HAYES, Elizabeth

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• Name: Elizabeth Betty Hayes
• Name: Elizabeth Roberts
• Birth: 1758

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Died:
Age: 91

Elizabeth married ROBERTS, Timothy on 28 Nov 1782 in Strafford, New Hampshire, USA. Timothy (son of ROBERTS, John and BURNHAM, Susanna) was born on 3 Aug 1759 in Somersworth, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA; died on 3 Aug 1835 in Milton, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Married:
Date of marriage testified to in Pension files. Elizabeth is the daughter of Timothy's mother's second husband

1. ROBERTS, Elizabeth "Betsey" was born on 11 May 1798 in Milton, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA; died on 4 Jan 1884 in Rochester, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA; was buried in Rochester, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA.
2. ROBERTS, Mary Main was born on 20 Jan 1791 in Milton, Strafford Co., New Hampshire, USA; died on 16 May 1868 in Union Village, Wakefield, Carroll, New Hampshire, USA.
3. ROBERTS, John was born on 4 Feb 1788 in Milton, Strafford Co., New Hampshire, USA; died on 25 Dec 1833 in New Orleans, Jefferson, Louisiana, USA.
4. ROBERTS, James was born in 1783 in Somersworth, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA; died in 1839.
5. ROBERTS, Hezekiah died on 1 Nov 1820 in Andover, Essex, Massachusetts, USA.

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• Death: Rochester, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA
• Differentiator: 1) SIGNED ASSOCIATION TEST, ROCHESTER, 1776
• Relation to Me: 7 GGF
• Revolutionary War: #: A052858
• _DNA: Match (maternal)
• Birth: 27 Jan 1727, New Hampshire, USA
• Birth: 27 Jan 1727, Tole End, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA
• Birth: 27 Jan 1727/28, Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA
• Residence: 1776, Rochester, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA
• Residence: 1776, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA
• Residence: 1790, Rochester, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA
• Residence: 1800, Farmington, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA
• Will: 23 Apr 1801, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA
• Death: 11 Jan 1802, Rochester, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA

Wentworth married MAIN, Mary on 29 Nov 1753 in Rochester, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA. Mary (daughter of MAIN, Amos and WHITE, Elizabeth) was born on 20 Sep 1732 in Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA; died on 14 Jan 1774 in Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Relation to Me: 7 GGM
• _DNA: Match (maternal)

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• Relation to Me: 8 GGF
• Name: John Hayes Deacon
• Occupation: Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA; Deacon at the First Church in Dover
• Residence: Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA; Lived at Tole-end in Dover
• _DNA: Match (Michelle - M)
• Birth: Between 1686 and 1687, Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA
• Death: 3 Jul 1759, Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA

John married WENTWORTH, Tamsen in 1711 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA. Tamsen (daughter of WENTWORTH, Ezekiel and KNIGHT, Elizabeth) was born in 1687 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA; died on 30 Dec 1753 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA; was buried in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Relation to Me: 8 GGM
• Name: Tamsen
• _DNA: Match (Michelle - M)

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NEHGR Vol 5 page 205James3 Chesley married Tamsen Wentworth, granddaughter of Elder William, by Ezekiel2. James was killed by the Indians, 15 Sept 1707, and his widow, Tamsen married John Hayes of Dover born 1686, son of John, who settled in Dover about 1680, Her second husband (Hayes) died 3 July 1759, having had a second wife. she must have married soon after his death, as her first child (John Hayes) was born 9 Oct 1711. James3 Chesley left but one child, James4, born 18 May 1706 and died 10 Oct 1777.

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• Differentiator: There is a statue of Amos Main in the center of Rochester where he was the first minister
• _DNA: Match (maternal)
• _DEG: 1729, New Hampshire, USA; degree from Dartmouth College
• Physical Description: Between 1737 and 1760; It is said that he traveled long distances from Rochester to provide his services as a minister, lawyer, teacher and physician. Although he carried his gun as well as his Bible, the Indians had so much regard for his character, he was never attacked.
• Occupation: 1737, Rochester, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA; Amos Main became the first minister of the Congregational Church in Rochester, NH. Pastor Main was also the first moderator (advisor), physician and barrister (lawyer) in the town.

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Notes from the Rochester Historical Society
http://rochesterhistoricalnh.org/2014/07/30/rochesters-first-churches/#_edn4

By the 1720’s land for a new town north of Dover was divided up into lots of 60 acres owned by proprietors. Most of these men were investors and usually did not move here. The first attempt to get people to come here to settle failed because of conflicts with the native people and fears about moving into this wilderness.[i]
By 1730 a second attempt was made and several families came to settle the new town. One of the first acts of the proprietors was to vote to build a meetinghouse. Their vote was for a building, “forty feet long, thirty-five feet wide, and eighteen foot stud; to be well framed & Inclosed &c.” [ii]
This meeting house was built on the top of Rochester Hill. The spot was near the middle of the town as it was then laid out. Its position at the top of the highest point was good for safety. The roads all led to this spot. The building would be the center of the town government and also serve as the church. Most of the early Rochester settlers attended this meeting house which was called Congregational because the people of the congregation made the decisions.
The people gathered at the meetinghouse to make town government decisions as well as for religious activities. There was no separation of church and state. Everyone was taxed to support the Congregational meetinghouse ministry.
Many of Rochester’s first settlers were descendants of Puritan churches , and they followed the teachings of John Calvin. They subscribed to Calvin’s doctrines of predestination and the strict moral codes of their Puritan forefathers. They loved and feared their Lord, and they believed that their salvation was entirely in His hands.
At this time minsters were well -educated men, graduates of Harvard or Dartmouth and among the most educated people in the community. Rochester settlers wished to have such a person for their spiritual guidance. Ministers from Dover did visit the new town from time to time, but the people wanted someone of their own to rely on.
The land owning proprietors who mostly lived elsewhere were slow to hire a minister and the residents had to petition them for one. Their second petition in 1736/7 read in part, “Your petitioners have been settled here, some of them seven years or thereabout…we are now increased to the number of about 60 families and are as yet destitute of a settled minister.” [iii]
In May of 1737, Parson Amos Main was called to full time service. He was a Harvard graduate and his wife was also very well educated. She had attended the best schools available for women in Boston. The parson carried out his religious duties and helped with governmental responsibilities. [iv]
He acted as a lawyer and as a doctor for the people. The journals he kept show that he traveled to many area towns. He recorded charges for treating people in Berwick, Durham, Barrington, Lebanon, Somersworth, Dover and occasionally Greenland, Rye, Stratham, and Wells. While on these journeys he provided spiritual support, met with people on their deathbed, and baptized infants and adults. He dispensed medicines and set broken bones.
He also acted as a lawyer, writing wills and indentures. He was paid for his services with whatever the person could give him such as wool, flax, boards, beef, pork, or labor. Rarely, he received money. Money was scarce and people were more likely to trade goods and services than to use money. [v]
Parson Main and the early Rochester settlers lived in a time of great danger from the French and Indian Wars. During this time, some Rochester residents were captured and taken to Canada and others were killed. Parson Main is remembered as always carrying his gun wherever he went, but he never had to use it for defense. The native people had great respect for him. They frequently came to his house to visit and would tell him details that they knew about his travels like where he had been and even when they had seen him walk his horse or when he had trotted it. When asked why they had not killed him, they said it was because he was a good man, like their priests they knew in St Francis, Canada. [vi] Amos Main lived in his own private house until his death of consumption in 1760.

Amos married WHITE, Elizabeth on 20 Jan 1732 in New Hampshire, USA. Elizabeth (daughter of WHITE, John II and GILMAN, Lydia) was born on 16 Nov 1702 in Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 4 Mar 1774 in Rochester, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA; was buried in Rochester, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Note taken from book - "John Hayes A Book of His Family" Volume One, published1936 by Katherine F. Richmond, Tyngboro, Mass.

Page 32 - "Deacon John Hayes (John1) born 1686/7 in Dover,New Hampshire; died 3 July 1759 in Dover, NH; buried in Pine Hill Cemetery where the following inscription appears on his gravestoneaaaaaaa; 'Dea. John Hayes the 1st born of the Pilgrim fathers of the N. E. Hayes family Died 3 July 1759 age 73 years.'"

The name Hayes is of Scotch origin. It was originally written Hay, and means an enclosed park or field. Four families of the name of Hayes came to New England in the seventeenth century. Thomas settles in Milford, Connecticut in 1645; Nathaniel at Norwalk, Connecticut in 1652; John at Dover, New Hampshire 1680; and George at Windsor, Connecticut in 1682. George Hayes born in Scotland in 1655, lived at Windsor and Simsbury, Connecticut dying at the latter place September 2, 1725. His great-grandson Rutherford, born July 29, 1758, who lived at Brattleboro, Vermont, and served in the Revolution was the grandfather of President Rutherford B. Hayes. It is probable that the present branch of the family, like all others born in New Hampshire, is descended from John, who came to Dover in 1680, and married Mary Horne.

"It is a family tradition that John came to America as a refugee after
the defeat of the Scot Covenanters at the Battle of Bothwell Bridge in
1679, but this has never been proved. He was at Dover, NH in 1680 and is
referred to in Dover history as the "Scotsman" and as the "Covenanter".

*Source Information: Genealogical and Family History of the State of Maine, Vol 3 by Henry Sweetser Burrage, Albert Roscoe Stubbs pub. 1909

Four men by the name of Hayes emigrated to New England during the seventeenth century. Three of these, Thomas, Nathaniel and George, settled in Connecticut, while John came to New Hampshire.

Thomas Hayes established himself at Milford, Connecticut, in 1645, but removed a few years later to Newark, New Jersey, where his descendants are living to this day.

Nathaniel settled at Norwalk in 1651, but this line disappears after 1729.

George came to Windsor, Connecticut, as early as 1680, and there is a tradition that he was a brother of John of New Hampshire, but no proof has been found.

The following family traces its origin to the New Hampshire immigrant.

(I) John Hayes settled at Dover Corner, New Hampshire, in 1680, and is the ancestor of most of the people of that name living in the surrounding region and along the Maine coast. It is said that he came from Ireland, but the form of his name is English; however, it would be quite easy to add additional letters upon coming to a new country.

It is also said that John had a brother Ichabod, who came over with him, but afterwards went south.

John Hayes had a grant of land at Dover in 1693-94, and he died there October 25, 1708.

On June 28. 1686. he married Mary Horne, and there is a tradition that she was but thirteen years old at the time. There were ten children:

John, born in 1687;
Peter, mentioned below;
Robert;
Ichabod, March 13, 1691-92;
Samuel, March 16, 1694-95;
William, September 6, 1698;
Benjamin, September, 1700;
a daughter who married an Ambrose of Salisbury (probably Massachusetts);
a daughter who married an Ambrose of Chester.

Genealogical Items relating to Dover, NH (NEHGR vol 6 pg 333)John1 Hayes the ancestor of the Hayes families of New England, is said to have emigrated from Scotland about 1680, and to have settled at Dover "Corner." His wife was Mary Horne, whom tradition says he married when she was but thirteen years old, which tradition is probably as true now as it ever was. He had a brothr Ichabod, tradition also says, who went South and left descendants there. John had a grant of land in 1693/4. Children of Mary and John born in Dover, Strafford, NH1.1.3.1 John2 Hayes born 1686 died 3 July 1759 Dover, Strafford, NH buried Pine Hill married 29 Dec 1704 wid of James Chesley, Tamsen(Wentworth) Chesley born 1687 died 3 July 1759 Dover, Strafford, NH wid of James3 Chesley was killed by Indians 15 Sept 1707. Tamsen dau Deacon Gershom Wentworth. John married 2nd Mary Roberts wid of Samuel Wingate.

Buried:
buried in Pine Hill Cemetery where the following inscription appears on his gravestoneaaaaaaa; 'Dea. John Hayes the 1st born of the Pilgrim fathers of the N. E. Hayes family Died 3 July 1759 age 73 years.'"

John married HORNE, Mary on 28 Jun 1686 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA. Mary (daughter of HORNE, William and CLOUGH, Elizabeth) was born in 1673 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA; died in 1703 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Birth: 1667, Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA

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• Name: Ezekial WEntworth
• Birth: 1651, Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts, USA

Ezekiel married KNIGHT, Elizabeth on 27 Jun 1676 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA. Elizabeth (daughter of KNIGHT, Ezekiel and EATON, Mary, daughter of KNIGHT, Ezekiel and UNKNOWN, Ann) was born on 1 Feb 1646 in Wells, York, Maine, USA; died on 9 Mar 1726 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA; was buried in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Residence: York, Maine, USA

Josiah married TRAFTON, Dorothy in 1700 in York, York, Maine, USA. Dorothy (daughter of TRAFTON, Thomas and MOORE, Elizabeth) was born in 1678 in York, York, Maine, USA; died in 1749 in York, York, Maine, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: John White
• Name: John White II
• Residence: Essex, Massachusetts, USA
• _DNA: Match (maternal)

John married GILMAN, Lydia on 24 Oct 1687 in Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts, USA. Lydia (daughter of GILMAN, Honorable John and TREWORGYE (TRUWORTHY), Elizabeth) was born on 12 Dec 1668 in Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts, USA; was christened in Exeter, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA; died in 1713 in Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Residence: USA
• _DNA: Match (maternal)