James Jay (1800 - 1882)

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Died 21 Aug 1882 at age 82 in Marion, Indiana, United States

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James was a Friend (Quaker)

James Jay was born on July 27,1800, in Newberry County, South Carolina, to Layton Jay and Elizabeth Edwards. ^[1] Like many South Carolina Quakers, his family moved to the free state of Ohio shortly after the turn of the century, where he married Lucinda Brock on August 3, 1822, in Clinton County, Ohio. ^[2] In 1830 he lived in Harveysburg, Warren County, Ohio. ^[3] On October 22, 1835 in Hendricks County, Indiana, James and wife Lucinda and children Susannah, Mary, Keturah and Layton were accepted into the Fairfield Monthly Meeting. ^[4] Wife Lucinda (Brock) Jay died in 1839. ^[5] On April 21, 1841 he married Sibby and/or Libby Sanders, in Hendricks County, Indiana. ^[6] In 1850 he lived in Decatur, Marion County, Indiana, with wife Sibby and children Layton, Lydia, Amy, Mark and Jon. ^[7] In 1860 he was living in Decatur, Marion County, Indiana, with wife Sibby and children Amy, Mark and Rhoda. ^[8] In 1870 he was living in Decatur, Marion County, Indiana, with daughters Amy and Rhoda. ^[9] In 1880 he was living in Valley Mills, Marion County, Indiana, with daughter Amy. ^[10] James Jay died on August 21, 1882 in Marion County, Indiana. He was buried in Easton Friends Cemetery, West Newton, Marion County, Indiana. ^{[11] [12]}

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1. ↑ Haverford College; Haverford, Pennsylvania; North Carolina Yearly Meeting Minutes; "From the Records of Cane Creek Monthly Meeting, Union County, South Carolina, From 1789 to 1806." Page 60.
2. ↑ Ohio, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1774-1993 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016. Clinton County Marriage Records, Film Number 000568594.
3. ↑ Fifth Census of the United States, 1830. (NARA microfilm publication M19, 201 rolls). Census Place: Harveysburg, Warren, Ohio; Series: M19; Roll: 142; Page: 267; Family History Library Film: 0337953.
4. ↑ Earlham College; Richmond, Indiana; Indiana Yearly Meeting Minutes; Hendricks County, "Fairfield Monthly Meeting, Book of Records, 1826-1840."
5. ↑ Hinshaw, William Wade. William Wade Hinshaw's Index to Unpublished Quaker Records. Swarthmore, Pennsylvania: Friends Historical Library, Swarthmore College. Fairfield Monthly Meeting; Archive Reference: EE 169.
6. ↑ Earlham College; Richmond, Indiana; Indiana Yearly Meeting Minutes; "Fairfield Records of Marriages, Births and Deaths, Indiana State, Hendricks County, White Lick, pg 42."
7. ↑ Seventh Census of the United States, 1850; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M432, 1009 rolls. Census Place: Decatur, Marion, Indiana; Roll: 159; Page: 298a.
8. ↑ 1860 U.S. census, population schedule. NARA microfilm publication M653, 1,438 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d. Census Place: Decatur, Marion, Indiana; Page: 709; Family History Library Film: 803280.
9. ↑ 1870 U.S. census, population schedules. NARA microfilm publication M593, 1,761 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d. Census Place: Decatur, Marion, Indiana; Roll: M593_337; Page: 363A; Family History Library Film: 545836.
10. ↑ Tenth Census of the United States, 1880. (NARA microfilm publication T9, 1,454 rolls). Census Place: Valley Mills, Marion, Indiana; Roll: 294; Page: 523C; Enumeration District: 101.
11. ↑ Tombstone transcription, "James Jay, deceased 21 Dys. 8 Mo. 1882. Aged 82 Y. 0 Mo. 23. Dys.", Easton Friends Cemetery, West Newton, Marion County, Indiana.
12. ↑ Haverford College; Haverford, Pennsylvania; North Carolina Yearly Meeting Minutes; "From the Records of Cane Creek Monthly Meeting, Union County, South Carolina, From 1789 to 1806." Page 60.