Posts By: Heather Iannucci

Although we have a Jay Family Story about the heroic Adam Von Trott who tried to defeat Adolf Hitler by leading a revolution from within the German government, we also have a Family Story about a Nazi sympathizer and propagandist, Douglas Chandler. Chandler is related to the Jay family through his marriage to Laura Jay…

The Huguenot Society of America was organized in 1883 to promote the cause of religious freedom, and to commemorate the memory of the Huguenots who fled France and settled in the United States. Much of the organizing and promoting that went into creating this society was facilitated by John Jay II, whose great-great grandfather Auguste…

During the years leading up to the Civil War, when tensions were highest, John Jay II and famed abolitionist Stephen Meyers worked closely to help enslaved persons escape to Canada along the Underground Railroad. Jay used his position as an attorney to free people escaping enslavement through the courts in New York City, while Myers,…