George William Lay

Background

Lay, George William was born on February 26, 1860 in Huntsville, Alabama, United States. Son of Henry Champlin and Elizabeth Withers (Atkinson) Lay.

Education

Preparatory education Saint Paul’s School, Concord, New Hampshire (U.S.), 1876-1880. Bachelor of Arts, Yale, 1882. Bachelor of Divinity, General Theological Seminary, New York, 1886.

Doctor of Civil Law, University of the South, 1915.

Career

Deacon, 1885; priest, 1886, Protestant Episcopal Church. Assistant minister Saint Paul’s Parish, Erie, Pennsylvania, 1885-1887, Saint George’s Parish, Newburgh, New York, 1887-1888. Master in Saint Paul’s School, Concord, New Hampshire (U.S.), 1888-1907.

Rector Saint Mary's School, Raleigh, North Carolina, 1907-1918.

Assistant minister Christ Church, Springfield, Massachusetts, 1918-1919. Rector Saint Paul’s Church, Beaufort, North Carolina, since 1919.

Secretary Board of Missions, Diocese of New Hampshire (U.S.), 1895-1907. Member Executive Council and v.-chairman Department of Religious Education, Diocese of East Carolina.

Member Department of Religious Education of 4th Province.

Achievements

• George William Lay has been listed as a noteworthy clergyman. by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Executive Council and v.-chairman Department of Religious Education, Diocese of East Carolina. Member Department of Religious Education of 4th Province. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, North Carolina Association of Science, Psi Upsilon.

Connections

Married Anna Booth Balch, of Baltimore, June 26, 1894. Children: George Balch, Elizabeth Atkinson (Mistress Paul Green), Ellen Booth (Mistress Harold Hodgkinson), Nancy Rogers (Mistress Charles A. White), Lucy Fitzhugh, Henry Champlin, Virginia Harrison (Mistress James East. Hawkins), Thomas Atkinson (deceased).

Father:

Henry Champlin Lay

Mother:

Elizabeth Withers (Atkinson) Lay

Spouse:

Anna Booth Balch

child:

Nancy Rogers Lay (Mistress Charles A. White)

child:

Elizabeth Atkinson Lay (Mistress Paul Green)

child:

Virginia Harrison Lay (Mistress James East. Hawkins)

child:

Henry Champlin Lay

child:

George Balch Lay

child:

Thomas Atkinson Lay (deceased)

child:

Lucy Fitzhugh Lay

child:

Ellen Booth Lay (Mistress Harold Hodgkinson)