Life span: 06/23/1817 to 05/05/1894TabsLife SummaryFull name: John Jay IIPlace of Birth: New York, NYBurial Place: Rye, NYBirth Date Certainty: ExactDeath Date Certainty: ExactGender: MaleRace: WhiteSectional choice: NorthOrigins: Free StateFamily: William Jay (father), Augusta McVickar Jay (mother), John Jay (grandfather), Eleanor Field (wife) Education: Columbia (King’s College)Occupation: DiplomatAttorney or JudgeWriter or ArtistRelation to Slavery: White non-slaveholderChurch or Religious Denomination: EpiscopalianPolitical Parties: Free SoilRepublicanOther Affiliations: Abolitionists (Anti-Slavery Society)Government: Diplomat Events Major TopicsEmancipationRepublican Party Documents Images John Jay, engraving John Jay, engraving, detail Bibliography
