Thomas
Lay
Born about [location unknown]
Ancestors 
Son of Moses Lay Sr
and Mahala Ellen (Burns) Lay
Brother of
Ephriam Lay [half], Levi Lay [half], Fountain M. Lay [half], Franklin Lay [half], Jane (Lay) Stone [half], Mary Elizabeth (Bryant) McCuan [half], Sarah Eliza (Lay) Throgmorton, Joseph Harris Lay, Dink (Lay) White, Moses Lay and Pricilla (Lay) Cox
Husband of
Mary (Masters) Lay
— married
18 Dec 1873 in Johnson, Illinois, United States
Husband of
Elizabeth (Toler) Lay
— married
25 Dec 1894 in Simpson, Johnson County, Illinois, United States
Husband of
Frances (Hawk) Lay
— married
2 Apr 1899 in Anna, Union County, Illinois, United States
Descendants 
Father of
E. C. Lay, Haughtie Jane (Lay) Bradley, J. L. Lay, Tiney Lay, John Lay, Lula Lay, Jon Lay, Levi Lay, Nellie Lay, Clyde Lay and Delmer Lay
Died
at about age 53
in Missouri, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 15 Apr 2016
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Biography
Descendant of Cyrus Iddo Burns.
Oldest son of Moses and Mahala Lay. Married 3 times: Miss Masters; Mrs. Hurley; Miss Hawks.
1860 - living with his parents and siblings in Johnson County. Age 4. [1]
1870 - living in Johnson County with his parents and siblings. Age 13; attended school.[2]
1873 - married Mary Masters on December 18 in Johnson County.[3]
1880 - living in New Burnside with Mary and their three daughters. Age 23; farmer.[4]
1894 - married Elizabeth Toler Hurley on December 25, in Johnson County. [5]
1899 - married Frances Hawk on April 2 in Anna, Illinois.[6]
1900 - living in Stoddard County, Missouri with Frances and five children. Age 47; farmer.[7]
1910 - living in Dunklin County, Missouri, with Frances and four children. Age 54; third marriage; married 10 years. Worked as a stockman with horses.[8]
Thomas died in Dunklin County on June 30, 1910, of nephritis. [9]
Sources
- ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MX4G-DFH : 13 December 2017), Thomas Lay in entry for Moses Lay, 1860.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6WW-942 : 8 June 2019), Thomas Lay in entry for Moses Lay, 1870.
- ↑ Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 1763 - 1900
- ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXVM-N6Q : 22 August 2017), T W Lay, New Burnside, Johnson, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district ED 53, sheet 491C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,217.
- ↑ "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q28H-LPXJ : 22 July 2021), Thos W Lay and Elizabeth Hurley, 25 Dec 1894; citing Johnson, Illinois, United States, county offices, Illinois; FHL microfilm 964,811.
- ↑ "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q28Z-NYFK : 22 July 2021), Thomas Lay and Francis Hawk, 02 Apr 1899; citing Anna, Union, Illinois, United States, county offices, Illinois; FHL microfilm 963,183.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3DV-V7H : accessed 11 November 2021), Thos Lay, Duck Creek (north part) Paxico village, Stoddard, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 123, sheet 4A, family 63, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,904.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M2T1-NXP : accessed 12 November 2021), Tim Lay, Kennett Ward 1, Dunklin, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 70, sheet 12B, family 351, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 780; FHL microfilm 1,374,793.
- ↑ Death certificate #19696
- Family records and History of Pope County, IL
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Thomas by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Thomas:
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~1.56%
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