« Reply #4 on: Thursday 27 March 08 02:37 GMT (UK) »
Hi,
I am descended from Gays in the Bristol area, mainly Bitton and Siston. In fact " separate Gay families from the same area! Wonder if we connect.
One side goes back to a Thomas Gay who married Mercy Perryman in 1840 and had 8 children. The other side goes back to George Gay who married Michal Hale in 1855. Their son Henry Pearson Gay married Thomas and Mercy's daughter Amelia. Henry and Amelia are my great grandparents. Ring any bells?
Jo
Gloucestershire - Clark(e), Cooper, Day, Gay, Hacker, Hale, King, Lines, Perriman, Summers,
Llandudno - Hughes, Jones, Owens, Williams
Northamptonshire - Collis, Elliott
Sussex - Burgess, Colvin, Goldsmith, Midmore, Weham
Wiltshire - Fry, Hillier, Perkins, Wheeler