Ancestrees
Walter Denny JAY
1786 - 1865 (78 years)-
Name Walter Denny JAY [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6] Birth 15 Jul 1786 , Newberry, SC, USA Gender Male Death 8 Jul 1865 , Miami, OH, USA Person ID I14217 Ancestrees Last Modified 29 Sep 2024
Father John JAY, b. 26 Oct 1752, , Frederick, Virginia, USA d. 23 Apr 1829, , Miami, OH, 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, OH, USA (Age 65 years) Relationship natural Marriage 4 Mar 1773 Bush River M.M., Newberry, SC, USA [7, 8] Family ID F5453 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Mary MACY _MARRIED N Children 1. Eli JAY, b. 19 Feb 1826, , Miami, OH, USA d. 13 Sep 1911 (Age 85 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] Family ID F4622 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 29 Sep 2024
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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)
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Sources - [S1511] Carylanna Jay to Linda Coate Letter dated 6/16/1998 at cjay@siedata.com (C-1534).
- [S1510] 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).
- [S992] John Belton O'neall, Annals of Newberry, Part I (Southern Historical Press, c. early 1800's.).
- [S1497] Directory of the Names of Underground Railroad Operators at www.ugrr.org//names/map-oh.htm.
- [S504] Shilt, Rose, Montgomery Co., Ohio Administration and Wills, 1805-1850, Guardians 1805-1860.
- [S1416] Robert Rothenbuhler to Linda Coate Email, 1999 at piepint@nbtx.com (C-2204).
- [S2135] South Carolina Marriges 1749-1867 Implied in South Carolina Equity Records (available at the Allen Co. Public Library in Fort Wayne, OH).
- [S16] William Wade Hinshaw, Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy.
- [S1511] Carylanna Jay to Linda Coate Letter dated 6/16/1998 at cjay@siedata.com (C-1534).