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Matthew Gay[1, 2]

Male 1617 - 1693  (75 years)

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  • Name Matthew Gay  [2]
    Birth Sep 1617  Combe Hay, Somerset, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male
    Baptism 21 Sep 1617  Combe Hay, Somerset, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    • Details found on FreeReg Search for Gay in Combe Hay Somerset. Assumption that there may be only one family surname Gay in the village at c.1500. Note that church register appears to be in Latin/French at 1500 to late 1500. Hence Gay maybe written as Gay
    Death 1693  Combe Hay, Somerset, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Burial 2 May 1693  Combe Hay, Somerset, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Person ID I12522621087  Hurst Improbable Family Tree
    Last Modified 15 Jun 2026

    Father John Gay,   b. Feb 1581, Combe Hay, Somerset, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Mar 1660, Combe Hay, Somerset, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years)
    Mother Maria Clement,   b. 1590, Marshfield, Gloucestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location
    Marriage 26 Jan 1607  Englishcombe, Somerset, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F425  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Margerie Perrie,   b. 1601, Combe Hay, Somerset, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 1671, Combe Hay, Somerset, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 70 years)
    Marriage 13 Jan 1640  Parish Church, Combe Hay, Somerset, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Children 
     1. John Gay,   b. 1640, Combe Hay, Somerset, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1715, Combe Hay, Somerset, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years)
    Family ID F6121  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 15 Jun 2026

  • Sources 
    1. [S_2080810673] Ancestry, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.), Ancestry Family Trees.

    2. [S1105261372] Ancestry.com, Somerset, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1531-1812, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), Somerset Heritage Service; Taunton, Somerset, England; Somerset Parish Records, 1538-1913; Reference Number: D\P\co.hy/2/1/1.


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