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From: jmeltzer <>
Subject: Bogus gateway ancestors
Date: Fri, 1 Dec 1995 07:54:20 -0500
In-Reply-To: <199512010812.AAA07567@mail.eworld.com>


William Gayer of Nantucket (17th century) was supposed to have a descent
from Edward I through the Courtenays due to a misidentification of his
brother Sir John Gayer with another John Gayer pedigreed a Devonshire
visitation. The genealogy of the English Gayer family, _Gayre's Booke_,
is the source of the disproof. Sorry but I don't have details handy as
all of my ms. are packed for a move. I had to throw out an entire
notebook of spurious ancestors on after finding that error.

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