Jessie, Hello! Your John K. Nay was he married to Mrs. Sarah J. Law on 4 July 1889 in Coles Co., IL?? If so, I have a few questions for you, please let me know either through this board or e-mail me directly. If this is your John K., I have a group picture with them in it!!! Angel [email protected] wrote: > Hi , cousin....You are a fairly close kin. My grandfather was John K Nay, > Grandson of Elza Nay . My ggrandfather was Zachariah ,the oldest son of Elza > and Elendor Pinnell Nay. Benjamin Franklin was the seventh child of Elza and > Elendor. > You are right about the Pinnells and the Nays intermarrying. I have a letter > written by Arthur Nay to John K Nay about the time that Benjamin's wife > Susan died. > > If you would like any more info on these ancestors I would be delighted to > share what I have. > > I presume you have the Nay Family Genealogy compiled by Ernest Omar Nay MD. > > As you know the original Nay came with his family from Siegen Germany in 1734 > and they were part of the Germanna Colony ...actually by the time they > arrived the colony had moved into Fauquier County. But the Nays are written > up in the Germanna Colony material. I went to Siegen , Germany where the Nays > lived for generations. I think we can trace the Nay family back to around > 1300 or so. > I have also located a Nay family burial ground at Nay Pines in Fauquier Co. > > Jessie Nay Heinzman -- Jeff and Angel Eubank [email protected]