Walter Denny Jay

1786 - 1865  (78 years)

• Name	Walter Denny Jay  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8]
  Birth	15 Jul 1786	Newberry, South Carolina, USA   [7]
  Gender	Male
  Death	8 Jul 1865	Miami, Ohio, USA   [7]
  Burial	West Milton, Miami County, Ohio, USA   [7]
  Person ID	I13117	Ancestrees
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2026

  
  

  Father	John Jay, Sr,   b. 26 Oct 1752, Frederick County, Maryland, United States of America d. 23 Apr 1829, Miami, Ohio, USA (Age 76 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Elizabeth (Betty) Pugh,   b. 6 Sep 1755, Hopewell M.M., Frederick, VA, USA d. 23 Apr 1821, Miami, Ohio, USA (Age 65 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	4 Mar 1773	Bush River M.M., Newberry, SC, USA   [9, 10]
  Family ID	F5159	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Macy,   b. 7 Dec 1787   d. 6 Aug 1868, West Milton, Miami County, Ohio, USA (Age 80 years)
  Marriage	Miami, Indiana   [8]
  _MARRIED	N
  Children	1. Eli Jay,   b. 19 Feb 1826, Miami, Ohio, USA d. 13 Sep 1911 (Age 85 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F4326	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2026

  
  

• Notes

  Walter Denny Jay, was "a most remarkable man. One who knew phrenology said he had a head much like that of Napoleon Bonaparte, and in many traits he resembled him... concentration ...courage with prudence.." according to the "Annals of Ny." He is likely the "Denny Jay" along with his brother Samuel Jay who were operators on the Underground Railroad in Montgomery Co., Ohio. Walter Denny Jay likely had a son named John who is buried in the Quaker burial in West Milton. His stone says he is the son of W.D. and M. Jay, died 2 Mo. 6, 1840 at 27 years of age. (C-PHO, 296)

  
  

• Sources

  [S1892] Carylanna Jay to Linda Coate Letter dated 6/16/1998 at cjay@siedata.com (C-1534). [S1890] Carly Jay to Linda Coate E-mail letter dated Feb 22, 1998 as per source, "The Autobiography of Allen Jay" at cjay@seidata.com (C-1443). [S1411] John Belton O'neall, Annals of Newberry, Part I (Southern Historical Press, c. early 1800's.). [S1686] Directory of the Names of Underground Railroad Operators at www.ugrr.org//names/map-oh.htm. [S767] Shilt, Rose, Montgomery Co., Ohio Administration and Wills, 1805-1850, Guardians 1805-1860. [S1891] Robert Rothenbuhler to Linda Coate Email, 1999 at piepint@nbtx.com (C-2204). [S21] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2012;). https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/26171144/walter-denny-jay [S111] Ancestry.com, U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2014;), Earlham College; Richmond, Indiana. [S2471] South Carolina Marriges 1749-1867 Implied in South Carolina Equity Records (available at the Allen Co. Public Library in Fort Wayne, OH). [S74] William Wade Hinshaw, Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy.