Re: My Lay Ancestors: Looking for connection
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Re: My Lay Ancestors: Looking for connection
4/16/01
Not sure if this will help or pan out for you...My ggg-grandfather, Dempsey Guthrie, married a Kisziah Lay, widow of William Lay, in Grisham Township, Montgomery Co., ILLINOIS, around 1840.If I am not wrong, the census of 1850 shows Dempsey having a William in his household.This could be YOUR William Lay, son of William (deceased) and Kisziah...especially since Dempsey had a biological son named William who was older.
Many people moved from Tennessee and Kentucky, up through the western edge of Illinois and into the Montgomery Co. area.
Again, not sure if this will help at all.