James JAY 2 3 4 5 6 7
- Born: 10/25/1766, , Newberry, SC, USA 8
- Marriage: Jemima MILLS on 4/7/1791 in Bush River M.M., Newberry, SC, USA 1
- Died: 1860, , Henry, IA, USA at age 94
 General Notes:
James was listed 5th in father's will. According to the Jay Family Index, James came to Clinton Co., Ohio in 1805. Quaker records however, indicate that he was still in the Bush River Monthly Meeting area of SC in 1809, where he and his family are listed in a visit from New Garden Monthly Meeting Members as James JAY and wife, Jemimah and children, Mills, Alexander, Mary, Rhoda, Layton, James, Ede (Edith), Dempsey, Isaac and Sarah. At any rate, he eventually settled on land belonging to his wife's uncle, George Arnold in Clinton Co., Ohio They moved to Center Meeting in Wayne Co., IN in 1822 and to Henry Co., Iowa in 1842. (C-800) He could easily be the James Jay listed as living in Newberry Co., SC in the 1800 Census with 4 sons under 10, himself from 26-45, 2 daughters under ten and his wife between 26-45. (C-922)
James married Jemima MILLS, daughter of John MILLS and Unknown, on 4/7/1791 in Bush River M.M., Newberry, SC, USA.1 (Jemima MILLS was born in 1768 in , Newberry, SC, USA and died in 1868 in , Henry, IA, USA 9.)
Marriage Notes:
or the 4th Apr. 1790. In Hinshaw it lists 1791. However, family members believe their first son was born before the 1791 marriage date. (C-864)
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