The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1910-07-15

HoWeVeT, IN COlOnlal tunes, tells us
nothing. We of to-day know very
much better how George should spell
his, and Hayes is the way. Enough
said.
Now, his eldest son wrote his name
Daniel HAS," But he furnishes so
much romance-although romance"
was probably not his name for ito
the story, that we are quite willing to
allow him any privileges in the way
OF photography. Time fails to go into
his story in detail, but he was car
ried away by Indians to Canada,
where he was kept four or five years.
He finally found his way home again.
and in 1920, built a house at Sims
burg, of which the foundation walls
still remain. He is a good ancestor
to claim, if you can, for he was in the
war called after Queen Anne. His is
the oldest stone In the old Solomon
Brook cemetery. Daniel married Mar
tina Holcombe, first; Sarah Lee, Sec
ond; Mary, third, and he had a
large family.
Richard, the immigrant, married
Patience Mack, and they had nine
olive branches. Richard was a lieu.
tenant in the French and Indian war.
Rutherford B. Hayes, nineteenth
president, vas descended from George
of Windsor.
George Hay of Virginia married a
daughter of President Monroe.
Heitman's "Oficers of the American
Revolution gives the following
names: From Pennsylvania, Lieuten-
ants Patrick, Samuel, Udney and Will
liam Hay from; Virginia, Surgeon Jo-
seph Hay.
From New Jersey, Maj. Samuel
Hayes; from Virginia, Lieut.. Thomas
Hayes.
From New Jersey, Ensign John
Hays; from Virginia, Ensigns Andrew
md Robert and Capt. John Hays;
from North Carolina, Ensign Robert
Hays; from Georgia, Lieut.. Arthur
Hays.
Every n knows the story of Moll
Pitcher, the revolutionary heroine.
Her name, however, was not Mol
Pitcher. She was born Mary Ludwig,
and married John Hayes of Pennsyl.
van1a, an artillerist. AS a Hayes,
therefore, we car give her a place in
our story. She vent about with her
husband, in the war. and is said to
have fired the last shot at Fort Gin.
ton. When the fight was on. she car.
ried water with which to swab out
the guns. In those days, water buck
cts were called pitchers. This is why,
she was called by the soldiers, Mol
Pitcher" There is a story that Wash.
ington made her a sergeant for her
bravery at the battle of Monmouth.
Two monuments have been erected to
her memory; one over her grave at
Carlisle, Pa, and another on the bat
tlefield of Monmouth.
When we are told that the Hayes
have strongly marked Scottish char.
acteristics, We assent, if we know the
family we'll, but not without a re-
serve. We are not willing to acknowl.
edge that n Scottish trait is theirs,
to a marked degree; that they are
prudent, to the verge of exclaiming
with the Highlander, that he had not
been in London two hours before
bang went saxpence!"
Favorite names of an early genera.
ton, are Edward. Julius, Milton, Milo.
F1avel. and Ezekiel, (there seems to
have been a rar fascination about the
name Ezekriel! Can any n lay
hands upon a family of two or three
hundred years ago that hadn't an
EzekielD Then other Hayes favor.
ties were Sarepta, Lucretia and Me.
LISA.
The coat-of-arms illustrated is bla.
zoned: Three escutcheons. gules.
Crest: A falcon rising, proper.
Motto: Serva Jugum-keep the
yoke.
Spare Nought is the motto of the
Marquis of Tweeddale, whose family
name is Hay, as it is also a Hay or
Hayes motto.
The Hayes Of Chester, Eng, were
granted arms in 1915, which is bla-
zoned: Sable; on a chevron, argent
three leopards' heads, or, a crescent,
gules.
Crest: A demi-lion holding a pheon.
argent, staff. or.
Think Pleasant Thoughts.
When you are dropping OF to sleep
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