John Clarkson Jay (1808 - 1891)
Dr.
John
Clarkson
Jay
Born in New York, United States
Ancestors 
Son of Peter Augustus Jay
and Mary Rutherford (Clarkson) Jay
Brother of
Mary Rutherford (Jay) Prime, Sarah (Jay) Dawson, Catherine Helena (Jay) DuBois, Anna Maria (Jay) Pierrepont, Peter Augustus Jay, Elizabeth Clarkson Jay and Susan Matilda (Jay) Clarkson
Husband of
Laura (Prime) Jay
— married
8 Nov 1831 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Laura (Jay) Wurts,
Mary (Jay) Edwards,
Cornelia Jay,
Peter Augustus Jay,
Ann Maria Jay,
John Clarkson Jay,
Alice Jay and
Matilda Coster Jay
Died in Rye, Westchester, New York, United States
Profile last modified 29 Feb 2020
| Created 18 Nov 2008
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Biography
John Clarkson Jay was the eldest son of Peter Augustus Jay and grandson of Founding Father and Federalist, John Jay. He was a graduate of Columbia College and the College of Physicians and Surgeons - later serving as Trustee for both institutions. Jay would briefly practice medicine; however, he would devote his life to the study of natural science or first and foremost conchologist (the study of shells). Throughout his lifetime, he would collect 50,000 shell specimens. The collection would become the foundation of The American Museum of Natural History’s collection of shells. He would serve as President of The New York Historical Society; founder of the Lyceum of Natural History and the New York Yacht Club (sailing on the “La Coquille”).
He was married to Laura Prime - inheriting the Jay Property from his father in 1843.
Sources
http://archives.nypl.org/uploads/collection/generated_finding_aids/mss1551.pdf
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