Jotham Gay

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Jotham Gay (April 11, 1733 – October 16, 1802) was an army officer and a politician in Nova Scotia. He served Cumberland County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1772 to 1774. He was the son of Reverend Ebenezer Gay and Jerusha Bradford and was probably born in Hingham, Massachusetts. He received a land grant in Cumberland County in 1761 and later became a colonel in the Continental Army, with service at Louisbourg and Fort Beauséjour. He won a 1772 by-election after Joshua Winslow was unseated for non-attendance. Gay later moved to Westmorland County, New Brunswick, and then returned to Hingham, where he died at age 69. His brother Martin also served in the assembly.