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- LKH note:
18. William (immigrant) - C: William, John, James, Robert, Samuel, Eleanor (m. William Kincaid).
19. William-son of 18 - d.1775 - m. Margaret Walkup - C: Mary (m. Robert Dunlap, 1763), Agnes (m. Robert Clark), John (s), Robert (s).
A history of Rockbridge County, Virginia. By Oren F. Morton. The McClure Co., Inc. Staunton, Virginia, 1920. Page 486. [1]
- Gay.
William Gay, who fought at the siege of Londonderry, had at least six children who came to the Calf Pasture. These were William, John, James, Robert, Samuel, and Eleanor. Robert and Samuel did not long remain in this locality. Eleanor married William Kincaid. William Gay, who owned 900 acres of what is wrongly called Guy's Run, died in 1755. His wife, who was Margaret Walkup, afterward married William Hamilton. James Gay, son of the pioneer James, and his brothers-in-law were first men to introduce cattle of an improved breed into Kentucky. The Gays of Kentucky are derived from the Rockbridge families. They were among the largest landholders in the Bluegrass region and are connected with scores of the historic families of that state.
A history of Rockbridge County, Virginia, page 253.
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- Page 113 - 9th May, 1755. William Gay's will of the Calf Pasture - Wife, Margaret; eldest son, Joh, the plantation George Campbell lives on, formerly held by James Stevenson; to son, Robert, plantation testator lives on; to daughter, Mary; to daughter, Agness. Executors, wife and brother John Gay. Teste: Wm. Elliot, Jno. Fulton, James Stevenson. Proved 20th August, 1755, by all witnesses. Executors qualify, with sureties Mr. Eliot, Ro. Campbell, Robert Gay.
Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish settlement in Virginia, p.36.
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- page 501.
William Gay (d 1755), from Ireland to Pa., later to Augusta Co., Va. with bros., James, John, Robert, Henry and Samuel and sis., Elinor Gay who m Capt. William (Kincaid) Kinkead; lived on Gay's Run (now) Rockbridge Co., Va.; m Margaret Walkup (b nr. Belfast Ireland, sis of Lt. John Walkup, cdr. Warm Springs, ft. on Va. frontier in Am. Rev., whose g.son was Joseph Walkup., lt. Gov. Calif. 1858-59).
The Abridged Compendium of American Genealogy: The Standard Genealogical Encyclopedia of The First Families of America, v. III. Edited by Frederick A. Virkus. Chicago, 1928. Page 501.
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William Gay (d 1755) of Gay's Run, Rockbridge Co., Va.; with bros., James, John, Robert, Henry and Samuel and sis. Elinor, who m Capt. William (Kincaid) Kinkead to Augusta Co., Va.; m Margaret Walkup (b. nr. Belfast, Ireland, sis. Capt. James Walkup, a cdr. at battle of Walkup's Plantation, N.C. in Am. Rev., m Margaret Pickens, aunt of Gov. Israel Pickens, of Ala., and sis. of Lt. John Walkup, cdr. Warm Springs Ft. on Va. frontier in Am. Rev., whose g.son was Joseph Walkup, lt. gov. Calif., 1858-59)
The Abridged Compendium of American Genealogy: The Standard Genealogical Encyclopedia of The First Families of America, v. III. Edited by Frederick A. Virkus. Chicago, 1928. Page 500.
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