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Jonathan Gay

Birth
Massachusetts, USA
Death
3 Feb 1826 (aged 81–82)
Burial
Jefferson County, New York, USA Add to Map
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From the Fonda List found at the Jefferson county genweb page;


JONATHAN GAY

Born: l744 Mass.
Died: February 3, 1826 aged 92 yrs.

Service: Enlisted in November 1776 in the State of Conn., in Capt. Samuel Carr's Co., in the 9th regiment of the Mass. Line commanded by Col. James Weston or Wesson. Served until June l3, 1783 when he was discharged near West Point, N.Y. Was in the battle of Stillwater, Saratoga, Princeton, Monmouth, Kingsbridge and Yorktown.
Pension Department, Archives Building, Washington, D. C., S. 44870

Remarks: Jonathan Gay is buried in the old abandoned cemetery at Three Mile Bay, called Cedar Cemetery. States in his pension that he has no wife or children in this country.

NNY Genealogy states that he is buried in Bachelor Cemetery which is "Destroyed - no stones or indications of a cemetery remain. The burials for this cemetery were derived from the early 1900s DAR readings."
From the Fonda List found at the Jefferson county genweb page;


JONATHAN GAY

Born: l744 Mass.
Died: February 3, 1826 aged 92 yrs.

Service: Enlisted in November 1776 in the State of Conn., in Capt. Samuel Carr's Co., in the 9th regiment of the Mass. Line commanded by Col. James Weston or Wesson. Served until June l3, 1783 when he was discharged near West Point, N.Y. Was in the battle of Stillwater, Saratoga, Princeton, Monmouth, Kingsbridge and Yorktown.
Pension Department, Archives Building, Washington, D. C., S. 44870

Remarks: Jonathan Gay is buried in the old abandoned cemetery at Three Mile Bay, called Cedar Cemetery. States in his pension that he has no wife or children in this country.

NNY Genealogy states that he is buried in Bachelor Cemetery which is "Destroyed - no stones or indications of a cemetery remain. The burials for this cemetery were derived from the early 1900s DAR readings."

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