James Jay

1766 - Abt 1849  (82 years)

• Name	James Jay  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8]
  Birth	17 Oct 1766	Orange Co., NC   [9, 10]
  Gender	Male
  Death	Abt 1849	, Henry, IA, USA
  Burial	Henry County, Iowa, United States of America   [10]
  Person ID	I14789	Ancestrees
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2026

  
  

  Father	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)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Elizabeth Natherson,   b. 14 Oct 1742, Winchester, Frederick Co., Virginia, USA d. 4 Mar 1777, Edgefield, Newberry Co., South Carolina, USA (Age 34 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	Abt 1760	, Tioga, Pennsylvania, USA
  Family ID	F3136	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Jemima Mills,   b. 1768, Newberry, South Carolina, USA d. Abt 1843, , Henry, IA, USA (Age 75 years)
  Marriage	7 Apr 1791	Bush River M.M., Newberry, SC, USA   [1]
  Family ID	F5170	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2026

  
  

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• Notes

  James was listed 5th in father's will. According to the Jay Family Index, James came to Clinton Co., Ohio in 1805. Quaker records however, indicate that he was still in the Bush River Monthly Meeting area of SC in 1809, where he and hisy are listed in a visit from New Garden Monthly Meeting Members as James JAY and wife, Jemimah and children, Mills, Alexander, Mary, Rhoda, Layton, James, Ede (Edith), Dempsey, Isaac and Sarah. He could easily be the James Jay listed as living in Newberry Co., SC in the 1800 Census with 4 sons under 10, himself from 26-45, 2 daughters under ten and his wife between 26-45. (C-922) At any rate, he eventually settled on land belonging to his wife's uncle, George Arnold in Clinton Co., Ohio They moved to Center Meeting in Wayne Co., IN in 1822 and to Henry Co., Iowa in 1842. (C-800)

  
  

• Sources

  [S2471] South Carolina Marriges 1749-1867 Implied in South Carolina Equity Records (available at the Allen Co. Public Library in Fort Wayne, OH). [S1266] William Jay, Testator Will, 1797. [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). [S1263] William Jay's DAR Application by Laurie Christine Rasch. [S2817] Lineage Book Vol. 128 (DAR, 1916). [S1264] John Anderson Family Bible (as transcribed and sent via email from Nancy Robinson at nana9758949@cs.com). [S1267] Jay Family Association (http://www.jayfamily.org/), Jay Family Association. [S1315] Coats, Don, Ancestry World Tree Submission (www.ancestry.com). [S426] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. Date:2012 Place:Lehi, UT, USA;), 1,60525::0.