Robert LAY

Male 1739 - 1740  (1 year)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Robert LAY was born in 1739 (son of Robert LAY and Jemima PRATT); died on 10 Oct 1740.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Robert LAY was born on 20 Dec 1705 in Saybrook, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA (son of Robert LAY and Mary GRINNELL); died on 01 Jan 1790.

    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]


  2. 3.  Jemima PRATT was born about 1710 (daughter of Benjamin PRATT and Anna BATES); died on 09 Mar 1766 in Westbrook, Middlesex County, Connecticut.
    Children:
    1. 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.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Robert LAY was born on 27 Jan 1680/1 in Saybrook, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA (son of Robert LAY, Jr. and Mary STANTON); died on 01 Jul 1738 in Westbrook, Middlesex County, Connecticut.

    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]


  2. 5.  Mary GRINNELL was born about 1688 (daughter of Daniel GRINNELL and Lydia PABODIE); died on 09 Jun 1755.
    Children:
    1. 2. Robert LAY was born on 20 Dec 1705 in Saybrook, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA; died on 01 Jan 1790.
    2. Lieut. Christopher LAY was born on 27 Feb 1707/8 in Saybrook West Parish, Massachusetts; died on 03 Oct 1759.
    3. Lydia LAY was born on 26 Jun 1710 in Saybrook, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA.
    4. Daniel LAY was born on 03 Oct 1712 in Saybrook, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA; died on 28 Dec 1782.
    5. Jeremiah LAY was born on 13 Jan 1715 in Westbrook, Middlesex Co., Connecticut; died after 24 Feb 1792.
    6. Phebe LAY was born on 29 May 1717 in Saybrook, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA; died in Apr 1774 in Killingworth, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA.
    7. Jonathan LAY was born in 1721; died in 1779.
    8. John LAY

  3. 6.  Benjamin PRATT was born on 14 Jun 1681 in Saybrook, Middlesex County, Connecticut; died in Saybrook, Middlesex County, Connecticut.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Fact: Son of William Pratt and Hannah Kirkland

    Benjamin married Anna BATES on 12 Nov 1702 in Saybrook, Middlesex County, Connecticut. Anna was born on 19 Sep 1678 in Saybrook, Middlesex County, Connecticut; died in 1717 in Saybrook, Middlesex County, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  Anna BATES was born on 19 Sep 1678 in Saybrook, Middlesex County, Connecticut; died in 1717 in Saybrook, Middlesex County, Connecticut.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Fact: Daughter of Samuel Bates and Mary Chapman

    Children:
    1. 3. Jemima PRATT was born about 1710; died on 09 Mar 1766 in Westbrook, Middlesex County, Connecticut.
    2. Benjamin PRATT was born in 1709 in Saybrook, Middlesex County, Connecticut; died on 01 Feb 1794 in Saybrook, Middlesex County, Connecticut.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Robert LAY, Jr. was born on 06 Mar 1654 in Saybrook, New London Co., Connecticut (son of Robert LAY and Sarah FENNER); died in 1742 in Saybrook, New London Co., Connecticut.

    Robert married Mary STANTON on 22 Jan 1679 in Saybrook, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA. Mary (daughter of Thomas STANTON, Jr. and Sarah DENISON) was born in 1660 in Saybrook, New London Co., Connecticut; died after 1743. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Mary STANTON was born in 1660 in Saybrook, New London Co., Connecticut (daughter of Thomas STANTON, Jr. and Sarah DENISON); died after 1743.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Baptism: 15 Dec 1674

    Children:
    1. 4. Robert LAY was born on 27 Jan 1680/1 in Saybrook, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA; died on 01 Jul 1738 in Westbrook, Middlesex County, Connecticut.
    2. Sarah LAY was born on 19 Feb 1682 in Saybrook, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA.
    3. Mary LAY was born on 03 Oct 1685 in Saybrook, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA.
    4. Thomas LAY was born on 10 May 1688 in Saybrook, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA; died on 18 Mar 1743.
    5. Temperance LAY was born on 25 Jul 1691 in Saybrook, New London Co., Connecticut; died on 18 Sep 1773 in Killingworth, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA.
    6. Samual LAY was born on 25 Jul 1691 in Saybrook, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA; died on 05 Aug 1691 in Saybrook, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA.
    7. Samuel LAY was born on 13 Feb 1694 in Saybrook, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA; died on 28 Aug 1768 in Saybrook, Middlesex County, Connecticut.
    8. Phebe LAY was born on 14 Aug 1698 in Saybrook, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA.
    9. Dorothy LAY was born on 03 Jun 1701 in Saybrook, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA.

  3. 10.  Daniel GRINNELL was born before 1668 in Portsmouth, Rhode Island (son of Daniel GRINNELL and Mary WODELL); died on 07 Jan 1740/1 in Saybrook, Middlesex County, Connecticut.

    Daniel married Lydia PABODIE about 1683. Lydia (daughter of William PABODIE and Elizabeth ALDEN) was born on 03 Apr 1667 in Duxbury, Plymouth County, Massachusetts; died on 13 Jul 1748 in Saybrook, Middlesex County, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 11.  Lydia PABODIE was born on 03 Apr 1667 in Duxbury, Plymouth County, Massachusetts (daughter of William PABODIE and Elizabeth ALDEN); died on 13 Jul 1748 in Saybrook, Middlesex County, Connecticut.
    Children:
    1. 5. Mary GRINNELL was born about 1688; died on 09 Jun 1755.