Jay family

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The Jay family is a prominent American lineage best known for producing influential figures such as Founding Father and first Chief Justice of the United States, John Jay.

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Jay family canonical 14

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American political family ⓘ
family ⓘ
human ⓘ
human ⓘ
human ⓘ
human ⓘ
associatedWithPlace New York ⓘ
Rye, New York ⓘ
Westchester County, New York ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States ⓘ
ethnicity American of Huguenot descent ⓘ
fieldOfActivity diplomacy ⓘ
law ⓘ
politics ⓘ
social reform ⓘ
hasAncestralHome Jay Estate ⓘ
hasFounder Augustine Jay ⓘ
knownFor abolitionism ⓘ
abolitionist activity ⓘ
diplomatic service ⓘ
legal careers ⓘ
political influence in early United States history ⓘ
memberOf Jay family ⓘ
notableMember John Jay ⓘ
John Jay II ⓘ
linked to: John Jay

Peter Augustus Jay ⓘ
William Jay ⓘ
occupation diplomat ⓘ
judge ⓘ
jurist ⓘ
lawyer ⓘ
statesman ⓘ
originatesFrom New York Colony ⓘ
positionHeld Chief Justice of the United States ⓘ
Governor of New York ⓘ
President of the Continental Congress ⓘ
religiousBackground Protestant ⓘ
roleInHistory Founding Father of the United States ⓘ
signatoryTo Federalist Papers ⓘ
Treaty of Paris (1783) ⓘ
socialClass American elite ⓘ
timePeriodOfProminence 18th century ⓘ
19th century ⓘ

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Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sarah Jay → notableFamily → Jay family ⓘ
Peter Jay → memberOf → Jay family ⓘ
Van Cortlandt family → connectedTo → Jay family ⓘ
Jay Estate → associatedWithFamily → Jay family ⓘ
John Jay → memberOf → Jay family ⓘ
subject linked to: Jay family
Peter Augustus Jay → memberOf → Jay family ⓘ
Maria Jay → memberOf → Jay family ⓘ
Maria Jay → partOf → Jay family ⓘ
Maria Jay → notableFamily → Jay family ⓘ
Ann Jay → family → Jay family ⓘ
Sarah Louisa Jay → memberOfFamily → Jay family ⓘ