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<!--Insert birth and parent information text here -->Dr. Zina W. Lay was born on May 11, 1787<ref name="Medical">Medical Society of the County of Albany (NY), "Annals of the Medical Society of the county of Albany with Biographical Sketches of Deceased Members", Volume 1, Published by J. Munsell, Albany, 1864 page 328, www.googlebooks.com</ref> in Middlesex County, Ct<ref name="Medical"/> to Robert Lay and Desire Wolcott.<ref name="Ancestry">www.ancestry.com</ref> <br />
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<!--Insert schooling information here.-->Zina was educated at the Academy in Saybrook, Ct.<ref name="Medical"/> Then at at 17 years, he studied under Dr. John Ely of Greenville, Greene Co, NY.<ref name="Medical"/> After his studies with Dr. Ely, he recieved his medical license.<ref name="Medical"/> <br />
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<!--Insert information about the persons occupations here -->Dr. Zina W. Lay was a medical doctor who served Westerlo and Rensselaerville.<ref name="Medical"/><ref name="Janet">Haseley, Janet, "Like a Place Built in a Green Bowl, with a Crack on One Side", The Rensselaerville Press; A Quarterly newsletter of the Rensselaerville Historical Society, Winter 2008-9.</ref><ref name="Howell">Howell, George Rogers, & Jonathan Tenney, Bi-centennial [[History of the County of Albany]], NY from 1609-1886 with Portraits, Biographies and Illustrations, W. W. Munsell & Co., 1886</ref><ref name="People Made">Rensselaerville Historical Society, People Made It Happen Here; History of the Town of Rensselaerville ca. 1788-1950</ref><br />
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<!--Insert information on the persons marriage and children here -->Dr. Lay had three wives.<ref name="Medical"/> The first was the daughter of [[Moses Smith]] and by her he had five children, 3 of which survived.<ref name="Medical"/> His second wife is unknown. In 1845 he married his third wife, [[Flora Backus]], who was the widow of Reverend Samuel Fuller.<ref name="Janet">Haseley, Janet, "Like a Place Built in a Green Bowl, with a Crack on One Side", The Rensselaerville Press; A Quarterly newsletter of the Rensselaerville Historical Society, Winter 2008-9.</ref><ref name="Medical"/><ref name="People Made"/> She had one adopted daughter [[Mary Brewerton]], who was thirteen years of age at the time of the marriage.<ref name="Janet"/> <br />
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Dr. Lay was described as a mild mannered, sympathetic individual, who cared for the sick and poor. He was confident in his skill and transmitted this confidence to his patients.<ref name="Medical"/> <br />
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Dr. Lay was Presbyterian and donated frequently to his local churches and their causes.<ref name="Medical"/><br />
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In 1812, Zina W. Lay was a surgeon's mate for Albany County's 5th Regiment of the Cavalry, second brigade.<ref name="Hastings">Hastings, Hugh, State Historian, "Military Minutes of the Council of Appointment of the state of New York</ref><br />
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==Life==<br />
Zina W. Lay lived in Connecticut until the age of 17, when he came to Greenville to study under a relative Dr. John Ely.<ref name="Medical"/><br />
After receiving his license, he went to work in Westerlo where he remained for 13 yrs.<ref name="Medical"/> It was during this time that he married his first wife. For 4 years, he lived and worked in Cooperstown, but he then returned to Westerlo.<ref name="Medical"/> In 1824, he was nominated by Albany citizens along with George Merchant and John Taylor to represent them at a convention in Utica in support of DeWitt Clinton.<ref name="Hanyan">Hanyan, Craig and Mary L., "DeWitt Clinton and the Rise of the People's Men", McGill/Queen's University Press, 1996, page 215.</ref> He was recorded in the 1830 US Census living in Westerlo.<ref name="1830Census">1830 US Census, Westerlo, Albany Co, NY</ref> In 1845 he married [[Flora Backus]], the daughter of Colonel [[Electus Backus]] and the following year the family moved to the hamlet of Rensselaerville, where they owned a large house which housed his practice as well as the family.<ref name="Janet"/><ref name="People Made"/> At some point about 1850, they then moved to the city of Albany, where Dr. Lay focused his practice on the study and treatment of the lungs and throat.<ref name="Janet"/><ref name="Medical"/> In the 1850 US Census he and his family were recorded in Rensselaerville and his family included his wife Flora, [[Mary Brewerton]] and [[Olive Bailey]].<ref name="1850Census">1850 US Census, Rensselaerville, Albany Co, NY</ref> It is said that after living in Albany, he moved to Stillwater, Saratoga County, NY where he died in 1855.<ref name="Medical"/><br />
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<!--Insert the death and burial information here -->Dr. Zina W. Lay reportedly died in March of 1855 while living in Stillwater, Saratoga Co, NY.<ref name="Medical"/> He died of heart disease at the age of 68 years.<ref name="Medical"/> <br />
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