Is your surname Lay?

Connect to 7,518 Lay profiles on Geni

Share your family tree and photos with the people you know and love

  • Build your family tree online
  • Share photos and videos
  • Smart Matching™ technology
  • Free!

Edward Lay

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Lyme, New London, Connecticut, Colonial America
Death: March 01, 1758 (90)
Lyme, New London, Connecticut, Colonial America
Immediate Family:

Son of John Lay, Jr. and Sarah Lay
Husband of Mary Merah Lay
Father of Elizabeth Lay; John Lay, Sr; Marion Robbins; Joseph Lay; Hepsiath Lay and 6 others
Brother of Sarah Clark; Rebecca Gager; Catherine Lay Copp; Abigail Baldwin; Mary Jones and 6 others

Managed by: Private User
Last Updated:
view all 25

Immediate Family

About Edward Lay

GEDCOM Note

Category: Lyme, Connecticut

Biography ==When Edward Lay was born on January 26, 1668, in Lyme, Connecticut, his father, John Lay, was 35 and his mother, Sarah Andrews, was 26. He married Marah De Wolfe in 1688 in Connecticut. He died on March 1, 1758, in his hometown at the impressive age of 90, and was buried in Old Lyme, Connecticut.

Sources ==* ≤span id='TBC'>≤/span>The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records (NEHGS, Boston, 2011) Vol. Lyme, Page100: Birth record.

Birth. Godfrey Memorial Library. American Genealogical-BiographicalIndex. Middletown, CT, USA: Godfrey Memorial Library.
:Name: Edward Lay
:Birth Date: 1668; Birthplace: Connecticut
:Volume: 101; Page Number: 185:Reference: A genealogical dict. of the first settlers of New England,showing three generations of those who came before May, 1692. By James Savage. Boston. 1861. (4v.)v.3:65
Birth. White, Lorraine Cook, ed. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records. Vol. 1-55. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1994-2002.
:Name: Edward Lay; Gender: Male
:Birth Date: 26 Jan 1668; Birth Place: Lyme
:Parent: John Jr.; Parent: Sarah
Birth. New England Historic Genealogical Society. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Boston: The New England Historic Genealogical Society.
:Name: Edward Lay
:Birth Date: 26 Jan 1668
:Birth Place: Lyme, Connecticut, USA
:Father's name: John Lay
Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970.Louisville, Kentucky: National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. Volume 358.
:Name: S Edward Lay
:Birth Date: 26 Jan 1668
:Death Date: Mar 1758
:SAR Membership: 71554; Role: Ancestor
:Application Date: 4 Jun 1949
:Spouse: Marah De Wolfe
:Children: Squire John Lay
"Connecticut Deaths and Burials, 1772–1934." Index. FamilySearch,Salt Lake City, Utah, 2009, 2010.
:Name: Edward Lay; Gender: Male
:Birth Date: abt 1668
:Age at Death: 90
:Death Date: 1 Mar 1758; Death Place: Connecticut
:FHL Film Number: 3357
The Charles R. Hale Collection. Hale Collection of Connecticut Cemetery Inscriptions. Hartford, Connecticut: Connecticut State Library.
:Name: Edward Lay
:Age: 90
:Birth Date: abt 1668
:Death Date: 1 Mar 1758
:Burial Place: Old Lyme, Connecticut, USA
:Cemetery: Old Meeting House Hill Champion
U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.
:Name: Edward Lay
:Birth Date: 26 jan 1668:Birth Place: Lyme, New London County (New London), Connecticut, United States of America
:Death Date: 1 mar 1758
:Cemetery: Meeting House Hill Cemetery:Burial or Cremation Place: Old Lyme, New London County (New London), Connecticut, United States of America
:Has Bio?: Y
:Father: John Lay; Mother: Sarah Lay
:Spouse: Mary Merah Lay
:Children: Catherine Peck, John Lay
:https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/11241455/edward-lay

view all 14

Edward Lay's Timeline

1668
January 26, 1668
Lyme, New London, Connecticut, Colonial America
1694
1694
1699
August 15, 1699
1699
Connecticut, United States
1702
April 22, 1702
Lyme, New London Co., Connecticut
1704
December 17, 1704
1708
1708
1708
1715
1715
New London, New London County, CT, United States