"Ancestrees"
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Walter Denny JAY
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Walter Denny JAY 1 2 3 4 5
- Born: 7/15/1786, , Newberry, SC, USA
- Marriage: Mary MACY on 1/8/1810
- Died: 7/8/1865, , Miami, OH, USA at age 78
 General Notes:
Walter Denny Jay, was "a most remarkable man. One who knew phrenology said he had a head much like that of Napoleon Bonaparte, and in many traits he resembled him... concentration ...courage with prudence.." according to the "Annals of Newberry." He is likely the "Denny Jay" along with his brother Samuel Jay who were operators on the Underground Railroad in Montgomery Co., Ohio. Walter Denny Jay likely had a son named John who is buried in the Quaker burial in West Milton. His stone says he is the son of W.D. & M. Jay, died 2 Mo. 6, 1840 at 27 years of age. (C-PHO, 296) 6
Walter married Mary MACY on 1/8/1810.
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Sources
1
Carly Jay to Linda Coate E-mail letter dated Feb 22, 1998 as per source, "The Autobiography of Allen Jay" at cjay@seidata.com (C-1443).
2
Carylanna Jay to Linda Coate Letter dated 6/16/1998 at cjay@siedata.com (C-1534).
3
Robert Rothenbuhler to Linda Coate Email, 1999 at piepint@nbtx.com (C-2204).
4
John Belton O'neall, Annals of Newberry, Part I (Southern Historical Press, c. early 1800's.)
5
Shilt, Rose, Montgomery Co., Ohio Administration and Wills, 1805-1850, Guardians 1805-1860.
6
Directory of the Names of Underground Railroad Operators at www.ugrr.org//names/map-oh.htm.
Homepage by Linda Coate, lcoate@ancestrees.com (c1997-2008)
