George Hayes

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Descent: Meghan Jane Leineweber ← Catherine Raye Lobb ← Patricia Jane Loomis ← Edward Byron Loomis ← Isaac Hayes Loomis ← Juliette Cordelia Hayes ← Nelson Hayes ← Alanson Hayes ← Jeremiah Hayes ← William Hayes ← William Hayes ← George Hayes

In brief

Born in Scotland. He married August 29, 1683, Windsor, Connecticut. He died September 2, 1725, in Simsbury, Connecticut.

Family

Spouse

Sarah ____

Spouse

Abigail Dibble

m. 1683

Children

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
William Hayes · in this line
b. June 13, 1697, in Windsor, Connecticut
m. September 4, 1723
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

From Scotland to Salmon Brook

George Hayes was born in Scotland and, wanting to see London, moved as a young man to live with an uncle in Derbyshire, England, before eventually emigrating to America and settling in Windsor, Connecticut. By 1698 he had bought land at Salmon Brook (now Granby) in Simsbury, becoming a freeman there in 1701 and steadily adding to his holdings — including a 1723 grant of 138 acres from the town. In his April 1725 will, George left his homestead to his wife Abigail for her lifetime, gave his son Benjamin a share of the Salmon Brook sawmill in exchange for caring for him in old age, and divided the remainder of his substantial estate among his other children. George died in Simsbury on September 2, 1725.

Sources (1)

Reverend Charles Wells Hayes, George Hayes of Windsor and His Descendants (Buffalo, New York: Baker, Jones & Co., 1884).