Brief Life History of William Pease
When William Pease Gay was born on 5 September 1831, in East Granby, Hartford, Connecticut, United States, his father, Apollos K. Gay, was 43 and his mother, Lucy Pease, was 39. He married Harriet L Clark on 12 December 1860, in East Granby, Hartford, Connecticut, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in Granby, Hartford, Connecticut, United States in 1850. He died on 5 May 1892, in East Granby, Hartford, Connecticut, United States, at the age of 60, and was buried in East Granby Cemetery, East Granby, Hartford, Connecticut, United States.
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- William Gay in household of Apollos Gay, "United States Census, 1850"
- William P. Gay, "Connecticut Marriages, 1630-1997"
- William P. Gay, "Connecticut Deaths and Burials, 1772-1934"
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1832 · The Black Hawk War
Convinced that a group of Native American tribes were hostile, The United States formed a frontier militia to stop them in their tracks. Even though Black Hawk was hoping to avoid bloodshed while trying to resettle on tribal land, U.S. officials opened fire on the Native Americans. Black Hawk then responded to this confrontation by successfully attacking the militia at the Battle of Stillman's Run and then left northward. After a few months the militia caught up with Black Hawk and his men and defeated them at the Battle of Wisconsin Heights. While being weakened by hunger, injuries and desertion, Black Hawk and the rest of the many native survivors retreated towards the Mississippi. Unfortunately, Black Hawk and other leaders were later captured when they surrendered to the US forces and were then imprisoned for a year.
1836 · Remember the Alamo
Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
1848 · Slavery is Abolished
In 1840, the American Anti-Slavery Society split and slavery started being outlawed in the state. In Canterbury, Connecticut, Prudence Crandall started a school for young African American girls. The people got mad and Crandall was taken to court. The case was lost and that was the beginning of many other cases that would be lost, but it was also the start of having slavery abolished.
Name Meaning
English (southwestern), French, and Catalan: nickname for a lighthearted or cheerful person, from Middle English, Old French gai, Catalan gay ‘cheerful’. In Middle English the term could also mean ‘wanton, lascivious’ and this sense may lie behind the surname in some instances.
English (of Norman origin): habitational name from any of the places in Normandy called Gaye, from an early proprietor bearing an ancient Germanic personal name cognate with Wade .
Catalan: probably also from the personal name Gai (from Latin Gaius).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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