Mary Elizabeth VESTAL

VESTAL, William Sr.
(Abt 1667-Abt 1701)

GLOVER, Alice
(1663-Bef 1729)

MERCER, Thomas
(Abt 1655-1716)

GREENAWAY, Mary
(Abt 1665-Bef 1723)

VESTAL, William Jr.
(1692-Bef 1745)

MERCER, Elizabeth
(1692-After 1751)

VESTAL, Mary Elizabeth
(1723-1818)

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Spouses/Children:
JAY, William

VESTAL, Mary Elizabeth ¹ ² ³ ⁴ ⁵ ⁶ ⁷ ⁸ ⁹ ¹⁰ ¹¹ ¹² ¹³

Born: 1723, , Chester, PA
Marriage: JAY, William in Winchester, Frederick, VA, USA
Died: 1818, New Burlington, Fulton, OH, USA at age 95
Buried: 1818, Burlington, Warren, OH, USA

bullet General Notes:

Mary Vestal and William Jay married about 1743 in Frederick Co., VA. She likely lost her membership in the Quaker church for marrying out of unity.

On 10/5/1772, Mary Vestal Jay sent an acknowledgement of marriage out of meeting to the Hopewell Monthly Meeting. This was a few months before her husband's death. (Some researchers mistakenly claim this is because she married again.) (C-1338) It was accepted and Jesse Pugh was appointed to assist the women in preparing a certificate for her to remove to Bush River. (C-804) In Virginia, none of the Jays appear to have been Quakers, but shortly before and around the time she was reaccepted, all of her children appear to have become Quakers. She had two children married in the Quaker Meeting in the 3rd month of 1772.

Vickie Leimback and Mike Southerland state that Mary's birth date was about 1723. Mike gives her death date as 1773 in New Burlington, Miami, OH and her full name as Mary Elizabeth Vestal. However, this death date cannot be correct, as Mary Vestal Jay and her daughter Rachel Jay Arnold received a certificate to move to Ohio in 1804. They moved in 1805 probably to Miami Co., Ohio. She died near New Burlington, Ohio between 1818-1820 and is buried in Caesars Creek Quaker Burying Ground.

Mary married William JAY in Winchester, Frederick, VA, USA. (William JAY was born before 1712 of Orange (now Frederick Co.), VA ¹⁴ ¹⁵ and died before Mar 11, 1773 in , Berkeley, SC ¹⁶ ¹⁷.)

bullet Marriage Notes:

Mary was reported in 1743 to have married out of unity in Hopewell MM, Winchester, VA records.

1 Vickie Leimback to Linda Coate Dudick E-Mail letter dated Sept. 16, 1995 at VLeimback@aol.com In possession of Linda Coate Dudick at 648 Ulverston Dr., Gahanna, OH 43230 1995 (C-611).

5 Ancestry of William Jay "The Bulletin" local magazine of the Los Angeles Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution by Cassius Milton Jay Nov. 1928.

6 Eileen Davis and Judith Ireton, comps, Quaker Records of the Miami Valley of Ohio (McDowell Publications, 1980).

7 Vestal Family Group Sheet Type Lineage Received 1984 Preparer unknown very well sourced..

8 Rasch, Peggy to Linda Coate Dudick Letter dated May 26, 1984 at N11W27909 White Oak Ct., Waukesha, WI 53186 In L. Dudick files (C-165).

10 Michael S. Caldwell to Linda Coate Dudick Letter dated April 13, 1984 in Linda Coate files (C-159) Current Status: Lost.

11 Mike Southerland to Jay Family Discussion List Letter dated Aug. 28, 1996 at SpreadWord@aol.com In Linda Coate files (C-802).

12 Alloa Cavinis, Henry Cavinis, Infant Immigrant and some of his Descendants (1971 (C-1380)).

13 Jay, Margaret Belcher, Jay Family (Shelby, NC: Broad River Genealogical Society, Inc., c1998).

14 R. Harry Jay to Jay Family Discussion Group E-mail letter dated Nov. 7, 1996 at rhjay@magi.com in Linda Coate files.

15 King, Vince and Guy Perry III, DNA Confirms that Thomas JOY of Hingham, Massachusetts is not an ancestor of our William Jay

to the JAY Family in America (http://www.entechdesign.com/jaywebsite/DNAconfirmsJoy.htm).

16 Paul B. Edwards to Linda Coate Dudick Letter dated Sept. 2, 1996 at 441 Milwaukee Ave.,Burlington, WI 53105 In Linda Coate files (C-799).

17 J. Jay to the Jay Family Discussion Group. E-mail letter dated Nov. 30, 1996 at Iamanrd@aol.com In Linda Coate files (C-839) 1996.

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