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John Avard Gayton

John was born on October 2nd, 1850. John's father was John Gayton and his mother is Abigail Smith. His paternal grandparents were Thomas Gayton and Anne Spinney; his maternal grandparents are Thomas K. Smith and <Unknown>. He had four brothers and two sisters, named Ebenezer, Joseph, Nahamiah, Samuel, Anne and Emily. He was the third oldest of the seven children. John is no longer alive.

Ancestor Pedigree Chart
- Thomas Gayton
  - b.1792 in Tipperary, Ireland
  
  John Gayton
  - b.15 Oct 1815 in Argyle, Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia
  
  John Spinney Jr ^*
  - b.~  1693 d.>  1757 in Argyle, Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia
  
  John Spinney
  - b.1733 d.19 Apr 1793 in Argyle, Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia
  
  Mary Waterhouse ^*
  - b.05 Feb 1706
  
  Isaac Spinney
  - b.11 Jun 1761 in Argyle, Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia d.05 Apr 1840
  
  Joanna Roberts
  - b.~  1743 d.28 Feb 1824
  
  Anne Spinney
  - b.01 Apr 1789 in Argyle, Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia
  
  John Frost
  
  Eunice Frost
  - b.1750 in Argyle, Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia d.13 Mar 1820
  
  Lydia
  
  John Avard Gayton
  - b.02 Oct 1850
  
  Thomas K. Smith
  
  Abigail Smith
  
  ^*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)

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Details of John's family with Lavinia Nixon

Source/Citation Spinney Family Genealogy: Genealogy of Thomas Spinney and Marger Randall