William Gay Sr. ¹

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  Noted events in his life were:

1. Census in 1840 in , White, IN. ² The 1840 census recorded William Gay with this household:
Free White Persons - Males - 20 thru 29: 3
Free White Persons - Males - 30 thru 39: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 50 thru 59: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 14: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 15 thru 19: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 20 thru 29: 2
Free White Persons - Females - 50 thru 59: 1
Persons Employed in Agriculture: 1
Free White Persons - Under 20: 2
Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 6
Total Free White Persons: 10.

2. Will of William Gay is recorded in Will Book 1 #14 on 14 Aug 1840 in , White, IN. ³

3. Book: Biographical History of Tippecanoe, White, Jasper, Newton, Benton, Warren and Pulaski Counties, Indiana, 1899. ⁴
William H. Gay, the son of an honored pioneer, and himself a representative farmer of Prairie township, White county, was born in this county, April 11, 1843, and has always made his home here.

John Gay, the great-grandfather of our subject, was a native of England, who came to this country at an early day. His son William, grandfather of our subject, married Mary A. Hays, of Ohio, and their children were James, William, John, Joseph, Mrs. Nancy Page, Mrs. Elizabeth Fewell, Mrs. Mary Shigley and Mrs. Isabel Yeager. Elizabeth is the only survivor, and she has now reached her eightieth year. The father entered land and improved a farm, later assisting his sons to make a start in independent careers.

William married Mary Ann Hayes. (Mary Ann Hayes was born in 1778 in , , OH,⁵ died in 1865 in , White, IN ⁵ and was buried in Battle Ground: Pretty Prairie Cemetery, Tippecanoe, IN ⁵.)