Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1910-07-29
ACorner in Ancestors
Hayes Family

By ELEI.NoR LEXINGTON

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however, in Colonial times, tells d
nothing We of to-day know yer,
much better how George should spell
his, and Hayes is the way. Enough
said.
Now. his eldest son wrote his nam,
Daniel Halls" But he furnishes sc
much omance-although romance"
was probably not his name for lite
the story, that we are quite willing to
allow him any privileges In the way
OF photography. Time falls ia go into
his story in detail, but he was car
ried away by Indians to Canada
where he was kept four or Ave years
He finally found his way home again,
and In 1920. built house at Sims
burg, of which the foundation walls
still remain. He is a good ancestor
to claim, II you can, for he was in the
war called after Queen Anne. His 10
the Oldest stone in the old Salomou
Brook cemetery. Daniel married Mar
tina Holcombe. first: Sarah Lee, ses
ond; Mary, third. and he had q
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, was descended from George
of Windsor.
George Hay of Virginia married O
daughter of President Monroe.
Heitman's Officers of the American
Revolution" gives the following
names: From Pennsylvania, ldeuten-
ants Patrick, Samuel, Udney and VIII
liam Hay from Virginia. Surgeon Jo
seph Hay.
From New Jersey. Maj. Samuel
Hayes; from Virginia, Lieut. Thomas
Hayes.
From New Jersey, Ensign Johp
Hays; from Virginia, Ensigns Andrew
and Robert and Capt John Hays;
from North Carolina, Ensign Robert
Hays; from Georgia, Lieut. Arthur
Hays.
Every one knows the. story of Mol
Pitcher, the revolutionary heroine
Her name, however. was not Mol
Pitcher. She was born Mary Ludwig
and married John Hayes of Pennsyl
vania. an artillerist. As a Hayes
therefore. we can give her a place in
our story She went about with her
husband. in the war, and is said 70
| have fired the last shot at Fort Gin
ton. When the fight was on, she car
ried water with which to swab on,
| 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 hei
bravery at the battle of Monmouth
Two monuments have been erected tc
her memory; one over her grave al
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, II we know the
family well, but not without a re
serve. We are not willing to acknowl
edge that one Scottish trait is theirs.
to a marked degree; that they are
prudent, 20 the verge Of exclaimins
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
Flavel, and Ezekiel, (there seems to
have been a rare fascination about the
name Ezekriell Can any one lay
hands upon a family of two or three
hundred years ago that hadn't an
Ezekiel?) Then other Hayes favor
ties were Sarepta. Lucretia and Me.
lissa.
The coat-of-arms illustrated is bla
zoned: Three escutcheons. gules.
Crest: 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 1t is also Hay or
Hayes motto.
The Hayes of Chester, Eng, were
granted arms in 1915, which is bla.
zoned Sable; on chevron, argent,
three leopards' heads, or. crescent,
/ gules.
Crest: A demi-lion holding a pheon,
argent, stan, or.
Think Pleasant Thoughts.
When you are dropping on to sleep