John Clarkson Jay

John Clarkson Jay (September 11, 1808 – November 15, 1891) was an American physician and notable conchologist as well as one of the original founders of New York Yacht Club. He was the grandson of Founding Father John Jay. Early life and education Jay was born on September 11, 1808, in New York City. He was the eldest of eight children born to attorney Peter Augustus Jay (1776–1843), the Recorder of New York City, and Mary Rutherfurd (née Clarkson) Jay (1786–1838). His siblings included Peter Augustus Jay, Mary Rutherfurd Jay, who married Frederick Prime; Sarah Jay, who married William Dawson; Catherine Helena Jay, who married Dr. Henry Augustus DuBois; Anna Maria Jay, who married Henry Evelyn Pierrepont; among others. His paternal grandparents were Sarah Van Brugh (née Livingston) Jay and John Jay, the Founding Father who was a diplomat, the first Chief Justice of the United States and two-time Governor of New York State. His maternal grandparents were General Matthew Clarkson and Mary (née Rutherfurd) Clarkson, a sister of U.S. Senator John Rutherfurd and daughter of Walter Rutherfurd. Jay graduated from his father and grandfather's alma mater Columbia in 1827, and from the College of Physicians and Surgeons in 1831.