Descendants of James Newton Lay

First Generation

1. James Newton Lay was born about 1804 in Burke Co., NC. He died in 1886 in Dent Co., MO. He was buried Lay Cemetery, Loss Branch.

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James married (1) Mary Bryant "Polly" daughter of Thomas Bryant on 27 Dec 1823 in Burke Co., NC. Mary was born about 1802/1809 in Burke Co., NC. She died on 27 Dec 1882 in Claiborne Co., TN.

They had the following children:

+	2	F	i	Diana Octavia Lay
	3	F	ii	Elizabeth Lay was born in 1827 in Burke Co., NC.
				Elizabeth married Cleveland C. McCrary in 1849 in Claiborne Co., TN.
+	4	M	iii	Waitsel Newley Lay
+	5	M	iv	Rufus Newton Lay
+	6	M	v	Thomas N. Lay
	7	M	vi	John L. Lay was born in 1834.
	8	F	vii	Kiziah Lay was born in 1840.
+	9	M	viii	Azor Bryant Lay
	10	M	ix	William Patterson Lay was born in 1847.

James married (2) Anna Elizabeth Jane Ferrell after 1847.

They had the following children:

	11	M	x	James Smith Lay.
	12	F	xi	Mary Susan Lay.
	13	M	xii	Andrew J. Lay.
	14	M	xiii	Grey G. Lay.
	15	F	xiv	Virginia Lay "Jenny".
	16	M	xv	David C. Lay.
	17	M	xvi	Henry Patton Lay.
	18	F	xvii	Fannie Lay.

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