DAR Member: Annie Jessup Woodin Nat'l #: 4480 Ancestor #: A016729
1. William H Jessep born on 29 - Jan - 1830, died on 6 - Jan - 1902
and his ( 1st ) wife Sarah Filson Jay born on 16 - May - 1831
married on 5 - Oct - 1853
(from DAR Nat'l #: 571640, as AJW’s not verified)
2. [Sarah Wilson Jay b 1831 child of
Nelson Jay born 1794 at New Brunswick NJ died at Scranton PA on 12 - Dec - 1868
and his ( 1st ) wife Sidney Hiles born on 1804, died on 1873
married on 14 - Aug - 1821]
3. [The Said Nelson Jay was the child of
Joseph Jay born on 1755 at Hunterdon Co NJ, died at Falls Twp Buck Co PA on 30 - Nov - 1835
and his ( 1st ) wife Eleanor Nelson born on 3 - Nov - ]
JAY, JOSEPH A061875
Child/Child : NELSON / [1] SIDNEY HILES
Service: NEW JERSEY Rank: SECOND LIEUTENANT
Birth: 1755 HUNTERDON CO NEW JERSEY
Death: 11-30-1835 FALLS TWP. BUCKS CO PENNSYLVANIA
Pension Number: *S
Service Description:
1) ALSO PVT,ENS,CAPTS.BALDWIN,PYATT
2) COLS.MATHIAS OGDEN,WYNDES, MILITIA.

Alphabetical List of Officers of the Continental Army @ancestry.com
J
Fifteenth Virginia
page 318
Jay, Joseph (N. J.). Ensign 2d New Jersey, 29th October, 1776; 2d Lieutenant, 26th April, 1777; cashiered 23d May, 1778.

New Jersey Pensioners, 1835 @ancestry.com
Source Information: Ancestry.com. New Jersey Pensioners, 1835 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1998.
Original data: United States Senate. Report from the Secretary of War, in Obedience to Resolutions of the Senate of the 5th and 30th of June, 1834, and the 3d of March, 1835, In Relation to the Pension Establishment of the United States. [New Jersey Section]. Washington, D.C.: Duff Green, 1835.
Name: Joseph Jay
Rank: Private
County: Warren Co.
Annual Allowance: 96 00
Sums received: 1,502 44
Description of service: New Jersey line
When placed on the pension roll: 2 Aug 1819
Commencement of pension: 11 Jul 1818

Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files, 1800-1900; J > Jabine, John - Jewitt, John > Jarvis, Bill - Jeffers, William > 282; image 282 of 884 @ancestry.com; Source Information: Ancestry.com. Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files, 1800-1900 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.
Name: Joseph Jay
Pension Year: 1819
Application State: New Jersey
Applicant Designation: Survivor's Pension Application File
Archive Publication Number: M804; Archive Roll Number: 1408; Total Pages in Packet: 112

U.S. Pensioners, 1818-1872; New Jersey > 1818-1832 > J > 1; image 1 of 1 @ancestry.com; Source Information: Ancestry.com. U.S. Pensioners, 1818-1872 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007.
Name: Joseph Jay
Pension Office State: New Jersey
Year Range: 1818-1832

U.S. Pensioners, 1818-1872; New Jersey > 1833-1849 > J > 1; image 1 of 1 @ancestry.com; Source Information: Ancestry.com. U.S. Pensioners, 1818-1872 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007.
Name: Joseph Jay
Pension Office State: New Jersey
Year Range: 1833-1849

U.S. Pensioners, 1818-1872; New Jersey > 1831-1848 > J > 1; image 1 of 1 @ancestry.com; Source Information: Ancestry.com. U.S. Pensioners, 1818-1872 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007.
Name: Decd Joseph Jay
Pension Office State: New Jersey
Year Range: 1831-1848

Records of officers and men of New Jersey in wars, 1791-1815; The Pennsylvania Insurrection of 1794; page a39 @ancestry.com; About Records of officers and men of New Jersey in wars, 1791-1815
Date of Publication: 1909
Subjects: New Jersey -- History -- Registers. -- 1775-1865, New Jersey

U.S. War Bounty Land Warrants, 1789-1858; War of 1812 > Index To War of 1812 Military Bounty Land Warrants; 1812 Warrants: 00001-01726 > 55; image 55 of 1138 @ancestry.com;
U.S. War Bounty Land Warrants, 1789-1858; War of 1812 > 1812 Warrants: 01727-28085 > 17827-20120 > 285; image 285 of 1190 @ancestry.com;
Source Information: Ancestry.com. U.S. War Bounty Land Warrants, 1789-1858 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007.
Name: Joseph Jay;
Warrant Year: 1819;
Warrant Number: 18371


DAR North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000 D Daughters of the American Revolution Lineage Book : NSDAR : Volume 093 : 1912; images 300-301 of 357 @ancestry.com; Source Citation: Book Title: Lineage Book : NSDAR : Volume 093 : 1912
Description: Title : Lineage Book : NSDAR : Volume 093 : 1912
Source Information: Ancestry.com. North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016.
p1
Mrs Lucy Hay Butler Knox 92941
Born Emporia Kansas
wife of Rathbone Knox
p2 (lineage book p295)
Descendant of Lieut. Joseph Jat, as follows:
1 John Madison Butler Jr (b 1851) m 1874 Martha Dougherty (b 1854)
2 John Madison Butler (1809-72) m 1839 Mary Jay (1817-99)
3 Smith Jay (b1788) m 1810 Hannah Wilson
4 Joseph Jay m Eleanor Nelson
Joseph Jay (1753-18135) served as private in the Contenental Line and as lieutenant of the Burlington County, New Jersey militia. He was born in New Jersey; died in Bucks County PA
Also no 30365
and lower on p2
Mrs Edith Jay Butler Potter
Born in Emporia Kansas
wife of Woolsey Potter
Descendant of Lieut Joseph Jay as follows:
1 John Madison Butler Jr (b 1851) m 1874 Martha Dougherty (b 1854)
see no 92941
and DAR website
JAY, JOSEPH Ancestor #: A061875
Service: NEW JERSEY Rank: SECOND LIEUTENANT
Birth: 1755 HUNTERDON CO NEW JERSEY
Death: 11-30-1835 FALLS TWP. BUCKS CO PENNSYLVANIA
Pension Number: *S
Service Description: 1) ALSO PVT,ENS,CAPTS.BALDWIN,PYATT
2) COLS.MATHIAS OGDEN,WYNDES, MILITIA.
RESIDENCE
Created: 2002-03-27 23:23:55.3, Updated: , By: Conversion 1) City: PLUCKERMAN - County: SOMERSET CO - State: NEW JERSEY
SPOUSE
Number Name
Created: 2002-03-27 23:17:13.16, Updated: 2002-03-27 23:17:13.16, By: Conversion 1) ELEANOR NELSON


DAR, North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000 D Daughters of the American Revolution Lineage Book : NSDAR : Volume 161 : 1920; image 66 of 351@ancestry.com;
Source Citation: Book Title: Lineage Book : NSDAR : Volume 161 : 1920
Description: Title : Lineage Book : NSDAR : Volume 161 : 1920
Source Information: Ancestry.com. North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016.
Mrs Mary Torrey Fitch 160185
Born in Scranton, PA
Wife of Alphonzo E Fitch
Decsndant of Lieut Joseph Jay, as follows:
1 James H Torrey (b 1851) m 1872 Ella C Jay (b 1853)
2 Douglas Jay (1830-1909) m 1853 Elizabeth Carling (b 1837)
3 Nelson Jay (1794-1868) m 1821 Sidnay Hites (1804-73)
4 Joseph Jay m Eleanor Nelson
Joseph Jay (1753-1835) served as lieutenant in the Burlington County, New Jersey militia. He died in New Jersey.
Also No 130729
JAY, JOSEPH Ancestor #: A061875
Child/Child : NELSON / [1] SIDNEY HILES
Service: NEW JERSEY Rank: SECOND LIEUTENANT
Birth: 1755 HUNTERDON CO NEW JERSEY
Death: 11-30-1835 FALLS TWP. BUCKS CO PENNSYLVANIA
Pension Number: *S
Service Description: 1) ALSO PVT,ENS,CAPTS.BALDWIN,PYATT
2) COLS.MATHIAS OGDEN,WYNDES, MILITIA.


Aslo from Google books
(DAR) Lineage Book - National Society of the Daughters of the American ..., Volume 31
p126
Mrs Adda Laura Stevens Crow 30365
Born East Tawas, Michigan
wife of Samuel Crow
descendant of Phineas Scott, John Kinsley and Lieut Joseph Jay
Daughter of Willam Collin Stevens and Laura C Warden his wife
Granddaughter of William Nelson Stevens and Jane Y Forbes his wife, Robert Warden and Caroline Bingham his wife
Gr-Granddaughter of William Stevens and Jane Jay his wife
Gr-Gr-Granddaughter of Joseph Jay and Eleanor Nelson his wife
Joseph Jay (1753-1835) served as a private in the Continetal laine and as lieutenant of the Burlington VCounty New Jersey militia. This brigade was composed of the counties lying on the northern and eastern side of the Raritan river. He was born in New Jersey; died in Bucks Co PA
also No 4480, 5153






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NewRe: DESCENDENTS OF THE FAMOUS JOHN JAY
JoeBailey24 (View posts)
Posted: 10 Jul 2008 9:39AM GMT
Classification: Query
John,
By your reference to “JOHN JAY of Revolutionary War fame” I assume you are referring to the JOHN JAY (b. 1745 – d. 1829) – The First Chief Justice of the United States. The immediate descendants of the first Chief Justice were:
1 John Jay 1745 – 1829 (The First Chief Justice of the United States)
.. +Sarah Van Brugh Livingston 1756 - Unknown
.........2 Susan Jay 1780 - 1780
.........2 Peter Augustus Jay 1776 - 1843
............. +Mary Rutherford Clarkson 1786 - 1838
....................3 John Clarkson Jay 1808 - 1891
........................+Laura Prime 1812 - 1887
...............................4 Laura Jay 1832 - 1910
...............................4 John Jay 1833 – 1841 (died young, no issue)
...............................4 Augustus Jay 1835 – 1837 (died young, no issue)
...............................4 Mary J. Jay 1837 - 1897
...................................+Jonathan Edwards
...............................4 Cornelia Jay 1839 - 1907
...............................4 Peter Augustus Jay 1841 - 1875
...................................+Julia Post
...........................................5 Pierre Jay 1870 - 1949
...............................................+Louisa Shaw Barlow 1873 -
......................................................6 Ellen Jay 1898 -
......................................................6 Anna Maricka Jay 1900 -
......................................................6 Frances Jay 1904 -
...........................................5 Mary Rutherford Jay 1872 -
...........................................5 Laura Prime Jay 1874 -
...........................................5 John Jay 1875 -
...............................4 Anna Maria Jay 1843 - 1858
...............................4 John Clarkson Jay 1844 - 1923
...................................+Harriette Arnold Vinton - Unknown
...........................................5 Maria Arnold Jay 1873 - 1878
...........................................5 Edith Van Cortlandt Jay 1875 - Unknown
...........................................5 John Clarkson Jay 1880 - Unknown
...............................................+Marguerite Montgomery Soleliac 1877 - 1937
......................................................6 Marguerite Montgomery Jay 1907 -
......................................................6 Alice Jay 1908 -
......................................................6 Sarah Livingston Jay 1904 -
...............................4 Alice Jay 1846 - 1921
...............................4 Sarah Jay 1848 - 1883
...............................4 Matilda Coster Jay 1850 - 1856
....................3 Mary Rutherfurd Jay 1810 - 1835
....................3 Sarah Jay 1811 - 1846
....................3 Catherine Helena Jay 1815 - 1889
....................3 Anna Maria Jay 1819 - 1902
....................3 Peter Augustus Jay 1821 - 1855
........................+Josephine Pearson 1829 - 1852
...............................4 Augustus Jay 1850 - 1919
...................................+Emily Astor Kane
...........................................5 Peter Augustus Jay 1877 - 1933
...............................................+Susan Alexander McCook 1879 -
......................................................6 Susan Mary Jay 1918 - 2004
...........................................5 DeLancey Kane Jay1881 -
...............................................+Elizabeth Morgan 1885 -
......................................................6 Elizabeth Jay 1911 -
......................................................6 Peter Jay 1913 - 2000
......................................................6 Sybie Jay 1915 -
......................................................6 Theodora Jay 1919 -
......................................................6 Augusta Jay 1921 -
......................................................6 Katherine Jay 1928 -
....................3 Elizabeth Clarkson Jay 1823 - 1895
....................3 Susan Matilda Jay 1827 - Unknown
.........2 William Jay 1779 - 1858
.............+Hannah Augusta McVickar - 1851
....................3 Sarah Louise Jay
....................3 Anna Jay 1813 -
....................3 Maria Banyar Jay 1815 -
....................3 John Jay 1817 - 1894
........................+Eleanor Kingsland Field
...............................4 Eleanor Jay
...............................4 William Jay 1841 - 1915
...................................+Lucie Oelrichs 1855 -
...........................................5 Julia Jay 1879 -
...........................................5 Eleanor Jay 1882 - 1953
...............................................+Arthur Iselin 1880 -
......................................................6 Dorothy Iselin
...........................................5 Dorothy Jay 1887 - 1889
....................3 Eliza Jay 1823 -
....................3 Augusta Jay 1833 -
.........2 Maria Jay 1782 - 1856
.........2 Anna Jay 1783 - 1856
.........2 Sarah Louisa Jay 1792 - 1818
(More on the John Jay descendants and siblings in The Jay Family of La Rochelle and New York Province and State » by Laura Jay Wells.)
All of these descendants stayed “up north” and never migrated “down south” to North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee or Georgia.
Joe Bailey
Vice President
Jay Family Association
Norcross, GA