Isaiah VanNotten Shay

Birth: 25 Mar 1818 · Sandyston, Sussex, New Jersey
Death: 10 Apr 1861 · Sandyston, Sussex, New Jersey

Isaiah VanNotten Shay was born in New Jersey in 1818. His parents are currently unavailable.

Befoer about 1841, Isaiah married Sarah Youngs, daughter of John Youngs and Roanna Rosenkrans. Isaiah and Sarah had three children born in Sussex County, New Jersey; Antonette (1841), John A (1844), and Watson J (1845). After his first wife passed in 1847, Isaiah married second Rachel Ann Youngs, his widow's younger sister. Isaiah and Rachel Ann had two children born in Sussex County, New Jersey; Coe B (1848-1878), and Usual (1894).

Isaiah worked for the postal service and was appointed Postmaster in Hainesville, Sussex, New Jersey on February 6, 1845.

Isaiah VanNotten Shay died in 1861 and is buried with both of his wives at Hainesville Cemetery in Hainesville, Sussex County, New Jersey.