John Jay, Sr

1752 - 1829  (76 years)

• Name	John Jay  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19]
  Suffix	Sr
  Birth	26 Oct 1752	Frederick County, Maryland, United States of America   [12, 17, 20]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	7 Aug 1820	Monroe, Miami, Ohio, USA   [16]
  Burial	Apr 1829	Miami, Ohio, USA   [17, 21]
  Death	23 Apr 1829	Miami, Ohio, USA   [15, 17]
  Person ID	I14765	Ancestrees
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2026

  
  

  Father	William Jay, * I-M253 YDNA Haplogroup (NOT a son of John Jay and Anne Ordchard by BigY Haplogroup),   b. Abt 1711   d. 1772, Newberry, Newberry County, South Carolina, United States of America (Age 61 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Mary Elizabeth Vestal, *,   b. 1723, , Chester, PA d. 1818, New Burlington, Fulton, OH, USA (Age 95 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	Bef 1743	Virginia, Colonial America
  Family ID	F5158	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth (Betty) Pugh,   b. 6 Sep 1755, Hopewell M.M., Frederick, VA, USA d. 23 Apr 1821, Miami, Ohio, USA (Age 65 years)
  Marriage	4 Mar 1773	Bush River M.M., Newberry, SC, USA   [11, 12]
  Children	1. Mary Jay,   b. 11 Jan 1777, Newberry, South Carolina, USA d. 20 Nov 1810, Clinton County, Ohio, United States of America (Age 33 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. John Jay,   b. 22 Feb 1782, Newberry, South Carolina, USA d. 1 Sep 1844, , Wayne, OH, USA (Age 62 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Jesse Jay,   b. 8 Dec 1773, Newberry, South Carolina, USA d. 25 Sep 1840, Miami, Ohio, USA (Age 66 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. Lydia Jay,   b. 18 Mar 1793, Bush River, Newberry, SC d. 20 Mar 1830, Miami, Ohio, USA (Age 37 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   5. William Jay,   b. 19 Jun 1788, Newberry, South Carolina, USA d. 9 Aug 1845, Pleasant Hill, Miami, Ohio, USA (Age 57 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   6. Jane Jay,   b. 16 Sep 1795, Newberry, South Carolina, USA d. 22 Dec 1871, Miami, Ohio, USA (Age 76 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   7. Walter Denny Jay,   b. 15 Jul 1786, Newberry, South Carolina, USA d. 8 Jul 1865, Miami, Ohio, USA (Age 78 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   8. James Jay,   b. 6 Nov 1791, Newberry, South Carolina, USA d. 22 Oct 1845, Miami, Ohio, USA (Age 53 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   9. Samuel Jay,   b. 12 Jan 1784, Newberry, South Carolina, USA d. 14 Dec 1859, Jonesboro, Grant, IN, USA (Age 75 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   10. Thomas Jay,   b. 18 Jun 1775, Newberry, South Carolina, USA d. 8 Jul 1815, Montgomery, Hamilton, Ohio, USA (Age 40 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   11. Ann Jay,   b. 17 Dec 1778, Newberry, South Carolina, USA d. 9 Jan 1849, , Warren, OH, USA (Age 70 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F5159	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2026

  
  

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• Notes

  My source, C-611, gives John's birth place as North Carolina. John received 200 acres of land in Berkley Co., SC in his father's will adjoining the plantation where his father had resided. (C-169) John moved from SC to Waynesville, Ohio i. He was a dealer in merchandise. He and his family moved to Miami Co., Ohio in 1808. As a merchandiser, he made two trips by wagon and 8 horse team to Baltimore along with his son Walter Denny Jay. (C-800) He and 9 of his 11 children lived in surrounding lands known as the "Jay Settlement". They founded the first Quaker friends in Ohio and the church was still active in 1958. He is the only Jay mentioned in "Newberry Annals" and the article was so interesting that I'm transcribing it here. "John Jay merits special mention, the removal of whom and family was more loss to Newberry than that of any other. He was married during the Revolution, and his seven sons and three daughters were born and, in part, married there. Courage, industry, enterprise and thrift were characteristics of the entire family. He and his sons were remarkable for rearing and training horses. No other seven brothers drove as many fair horse teams as they; could crack their whips as loud and haul as heavy loads. In these early days grain, flour, pork and merchandise were transported on wagons and often long trips had to be made. Their names were Jesse, Samuel, Walt D. (always called Denny), Thomas, John, William and James. All lived to advanced age except Thomas, who died soon after the birth of his fourth child. Five of them lived on lands adjoining and reared such families that they long had the name of the 'Jay Settlement,' a name that carried with it the idea of industry, enterprise, success and independent fortune, coupled with such honesty, probity and morality as made them a blessing to the country. John, the father, died in their midst in or about 1828, having lived to see his good example followed by both his sons and daughters, all retaining their rights in church and some being pre-eminent in it." (C-296) This family can also easily be found in Hinshaw's Quaker records. (C-1017) He is likely the John Jay who lived in Newberry Co., SC in the 1800 census with 1 son under ten, 2 between 16-26, 2 between 16-26, 1 between 26-45, 2 daughters under 10, 1 between 16-26, 1 wife between 26-45. (C-922) He had moved to Miami Co., OH before 1808. On Oct 22, 1808 he and his single sons, William and James, his wife and daughters Lyddia and Jane were received on certificate from Miami MM in West Branch MM also in Miami Co., Ohio He was in the deed records in 1813 in Monroe Twp., Miami Co., Ohio in 1813, 1816, and 1827. He probably is the John who purchased land in Union and Spring Creek Twp., Miami Co., Ohio in 1828, a year before he died. He left a will in 1829 in Miami Co., Ohio which was probated that same year. (C-1025)

  
  

• Sources

  [S254] Mrs. Oscar Markus, The Vestals of Pennsylvania, USA and Allied Families (1964, unpublished). [S255] Jay, Margaret Belcher, Jay Family (Shelby, NC: Broad River Genealogical Society, Inc., c1998). [S72] William Medlin, Quaker Families of S.C. & Georgia (1983) (Ben Franklin Press). [S118] Rev. Silas E. Lucas, Quakers in South Carolina. [S4] Ancestry Family Trees, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;), Ancestry Family Tree, 1,1030::0. [S223] Cassius Jay Jay Family Index Partially in L. Dudick Files (C-167). [S1924] John L. Hatcher to Pat Bagwell E-mail letter dated Aug. 29, 1996 that transcribes unknown author of entitled "Jay History" at jlhatcher@intellinet.com In Linda Coate Files.(C-813). [S767] Shilt, Rose, Montgomery Co., Ohio Administration and Wills, 1805-1850, Guardians 1805-1860. [S3050] Paul B. Edwards to Linda Coate Dudick Letter dated Sept. 2, 1996 at 441 Milwaukee Ave.,Burlington, WI 53105 In Linda Coate files (C-799). [S2940] William Jay Sr. Will dated Nov. 23, 1772 On file at Charleston, SC. [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. [S1411] John Belton O'neall, Annals of Newberry, Part I (Southern Historical Press, c. early 1800's.). [S251] Vickie Leimback to Linda Coate Dudick E-Mail letter dated Sept. 16, 1995 at VLeimback@aol.com In possession of Linda Coate Dudick at 648 Ulverston Dr., Gahanna, OH 43230 1995 (C-611). [S315] Ancestry.com, U.S., Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, Vol I–VI, 1607-1943, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2013;). [S24] Ancestry.com, 1820 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), Fourth Census of the United States, 1820; Census Place: Monroe, Miami, Ohio; Page: 77; NARA Roll: M33_94; Image: 88. [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/20512689/john-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. [S111] Ancestry.com, U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2014;), Guilford College; Greensboro, North Carolina. [S2950] Pat Bagwell to Jay Family Discussion List E-mail letters dated Oct. 1996 at icezena@texas.net In Linda Coate files (C-845). [S3168] Alan O. Coppock to Linda Coate Email letters dated 1999 at acoppock@columbia-center.org (C-2109).