Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1880-01-15

doubt as to the truth Of her statement
and the jury, after short delibeTation,
gave her verdict
The same energy carried Mrs. Grant
through the British line in 1777. when
intercourse with the enemy was rarely
granted. Her sentiments were we'll
known, but her leaning to the rebel
side did not stand in her way. One of
her sons-in-law had large sums of
money in the hands of George Hayleyy
in London, at the breaking out of the
war, and this money was looked upon
as lost But one day letter arrived,
under cover to n loyalist, conveying the
pleasing intelligence that the money
was safe, and had been put out at inter-
est for the owners benefit Means.
were found to send this letter to her
son-in-law in Narragansett, but Mrs.
Grants anxiety to know if it had
reached its destination was so great as
to induce her to apply to General Pigot
for a pass to the mainland. This was
a favor that few would have dared TO-
ask, so rigid were the lines drawn. The.
pass that General Pigot gave her, writ,
ten with his own hand, has been pre-
served.
/ have mentioned thename of George
Hayley; his widow was another Illus
tration of the successful manner in
which woman, trained as girls were
then trained, could carry on an extend
ed business. She was sister of the
celebrated John Wilkes. A well-in-
formed woman, and admitted into good
society, she delighted to surround her
self with men OF culture. Hayley, her
husband, had been a clerk to her first
husband, and although he attained to
the position of Member of Parliament,
and was at one time an Alderman in
London, he took no interest in any
thing but his dayboook and ledger.
This left his wife to her own resources.
She became great traveller, but tray-
eled to improve herself; was fond of the
drama, and carried this taste to such
lengths that she had box in every
theater; and it was also said that she
attended all the remarkable trials at.
the Old Bailey, where a place was al
ways reserved for her. Her town
house was in Great Ayliffe street, Lon
don, and her country seat, after Hay
lev's death, was at Bromley, ten miles
away. Her carriage, built after the
best fashion and elegantly furnished,
was drawn by four COal-black horses,
and on stepping into it she took her
watch in her hand and allowed her
coachman exactly one hour between the
two places.
Hayley who had large interests in
America when the Revolution broke
out, died before the war was over, leav-
ing handsome fortuLe. In 1884
Madam Hayley-she was always so
addressed--came to America in the
ship Mary, Captain John Scott, vessel
which she had chartered. She landed
in Boston, and when she reached New
port her arrival was announced in the
local newspaper of July 81, 1884 A
woman so cultivated as was Madam
Hayley was at once well received, and
while in America she visited many
places; but her time was chiefly taken
up in trying to collect what was due to
her husbands estate. Before her re-
turn she married Patrick Jeffrey, q con-
nection of Francis jeffrey, who had been
sent to this country as the agent of a
lumber of London merchants who had
claims in America.
Madam Hayley's troubles were not,
confined to the collection of money due
ler. The crew of the ship she had
chartered were wholly British seamen;
Iome of them deserted, and their places
we're filled in the United States, chiefly
With Nantucket men. The ship, still
n the employ of Madam Hayley, went.
jouth and made good whaling voy-
lge; then returned to London, where
Ter cargo was offered for entry as
train oil, from fish taken by the crew
If the Mary, British-built ship, one
bird of her crew being British born,
therefore, free of duty" The entry
vas not allowed, and the cargo, valued
It $4,000 sterling, was seized by the
Madam Hayley brought a
uit, recovered her property, and with
t damages to the amount of G500 ster-
ing.
If Madam Hayley's second marriage
vas ill-assorted, her third marriage was
.nything but fortunate. She was then
evenly years of age, and the man she
married was less than thirty. 1t was
lot long before they separated. Her
laughter by Hayley married Robert
Saker, whose son became Admiral Sir
henry Lorraine Baker, and was with
ADMIRAL COCkburn, in 1914, when the
British fleet tried to push its way up
he Potomac. At that time he was in
ommand of the sloop-of-war Fairy,
nd during the engagement was
rounded in the cheek by musket ball.
n 1916 he again came to this country;
his time to see if he could be more sue
essful than his grandmother had been
4 collecting outstanding claims. The
year he sat to Stuart for his
Ortrait, and in the picture the evil
ence of the wound received in 1914 is
isible. The portrait is now owned by
r. A. L. Elwyn, of Philadelphia, who
lherited it from his mother, to whom
was presented by Admiral Baker.
l have insensibly been led from the
ames of Rhode Island to one of En-
lish origin. In one respect they were
OF unlike, but in others they were en-
rely dissimilar. They had at least in
)mmon that knowledge of business