Mary Elizabeth Vestal, *

1723 - 1818  (95 years)

• Name	Mary Elizabeth Vestal  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16]
  Suffix	*
  Birth	1723	, Chester, PA   [15]
  Gender	Female
  Death	1818	New Burlington, Fulton, OH, USA   [15]
  Burial	1818	Burlington, Warren, OH, USA   [15]
  Person ID	I14766	Ancestrees
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2026

  
  

  Father	William Vestal, Jr. *,   b. 16 Sep 1692, Birmingham Twp., Chester, PA, USA d. Bef Mar 1745, Winchester, Frederick, VA, USA (Age < 52 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Ann Elizabeth Mercer, *,   b. 14 Jun 1692, Banbury, Oxfordshire, England d. 15 Nov 1752 (Age 60 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	9 Sep 1716	Westtown, Chester, PA, USA
  Family ID	F5160	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	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)
  Marriage	Bef 1743	Virginia, Colonial America
  Children	1. William Jay, Jr. *,   b. 12 Sep 1745, Winchester, City of Winchester, Virginia, United States of America d. Bef 28 Feb 1797, Newberry, South Carolina, USA (Age < 51 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Reverend David Jay,   b. 28 May 1765, , Orange, NC d. 11 Feb 1839, Nimblewill, Lumpkin County, Georgia, USA (Age 73 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. James Jay,   b. 1 Jan 1744, , Winchester, VA d. 5 Feb 1835, Person County, North Carolina, USA (Age 91 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. Sarah Jay,   b. 1745, Maryland, United States of America bur. Roxboro, Person County, North Carolina, United States of America  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   5. Deborah Jay,   b. Bef 1752   d. Yes, date unknown  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   6. Joseph Jay,   b. Abt 1746, Frederick County, Virginia, USA d. Bef 25 Aug 1806, , Abbeville, SC (Age < 60 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   7. John Jay, Sr,   b. 26 Oct 1752, Frederick County, Maryland, United States of America d. 23 Apr 1829, Miami, Ohio, USA (Age 76 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   8. Lydia Jay,   b. 3 Dec 1761, , Orange, NC d. Aft 1804, , Clinton, OH, USA (Age > 44 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   9. Mary Jay,   b. 9 Sep 1755, , Berkeley, SC d. Aft 1803, Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, USA (Age > 49 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   10. Rachel Jay,   b. 16 Aug 1758, , Orange, NC d. 8 Oct 1846, New Burlington, Fulton, OH, USA (Age 88 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F5158	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2026

  
  

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• Notes

  Mary Vestal and William Jay married about 1743 in Frederick Co., VA. She likely lost her membership in the Quaker church for marrying out of unity. On 10/5/1772, Mary Vestal Jay sent an acknowledgement of marriage out of meeting to thwell Monthly Meeting. This was a few months before her husband's death. (Some researchers mistakenly claim this is because she married again.) (C-1338) It was accepted and Jesse Pugh was appointed to assist the women in preparing a certificate for her to remove to Bush River. (C-804) In Virginia, none of the Jays appear to have been Quakers, but shortly before and around the time she was reaccepted, all of her children appear to have become Quakers. She had two children married in the Quaker Meeting in the 3rd month of 1772. Vickie Leimback and Mike Southerland state that Mary's birth date was about 1723. Mike gives her death date as 1773 in New Burlington, Miami, OH and her full name as Mary Elizabeth Vestal. However, this death date cannot be correct, as Mary Ve stal Jay and her daughter Rachel Jay Arnold received a certificate to move to Ohio in 1804. They moved in 1805 probably to Miami Co., Ohio. She died near New Burlington, Ohio between 1818-1820 and is buried in Caesars Creek Quaker Burying Ground.

  
  

• Sources

  [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). [S224] Record, Tom, Gedcom and sources dated 1996. [S99] Vestal Family Group Sheet Type Lineage Received 1984 Preparer unknown very well sourced. [S2940] William Jay Sr. Will dated Nov. 23, 1772 On file at Charleston, SC. [S3043] Ancestry of William Jay "The Bulletin" local magazine of the Los Angeles Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution by Cassius Milton Jay Nov. 1928. [S2941] Michael S. Caldwell to Linda Coate Dudick Letter dated April 13, 1984 in Linda Coate files (C-159) Current Status: Lost. [S2952] Mike Southerland to Jay Family Discussion List Letter dated Aug. 28, 1996 at SpreadWord@aol.com In Linda Coate files (C-802). [S276] Alloa Cavinis, Henry Cavinis, Infant Immigrant and some of his Descendants 1971 (C-1380). [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). [S252] Rasch, Peggy to Linda Coate Dudick Letter dated May 26, 1984 at N11W27909 White Oak Ct., Waukesha, WI 53186 In L. Dudick files (C-165). [S253] Minnie Speer Boone, Our Family Heritage (Salsbury, NC: Tennessee Studio). [S255] Jay, Margaret Belcher, Jay Family (Shelby, NC: Broad River Genealogical Society, Inc., c1998). [S186] Eileen Davis and Judith Ireton, comps, Quaker Records of the Miami Valley of Ohio (McDowell Publications, 1980). [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/106851629/mary-elizabeth-jay [S717] Ancestry.com, Alabama, U.S., Surname Files Expanded, 1702–1981, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA;), Alabama Department of Archives and History; Montgomery, AL; Alabama Surname Files; Box or Film Number: M85.0584.