For anyone interested - Nathan Byron Spray married Anna I. (maiden name
unknown) about 1901 in Iowa
and they had one daughter, Thelma M. Spray born in 1902 in Iowa. In 1910
the family is in Orange County, California. Nathan died in 1917 and Anna in
1926. Both are buried at Fairhaven Memorial Park in Santa Ana, Orange
County, CA.
Karen
----- Original Message -----
From: <jaygenie(a)aol.com>
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Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2011 8:59 AM
Subject: Re: [INRANDOL] Clarkey Hunt Jay
This appears to be information I posted 11 years ago. I have a copy of
the entire article and the excerpt from the 1906 biography of Nathan Spray
was the only reference to the Jay family in that article. I want to point
out that although the biography references a connection between William
Jay (1711) to the Chief Justice John Jay, DNA has recently confirmed this
is not the case. For anyone interested in the Jay family, I would refer
them to the Jay Family Association website.
http://www.jayfamily.org/
Here you can find wonderful article on the Jay DNA study, an article
written on the Jay Family Index (including how it was compiled and where
the information came from), and an article on William Jay of Frederick
County VA which I had the privilege of co-authoring with Vince King in
2007.
Respectfully submitted,
Christy Jay
-----Original Message-----
From: M J B <irshgypsy(a)hotmail.com>
To: inrandol <inrandol(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Wed, Sep 14, 2011 3:39 am
Subject: [INRANDOL] Clarkey Hunt Jay
ttp://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/JAY/2000-02/0951430897
Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2000 17:21:37 EST
"Yesterday at the Iowa Gen. Lib. I ran across a biography of a Nathan
Byron
Spray. Nathan was the son of Mary Hunt Jay, oldest child of Dempsey Jay
and
Clarkey Hunt. For those not familiar with this line it is as follows:
Mary Jay/William Spray
Dempsey Jay/Clarkey Hunt
James Jay/Jemima Mills
William Jay, Jr./Elizabeth
William Jay/Mary Vestal
We all know that county histories can be far from accurate; however, the
only
date I found in conflict with my sources was the death year for Dempsey
Jay -
(month and day are correct, but Dempsey signed a land deed in 1852 so 1850
is
probably not correct - more likely the 1855 year as indicated in the JFI).
The probate records for Clarkey Hunt Jay (1858) indicate that Mary Jay
Spray
received the family Bible. "
"Biographical Review of Henry County, Iowa Containing Biographical and
Genealogical Sketches of Many of the Prominent Citizens of To-Day and Also
of
the Past" (Hobart Publishing Company, Chicago, 1906), p. 496:
Nathan Byron Spray, one of the prosperous and enterprising farmers of
the
county, living in Marion township, was born in Salem township on the 10th
of
January, 1856, his parents being William and Mary H. (Jay) Spray. Mary H.
Jay was born in Indiana, January 9, 1828, came to Iowa with her parents in
1839, and was married to William F. Spray in 1852. She was a daughter of
Dempsey and Clarkey (Hunt) Jay. He was born November 2, 1802, died
September
10, 1850, married Clarkey Hunt in Indiana. He was a son of James Jay,
born
October 25, 1766; married Jemima Mills April 7, 1791, at Brush (sic) River
meeting, South Carolina. James Jay was a son of William and Elizabeth
Jay.
He was the son of William and Mary Jay, the first of family definitely
known.
They lived near Winchester, Frederick county, Virginia. It, however, is
known that Judge Jay, who signed the Declaration of Independence, is
closely
connected with the family. Both the paternal and maternal grandparents
were
residents of the Carolinas, whence they removed to Indiana at an early
period
in the development of that state. . . ."
If anyone wants a scanned copy of this page, e-mail me at
Jaygenie(a)aol.com."
Also available (free):
http://tinyurl.com/3np2u9f
This second record seems not to be complete, but perhaps you cqn find the
book
omewhere?
J Bailey
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