Ancestry of
Jimmy Carter

39th U.S. President

James Kay Jr.

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• • 3rd Great-grandfather of Jimmy Carter — 6th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 42 
  • Father:
  • James Kay 
  • Mother:
  • Grace Elgin   
  • Birth Date:
  • 30 Jun 1787 
  • Birth Location:
  • Prince William County, Virginia 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Christening Location:
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  • Death Date:
  • 27 May 1859 
  • Death Location:
  • Abbeville County, South Carolina 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • Little River Baptist Church Cemetery, Level Land, Abbeville Co., South Carolina 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Elizabeth Ann Clinkscales
  • Marriage Date:
  • 27 Aug 1806 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Abbeville County, South Carolina 
  • Child:

  Mary Kay (Ahnentafel No:21 )

• Sources for James Kay Jr.

  • ¹ Daughters of the American Revolution Genealogical Research System, Ancestor #A023200.
  • ² Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 06/07/2014).
  • ³ Brogan, Hugh and Charles Mosley, American Presidential Families, New York: Macmillan Publishing Company (1993), 726-727.
  • ⁴ Carter, Jeff, Ancestors of Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter, Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland and Company, Inc. (2012), 72, 79.
  • ⁵ Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Royal Descents of 600 Immigrants to the American Colonies or the United States (2 vols.), Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co. (2008), 822.
  • ⁶ Roberts, Gary Boyd, comp., Ancestors of American Presidents, 2009 Edition, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2009), 167, 572.