Robert LAY

1681 - 1738  (57 years)

• Name	Robert LAY  [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Birth	27 Jan 1680/1	Saybrook, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA   [3, 4, 5]
  Gender	Male
  Death	01 Jul 1738	Westbrook, Middlesex County, Connecticut   [4]
  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."
  Person ID	I35415	Main Tree
  Last Modified	22 Feb 2018

  
  

  Father	Robert LAY, Jr.,   b. 06 Mar 1654, Saybrook, New London Co., Connecticut d. 1742, Saybrook, New London Co., Connecticut (Age 87 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Mary STANTON,   b. 1660, Saybrook, New London Co., Connecticut d. Aft 1743 (Age > 84 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Marriage	22 Jan 1679	Saybrook, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA   [3, 4, 5, 6]
  Family ID	F04920	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary GRINNELL,   b. Abt 1688   d. 09 Jun 1755 (Age 67 years)
  Marriage	12 Dec 1703	Saybrook, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA   [4, 5]
  Children	1. Robert LAY,   b. 20 Dec 1705, Saybrook, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA d. 01 Jan 1790 (Age 84 years)  [Natural]   2. Lieut. Christopher LAY,   b. 27 Feb 1707/8, Saybrook West Parish, Massachusetts d. 03 Oct 1759 (Age 51 years)  [Birth]   3. Lydia LAY,   b. 26 Jun 1710, Saybrook, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA  [Natural]   4. Daniel LAY,   b. 03 Oct 1712, Saybrook, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA d. 28 Dec 1782 (Age 70 years)  [Birth]   5. Jeremiah LAY,   b. 13 Jan 1715, Westbrook, Middlesex Co., Connecticut d. Aft 24 Feb 1792 (Age > 77 years)  [Natural]   6. Phebe LAY,   b. 29 May 1717, Saybrook, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA d. Apr 1774, Killingworth, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA (Age 56 years)  [Birth]   7. Jonathan LAY,   b. 1721   d. 1779 (Age 58 years)  [Natural]   8. John LAY  [Birth]
  Family ID	F07210	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	14 Mar 2013

  
  

• Sources

  [S03552] Vital Records Part 1 of Saybrook 1647-1834 Hartford. [S02728] The New England Historical and Genealogical Register 1850, Vol. 4 No. 2 April. [S02879] Old Saybrook Historical Society: Three Generations of Robert Lays. [S02759] The New England Historical and Genealogical Register 1908, Vol. 62. [S03425] The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records: Saybrook. [S00012] E. Glenn Denison, "Denison Genealogy" Ancestors and Descendants of Captain George Denison, (Name: Name: Gateway Press, Inc. Baltimore 1993;;), 63-13712.