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Gay: Origin, Geographical Distribution
(Fr.) Frolicksome, merry, gay. Rightly named was Richard Folioth, Bishop of Hereford, who, when he had incurred the hatred of many for opposing himself against Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, one cried with a loud voice at his chamber window at midnight: 'Folioth, Folioth, thy god is the Goddess Azaroth' He suddenly and stoutly replied: ' Thou liest, foul fiend, my God is the God of Sabaoth. Camden.
Gay Surname Origin
Spelling Variations : GUAY | GUAI | GAY | GAI | GUEIT
Gay: Place of Origin :  London (United Kingdom) |  Devon (United Kingdom) |  Norfolk (United Kingdom) |  Wiltshire (United Kingdom) |  Suffolk (United Kingdom) |  Oxfordshire (United Kingdom)
Gay: Online Family Trees
de GAY Gb-Wycombe, Buckshire (United Kingdom) 1184 - 1184
GAY Ecosse (Scotland, United Kingdom) 1645 - 1645
de GAY Buckinghamshire, Inghilterra (Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom) 1184 - 1184
GAY Aldershot (Gb) (United Kingdom) 1971 - 1971
GAY Welshhampton (Gb) (United Kingdom) 2007 - 2007
de GAY of WOOTON BASSET Wycombe, South East (Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom) 1159 - 1159
de GAY Wycombe, South East (Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom) 1129 - 1159
GAY Woolwich (Kent, England, United Kingdom) 1890 - 1926
GAY Camberwell (London, England, United Kingdom) 1883 - 1898
GAY East Stonehouse (Devon, England, United Kingdom) 1859 - 1859

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Gay: GeneaNet Members
Photo Regis GAYRegis GAY Photo de Jocelyn GAY-KNIGHTJocelyn GAY-KNIGHT
Gay: Famous Genealogies
 The surname Gay is related to the following famous family trees :
        HARRISON William Henry (1773 - 1841)
        MERMOZ Jean (1901 - 1936)
        GRACQ Julien born POIRIER Louis (1910 - 2007)
        ROUSSEAU Jean-Jacques (1712 - 1778)
        YOURCENAR Marguerite born CLEENEWERK de CRAYENCOUR Marguerite Antoinette Jeanne Marie Ghislaine (1903 - 1987)
Gay: Books that contain this surname
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GAYA genealogic and heraldic dictionary of the peerage and baronetage of the British Empire g by Bernard Burke,...
Author: John Bernard Burke - Published in 1860
... George , the 3rd to John Gay, Esq. of Gaybrook , and the 41h to John Garnet, Bishop of Clogher), ...		 GAYThe descendants of Rev. Thomas Hooker, Hartford, Connecticut, 1586-1908
Author: Hooker, Edward, 1822-1903. - Published in 1909
... * Samuel,* Thomas1), daughter of Seth and Abigail (Gay) Hooker, of Hinsdale, N. H., b. Aug. 28, 1792, at Hinsdale, ...
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