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John Jay 1690 – 1742 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1690

Birth Location: Salem, Salem, New Jersey, USA

Death Date: 1742

Death Location: Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, USA

Father: Joseph Jaye

Mother: Mary Orchard

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John Jay was born in 1690 in Salem, Salem, New Jersey, USA, the child of Joseph John Jaye and Mary Anna Orchard. John Jay passed away in 1742 in Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, USA.

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Biography

  • John Jay was born in 1690 in Salem, Salem, New Jersey, USA, the child of Joseph John Jaye and Mary Anna Orchard.
  • John Jay passed away in 1742 in Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, USA.

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John Jay's Ancestors

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John Jay
1690 – 1742
Birth Place: Salem, Salem, New Jersey, USA
Parents
Joseph John Jaye
1672 – 1736
Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Colony, Massachusetts, USA
Mary (Anna) Orchard
1670 – 1742
Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts
Grandparents
John (Elija) Joy
1641 – 1675
Boston, Massachusetts Colony, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom
Marcy\Mercy Bartlett
1650 – 1692
Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Nicholas Orchard
1651 – 1674
Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
Great-Grandparents
Thomas Joye\Jay
1610 – 1678
Robert Bartlett
– 1676
Mary Warren
1610 – 1683
John Orchard
1617 – 1655
mary phillips
1620 – 1679
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Thomas Joye
1583 – 1640
Frances Paulette
1587 – 1614
Robert Bartlett
1567 – 1655
Alice Barker
1567 – 1640
Richard Warren
1578 – 1628
Elizabeth Walker
1580 – 1673
George Orchard
1600 – 1705
Annis Langton
1600 – 1679
Gregory Phillips
1588 – 1658
Susannah Cocke
1590 – 1661

John Jay's Timeline

2 Records

1690
1690
Birth of John Jay in Salem, Salem, New Jersey, USA
Salem, Salem, New Jersey, USA
1742
1742
Age 52
Death of John Jay in Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, USA
Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1690
    Event Place: Salem, Salem, New Jersey, USA
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1742
    Event Place: Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, USA
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

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