Rev. Ebenezer Gay, D.D.

Studied theology with his uncle, Rev. Ebenezer Gay, of Hingham; ordained at Suffield, Conn., Jan., 1742. D.D Harvard College 1792.

JOHN GAY, OF DEDHAM, MASSACHUSETTS and Some of His Descendants, by Frederick Lewis Gay, Published by D. Clapp & Son, printers, 1879, p. 9

Resident of Suffield, Connecticut. Father of Mary Gay, wife of composer Timothy Swan. Ebenezer Gay was the third minister of the First Congregational Church of Suffield. His family was related to the Swan family in multiple ways. Timothy Swan's brother, Benjamin Swan, was was married to Lucy Gay, Mary's sister. Several of Ebenezer's grandchildren were musicians like their father, Timothy Swan. He had ten grandchildren from Timothy and Mary Swan.

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