Descendants
of Charles Gay
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Generation
No. 1
1. CHARLES1 GAY was born 1792. He married SARAH. She was born 1795.
m. abt. 1817
Children of
CHARLES GAY and SARAH are:
i. JAMES2 GAY.
ii. WILLIAM GAY.
iii. CHARLES GAY.
2. iv. GEORGE
WASHINGTON GAY, b. 14 February 1839; d. 16 January 1903,
Nash County
,NC.
3. v.
CAROLINE GAY, b. Abt. 1818; d. Abt. 1851.
Generation
No. 2
2. GEORGE WASHINGTON2 GAY (CHARLES1) was born
14 February 1839, and died
16 January
1903 in Nash County ,NC. He married
MARY FANNIE VICK 10 March
1860 in Nash
County, NC, daughter of WILLIAM VICK and DRUCILLA RICKS.
She was born
17 September 1841, and died 08 February 1911 in Nash County
,NC.
Notes for
GEORGE WASHINGTON GAY:will on file
NC 30th Inf.,
Co., I Corporal
Children of
GEORGE GAY and MARY VICK are:
4. i. SAMUEL
SMITH3 GAY, b. April 1860; d. 18 April 1932, Nash County
,NC.
5. ii.
ARABELLA GAY, b. Abt. 1864.
6. iii.
MARTHA FRANCIS GAY, b. 20 February 1866, Nash County, NC; d. 06
January 1939,
Nash County, NC.
3. CAROLINE2 GAY (CHARLES1) was born Abt. 1818,
and died Abt. 1851. She
married
THOMAS FISHER 23 December 1835. He was
born 1811, and died 1867.
Children of
CAROLINE GAY and THOMAS FISHER are:
7. i. WILLIS
CHRISTOPHER3 FISHER, b. 1836.
ii. JAMES THOMAS FISHER, b. 1838; d. Bef.
1850.
Notes for
JAMES THOMAS FISHER:Drowned in hot lard
8. iii.
WILLIAM HENRY FISHER, b. 1839; d. 1888.
iv. MARY FRANCES FISHER, b. 1841; d. 1921; m.
JESSE BENJAMIN HAMLETT.
v. JOHN M. FISHER, b. 1840; d. 1910; m.
MARTHA ANN LAMMON; b. 1838.
vi. SARAH C. FISHER, b. 1845; d. 1916; m.
WILLIAM HENRY BUNN; b. 1845;
d. 1924.
vii. CHARLES THOMAS FISHER, b. 1848; d. 1922;
m. MARY FRANCES BAKER; b.
1853; d.
1922.
viii. ANN CAROLYN FISHER, b. 1850; d. 1941;
m. JOHN W. GUPTON; b. 1849;
d. 1945.
Generation
No. 3
4. SAMUEL SMITH3 GAY (GEORGE WASHINGTON2,
CHARLES1) was born April 1860,
and died 18
April 1932 in Nash County ,NC. He
married FANNIE ROBBINS 06
April 1887 in
Nash County ,NC, daughter of JOHN ROBBINS.
She was born
November
1869, and died 01 April 1923.
Notes for
SAMUEL SMITH GAY:Death certificate on file
Children of
SAMUEL GAY and FANNIE ROBBINS are:
i. LILLIE LOUISA4 GAY, b. October 1891; m.
THOMAS J. DEANS, 10 June
1914, Nash
County ,NC; b. Abt. 1889.
ii. SORSBY GAY, b. May 1893.
iii. FANNIE ETHLYN GAY, b. October 1895; m.
JAMES M. WELLS, 07 January
1917; b. Abt.
1886.
iv. ANNIE MARIE GAY, b. 21 November 1897.
5. ARABELLA3 GAY (GEORGE WASHINGTON2, CHARLES1)
was born Abt. 1864. She
married
THEOPHELIUS E. COLEY 15 January 1896.
Children of
ARABELLA GAY and THEOPHELIUS COLEY are:
i. PERCY4 COLEY, m. UNKNOWN.
ii. FANNIE COLEY, m. FRED PROCTOR.
iii. PEARL COLEY, m. HENRY CAPPS.
iv. GLADYS COLEY, m. SHAFTOE.
6. MARTHA FRANCIS3 GAY (GEORGE WASHINGTON2,
CHARLES1) was born 20
February 1866
in Nash County, NC, and died 06 January 1939 in Nash
County,
NC. She married WILLIAM BAKER HIGH 13
November 1885 in Nash
County ,NC,
son of JOEL HIGH and GATSY WINBORN. He
was born 19 March
1863 in Nash
County, NC, and died 06 January 1936 in Nash County, NC.
Notes for
MARTHA FRANCIS GAY:Death certificate on file
Notes for
WILLIAM BAKER HIGH:Death Certificate on file
Children of
MARTHA GAY and WILLIAM HIGH are:
i. MARY4 HIGH, b. 23 October 1891, Nash
County, NC; d. 14 March 1939,
Nash County
,NC; m. JR.
JAMES REDMOND
WATSON, 13 July 1913.
ii. LUCY BELLE HIGH, b. 04 October 1896, Red
Oak, Nash County, NC; d. 15
August 1948,
Rocky Mount, Nash County, NC; m. HOWARD DENSON, January
1919; b. 21
October 1899, Red Oak, Nash County, NC; d. 25 January 1975,
Rocky Mount,
Nash County, NC.
iii. GEORGE HIGH, b. 01 July 1901, Nash
County ,NC; d. 05 May 1903, Nash
County ,NC.
iv. SAMUEL EDGAR HIGH, b. 25 August 1905,
Nash County, NC; d. 12 August
1981, Wilson,
NC; m. ANNIE PEARL KENNEDY, 16 December 1933, Emporia, VA;
b. 11 August
1908, Nash County, NC.
7. WILLIS CHRISTOPHER3 FISHER (CAROLINE2 GAY,
CHARLES1) was born 1836.
He married
(1) SALLEY PRICE. He married (2)
LOUISA PRICE.
Child of
WILLIS FISHER and SALLEY PRICE is:
i. ELLIE JACKSON4 FISHER, b. 1866; d. 1935;
m. PATRICK ELLIS GRIFFIN; b.
1868; d.
1948.
Children of
WILLIS FISHER and LOUISA PRICE are:
ii. LOULA4 FISHER, m. TOM FORSYTHE.
iii. SALLIE FISHER, m. WILLIAM WOODRUFF.
iv. OLIVIA FISHER, b. 1877; m. FRANK R.
GLOVER; b. 1878.
v. SAMUEL WILLIS FISHER, b. 09 January 1879;
d. 24 November 1966; m.
SARAH CAPPS;
b. 17 October 1884; d. 27 January 1956.
8. WILLIAM HENRY3 FISHER (CAROLINE2 GAY,
CHARLES1) was born 1839, and
died
1888. He married LUCINDA GEORGIANNA
DAVIS in Battleboro. She was
born 1852,
and died 1940.
Children of
WILLIAM FISHER and LUCINDA DAVIS are:
i. BLANCH4 FISHER, b. 1872; d. 1951; m. KING
SOLOMON VICK; b. 1871; d.
1937.
ii. JOHN THOMAS FISHER, b. 1875; d. 1960; m.
MINNIE LEE VICK; b. 1876;
d. 1937.