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Jacob Mays 1778–1862 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1778

Birth Location: Pittsylvania County, Virginia, USA

Death Date: Mar 1862

Death Location: Tennessee, USA

Father: Benjamin 1731)

Mother: Susannah Brown

Spouse(s): Sarah Smith

Children(s): Margaret Mays

Jacob Mays was born in 1778 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia, USA, the child of Benjamin Robert Bolling Mayes Unverified Child Of Robert Mayes 1731 And Susannah Sooky Leutitia Brown. Jacob Mays married Sarah Elizabeth Smith, and had children including Margaret Ann Peggy Mays. Jacob Mays passed away in 1862 in Tennessee, USA.

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Biography

  • Jacob Mays was born in 1778 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia, USA, the child of Benjamin Robert Bolling Mayes Unverified Child Of Robert Mayes 1731 And Susannah Sooky Leutitia Brown.
  • Jacob Mays married Sarah Elizabeth Smith, and had children including Margaret Ann Peggy Mays.
  • Jacob Mays passed away in 1862 in Tennessee, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Benjamin 1731)
1757–1835
Birth Location: Overwharton Parish, Stafford, Virginia, United States
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Susannah Brown
1761–1806
Birth Location: Amherst, Virginia, United States
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Spouses(s)

Sarah Smith
1776–1880
Birth Location: Berks Co., PA
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Children(s)

Margaret Mays
1794–1857
Birth Location: Tennessee, United States of America
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Jacob Mays's Ancestors

Self
Jacob Mays
1778–1862
Birth Place: Pittsylvania County, Virginia, USA
Parents
Benjamin Robert Bolling Mayes (Unverified child of Robert Mayes 1731)
1757–1835
Overwharton Parish, Stafford, Virginia, United States
Susannah ("Sooky" Leutitia) Brown
1761–1806
Amherst, Virginia, United States
Grandparents
Robert ("Native American") Mays
1731–1808
Overwharton Parish, Stafford, Virginia, USA
Elizabeth (Jenkins BOLLING (MAYS)) (Twin)6GGM
1731–1807
Petersburg, Dinwiddie County, Virginia
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Jacob Mays's Descendants

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Jacob Mays (1778–Mar 1862) m. Sarah (Elizabeth) Smith (4 Aug 1776–1880)
  1. 1. Margaret (Ann "Peggy") Mays 1794–1857 m. William (Peter) Eversole 1790–1868
    1. 1. Sarah ("Sally" Eversole Smallwood) Hubbard 1820–1928 m. Wesley Smallwood 1815–1840
      1. 1. Messenor ("Marsena") Smallwood 1835–1900 m. Nancy Hubbard 1841–1872
        1. 1. Andrew ("Andy" Jackson) Smallwood**1 1866–1934 m. Flora (Virginia) Lochard 1872–1939

Jacob Mays's Timeline

2 Records

1778
1778
Birth of Jacob Mays in Pittsylvania County, Virginia, USA
Pittsylvania County, Virginia, USA
1862
Mar 1862
Age 84
Death of Jacob Mays in Tennessee, USA
Tennessee, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1778
    Event Place: Pittsylvania County, Virginia, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: Mar 1862
    Event Place: Tennessee, USA
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