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Gay, Frederick Lewis, of Boston "John Gay, of Dedham", NEGHR, vol. XXXIII (1879), pp. 45-57.

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26. Nathaniel4 (Hezekiah3, John2, John1), b. Sept. 27, 1740; married Lucy, dau. of Ebenezer and Thankful (Stratton) Richards, May 27, 1766. Lived in Milton, where he died, Sept. 14, 1806; his wife died Feb. 25, 1817. They had:
  1. Lucy, b. Dec 27, 1771.
  2. Mary, b. June 17, 1775.
  3. Elizabeth, b. Jan. 1, 1777; m. John Gay, Jan. 1795.
  4. Aaron, b. March 19, 1779; m. Louisa Severns, July 15, 1804. He d. in Roxbury, June 7, 1837. He had:
    1. Louisa Smith6, b. Dec. 29, 1804; m. Samuel Brown, May 29, 1825.
    2. Ludy Richards6, b. Sept. 22, 1807; m. Joseph W. Dudley, March 11, 1827.
    3. Mary Elizabeth6, b. Oct. 26, 1810; m. Samuel Dudley, Dec. 19, 1837.
    4. Ann Carter6, b. Feb. 6, 1813; d. July 6, 1836.
    5. Aaron Richards6, b. Oct 9, 1815; m. Mary Jane Whitney.
    6. Samuel Severns6, b. Feb 20, 1819.

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32. Lusher5 (Joseph4, Lusher3, Nathaniel2, John1), b. Jan. 30, 1773; married Rebecca Gay, April 16, 1800; died Sept. 2, 1842. He had:
  1. Bunker, b. Feb. 3, 1801; m. Milly Ellis. He had: 1. Mary E.7, b. Oct. 4, 1830; m. Waldo Colburn, of West Dedham, Nov. 21, 1852.
  2. Lusher, b. Oct. 28, 1803; m. first, Lydia Whitney, 1834; m. second, Almira Baker, Dec 9, 1840.

"Book Notices", NEHGR, vol. XXIII (1879), pp. 368-377.

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The Whitney Family of Connecticut, and its Affiliations; being an Attempt to trace the Descendants, as well in the Female as Male lines, of Henry Whitney, from 1649 to 1878. To which is prefixed some Account of the Whitneys of England. By S. Whitney Phoenix .....New York: Privately printed. 1878. [3 vols. 4to.pp. xxii + 2740. No Portraits. Five hundred copies; also 10 copies folio. All for presentation.]
These three superb quarto volumes, each containing nearly a thousand pages, are a noble monument to the memory of the ancestors and relatives of Mr. Phoenix, of New York, the author, who has spent his time and money most freely in perpetuating the history of their lives.
Henry Whitney, the American ancestor of the family to which these volumes are devoted, came to this country as early as 1649. On the 8th of October in that year, he "was associated with Edward Treadwell and Thomas Benedict in buying three-fourths of William Salmon's land at Hashamommock in Southold, Long Island." He removed from Southold as early as Aug. 17, 1658, when we find him an inhabitant of Huntington, L. I. Afterwards he resided at Jamaica, L. I., and Norwalk, Ct.; and probably died at the latter place in the autumn of 1673. No connection has been traced between him and John Whitney of Watertown, Mass., concerning whom and his descendants several articles have appeared in the Register (xi. 113-21, 225-30, xii. 215-19). Henry is represented to have been a son of Thomas Whitney of Berkhampstead, Herts; and a tabular pedigree by Mrs. de Salis, of London, appears in this book, giving his line back twenty generations to one "Sir Baldwinus de Whitney." Several generations further bring us to "Exrog earl of Eygas and Ergagn." A sketch of the Whitneys in England is prefixed to the first volume.*
Mr. Phoenix has been engaged in collecting materials for his magnificent work for more than ten years; and every available source of information appears to have been exhausted by him to trace the descendants of all names of his immigrant ancestor. In this he has had the assistance of Messrs. D. Williams Patterson, of Newark Valley, N. Y., and John A. Boutelle, of Woburn, Mass. Mr. Patterson, the author informs us, has not only acted as his "amanuensis in preparing for the printer the vast mass of crude material" which Mr. Phoenix had gathered since 1867, but has "also added largely to the bulk and value of the book by his own researches, especially in the female lines;" examining in the author's behalf "the records of almost every town of importance in southern Connecticut and the eastern part of Long Island."
Mr. Phoenix intersperses through the book tabular pedigrees of a number of families connected with his own. These must have cost him much labor. Nothing appears to have been omitted to make the work perfect and serviceable. Nearly three hundred closely printed pages are devoted to indexes of surnames and places, referring evidently to every individual and every place mentioned in the work.
The book is got up in the most sumptuous manner possible. The typography, which is in the highest style of art, is from the Bradstreet Press. The paper as well as the binding, which is in half turkey morocco, are also of the same high character. J.W.D.
* Transcriber's note: Refer to Henry1 Whitney's English Ancestry.

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