Gay Fay History: Last Name Orig & Meang

Contents:

• GAY GENEALOGY
• GAY GENEALOGY AND GAY FAY HISTORY INFORMATN
• GAY HISTORY, FAY CRT & COATS OF ARMS
• GAY SURNAME MEANG, HISTORY & ORIG
• THOMAS GAY, SR
• GAY GENEALOGY ( MERIWETHER COUNTY, GA)
• GAY RIGHTS
• GAY

GAY GENEALOGY

English (of Norman orig): habatnal name om plac Normandy lled Gaye, om an early proprietor bearg a Germanic personal name gnate wh Wa.

GAY GENEALOGY AND GAY FAY HISTORY INFORMATN

Their name, however, riv om their place of rince prr to the Norman Conqut of England 1066, Gaye le Manche, France. [1]Alternatively, the name uld have been rived om the Old French "gal" meang "full of joy, lighthearted" [2] Early Origs of the Gay fayThe surname Gay was first found Surrey where Oswald le Gay was listed the Pipe Rolls there 1176.

GAY HISTORY, FAY CRT & COATS OF ARMS

Other early rerds clu: Hilda Gay the Pipe Rolls for Oxfordshire 1192; and William Gaia the Assize Rolls for Staffordshire 1203. [2]And Somerset, William Gay was listed there 1 Edward III (durg the first year of the reign of Kg Edward III.

" [4]The celebrated Beggars' Opera was wrten 1727 by John Gay, who was said to have been stigated to s productn by a feelg of annoyance at havg been offered a urt appotment which he regard as beneath him. Another 181 words (13 l of text) verg the years 1066, 1086, 1176, 1191, 1191, 1203, 1420, 1452, 1685, 1732, 1685, 1732 and 1728 are clud unr the topic Early Gay History all our PDF Extend History products and prted products wherever possible.

Early Notabl of the Gay fay (pre 1700)Another 32 words (2 l of text) are clud unr the topic Early Gay Notabl all our PDF Extend History products and prted products wherever possible. Gay RankgIn France, the name Gay is the 178th most popular surname wh an timated 18, 846 people wh that name. [6] However, the Uned Stat, the name Gay is ranked the 774th most popular surname wh an timated 37, 305 people wh that name.

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[7] Gay migratn to the Uned Stat +Bee of this polil and relig unrt wh English society, many people cid to immigrate to the loni. Analysis of immigratn rerds dit that some of the first North Amerin immigrants bore the name Gay or a variant listed above: Gay Settlers Uned Stat the 17th CenturyThomas Gay, who land Virgia 1622 [8]Jam Gay who settled Virgia 1623Jam Gay, who arrived Virgia 1623 [8]William Gay, who settled Virgia 1630William Gay, aged 20, who arrived Virgia 1635 [8]...

)Gay Settlers Uned Stat the 18th CenturyPierre Gay, aged 20, who land Louisiana 1719 [8]Anne Gay, who settled Maryland 1723Samuel Gay, who land Virgia 1740 [8]Jab Gay, who land Pennsylvania 1765 [8]William Gay, who land Virgia 1772 [8]... )Gay Settlers Uned Stat the 19th CenturyI Gay, aged 34, who land New Orleans, La 1830 [8]Francis Gay, who land Mobile County, Ala 1840 [8]Mr.

1794), aged 47, Cornish settler partg om Falmouth aboard the ship "Cornwall" arrivg the Uned Stat on 3 June 1841 [9]A W Gay, who land San Francis, California 1849 [8]J Gay, who arrived San Francis, California 1850 [8]... ) Gay migratn to Canada +Some of the first settlers of this fay name were: Gay Settlers Canada the 17th CenturyFranis Gay, aged 22, who land Quebec 1671Mr.

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François Gay, French settler travellg to Canada for work arrivg on 18th May 1671 [10]Gay Settlers Canada the 18th CenturySamuel Gay, who arrived Halifax, Nova Stia 1778Mr.

1784 he was Chief Jtice of Court Common Pleas [11]Gay Settlers Canada the 19th CenturyJohn H Gay, who land Esquimalt, Brish Columbia 1862 Gay migratn to Atralia +Emigratn to Atralia followed the First Fleets of nvicts, traspeople and early settlers.

John Gay, English nvict who was nvicted Norfolk, England for 14 years, transported aboard the "Emma Eugenia" on 2nd November 1837, arrivg New South Wal, Atralia [12]Thomas Gay, who arrived Alai, Atralia aboard the ship "Revery" 1839 [13]Mr. ) Gay migratn to New Zealand +Emigratn to New Zealand followed the footsteps of the European explorers, such as Capta Cook (1769-70): first me sealers, whalers, missnari, and trars. Early immigrants clu: Gay Settlers New Zealand the 19th CenturyJohn Gay, who land Nelson, New Zealand 1844 aboard the ship FifhireMajor Gay, who arrived Auckland, New Zealand aboard the ship "Nimroud" 1860Mr.

GAY GENEALOGY ( MERIWETHER COUNTY, GA)

Gay, Brish settler travellg om London aboard the ship "Zealandia" arrivg Lyttelton, Christchurch, South Island, New Zealand 1869 [15]Gee Gay, aged 20, a garner, who arrived Auckland, New Zealand aboard the ship "Berar" 1873 Gay migratn to Wt Indi +The Brish first settled the Brish Wt Indi around 1604. [16]Gay Settlers Wt Indi the 17th CenturyWilliam Gay, who settled Barbados 1670John and Abell Gay, who settled Barbados 1685Richard Gay, who settled Jamai 1685 Contemporary Notabl of the name Gay (post 1700) +Noel Gay (1898-1954), born Regald Moxon Armage, English poser of popular mic the 1930s and 1940sGee Kirby Gay (1810-1882), English sailor and settler the Oregon Country, member of the Willamette Cattle Company that brought livtock to OregonMajor David William Mrice Gay MC (1920-2010), Brish Army officer, English cricketerGeofey Gay, English dtrialistJohn Gay (1924-2017), Amerin Amy Award nomated screenwrer, known for his work on Run Silent, Run Deep and Separate TablPeter Gay (1923-2015), born Peter Joachim Fröhlich, an Amerin tor and wrer, Sterlg Profsor of History Emer at Yale UniversyLouis Gay, French Brigadier General durg the French Revolutnary and Napoleonic Wars om 1789 to 1815 [17]Tyson Gay (b.

GAY RIGHTS

Ale Elizabeth Gay (1861-1917), Canadian rint om Halifax, Nova Stia, Canada who died the Halifax Explosn (1917) [18]Mr. Ernt Charl Roy Gay (1887-1917), Canadian rint om Tufts Cove, Dartmouth, Nova Stia, Canada who died the Halifax Explosn (1917) [18]Prce of Wal lliery Mr. Suggted Readgs for the name Gay +John Gay of Wiltshire, England and the Town of Elba, Dodge County, Wisns and Some of His Dcendants Ameri by Grace Gay Sponem.

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The olr meang of Gay om the Old French gai, meang “light-head” or “joyful, ” which beme first a nickname and then a surname. The surname Gay has French origs and France has the largt numbers of those wh the name Gay today, timated to be around 20-25, 000.

Proment French Gays have been Jean Baptiste Gay, a statman at the time of the Bourbon rtoratn, and Joseph Gay-Lsac, a chemist who lived at the same time and was bt known for his work on gas. This tate was subsequently hered by Richard Gay, a Baptist Mister and the iend the 1660’s of the John Bunyan of Pilgrim’s Progrs fame.

There were Gay stone masons Bath the 1700’s; while Robert Gay, later the MP for Bath, went to London where he ma a name for himself as a surgeon. The Gay name had also appeared Bristol the 17th century where Anthony Gay who died 1683 was a merchant, workg wh fay members that were based Barnstaple Devon. A Gay fay flourished north Oxfordshire the 12th century and clud Robert Gay who found a Cistercian abbey at Otley 1137.