Lydia Jay

1761 - Aft 1804  (> 44 years)

• Name	Lydia Jay  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8]
  Birth	3 Dec 1761	, Orange, NC   [9, 10, 11]
  Gender	Female
  Death	Aft 1804	, Clinton, OH, USA
  Person ID	I14774	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 1	James Mills,   b. Abt 1761   d. Ohio, USA
  _MARRIED	N
  Family ID	F5164	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2026

  
  

  Family 2	George Arnold
  _MARRIED	N
  Family ID	F4994	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2026

  
  

• Photos

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• Notes

  She and her husband came to Ohio in 1802 from Bush River, South Carolina. (C-1017) D.J. Rowe doesn't believe that she is the Lydia Jay who married George Arnold, as there are several Lydia Jays who were contemporaries. (C-1319)

  
  

• Sources

  [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). [S186] Eileen Davis and Judith Ireton, comps, Quaker Records of the Miami Valley of Ohio (McDowell Publications, 1980). [S118] Rev. Silas E. Lucas, Quakers in South Carolina. [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). [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. [S74] William Wade Hinshaw, Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy. [S254] Mrs. Oscar Markus, The Vestals of Pennsylvania, USA and Allied Families (1964, unpublished). [S2950] Pat Bagwell to Jay Family Discussion List E-mail letters dated Oct. 1996 at icezena@texas.net In Linda Coate files (C-845).