Lydia (Walls) Jay (1811 - 1886)

Lydia Jay formerly Walls aka Wall

Born 1811 in Harford, Maryland, United States

Ancestors

Daughter of Patrick Walls and Rachel Walls

Sister of Edward Walls, William Franklin Walls Sr., George D Walls Sr and Rachel (Walls) Cole

Wife of Joshua Jay — married [date unknown] [location unknown]

Descendants

Mother of Mary Jay, William Jay, Wesley T. Jay, George Jay, Nancy J. (Jay) Frye, Elizabeth Jay, Samuel Jay and Rachel (Jay) Jones

Died 1886 at about age 75 in Oxford, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States

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Biography

Lydia (Walls) Jay is a part of US Black heritage.

Lydia Walls was born about 1811^[1] in Maryland^[1]. She was the mother of Civil War veterans George, Wesley and William Jay of the famous 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, and the wife^[1] of Joshua Jay.

Residences

1860: Upper Oxford, Pennsylvania (post office: Russellville) with her husband and children^[1]

Sources

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 1860 federal census

1860 United States Federal Census Year: 1860; Census Place: Upper Oxford, Chester, Pennsylvania; Roll: M653_1093; Page: 414; Family History Library Film: 805093
Gooch, Cheryl Renée, PhD. Hinsonville's Heroes: Black Civil War Soldiers of Chester County, Pennsylvania. Charleston, South Carolina: The History Press. 2018.

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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Lydia 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 Lydia: