Robert LAY

Robert married Elizabeth KELSEY on 24 Jun 1768. Elizabeth (daughter of William KELSEY and Phebe CHITTENDEN) was born on 28 Dec 1724. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Robert married Jemima PRATT on 03 Nov 1729 in Saybrook, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA. Jemima (daughter of Benjamin PRATT and Anna BATES) was born about 1710; died on 09 Mar 1766 in Westbrook, Middlesex County, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Robert LAY was born in 1739; died on 10 Oct 1740.
2. Robert LAY was born on 08 Jun 1745 in Saybrook, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA; died on 04 Jun 1813.
3. Phebe LAY was born on 15 Feb 1743 in Saybrook, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA.
4. Lydia LAY was born on 05 Jan 1735 in Saybrook, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA.
5. Jemima LAY was born on 03 Jan 1733 in Saybrook, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA.
6. Sarah LAY was born on 14 Jan 1737 in Saybrook, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA.
7. Anna LAY was born on 30 Apr 1741 in Saybrook, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA.
8. Abigail LAY was born on 25 Jun 1747 in Saybrook, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA; died on 31 May 1771; was buried in Westbrook Cemetery.

Notes:

Excerpt from "Descendants of Robert Lay": "Two adjoining tombstones in Westbrook cemetery read as follows:
"Here lies the body of Robert Lay died July 1st 1738 aged 57 years."
"Here lies the body of Mrs. Mary ye wife of Mr. Robert Lay, who died June 9th, A.D. 1755, in ye 71st year of her age."
Robert Lay lived at Westbrook, was the first of the name to settle thre, and was the well known "tavern Keeper" who kept the tavern near the so-called Dr. cone house. Mary his wife was the daughter of Daniel and Lydia (Peabody) Grinnell, grandaughter of Daniel Grinnell, of Little compton, R.I. by wife Mary, daughter of William and Mary Wodell of Boston, Mass., and Portsmouth and Tiverton, R.I. and great-granddaughter of Matthew and Rose Grinnell, of Nerport, R.I. Daniel Grinnell in his will mentions his daughter "Mary Lay," although Austin makes no mention of her. Lydia Peabody, her mother, was the daughter of William and Elizabeth (Alden) Peabody, of Little compton, R.I. and the granddaughter of John Alden of the "Mayflower". The Grinnell family were of Huguenot extraction. mary (Grinnell) Lay was one of the original members of the church at Westbrook."

Robert married Mary GRINNELL on 12 Dec 1703 in Saybrook, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA. Mary (daughter of Daniel GRINNELL and Lydia PABODIE) was born about 1688; died on 09 Jun 1755. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]