In brief

Born June 13, 1697, in Windsor, Connecticut. He married September 4, 1723.

Family

Spouse
m. 1723
Spouse
Mary ____

Children

With Joanna Lee

  • William Hayes · in this line
    b. April 5, 1725, in Simsbury, Connecticut
    m. Simsbury, Connecticut
    m. January 15, 1761
  • Joanna Hayes
    b. August 12, 1727
  • Judah Hayes
    b. January 3, 1730, in Simsbury, Connecticut
    m. Honora Lamson, February 20, 1760
  • Rhoda Hayes
    b. March 31, 1732
  • Dudley Hayes
    b. March 24, 1735, in Simsbury, Connecticut
    m. Anne Hayes, June 22, 1756, in Simsbury, Connecticut
  • Silence Hayes
    b. March 9, 1737
    m. John Loomis in August 1763
  • Aaron Hayes
    b. August 18, 1739
    d. November 25, 1762, in Havana, Cuba
  • Ozias Hayes
    b. Abt. 1741
    d. September 5, 1762, in Havana, Cuba
  • ____ Hayes
    b. Abt. 1748
    d. 1748
  • Rosanna Hayes
    b. April 15, 1748
    m. Nathan Gosard, November 20, 1766

With Mary ____

  • Jenny Hayes
    b. October 15, 1754

Siblings

  • Abigail Hayes
    b. August 31, 1684, in Windsor, Connecticut
    m. Paul Tompkins
  • Daniel Hayes
    b. April 26, 1686, in Windsor, Connecticut
    m. Martha Holcombe, March 1, 1716, in Simsbury, Connecticut
    m. Sarah Lee, May 4, 1721, in Simsbury, Connecticut
    m. Mary ____ around 1739
    d. September 23, 1756, in Simsbury, Connecticut
  • Sarah Hayes
    b. January 1687, in Windsor, Connecticut
    m. John Gosard/Gozzard
  • Mary Hayes
    b. January 1689, in Windsor, Connecticut
    m. William Rice, August 28, 1712
  • Johanna/Joanna Hayes
    b. October 2, 1692, in Windsor, Connecticut
    m. James Hillyer
  • George Hayes
    b. March 9, 1695, in Windsor, Connecticut
    m. ____
    m. Sarah ____ around 1736
    d. Abt. 1765
  • Samuel Hayes
    b. Abt. 1699 in Simsbury, Connecticut
    m. Elizabeth Willcockson, July 16, 1719, in Simsbury, Connecticut
  • Thankfull/Thankful Hayes
    b. Abt. 1700 in Simsbury, Connecticut
    m. Nathaniel Holcombe, October 9, 1717, in Simsbury, Connecticut
  • Benjamin Hayes
    b. Abt. 1703 in Simsbury, Connecticut
    d. October 19, 1744, in Simsbury, Connecticut
  • Doritha/Dorothy Hayes
    b. Abt. 1706, in Simsbury, Connecticut
    m. Abraham Dibble

Life story

A Simsbury Juror

William Hayes was born June 13, 1697, in Windsor, Connecticut, son of George Hayes, and received a seventy-five-acre land grant from the town of Simsbury in 1723. He served as tithingman in 1742 and as grand juror in 1748 and 1754. William inherited a sixth of his father's estate under George's 1725 will.

Sources (2)
  1. Reverend Charles Wells Hayes, George Hayes of Windsor and His Descendants (Buffalo, New York: Baker, Jones & Co., 1884).
  2. Jean B. Lohr, “Which John Lee Married Elizabeth Crampton of Guilford,” The Connecticut Nutmegger 23 (June 1990): 176-177; image copy, American Ancestors, (https://www.americanancestors.org/DB59/i/11774/176/23567376 : accessed 10 July 2026).