Born in United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of John Lay
and Cynthia (Stanfield) Lay
Sister of
Rhoda Lay, Lucinda Elizabeth (Lay) Golden, Frances Lay, Lewis Jay Lay, Thomas Lay, Jesse McClelland Lay, Mary Hannah (Lay) Leger, Cynthia Madeline (Lay) Atwood and William Randal Lay Sr
Wife of
Green Berry Croley
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Mother of
Mary Ellen Croley
Died
at age 31
in Kentucky, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 26 Oct 2015
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Biography
- Minerva was born in 1862. Minerva Lay ... She passed away in 1893.[1]
Sources
- [1870 United States Federal Census] Source Citation: Year: 1870; Census Place: Subdivision 93, Knox, Kentucky; Roll: M593_480; Page: 378B; Family History Library Film: 545979. Original data: 1870 U.S. census, population schedules. NARA microfilm publication M593, 1,761 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d. Minnesota census schedules for 1870. NARA microfilm publication T132, 13 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.
- [1880 United States Federal Census]Source Citation: Year: 1880; Census Place: Brush Creek, Knox, Kentucky; Roll: 426; Page: 79B; Enumeration District: 053. Original data: Tenth Census of the United States, 1880. (NARA microfilm publication T9, 1,454 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
- [Kentucky, County Marriage Records, 1783-1965] Source Information: Ancestry.com. Kentucky, County Marriage Records, 1783-1965 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016. Original data: Marriage Records. Kentucky Marriages. Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Manerva 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 Manerva:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Manerva 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 Manerva:
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~12.50%
~25.00%
Loretta (Leger) Corbin 
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A124004 [compare], Ancestry member loretta_corbin
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch A124004 [compare], FTDNA kit #B62233
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~12.50%
Del Leger :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T490396 [compare], FTDNA kit #699514
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~3.12%
~12.50%
Megan Jones :
AncestryDNA
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~1.56%
Holly (Lay) Yancey :
23andMe
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~1.56%
~3.12%
Janet (Bennett) Foster :
23andMe, GEDmatch M201420 [compare]
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch M201420 [compare], FTDNA kit #B2219
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~1.56%
~3.12%
A. Baldwin :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member spgl315
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~0.78%
William Grantham :
23andMe, GEDmatch M131162 [compare]
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~0.78%
Vaughn MacKenzie :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A665976 [compare], Ancestry member VMac822
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~0.39%
Charlene (Oliver) Williams :
23andMe, GEDmatch M933583 [compare]
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