Family talk:John Lay and Sarah Andrews (1)

No support was evident for John Lay "Drummer" having married Sarah COLLIN or COLLINS by any previous researcher or by a preliminary internet search of my own. If anyone has any proof that John's wife was COLLIN/COLLINS, please present. Some sources cited on http://www.geocities.com/lfgainc/rward3.html "The Lay Family in America, Yesteryears" Vol 7, pas 190-202 by Alice H. Lay; "Early Connecticut Probate Records" Vol I pas 51-52, 188-189, 219-220 by C.W. Manwaring; "Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut" pa 131 by Charles Hoadley; "The Lay Family of Lyme" and "Early Families of New London and Vicinity" by Charles Dyer Parkhurst --Neal Gardner 13:40, 21 September 2009 (EDT)

This John Lay married Sarah Andrews, daughter of the widow Catharine (_____) Andrews who married, as his second wife, the first Thomas Birchard. One of this Thomas' sons married Sarah's sister Christian Andrews.--jaques1724 18:56, 2 July 2017 (UTC)