Daniel Hayes was born on 26 April 1686 at
Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut.
4,2 He was the son of
George Hayes and
Abigail Dibble.
2,3 In 1707/08, Daniel was taken prisoner by the Indians and held captive in Canada for five years.
5,3 Daniel Hayes married
Martha Holcomb, daughter of
Nathaniel Holcomb and
Martha Buell, on 1 March 1716 at
Simsbury, Hartford County, Connecticut.
6 Daniel Hayes was admitted as Freeman in October 1717.
6 He married second
Sarah Lee, daughter of
John Lee and
Elizabeth Crampton, on 4 May 1721 at
Simsbury.
7,6 Daniel Hayes married
Mary (--?--) about 1739.
6 Daniel Hayes died on 23 September 1756 at
Granby, Hartford County, Connecticut, at age 70.
7 He was buried at
Salmon Brook Cemetery, Granby, Hartford County, Connecticut.
6
Child of Daniel Hayes and Martha Holcomb- Daniel Hayes b. 20 Dec 17166
Children of Daniel Hayes and Sarah Lee- Sarah Hayes b. 2 Mar 1722, d. 17507
Ezekiel Hayes b. 21 Jun 1723, d. 6 May 17247
Ezekiel Hayes b. 21 Nov 1724, d. 17 Oct 18078
Benoni Hayes b. 8 Jan 1726, d. 16 Jan 17268
Martha Hayes b. 8 Nov 17268
Joel Hayes b. 2 Oct 1728, d. 27 May 18008
Elizabeth Hayes b. 5 Mar 1730, d. 4 Mar 17378
Silence Hayes b. 11 Nov 1731, d. 2 Mar 17378
Aaron Hayes b. 6 Sep 1733, d. 27 Feb 17378
Zilpah Hayes b. 25 Aug 1735, d. 1 Apr 17378
Zilpah Hayes b. c 17389
Notes and Citations:
- [S264] Compilers Note: Daniel was the great-great grandfather of President Rutherford B. Hayes.
- [S268] Rev. Charles W. Hayes, A.M., "The Hayes Family of Windsor and Granby, CT.", The New England Historical and Genealogical Register vol. 36 (October, 1882). Online version used, http://www.newenglandancestors.org, page 388.
- [S586] Mark Williams, Tempest in a Small Town: The Myth and Reality of Country Life, Granby, Connecticut, 1680-1940 (Granby, Connecticut: Salmon Brook Historical Society, 1996), page 101.
- [S157] James Savage, A Genealogical Dictionary of The First Settlers of New England, Before 1692, 4 vols. (Boston: Little, Brown, 1860-1862; reprint Rio Vista, California: American History and Genealogy Project, 2000). Online version used. Alphabetical by surname. Vol. 2 [Hayes] "GEORGE, Windsor 1682, had there Daniel, b. 1686; George, 1695; and William, 1697; beside four ds. rem. to Simsbury, and descend. long there."
- [S35] Holcomb Family Genealogy, online http://www.holcombegenealogy.com/, James and Randall Holcomb, "Daniel Hayes was taken prisoner by the Indians in 1707/08, carried to Canada, and kept in captivity at least five years. He earned his own ransom, for which he was reimbursed by Ct. Martha Buel Holcomb witnessed Daniels' capture far from her home as she was walking to get cows at the bottom of a far hill".
- [S268] Rev. Charles W. Hayes, A.M., "The Hayes Family of Windsor and Granby, CT.", The New England Historical and Genealogical Register vol. 36 (October, 1882). Online version used, http://www.newenglandancestors.org, page 389.
- [S335] The Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center, online http://www.rbhayes.org/.
- [S268] Rev. Charles W. Hayes, A.M., "The Hayes Family of Windsor and Granby, CT.", The New England Historical and Genealogical Register vol. 36 (October, 1882). Online version used, http://www.newenglandancestors.org, page 390.
- [S35] Holcomb Family Genealogy, online http://www.holcombegenealogy.com/, James and Randall Holcomb.