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George Washington LAY

Male 1798 - 1860  (61 years)


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  1. 1.  George Washington LAY was born in Dec 1798 in Westbrook, Middlesex Co., Connecticut (son of John LAY and Phebe LEE); died in 1860.

    Notes:

    Excerpt from NEHG Reg 1908, Vol 62: Graduated at Hamilton College, NY, in 1817, studied law at Batavia, NY, and was in law practice there. He was elected in 1832 to the US House of Representatives, 23rd and 24th Congress, where he was on intimate terms with Adams, Webster, and other public men, and was Representative in 1842, from Genesee Co., to the New York Assembly. He served as U.S. minister to Sweden and Norway, and received the honorary degree of A.M. from Yale in 1860.

    Family/Spouse: ? UNKNOWN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. Albert Tracy LAY
    2. George Wasthington LAY
    3. John Foote LAY

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  John LAY was born on 28 Aug 1760 in Westbrook, Middlesex Co., Connecticut (son of Jonathan LAY and Mary SPENCER); died on 05 Feb 1844 in Buffalo, New York.

    Notes:

    Excerpt from NEHS Reg. 1908, Vol 62: "He was of the class of 1780, Yale; lived for a few years on the farm left him by his father, at Horse HIll, Westbrook; then removed to Catskill, New York; became a merchant; moved later to Clinton, NY and was a farmer there; for two years a member of the General Assembly of New York; and died at the residence of his son Charles, in Buffalo."

    John married Phebe LEE in 1784. Phebe was born in May 1762; died on 03 Feb 1835. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Phebe LEE was born in May 1762; died on 03 Feb 1835.
    Children:
    1. Harriet LAY was born on 10 Jul 1792; died on 18 May 1872 in Batavia, New York.
    2. Jonathan LAY was born in 1794 in Westbrook, Middlesex Co., Connecticut; died in 1874 in Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA.
    3. Mary LAY was born on 8 Feb 1785 in Saybrook, Middlesex County,Connecticut; died on 14 Apr 1864 in New York, New York.
    4. Gustavus LAY was born in 1803.
    5. Juliette LAY was born on 1 Apr 1800 in New York; died in Oct 1872 in Batavia, Genesee Co., New York; was buried in Batavia Cemetery, Batavia, Genesee Co., New York.
    6. John LAY was born in 1789; died in 1853 in Buffalo, New York.
    7. Phebe LAY was born in 1789; died in 1856 in Batavia, New York.
    8. Charles LAY was born in 1796.
    9. 1. George Washington LAY was born in Dec 1798 in Westbrook, Middlesex Co., Connecticut; died in 1860.
    10. Charles LAY was born in 1788; died in 1793.


  

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