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Sarah Lawrence¹

• Father*: Capt. John Lawrence¹

• Sarah Lawrence married first Carpenter.¹
• Sarah Lawrence married second Ephraim Starkweather, son of John Starkweather and Mary Herrick.¹

John Lawton¹

• John Lawton married Abigail Lamb, daughter of John Lamb and Joanna, at Springfield, Massachusetts, in 1693.¹

Abigail Lay¹

• Father*: Dea. Robert Lay¹ b. 20 Dec 1705, d. 1 Jan 1790
• Mother*: Jemima Pratt¹ b. c 1710, d. 9 Mar 1766

• Abigail Lay was born on 25 June 1747 at Westbrook, Middlesex Co., Connecticut.¹
• She married Jonathan Lay, son of Jonathan Lay and Mary Spencer, on 5 April 1769.²
• Abigail Lay died on 31 May 1771; in her 24th year (g.s.).²
• She was buried at Westbrook Cemetery, Westbrook, Connecticut.²

Catherine Lay¹

• Father*: John Lay¹ b. c 1633, d. 13 Nov 1696
• Mother*: Sarah Collin¹ b. c 1641, d. 12 Jun 1702

• Catherine Lay was born on 11 February 1671 at Lyme, Connecticut.¹
• She married Jonathan Copp, son of David Copp and Obedience Topliff, at Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut, on 18 August 1690.²
• Catherine Lay died on 24 May 1761.¹

Christopher Lay¹

• Father*: Robert Lay¹ b. 27 Jan 1680/81?, d. 1 Jul 1738
• Mother*: Mary Grinnell¹ d. 9 Jun 1755

• Charts: Descendants of Alice Freeman Chart

• Christopher Lay was born on 27 February 1707/8 at Saybrook West Parish (Westbrook), Connecticut.^1,2
• He married Mary before 1749.¹
• Christopher Lay died on 3 October 1759; in his 32nd year (g.s.).¹
• He was buried at Westbrook Cemetery, Middlesex Co., Connecticut.¹

• Children known from gravestones, there are possibly others.

Daniel Lay¹

• Father*: Robert Lay¹ b. 27 Jan 1680/81?, d. 1 Jul 1738
• Mother*: Mary Grinnell¹ d. 9 Jun 1755

• Charts: Descendants of Alice Freeman Chart

• Daniel Lay was born on 3 October 1712 at Saybrook West Parish (Westbrook), Connecticut.^1,2
• He married Anna Bull, daughter of Edward Bull and Mary Post.³
• Daniel Lay died on 28 December 1782; "in the 70th year of his age" (g.s.).³
• He was buried at Westbrook Cemetery, Middlesex Co., Connecticut.³

• He settled on land deeded to him 22 Feb 1734/35 by his father at Chestnut Hill in Saybrook West Parish. His will mentions his son Daniel who received various tracts of land.³

Dorothy Lay¹

• Father*: Robert Lay¹ b. 6 Mar 1654, d. 1742
• Mother*: Mary Stanton¹ b. 1660

• Charts: Descendants of Alice Freeman Chart

• Dorothy Lay was born on 3 June 1701 at Saybrook, Connecticut.²

Hannah Lay¹

• Father*: Samuel Lay¹ b. 13 Feb 1694/95
• Mother*: Hannah Hayden¹

• Charts: Descendants of Alice Freeman Chart

• Hannah Lay was born on 17 March 1734/35 at Saybrook, Middlesex Co., Connecticut.²

Jeremiah Lay¹

• Father*: Robert Lay¹ b. 27 Jan 1680/81?, d. 1 Jul 1738
• Mother*: Mary Grinnell¹ d. 9 Jun 1755

• Charts: Descendants of Alice Freeman Chart

• Jeremiah Lay was born on 13 January 1715 at Saybrook West Parish (Westbrook), Connecticut.^1,2
• He married Prudence Belden at Westbrook, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, on 20 March 1739/40.³
• Jeremiah Lay married Deborah.³

John Lay^1,2

• Father*: John Lay b. 1610

• John Lay was born circa 1633 at England.
• He married Sarah Collin circa 1664.¹
• John Lay married Joanna Smith, daughter of Richard Smith, at Lyme, New London Co., Connecticut, on 26 May 1686.^3,2
• John Lay died on 13 November 1696 at Lyme, New London Co., Connecticut.

John Lay¹

• Father*: Robert Lay¹ b. 27 Jan 1680/81?, d. 1 Jul 1738
• Mother*: Mary Grinnell¹ d. 9 Jun 1755

• Charts: Descendants of Alice Freeman Chart

• John Lay was born at Saybrook West Parish (Westbrook), Connecticut, (record of date not found).¹
• He married Deborah.¹

• Apparently died without children, as his will dated 17 Sep 1756 (Guilford Prob. Rec.) names no children, and at the death of his wife Deborah, leaves all his lands to his brothers Christopher, Daniel, Jeremiah and Jonathan, and names his sisters Lydia Watrous and Phebe Merrill, who receive bequests of money.¹

John Lay IV¹

• John Lay IV married Anna Sill, daughter of John Sill and Phebe Fitkin, at Lyme, New London Co., Connecticut, on 28 February 1760 (both of Lyme) by Rev. Stephen Johnson.¹

Jonathan Lay¹

• Father*: Robert Lay¹ b. 27 Jan 1680/81?, d. 1 Jul 1738
• Mother*: Mary Grinnell¹ d. 9 Jun 1755

• Charts: Descendants of Alice Freeman Chart

• Jonathan Lay was born in 1721 at Saybrook West Parish (Westbrook), Connecticut, but possibly earlier (record of birth not found).¹
• He married Mary Spencer.²

• Named in his father's will and in the will of his brother John. He is evidently the Innkeeper referred to by Prof. Murdock and in the "Salisbury Genealogies" where it is stated that he was born in 1721 and died in 1779 of smallpox. Gravestones at Westbrook Cemetery, however, contridict these dates. There are two each pertaining to a Jonathan Lay, they read: "In memory of Mr. Jonathan Lay who died Feby 12, 1777 in the 69th year of his age," and "In memory of Jonathan Lay, who died Oct 7, 1793 in the 8th (or 80th, stone rather illegible) year of his age."²

Jonathan Lay¹

• Father*: Jonathan Lay¹ b. 1721
• Mother*: Mary Spencer¹ b. 1721, d. 1793

• Jonathan Lay was born on 11 April 1748 at Saybrook, Connecticut.^2,3
• He married Abigail Lay, daughter of Dea. Robert Lay and Jemima Pratt, on 5 April 1769.⁴
• Jonathan Lay married Anna Murdock on 9 January 1772.⁴
• Jonathan Lay married Nancy Elliot, daughter of Jarod Elliot and Elizabeth Walker, after September 1803.⁴
• Jonathan Lay died on 13 April 1831.¹

• He was Probate Judge and Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for the County; County Treasurer; Deacon of the Congregational Church of Westbrook from 1797 until his death. He had no children by any of his three wives.⁴

Lydia Lay¹

• Father*: Robert Lay¹ b. 27 Jan 1680/81?, d. 1 Jul 1738
• Mother*: Mary Grinnell¹ d. 9 Jun 1755

• Charts: Descendants of Alice Freeman Chart

• Lydia Lay was born on 26 June 1710 at Saybrook West Parish (Westbrook), Connecticut.^1,2
• She married John Waterhouse on 3 February 1730/31.¹

Mary Lay^1,2

• Father*: Robert Lay³ b. 6 Mar 1654, d. 1742
• Mother*: Mary Stanton³ b. 1660

• Charts: Descendants of Alice Freeman Chart

• Mary Lay was born on 3 October 1685 at Saybrook, Connecticut.⁴
• She was baptized on 26 September 1686 at First Congregational Church, Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut.⁵
• She married Christopher Minor, son of Joseph Miner and Mary Avery, at Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut, on 9 March 1703/4 by Rev. James Noyes.⁶
• Mary Lay married Samuel Denison, son of George Denison Jr. and Mercy Gorham, probably in 1709.⁷

• Mary Lay was admitted to the at First Congregational Church, Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut, on 23 April 1708 as "widow Mary Minor."⁷

Mary Lay¹

• Father*: Samuel Lay¹ b. 13 Feb 1694/95
• Mother*: Hannah Hayden¹

• Charts: Descendants of Alice Freeman Chart

• Mary Lay was born on 29 December 1728 at Saybrook, Middlesex Co., Connecticut.²

Phebe Lay^1,2,3

• Father*: Robert Lay b. c 1618, d. 9 Jul 1689
• Mother*: Sarah Fenner⁴ b. c 1617, d. 25 May 1676

• Phebe Lay was born on 5 January 1650/51? At Saybrook, Connecticut.⁵
• She married John Denison, son of George Denison and Ann Borodell, on 26 November 1667.⁴
• Phebe Lay was baptized on 14 October 1677 at First Congregational Church, Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut, as an adult, "Pheebe wife of John Denison."⁶
• She died in 1699; aged 49 years.⁴

• She was admitted to the at First Congregational Church, Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut, on 14 October 1677.⁷

Phebe Lay¹

• Father*: Robert Lay¹ b. 6 Mar 1654, d. 1742
• Mother*: Mary Stanton¹ b. 1660

• Charts: Descendants of Alice Freeman Chart

• Phebe Lay was born on 14 August 1698 at Saybrook, Connecticut.²
• She died; probably before 22 Apr 1731 (not named in her father's will).¹

Phebe Lay¹

• Father*: Robert Lay¹ b. 27 Jan 1680/81?, d. 1 Jul 1738
• Mother*: Mary Grinnell¹ d. 9 Jun 1755

• Charts: Descendants of Alice Freeman Chart

• Phebe Lay was born on 29 May 1717 at Saybrook West Parish (Westbrook), Connecticut.^2,3
• She married Benjamin Merrill on 1 June 1740.¹

Phebe Lay¹

• Father*: Samuel Lay¹ b. 13 Feb 1694/95
• Mother*: Hannah Hayden¹

• Charts: Descendants of Alice Freeman Chart

• Phebe Lay was born on 26 February 1737/38 at Saybrook, Middlesex Co., Connecticut.²
• She married John Hull on 27 September 1764.¹

Rebecca Lay^1,2

• Father*: John Lay b. c 1633, d. 13 Nov 1696
• Mother*: Sarah Collin b. c 1641, d. 12 Jun 1702

• Rebecca Lay was born on 9 September 1666 at Lyme, New London Co., Connecticut.
• She married Daniel Raymond, son of Richard Raymond and Judith, at Lyme, New London Co., Connecticut, on 15 April 1684.^1,2
• Rebecca Lay married Samuel Gager, son of John Gager and Elizabeth Gore, at Norwich, New London Co., Connecticut, in April 1695.^2,3

Robert Lay

• Father*: Robert Lay¹ b. c 1618, d. 9 Jul 1689
• Mother*: Sarah Fenner¹ b. c 1617, d. 25 May 1676

• Charts: Descendants of Alice Freeman Chart

• Robert Lay was born on 6 March 1654 at Saybrook, Connecticut.²
• He married Mary Stanton, daughter of Thomas Stanton and Sarah Denison, at Saybrook, Connecticut, on 22 January 1678/79.³
• Robert Lay died in 1742 at Saybrook, Middlesex Co., Connecticut.¹

• Lived at Essex, Connecticut at the Lay homestead.¹
• His will was dated on 22 April 1731 his widow was executrix on 11 Oct 1743, names all of his children except Phebe.¹

Robert Lay¹

• Father*: Lay

• Robert Lay was born circa 1618.
• He married Sarah Fenner, daughter of Fenner, at Saybrook, Connecticut, in December 1647.²
• Robert Lay died on 9 July 1689 at Saybrook, Connecticut; aged 71 years.³

• Immigrant ancestor to America circa 1638.
• Robert Lay was of Lynn, Massachusetts in 1638, and came to Saybrook in 1649. He lived in the present town of Essex (formerly a part of Saybrook). He was a Freeman, 21 May 1657, and "desired" on 17 May 1660, "to take care of any of the estate of Mr. Fenwick, yet is subject to loss and damage." He was a Deputy to the General Court in 1666 and 1678. He was a large land owner, and one of the patentees of Saybrook, owning land both near Essex Point and in the "Oyster River Quarter" (now Westbrook).⁴

Robert Lay¹

• Father*: Robert Lay¹ b. 6 Mar 1654, d. 1742
• Mother*: Mary Stanton¹ b. 1660

• Charts: Descendants of Alice Freeman Chart

• Robert Lay was born on 27 January 1680/81? At Saybrook, Connecticut.²
• He was baptized on 27 May 1683 at First Congregational Church, Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut.³
• He married Mary Grinnell, daughter of Daniel Grinnell and Lydia Pabodie, at Saybrook, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, on 12 December 1703.¹
• Robert Lay died on 1 July 1738; age 57 years (g.s.).¹
• He was buried at Westbrook Cemetery, Middlesex Co., Connecticut.¹

• His will was dated on 27 June 1738 proved 26 Jul 1738 in Guilford Probate Court, mentions his wife Mary, and all eight children except John; Peabody Grinnell, his brother-in-law named appraiser of the estate.¹

Robert Lay¹

• Father*: Samuel Lay¹ b. 13 Feb 1694/95
• Mother*: Hannah Hayden¹

• Charts: Descendants of Alice Freeman Chart

• Robert Lay was born on 4 January 1746/47 at Saybrook, Middlesex Co., Connecticut.²

Dea. Robert Lay¹

• Father*: Robert Lay¹ b. 27 Jan 1680/81?, d. 1 Jul 1738
• Mother*: Mary Grinnell¹ d. 9 Jun 1755

• Charts: Descendants of Alice Freeman Chart

• Dea. Robert Lay was born on 20 December 1705 at Saybrook West Parish (Westbrook), Connecticut.^1,2
• He married Jemima Pratt on 3 November 1729.³
• Dea. Robert Lay married Elizabeth Denison on 24 June 1768.³
• Dea. Robert Lay died on 1 January 1790 at Westbrook, Middlesex Co., Connecticut; in his 84th year (g.s.).³

• Deacon at Westbrook Congregational Church for forty years. He lived in the old Lay homestead at Westbrook.³

Samuel Lay^1,2

• Father*: Robert Lay¹ b. 6 Mar 1654, d. 1742
• Mother*: Mary Stanton¹ b. 1660

• Charts: Descendants of Alice Freeman Chart

• Samuel Lay was born on 25 July 1691 at Saybrook, Connecticut.²
• He died on 5 August 1691 at Saybrook, Connecticut.²

Samuel Lay¹

• Father*: Robert Lay¹ b. 6 Mar 1654, d. 1742
• Mother*: Mary Stanton¹ b. 1660

• Charts: Descendants of Alice Freeman Chart

• Samuel Lay was born on 13 February 1694/95 at Saybrook, Connecticut.²
• He married Hannah Hayden at Saybrook, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, on 1 June 1726.³

Samuel Lay¹

• Father*: Samuel Lay¹ b. 13 Feb 1694/95
• Mother*: Hannah Hayden¹

• Charts: Descendants of Alice Freeman Chart

• Samuel Lay was born on 1 March 1743/44 at Saybrook, Middlesex Co., Connecticut.²

Sarah Lay¹

• Father*: John Lay b. 4 Oct 1692
• Mother*: Sarah Lee b. 12 Nov 1693

• Charts: Descendants of Alice Freeman Chart

• Sarah Lay was born on 10 September 1715 at Lyme, New London Co., Connecticut.
• She married Capt. Timothy Mather, son of Capt. Timothy Mather and Sarah Noyes, at Lyme, New London Co., Connecticut, on 12 February 1735/36.²
• Sarah Lay died on 25 May 1761 at Lyme, New London Co., Connecticut; age 43.³
• She was buried at Duck River Cemetery, Old Lyme, Connecticut.³

Sarah Lay¹

• Father*: Robert Lay¹ b. 6 Mar 1654, d. 1742
• Mother*: Mary Stanton¹ b. 1660

• Charts: Descendants of Alice Freeman Chart

• Sarah Lay was born on 19 February 1682/83 at Saybrook, Connecticut.²
• She was baptized on 27 May 1683 at First Congregational Church, Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut.³
• She married Hezekiah Buckingham, son of Rev. Thomas Buckingham and Hester Hosmer, at Saybrook, Connecticut, on 12 December 1703.⁴

Sarah Lay¹

• Father*: Samuel Lay¹ b. 13 Feb 1694/95
• Mother*: Hannah Hayden¹

• Charts: Descendants of Alice Freeman Chart

• Sarah Lay was born on 7 February 1731/32 at Saybrook, Middlesex Co., Connecticut.²
• She married Reuben Chapman.¹

Temperance Lay^1,2

• Father*: Robert Lay³ b. 6 Mar 1654, d. 1742
• Mother*: Mary Stanton³ b. 1660

• Charts: Descendants of Alice Freeman Chart

• Temperance Lay was born on 25 July 1691 at Saybrook, Connecticut.²
• She married Joseph Griswold, son of John Griswold and Bathseba North, at Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, on 29 December 1714.⁴
• Temperance Lay died on 18 September 1773 at Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut.⁵

Temperance Lay¹

• Father*: Samuel Lay¹ b. 13 Feb 1694/95
• Mother*: Hannah Hayden¹

• Charts: Descendants of Alice Freeman Chart

• Temperance Lay was born on 30 September 1740 at Saybrook, Middlesex Co., Connecticut.²

Thomas Lay¹

• Father*: Robert Lay¹ b. 6 Mar 1654, d. 1742
• Mother*: Mary Stanton¹ b. 1660

• Charts: Descendants of Alice Freeman Chart

• Thomas Lay was born on 10 May 1688 at Saybrook, Connecticut.²

• His lands are mentioned in the Saybrook records in 1711.¹

Elizabeth Layer¹

• Elizabeth Layer married John Brownson, son of John Brownson and Joan, at Earl's Colne, Essex, England, Or:1603/01/30-1604/01/30.¹
• Elizabeth Layer was buried on 31 July 1633 at Earl's Colne, Essex, England.

Bathsheba Rose Lazier^1,2

• Father*: James Lazier b. 1776, d. 1815
• Mother*: Maribeth Dorland b. 18 May 1782, d. 1814

• Bathsheba Rose Lazier was born on 18 April 1816 at Upper Canada.
• She married Mylo Parks, son of Cyrenius Parks and Elizabeth Huffman, on 11 February 1834.¹
• Bathsheba Rose Lazier died on 3 September 1901 at Hay Bay, Fredericksburg Twp., Lennox & Addington Co., Ontario, Canada.
• She was buried at Hay Bay Cemetery, Fredericksburg Twp., Lennox & Addington Co., Ontario, Canada.

Juliana Leach¹

• Charts: Thomas Beeman, Descendants Chart

• Juliana Leach married Philander Barritt, son of William S. Barritt and Catherine Beeman, at Fletcher, Vermont, on 19 April 1841.

Thomas Leach¹

• Thomas Leach was born circa 1652 at Portsmouth, New Hampshire.¹
• He married Mary Miner, daughter of Clement Miner and Frances Burcham, at New London, New London Co., Connecticut, circa 1689.¹
• Thomas Leach died on 24 November 1732 at New London, New London Co., Connecticut.¹

Anne Leader¹

• Father*: Richard Leader¹

• Anne Leader married Samuel Clark, son of Thomas Clark and Sarah, before 1668.¹

John Leatherland¹

• John Leatherland married Sarah Kimball, daughter of Moses Kimball and Susanna Goodhue, on 8 January 1732.¹

Elizabeth Leavitt¹

• Father*: Samuel Leavitt² b. c 1641
• Mother*: Mary Robinson²

• Elizabeth Leavitt married first circa 1688 James Dudley, son of Samuel Dudley and Elizabeth, (no children).²
• Elizabeth Leavitt married second Robert Brisco.³
• Elizabeth Leavitt married third at Exeter, New Hampshire, on 22 September 1730 Rev. John Odlin, son of Elisha Odlin and Abigail Bright.^4,3

Hannah Leavitt¹

• Father*: Ephraim Leavitt¹ b. c 1675
• Mother*: Martha¹

• Hannah Leavitt was born circa 1730 at Stratham, Rockingham Co., New Hampshire.¹
• She married Joseph Dudley, son of Nicholas Dudley and Elizabeth Gordon, at Stratham, Rockingham Co., New Hampshire, circa 1750.²

James Leavitt¹

• James Leavitt married Hannah Colcord, daughter of Samuel Colcord and Mary Ayer, at Brentwood, Rockingham Co., New Hampshire, in 1721.

Capt. James Leavitt¹

• Capt. James Leavitt married Alice Gilman, daughter of John Gilman and Elizabeth Treworgy, in 1707.¹

Mary Leavitt¹

• Mary Leavitt was born in 1601 at Shalford, Essex, England.
• She married John White, son of Robert White and Bridget Allgar, at Messing, Essex, England, on 26 December 1622.
• Mary Leavitt died in 1682 at Hartford, Hartford Co., Connecticut.

• Also known as Mary Levit.²

Moses Leavitt¹

• Father*: John Leavitt² b. 1608, d. 10 Nov 1691
• Mother*: Sarah Gilman² b. 26 Dec 1617

• Moses Leavitt was baptized on 2 August 1650 at Hingham, Massachusetts.³
• He was born on 12 August 1650 at Hingham, Massachusetts.¹
• He married Dorothy Dudley, daughter of Samuel Dudley and Elizabeth, at Exeter, Rockingham Co., New Hampshire, on 26 October 1681 they had eleven children "whose births, marriages and deaths require further research. Their birth order is uncertain."⁴
• Moses Leavitt died between 31 December 1730 and 16 June 1731 at Exeter, Rockingham Co., New Hampshire.¹

• His will was dated on 31 December 1730 proved 16 Jun 1731.¹

Anna Lee¹

• Charts: Descendants of Alice Freeman Chart

• Anna Lee married Benjamin Craft, son of Benjamin Craft and Margaret Choate, at Manchester, Massachusetts, on 18 December 1760.²

Edward Lee^1,2

• Edward Lee married Elizabeth Wright, daughter of Benjamin Wright and Jane, on 7 November 1676.¹
• Edward Lee married second Abigail Stevens, daughter of Thomas Stevens.³
• Edward Lee died in April 1727.¹

• Edward Lee, or Leigh, or Lees, came to Guilford about 1675.³