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William Gayer

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Plymouth, Devon, England
Death: 1710 (60-69)
Nantucket, Nantucket County, Massachusetts, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Humphrey Gayer and Jane Gayer
Husband of Dorcas Gayer and Mary Conde
Father of Damaris Coffin; Dorcas Starbuck; William Gayer and William Gear
Brother of Elizabeth Calmady; Gen. Sir John Gayer, Governor of Bombay; Mary Piper; Joan Gayer and Jane Gayer

Occupation: Was Governor of Bombay
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About William Gayer

I note you list the popularly disseminated English line for William Gayer of Nantucket. Are you aware of: Gayre's Book, being A History of the Family of Gayre by Lieut.-Colonel Robert Gayre and R.L. Gair (Edinburgh & London: Oliver and Boyd, 1959)?

Both authors have impressive credentials, and their research shows that the line of Humphry Gayre ended in co-heiresses; he had no son William, nor did any of his brothers.

Appreciate the information....will study and did further. Glad you interrupted.

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William Gayer's Timeline

1645
1645
Plymouth, Devon, England
1673
October 24, 1673
Nantucket Island, Nantucket, Province of Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America
1675
August 29, 1675
Nantucket Island, Nantucket, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America
1677
June 3, 1677
Nantucket, Nantucket, Massachusetts, USA
1707
1707
Middlesex County, Virginia, United States
1710
1710
Age 65
Nantucket, Nantucket County, Massachusetts, United States