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Reuben Lay (1751 - 1835)

Reuben "Ruben" Lay
Born in Lyme, New London, Connecticut Colonymap
Ancestors ancestors
Husband of — married 1770 [location unknown]
Descendants descendants
Died at age 83 in Chatham, Columbia, New York, United Statesmap
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Biography

Name
Reuben/ Ruben Lay. [1][2][3]

Born
25 SEP 1751. Lyme, New London, Connecticut. [4][5]

Service during the American Revolution:
1776 Project
Private Reuben Lay served with 17th Regiment, Albany County Militia, New York Militia during the American Revolution.
Daughters of the American Revolution
Reuben Lay is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A067518.

Lay, Reuben is DAR Ancestor #: A067518 who served for New York as a Private in the 17th Regiment, Albany County, New York Militia. His spouse: Elizabeth. Their daughter Sarah married Thomas Botsford. [6]

Died
21 FEB 1835. Chatham, Columbia, New York. [7]
21 FEB 1835. New York. [8]

Marriage

Husband Reuben Lay.
Wife Elizabeth Sutherland.
  1. Child: Betsey Lay.
  2. Child: Anna Lay.
  3. Child: Judith Lay.
  4. Child: Solomon Lay.
  5. Child: John S. Lay.
  6. Child: Sarah Lay.
  7. Child: Reuben Lay.
  8. Child: Joseph S. Lay.
  9. Child: Lucinda Lay.
  10. Child: Mary (Polly) Lay.
  11. Child: George W. Lay.
  12. Child: Richard S. Lay.

Marriage BET 1770 AND 1779. [9]

Notes

His name may be either Ruben or Reuben.

From "Inscriptions from graveyards in the northern part of Columbia County, New York," his tombstone reads:

Reuben Lay, departed this life Feb. 21, 1835 aged 84 years.

The above document also has the statement "(Reuben was a son of Ebenezer Lay)".

From "An American family : Botsford-Marble ancestral lines," p. 55,.

The petition for administration in the estate of Reuben Lay, 7 Mar. 1835, named his widow Elizabeth, and children: Joseph Lay, John S. Lay, Rebuen Lay, Polly Lay, Lucinda Lay, and Betsey widow of Samuel Boughton, all of Chatham, Columbia County, N. Y., Indah widow of Heil King of Vernon, Oneida County, N. Y., Amy widow of David Ferguson of Fishkill, Dutchess County, N. Y., and Sally wife of Nathan Boughton of Troy, Rensselaer County, N. Y.

There are some odd names in this list. "Indah" might be Judith, "Amy" might be Anna, and Sally is Sarah, since on the same page, Sarah Lay (daughter of Rev. Reuben Lay) is identified as the wife of Nathan Boughton, following the death of her first husband, Thomas G. Botsford.

Reuben is buried in Old Chatham Union Cemetery, Old Chathem, Columbia Co., New York.

Sources

  1. Source: #S716 1870, p. 32
  2. Source: #S11 Find A Grave: Memorial #25236274
  3. Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed June 7, 2019), "Record of Lay Reuben", Ancestor # A067518.
  4. Source: #S716 1870, p. 32
  5. Source: #S16 IGI Film# 458542; IGI Film# M2, page 600, Ref# 16602
  6. Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed Sep 26, 2021), "Record of Lay, Reuben", Ancestor # A067518.
  7. Source: #S1 Public Member Stories, "The Windsor Family Tree"
  8. Source: #S11 Find A Grave: Memorial #25236274
  9. Source: #S16 AFN: MZWR-BB
  • Source: S1 www.ancestry.com
  • Source: S11 internet
  • Source: S16 www.familysearch.org
  • Source: S716 "The New-England Historical & Genealogical Register and Antiquarian Journal"




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