May 18/81 (duplicate entry)
- Mary W. Rice, Feb 13 1888