David Hays/Hayes settled in
Saratoga County, NY
Information on this page is primarily about his family. The families of numerous other relatives also lived in
Saratoga County.
Reasons for My Hays Family to leave
I
have found a number of reasons for DAVID HAYS to leave
always been relatively small, rents were being
increased. The growing factory system in
meant that
for the cottage industries of weaving and spinning by which my family had augmented their income (women spun
all year and men operated the heavy weaving looms during winter months). With the end of the War of 1812,
cheap or free land in the
for their
children in
reason was that the flax seed they used was being imported from
also increased. The family recognized that bad times were getting worse and a reasoned decision was made to
move on. Since the
family was Baptist, they were more likely to emigrate than the Catholics in the
rest of
Ireland
life they knew best. I have not been able to determine
where the family actually lived in
was north of the
in Half
Moon. Later censuses have it located in
from Half Moon.
Sophia’s family had moved from Kingston, Ulster County to Saratoga County, in 1783. William’s second wife was
Maria Alsdorf.
They had 4 sons and 2 daughters, Maria died on
11 Apr 1843.
William married Rachel about 1845. She was born in
Vermont
.
Elias Terpening
Hayes, a son of William, stayed in
He had 3 sons and 2 daughters.
William Hayes, Jr. was married in
Henrietta, Jackson County, MI in 1853. They had 4 daughters.
Sylvester Alsdorf
Hayes, who was born in 1830, moved to
moved to
Fred
Hayes,
my family.
There are 2 other Hayes family members that I have come across that may be related to William and David. They are another David and a Hugh Hayes. I have seen their in various records, but I do not know their relationship to
David or William.
Information about David Hayes and his family is found on my
A complete listing of all of the family members is available
from the MY Families link on the Home Page.
Maria Alsdorf’s grave is next to
William’s in the
Photos from
King
George’s War
On 16 Nov
1745 3 sons
of Jan Fort and Margariet Rinckhout,
Abraham, Johannes and Jacob, were working outside of Fort Saratoga Quebec
Additional information about King George’s War is available at: http://www.usgennet.org/usa/topic/colonial/book/chap8_3.html
WEBSITES
THAT MIGHT BE OF SOME INTEREST
Saratoga County
Saratoga County Gen
Saratoga County Cemeteries http://www.interment.net/US/ny/saratoga.htm
Saratoga County
Vital Records in
Saratoga
Beer’s Atlas http://babbage.clarku.edu/~djoyce/gen/saratoga/Atlas.html
The home of Elias T. Hayes is indicated on the map of
Clifton
Park
Schoharie
Schenectady
Ulster
This page was last revised on 18 August 2010