Return to Table of Contents 1. Vern M. Hall & Elizabeth B. Plimpton. Extract from
the Land Records. Heritage Books, Inc. Vern M. Hall and Elizabeth B. Plimpton.
2. County Court House Records.
3. Charles Dyer Parkhurst. Lay Family of Lyme, Ct. Parkhurst.
4. Alice H.Lay, Seneca Falls,Seneca,New York. Yesteryears, Vol.7, No. 28.
June 1964. Yesteryears, New York, Vol. 7, No. 28 1964. Alice H. LAY.
5. Edward Elbridge Salisbury,Evberton McCurdy Salisbury. Three huge
volumes covering many Family Genealogies. Including MacCurdy, Mitchell, Lord, Lynde,
Digby, Newdigate,Hoo, Willoby, Griswold, Wolcott, Pitkin, Ogden, Johnson, Diodatl, and
Marvin. Notes on the Families of Buchanan, Parmelee, Lord, Lynde, Lay, Locke, Cole,
DeWolf, Drake, Bond, Swayne, Dunbar, Clark. Privatly Printed in1892. NOTE: It has been
said , that some of the information is not accurate. Salisbury.
6. Vol. No. 10, Nu. 2, Sept 1977, Pg. 317. Pg 317.
7. Alice H. LAY and Ruth E. Hall. Genealogy of Judge Samuel Lay - 1746
1819, Ancestors and Descendants. Alice H. Lay and Ruth Hall LAY. It is a compulation of
the research done by Alice H. LAY (Mrs. Edward Eugene LAY) and her daughter Ruth E. Lay of
SenecaFalls, Seneca, NY. Yesteryears Magizine, Vol.7, No. 28, June 1964. Pg. 3, of her
personal Manuscript.
8. Alice H. Lay. A Quarterly magizine for the appreation and study of New
York Regional History. Editorial Office, Scripto Center, N.Y. Pg. 191.
9. Vern M. Hall & Elizabeth B. Plimpton. Extract from the Land
Records. Heritage Books, Inc. Pg. 239., LLR1:27.
10. Local Court House.
11. The Founders Committee. Bio of John Lay Sr. Published for the 350th
anniversery of the founding of Saybrook Colony in 1985.
12. Alice H.Lay, Seneca Falls,Seneca,New York. Yesteryears, Vol.7, No.
28. June 1964. Yesteryears, New York, Vol. 7, No. 28 1964.
13. Wm. O. LAY, Charles G. LAY & E.Kent LAY. NY Public Libarary,
Genealogy Section. Unk.
14. Vern M. Hall & Elizabeth B. Plimpton. Extract from the Land
Records. Heritage Books, Inc. Pg.269.
15. Ibid. Vern M.Hall and Elizabeth B. Plimpton.
16. County Court House Records. Lyme Town Hall.
17.
18. Vern M. Hall & Elizabeth B. Plimpton. Extract from the Land
Records. Heritage Books, Inc. Pg. 239.
19. Ibid. Pg. 261.
20. Ibid. Pg. 261.
21. Ibid. Pg. 261.
22. Ibid. Pg. 261.
23. Ibid. Pg. 261.
24. Ibid. Pg. 261. * The date of birth is two years, 12 days after the
death of his supposed Mother.
25. Ibid. Pg. 261.
26. Ibid. Pg. 226.
27. Ibid. Pg. 226.
28. Ibid. Pg.238. LLR1:24.
29. Ibid. Pg. 229, LLR2:107.
30. Ibid. Pg. 229, LLR2:61.
31. City Hall, Newark, Wayne Co. NY. 14513. Pg. 226.
32. Vern M. Hall & Elizabeth B. Plimpton. Extract from the Land
Records. Heritage Books, Inc. Pg. 226.
33. Ibid. Pg.226.
34. Alice H. LAY and Ruth E. Hall. Genealogy of Judge Samuel Lay - 1746
1819, Ancestors and Descendants. Alice H. Lay and Ruth Hall LAY. It is a compulation of
the research done by Alice H. LAY (Mrs. Edward Eugene LAY) and her daughter Ruth E. Lay of
SenecaFalls, Seneca, NY. Yesteryears Magizine, Vol.7, No. 28, June 1964.
35. Alice H. Lay. A Quarterly magizine for the appreation and study of
New York Regional History. Editorial Office, Scripto Center, N.Y. Pg. 191.
36. Charles Dyer Parkhurst. Lay Family of Lyme, Ct. Pg. 2/1. Just shows
the name as Mary.
37. Alice H. LAY and Ruth E. Hall. Genealogy of Judge Samuel Lay - 1746
1819, Ancestors and Descendants. Alice H. Lay and Ruth Hall LAY. It is a compulation of
the research done by Alice H. LAY (Mrs. Edward Eugene LAY) and her daughter Ruth E. Lay of
SenecaFalls, Seneca, NY. Yesteryears Magizine, Vol.7, No. 28, June 1964. Pg. 191, Shows
name as Mary.
38. Edward Elbridge Salisbury,Evberton McCurdy Salisbury. Three huge
volumes covering many Family Genealogies. Including MacCurdy, Mitchell, Lord, Lynde,
Digby, Newdigate,Hoo, Willoby, Griswold, Wolcott, Pitkin, Ogden, Johnson, Diodatl, and
Marvin. Notes on the Families of Buchanan, Parmelee, Lord, Lynde, Lay, Locke, Cole,
DeWolf, Drake, Bond, Swayne, Dunbar, Clark. Privatly Printed in1892. NOTE: It has been
said , that some of the information is not accurate. First page of Pedigree Chart shows
name as Mary.
39. Vern M. Hall & Elizabeth B. Plimpton. Extract from the Land
Records. Heritage Books, Inc. Pg. 238.
40. Stewart W. Lay. "Lay Family Notes" Sept.1, 1954.
41. Charles Dyer Parkhurst. Lay Family of Lyme, Ct. Pg. 2/1.
42. Ibid. Pg. 13/2.
43. Ibid. Pgs. 13/2, 13a/2.
44. Conn. Valley Research. Vital Records of Saybrook Colony, 1635-1860.
Pg. 34, 2:75.
45. Ibid. Pg.34, 1:151.
46. Edward Elbridge Salisbury,Evberton McCurdy Salisbury. Three huge
volumes covering many Family Genealogies. Including MacCurdy, Mitchell, Lord, Lynde,
Digby, Newdigate,Hoo, Willoby, Griswold, Wolcott, Pitkin, Ogden, Johnson, Diodatl, and
Marvin. Notes on the Families of Buchanan, Parmelee, Lord, Lynde, Lay, Locke, Cole,
DeWolf, Drake, Bond, Swayne, Dunbar, Clark. Privatly Printed in1892. NOTE: It has been
said , that some of the information is not accurate.
47. Oficial Record Books.
48. Vern M. Hall & Elizabeth B. Plimpton. Extract from the Land
Records. Heritage Books, Inc. Pg.238, LLR1:24.
49. Charles Dyer Parkhurst. Lay Family of Lyme, Ct. Pg. 16/2.
50. Vern M. Hall & Elizabeth B. Plimpton. Extract from the Land
Records. Heritage Books, Inc. Pg. 238.
51. Ibid. Pg. 239.
52. Ibid. Pg.239.LLR2:339, Mar 18, 1733/34.
53. Kathryn Burgess, the Town Historian has a great amount of information
on the Lay Family. Her home is just a couple hundred yards from the graves of Edward and
Patty Lay. Edward fought in the Rev. War and Patty later recieved a 160acre land grant as
his widow.
54. Edward Elbridge Salisbury,Evberton McCurdy Salisbury. Three huge
volumes covering many Family Genealogies. Including MacCurdy, Mitchell, Lord, Lynde,
Digby, Newdigate,Hoo, Willoby, Griswold, Wolcott, Pitkin, Ogden, Johnson, Diodatl, and
Marvin. Notes on the Families of Buchanan, Parmelee, Lord, Lynde, Lay, Locke, Cole,
DeWolf, Drake, Bond, Swayne, Dunbar, Clark. Privatly Printed in1892. NOTE: It has been
said , that some of the information is not accurate. (See Marvin Gen.) Pg. 119.
55. Vern M. Hall & Elizabeth B. Plimpton. Extract from the Land
Records. Heritage Books, Inc. Pg.246.
56. Ibid. Pg. 239.
57. Ibid. Pg.229.
58. Charles Dyer Parkhurst. Lay Family of Lyme, Ct.
59. Vern M. Hall & Elizabeth B. Plimpton. Extract from the Land
Records. Heritage Books, Inc. Pg. 229. LLR2:183.
60. Ibid. Pg. 262. LLR1:87.
61. Ibid. Pg. 229, LLR2:90.
62. Ibid. Pg. 229, Josiah DeWolf ye Son was born ye 20th of December
171[4].
63. Ibid. Pg. 229, Josiah their second son was born ye first of Sept
171[6].
64. Ibid. Pg. 229.
65. Ibid. Pg. 229.
66. Ibid. Pg. 229.
67. Ibid. Pg. 229.
68. Ibid. Pg. 226.
69. Ibid. Pg. 226.
70. Ibid. Pg. 226.
71. Ibid. Pg. 226.
72. Ibid. Pg. 226.
73. Ibid. Pg. 226.
74. Ibid. Pg. 226.
75. Ibid. Pg. 226.
76. Ibid. Pg. 226.
77. Ibid. Pg. 253, LLR2:219.
78. Ibid. Pg. 253.
79. Ibid. Pg. 253.
80. Ibid. Pg. 253.
81. Ibid. Pg. 253.
82. Ibid. Pg. 253.
83. Ibid. Pg. 253.
84. Ibid. Pg. 239.
85. Ibid. Pg. 239. Note: (These lines were added later) (Graddfather of
Stephen Lay.).
86. Ibid. Pg. 239.
87. Personal visit to cemetery by RAL. Have photo of grave stone.
88. Vern M. Hall & Elizabeth B. Plimpton. Extract from the Land
Records. Heritage Books, Inc. Pg. 239.
89. Ibid.
90. Personal visit to cemetery by RAL.
91. Vol. No. 10, Nu. 2, Sept 1977, Pg. 317. Pg. 240.
92. Conn. Valley Research. Vital Records of Saybrook Colony, 1635-1860.
Pg.246.
93. Ibid. Pg.246.
94. Vol. No. 10, Nu. 2, Sept 1977, Pg. 317. Pg. 240.
95. Conn. Valley Research. Vital Records of Saybrook Colony, 1635-1860.
Pg.246.
96. Alice H. LAY and Ruth E. Hall. Genealogy of Judge Samuel Lay - 1746
1819, Ancestors and Descendants. Alice H. Lay and Ruth Hall LAY. It is a compulation of
the research done by Alice H. LAY (Mrs. Edward Eugene LAY) and her daughter Ruth E. Lay of
SenecaFalls, Seneca, NY. Yesteryears Magizine, Vol.7, No. 28, June 1964. Pg. 191.
97. Charles Dyer Parkhurst. Lay Family of Lyme, Ct. Pg. 12/2.
98. William Peck
134 O'Shaughnessy Blvd.
San Francisco, Ca.
94127-1718.
99. Vern M. Hall & Elizabeth B. Plimpton. Extract from the Land
Records. Heritage Books, Inc.
100. Conn. Valley Research. Vital Records of Saybrook Colony, 1635-1860.
Pg.24.
101.
102. Vern M. Hall & Elizabeth B. Plimpton. Extract from the Land
Records. Heritage Books, Inc. Pg. 239.
103.
104. Vern M. Hall & Elizabeth B. Plimpton. Extract from the Land
Records. Heritage Books, Inc. Pg.239. LLR2:420.
105. Ibid. Pg. 239.
106. Ibid. Pg. 6.
107. Ibid. Pg. 6.
108. Ibid. Pg. 248.
109. Ibid. Pg. 239.
110. Ibid. Pg. 63.
111. Ibid. Pg. 239.
112. Ibid. Pg. 104.
113. Carolyn Lay Webster & Dorothy Fleck Lay. Pg. 7.
114. Vern M. Hall & Elizabeth B. Plimpton. Extract from the Land
Records. Heritage Books, Inc. Pg. 104.
115. Carolyn Lay Webster & Dorothy Fleck Lay. Pg. 7.
116. Vern M. Hall & Elizabeth B. Plimpton. Extract from the Land
Records. Heritage Books, Inc. Pg, 104.
117. Carolyn Lay Webster & Dorothy Fleck Lay. Pg. 8.
118. Ibid. Pg. 8., Mary Lay is not listed as a child of Elisha and Mary
Lay in the Lyme Vital Records, however the inscription oh hertombstone says
"Mary" daughter of Elisha and Mary Lay died Whitesboro, N.Y. 21 Aug 1825, aged
28 years. Buried in the Old Meeting House Cemetery, Old Lyme, Ct.
119. Census Records.
120. Ronald and Shirley LAY, Burial Information Forms of the Bridgeport
Cemetery.. On 11 August 1996, with the help of my wife Shirley, copied the inscriptions
and took photogaphs of all the grave stones that we knew of belonging to the Lay Family
burried in the "Bridgeport Cemetery. 427 China Grove Road
Rutherford, Tn. 38369. Pg. 1.
121. Ibid. Pg. 1.
122. Alice H. LAY and Ruth E. Hall. Genealogy of Judge Samuel Lay - 1746
1819, Ancestors and Descendants. Alice H. Lay and Ruth Hall LAY. It is a compulation of
the research done by Alice H. LAY (Mrs. Edward Eugene LAY) and her daughter Ruth E. Lay of
SenecaFalls, Seneca, NY. Yesteryears Magizine, Vol.7, No. 28, June 1964. Pg. 193.
123. Ronald and Shirley LAY, Burial Information Forms of the Bridgeport
Cemetery.. On 11 August 1996, with the help of my wife Shirley, copied the inscriptions
and took photogaphs of all the grave stones that we knew of belonging to the Lay Family
burried in the "Bridgeport Cemetery. 427 China Grove Road
Rutherford, Tn. 38369. Pg. 2.
124. Ibid. Pg. 2.
125. Pg. 10.
126. Ronald and Shirley LAY, Burial Information Forms of the Bridgeport
Cemetery.. On 11 August 1996, with the help of my wife Shirley, copied the inscriptions
and took photogaphs of all the grave stones that we knew of belonging to the Lay Family
burried in the "Bridgeport Cemetery".
127. Kathryn Burgess, Town Historian of Chatham, Columbia Co.,NY.
128.
129.
130. Thomas P. Hughes.
131. Pension Records. Information on widows pention.
132. Newbury Library. Chicago,Il.
133. Kathryn Burgess, Town Historian of Chatham, Columbia Co.,NY. Old
Chatham,Columbia,NY.
134. Columbia Co. Historical Library, Kinderhook,Columbia,NY.
Kinderhook,Columbia Co.,NY.
135. County Court House Records. Columbia Co. NY.
136. Found at Court House,Hudson,NY.
137. Charles Dyer Parkhurst. Lay Family of Lyme, Ct. Pg. 28/17.
138. Ibid. Pg. 28/17.
139. Vern M. Hall & Elizabeth B. Plimpton. Extract from the Land
Records. Heritage Books, Inc. Pg. 6, VRLC.
140. Ibid. Pg. 62.
141. Ibid. Pg. 62.
142. Ibid. Pg. 62.
143. Ibid. Pg. 6.
144. Charles Dyer Parkhurst. Lay Family of Lyme, Ct. Pg. 55/35.
145. Vern M. Hall & Elizabeth B. Plimpton. Extract from the Land
Records. Heritage Books, Inc. Pg. 86, vol.1.
146. Ibid. Pg. 6.
147. Charles Dyer Parkhurst. Lay Family of Lyme, Ct. * Parkhurst Pg.
56/35. Shows place of death as Blackhall,Lyme, Aged 68 yrs. G.S.Record.
148. Ibid. Pg.56/35.
149. Ibid. Pg. 56/35.
150. Vern M. Hall & Elizabeth B. Plimpton. Extract from the Land
Records. Heritage Books, Inc. Pg. 6.
151. Church Records.
152. Vern M. Hall & Elizabeth B. Plimpton. Extract from the Land
Records. Heritage Books, Inc. Pg. 6.
153. Ibid. Was twin of Silas Lay.
Pg. 6.
154. Ibid. Pg.6.
155. Ibid. Pg. 63.
156. Ibid. Pg. 112.
157. Ibid. Pg. 112.
158. Ibid. Pg. 104.
159. Charles Dyer Parkhurst. Lay Family of Lyme, Ct. Pg. 40/21.
160. Carolyn Lay Webster & Dorothy Fleck Lay. Pg. 7.
161. Ibid. Pg. 7.
162. Ibid. Pg. 7.
163. Ibid. Pg. 9.
164. Vern M. Hall & Elizabeth B. Plimpton. Extract from the Land
Records. Heritage Books, Inc. Pg. 104.
165. Carolyn Lay Webster & Dorothy Fleck Lay. Pg. 8.
166. Ibid. Pg. 8.
167. Ronald and Shirley LAY, Burial Information Forms of the Bridgeport
Cemetery.. On 11 August 1996, with the help of my wife Shirley, copied the inscriptions
and took photogaphs of all the grave stones that we knew of belonging to the Lay Family
burried in the "Bridgeport Cemetery".
168.
169. Ronald and Shirley LAY, Burial Information Forms of the Bridgeport
Cemetery.. On 11 August 1996, with the help of my wife Shirley, copied the inscriptions
and took photogaphs of all the grave stones that we knew of belonging to the Lay Family
burried in the "Bridgeport Cemetery".
170. Byron Delavan. Ancestorial Sheet. Ancestors of Hiram Morehouse LAY.
171. Ronald and Shirley LAY, Burial Information Forms of the Bridgeport
Cemetery.. On 11 August 1996, with the help of my wife Shirley, copied the inscriptions
and took photogaphs of all the grave stones that we knew of belonging to the Lay Family
burried in the "Bridgeport Cemetery'.
172. Columbia Co. Historical Library, Kinderhook,Columbia,NY.
173. Supt.of Cemeteries, Dale Russell, 615 N. Main St., Newark, NY.
14513.
174. Any Family History Center.
175. John Cortland Crandall. Elder John Crandall of R.I. and his
Descendents. New Woodstock, NY 1949.
176. Salisbury. The Ogden Family Genealogy. Private Printing.
177. Charles Dyer Parkhurst. Lay Family of Lyme, Ct. Pg 63/52.
178. Conn. Valley Research. Vital Records of Saybrook Colony, 1635-1860.
Pg. 65.
179. Charles Dyer Parkhurst. Lay Family of Lyme, Ct. Pg. 67/52.
180. Vern M. Hall & Elizabeth B. Plimpton. Extract from the Land
Records. Heritage Books, Inc. Pg. 150,Pg. 202.Shows Mary Ann Champion, age 45 on Sept.1,
1848, the day that son Amon Champion was born.
181. Charles Dyer Parkhurst. Lay Family of Lyme, Ct. Pg. 88/56.
182. Ibid. Pg. 88/56.
183. Ibid. Pg. 88/56.
184. Vern M. Hall & Elizabeth B. Plimpton. Extract from the Land
Records. Heritage Books, Inc. Pg. 6.
185.
186. Vern M. Hall & Elizabeth B. Plimpton. Extract from the Land
Records. Heritage Books, Inc. Pg. 112.
187. Ibid. Pg.144.
188. My research notes from NGS Library.
189. Carolyn Lay Webster & Dorothy Fleck Lay. Pg. *.
190. Ibid. Pg. 8.
191. Ibid. Pg. 8.
192. Ibid. Pg.8., Henrietta Goldthraithe or Goldthwaithe Cambell.
193. Ibid. Pg. 8.
194. Ibid. Pg. 8.
195. Ibid. Pg.8.
196. Ibid. Pg. 9., Judge Lay was Judge of the County Court of Powhatan
Co. Va. He made the nominating speech putting F.W.M. Holliday in nomination for Governor
of Va., before the Democratic Convention of 1877, and was a member of the board of
visitors to the university of Va. in1880. Judge Laycame to Florida to spend winters as
early as 1874 due to failing health. During the civil War, he made one or more trips to
Florida. It si believed that he chose Lake Pabnasoffkee because he enjoyed fishingand
hecould farm as well.
197. Ibid. Pg. 9.
198. Ibid. Pg. 9.
199. Ibid. Pg. 9., Bur; Shockoe Cemetery, Richmond, Va.
200. Ibid. Pg.9.
201. Edward Elbridge Salisbury,Evberton McCurdy Salisbury. Three huge
volumes covering many Family Genealogies. Including MacCurdy, Mitchell, Lord, Lynde,
Digby, Newdigate,Hoo, Willoby, Griswold, Wolcott, Pitkin, Ogden, Johnson, Diodatl, and
Marvin. Notes on the Families of Buchanan, Parmelee, Lord, Lynde, Lay, Locke, Cole,
DeWolf, Drake, Bond, Swayne, Dunbar, Clark. Privatly Printed in1892. NOTE: It has been
said , that some of the information is not accurate. 5th Page of Pedigree of Lay.
202. Carolyn Lay Webster & Dorothy Fleck Lay. Pg. 9.
203. Ibid. Pg. 9.
204. Ibid. Pg. 9.
205. Ibid. Pg. 9.
206. Ibid. Pg. 9.
207. Ibid. Pg. 9.
208. Ibid. Pg. 9.
209. Ibid. Pg. 9.
210. Ibid. Pg. 11.
211. Ibid. Pg. 9.
212. Ibid. Pg. 9.
213. Ibid. Pg. 9.
214. Ibid. Pg. 9.
215. Ibid. Pg. 9.
216. Ibid. Pg. 9.
217. Ronald and Shirley LAY, Burial Information Forms of the Bridgeport
Cemetery.. On 11 August 1996, with the help of my wife Shirley, copied the inscriptions
and took photogaphs of all the grave stones that we knew of belonging to the Lay Family
burried in the "Bridgeport Cemetery". Pg. 6.
218. Ibid. Pg. 6.
219. Ibid. Pg. 6.
220. Alice H. LAY and Ruth E. Hall. Genealogy of Judge Samuel Lay - 1746
1819, Ancestors and Descendants. Alice H. Lay and Ruth Hall LAY. It is a compulation of
the research done by Alice H. LAY (Mrs. Edward Eugene LAY) and her daughter Ruth E. Lay of
SenecaFalls, Seneca, NY. Yesteryears Magizine, Vol.7, No. 28, June 1964. pg. 25.
221. Ibid. Pg. 25.
222. Grave Stone.
223. Ibid. Grave Stone.
224. Alice H.Lay, Seneca Falls,Seneca,New York. Yesteryears, Vol.7, No.
28. June 1964. Yesteryears, New York, Vol. 7, No. 28 1964. Pg. 195. Charles W. LAY married
his 1st cousin.
225. Ibid. Pg. 195. Charles W. LAY married his 1st cousin.
226. Grave Stone.
227. Ibid. Grave Stone.
228. Alice H. LAY and Ruth E. Hall. Genealogy of Judge Samuel Lay - 1746
1819, Ancestors and Descendants. Alice H. Lay and Ruth Hall LAY. It is a compulation of
the research done by Alice H. LAY (Mrs. Edward Eugene LAY) and her daughter Ruth E. Lay of
SenecaFalls, Seneca, NY. Yesteryears Magizine, Vol.7, No. 28, June 1964. Pg. 20.
229. Onsite research in May, 1992.by Ronald A. Lay.
230.
231. Local Court House. Pg. 146, Court House Records, Lyons, NY.
232.
233. Vern M. Hall & Elizabeth B. Plimpton. Extract from the Land
Records. Heritage Books, Inc. Pg.. 154.
234. Ibid. Pg. 154.
235. Charles Dyer Parkhurst. Lay Family of Lyme, Ct. Pg. 88/56.
236. Ibid. Pg. 88/56.
237. Ibid. Pg. 88/56.
238. Ibid. Pg. 88/56.
239. Ibid. Pg. 88/56.
240. Carolyn Lay Webster & Dorothy Fleck Lay. Pg. 11.
241. Ibid. Pg. 10.
242. Ibid. Pg. 11., Info: Owned an insurance company. Never married.
243. Ibid. Pg. 11., Traveling auditor for an insurance company. Never
married.
244. Ibid. Pg. 10.
245. Ibid. Pg. 10.
246. Ibid. Pg. 14, Glen Haven Memorial Cemetery. Made her home in St.
Louis, MO. came to Florida to retire.
247. Ibid. Pg. 14.
248. Ibid. Pg. 14. Owned Tom Lay's Garage on South Collins Ave., Plant
City, FL. The garage is no longer in existance. Tom was a WW1 veteranserving in the Army.
249. Ibid. Pg. 14.
250. Ibid. Pg. 14. Died at birth.
251. Ibid. Pg. 9.
252. Ibid. Pg. 9.
253. Ibid. Pg. 10., An Attorney and District Attorney in New Mexico.
Lived in Albuqerque.
254. Ibid. Pg. 11.
255. Ibid. Pg. 11.
256. Ibid. Pg. 10., Info: A pioneer New Mexico physician. He was a
district health officer and an Indian Service physician for many years.
257. Ibid. PG. 10.
258. Alice H. LAY and Ruth E. Hall. Genealogy of Judge Samuel Lay - 1746
1819, Ancestors and Descendants. Alice H. Lay and Ruth Hall LAY. It is a compulation of
the research done by Alice H. LAY (Mrs. Edward Eugene LAY) and her daughter Ruth E. Lay of
SenecaFalls, Seneca, NY. Yesteryears Magizine, Vol.7, No. 28, June 1964. Pg. 25.
259. Ibid. Pg. 25.
260. Ibid. Pg. 25.
261. Grave Stone.
262. Ibid. Grave Stone.
263. Ibid. Grave Stone.
264. Ibid. Grave Stone.
265. Ibid. Grave Stone.
266. Ibid. Grave Stone.
267. Ibid. Grave Stone.
268. Ibid. Grave Stone.
269. Ibid. Grave Stone.
270. Josephine Polakiewicz LAY Family Ledger.
271. Personal knowledge. R.A.Lay.
272. Newspapers, Libraries.
273. Pedigree sheets on her fanily. RL.
274. Vern M. Hall & Elizabeth B. Plimpton. Extract from the Land
Records. Heritage Books, Inc. Pg. 173.
275. Ibid. Pg. 208.
276. Carolyn Lay Webster & Dorothy Fleck Lay. Pg. 12.
277. Ibid. Pg. 12. Dr. Converse was a math professio. He was head of the
mathematics department for ten years at the Baltimore Polytechnic Institute and for 20
years registar of the state Teachers College in Harrisonburg, Va. later named Madison
College. One building is named for Mr. Converse.
278. Ibid. Pg. 12. Cause of death: respiratory failure.
David was a rancher and farmer. He told his kids thathe was of Scoth-Irish descent.
279. Ibid. Pg. 12.
280. Ibid. Pg. 12., Died from Cerbrovascular Thrombosis. Was a
housewife.
281. Ibid. Pg. 12., Buri. at Riverside Memorial Park, Jacksonville, FL.
282. Ibid. Pg. 12. Maud and Charles lived briefly in New Orleans, LA.
and Perry, FL., but made their home in Jacksonville, FL. Worked for Swartz Lumber Company.
283. Ibid. Pg. 13., Cause of death: Stroke and old age.
284. Ibid. Pg. 13.,Glen Haven Memorial Cemetery, Winter Park, FL.
285. Ibid. Pg. 13., Harold came to America when he was 2 years old. He
served in the Army in WW1. He worked for American Motors in Detroit, Mi. Leslieand
Harold lived in Detroit, Mi. until he retired, then moved to Florida. Leslie lived to be
97 years old, an age beyond all other Lay members. Leslie recalled from her early
childhood that every sunday morning the family had a prayer sevice in the livingroom. If
they had guest, they were included too. She remembers each one kneeling at his or her
chair. Afterwaeds her father always had candy treats for the children.
286. Ibid. Pg. 13. He retired from Florida State Theaters. He was named
after hie Great Uncle Bishop Henry Champlain Lay.
287. Ibid. Pg. 13. Had 6 children.
288. Alice H. LAY and Ruth E. Hall. Genealogy of Judge Samuel Lay - 1746
1819, Ancestors and Descendants. Alice H. Lay and Ruth Hall LAY. It is a compulation of
the research done by Alice H. LAY (Mrs. Edward Eugene LAY) and her daughter Ruth E. Lay of
SenecaFalls, Seneca, NY. Yesteryears Magizine, Vol.7, No. 28, June 1964. Pg. 25, There is
no ref. to any marriages.
289. Ibid. Pg.25.
290. Ibid. Pg. 25.
291.
292. Ibid. Grave Stone.
293. Ibid. Grave Stone.
294. Ibid. Grave Stone.
295. Ibid. Grave Stone.
296. Ibid. Grave Stone.
297. Alice H. LAY and Ruth E. Hall. Genealogy of Judge Samuel Lay - 1746
1819, Ancestors and Descendants. Alice H. Lay and Ruth Hall LAY. It is a compulation of
the research done by Alice H. LAY (Mrs. Edward Eugene LAY) and her daughter Ruth E. Lay of
SenecaFalls, Seneca, NY. Yesteryears Magizine, Vol.7, No. 28, June 1964. I'm Ruth E. LAY.
298. Josephine Polakiewicz LAY. Family Ledger. Died in infancy.
299. Personal knowledge of Ron and Shirley Lay.
300. Alice H. LAY and Ruth E. Hall. Genealogy of Judge Samuel Lay - 1746
1819, Ancestors and Descendants. Alice H. Lay and Ruth Hall LAY. It is a compulation of
the research done by Alice H. LAY (Mrs. Edward Eugene LAY) and her daughter Ruth E. Lay of
SenecaFalls, Seneca, NY. Yesteryears Magizine, Vol.7, No. 28, June 1964. Pg. 21.
301. Ibid. Pg. 21.
302. Josephine Polakiewicz LAY. Family Ledger. Jane was married to my
cousin. She was from Phelps,Ontario,NY.
303. Newspapers, Libraries. Death Notice William E, Davenport, 68, died
Thursday (21 Nov 1996). There will be no prior calling hours. A graveside ceremony will be
held Monday (Nov @5, 1996) at 11 a.m. in the East Newark Cemetery. Memorial contributions
may be made to the charity of one's choice. Arrangements by Schultz-Pusateri Funeral Home
Newark.
304. Ibid. Mother's Obituary.
305. Interviewed byR.A.Lay.
306. Josephine Polakiewicz LAY. Family Ledger. Russell had diabetes from
the time he was a youngster.
307.
308. Personal interview by R.A.Lay.
309. R.A.Lay. Personal knowledge of parents.
310. Personal knowledge of Shirley F.(Bridges) Lay.