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He was prepared for college by the Rev. Thomas Ellison and Henry Davis, and graduated from Yale in 1807. He studied law, but on account of a weakness of the eyes he relinquished the profession and retired to his father's home at Bedford, N.Y.

He was brought up in the Protestant Episcopal faith, but his churchmanship was broad, and he gave his co-operation in the formation of the American Bible Society in 1810, against the judgment of the high church party. He was assigned to the bench of Westchester, N.Y., as one of the county judges, by Governor De Witt Clinton in 1818, holding the office until 1823. He was re-appointed under the new constitution in 1823 and served till 1843, when he was displaced by Governor W. C. Bouck at the demand of a proslavery faction, Judge Jay being a conservative anti-slavery advocate, opposed to the work of the Colonization Society. He was first president of the New York Anti-Slavery Society, 1835-36. Kenyon college conferred on him the honorary degree of LL.D. in 1858. He is the author of: Memoir on the Subject of a General Bible Society for the United States (1815); Letter to Bishop Hobart (1823); Mosaic Laws of Servitude (1824); Life of John Jay, with Select Papers (1833); Colonization and Anti-Slavery Societies (1835); A View on the Action of the Federal Government in behalf of Slavery (1837); The Condition of the Free People of Color in the United States (1839); War and Peace (1842); Causes and Consequences of the Mexican War (1849); An Address to the Non-Slave-Holders of the South on the Social and Political Evils of Slavery (1849); Miscellaneous Writings on Slavery (1853), and over thirty published letters, essays and addresses (1815-55). He also left in manuscript A Commentary on the Bible.¹

He was prepared for college at the Columbia Grammar School, conducted by Dr. Charles Anthon, and graduated from Columbia College, A.B., 1859.
     In April, 1861, he was appointed volunteer aide-de-camp on the staff of Maj.-Gen. John E. Wool; was commissioned captain in August, 1861, and served as aide-de-camp to Gen. George Morrell; to Gen. George G. Meade, of the 5th corps, Army of the Potomac; to Gen. George Sykes, who succeeded Meade in command of the 5th corps, and again to General Meade after he had assumed command of the Army of the Potomac. He participated in the battles of Chancellorsville and Gettysburg, in the Wilderness campaign, in the siege of Petersburg and in the pursuit of Lee's army, and was present at the surrender at Appomattox. He was twice brevetted for gallant and meritorious conduct. He resigned from the service when the volunteer army was disbanded in 1865, having attained the rank of lieutenant-colonel.
     On returning to New York he was graduated from the Columbia Law School, LL.B., 1867, was admitted to the bar in 1868, and practised in New York city in partnership with Edgar S. Van Winkle and Flamen B. Candler, 1868-82, and after Mr. Van Winkle's death continued the partnership with Mr. Candler. Upon the death of his father, May 5, 1894, he inherited the ancestral estate, Bedford House, at Bedford, Westchester County, New York, which had descended to his great grandfather through Mary Van Cortlandt, her great great grandmother.¹

Kennon Jayne, age 88, a lifelong resident of New Canaan died Monday, June 30, 2014 in Norwalk Hospital with his loving family by his side. Kennon was born March 25, 1926 in New York City, he was the son of the late John and Dorothy Sewall Jayne. Kennon was the husband of Sabra Toulson Jayne.
As a boy, Kennon attended Fay and Choate School and graduated from Williams College in 1948. In his early adult years Kennon served as a Lieutenant in the US Navy at the end of World War II and during the Korean War as a signal operator. In 1952, he received an honorable discharge and began his civilian life, married Sabra Toulson in 1957 and started his career at IBM as a Marketing Manager. Kennon was a very active member in the New Canaan community volunteering his time and raising funds for the YMCA, United Way Foundation, Waveny Care Center and Staying-Put, to name a few. He was a very active and distinguished member within the St. Marks church community.
In addition to his wife, he is survived by four sons, John T. Jayne and his wife Karen of Littleton, Mass, Truxtun Sewall Jayne and his wife Christina of Seattle, WA, Joseph K. Jayne and his wife Sibyl of Needham, MA and Houston Jayne and his wife Jennifer of Menlo Park, CA, one sister Pamela Miller of Greenwich, CT and six grandchildren, Hannah, Joe, Maxwell, Sam, Madeleine, and Helen. Kennon was predeceased by his son William M. Jayne.
Interment will be held in the family plot in Bath Maine. A Memorial Service will be held at St Marks Church, Oenoke Ridge, New Canaan CT on Saturday, September 13,2014 at 11:00AM. http://www.hoytfuneralhome.com July 2014.³