- **Born:** December 12, 1745 in New York City - **Parents:** Peter Jay (wealthy merchant of French Huguenot descent) and Mary Van Cortlandt (Dutch ancestry) - **Spouse:** Sarah Van Brugh Livingston Jay - **Children:** Peter Augustus Jay, Susan Jay (died at 3 weeks), Maria Jay, Ann Jay, William Jay, Sarah Louisa Jay - **Died:** May 17, 1829 in Bedford, New York - **Highest Office:** 1st Chief Justice of the United States (1789-1795) - **Other Notable Positions:** 2nd Governor of New York, President of Continental Congress, Secretary for Foreign Affairs, Minister to Spain, Chief Justice of New York Supreme Court, delegate to Constitutional Convention - **Party Affiliation:** Federalist Party - **Historical Note:** Co-authored the Federalist Papers with Hamilton and Madison, advocating for Constitutional ratification. Negotiated both the Jay Treaty with Britain (1794) and the Treaty of Paris ending the Revolutionary War (1783). Last surviving President of the Continental Congress and delegate to the First Continental Congress at time of his death.