HAYES, Abigail

Notes:

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]

Other Events and Attributes:

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

Notes:

William Horne was killed by the Indians during the raid upon Dover when the Waldron Garrison House and several other garrisons were burned and many inhabitants were massacres and a number of prisoners were taken either to Maine or to Canada. Genealogical Items relating to Dover, NH (New England Historic Genealogical Society online)

William1Horne taxed at Cochecho 1659-1677; killed 28 June 1689; inventory entered by his widow Elizabeth 15 July 1699 Genealogical Dictionary, Maine and New Hampshire, Surnames, G-H, Page 350

William Horne of Dover 1659, betw, Cochecho and Tole End from Edw. Starbuck 27 Sept 1661. He had been of Salis., the home of his w. Elizabeth2 Clough (John1), named in her fa.'s will 1691. William Horne 1691/2 Dover [Inventory of the estate of William Horne of Dover, Feb. 27, 1691/2; amount, £189.8.0; signed by Samuel Heard and Thomas Downes; attested by Elizabeth Horne, the widow, July 15, 1699.] [Probate Records, vol. 3, p157.]

Died:
Killed during the Indian Massacre at Oyster River

William married CLOUGH, Elizabeth in 1659 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA. Elizabeth (daughter of CLOUGH, John and UNKNOWN, Jane) was born on 16 Dec 1642 in Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 30 Sep 1707 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Differentiator: Elizabeth had the distinction of being the only woman to sign her own name, among many signers of a petition to Massachusetts to set up a temporary government. All other women made their mark.

Notes:

Elizabeth's husband was killed in the Cocheco Massacre in New Hampshire, in 1689 when the Waldron Garrison House and several other garrisons were burned.
Elizabeth was taken by Indians in Dover in 1707 and killed.

Died:
Elizabeth was taken by Indians in Dover in 1707 and killed.

Johannes married TROWLECH, Martina in 1608. Martina was born in 1585 in Clerkenwell, Middlesex, England; died on 9 Jun 1609 in London, London, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Arrival: 1635, Massachusetts, USA
• Departure: 1635
• Residence: 1639, Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts, USA

Notes:

Salem Witch Trials connection:

John Clough and his wife signed the petition in favor of Mary Bradbury. Mary was tried, convicted, and sentenced to hang, but managed to evade the sentence being carried out until after the trials had ended. She lived until 1700.

Interestingly, my direct ancestors John Allen and Robert Pike supported Mary Bradbury as well.

Our ancestor John Clough, sometimes spelled Cluff and Cluffe,
was born about 1613.

John Clough’s descendants have wondered if they were related to the Welsh Clough family, but despite much effort, could trace no connection.
Richard Clough Yr Hen (meaning “Senior”) from Denbigh, Wales, was the father of three daughters and seven sons. One son, Richard (Jr.) made a pilgrimage to the Holy Land on crusade. He returned to Great Britain, where he accumulated a considerable fortune, and was knighted…becoming Sir Richard Clough.
Members of the John Clough Genealogical Society (descendants of John Clough of Salisbury, Massachusetts) contacted Oxford ancestors to start a Clough Y-line DNA study. The Y chromosome of a male member of the Society (surnamed “Clough”) was analyzed, as was the Y chromosome of a direct male descendant of Sir Richard’s son by a Dutch mistress. The results were exactly the same.

Meanwhile, our John Clough sailed from London, England, to America on the ship Elizabeth in 1635.

Unlike many of the other settlers in New England, the passengers on the Elizabeth were not an organized company, but rather a group of individuals seeking land and a new home.

“John Clough evidently came from a prosperous family as he paid at least 25 pounds for his passage on the Elizabeth and 50 pounds to become a proprietor of Salisbury.”

He arrived at the age of 22.

His name is first found on the records of Charlestown, Massachusetts, from there he went to Watertown, Massachusetts, and became a proprietor.
Later, Clough removed to Salisbury.

In 1639, John Clough was among original settlers of a new township named Colchester near the mouth of the Merrimack River. The name of this new town was changed to Salisbury the following year.

There is a record of the general court granting to John Clough, land at Salisbury in 1639.

Like most of the 20,000 Englishmen who migrated to New England between the years 1620 and 1640, John Clough was a Puritan, yet he was even more of a dissenter than the Pilgrims or the Puritans of the Bay Colony.

John Clough was a Presbyterian, a member of a religious sect that was forbidden to assemble in England by order of the King in 1610.
Nevertheless, he was quickly admitted to the church of Salisbury and was made a freeman in 1640.

John received his land in the “first division” and acquired additional land in 1640. He paid 50 pounds to become a proprietor in Salisbury. To receive his share of the second division of upland land, he had to possess at least another 150 pounds.

John married Jane Sanders in 1642.

John received land in the first division at Salisbury and again in 1640; he was a taxpayer in 1650 and he subscribed to the oath of fidelity in that year; he was admitted freeman in 1642.

By 1650, then 37 years old, John Clough was firmly established in Salisbury, where he became prominent in public affairs.

He was appointed as the “Jury of Tryals,” an office he filled many times before 1677.

That he was involved in other activities is indicated by this note in a town meeting: “Liberty be granted to John Clough, Robert Pike and Henry True to transport so many plank as will serve for the deck of a vessel building in Boston.”

Pike, a wealthy business man, True and Clough were in an enterprise of building a “vessel in Boston,” probably for the coastal trade, which was a means of rapidly accumulating one’s income.

All these outlays suggest that John Clough received considerable money from an inheritance in England, yet he left no record of his lineage or birthplace.
About 1656, he became a pioneer on Salisbury Plains where he bought a farm of several hundred acres. This is where he erected his homestead.
Salisbury Plains was a distance about two miles northwest into the wilderness.

His rights as a commoner in the divisions of “upland” probably permitted him to purchase shares of land that is now part of Kingston, New Hampshire, where his grandchildren lived in the early 1700s.

Before his death, John Clough acquired hundreds of acres of land in Salisbury, Amesbury, and Haverhill, which he distributed either by gift during his lifetime or by will to his children and grandchildren.

John and Jane Clough were the parents of seven children. All were born in Salisbury.

Both boys and girls attended the school that was taught first by the minister and then by Thomas Bradbury.

Bradbury is highlighted in a chapter of the book titled Mary Bradbury.

Jane died in 1679. John then married Martha Blaisdell, the widow of Thomas Cilley, in 1686.

Martha is part of the Shipwreck Survivors chapter of this book, while Thomas is featured in the Cilley Family chapter.

John Clough died in 1691 in Salisbury.

His will was witnessed by Henry Blaisdell, the brother of Martha.

Thomas Clough, the second son and fifth child of John and Jane, is our next direct ancestor. He was born in 1651.

Their oldest child, Elizabeth, was born in 1642. She married William Horne.

Elizabeth had the distinction of being the only woman to sign her own name, among many signers of a petition to Massachusetts to set up a temporary government. All other women made their mark.

Horne was killed in the Indian massacre at Oyster River, New Hampshire, in 1689 when the Waldron Garrison House and several other garrisons were burned.
Elizabeth was taken by Indians in Dover in 1707 and killed.

from https://vandenheedemarkfamily.wordpress.com/gilman-family/clough-family/

John married UNKNOWN, Jane in 1641 in Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts, USA. Jane was born in 1620; died on 16 Jan 1679 in Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts, USA; was buried in Amesbury, Essex, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]