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Where did the French Gay family come from? What is the French Gay family crest and coat of arms? When did the Gay family first arrive in the United States? Where did the various branches of the family go? What is the Gay family history?
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Please remember that this page is only a small extract of our complete history that includes: - Ancient origin of the name (usually pre-1100)
- Known spelling variations
- Early movement of the family name during the Middle Ages
- Noteworthy bearers from the 1500-1600s
- First settlers to North America
- Notable contemporary bearers of the name
- A description and/or full color picture of the Coat of Arms, Crest, and Motto (where available)
Spelling variations of this family name include: Guay, Guait, Guai, Guet, Gay, Guaye, de Guay, de Gay, de Guaye, Castonguay and many more.First found in Savoie, where this eminent family held a family seat since ancient times.
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This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Gay research. Another 264 words(19 lines of text) covering the years 1281, 1298, 1401, 1542, 1776, and 1895 are included under the topic Early Gay History in all our PDF Extended History products.
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This is a small excerpt from our full listing of settlers for the name Gay. Our PDF Extended History provide the complete listing from our dbase of over 500,000 settlers!
Some of the first settlers of this family name were:
Gay Settlers in the United States in the 17th Century
- Thomas Gay, who landed in Virginia in 1622
- James Gay who settled in Virginia in 1623
- James Gay, who arrived in Virginia in 1623
- William Gay settled in Virginia in 1630
- Wm Gay, aged 20, arrived in Virginia in 1635
Gay Settlers in the United States in the 18th Century
- Pierre Gay, aged 20, landed in Louisiana in 1719
- Anne Gay settled in Maryland in 1723
- Saml Gay, who landed in Virginia in 1740
- Jacob Gay, who landed in Pennsylvania in 1765
- William Gay, who landed in Virginia in 1772
Gay Settlers in the United States in the 19th Century
- I Gay, aged 34, landed in New Orleans, La in 1830
- Francis Gay, who landed in Mobile County, Ala in 1840
- A W Gay, who landed in San Francisco, Cal in 1849
- J Gay, who arrived in San Francisco, Cal in 1850
- Joe Gay, who arrived in Texas in 1850
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- Lieutenant General Hobart R Gay (1894-1983), American general awarded the Distinguished Service Cross
- Peter Gay, American educator and writer
- Rev. Marvin Pentz Gay Sr., American fundamentalist minister
- George Gay (1917-1994), Naval Aviator in World War II
- Noel Gay (1898-1954), English composer of popular music
- Geoffrey Gay, English industrialist
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- John Gay of Wiltshire, England and the Town of Elba, Dodge County, Wisconsin and Some of His Descendants in America by Grace Gay Sponem.
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Our PDF Coat of Arms + Extended History product is the whole package all in one. With a full color Coat of Arms along with a very detailed History, full symbolism, bibliography and settlers listed by the centuries.
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- Bentley, Elizabeth P. Passenger Arrivals at the Port of New York 1820-1829. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1999. Print.
- Bolton, Charles Knowles. Bolton's American Armory. Baltimore: Heraldic Book Company, 1964. Print.
- Annuaire Général Héraldique Universel. Paris: Institut Héraldique, 1901. Print.
- Zieber, Eugene. Heraldry in America. Philadelphia: Genealogical Publishing Co. Print.
- Rupp, Daniel L. A Collection of Upwards of Thirty Thousand Names of German, Swiss, Dutch, French and Other Immigrants to Pennsylvania from 1727 to 1776. Baltimore. Print.
- Rietstap, Johannes Baptist. Armorial Général. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co. Print.
- Rasmussen, Louis J. . San Francisco Ship Passenger Lists 4 Volumes Colma, California 1965 Reprint. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1978. Print.
- Filby, P. William and Mary K Meyer. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index in Four Volumes. Detroit: Gale Research, 1985. Print. (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8).
- De Ville, Winston. Gulf Coast Colonials, A Compendium of French Families in Early Eighteenth Century Louisiana. Baltimore, MD: Clearfield, 1999. Print.
- Crozier, William Armstrong Edition. Crozier's General Armory A Registry of American Families Entitled to Coat Armor. New York: Fox, Duffield, 1904. Print.
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The Gay Family Crest was acquired from the Houseofnames.com archives. The Gay Family Crest was drawn according to heraldic standards based on published blazons. We generally include the oldest published family crest once associated with each surname.
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