Born in Halifax, Virginia, United States
Daughter of Christian Mayes
and Elizabeth (Bingham) Mays
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
Josiah Bays
— married
15 Feb 1808 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia
Descendants 
Mother of
Josiah C Bays, Amelia Bays, Chloe Bays, Walter Cole Bays, Joshua Bays, Joseph Mayes Bays, Elizabeth Bays, Lavicy Bays, Alfred Bays, Mary Ann Bays, Andrew Jackson Bays and James Bays
Died after
after age 76
in Greene, Indiana, United States
Profile last modified
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Biography
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Josiah Bays (Sr.) was one of the three children of the John Bays, Jr. and Luvicy Bays family who came to Greene County, Indiana in the early 1830's. The other two children to come were Beverly Bays and Lucy Bays Bingham. Josiah, Sr. was born in Pittsylvania County, Virginia and 15 February 1808 he married Lettice (Letty) Mays, daughter of Christian Mayes (1758-1808) and Elizabeth Bingham Mays (1765-1808) of the same county.[1] From accounts Letty was part Cherokee Indian. Josiah, Sr. was the grandson of John Bays, Sr. who was recognized as performing Public Service during the Revolutionary War as recorded in History of Pittsylvania County by M .C. Clement pp. 176, 177.
Josiah and Letty had a family of eleven children all born in Virginia and Surry County, North Carolina and all moved to Greene County, Indiana. Two of the daughters, Amelia and Chloe, had already married.
Josiah's original land entry was S 1/2 SW 1/4 Section 32, Beech Creek Township 17 March 1836 and he received his certificate from the Vincennes land office dated 5 August 1837. Josiah and Letty sold their original land to their son, Joshua, 29 June 1841. Josiah and Letty had five girls and six boys. Josiah Bays, Sr. died 23 May 1842 and is buried in the Bays/Glover Cemetery on his original land entry in Greene County, Indiana. Then Letty Bays, the widow, continued to live through the 1850[2] and 1860[3] censuses, but her date of death is unknown. She surely was buried with her husband, but no stone has been found in the abandoned cemetery.[4]
Children
- Amelia Watson 1811-1849
- Chloe Olinger 1813-1849
- Walter 1814-1840
- Joshua 1815-1849
- Joseph 1817-1849
- Elizabeth Bays 1818-1893
- Luvicy McCollough 1819-1858
- Alfred 1820-1844
- Polly Ann Uland 1823-1857
- Andrew Jackson 1825-1850
- James 1829-1848[5]
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Name
Found multiple versions of NAME. Using Lettice /MAYES/.
Alias
- Alias: /Letty/
Marriage
- Husband: @I2644@
- Wife: Lettice Mayes
- Marriage:
- Date: 15 FEB 1808
- Place: Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA[8]
Died Y. AFT 1860. Greene, Indiana. Source: Note: Age: About 75-76.
Sources
- ↑ FamilySearch.org, [1], Virginia Marriages.
- ↑ FamilySearch.org, [2], 1850 US Census.
- ↑ FamilySearch.org, [3], 1860 US Census.
- ↑ Branches In The Tree of Josiah Bays and Lettice Mayes, [4], Compiled by Charles O. Carter 1999, page 13.
- ↑ Branches In The Tree of Josiah Bays and Lettice Mayes, [5], Compiled by Charles O. Carter 1999, pages 11 & 12.
- ↑ Source: #S15 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Josiah Bayes
- ↑ Source: #S200 Page: Database online. Birth year: 1783; Birth city: Pittsylvania Co; Birth state: VA. Data: Text: Record for Josiah Bays
- ↑ Source: #S15 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Josiah Bayes
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- Source: #S-2076851630
- Page: Ancestry Family Trees
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- Data:
- Source S-2076851630
- Repository: #R-1645048415
- Title: Ancestry Family Trees
- Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.
- Note: This information comes from 1 or more individual Ancestry Family Tree files. This source citation points you to a current version of those files. Note: The owners of these tree files may have removed or changed information since this source citation was created.
- Lettice Mayes, "Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940"
"Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/X5Y5-WBP : 5 December 2014), Josiah Bayes and Lettice Mayes, 15 Feb 1808; citing Pittsylvania, Virginia, reference Page 44; FHL microfilm 33,326.
- Letta Bays in household of Carey Bays, "United States Census, 1850"
"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MHJX-PD4 : 12 April 2016), Letta Bays in household of Carey Bays, Center, Greene, Indiana, United States; citing family 176, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
- Letty Bays in household of Josiah Bays, "United States Census, 1860"
"United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M4NR-R8V : 28 July 2017), Letty Bays in entry for Josiah Bays, 1860. Note: The 1860 census shows Josiah, Jr. and Elizabeth Bays in Center Township, Green, Indiana with children: Milley, Jacob, William, Rachel, Davis, Jarvis, and Willey. Also with them is Letty Bays, Josiah's mother.
- Branches In The Tree of Josiah Bays and Lettice Mayes Compiled by Charles O. Carter 1999. Branches in the Tree of Josiah Bays and Lettice Mayes. Searchable digital version online.
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Acknowledgements
This person was created through the import of 236-Cathy.ged on 20 October 2010. The following data was included in the gedcom. You may wish to edit it for readability.
- Source: S15 Author: Ancestry.com Title: Virginia Marriages, 1740-1850 Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999.Original data - Dodd, Jordan R., et al.. Early American Marriages: Virginia to 1850. Bountiful, UT, USA: Precision Indexing Publishers.Original data: Dodd, Jordan R., et al.. Early Amer; Repository: #R1
- Repository: R1 Name: Ancestry.com Address: http://www.Ancestry.com E-Mail Address: Phone Number:
- Source: S200 Author: Edmund West, comp. Title: Family Data Collection - Individual Records Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2000; Repository: #R1
Acknowledgments
Thank you to Sherry Clendenon for creating WikiTree profile Mayes-328 through the import of Moore - Johnson-tree-Aug2013-2.ged on Aug 17, 2013. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by Sherry and others.
- Source: S3066409 Meeks Web Site Michael Meeks Note:
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Lettice by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Lettice:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Lettice by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Lettice:
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~1.56%
Linda (Brodie) Wyatt
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~0.78%
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Those tasks will complete my work on Josiah and Letty. There are a few more of John, Jr and Lavicey's children remaining. Probably won't finish them this week, maybe next week, though.
I feel really good about the improvements that are being made on the profiles of John, Jr and Lavicey's children, both here and on FS. Sometimes it seems like busy work, but I remain confident that it will pay off in the end.