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 6

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American political family
family
human
human
human
human
associatedWithPlace New York
Rye, New York NERFINISHED
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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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