HAYFORD Class _jCi^^^ Book SJ I..L COPYRIGHT DEPOsA HISTORY OF THE HAYFORD FAMILY 1100 - 1900 WITH BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES AND ILLUSTRATIONS ITS CONNECTIONS BY THE BONNEY, FULLER # PHINNEY FAMILIES WITH THE MAYFLOWER 1620 CHICKERING FAMILY 1356 - 1900 BY OTIS HAYFORD 'Learn the past and you will know the future."— Confucu's. CANTON, MAINE 1901 t THE LIBRARY OF GONGRESS, Two Cofi£s Received NOV. 4 1901 OOPVRinHT ENTRY CLASS [;\^XXa Ho. S U zi COPY B. Copyright, Bv Dtis Hayfori), Canton, Me. 1901. Rl'MFORD FALLS PUBLISHING CO., PRINTERS, RUMFORP FALLS, MAINE, i!;r^%/:x^^^^ — Bebication- To the descendants of John Heiford and wife, Abigail Albins, of Braintree, Mass., Apr. 8, 1679, the author inscribes this book. HUustrations* Page. Portrait of Author, 5 Hayford Coat of Arms, 35 Residence of Thomas F. Hafford and daughter, Eloise A. Hafford, of Lakeville, formerly Middleboro, Mass., 1724-1901, 41 Hafford Cemetery, Lakeville, Mass., 43 Gustavus Hayford^ residence at Canton, Me., erected 18 1 5, 137 Lake Anasagunticook, Canton, Me., formerly known as Whitney Pond, 143 Grave of Whitney, Whitney Pond, Canton, Me., 144 Zeri Hayford^ residence. Canton, Me., 1816-1901, 175 Otis Hayford, Sr.^, residence, Canton, Me., 1832-1901. 185 Otis Hayford, Jr.^ residence, Canton, Me., 1865-1901. 193 Pages. Preface, 1 3 Colonial History, 17-24 Revolutionary Muster Rolls, 25-29 English Genealogy, 3°-3^ John Heiford^ of Braintree, Mass., 1679, 39 John Heiford- of Middleboro, Mass., " 39 John Hayford- Branch, 51-70 Samuel Hayford- Branch, 71 Thomas Hayford'- Branch, 71-72 Edward Hayford'-^ Branch, 73 Benjamin Hayford'- Branch, 74-79 Daniel Hayford'- Branch, 80-82 Daniel Hayford, Jr.'^ Branch (New Hampshire), 83-96 Samuel Hayford^ Branch (Massachusetts), 97 Webster Hayford" Branch (New York), 9S-99 Genealogy of the Bonney Family from 1620, loi, 243-244 William Hayford^ Branch (Maine), 100-103 William Hayford, Jr.*, Branch (Maine), 103-124 Betty Hayford* Branch (Maine), 124-129 Artimissa Hayford* Branch (Maine), 129-132 Matilda Hayford* Branch (Maine), 133 Arvida Hayford* Branch (Maine), 133-135 Gustavus Hayford* Branch (Maine), 135-168 Genealogy of the Fuller Family, 1620, 139-142 Zeri Hayford* Branch (Maine), 168-215 Genealogy of the Chickering Family from 1356-1900, 170-177 Genealogy of the Phinney Family from the Mayflower, 192-195 Gad Hayford* Branch, 215-223 Albert Hayford* Branch, 224-242 John Hayford" and Thankful (Phinney) Hayford Branch, Continued. 245-253 John Hayford* (John", John'-, John^) of New York, 245 Ipreface. "The memories of fathers are histories to their children." Until within the past few years, the author of this work knew not who his ancestors were, prior to the life of William Hayford, who emigrated from Pembroke, Mass., to Sylvester Canada, now Turner, Ale., in the year 1777. While in his younger days, when the children of the said William were some of them living at advanced ages, some information might have been obtained from them, yet those opportunities having been neglected, no one could be found two years ago who could impart, to him the knowledge of whom the parents of the said William were, he being the great grandfather of the author. This led to extended inquiries, the result of which will be imparted in the following pages of this work, that future generations of this family may have the benefit of all the information he has been able to acquire of his early ancestry, with the sincere hope that it may lead some one interested and able to take up and carry forward the work to more fully satisfactory results. So far as known no one of this race has succeeded, even in a limited degree, in furnishing a genealogical history of the Ha}^- ford family from colonial times to the present date, or any con- siderable part thereof ; and all genealogical works of reference are barren and void of any important information in this line. It is deeply to be regretted that our early ancestors were so exceptionally remiss and neglectful in the past, and that for the first fifty years and more of their residence in Plymouth Colony the town and church records failed to receive from them their proper attention. Especially in marriage and birth records there is found a great lack of such information as may be readily found in reference to other families of that time. For these various reasons there must inevitably rest doubt as to the final conclusions herewith drawn, as to the emigrant pater- nity of this family, and the first two generations following ; yet, after exhausting every known resource, and thoroughly examin- ing the town, church and court records of each and every town 14 PREFACE. in which any one bearing the family name was known to have resided during the first one hundred years of their residence in New England, it would seem that no other conclusion could be reached. One difficult feature in tracing this family has been the very many ways of spelling the name, even in the same family and generation, and that often the town officials made use of a differ- ent manner than the individual himself, which fact has undoubt- edly often discouraged the enquiring mind so seriously as to cause it to despair of success, and finally abandon all effort to unravel the mystery. A tradition, however, exists in the Hay- ford Family, widely extended in its several branches, as handed down through many generations, "that our race sprung from three brothers who came over from England or Holland in the days of the early settlement of Plymouth Colony ;" that one of these brothers went to sea and never returned ; and that the descendents of one changed the manner of spelling the name from the Holland or English style to that of H-a-y-f-o-r-d, as it is generally found to exist after the earliest years of the eight- eenth century, say about 1712-20. This will appear to have been the case in the records that follow. To the many kind friends who have furnished valuable infor- mation with family records, etc., the author would herewith acknowledge his great indebtedness and return his sincere thanks to each and all. Especially is he indebted to Mr. Byron L. Hay- ford of Milbridge, Me.; to the late Cyrus P. Hayford of Mt. Pisgah, Ohio, and Mrs. Helen P. Oilman of Boston, Mass. And also to Miss Eloise A. Hafford of Lakeville, Mass., for much of the history of the Hafford branch, as also valuable English history. It is, however, to be regretted, that in numerous cases valuable statistics might have been added if continued requests had not been met with entire indifference and were often void of recog- nition. While errors must unavoidably occur, great care has been taken to make this history in the main correct and reliable, and although commenced with the intention of confining its rec- ords to the "William Hayford " branch of the State of Maine, that labor has led to results that have caused the writer to include all that is known by him of the entire race of Hayfords, and to supplement with brief genealogical histories of the Bonneys, PREFACE. 15 Fullers, and Chickerings, of whom he is also a descendant, and of the Phinneys, from whom his wife descended. Once again, expressing the hope that this partial and necessa- rily imperfect work may stimulate some future historian to more complete efforts, I present it to its readers, sincerely trusting that it may be of some little value to those descendants of our com- mon ancestors. THE AUTHOR. Canton, Maine, A. I). 1901. "People will not look forward to Posterity who never look backward to their Ancestors." — Burke. Colonial IHistor^. Some facts and records pertaining to the early Colonial History of the Hayford Family. The New England Genealogical and Antiquarian Register has the following under the head of Founders of New England : "The Register of all the names of ye passengers wch passed from the Port of London for an whole year ending Xmas 1635. The-is vnder written names are to be transported to New Eng- land, embarqued in the Planter, Nics. Travice M-r, bound thither : the p'ties have bought certificates from the Minister of St. Albins in Hertfordshire, and Anthestecon, from the Justice of the Peace, according to the Lord's order." In the list of passengers appears; "Nathan Haford, 16, ser- vant to Jo. Tuttle." No further record of this Nathan Haford is to be found, and it is probable that he is the one of three brothers, "who went to sea and never returned." Vol. I, Mass. Records, page 311, under date Dec. i, 1640, says : "Samue : Hefford having been much misused by his Mr. Jona- than Wade, and is put to John Johnson for three years, and to have 6 ^s wages, and for the i 1-2 years it is referred to the Court." (Note. The Johnson referred to had been appointed constable of Rox- bury, ten years before.) Vol. 2, p. 51, Gen. Reg. "Town Records of Ipswich, Mass." "1648, Samuel Heifer subscribed to Clergy, 4. i, to be paid Maj. Dennison." Mass. Records, Vol. 5, P. 178: "Samuel Heipher in Ipswich, taxed 2. 10-9 for funds to defend residents in Court, against Hauford, Higgs and Middlecourt claimants." l8 COLONIAL HISTORY. N. E. Reg., Vol. ^^, p. 170; "Mr. Payne in 1652, bot of Richard Coy, Att'y to Samuel Heyford, a house with two Acres land for dwelling house for the schoolmaster." Sep. 20, 1660! "Richard Coy, Att'y to Samuel Heifer, brought a suit against Ezekiel Cheever in action of tresspass upon the case, for taking and keeping possession of a house wch was left in the said Rich- ard's possession by the said Samuel Heifer." (Essex tiles VI, 3, p. 85, M. of I St. Book.) Vol. 41, p. 63, Essex Files; Vol. 2, p. 4, Sep. term, 1660: Samuel Heyford of Ipswich, who sold the house for a school- house. "Martha Coy witnessed power of Att'y from Samuel Heyford of Ipswich who sold the house for a school house which was in possession of Richard Cheever from 1652, as belonging to the school." Savage's Gen. Diet, says: "1660, Samuel Heyford of Ipswich, executed power of Att'y, Court Files, Essex Co., and he went to England. Thus we see that although in town records his name was spelled Heifer and Heipher, in executing power of attorney, and later in the court, it was spelled Heyford. No further record is found that the said Samuel Heyford left any family or descend- ants this side of the water when he returned to England about 1652, as that was the date of his executing power of attorney to Richard Coy. And it is probable that he was the same Samuel Hefford that was in Roxbury in 1640, then aged 16 1-2 years. This Samuel may have been in Kittery, Me., ab. 1640. Savage's Gen. Diet. Vol. 2, p. 401, says; "Heifor, at Kittery 1640, but in what Christian land he got his name is unknown." No fur- ther record. Samuel of Roxbury, 1640, as a poor boy, 16 1-2 years old, without parental care, and alone it would seem later, could be but extremely deficient in education, and may not have known the proper spelling of his name, or more likely, wrote it so badly it was thus copied, not recognizing the linal letter d, in Heiford, as we find it spelled by the next generation. Savage's Gen. Diet., Vol. 2, p. 328, says: "William Haffut, given by Mr. Cofifin, Gen. Reg. VI 34, as aged 48 in 1668, tho' no indication of resi- dence is seen. Early resident of Essex and old Norfolk." The writer has been unable to find any other records or any further information in regard to this William Haffut, but believes THE HAYFORD FAMILY. 19 him to be the emigrant parent of the entire Hayford family of New England, and will give herewith the reasons for this conclu- sion, which has been arrived at through long and diligent search and a very thorough examination of all the records attainable. It is truly unfortunate that there should be so great lack of doc- umentary evidence, as appears in the first three generations of this family. As applied to the second and third generations, it is an exceptional case, that the records of marriages and births are so faulty as to cause a missing link in completing the chain from William the emigrant to Daniel Hayford of Pembroke, 1723, the parent of Daniel, Jr., who emigrated to New Hampshire, Webster to New York, and William to Maine, all early in the i8th century; as also of Samuel, who remained in Mass. and this is the branch of which this work will mainly treat, and their genealogy largely traced for six or eight generations. Relative to the family tradition, previously referred to, we find : Nathan Hafoid, on emigrant ship, Planter, 1635, a;. 16, b. ab. 1619. William Haffut, in old Essex and Norfolk, 1668, " 48, b. " 1620. Samuel Hefford, in Roxbury, 1640, " 17, b. " 1623. No record later is found of Nathan in genealogical references, or in town records, and we conclude "that he went to sea and never returned." Of Samuel, that he returned to England in 1 65 2-1 660, and probably left no descendants here. Of William, this, only, that he was an early settler in the Colony ; that in 1668 he was living in Essex and old Norfolk, aged 48. In the next generation of which our record will treat, we find that while the parent, John, of Braintree, Mass., spelled his name Heiford, his children, later, in Duxbury, spelled it Hefard, Hei- ford, Hearford, and Heyford, and later in Pembroke and Middle- boro, Hayford, one grandson, in Middleboro, Hafford, whose descendants (some now living there) have always followed that style, and a partial record of that branch will be found herewith. While spelled generally, Hayford, after early in the i8th century it was long pronounced as though written Heftord, even early in the present century. Thus, finding record of no other person who might be the parent, we conclude, which probably is true, that William was the father of John Heiford of Braintree, who married Abigail Albins of Bridgewater, Apr. 8, 1678-9. (See Br. records, p. 719.) It will also be seen that Samuel and William are the most common names found in all generations, in all branches of this family ever since. JOHN HAYFORD. BRAINTREE TOWN RECORDS. BIRTHS. Page 655, Abigail, dau. of John Heiford & his wife Abigail, b. Jan. 20, 1079. " 656, John, son " " " " " " " b. Feb. 23, 1681. " 662, Edward, " " " " " " " " b. May 22, 1685. " 663, Edward, " " " " " " " " b. May 22, 1685. Thus on two pages appear the record of Edward's birth. It is in evidence that many births were entered on these town records, ten, and some even forty years after date of birth (by request of parents or friends), they having been omitted at the proper time. A long list was entered at one time, certified by the town clerk as thus omitted. At another time, a large number of names were furnished by Hon. J. Q. Adams, and also entered. Mention is also made of missing pages when copied. It is well known by genealogical students that the records of those days were very imperfect and faulty. Mr. C. M. Thatcher of Middleboro, Mass., has over 10,000 cemetery inscriptions previous in date to 1850, taken by himself from 125 or more burial places in that vicinity; many of v/hich cannot be found on town tecords, owing to the loose manner of keeping them in those early days. It will be seen by the foregoing record that no birth appears in the family of the said John Heiford betv/een the years 1681 and 1685, but we are forced to believe that "Samuel H^eyford of Duxbury, 17 17, Cordwainer," was, however, a son of his, either born in 1682-3 ^^ ^"^^^ wife, Abigail Albins, or by wife of a former marriage. John was probably a much older person than his wife, Abigail, and might have been previously married and no record found of it. He appears to have v/itnessed a deed from Gregory Belcher to Richard Harris of Braintree, Apr. 6, 1667. (See Suffolk Deeds, Lib. 386 & 387.) This was twelve years prior to his marriage to Abigail Albins. He probably died in 1708, as "Capt. Thomas bo't a lot of land, June, 1709, lately occupied by John Heiford." N. E. Gen. Reg., Vol. 49, p. 175. Also see Plymouth Records, B. 8, p. 87. "Record of deed of land, 17 10, JOHN HAYFORD. 21 by Nathaniel Thomas of Marshfield, to Abigail, widow of John Heiford." Plymouth Records, B. 13, p. 36, reads: "Sale of land, 17 17, from Thomas Washburn," (who married Abigail, dau. of John Heiford,) to Edward Heyford of Pembroke, yoeman" (son of John Heiford) "and Samuel Heiford of Duxbury, Cordwainer." This is the only record to be found of the said Samuel Hayford, but he is believed to be a son of John Heiford, and a brother to Edward and Abigail, and who may have died soon afterwards, leaving two daughters, Jemima, who married James Leonard, Feb. 17, 1737, and Mercy, dau. of widow Hefford of Pembroke, whose death record in 1729 appears in the First Cong. Church records of Hanover, Mass. In the month of Sept. 1900, a record was found in the public library of Boston, Mass., stating the fact of the marriage of John Heiford and Abigail Albins, and the birth of the three children, Abigail, John and Edward, as recorded, and then says : "They removed to that part of the county joining Bridgewater and Duxbury, now Pembroke and Hanson, where their other children were born, viz : Benjamin and Daniel," thus establishing the par- entage of the last two named, but not mentioning Samuel, who is believed to have been born previously ; or that of Thomas, supposed to be a younger son than Daniel. From the fact that all the records of Duxbury were destroyed, except such as were preserved in sections set off into other towns, no record is found of marriage of Samuel, or birth of children, but it would appear that he died soon after 17 17, and that his widow resided in Pem- broke in 1729. In 171 1, the inhabitants of the N. W. part of Duxbury pre- sented a petition to the legislature that, "that part of Duxbury called Mattakeesit, might, wdth two other precincts, be incorpo- rated as the town of Brookfield." Among the signatures thereto, was that of John Hefard. The town was established in 171 2 as Pembroke, and among those who appear as heads of families when the town was first granted, was "John Hayford and Edward Hayford." Benjamin Hayford was married and living in Middleboro in 1728. In a catalogue of the First Church of Middleboro, Mass., appears under date of Aug. 5, 1733, the name of Mary, wife of Benj. Hayford, Sr. ■12 JOHN HAYFORD. In Plymouth Records, B. 19, p. 165, appears the will of Ben- jamin Hayford, 1761, and names son John as executor, grandson Benjamin, Mary Norcut, Mercy Crocker and Thankful Hayford. Thomas Hayford was a resident of Middleboro, 1724. (Ply- mouth records, B. 22, p. 127. Sale of land by Elizabeth and Mary Sprout, 1724, to Thomas Hayford, yeoman, of Middleboro, Mass.) In 1728, he was a resident of Pembroke. (Plymouth records, B. 24, p. 75. Sale of land by Isaac Thomas to Thomas Hayford, laborer, Middleboro.) Thomas Hayford married Susannah Parry, Sep. 23, 1734, but no record of any issue. He died Apr. 1753. She died Jan. 1761. Plymouth records, B. 24, p. 76, shows sale of land by Isaac Thomas to Daniel Hayford of Pembroke, laborer. Here we find Thomas and Daniel Hayford both residing in Pembroke, and each buying land of Isaac Thomas at the same time, 1728. Daniel Hayford died Dec. 11, 1764, and in his will, entered in court, 1765, he names wife. Deliverance, and four sons, viz: Daniel, Samuel, Webster and William, and appoints son William, executer. "Deacon Daniel Hayford was admitted to First Church, Pembroke, Jul. 6, 1729." He sold land and probably built the house bought by Rev. Gad. Hitchcock, 1749. From the foregoing records, gathered from every available source, we find that the Heifords of Braintree, the Heifords, Hefards, Hearfords, Heyfords and Hayfords of Duxbury ; the Heifords, Haffords and Hayfords of Middleboro, and the Hayfords of Pembroke, socially and financially connected and mixing together as members of one family, and no doubt they were all descend- ants of one common ancestor, viz : John Heiford of Braintree. Often removing from one of these towns to another, and often owning mutual interests in the same property. The manner of spelling the family name depended largely on their place of resi- dence in those early days, and the will of the owner. But early in the i8th century nearly all branches adopted and ever after used the present mode, to wit : Hayford. i\.nd yet, one branch, some members of which have ever been residents in Middleboro and are now residing on the Samuel Haford farm, having occupied it for more than 150 years past, and their descendants, have spelled it Hafford. JOHN HAYFORD. ZT, REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS. DEEDS. COPIED FROM PLYMOUTH RECORDS. B. 8, p. 87, 1 7 10, Sale of land by Nathaniel Thomas of Marsh- tield to Abigail, widow of John Heiford. B. 13, p. 36, 1 7 17, Sale of land by Thomas Washburn to Edward Heyford of Pembroke, yeoman, and Samuel Heiford of Duxbury, Cordwainer. B. 18, p. 114, 1724, Sale of land by Isaac Fearce, Sr., to his son in-law, John Heiford of Middleboro. B. 22, p. 127, 1724, Sale of land by Elizabeth and Mary Sprout to Thomas Hayford, yeoman, of Middleboro. B. 24, p. 74, 1728-9, Sale of land by Solomon Beals, Jr., to Thomas Hayford, laborer, Pembroke. Witnesses: Sam'l Rams- den and Daniel Hayford. B. 24, p. 75, 1728, Sale of land by Isaac Thomas to Thomas Hayford, Pembroke. B. 24, p. 76, 1728, Sale of land by Isaac Thomas to Daniel Hayford, laborer, Pembroke. B. 30, p. 105, 1735-6, Sale of land by Ebenezer Hamlin to Ebenezer Hayford of Middleboro. B. 33, p. 257, 1740, Sale of land by Joseph Stockbridge to Daniel Hayford of Pembroke, 350 ;^s. B. 2)Zi P- 258, 1740, Sale of land by Daniel Hayford to John Ford of Pembroke, 350 ;^s. B. 40, p. 204, 1742-3, Sale of land by Edward Thomas to Dan- iel Hayford of Pembroke. B. 41, p. 221, 1750, Sale of land by Samuel Ramsden, Jr., to Daniel Hayford of Pembroke. B. 41, p. 184, 1752, Sale of land by Aaron Seekles to Samuel Hayford of Pembroke. B. 41, p. 152, 1764, Sale of land by Eleazer Hamlin to Samuel Hayford of Pembroke. B. 41, p. 151, 1764, Sale of land by Samuel Hayford and Rebekah, his wife, to John Hunt of Pembroke, — land adjoining Daniel Hayford's land. B. 49, p. 138, 1764, Sale of land in Pembroke by Kenelme Winslow to Daniel Hayford. B. 49, p. 138, 1764. Sale of land by Daniel Hayford and Deliv- erance, his wife, to William Seekles. B. 57, p. 199, 1773. Sale of land in Pembroke by Josiah Calk- ins to Daniel Hayford, Jr. 2 4 thk hayford family. Plymouth Records. WILLS. B. 4, p. 305, 1724. Letters of administration to Lydia Hei- ford, widow of John of Middleboro. B. 4, p. 452, 1724. Isaac Pierce appointed guardian of joim Heiford, 14 years old son of John Heiford, deceased; also of Sam'l and Ebenezer, sons of John. B. 16, p. 148, 1 761. Will of Benjamin Hayford of Middleboro, mentions son John appointed executor ; grandson, Benjamin ; and daughters : Mary Norcut, Mercy Crocker and Thankful Hayford. B. 19, p. 165, 1765. Will of Daniel Hayford of Pembroke mentions Avife, Deliverance, and four sons : David, Samuel, Web- ster and William, and names William, executor. MISCELLANEOUS MATTER. Ira Hayford, a Revolutionary Soldier, went to Troy, N. Y., was a fifer, and drew a U. S. pension. Lavina Hayford m. Eliab Dunbar, 1793. Vodicia " m. Noah Alden, 1804. John Heaford of Pembroke, m. Bettey Hall of Halifax, 1787. This John Heaford was probably the "son of Mercy Hayford, b. Dec. 23, 1764," baptised as per. Pembroke church records June 7, 1767, as also the father of Ira, born in Halifax, Mass., Oct. 1788. ,^ r Samuel Heaford, Hardwick m. BellSheba Tinkham, 1776. Samuel Heaford, Farmington, Conn. m. ThankfulAdams, 1791- Abby Hayford m. Joseph Bradford. Betsy Hayford m. Aaron Gillette. Ira Hayford, son of John, widowed, farmer, b. in Halifax* Mass., Oct. 1788, d. Aug. 9, 1863, aged 74 years 10 months. Vol. 28, p. 182, N. E. Gen. Reg. has the following under date 1630: "Medford (Mass.) called Meadford by Dudley. It is termed Metford in the deeds of Gov. Craddock's widow. There •was a hamlet by that name (now Hayford). Very near to Cas- well, the seat of the Craddock family." Vol. 40, p. 369. Will of William Heiford, citizen and tallow- chandler of London, England, Aug. 31, 15 18. JOHN HAYFORD. 25 Vol. 46, p. 151. Bequest in will of Richard Gregson of St. Augustine, England, to Thomas Haford, Eng'd. Vol. 46, p. 76, Richard Hancock married Elizabeth Hafford, Twynning, Gloucester, Va., Jan. 14, 1622. John Orcutt married a Heiford (1778 ?) Mitchell's Bridgewater. Common)vt(xU^ of QfTta00ac§u0(^tt0. Office of the Secretary, Boston, Jany 23, 1893 REVOLUTIONARY MUSTER ROLLS. Vol. XXIII, Page cl. "A Pay Roll of Capt. Seth Turner's, one of the Independent Companies, in the Pay of the Massachusetts State from January ist to may the 22d, 1776 inclusive." Daniel Hayford — Residence, Braintree — Rank, Private — Date of enlistment, January ist — Time in service, 4 months 23 days. Vol. XXIII, Page clii. "A Pay Roll of Capt. Seth Turner's Company under the Com- mand of Col. Thomas Marshall in The pay of the Massachusetts States from may the 22 to November the first 1776." Daniel Hayward — Residence, Braintree — Rank, Private. Vol. XXV, Page lxxxvii. "A Pay Roll of Capt. Seth Turners Company under the Com- mand of Col. Thomas Marshall in the pay of the Massachusetts State from the Last Day of October to the first Day of January 1777." Daniel Hayward — Residence, Braintree — Rank, Private — Time in service, 2 months. Vol. XXI, Page clxxxix. "A Pay Roll of Capt Ebenr Paull's Company in Col Dagget's Regimt from the Melitia of ye Massachuts State from the twenty fifth of Augt to the first day of Sept 1778." THE HAYFORD FAMILY, Daniel Hayford — Rank, Private — Time of enlistment Aug 25 Time of discharge, Sept ist — Time in service, 8 days. Rhode Island Service. — Vol. hi. Page lxviii. "A Pay Role for Capt Henry Peirce Company in Colo Eben- ezer Whites Regiment of Melisha at a March to Rhodeislan on the Alarm by Order of the Council of the 22th of July and made according to Resolve of the Great and General Court of October 4th 1781." Ebenezer Haford — Rank Corporal — Time of enlistment, Aug I St — Time of discharge, Aug 9 — Time in service 9 days, Middleborough, Plymouth Country. Lexington Alarm. — Vol. xii, Page xxii. "A Muster-roll of a Company of Melitia that march'd from Pembroke, West Parish to Marshfield on the Alarm of the 19th of April 1775 Elijah Cashing Capt." Edward Hayford Rank, Private — Time of entry Apl 20th Time of discharge, 22 April — Time in service, 2 days. Rhode Island Service. — Vol. ii. Page clxxiii. "A Muster Role of Capt David Kingman's Company in Colo Edward Mitchels Regiment on the Alarm at Rhode Island December 8th 1776." Edward Hayford Rank, Private — Time in service 16 days, Distance traveled, 80 miles. Lexington Alarm. — Vol. xiii. Page li. "A Muster roll of the Second Military Compny in Middlebor- ough that marched for Marshfield in Consequence of the Alarm made of the 19th of April last, under the Command of Abiel Pearce Capt." Jacob Hayford Rank Private — Time in service, 2 days — Miles travelled, 34. Rhode Island Service. — Vol. ii. Page c. A Continental Pay Roll of Capt Edward Hammonds Company from the State of Massachusetts detached to Serve in the State JOHN HAYFORD. 27 of Rhode Island for the tarm of One month in the Regiment of Samuel Fisher Commdr Jacob Heiford Rank, Private — Time of enlistment Aug 13, 1779 — Time of discharge, Sept 13, 1779. Vol. lii, Page xcix. "June 26 A. D. 1776 We the Subscribers Rec't of Capt Selah Heart in Coll Erastus Woolcot in full of Our Wages in the Two Months Service Last Winter in said Hearts Company." Rhode Island Service. — Vol. ii. Page xcix. "A Pay Role of Capt Ephraim Hathaways Company in Collo Thomas Carpenters Regiment of Militia from the State of Massa- chusetts Bay as a bounty for Services done in the State of Rhode Island from the 20th day of August thirty five days it being according to a Resolve of the Grate and General Court in Sep- tember ye 23d 1777." Nathaniel Hayford — Rank Sergeant — Time in service, i month, 5 days. Lexington Alarm. — V. xii. Page cxxviii. "A Muster-roll of a Company of Minute-men that march'd from the West parish in Pembroke to Scituate and Marshfield on the alarm of the 19th April, 1775." William Hayford — Rank, Private — Time of entry, April 19th, — Time of discharge April 29 — Time in service 11 days. Coat Rolls. — Vol. lvi, Pag ccxxxvii. "A List of Capt Eleazer Hamlens Company in gen'l Thomas Regiment" October 1775. William Hayford — Residence, Pembroke — Rank, Private. (This service began in the latter part of April. 1775. AH sol- diers serving six months were entitled to a coat as a bounty. ) Vol. lvii. File xxiv. "Camp at Roxbury November 9th 1775 "to the Commitey of Clothing at Watertown We the Subscribers Non Commissioned 28 THE HAYFORD FAMILY. Officers and Soldiers in Capt Eleazer Hamlin's Company in generall Thomas Regt Desire you Wold Deliver to Capt Eleazer Hamlin the Coats ordered to us by the State Congress and His Rec't shall be a Discharge for the same." U/^kCc^ry^a^fo^ <^ Vol. xlix, Page lxil A List of Capt Chamerlins Company in Coll Carys Regt &c. Cortland manor November ye 22, 1776. William Hayford — Rank, Private. William Hayford Junr — Rank, Private. I certify the foregoing to be true extracts from the Revolution- ary War Archives in the custody of this Office. Witness the Seal of the Commonwealth. GEO. G. SPEAR, (Seal.) Deputy Secretary. Mass. Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War, Vol. VII, P- 597- This name appears under the form of Hafford, Haffords, Hafords, Hayfords, Heaford, Hefford, Heafords, Heiford, Hei- fords, Hereford, Hayford. Hayford, William, Pembroke, Private, Capt. James Hatch's Co. of Minute men which marched on the Alarm of Apr. 19, 1775, from West Parish, Pembroke to Scituate and Marshfield, discharges, Apr. 29, 1775. Service, 11 days. Also Capt. Eleazer Hamblen's Co., Gen. Thomas' Reg't. Muster roll dated Aug. i, 1775. Enlisted May ist, 1775. Service, 3 mos. i week, i day. Also company return, (prob. Oct. 1775) Also order for bounty coat or its equivalent in money, dated Roxbury, Nov. 9, 1775. Hayford, William Jr. Private, Capt. Freedom Chamberlain's Co., Col. Carey's Reg't company return, dated Cortland's Man- ner, Nov. 22, 1776. Same Vol. (VII) p. 692. Hefford, Benjamin, Middleborough. Private, Capt. Amos Wades' Co., Col. Theopilus Cotton's Reg't. company return dated Oct 7, 1775. JOHN HAYFORD. 29 Hefford, Webster, Private, Capt, Francis Stone's Co., Col. James Converse's Reg't. service 3 days on Alarm at Benning- ton Aug. 1777. Same Vol. p. 693 : Heffords. This name appears under the form of Hafford, Haffords, Hafords, Hayford, Heaford, Hefiford, Heiford. Service given of Daniel Heffords, Jacob Heffords, James Heffords, and on p. 694 : Jacob Heiford and Jacob Here- ford, p. 282 : Benjamin Harford, John Harford, Solomon Harford. English Genealogy of the Hayfords Lord McCauley has well said : "A people who take no pride in the no| be remembered by their descendants." Arms : Gules on a fess between 3 Parrots, as many m Roger de Heyford of Heyford Harleston = Ernuff de Morewicks of Northumberland, Richard de Heyford, son and heir gave j^ Hugh de Morewicks Sheriff of Co. C'l 2 parts titles Harleston to St. Andrews priory. \ Hugh de Morev Hugh de Heyford, ae. 20, Hen. 3, (1235-6) Roger de Heyford, So, and heir = Margaret! Richard de Heyford, gave Mill at Heyford } Agness dau. and heiress = ) Hugh de^ to St. James Abbey, 26, Hen. 3, (i 241-2) ( ) esc. 37, 4 i ^Theo and c< Sibella eldest dau. and co-h. ob. 26, ) = Sir Roger Lumley, 2 ^ ob. Ei Edw I (1297-8) esc. 26, Ed. i N. 23 ) Heirs. Had one-third of [ esc. 9 Heyford in right of wife [ 1-awrence another from Rosels J dead 26 Edw Sir Roger Lumley of Co. Durham Oct 26 = Luria, dau. of Marmaduke ^ ; esc. 26 Edward i, living 29 Edw. i (1300-1) and sister and co-h. of Thomas > j Earl of Scarborough Vide Boseate ) , Roger Lumley of Harleston living 20 Edw. 3, (1346) Richard Lumley Robert Lumley of Harleston purchased Althrop 38, Edw. 3, (1364) M living 8 Hen. (1406-7) | .) John Lumley = Margaret 2 Richard Lumley of Harleston sold Althrop | 12, Hen. 4 (1410-11) j of Harleston, Esqr. bro. 4 I Hen. 5 ob 2 H. 5 (1414) ) 1459-60. esc. 38, Hen. 6 j' Male of John ob. 38, H. 6 sec.2.H.5 Elizabeth dau. and heir acl 2, esc. 2 Hen. 5 Robert Lumley ob. 8P living 12 Hen. 6, (1433-4) = Joan dau of Edmund Drive of Brampton Esq John Lumley Esq of Harleston Esq- grandson and heir of Richard act. Hen. 6, sold Hai i Morewich and Lumley Families. hievements of their ancestors will never accomplish anything worthy to of the second Gules Satture vary argent and sable. Hen. 2 lib. nig-per. i- md, 31, 32, 33, Hen. 2, ob. 2 (i i9o)-Nicholas Morewick. Sibella dau. of Richard of Umfearville. nek, of North Hey Harleston, in right of his wife, ob. 45, Henry 3, (1260) pip 45 H. 3 = "1 Sir John Bulwer^ 3 Beatrice = ^ Sir John Roseles settled his ;s [ of Co York had I dau. & co-heriss [ third of Heyford in right of 131 5~6) f M o^ Heyford [ ob.S. P. 20-1243 f his wife on Sir Roger Lum- 2. N. 1 1 J in right of wife. J 21. Edw. i. j ley ob. 4, Feb. 1304, 33 Edw i. er de Lumley of Heyford by gift of his bro. 29, Edw. i, living 35 Edw i, (1306-7) irleston, bro. and heir of Roger living 24, Edw 3 (1350) t Widow 12 Hen 4, (1410-11) Hammond Lumley 28, Edw 3 (1364) I William Lumley 8 Rec. 2 (1385) ) Elizabeth M. at Althrop ^ John Lumley 20 Rec. 2 (1396) / 18 June, 1385 Thomas Stratmore Marmaduke Lumley 38 Hen. 6 {1459-60) ) of Morely Co. Dartmouth drew Lumley Esq. Clipston 13, H. 7, (i 499-1 500). JOHN HAVFORD. 33 LUMLEY. Arms : Gules on a fess between 3 doves argent, as many mul- lets sable. Sir Roger Lumley, K't. = Sibella dau, and heir of Hugh de Morewick. Roger Lumley to whom his father gave lands in Harleston. Roger Lumley 12. R. 2 John Lumley " " " Richard Lumley of Harleston = Cicely dau of John Holdenby. 9. H. 5 ob. H. 6. of Holdenby Andrew Lumley held lands in Church Berrington, gift of his brother, 36, H. 6. John Lumley of Ciipston= Elizabeth, dau. and co.h. of Sir James Co of Northumberland Harrington, Kt. of Brixworth. Henry Lumley of Clipston = Alice, dau. Sir Morris Osborne, Kt. of Co. Northampton 1 son lived 100 years 2 Mark, 3 Matthew John = Katherine, Mary, Mercy dau. of Rafe 4 Luke, 5 Morris ob. in the life ux Bently, Bridget Castle Donington 6 Mules, 7 Edward of his father. 8 Gules Co. Leir, born Edwd, Calesby. 2, Thomas Francis L.= Elizabeth, dau. Faith Ellen, ux. Thomas Clipston 1618 of Thomas Saunders Mathew Pipin Baxter of 3, Henry of Siberloft of Clipston Siberloft. s. p. JohnS Watters^ Francis^ Thomas*, Mary, Katherine. Ann, Eliza- beth. ENGLAND, YEAR 11 50. Harford, Heyford, Hayford, all one. Northampton County. Roger de Heyford of Heyford. Richard de Heyford, son and heir. Hugh de Heyford, as. 20, Henry 3, (1235-6). Richard de Heyford gave Mill at Heyford to St. James Abbey, King Henry 3, (i 241-2) Roger de Heyford married Margaret Gobin. 34 THE HAYFORD FAMILY. HAYFORD CHURCH. Simon de Heyford, Rector, living in 1293. John de Heyford, " " " 1304, removed. Peter de Hayford, presented, Mar. 20, 1420. He was a member of a family resident in this village, (Hey- ford), described as de Heyford ; was admitted a scholar of Win- chester College in 1406, of New College (Oxford) in 141 2. Fellow in 141 2. He was resident during the whole of incum- bency in his Cure, Mar. 22, 1446. Mathew Hayford, Scholar, Winchester College, 1491, from Milton, Dorset County. Mathew, Chap., St. James Church, inst., June 21, 15 13. Resign'd. 1533. Note. — The records contained on four preceeding pages are copied verba- tim from a record now (1900) in the hands of Miss Eloise A. Hafford of Freetown, Mass., and were given her father years ago by Mr. W. A. Hayford of Boston, Mass. Copied Mar. 1900, by O. Hayford, Canton, Me. In Barker's history of Northamptonshire, England, Vol. i, p. 166, (Pub. library, Boston,) we find "Lumley Manor." As early as the reign of Henry II., (A. D. 1154) or perhaps earlier, Hugh de Hayford had a knight's fee in Hayford and Harleston, of the small fees of Moreton, in sublimanty, from the lord of Dodford. Ralph de Lay was guardian of his daughter, Agnes, who after- wards married Hugh de Morewick, one of the northern barons, by whom she had three daughters and co-heiresses. Two of the three shares into which the property of Heyford and Morewick was divided, became vested in Sir Roger de Lumley and Sibella, his wife. Sir Roger de Lumley, their son and heir, in 1300, settled all his Northamptonshire estates on his brother, Roger, in whose lineal descendant this manor continued till Henry VII, 1500, when John Lumley, Esq., and Alice, his wife, passed it by fine to the use of Thomas Andrews, Esq. Barker's History, Vol. i, p. 167 : Roger de Hayford, of Hey- ford Plarleston, married ? Son Richard married ? Son Roger married Mary Gobin, dau. Agnes, married Hugh de Morewick ab. 1260, A. D. Agnes had three daughters: Sibella, Theo-phania, Beatrice. Sibella had two sons : Robert and Roger. Roger had two sons : Roger and Richard. Etc. Havfokd Coat of Arms, England. "Learn the past and you will know the future." — Confucius. IHa^forb (5eneaIoG^. Coat of Arms of Hayfords. Gules on a fess between three parrots argent, as many mullets in the second. Richard of Umfearville. Hugh de Morewick = Sibella. Sheriff of Cumberland Co., 1190. Ernuff = Roger de Heyford Sibella = Sir Roger de Lumley, K't. Heiress — Rec'd lands from his father, in Harleston, y^ Hey. Richard de Heyford heir, gave two parts titles Harleston to St. Andrew's Priory: gave Mill at Roger de Lumley Heyford to St. James' Abbey — 1 241-2. Roger = Margaret Gobin. Hugh de Heyford Heir Ae. 20, 1235-6. Agnes = Hugh de Morewick Heiress — of No. Heyford Harleston, obtained in right of wife, Heyford of Harleston. Sibella = Theophania = Beatrice = r Sir Roger de Lumley. fSir John de Bulwer f Sir John Roseles, J eldest % of Heyford J of Co. York had "^ J 1243. Settled % ] in right of wife, another j of Heyford in right ] of Heyford on 1,3d. from Roseles, 1297-8. [of wife, 131 5-1 6. [sir Roger Lumley. Morewick Coat of Arms: Vary argent and sable. Lumley, " " " Gules on a fess, three doves, argent, as many mullets sable. HAYFORD CHURCH. Simon de Heyford, Rector, living in 1293. John de Heyford, " removed " 1304. Peter de Heyford was a member of a family resident in the village (Heyford) described as de Heyford. He was admitted a ^S THE HAYFORD FAMILY. scholar of Winchester College in 1406 ; of New College of Oxford in 141 2 ; Fellow in 141 2. Presented at Heyford Church in 1420, and was resident during whole of incumbency in his Cure, Mar. 22, 1446. Mathew Hayford, scholar, Winchester College from Milton, Dorset Co., 1491. Mathew Hayford, St. James Church, installed June 21, 1 5 13. Resigned 1533. Berkshire County, England, Court of Archdeacon of Berkshire, Somerset Home. Will of Edmond Haiford, 1555. (Book D p. io4,=Mr. G. H. Rodman, Keeper of Records, 1893.) About 1606, John Heyford was the Post of Ferrybridge, and Nicholas Heyford, and after him Ralph Astaby, the Post of Don- caster. Heyford and Astaby were both respectable families in the south part of the West-Riding of Yorkshire. They were associates of Elder William Brewster. 1630, A hamlet near Medford was called Hayford. (N. E. Gen. Register, Vol. 28, p. 182.) "Nathan Haford came over in the planter 1635. William Haffut, an early settler of Old Norfolk and Essex, in 1668, was 48 years old, residence unknown." "Samuel Hefford having been much misused by his Mr. Jona- than Wade, he is freed from the said Mr. Wade and is put to John Johnson for three years, and to have 6 ^s wages p. a. and for the other 1 1/3 years it is referred to the Court". ( Mass. Records, Dec. i, 1640, page 311.) Samuel Heyford was of Roxbury, 1640, a youth of 16^ years, and Samuel Heyford of Ipswich, 1648. Executed a power of attorney to Richard Coy, 1652, and returned to England. Samuel Heifer subscribed 4 ^s, i s. to a fund to be paid Major Dennison in 1648. Record of Co. files, Essex Co., Sept. term, Vol. 2, p. 4, Salem, Mass. Martha Coy witnesses power of attorney from Samuel Hayford of Ipswich, Dec. 20, 1651 to Richard Co}^ who sold the home for a schoolhouse. Either William or Samuel, above named, would appear to have been the parent of John Heiford of Braintree, married 1679 to Abigail Albins. No record is found of any other person bearing the name, at that date or prior. John Heiford^ married Abigail Albins of Braintree, Mass., Apr. 8, 1679. Married by Mr. Joseph Dudley. Their children were : HAYKORD GENEALOGY. 39 ■■^Abigail Heiford, b. Jan. 26, 1679-80, m. Capt. Thomas Wash- burn, July 24, 171 1. ■^John Heiford, b. Feb. 23, 1 680-1, m. Lydia Pierce. ■^Samuel Heiford, (?) No birth record or marriage. ■^Edward Heiford, b. May 23, 1685, m. Ruth Bryant Jan'y 27, 1709, m. Mary 1711-12. "Benjamin Hayford, b. Duxbury, m. Mary 1726. -Daniel Hayford, b. Duxbury, m. Anne V/ebster and Betty Bon- ney'^ 1723, 1733. -Thomas Hayford, b. Duxbury, (?) m. Susannah Parry, Sept. 23, 1734- John Heiford^ witnessed deed from Mr. Gregory to Richard Harris of Braintree, Apr. 16, 1667. Capt. Thomas sold land to his brother-in-law, Edward Playford- of Pembroke, yoeman, and Samuel Heiford- of Duxbury, Cordwainer, 17 17, as per Plymouth Co. Records, B. 13, p. 136. There can be scarcely a doubt that the said Samuel"- was a son of john\ but no record of birth, mar- riage or issue is found. Thomas Washburn bought land in Brain- tree, June I, 1709, lately occupied by John Heiford^ Nathaniel Thomas of Marshfield sold land to Abigail, widow of John Hei- ford\ 1710. (Ply- records, B. 8, p. 87.) John Heiford-, son of John\ b. Feb. 23, 1681, m. Lydia Pierce, July 3, 1706, at Bridgewater, Mass. (Letters of adminis- tration granted widow 1724. — Ply. records, B 4, p. 395.) They had five children : '^Ebenezer Hayford, b. Pembroke, Jun. 20, 1707, m. Mary Brooman, 1733-4. ■^ Alice Hayford, b. Pembroke, May 21, 17 10, d. ■"^John Hayford, b. Pembroke, Jan. 7, 17 12, m. Thankful Phinney, Nov. 23, 1738. '^Jacob Hayford, b. Middleboro, Oct. 24, 17 15, prob. d. prior to 1724. ■^Samuel Hafford, b. Middleboro, Sep. 17, 17 19, d. July 10, 1801, m. Jul. 2, 1 741, Hannah Reynolds, b. P^b. 2, 17 15, d. Feb. i, 1799. Lydia Pierce descended from Abraham Pierce, who was a tax- payer at Plymouth in 1623. His fifth child was Isaac, b. ab. 1661, m. Alice Chartley, a Scotch emigrant. Tradition says: "had tv/o thumbs on one hand." For service in Narraganset War, he received a grant of land in Middleboro. Isaac's fourth 40 THE HAYFORD FAMILY. child was Lydia, who married John Heiford^. After his death, Jan. 12, 1725, she married Aaron Seekels. Isaac's eldest child was Isaac, Jr., who died Jan. 17, 1757. In 1724, Isaac Pierce sold land to his son-in-law John Heiford"-^ of Middleboro. (See Plymouth Records, B. 30, p. 105.) Isaac Pierce appointed guardian of John Heiford^, 14 years old, son of John'-, deceased, 1724, also Ebenezer^ and Samuel*, sons of John"^. (Ply. Records, B. 4, p. 452.) Feb. 18, 1728-9, Ebenezer Hay- ford^ deeded one-half of the estate of his deceased, honored father, John Hayford"-, to Isaac Pierce, Jr., of Middleboro, as the eldest son had two shares. Feb. 27, 1734-5, John Hayford^ deeded one-quarter of same to said Isaac Pierce. Nov. 30, 1734, Aaron Seekles and Lydia, his wife, quit claim to same Isaac Pierce, all dower right in her former husband's estate. May 2, 1 741, Samuel Hayford'^ sold the remaining one-quarter to Isaac Pierce. Thus the original Heiford estate in Middleboro, later Lakeville, near Mynch, passed from the Heifords to the Pierces. The four deeds are now (1900) in the possession of Miss Eloise A. Hafford, of East Freetown, Mass. Dec. 24, 1747, Aaron Seekles and his mother, Lydia, deeded to Samuel Hayford, the former father's estate in Middleboro, now Lakeville. Upon this homestead six generations of Haffords have lived and died, being interred in the family lot on the prem- ises. Three generations have been born there, and the above named Miss Hafford, who resides there, has also in her possession the last named deed. Documents and papers in possession of Miss E. A. Hafford show the changes in the spelling of the family name as follows : "John Hayford," in 1734-5, as signed by himself, and thus found in deeds until 1766, when Elijah Duglass deeded to "Samuel Heffords". Then Hayford prevails. In 1783, John Booth deeds to Ebenezer Heafords. Micah Pratt, M. D., receipts Mar. 19. 1759, to Samuel Heffords. In 1763, Jacob Haford witnessed a note, and in 1769, June 5, 'James Hafford witnessed a note of Samuel Heford, Samuel being a son of Ebenezer and Mary Broman, and this first gave the name its present form. The other forms, however, prevailed and are found in deeds, notes and receipts, preserved until early in the 19th century, when Hafford became the acknowledged spelling. 2 a X K I t^J > f The Hafford cemetery on former page is situated on the farm first owned by John Hayford, and later, from 1747, by Samuel Hafford and his descendants. Five generations lie buried here, to wit : Samuel Hafford'^ and wife, Ebeneazer Hafford* and two wives and their childen, Reu- ben Hafford^ and wife, Silvia'^ Sarah', Mary-^ and her husband, William Fl, Wm. Augustus" and Lucy T^ Miss Eloise A. Hafford describes the photograph as follows : "The two new stones near the front right-hand corner are my mother and sister ; the next to the left in front of the monument, father's brother, W. Augustus. The monument for another brother, Ebeneazer, who died in California. Still farther to the left, grandfather Reuben and wife Lucy ; grandfather Reuben being at the extreme left. Behind the monument and partly hidden by it, is a slate stone marking great grandfather Eben- eazer's grave. Following back by the fence, a white stone marks uncle William's grave. Next to William, his sister, Alice. The stone appearing next to the right is great great grandfather Samuel's : his wife's stone beside his being scarcely discernable. To the right of great grandfather Ebeneazer is a black stone, his first wife's. To the right of that, a low, field stone, her brother's, and to the left of the stone post and partly concealed by it, great grandfather Ebeneazer's second wife. To the right of the stone post a white stone, my great aunt. Miss Silvia's ; back of that and a little to the right, great aunt Mary, who married Abraham Pierce. His stone is farther to the right but not seen. Directly behind great grandfather Ebeneazer's second wife is great aunt Sarah." 46 THE HAYFORD FAMILY. Miss Eloise A. Hafford, dau. of Thomas Hafford, has been employed for many years as a teacher and preceptress in high schools, academies, universities, etc., and has won an enviable reputation in this work, not only in her native State but in Maine, Pennsylvania, etc. In 1894 she published a drill book of elocu- tion. At the present time, her health having become impaired by arduous labor continued for nearly twenty years past, she resides with her aged father on the beforementioned Samuel Haf- ford farm in Lakeville, Mass, they being the only surviving mem- bers of that family. By permission of Miss Hafford, the following correspondence is copied. Chicago, III., May 5, 1900. My dear Madame: — I beg to acknowledge the receipt of your courteous letter of April 30th, and in reply will say, that so far as I can learn (from tradition) my remote ancestors arrived in England with William the Conqueror; and William Fitz Osborne, first Earl of Hereford, became the head of the family, from which has descended the progeny whose various names commence with "H" and end with "ford." This Earl died in 1070, being slain in battle, and was buried in the Abbey of Corneilles in Normandy. He was twice married, and had three sons by his first wife. Both my father and grandfather were born in England, and I can remember that my grandfather told me before he died (30 years ago) that his grandfather's name was spelled Hereford, but that for some unknown reason his own father (my great grandfather) changed the spelling to Heaf- ford, and so it has remained ever since, much to my regret, for I should be proud to possess the original name instead of this hybrid name which no two people, unacquainted with me, pronounce alike. I have been taught to pro- nounce it as if spelled Hefford, but others frequently call it He-ford, Her- ford, Haf-ford and Her-e-ford. It is my own opinion that some one of my ancestors must have been a great rascal, and for his crimes, may have been "hung, drawn and quartered," and his near relations thought it wise to change the spelling of the family name to escape ignominy! So far as I know, there is outside of my immediate family, which is small, no one in the wide world who spells his name exactly as I do, and in consequence, I am not likely to fall heir to any great fortune by the demise of my kindred, or to be called to England to assume the title of Earl or Duke, "or sich," for which may the good Lord make me truly grateful ! It is a "far cry" from 1070 to 1900, and I can only trace my immediate family back for something over a century, and that only indistinctly, as above explained; but if you please, we can imagine that the Haffords and Heaffords have been at some time more or less closely related. I have often dwelt in fancy on the valorous deeds of my progenitors, as they pranced around Great Britian and other countries, and yours, perchance, were royal maids in waiting to Anne Boleyn or Mary Stuart, — who knows? If you have read that sweet little story, "When Knighthood was in Flower," you can imagine what sort of people I have sometimes thought were either your or my kinsmen, prior to the time of George the Fourth, whose Christian name (or was it George Washington's?) I have inherited. As for myself, I was born in Essex, Conn., Oct. 29, 1845. Yon will per- ceive, therefore, that I am a born Yankee, as I imagine you must be. My HAYKORD GENEALOGY. 47 father, William Henry Heafford, was born in England, Apr. 8, 1823, and emigrated to this country with his parents in 1833. Apr. 28, 1900, I am his only surviving son. Possibly you may not find anything in the foregoing worthy of chronicling in any "history of our family," but I beg to express my sincere appreciation of the thought which prompted you to write me for information. If anything should be published concerning the family, I hope you will be good enough to apprise me of the fact. If I had the curiosity which is proverbial in my native State I might venture to inquire if you know any more of your forbears than I do of mine.? Very truly yours, George H. Heafford. (Copy of Reply.) "Your very delightful letter reached me in due time, with all of its charm- ing suggestions of romance connected with our family. From what you say, I fear that there must have been two distinct families at the time of the Conquest, both, doubtless, so near the great Conqueror that they crossed the Channel in his own vessel, bearing as a figure head the image of the second of the Norman line to rule over England, and, fighting under those banners blessed by the Pope of Rome, were in the forefront of battle on that famous day, listening with high hopes of success as that solitary minstrel advanced singing Chanson de Roland. But a little prior to this, why not one ancestor, an old Viking of that fam- ous band who early settled Normandy? And why two families in 1066, because you tell me of Hereford at that time, while I, in my own line, know .only de Heyford? For something like two hundred years, v,'e have the family during the twelfth, thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, during which time they intermarried with the Umfearvills, de Morewiches, de Lumleys, etc., The ancestral estate seemed to have been Heyford Harleston, and the lords of the manor decidedly generous hearted, as witness a gift of two parts of Harleston to St. Andrews' Priory, and again the Mill at Heyford to St. James' Abbey. Either this, or the Richard de Heyford who bestowed these properties on the Church may have been trying to win favor in the eyes of the sovereign, the weak, pious, good natured Henry the Third. A little later, we find the heir of this man wedding Margaret Gobin, and we wonder who she might have been, and why just Margaret Gobin, with no mention of her forbears. Was she just a Saxon damsel, a maid servant in the great hall, or a rosy-cheeked milk maid? Be that as it may, her three grand daughters all took high places; the eldest, Sibella, marrying a Sir Roger de Lumley, even as the one for whom she was probably named, did a century and a half or more before. The other two, Theophania and Beatrice, also married noblemen, but the latter seems to have fallen on evil days, as her part of the estate is settled by her husband. Sir John Roseles, on his brother-in-law. Sir Roger de Lumley. We loose the direct line and wonder if the warriors of the family may not have fallen at Bannockburn, or even Crecy or Portiers? But stirring times were coming in other directions : The Church had need of loyal, sturdy defenders, for the followers of Wyckliff were making themselves heard, and thus we find a line of Rectors at the Priory of Heyford Harleston, preaching, doubtless, sermon after sermon, at the iconoclasts, the destroyers of the an- cient strongholds. Vv' hat stirring times they must have seen during the two hundred years they served their church and people. Westminister Abbey completed after sixty long years spent in construction. Did the pale, schol- arly Peter de Heyford make a long, wearisome journey to be present at its dedication? What did the news concerning Luther signify to the portly, florid Mathew? As an old man, he was nearing the end of his work. Did he give up his living in despair, and retire to the fireside of his brother at the great house, as the news reached his deaf ears that soon the English Bible 48 THE HAYFORD FAMILY. would be placed in all the churches? Is it possible that the Heyfoids, brainy men, but of candid consideration, finally accepted the new faith and joined forces with the Wycklifiites, stepping down from the rich living of Heyford Harleston? For, after 1533, we find no mention of them in this capacity. In 1555, the will of one Edmund is recorded. We can imagine, if he was one of the new sect, how glad he was of release from the bloody persecutions ushered in by Mary. For fifty years the records hold their peace, and then we may imagine thfe family beginning to look up again, after the poverty and self sacrifice brought on by confiscation, for we find John and Nicholas Heyford, the Posts of Ferrybridge, in the south part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, a respect- able family, associated with Elder William Brewster; surely, then, our sur- mising as to their having adopted Protestantism has not been in vain. Rut while associated with the Pilgrims, they evidently remained longer in the homeland. We find several individuals of the name, but nothing definite until 1679, when we place our feet on firm foundation. On April 8th, John Heiford wedded Abigail Albins of Braintree, Mass. Who knows but over the cradle of their first baby, Abigail, they may not have talked of the strange theory of the circulation of the blood, just a little before discovered by Harvey.-' Or when John, the second baby, fell from his cradle — of gravitation? But the bump was not a fatal one, and as the baby screams, we awake from our dream of the past and find that we are in the realm of reality. Vours truly, Eloise a. HaXTOrd. In consideration of certain information that has come to the knowledge of the author recently, and some portions just pre- vious to the publication of this work, it may be necessary to qualify, in a measure, conclusions arrived at and written on for- mer pages of this book, as to the emigrant paternity of the Hay- ford family. Mr. Winslow A. Hayford of Penacook, N. H., a descendant of Daniel Hayford, Jr.,^ of Tamworth, N. H., who has for many years given much study to the Hayford genealogy, writes as follows : "I think that Samuel of Ipswich returned to England in 1652- 1660, and that his son, or brother, John\ came over later. The Hayfords all seemed to be wealthy for those days, buying lands, buildings, etc., and I think that they came from London, Eng. From Hayford town we find them as merchants, goldsmiths in Fleet street. Lord Mayor of London, majors, etc., and today we find there the firm of William B. Hayford & Sons." Heyford was Lord Mayor of London 1477. John^ was a witness to Gregory Belcher's deed of land in Braintree, Feb. 21, 1667. In the diary of Samuel Sewall written while visiting London, as found in Vol, V, Mass. Historical col- lection, Sewall Papers, under date of Apr. 3, 1688: "See the Orchard John Hayford has planted." Also same Vol. page 252 : HAYFORD OENKALOGY. 49 "Writ my Unkle Ste. Dummer. Sent the news of yesterday's Acts, sent John Heiford's and Mr. Taylor's letters." In St. Thomas Church, London, the following record of births appears : William, son of John Hayford and Barbara, his wife, b. Feb. ii, 1661. John, " " " " " " b. Jun. 15,1662. Denis, " " " " " " b. Jan. 14,1665. William and John died two years later. Did his wife, Barbara, die also, and John^ then emigrate to Braintree? In the history of Cheshire Co., Eng., we find the following: "Denis Hayford m. a dau. of Millington, 1668." Here we have John of London, 1661-1665; Denis in Millington, 1668, John in Braintree, 1667. John of London names his child Denis ; probably Denis of Millington was his brother, they were about the same age. John married and in London, 1661. Denis married, Millington, 1668. John^ at Braintree, 1667, and in 1668, Sewall visiting London saw the John Hayford orchard. Denis Hayford had a dau. who m. Thorald. (Cheshire Co. records.) Cecil Hayford of the English army to-day is a descendant. Burke's Peerage gives same information under Thorald. Sir John Thorald died 1775, succeeded by eldest son. Sir John, b. 1734. M. P. for Lincolnshire. Married Jane, only dau. and heiress of Millington Hayford of Oxton Hall, Co. Nottingham, and Millington in Cheshire Co. by whom he left issue five sons and one dau. Sir John Hayford, his successor, b. Mar. 1773, had William Hayford. George " Edward " b. 1781, In holy orders m. Mary Wilson. Had son, Edward Hayford. Under "Earl of Scarborough" are found the Lumleys. In "Oxford Students," the Hayfords. In "History of Irish, 17th. Century," this: "Among British Officers who went to Ireland was one Hayford." The following clipping was from the Vassal- boro Times, Me., under date of Dec. 7, 1900. An Irate Commandant. Major Hayford Thorald, second in command of the First Batallion, Duke of Wellington's Regiment, tells a story of his 50 THE HAYFORD FAMILY. experiences in Matabele, and in 1896, when sent to restore order in a little township named Gwelo. On arrival there he found the acting commandant (an ex- storekeeper) in a state bordering on delirium tremens, so he had him locked up. The commandant, however, managed to break out and make his way to the telegraph office, whence he dis- patched the following wire : "Chamberlain, London : Man here named Thorald questions my sobriety. Who is Thorald ? Wire at once to prevent bloodshed." — The Argonaut. In the Coat of Arms of Americans, or Heraldy in America, appears the Hayford Coat of Arms illustrated, in possession of a Hayward family of Concord, Mass. How came this family with the Coat of Arms of the Hayford family ? Two separate families with two separate coats of arms. Heraldic Journal, Vol. IV, page 91, Arms, p. 30, says: "We copy this seal from the administration bond of John Farrar, Marlboro, 1707. Jacob Farrar of Lancaster, Eng., m. Hannah, dau. of George Hayward of Concord, Mass. The arms here given cannot be traced to the name of any of the signers of the documents. Hayford Arms. The arms engraved on page 30 of this Vol. bear a resemblance to those of Hayford. Argent a chevron, sable, between 3 bucks springing. Gules attend. Or. The mother of John Farrar in connection with whose estate the seal was used is stated to have been a dau. of George Hayward of Concord. The arms of the Haywards are quite different but the simi- larity of sound suggests a query : Whether the name and arms were not sometimes confused, and whether the Hayward of Con- cord might not have been Heyford ? We are not yet able to go further than this." George Hayward came 1693, d. Mar. 29, 167 1. Estate 506 ;^s. Wife d. 1693. Concord record of births names three sons: John, b. 1640, Joseph, b. 1643, George, b. 1654. No daus. Prob. the Hannah named was a dau of George Hayward, Jr. Hayford : Hay, an inclosure ; ford, a way ; the road or way inclosed, or the way through the inclosure or park. John IHa^forb Branch. Ebenezer Hayford^ son of John-, b. Pembroke, June 20, 1707, m. Mary Brooman, Mar. 22, 1733. They had four children : ^James Hafford, b. Middleboro, Mar. 10, 1735. ^Mary " b. " May 4, 1737. •'Lydia " b. " Sep. 16, 1738. \yohn " b. " Mar. 23, 1743, buried in Middle- boro. Ebenezer Hayford** of Middleboro bought land of Ebenezer Hamlin of Middleboro, 1735-6. Braman or Brooman Square, adjoins the Samuel Hayford homestead, Lakeville, Mass., and in one corner is a little group of graves. Upon one stone can be plainly seen "E. H." On the stone at the head of a grave beside "E. H." one can easily imagine a "J" and that John lies there. An old record says that John was buried there. Samuel Hafford^ son of John Hayford^ b. Sept. 17, 17 19, d. July 10, 1801, m. July 2, 1741, Hannah Reynolds of Middle- boro, Mass., b. Eeb. 2, 1715, d. Feb. i, 1799. They had six children : ^Ebenezer Hafford, b. June 18, 1751, m. Priscilla Booth, 2d Abigail Caswell. ^Sarah Hafford, d. unmarried. "Hannah Hafford, m. i, Benjamin Booth, Pub., Dec. 19, 1778. 2, Seth Randall. "Else Hafford, m. i, Edward Andros, Jan. 10, 1767. 2, Barnabas Spooner of Fairhaven. "Deborah Hafford, m. Isaac Smith of Fairhaven. "Jacob " m. Abigail Webber of Nova Scotia. Jacob^ was in the French War, and died at Valley Forge in the Revolutionary War. He was a private in Capt. Thomas Turner's Co., Col. Bradford's Regiment, Jan. 15, 1778; Corporal in Capt. Wood's Co., Col. Cotton's Regiment, 1775. 52 THE HAYFORD FAMILY. Ebenezer Hafford'*, son of SamueP, b. Jun. i8, 1751, d. Sep. 22, 1839, m. Priscilla Booth, b. Sept. 1755, d. Jul. 3, 1806; in. 2d., Abigail Caswell, Mar. 24, 181 1, d. Jul. 5, 1839. Ebenezer- served in the Rev. War, Corp. in Capt. Henry Pierce's Co., Col. Ebenezer White's Regiment, iVug. 1-9, 1780. Marched to Rhode Island on Alarm, by order of Council, Jul. 22, 1780. They had thirteen children : '^Rachel Hafford, b. Sep. 11, 1776, m. Pardon Devol of New Bedford. ^Mary Hafford, b. Feb. 13, 1778, m. Abraham Pierce, b. Jul. 8, 1779, d. Nov. 14, 1850. ^Silvah Hafford, b. Jan. 27, 1780, d. Mar. 2, 1873, ce. 93, unmarried. ^Alice Hafford, b. Oct. 3, T782, d. Oct. 6, 1806, unmarried. ^Jacob Hafford, b. Oct. 23, 1784, m. Dec. 26, 1804, Betsy Terry, had 8 ch., went to N. Y. ^Sarah Hafford, b. Sept. 8, 1787, d. May 30, 1838, unmarried. ^Ebenezer Hafford, b. May 14, 1788, m. Lucy Freeman of Roch- ester, 5 ch. Went to Morefield, Venay Township, Indiana. ^Samuel Hafford, b. Apr. 6, 1760, m. i, Esther Graves of Hoosac, N. Y. Jan. 4, 1816; m. 2, Betsy Andros, Jun. 20, 1840; m. 3, Sally Fitch, Sep. 23, 1852. 8 ch. Moved to Ohio, 1835, d. in 187 I. '\[ohn Hafford, b. May 28, 1792, m. Bethiah Barrows of Roches- ter, 6 ch. Ohio. ^Priscilla Hafford, b. Feb. 9, 1795. Married. Had 6 ch. ''Reuben Hafford, b. May 20, 1797, m. Lucy Faunce, Pub. Oct. 21, 1826, d. Jan. 22, 1879. ■^William F. Hafford, b. April 8, 1799, d. unmarried. ■^Orinda Hafford, b. July 14, 1802, m. Emerson Ashley, Pub. Aug- 16, 1823, d. Oct. 22, 1868, 9 ch. Rachel Hafford^ dau. of Ebenezer'*, son of Samuel^ son of John-, b. Sept. 11, 1776, m. Pardon Devol of New Bedford, Mass. They had four children : "Pardon Brownell Devol, b. July 9, 18 13, m. Esther Cushman. '^Elijah S. Devol, b. Feb. 10, 18 16, lost at sea. "Priscilla H. Devol, b. Apr. 4, 181 1, m. Andrew Sawyer, Jul. i, 1828. 2 ch. ''Sarah Devol, b. Apr. 23, 181 2, m. Jonathan D. Howland, Aug. 3, 1830. I child. JOHN HAYFORD. 53 Mary Hafford"', dau. of Ebenezer'', son of SanuieP, son of John-, b. Feb. 13, 1778, m. Abraham Pierce. They had five children : "David R. Pierce, b. Dec. 9, 1806, m. Sallie Wilbour, Mar. 12, 1827. 9 ch. "Alice H. Pierce, b. Apr. 8, 1808, m. Joseph Chase, Jun. i, 1828. 5 ch. "Mary Ann Pierce, b. Jul. 10, 18 10, m. Andrew Mc'Cumber, Jun. 10, 1832. 7 ch. "Abraham Pierce, b. July 20, 1813, m. Orphia Allen, Sep. 20, 1848. "Sylvia H. Pierce, b. Sep. 10, 18 17, m. i, Louis L. Bartlett, Sep. I, 1839. 2 ch. m. 2, Samuel Williamson. Jacob Hafford", son of Ebenezer^ b. Oct. 23, 1784, m. Dec. 26, 1804, Betsy Terry. They had nine children: "Priscilla Hafford, b. m. i, Darius Carpenter, i son. 2, Dr. C. Cleveland. 2 ch. "Betsy Hafford, b. 181 1, m. Julius Paulding, 3 ch. Brownville, N. Y. "Elmira Hafford, b m. Lucius Meeker of Freemont, O. 2 ch. "Edwin Hafford, b. 1814, m. Margaret Butler. 7 ch. "yVbiel Terry Hafford, b. 18 16, m. Sarah A. Campbell, Lake Providence, La. 4 ch. "Mary Ann Hafford, b. 1819. Did not marry, d. 1884, Milan, Mich. V *'Jacob Tisdale Hafford, b. 1S21, m. Lydia A. Matterson, Brown- ville, N. Y. 4 ch. "Alice Hafford, b. 1823. Did not marry, d. 1842. "Henry Hafford, b. 1825, m. Elmira Wakefield, Redwood, N. Y. 5 ch. Jacob Hafford^ emigrated to New York and died at Brownville in that state in 1856. Ebeneazer HAFFORD^ son of Ebeneazer^ b. May 14, 1788, m. Lucy Freeman of Rochester, Mass., Jan. 13, 1824. They had nine children : "Samuel Hafford, b. Mar. 15, 1827, d. Apr. 7, 1827. "Betsy Hafford, b. Mar. 12, 1828, d. Jul. 23, 1828. "Lucy Hafford, b. Aug. 22, 1829, m. Nicholas Vineyard, Feb. 6, 1845, of Bryan, O. "Betsy W. Hafford, b. Jun. 30, 1831, m. Joseph Netherland, May 17, 1850. I ch. 54 THE HAYFORD FAMILY. ^Ebeneazer Hafford, b. Feb. 6, 1833, m. Elizabeth Malcolman, Feb. 25, 1858. 1 1 ch. '''Orinda Hafford, b. Sep. 11, 1835, m. Samuel Adkinson, Jan. i, 1856. 4 ch. •^Benjamin L. Hafiford, b. Jan. 13, 1838, d. unmarried Mar. 27, ^855- "Eliza A. Hafford, b. Oct. 7, 1841, m. Wesley H. Adkinson, Sep. 14, 1865. Triscilla Hafford, b. Aug. 8, 1843, d. Jan. 22, 1844. Ebeneazer Hafford^ emigrated to Indiana when a young man. He settled on a farm near tlie Kentucky line where his children were born and where he died. Those of his descendants who have remained in the vicinity have settled just across the line in (arrolton, Ky. Ebeneazer Hafford^ d. Sep. 21, 1855. Lucy Freeman Hafford d. Dec. 6, 1846. Samuel Hafford^ son of Ebeneazer'', b. Apr. 6, 1790, m. ist, Jan. 4, 181 6, Esther Graves of Hoosac, N. Y., d. Aug. 15, 1838; m. 2, Jun. 20, 1840, Betsy Andros, d. Jul. 25, 1849; m. 3, Sally S. Fitch, nee Griswold, Sep. 23, 1852, d. Nov. 30, 1892. They had eight children : 'James H. Hafford, b. Sep. 12, i8i6, m. i, Jan. 11, 183S, Florilla Williams, d. Jul. 6, 1852. 5 ch. m. 2, Nov. 9, 1875, Nannie Butts. ''Ebeneazer Hafford, b. Mar. 30, 18 18, d. Sept. 20, 1838. Unmarried. •'Eveline Hafford, b. Nov. 22, 1819, m. Edward Tindall of Ohio, Dec. 7, 1837. 5 ch. ''Harriet Hafford, b. Jun. 7, 182 1, m. Orrin A. Roberts, Ohio, Apr. 24, 1848. 7 ch. •^Esther A. Hafford, b. Sep. 11, 1823, m. Wm. B. Sheldon, Ohio, Sep. 17, 1845. 2 ch. 'Louisa Hafford, b. Aug. 12, 1825, m. Wesley Colby, Ohio, Nov. 25» 1847. 3 ch. "Samuel Hafford, b. Feb. 15, 1828, m. Elizabeth (a Ger- man) of San Francisco, Cal. 5 ch. ''Warren G. Hafford, b. Jun. 11, 1830, m. i, Caroline Fitch of Ohio, Jan. i, 1856. 3 ch. m. 2, Julia Purple, Mar. 13, 1867. 2 ch. Samuel Hafford*^ and Esther Graves Hafford were received into JOHN HAYFORD. 55 the Presbyterian church, Hoosac, N. Y., Sep. 3, 1802. Samuel Hafford and family moved to Freemont, O., in 1835, where he bought 200 acres of forest land south of the town. On this he lived until his death in 187;. George Purple Hafford, a grand- son, now occupies the homestead. John Hafford^, son of Ebeneazer^, b. May 28, 1792, m. 1820, Bethiah Barrows of Rochester, Mass. They had six children : ■^Elmira B. Hafford, b. Apr. 28, 1821, m. John A. Johnson, of Freemont, O., Oct. 12, 184 1. 3 ch. •^Mary K. Hafford, b. Feb. 27, 1824, m. James Stevenson of Free- mont, O., Jan. 15, 1844. 4 ch. ''Samuel Hafford, b. Mar. 31, 1828. Left home Sep., 1848. Last heard from in Australia. «Lucy Hafford, b. 1831, d. Jul. 1836. ''George Hafford, b. m. Josephine L. 4 ch. "Cynthia Hafford, b. 1836, m. Edward Underbill, Nov. 27, 1856. John Hafford' settled in Freemont, Ohio, where he died Nov. 24, 1867. Reuben Hafford^ son of Ebeneazer^, b. May 20, 1797, m. Lucy Coombs Faunce of Dartmouth, Mass. Pub. Oct. 21, 1826. They had four children : ''Thomas Faunce Hafford, b. Mar. 17, 1827, m. Mary Webb, Oct. II, 185 1. 2 daus. ^'Ebeneazer Hafford, b. Oct. 5, 1829, m. Almyra A. Robinson, Aug. 22, 1863. 1 dau. "William A. HalTord, b. Feb. 20, 1832, m. Rebecca Macy, May 19, 1861. No ch. "Reuben Ferdinand Hafford, b. May 17, 1S34, m. Nan D. Brush, of California, Feb. 26, 1868. No ch. Pvcuben Haft'ord^^ remained on the spot occupied by his father, grandfather and great grandmother until 1839, when the farm having been divided with his bachelor brother, William, he built a home for himself a short distance away on another part of the farm. Here he lived until his death, Jan. 22, 1879. His widow survived him twelve years, passing away Feb. 18, 1891. Reuben Hafford was a man of most upright and noble christian charac- ter, respected and honored by all who knew him. A self-educated man, he found occupation in teaching in the public schools of his native town and vicinity for fully twenty winters. For many 56 THE HAYFORD FAMILY. years he was elected to the most responsible offices in the gift of the town, and when finally he withdrew from public office, feel- ing that he was too old for its duties, he was again elected select- man at the age of seventy-five. He held the position of justice of the peace, and in 1836, he represented the town of Middle- boro in the State legislature. Deeply interested in church work, he was deacon of a church for many years. Orinda Hafford^ daughter of Ebeneazer^ b. July 14, 1802, d. Oct. 22, 1868, m. Emerson Ashley, d. Aug. 1883, pub. Aug. 16, 1823. They had nine children: **Elijah Ashley, b. Apr. 8, 1824. Lost at sea Mar. 1849. "Caroline M. Ashley, b. Aug. 20, 1825, m. Anthony Wood of Fairhaven, Mass. "Irene P. Ashley, b. Mar. 18, 1828, m. i, Cyrus Rounseville. i son. m. 2, Drake, i dau. "William H. x\shley, b. Jan. 7, 1830. Lost at sea, March, 1849. •'Rachel D. Ashley, b. Jun. 6, 1832, m. Charles D. Bosworth. 4 ch. "Andrew Ashley, b. Mar. 24, 1834, Last heard from at hospital. New Orleans. "James E. Ashley, b. Apr. 6, 1836, m. Lucy Macomber. 3 ch. "Charles H. Ashley, b. Sep. 7, 1838, d. May 12, 1856. "Alson G. Ashley, b. Jan. 15, 1841, m. Ruth Braley. 2 ch. Priscilla H. Devol", dau. of Rachel Hafford^ Devol, b. Apr. 4, 181 1, m. Jul. I, 1828, Andrew Sawyer. They had two children, Rachel" and Cornelius Sawyer". Sarah Devol", dau. of Rachel^ b. Apr. 23, 181 2, m. Aug. 3, 1830, Jonathan D. Rowland. They had one child, Jonathan D. Howland', d. Honolulu, master mariner. David R. Pierce" of New Bedford, son of Mary Hafford^ Pierce, b. Dec. 9, 1806, m. Mar. 22, 1827, Sarah M. Milboin, d. April 4, 187 1. They had nine children: "Harriet S. Pierce, b. Jun. 14, 1828, m. Fred A. Mitchell. 2 ch. "Mary E. Pierce, b. Sep. 12, 1830, d. Nov. 25, 1889, unmarried. 'Sarah Pierce, b. Jan. 25, 1836, m. Lewis H. Pratt, May 6, 1859. I ch. "Ebeneazer Pierce, b. Jul. 21, 1833, m. Abby L. Belden of New York. 3 ch. "Walter Pierce, b. Aug. 5, 1838, m. Harriet Lucas, Apr. 7, 1863. 4 ch. 'David Brainard Pierce, b. Jul. 30, 1840, m. Sarah E. Gammon, Feb. 20, 1864. 3 ch. JOHN HAYFORD. 57 'Francis A. Pierce, b. Apr. ii, 1845, m. Mary E. Barden, Sep. 22, 1892. 2 ch. "John Pierce, b. Oct. 31, 1842, m. Lydia A. Smith, May 16, 1867. No ch. "Laura T. Pierce, b. Sep. 11, 1848, d. Dec. 20, 1885. Alice H. Pierce", dau. of Mary Hafford", b. Apr. 8, 1808, d. Feb. 15, 1886. m. June 2, 1828, Joseph Chace of New Bedford, d. Feb. 15, 1889. They had live children : "Irena P. Chace, b. Sep. 7, 1829, d. 1832. "Joseph Chace, b. Sep. 13, 1836, m. Celia K. Goddard, Mar. 9, 1858. I ch. "Alvin J. Chace, b. May 16, 1834, d. Sep. 1835. "Charles Chace, b. Feb. 5, 1840, d. Apr. 1840. 'Alice Chace, b. Nov. 28, 1846, m. Capt. Chas. H. Adams, Dec. 28, 1879, d. Jan. 15, 1899. No ch. Mary Ann Pierce", dau. of Mary Hafford', b. Jul. 10, 18 10, m. Jun. 10, 1832, Andrew McCumber. They had seven children: 'Mary E. McCumber, b. Apr. 8, 1833, m. Andrew Flemming. "Ann L. McCumber, b. Jul. 9, 1834, m. Pierce. ^ Ellen F. McCumber, b. Aug. 8, 1830. '^Andrew J. McCumber, b. Dec. 19, 1840, unmarried. "Benjamin F. McCumber, b. Sep. 19, 1842. "Geo. W. McCumber, b. Oct. 5, 1845, m. "Hattie H. McCumber, b. Jul. 25, 1847, m. James M. Mellar. 3 ch. x\braham Pierce", son of Mary Hafford^, b. Aug. 15, 1813, d. Aug. 12, 1849, m. Sep. 20, 1840, Orphia Allen. She m. 2d, Abraham Richmond of Myricks, Mass. Sylvia H. Pierce'', dau. of Mary Hafiford", b. Sep. 10, 18 17, d. Jun. 4, 1875, ^- ^^V- i» 1S39, Louis L. Bartlett, d. Apr. 19, 1850. They. had two children: 'Mary P. Bartlett, b. Aug. 2, 1840, d. Mar. 18, 1841. 'Geo. O. Bartlett, b. Jan. 4, 18 13, m. Mary A. Williamson, i son, b. Jan. 4, 18 13. At sea. Sylvia H. Pierce m. 2d, Samuel Williamson of Phila. Jul., 1868. Priscilla Hafford", dau. of Jacob Hafford^ m. ist, David Carpenter. They had one son : 'Hiram Carpenter, b. 1839. Priscilla Hafford m. 2d. DeCaster Cleveland. They had two children: 58 THE HAYFORD FAMILY. 'Melvina Cleveland, b. 1846, m. Frank Hall, New Auburn, Neb. 6 ch. "Harvey Cleveland, b. 1849, m. Ames, Kas. 4 ch. Betsey Hafford®, dau. of Jacob Hafford'^ b. 18 11, d. 1868, m. Julius Paulding, Brownville, N. Y. They had three children: "Sarah J. Paulding, b. 1831, m. Stephen Ulsaver, Elgin, 111. 3 ch. 'Coraline Paulding, b. 1833, ^- Nathan Machey, Brownville, N. Y. 2 ch. "Elizabeth Paulding, b. 1835, ^^- Edgar Bowles, Brownville, N. Y. -4 ch. Elmira Hafford'^, dau. of Jacob Hafford^, m. Lucius Meeker of Freemont, Ohio. They had two children: Mary Meeker, and a son. Edwin Hafford*^, son of Jacob Hafford'\ b. 1814, d. 1892, m. Margaret Butler. They had seven children : "Elmira Bell Hafford, b. 1851, d. 1852. ■'Addison Butler Hafford, b. 1852, d. 1867. "Malvina Terry Hafford, b. 1855, m. W. F. Crisp. 2 ch. ''Edwin Hull Hafford, b. 1857, m. Lizzie L. Van Pelt. 4 ch. "Margaret Ella Hafford, b. 1859, d. 1892. ''Oscar Tisdale Hafford, b. 1864, m. i, Jennie Isbell. m. 2, Esther A. Hafford, Cagle, Miss. 2 ch. ^Lillie B. Hafford, b. 1866, m. Fred Hart, i ch. Abiel Terry Hafford^ son of Jacob Hafford^ b. 18 16, d. 1896, m. Sarah A. Campbell of Lake Providence, La. They had four children : ''Evelyn Hellmers Hafford, b. 1S65, m. Chas. M. Whittington, L. Prov., La. 10 ch. ''Esther A. Hafford, b. 1867, m. Oscar T. Hafford. 2 ch. ^Sarah Alice Hafford, b. 1869. "George M. Hafford, b. 187 1, d. 1S78. Jacob Tisdale Hafford*', son of Jacob Hafford"^, b. 182 1, m. Lydia A. Matterson. They had four children: ''Harriet Louise Hafford, b. 1849, ^''- Edgar W. Mead, Milan, Mich. 2 ch. ''Lydia Ann Hafford, b, 185 1, d. Brownville, N. Y., 1862. ''George Clinton Hafford, b. 1S62, m. Coralinnie Ulsaver, Albion, Mich. 5 ch. ''Clarence Eugene Hafford, b. 1866, d. 1879. JOHN HAYFORU. 59 Jacob Hafford'' is living (1901) with his son, Dr. George C. Hafford, in Albion, Mich. Henry Hafford", son of Jacob Hafford'', b. Nov. 14, 1824, d. Mar. 8, 1895, m. Feb. 11, 1854, Elmira Wakefield, of Red- wood, N. Y. They had five children : ■Hiram Hafford, b. 1856, Redwood, N. Y. "Edgar Winfield Hafford, b. 1858, Utica, N. Y. "Jacob Henry Hafford, b. i860. Redwood, N. Y. "Alice M. Hafford, b. 1870. d. 1873. "Nellie B. Hafford, b. 1874, d. 1875. Henry Hafford'' was born Nov. 14, 1824, at Brownville, N. Y., residing in that town until he was about thirty years of age, when he removed to the town of Alexandria near Redwood, where he made it his home until his decease. Mar. 8, 1895. He was married to Elmira C. Wakefield on Feb. 11, 1854, who sur- vived him. His widow, three sons, and two brothers, one resid- ing in Michigan and the other in Louisiana, remain to mourn his loss. The funeral services were conducted under the auspices of the Brownville Lodge, F. & A. M., of which he had been a mem- ber for about forty years. Elder Shaffer preached the funeral discourse, followed by the solemn ritual of the Masonic fraternity. He was followed to his last earthly resting place by one of the largest processions ever known in Redwood, showing in what high esteem he was held in the community in which he lived. Lucy F. Hafford'', dau. of Ebeneazer Hafford^ b. Aug. 22, 1S29, m. Nicholas Vineyard, Feb. 6, 1S45. Lucy F. Vineyard lives (1901) in Bryan, O. Betsy W. Hafford", dau. of Ebeneazer Hafford", b. Jun. 30, 1S31, d. Jun. 12, 1895, m. May 27, 1S5S, Joseph Netherland, d. Jun. 6, 1890. They had one child : "Harry B. Netherland, b. Jan. 1861, d. Jan. 1861. Ebeneazer Hafford'*, son of Ebeneazer Hafford'', b. Feb. 6, 1833, d. Dec. 8, 1892, m. Feb. 25, 185S, Elizabeth Malcolman. They had eleven children : 'William M. Hafford, b. Apr. 16, 1858, d. Aug. 1 i, 1884. 'Charles Hafford, b. Feb. 2, 1861, d. May 12, 1880. 'Jeannette Hafford, b. Feb. 20, 1864. "Julia Hafford, b. May 17, 1866, m. T. L. Kam, Sep. 12, 1893. •Flora Hafford, b. Oct. 31, 1868. 'Lucy Hafford, b. Nov. 30, 1870, m. G. B. Winslow, Oct. 3, 1894. 6o THE HAYFORD FAMILY. 'Mary Hafford, b. Jul. 13, 1873, ™- ^- Wood, Aug. 23, 1897. ^Nellie Hafford, b. Dec. 24, 1875. 'Bessie Hafford, b, Sep. 25, 1878, d. Feb. 19, 1884. ■Lida Hafford, b. May 6, 1881. 'Wilbur Claire Hafford, b. Dec. 21, 1886. Orinda Hafford'^, dau. of Ebeneazer Hafford^ b. Sep. 11, 1835, d. Nov. 29. 1894, m. Jan. i, 1856, Samuel Adkinson, d. Aug, 29, 1894. They had four children : "Edgar P. Adkinson. b. Aug. 15, 1857, d. Sep. 9, 1857. 'Aylmer Adkinson, b. May 27, 1858, d. ■^Austin C. Adkinson, b. Mar. 22, i860, m. Emma Masterson, Jan. 17, 1899. I ch. "John Buford Adkinson, b. Apr. 12, 1863, m. Martha Fisher, Mar. 23, 1892. 4 ch. Eliza A. Hafford**, dau. of Ebeneazer Hafford", b. Oct. 7, 1841, m. Sep. 14, 1865, Wesley H. Adkinson. Eliza (Hafford) Adkinson lives (1901) in Indianapolis, Ind. James H. Hafford", son of Samuel Hafford^ b. Sep. 12, 1816, d. Mar. 12, 1886, m. i, Jan. 11, 1838, Florilla Williams, d. Jul. 26, 1852; (m. 2, Nov. 9, 1875, Mamie Butts.) They had five children: "Albert Harvey Hafford, b. Nov. 2, 1839, d. Dec. 15, 1858. "William S. Hafford, b. Jan. 21, 1841, d. Feb. 23, 1848. "Helen Salina Hafford, b. Oct. 24, 1842, m. Sep. 23, 1869, Henry Reed. 4 ch. ^Joseph Williams Hafford, b. Jan. 19, 1848, m. Nov. 21, 1876, Lucy E. McClelland. 8 ch. "James Hafford, b. Jul. 23, 1852, d. Aug. i, 1852. Eveline Hafford*^, dau. of Samuel Hafford", b. Nov. 22, 1819, d. Sep. 2, 1898, m. Dec. 7, 1837, Edward Tindall of Ohio, d. . They had five children : "James Tindall, b. May 4, 1838, m. Nov. 20, i860, Martha J. Fields. 4 ch. 'Charles E. Tindall, b. Dec. 25, 1841, m. i, Harriet Sherward. I ch. m. 2, Clara Grabel, Mar. 14, 1878. i ch. ■'Harriet E. Tindall, b. Apr. 8, 1849, m. Charles E. Everett, Sep. 23, 1869. 2 ch. "John Roberts Tindall, b. Feb. 11, 1857, m. Rose Sherward, Mar. 24, 1880. 3 ch. 'William E. Tindall, b. Mar. 26, 1863, m. Ella Dunckenmiller, Sep. 9, 1891. I ch. JOHN HAYF(;RD. 6i Harriet Hafford*^, dau. of Samuel Hafford^ b. Jun. 7, 1821, d. Nov. 10, 1861, m. Apr. 24, 1848, Orrin A. Roberts. They had seven children: .' ^Elizabeth H. Roberts, b. Jan. 30, 1849. Living in Omaha," Neb. "Charles H. Roberts, b. Aug. 20, 1850, d. Feb. 20, 1851. 'Charles H. Roberts, b. Dec. 15, 185 1, d. Apr. 15, 1876. 'John P. Roberts, b. Nov. 27, 1853, d. Mar. 4, 1856. ■^James F. Roberts, b. May 4, 1856. Living in Cal. "Fannie T. Roberts, b. Apr. 25, 1858, m. 1875, ^"- ^V- Close, Omaha, Neb. ■^Chauncey A. Roberts, b. Jul. 9, 1S60. Living in Magnolia, Ark. Esther Ann Hafford'', dau. of Samuel Hafford^ b. Sep. 11, 1823, d. Oct. 21, 1887, m. Sep. 17, 1845, William B. Sheldon of Freemont, Ohio. They had two children : "Atre Sheldon, b. Jun. 8, 1852, m. Sep. 17, 1879, Job" P. Pell. 2 ch. ■'Harry Sheldon, b. Jun. 5, 1855, m. Oct. 22, 1879, Alice Huff, 2 ch. Louise Hafford-, dau. of Samuel Hafford'\ b. Aug. 5, 1825, d. Jun. 10, 1889, m. Nov. 25, 1847, Wesley Colby, d. May 8, 1877. They had three children : "Maria Louise Colby, b. Oct. 31, 1849, m. Nov. 25, 1875, James Tyler, i ch. ^Frank Colby, b. Sep. — 1851, d. Jul. 18, 1875, unmarried. "Esther Graves Colby, b. Mar. ii, 1861, m. Feb. 22, 1881, George Ash. 4 ch. Samuel Hafford**, son of Samuel Hafford'^, b. Feb. 15, 1828, m. Elizabeth . They had five children : "Louis Hafford, m. 'Harvey Hafford, m. 6 ch. "Rose Hafford, m. Paulson. ''Harry Hafford. "Esther Hafford. Samuel Hafford emigrated to Cal. in 1849 ^.nd has since lived there with his family. His wife is dead. Warren Graves Hafford", son of Samuel Hafford", b. Jun. II, 1830, d. Aug. 31, 1895, m. I, Jan. i, 1856, Catharine Fitch, d. Mar. 2, 1866. They had three children: "Ferris Samuel Hafford, b. Mar. 23, 1857, m. i, Delia C. Osborne, Sep. 4, 1878. 3 ch. m. 2, Emily Hutchins, Aug. 24, 1SS6. 4 ch. 62 THE HAYFORD FAMILY. ■^Lindon Morse Hafford, b. Jul. 20, 1858, d. Sep. 2, 1872. ''Ansel Warren Hafford, b. Feb. 16, 1862, m. Jan. i, 1S84, Alice Wilson. 3 ch. W. G. Hafford^, m. 2, Mar. 13, 1867, Julia Purple. They had two children : 'Harriet Sophia Hafford, b. Nov. 24, 1870. 'George P. Hafford, b. Nov. 14, 1873, "^- Laura G. Smith, Sep. 5' 1899- Almira B. Hafford", dau. of John Hafford^, b. Apr. 28 1821, d. Sep. 25, 1882, m. Oct. 12, 1841, John A. Johnson. They had three children: "Lucy Johnson, m. E. A. Emerson, Titusville, Pa. 'Theodore Johnson. "Eben Johnson. Mary K. Hafford*', of Freemont, O., dau. of John Hafford^ b. Feb. 27, 1824, m. Jan. 15, 1844, James Stevenson, d. Nov. 24, 1867. They had four children: ^James H. Stevenson, b. Dec. 25, 1846. "Fannie E. Stevenson, b. Sep. 21, 1848, m. Sep. 21, 1870, Louis Schloenbach. i ch. "Glara A. Stevenson, b. Mar. 19, 1851, m. Mar. 11, 1875, James A. Porter, Gallon, O. 2 ch. 'Harry B. Stevenson, b. May ig, 1856. George H. Hafford**, son of John Hafford^ born Oct. 8, 1833, d. July 14, i8g8, m. Apr. 13, 1864, Josephine L. Wender. They had six children: "William A. Hafford, b. Feb. 11, 1866, m. Oct. i, 1890, Jennie McKey. 3 ch. "George C. Flafford, b. Sep. 11, 186S, d. Sep. 26, 1871. "Charles E. Hafford, b. Sept. 23, 1872. Living in Phoenix, Ari- zona. 'Edgar P. Hafford, b. 1875, d- 1875. 'Roland P. Hafford, b. Jan. 29, 1880, "Leona W. Hafford, b. Aug. 26, 1882. G. H. Hafford's family reside in Marionville, Wis. Cynthia Hafford*^, of Freemont, O., dau. of John Hafford^, b. 1836, m. Nov. 27, 1856, Edward Underbill. Thomas F. Hafford**, son of Reuben Hafford^, b. Mar. 17, 1827, m. Mary W^ebb, d. Sep. 13, 1899. They had two children: "Lucy T. Hafford, b. Nov. 29, 1858, d. Mar. 11, 1898. JOHN HAYKORIX 63 "Eloise A. Hafford, b. Sep. 30, i860. Thomas Hafford", having spent several years in Cal. and else- where, returned in 1876 to the Samuel Hafiford homestead in Lakeville, which had been occupied by his father Reuben, and his uncle, William F. Hafford. After the death of his father he took in large measure the place the latter had occupied in the affairs of the town, serving as selectman and assessor for seven consecu- tive years, and school committee for six years. Ebeneazer Haffcjrd", son of Reuben Hafford'^ b. Oct. 5, 1829, d. in Cloverville, Cal., Dec. 24, 1863, m. Aug. 22, 1863, Almyra A. Robinson. They had one child : 'Kate P. Hafford, b. Sep. 13, 1864, m. William A. Hafford®, son of Reuben Hafford^, b. Feb. 20, 1832, d. New Bedford, Mass., Sep. 30, 1869, m. May 19, 1861, Rebecca Macy. No children. Reuben F. Hafford*', son of Reuben Hafford'^, b. May 17, 1834, d. Bakersfield, Cal., Dec. 21, 1900, m. Feb. 26, 1S6S, Nan D. Brush. No children. Irene P. Ashley*', dau. of Orinda Hafford^ b. Mar. 18, 1828, m. Cyrus Rounseville. They had one child : 7Cyrus C. Rounseville, b. Dec. 8, 1852, m. Nov. 9, 1893, Mary O. Pitman. 2 ch. Irene P. Ashley®, m. 2, Drake. They had one child : ^Carrie W. Drake, b. Mar, 25, 1861, m. May 9, 1882, Josiah Brown, Jr. i ch. Rachel D. Ashley*', dau. of Orinda Hafford^ b. Jun. 6, 1832, m. Jul. 25, 1852, Charles D. Bosworth. They had five children: 7Emily W. Bosworth, b. Aug. 7, 1853, d. Jan. 2, 1855. ^Elijah A. Bosworth, b. Nov. 7, 1855, m. 7Frank A. Bosworth, b. Dec. 31, 1857, d. May 26, 1876. 7Elizabeth A. Bosworth, b. Nov. 27, 1866, d. Aug. 17, 1888. 7Rachel R. Bosworth, b. Mar. 24, 1875, d. Jul. 4, 1888. James E. Ashley*', son of Orinda Hafford^ b. Apr. 6, 1836, d. Mar. 2, 1901, m. Lucy Macomber. They had three children: James', Herbert' and Harry" Ashley. Alson G. Ashley*', son of Orinda Hafford^, b. Jan. 15, 1841, m. Ruth Braley. They had two children : Adelbert'^ and Orinda^ Ashley. Harriet S. Pierce^ dau. of David R. Pierce", b. Jun. 14, 1828, m. Jan. 29, 1854, Frederick A. Mitchell. They had two children: ^Charles F. Mitchell, b. Jun. 16, 1855, m. In Cal. 64 THE HAYFORD FAMILY. *^Harriet N. Mitchell, b. Aug. 19, 1858, m. Arthur Knowles. Ebeneazer Pierce', son of David R. Pierce^ b. Jul. 21, 1833, d. Apr. 27, 1885, m. Abby L. Beldon of New York. They had three children : Tda M. Pierce, m. Edward W. Hunt, Jan. 17, 1893. *Lamer Pierce, m. ^Maude E. Pierce, m. Robert F. Reed, Jan. i, 1893. Walter A. Pierce", son of David R. Pierce^ b. Aug. 5, 1838, m. Apr. 7, 1863, Harriet Lucas. They had four children: **Walter E. Pierce, b. Jul. 16, 1864. ^Hattie W. Pierce, b. Sep. 10, 1866, d. May 26, 1868. ^^ Arthur Pierce, b. Nov. 11, 1868. ^Charles W. Pierce, b. 187 1. David B. Pierce", son of David R. Pierce*^, b. Jul. 30, 1840, m. Eeb. 20, 1864, Sarah E. Gammon. They had three children: ^David Herbert Pierce, b. Feb. 10, 1865, m. ^Harry M. Pierce, m. Emma Butler. ^Winsor C Pierce. Frank A. Pierce', son of David R. Pierce^ b. Apr. 11, 1845, m. Sep. 22, 1869, Mary E. Bardin. They had two children: '^Annie S. Pierce, b. Sep. 2, 187 1, d. Eeb. 13, 1894. *^Rand R. Pierce, b. May 2, 1873, m. Jul. 17, 1897, Ida M. Davis. I ch : Davis E. Pierce, b. Jun. i, '98. John Wesley Pierce?, son of David R. Pierce**, b. Oct. 31, 1842, m. May 16, 1867, Lydia A. Pierce. J. W. Pierce d. Jan. 6, 1893. Joseph Chace?, son of Alice H. Pierce", b. Sep. 13, 1836, m. Nov. 9, 1858, Celia K. Goddard. They had one child: ^Lucy Bradford Chace, b. Farnham, Mass., Mar. 3, 1865, m. Feb. 19, 1884 William B. Sherman. They had two children: '■'Stowell B. Sherman, b. Jan. 22, 1886. ^William G. Sherman, b. Feb. 27, 1890. Harriet H. McCumber?, dau. of Mary A. Pierce**, b. Jul. 25, 1847, m. James M. Mellar. They had three children: '^Arthur Mellar. **Frank M. Mellar, m. Jessie D. Kenyon, Jul. 10, 1888. ^Lena May Mellar. Melvina Cleveland?, dau. of Priscilla Hafford®, b. 1846, m. Frank Hall of New Auburn, Neb. They had six children : Fred*^, Esther**, Flora^, Frank^, WilP and George HalP. JOHN HAYFORD. 65 Harvey Cleveland7, son of Priscilla Hafford^ b. 1849, ^^ Ames, Kansas. They had four children : Porter^, Avery^, Sylvia** and Lelie Cleveland^ Sarah Jane Paulding7, dau. of Betsy Hafford", b. 1831, d. 1893, m. Stephen Ulsaver of Elgin, 111. They had three children : ^Coraline E. Ulsaver, b. 1861, m. Geo. C. Hafford, Albion, Mich. 5 ch. ^Effie Mary Ulsaver, b. 1867, m. Everett Sekell, Salmer, Mich. 2 ch. *Ervin S. Ulsaver, b. 1872. CoRALiNE Paulding^, dau. of Betsy Hafford®, b. 1833, m. Nathan Mackey of Brownville, N. Y. They had two children : ^Fred Mackey, b. i860, d. 1863. ^Frank Mackey, b. 1863. Resides in Falcon, Col. Elizabeth Paulding7, dau. of Betsy Hafford*', b. 1835, d. 1875, m. Edgar BoUes of Brownville, N. Y. They had four children : ''Ida Bolles, b. 1856, m. Rienzi Crocker, Elgin, 111. i ch.: Ralph W.», b. 1880. ^Ettie Bolles, b. 1857, m. Frank Guptail, Elgin, 111. i ch.: Clar- ence H.^ b. 1897. ^Ella Bolles, b. 1861, m. Geo. Hazelton, Anson, Tex. 3 ch.: Gladys^ b. 1887 ; Sherman^, b. 1895 ; Chester^, b. 1890. ''Ned Bolles, b. 1863. Resides in Montpelier, Idaho. Malvtna Terry Hafford7, dau. of Edwin Hafford", b. 1855, m. W. F. Crisp. They had two children : ^Bertha Celestia Crisp, b. 1877, m. Wm. Garrison. 3 ch.: Win. Loyld, b. 1893; Nella C, b. 1894; Francis J., b. 1899. *Ira N. Crisp, b. 1879. . Edwin Hull Hafford7, son of Edwin Hafford*', b. 1857, d. 1894, m. Lizzie L. Van Pelt. They had four children : ^Chester Ernest Hafford, b. 1887, d. 1894. ^Eunice Estelle Hafford. ''Thomas Edwin Hafford. ^^.Ibert Hafford. Oscar Tisdale Hafford?, son of Edwin Hafford®, b. 1864, m. I, Jennie Isbell, Cagle, Miss. m. 2, Esther A. Hafford. They had two children : «Ella Pearl Hafford, b. 1892. ^Mattie L. Hafford, b. 1894, d. 1894. 66 THE HAYFORD FAMILY. LiLLiF B. Hafford7, dau. of Edwin Hafford®, b. 1866, d. 1892, m. Fred J. Hart. They had one child: *Ruth Hart, b. 18S9. Evelyn Hellmes Hafford^, dau. of Abiel Terry Hafford*', b. 1865, m. Charles M. Whittington of Lake Providence, La. They had ten children: ^George Cleveland Whittington, b. 1884, d. 1885. ^Esther Terry Whittington, b. 1885. '^Charles Clinton Whittington, b. 1887. ^George Hafford Whittington, b. 1888. "^Theodore T. Whittington, b. 1890. ^Clifford Mead Whittington, b. 1894. '^Eugene C. Whittington, b. 1896. ^Blanche E. Whittington, b. 1898. ^Lydia E. Whittington, b. 1899. Harriet L. Hafford7, dau. of Jacob Tisdale Hafford'', b. 1849, ^^- 1S98, m. Edgar W. Mead of Milan, Mich. They had two children : ^Minnie L. Mead, b. 1877. ^Clifford H. Mead, b. 188 1. George C. Hafford^, son of Jacob T. Hafford**, b. 1862, m. Coraline Ulsaver. They have five children : **Alpheus Tisdale Hafford, b. 1889. ■■^Clinton S. Hafford, b. 1890. ''Doris Hafford, b. 1893. *^Cora Hafford, b. 1895. ''Clarence E. Hafford, b. 1898. George C. Hafford'^ is a physician practicing in Albion, Mich. With him reside his father and mother, also the orphan children of his sister, Harriet (Haft'ord) Mead. Austin C. Adkinson^, son of Orinda Hafford*', b. Mar. .22, i860, m. Jan. 17, 1899, Emma Masterson. They had one child: ^William S. Adkinson, b. Dec. 18, 1899. John Buford Adkinson7, son of Orinda Hafford*', b. Apr. 1 2, 1863, m. Mar. 23, 1892, Martha Fisher. They had five children : ^Joseph N. Adkinson, b. May 29, 1893. ^John Austin Adkinson, b. Oct. 22, 1894, d. Nov. 30, 1894. ''Dorothy Adkinson, b. Nov. 22, 1895. "Olive Adkinson, b. May 5, 1897. "Louise Adkinson, b. Sep. 5, 1900. JOHN HAYKORD. 67 Helen Salina Hafkord7, dau. of James H. HalTord'', b. Oct. 24, 1842, m. Sep. 23, 1869, Henry Reed of P.rattleboro, Vt. They had four children : '^Frank H. Reed, b. Apr. 2, 1870, m. Dec. 19, 1S92, Minnie B. Fonts. 2 ch. ^Albert J. Reed, b. Sep. 19, 1873, d. Mar. 8, 1S75. "Sidney W. Reed, b. Jun. 18, 1878. "Julia E. Reed, b. Dec. 30, 1879. Helen S. Reed and family live in Trenton, Mo. Joseph W, Hafford7, of Columbus, O., son of James H. Hafford^, b. Jan. 19, 1848, m. Nov. 21, 1876, Lucy E. McClelland. ' They had eight children : "Helen F. Hafford, b. Nov. i, 1877. "Albert Hafford, b. Sep. 19, 1879. "Lucy Hafford. "May Hafford, b. May 16, 1881. SQrace Greenwood Hafford, b. Sep. 4, 1883. sjames Henry Hafford, b. Nov. 26, 1885, d. Dec. 15, 1885. sjessie E. Hafford, b. Sep. 25, 1887. ■^Julia Reed Hafford, b. Dec. 22, 1890. swillard Bryant Hafford, b. Feb. 25, 1893. James Tindall? of Freemont, O., son of Eveline Hafford", b. May 4, 1838, m. Nov. 20, i860, Martha J. Fields, d. Jun. 16, 1900. They had four children : ^Eva M. Tindall, b. Sep. 7, 1861, m. David Hershey. «Clara Tindall, b. May 4, 1866, d. Aug. 22, 1868. ^Blanche Tindall, b. Sep. 29, 1874, d. Oct. 2, 1895. '^Edward Tindall, b. Jan. 21, 1880. Eva M. Tindall^ dau. of James Tindall?, b. Sep. 7, 1861, d. Sep. 5, 1898, m. Feb. 25, 1880, David Hershey. They had two children : ^Roy Hershey, b. July 3, 1881. ^Elmer Hershey, b. Oct. 4, 1883. Charles E. Tindall?, son of Eveline Hafford'', b. Dec. 25, 1841, m. I, Harriet Sheward. They had one child : ^Harriet Tindall, b. Sep. 10, 1873, m. Aug. 17, 1893, Wm. E. Wolf. I ch.: Helen^ b. Jun. 19, 1894. Charles E. Tindall?, m. 2, Mar. 14, 1878, Clara Grabel. They had one child : SMaude M. Tindall, b. May 20, 1880. 68 THE HAYFORD FAMILY. Harriet E. Tindall7, dau. of Eveline Hafford^ b. Apr. 8, 1849, m. Sep. 23, 1869, Charles E. Everett, of Freemont, O. They had two children : ^Nellie A. Everett, b. Sep. 21, 1870. ^Edward T. Everett, b. Feb. 9, 1876, d. Mar. 7, 1899. John R. Tindali^, son of Eveline Hafford^ b. Feb. 11, 1857. m. Mar. 24, 1880, Rose Sherward. They had three children: «Mabel Tindall, b. Jan. 2, 1883. ^Louis Tindall, b. Mar. 24, 1886. ^Eltie Tindall, b. Jan. 22, 1894. William E. Tindall7, son of Eveline Hafford®, b. Mar. 26, 1863, m. Sep. 9, 1891, Ella Dunckenmiller. They had one child : ^Dorothy E. Tindall, b. Mar. 20, 1897. Atre Sheldon7, dau. of Esther Ann Hafford", b. Jun. 8, 1852, m. Sep. 17, 1879, John P. Bell, of Freemont, O. They had two children: ^Esther Bell, b. Aug. 22, 1881. «Francis Bell, b. Jun. 8, 1887. Harry Sheldon7, son of Esther A. Hafford*', b. Jun. 5, 1855, m. Oct. 22, 1879, Alice Huff. They had two children: ^Catharine Sheldon, b. Jun. 8, 1885. ^William Sheldon, b. May 10, 1888. Ferris S. Hafford7, son of Warren G. Hafford^, b. Mar. 23, 1857, m. I, Sep. 4, 1878, Delia C. Osborne, d. Aug. 13, 1885. They had three children : SRollin G. Hafford, b. Oct. 2, 1879. «Lindon R. Hafford, b. Jul. 16, 1882. SEdith R. Hafford, b. Mar. 24, 1884. Ferris S. Hafford?, m. 2, Aug. 24, 1886, Emily Hutchins of Fernville, Mich. They had four children : '^Ferris S. Hafford, Jr., b. Sep. 12, 1887. ^Wilton W. G. Hafford, b. Feb. 4, 1890. ■■^Laura G. Hafford, b. May 4, 1891. ■^Delno D. Hafford, b. Jun. 29, 1893. Maria Louise Colby?, dau of Louise Hafford^ b. Oct. 31, 1849, m. Nov. 25, 1875, James Tyler. They had one child: SAlton Tyler, b. May 18, 1878, d. Jul. 11, 1885. Esther Qraves Colby?, dau. of Louise Hafford*', b. Mar. 11, 1861, m. Feb. 22, 1881, George Ash. They had four children: ^Edith Annie Ash, b. Jun. i, 1882. JOHN HAYFORD. 69 **Mabel Alice Ash, b. Jan. ii, 1886. ^James Wesley Ash, b. Mar. 5, 1892. ^Norman Perry Ash, b. Jun. 11, 1895. Ansel Warrkn Hafford^, son of Warren G. Hafford*^, b. P'eb. 16, 1862, m. Jan. i, 1884, Alice Wilson. They had three children : ^Charlotte Hafford, b. Oct. 31, 1884. «Ada W. Hafford, b. Oct. 28, 1886. SKate F. Hafford, b. Nov. 18, 1888. Ansel W. Hafford^ died in California, Mar. 12, 1889. Fannie E. Stevenson7, Freemont, O., dau. of Mary K. Haf- ford'', b. Sep. 21, 1848, m. Sep. 21, 1870, Louis Schloenbach. They have one child : ^James M. Schloenbach, b. Jun. 23, 187 1, m. Jul. 30, 1896, Hen- rietta A. Rowsey. They have one child : Wm. M. Schloen- bach^, b. Jul. 5, 1900. Clara A. Stevenson", dau. of Mary K. Hafford", b. Mar. 19, 185 1, m. Nov. ii, 1875, James A. Porter of Galion, Ohio. 'I'hey had four children: ^Carroll S. Porter, b. Feb. 24, 1877, d. Sep. 27, 1886. ^Fannie K. Porter, b. Mar. 17, 1879, d. Jul. 8, 1880. **Harry K. Porter, b. Nov. 11, 1885. SMary H. Porter, b. F'eb. 2, 1887. Cyrus C. Rounseville", son of Irene Ashley'', b. Dec. 8, 1852, m. Nov. 9, 1893, Mary Olive Pitman. They have two children: '^Marion Pitman Rounseville, b. Aug. 31, 1894. ^Cyrus Cole Rounseville, Jr., b. Jan. 28, 1898. Since 1884 C. C. Rounseville^ has held the responsible posi- tion of treasurer of the Shore Mills, Fall River, Mass. Carrie W. Drake'', dau. of Irene P. Ashley'^, b. Mar. 25, 1861, m. May 9, 1882, Josiah Brown, Jr., of Fall River, Mass. They have one child : ^Carrie Rounseville Brown, b. Jun. 23, 1883. Mary Ann Pierce^ dau. of Mary Hafford^ b. New Bedford, Mass., Jul. 10, 1810, m. Jun. 10, 1832, Andrew C. McCumber of Tivetown, R. I. They had seven children: ''Mary E. McCumber, b. x-Vpr, 8, 1833, New Bedford, m. Andrew Flemming, May 11, 1853. 3 ch. 7Anna L. McCumber, b. Jul. 19, 1834, New Bedford, m. Henry L. Pierce, Jun. 11, 1854. yo THE HAYF(1RD FAMILY. "Ellen F. McCumber, b. Aug. 4, 1838, Horseheads, N. Y., d. Willard, N. Y., Apr. 21, 1892. "Andrew J. McCumber, b. Dec. 21, 1840, Horseheads, N. Y., d. Jan. 25, 1894. '^Benjamin F. McCumber, b. Sep. 19, 1842, Horseheads, N. Y., d. Nov. 21, 1862. ■^George W. McCumber, b. Oct. 5, 1845. "Harriet A. McCumber, b. Jul, 28, 1847, Horseheads, N. Y., m. James M. Wellar, Oct. 4, i860. Mary A. McCumber*' d. Aug. 6, 1897, at Horseheads, N. Y. Andrew C. McCumber d. Dec. 7, 1892, at Ithaca, N. Y. Mary E. Flemming", d. Mar. 12, 1897. Andrew Flemming d. Dec. 30, 1886. Harriet A. McCumber", b. Jul. 28, 1847, m. Oct. 4, 1865, James M. Wellar. They had four children: **Frank McCumber Wellar, b. Jun. 20, 1866, m. Jessie D. Kenyon, Ithaca, N. Y., Jul. 10, 1888. ^Freddie H. Wellar, b. Jun, 20, 1866, d. Sep. 10, 1866. *Lena May Wellar, b. Jan. 9, 1868. ■^ Arthur B. Wellar, b. Mar. 14, 1869, m. Lucy F. Tibbetts, Ithaca, N. Y., Jul. 14, 1897. „^ Samuel Ma^forb Branch* Samuel Hayford', son of John^ (?), b, ab. 1683, m ? He was a cordwainer, and in 17 17 lived in Duxbury, and that year bought with Edward Hayford"- of Pembroke, the farm in Duxbury, owned by Thomas Washburn who married Abigail Heiford-, a sister of Edward-^. (See Ply. records, B. 13, p. 36,) "Sale of land from Thomas Washburne to Edward Hayford of Pembroke, yoeman, and Samuel Heiford of Duxbury, Cord- wainer." But little doubt can exist that Samuel- was a son of John^ of Braintree, 1679, and was born ab. 1683. While no record of said birth appears on Braintree records, as has been said before, it is well known that town records were very imperfect in those days. Again, the town records of 13uxbury having been destroyed, there is to be found no record of his marriage or issue. He is, hov^-ever, supposed to have been the parent of Jemima, who married James Leonard, 1737, and of Mercy, dau. of widow Hefford of Pembroke, whose death record in 1729 appears in the First Cong, church of Hanover, Mass. The families of Samuel'^ and Thomas- appear to have been always intimately associated with those of Benjamin"- and Dan- iel'^ in business and financial relations, as also with known chil- dren of John\ to wit : Abigail- and Edward'. yy Thomas Hayford"', son of John^ (?), m. Sep. 23, 1734, Susannah ',( /^"^^ Parry of Pembroke. (See Pembroke records.) There is found /'^ no record of any issue. Thomas'- died at Pembroke, 1753; his wife, Susannah, died Jan. 1761, at Pembroke. Thomas Hayford'- bought land and was a resident of Middle- boro in 1724. (See Ply. records, B. 22, p. 127 ): "Sale of land by Elizabeth and Mary Sprout to Thomas Hayford, yoeman, of Middleboro." He was a resident of Pembroke in 1728. (See Plymouth records, B. 24, p. 75), "Sale of land by Isaac Thomas 72 THE HAYFORD FAMILY. to Thomas Hayford of Pembroke, laborer." At the same time Isaac Thomas sold land to Daniel Hayford of Pembroke. (Ply, records, B. 24, p. 75.) Feb. 20, 1728-g, Thomas Hayford, laborer, bo't land of Solomon Beals, Jr., for 40 ;^s. Witness to deed, Sam'l Ramsden and Daniel Hayford. (Ply. records, B. 24, P- 75-) jEbwarb Ma^forb Branch. Edward Hayford-, son of John Heiford^ b. Braintree, Mass., • May 22, 1685, m. Ruth Bryant, 1709, m. 2, Mary . Children of Edward'-^ and Mary Hayford, as per Pembroke rec- ords : ^Rachel Hearford, b. Oct. 18, 1712, m. Daniel Hobart of Hing- ham, 2d wife had 10 ch. d. Oct. 25, 1796. ^Mary Hearford, b. Oct. 24, 17 14, d. Hanover, Mass., Dec. 27, 1808 (?) £e 92 ? ^Nathaniel Hearford, b. Mar. 27, 17 15, prob. d. in Spanish W. I. War, 1740. ^Samuel Hayford, b. Oct. 30, 1717. ^Sarah Hayford, b. Jan. 27, 17 19. ^Abigail Hayford, b. Feb. 9, 172 1. Extract from Winsor's History of Duxbury: "In 1740, a company was enlisted in the county of Plymouth to serve in the expedition against the Spanish West Indies under Admiral Vernon, by Capt. John Winslow, whose original Muster Roll is before me, (says Rev. Benjamin Kent, Mass. Coll., 126, and which I copy.) Of the 500 men sent in this expedition by Massachu- setts, not more than 50 returned, having fallen victims to the prevailing tropical fevers. Several Duxbury men will be found in this number." In that list of names is found the name of Nathaniel Hayford. Undoubtedly he was a son of Edward^ b. Mar. 27, 1715. No other record of him is found; neither can the other son of Edward", viz: SamueP, b. Oct. 30, 17 17, be traced, and he probably died young. The daughters cannot be traced. In 17 17, Edward'^ and Samuel"-^ bo't. land of Thomas Washburn in Duxbury. John' and Edward'- were residents of that part of Duxbury set off as Pembroke in 1711-12. Benjamin Hayford- of Middleboro, son of John^ m. Mary ab. 1726. They had six children: ''Benjamin Hafford, b. May 10, 1728, m. Ells Caswell, pub. Dec. 7. 1757- •\Tohn Hafford, b. Mar. 2, 1730, m. Sarah Conant, pub. Apr. 20, 1754- •''Jacob Hafford, b. Dec. 11, 1731, m. Ruth Crocker, pub. Mar. 17, 1754- ■'Mary Hafford, b. Apr. 23, 1734, m. Norcutt. ^Mercy Hafford, b. Oct. 13, 1735, m. Crocker. ''Thankful Hayford, b. Jun. 19, 1737, m. Gibbon Sharp, Sep. 8, 1762. Benjamin Hayford" bought land of Mr. Conant, 30 acres, Jun. 9, 171S, being 14th lot in south parish. Will of Benjamin Hayford" of Middleboro, 1761, mentions three daughters Mary Norcutt'', Mercy Crocker'' and Thankful Hayford^, grandson Benjamin', and as executor of will, son John^. Thus it would appear that Benjamin, Jr.,^ and Jacob^ were both deceased at that time. Jacob's^ son, Benjamin^, was named in the will. The Middleboro records give names of the first five children as Hafford, the last one, Hayford, and the last named manner of spelling the family name appears in all future records. Benjamin Hayford", Jr., b. May 10, 1728, m. Ells Caswell, pub, Dec. 7, 1757. He prob. d. prior to 1761. No record of children found. John Hayford", son of Benjamin, b. Mar. 2, 1730, m. Sarah Conant, pub. Apr. 20, 1754. Middleboro records. They had six children: ^Thomas Playford, b. Sep. 11, 1755, m. Zilpha Holmes. ■*Sarah Hayford, b. Apr. 23, 1757, m. Ezra Reynolds. ^John Hayford, b. May 29, 1759, '^'- pi'io^ to 1773. * Jacob Hayford, b. Apr. 10, 1761. BENJAMIN HAYFORD. 75 ^John Hayford, b. Feb. 24, 1772, m. i, Lydia Russell, 1789 (?). m. 2, Joanna Doggett, 1792. m. 3, Mercy Thayer, 1799. "Benjamin Hayford, b. Jan. 2, 1777, m. Lucy Reed, May 20, 1804. John Hayford^ served in the Rev. war as a private in Capt. Tapper's Co. Marched on alarm from Middleborough to Dart- mouth. In Col. Ebenezer White's Reg't. Aug. 1-9, Sprout's Reg't. May 6, 1778. John HAYFORD^ son of John^, b. Feb. 24, 1772, m. Lydia Russell Apr. 22, 1789; was pub. to Joanna Doggett, May, 20, 1792, d. Mar. i, 1799; ni. Mercy or Mary Thayer, Sep. i, 1799. Their children were : ^Solomon Hayford, b. Oct. 13, 1792. sjohn' Hayford, b. Dec. 22, 1793. ^Nathaniel Doggett Hayford, b. Jun. 3, 1797. ^Joel Hayford, b. Feb. 28, 1796. (^"^Ziba Thayer Hayford, b. Mar. i, 1801. ^Abiel D. Hayford, b. Aug. 17, 1802, m. Laura Johnson. ^James Hayford, b. Mar. 15, 1804. ^Joanna Dogget Hayford, b. Aug. 15, 1805. Abiel D. Hayford^ was a M. E. minister for over 50 years in St. Lawrence Co., N. Y. Abiel D. Hayford^ b. Mass. 1801, m. 1822-5, Laura Johnson of St. Lawrence, N. Y. They had five children : ^James H. Hayford, b. 1826, at Pottsdam, N. Y., m. 19 yrs. old, had son Hiram E. and dau. Josephine. '^Harriet N. Hayford, m. Benjamin B. Johnson. 3 children. •^Hiram E. Hayford, d. soon after marriage and left no children. ^Samuel W. Hayford, m. Roxana Chapin, May 3, 1854. ^Joel Hayford, d. in childhood. Hiram E. Hayford'', son of James H.*^ was killed, herding cattle, in the west. ^ Josephine Hayford', dau. of James H.^ m. a R. R. engineer, who was killed in a collision, and she died of a broken heart, leaving a girl baby now living in Ohio. James H. Hayford'', m. 2d, at Laramie City, Wyo., and had eleven children. Bancroft's History, West, says : "Among foremost of the Albany County men, James H. Hayford, b. Pottsdam, N. Y., 1826, removed to Cheyenne in 1867, and edited the Rocky Mountain Star for two years, when he came to Laramie and 76 THE HAYFORD FAMILY. purchased the Laramie Sentinel. He was appointed Territory auditor in 1870. Mr. Hayford has been active in forwarding every good undertaking in his city since the foundations were laid." Harriet N. Hayford*^, m. Benjamin B. Johnson. Three children: ''Jesse D. Johnson, living in Oskosh, Wis. ''Ranson J. Johnson, and parents, living in Parkesburg, W. Virginia. ''Myra Johnson, m. William Damon of Ingalls, Mich. Samuel Hayford^ son of Abiel D.^ b. Jul. 25, 1832, m. May 3, 1854, Roxana Chapin. For many years clerk of the F. W. Baptist church, Greenleaf, Wis., d. Jul. 13, 1895. They had four- teen children, ten of whom lived to grow up. ■'Luther D. Hayford, b. Feb. 24, 1855, m. Nov. 10, 1880. 2 ch. ■'Lucinia Hayford, b. May 27, 1856, unmarried. ''James Hayford, b. May 18, 1859, m. Oct. 1880. 2 ch. ''Edward Hayford, b. Jun. 11, 1866, m. Nov. 1899. ''Alfred Hayford, b. Feb. 29, 1868, m. Jan. 27, 1S92. 4 ch. ■'Chester Hayford, b. Sep. 2, 1869, m. Feb. 20, 1895. i ch. ■'Carrie Hayford, b. Mar. i, 187 1, unmarried. ■'.Charles Hayford, b. May 4, 1872, m. May 3, 1898. i ch. ■'Chapin Hayford, b. Sep. 25, 1875, unmarried. ■'Laura Hayford, b. Feb. 17, 1879, ™- ^^^^ Hampel, Dec. 5, 1896. 2 ch. Luther D. Hayford'', b. Feb. 25, 1S55, m. Nov. 10, 1880. Children : ^Lillian Hayford, b. Jun. 6, 1882. ^P. Arthur Hayford, b. Aug. 4, 1898. L. D. Hayford'' is first deacon of the First Baptist church, Rhinelander, Wis. James Hayford', b. May 18, 1859, m. Oct. 18, 1880. Chil- dren : »Ida Hayford, b. Nov. 18S2. ^Baby Hayford. Alfred Hayford'', b. Feb. 29, 1868, m. Jan. 27, 1892, d. Dec. I, 1899. Children : ^Earl Hayford. **Mabel Hayford. •^Effie Hayford. ^Gordon Hayford. BENJAMIN HAYFORD. 77 Chester Hayford", b. Sep. 2, 1869, m. Feb. 20, 1895,01. Sep. 2, 1899. One child : ^Catharine Hayford. Charles Hayford", b. May 4, 1872, m. May 3, 1898. One child : ^Grace Hayford. Laura Hayford", b. Feb. 17, 1879, m. Fred Hampel, Dec. 5, 1896. Two children : ^Blanche Hampel. ^'Archie Hampel. Jacob HAYFORD^ son of Benjamin', b. Middleboro, Dec. 11, 1731, m. Ruth Crocker, Mar. 17, 1755. They had one child: ■'Benjamin Hayford, b. Oct. 15, 1755. Jacob Hayford^ served in the Rev. war as a private in Capt. Tupper's Co., Col. Ebenezer White's Reg't., Aug. 1-9, 1780. Marched on alarm to Rhode Island July 22, 1780. In Capt. Abiel Pierce's Co., Apr. 19, 1775, on alarm, from Middleboro to Marshfield. Benjamin HayfordS son of John^ b. Jan. 2, 1777, m. Lucy Reed, May 20, 1804. They had fourteen children : ^\lvin Hayford, b. 1805. ^Rebecca Hayford, b. 1807. ^William Hayford, b. 1809, m. Aseneth French, dau. of Litas French. ^Eunice Hayford. ^Benjamin Hayford, b. Sep. 30, 1812, m. i, Eliza French, dau. of Litas and Betsy, m. 2, Mercy French, dau. of Litas French, m. 3, Lorella Baker. ^Lucy Hayford. ^Levina Hayford. ^Alanson Hayford. ^Samuel Hayford. ^An unnamed son. ^Seth Hayford. ^Bethial Hayford. ^Clarinda Hayford. ^Louisa Hayford. Benjamin Hayford* was a Baptist minister, who moved to New York about 18 18, and first settled near Watertown. Later, about 1835, he went to Onondaga Co., N. Y., where his two 78 THE HAYFORD FAMILY. sons, William, (1809) and Benjamin (181 2) had removed to when young men and had settled. Alvin, a Baptist minister, also lived there as late as 1850 in N. E. N. Y., St. Lawrence or Warren Go's., and had quite a family. John, brother of Benja- min, went to Onondaga Co., where William and Benjamin, and Litas and Betsy French, parents of the wife of Benjamin, removed about 1835. John Hayford had married Mercy or Mary Thayer, mother of Betsy (Thayer) French, and died about J850, at the home of Litas and Betsy French, aged 82 years. Alvin Hayford^, son of Benjamin'', b. 1805, was a Baptist min- ister, and married and lived in St. Lawrence Co., N. Y. They had a large family, among whom were two sons : Alvin, Jr.*', and Edward^ William Hayford^, son of Benjamin*, b. 1809, and Benjamin Hayford^ b. 1S12, removed from St. Lawrence Co. to Onondaga Co., N. Y. in an early day, about 1835, followed later by Seth^, their brother, who died unmarried, in Wis., and by Lovina^ their sister, who married B. F. Tilton. She died in Iowa, 1897, leav- ing only one daughter. Louisa^ m. Hardin, both d. in Wis., leaving two sons : Alvin^ and Svimner^ (?) William^ married Asenath French. They had three children : Myron^, Orrin^, and Almeda'', who married Warner and resides at Tully, N. Y. Benjamin^ married Eliza French, sister of William's wife, Jan. 12, 1837. She d. June 24, 1846. Their children were: ^Benjamin Franklin Hayford, b. Mar. 2, 1838, d. July 25, 1842. ^Lovica Annette Hayford, b. July 10, 1841, d. Mar. 5, 1899, m. M. V, Harrington, i dau., 2 sons. ^William Francis Hayford, b. July 2, 1843, ^'^- E^en Hedge. ^Eliza Jane Hayford, b. Oct. 24, 1845, m. Charles Quick. Benjamin Hayford^ m. 2d, Mercy French, sister of his first wife, Oct. 21, 1846, d. Aug. 20, 1855. Their children were: ^Cyrus Duane Hayford, b. Oct. 18, 1849, '^- Mary Schoonmaker. ^Orrin Irvin Hayford, b. Nov. 17, 1852, m. Louise Smith. Benjamin Hayford*" m. 3d, Loretta Baker, Mar. 9, 1859. They had one son : ^Fred Benjamin Hayford, b. Sep. 4, 1865, d. Feb. ig, 1866. The parent, Benjamin Hayford^ d. Mar. 29, 1887. William Francis Hayford^, son of Benjamin^ b. July 2, BENJAMIN HAYFORD. 79 1843, m. Mar. 15, 187 1, Ellen Hedges. She d. Nov. 10, 1880. Their children were : "Jemima Hayford, b. Sept. 21, 1872. ^Fred B. Hayford, b. Nov. 17, 1875, d. Sep. 5, 1878. Wm. F. Hayford^ m. 2d, Delia Titus, Apr. 6, 1882. No chil- dren. Wm. F. Hayford resides at Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and is a dealer in real estate and loans. Eliza J. Hayford^ dau. of Benjamin^ b. Oct. 24, 1845, m. Mar. 16, 1871, Charles Quick, who d. in 1888. They had one daughter : 'Susie E. Quick, b. Aug. 21, 1882. Cyrus Duane Hayford^, son of Benjamin^, b. Oct. 18, 1849, m. Jan. 20, 1875, Mary Schoonmaker. They had two children : 'Blanche Schoonmaker Hayford, who died young. "Alice Schoonmaker Hayford, b. 1879. Orrin Irvin Hayford^ b. Nov. 17, 1852, son of Benjamin^ m. Nov. 18, 1890, Louise Smith. They had two children: "Edith Louise Hayford, b. Sep. 11, 1893. '^Benjamin Irving Hayford, b. Sep. 4, 1898. The mother, Louise (Smith) Hayford, d. Feb. 1900. The last named child, Benjamin Irving'^, being the only male descendant of Benjamin Hayford^. Benjamin^ and his brother, William^, married three daughters of Litas and Betsy French, born in Hague, N. Y., and from which place the parents, with a large family, moved to Onon- daga Co., N. Y., in the early 30's. Most of their descendants now reside in Mich. William F. Hayford'', who has furnished this record of his parents' descendants, resides at Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and is a real estate dealer. 2)aniel Ma^forb Branch. Daniel Hayford-, son of John^, b. ab. 1690, Duxbury, Mass., m. 1723, Anne Webster, 2d, Deliverance Boles, 1733. His chil- dren were : ^Daniel Hayford, Jr., b. Mar. 12, 1725, m. Priscilla Faxon, Feb. 7» 1751- ^Samuel Hayford, b. Aug. 8, 1734, m. Rebecca Freeman Water- man, 1754. ^Webster Hayford, b. Nov. 3, 1736, m. Mary Bonney, Jan. 17, 1760. ^William Hayford, b. May 5, 1740, m. Betty Bonney, Mar. 11, 1863. A record of the descendants of Daniel- will be found later in this work under the heads : Daniel Hayford, Jr.'*, Branch of New Hampshire. Samuel Hayford^ Branch of Massachusetts. Webster Hayford^ Branch of New York. William Hayford^ Branch of Maine. That of DanieP and William^ extending quite fully through many generations to the present time. 'None titled nobler than the man who is but an American." FAMILY OF DANIEL HAYFORD"^ OF PEMBROKE, MASS. Daniel Hayford'^ m. Anne Webster of Pembroke, Feb. 7, 1723. Their issue, one son : ^Daniel, Jr., b. at Pembroke, m. Priscilla Faxon of Braintree, Feb. 7, 1751. Daniel Hayford m. 2nd, Deliverance Boles of Pembroke, May 24, 1733. Their children : ^Samuel Hayford, b. Aug. 8, 1734, m. Rebecca Freeman Water- man, 1754. DANIEL HAYFORD. 8l "^Webster Hayford, b. Nov. 3, 1736, m. Mary Bonney, Jan. 17, 1760. ''William Hayford, b. May 5, 1740, m. Betty Bonney, Mar. 11, 1762. Daniel Hayford", son of John Heiford^ of Braintree, 1679, was born in Duxbury (afterwards Pembroke and Hanson), ab. 1690. He was admitted to the First Cong, church, Pembroke, July 6, 1729; was deacon in 1746, and died Dec. 11, 1764. His will, entered in court, 1765, names wife Deliverance, and four sons, Daniel^ Samuel'^ Webster^ and William^ and appoints son William executor of said will. As will be seen on former pages, he bought and sold real estate largely in Pembroke. He built the house afterwards bought by Rev. Gad Hitchcock in 1749, which in 1892 was then standing. Record of baptisms in the Second Church of Christ in Pem- broke, Mass., by Rev. Gad Hitchcock during years 1752 to 1778: Mar. 15, 1752, DanieP, son of Daniel Hayford, Jr.**, on % his wife. Oct. 28, 1753, Edward"" son of Daniel Hayford, Jr.'' Nov. 24, 1754, Deliverance"*, dau. of Samuel Hayfordl Sept. 14, 1755, NathanieP, son of Daniel Hayford, Jr.^ Jan. 18, 1756, Abigail, dau. of Samuel Hayfordl July 13, 1760, Ann*, dau. of Samuel Hayford''. Nov. 16, 1760, Mary^ dau. of Webster Hayford^ Dec. 19, 1762, Mary Freeman*, dau. of Samuel Hayford^ Aug. 1763, Webster*, son of Webster Hayfordl Aug. 1763, William*, son of William Hayford^ Sept. 1764, Rebecca*, dau. of Samuel Hayford^ Sept. 1764, Jonathan Bonney*, son of Webster Hayford". Mar. 31, 1765, Betty*, dau. of William Hayford^ Feb. 1766, Deliverance*, dau. of Webster Hayford*. June 27, 1766, Artemissa*, dau. of William Hayford^ June 7, 1767, John, son of Mercy Hayford. Nov. 15, 1767, Matilda*, dau. of William Hayford". Aug. 1769, Molly Waterman*, dau. of Samuel Hayford". Nov. 8, 1770, Arvida*, son of William Hayford^ Jan. 1773, Gustavus*, son of William Hayford". Apr. 1774, Christina*, dau. of William Hayford^ May 1 8, 1777, Zeri*, son of William Hayford". 82 THE HAYFORD FAMILY. Aug. 31, 1777, Priscilla^ dau. of Edward Hayford* of Bridge- water. Note — Two sons of Wm. Hayford'^, i. e. Gad"* and Albert^ born in Turner, Me. Gen. Reg. Vol. 49, Page 430. Children of John Pompilly on account of his wife Aphia, were baptised June 28, 1772, viz., Bennet, Elizabeth, Apphia, John, Ruel and Barnard. Vol. 50, p. 177. Samuel, son of John Pompilly's wife, Nov. 1774. 'Daniel IHa^forb 5r. Branch. (State of New Hampshire.) Daniel Hayford, Jr.^ son of Daniel Hayford'', and Anne Web- ster of Pembroke, Mass., born about 1724, died at Tamworth, N. H., 1813, m. Feb. 7, 1751, Priscilla Faxon, dau. of Thomas and Ruth (Webb) Faxon, born in Braintree, Mass., Apr. 13, 1723, died ab. 1813. Priscilla Faxon^ (Thomas^ Josiah^ Richard'^ Thomas\) b. in Braintree, Mass., Apr. 13, 1723, dau., of Thomas and Ruth (Webb) Faxon, m. Feb. 7, 175I' Daniel Hayford, Jr.^ son of Daniel'^ and Anne (Webster) Hayford of Pembroke, Mass. (Daniel Hayford" and Anne Webster were married Feb. 7, 1723. He afterwards married Deliverance Boles of Pembroke May 24, 1733.) He removed to Tamworth Iron Works, N. H. He was a farmer. The place of burial of Daniel Hayford, Jr.^, and his wife, Priscilla, is Tamworth Iron Works Cemetery. He died about 18 1 3, six months after decease of his wife. She died about 181 2-1 8 1 3, aged about 90 years. Children born in Pembroke, Mass.: Daniel," b. Mar. 12, 1752. Edward*, b. Oct. 1753, m. Dec. 28, 1775, Abigail Ramsdell of Pembroke. She d. 1779, aet. 22. He m. 2nd, 1779, Lenity, widow of Nathan Eangman. She was Lenity Thomas of Marsh- field, Mass. He was a farmer and removed to South Tamworth, N. H., where he died in 1844- (Note. Edward Hayford" had a daughter Priscilla^ who married Matthew Gannett, son of Seth and Susanna (Allen) Gannett. They had four sons, Allen, Charles, Faxon and Consider. ) Nathaniel", b. Sept. 16, i75S> m. Philena Gannett^ b. 1768, in Bridgewater, Mass., dau. of Seth" and Susanna (Allen) Gannett. Seth Gannett" was the son of Joseph'^ and Hannah (Hayward) Gannett. Joseph Gannett^ was the son of Joseph^ who m. a widow Sharp, and the latter Joseph was the son of Matthew^ of 84 THE HAYFORD FAMILY. Scituate, Mass., who was b. in England in 1618. Seth"* had a brother, Capt. Joseph"*, whose son, Joseph^, was the father of Jane Bailey Gannett^, who m. Luther Faxon' (SamueP, Elisha^ Elishahib^ Josiah^ Richard'^, Thomas^). Soon after his mar- riage Nathaniel Hayford"* removed to Tamworth, N. H., where he resided till his decease, Apr. 25, 185 1. The following article from the Congregational Journal published at Concord, N. H., May 29, 185 r, will be a better account than can now be obtained from any other source, of one who lived to the advanced age of 96 years: "He was born in Pembroke, Mass., Sept. 16, 1755. He was the son of Mr. Daniel Hayford'^ who with his wife, the mother of the deceased, lived to be 90 years old and upward. They had three children, all sons, Daniel"', Edward"* and Nathaniel*, who all lived to the advanced age of about ninety-six years. At the breaking out of the Revolutionary war the deceased was nineteen years old; and soon after the battle of Lexington, he enlisted in the service of his country and marched to Boston. At the time of the battle on Bunker Hill he was stationed on Winter Hill. He was in the battle on Rhode Island, in the battle in New York, in the battle at Monmouth, N. J., besides several skirmishes with the enemy. He was in the war between four and five years, and for many years has drawn a pension to sustain him in his old age. Soon after the close of the war he removed to Burton (now Albany), N. H., and about this time was married to Philena Gannett, a native of Bridgevv^ater, Mass., with whom he lived in the married state about 65 years. She still survives her husband at the age of 83. Soon after his marriage Mr. Hayford removed to Tamworth, where he lived until his death. The deceased out- lived nearly all his generation. He lived until nearly every officer under whom he served, and soldier who shared with him the hard- ships and dangers of the march, the camp and the battlefield, had gone down to dust. It was a soul stirring spectacle to look into the coffin of this man, and, as we gazed upon the sleeping dust, to reflect upon the varied scenes of nearly a hundred years through which the sleeper had passed. Allowing thirty years to a generation, he had lived till more than three generations of his fellow men had passed oft' the stage. We could but think of the great changes which had taken place in his beloved country in his day. He had lived in the time of four wars in which his country was engaged, that of the French and Indian, the Revo- lutionary, the last war with Great Britian, and that with Mexico. Mr. Hayford retained his bodily and mental powers in a remark- able measure for a man of his years. The last winter he was able to chop considerable wood at his door, and at the last March election went to the ballot box and deposited his vote. DANIEL HAYFORD, JR. 85 Nearly fifty years ago he hopefully enlisted under the banner of the "Prince of Peace" and with his wife united with the Congre- gational church in Tamworth. His last end was peace. In his last moments he spoke calmly of death and his "desire to depart and be with Christ." After closing his own eyes "he fell asleep." His widow, Philena, died Mar. 26, 1858, aged 90 years." Daniel Hayford, son of Daniel, Jr., b. Mar. 12, 1752, at Pembroke, Mass., removed to Providence, R. I., m. Mary In the list of taxpayers in Providence, 1845, appears the names of Daniel Hayford, Sarah Ann Hayford and Abby B. Hayford. Sarah Ann Hayford m. Anson Cole, Dec. 21, 1854. Abby B. Hayford m. Joseph Bradford, and had children: Henry N. Bradford, m. Mary Whipple. Joseph Bradford, m. Hall. Marion L. Bradford, m. Chas. H. Budlong, Dec. 9, i860. Record of Deaths, Providence, R. I. Daniel Hayford, d. May 12, 1S37, ae. 85 yrs. Daniel " son of Daniel, Jr., d. Apr. 16, 1837, ae. 26 yrs. Daniel " Jr., d. Apr. 7, 1847, ^^- 79 Y^s. Mary " d. Aug. 8, 1848, ae. 83 yrs. Rebecca " widow of Daniel, d. Mar. 10, 1853, ae. 71 yrs. Chas. " son of Daniel, Jr., d. May 20, 1861, ae. 41 yrs. Laura J. " dau. of Geo. E. & Lauretta, d. Jan. 28, 1834. Copied from Pension Rolls. Nathaniel Hayford, Private, Mass. Con't. 1778: ^96.00 per, year. Amount received: ^1146.13. Placed on Pension rolls May 24, 18 1 9, pension commenced Apr. 27, 18 18, dropped out 1820, May I, restored Feb. 3, 1824. Daniel Hayford, (bro. of Nath'l. ) $33.33, Amt. rec'd.: $99.99. Rhode Island St. Contin'l Militia, placed on rolls Nov. 18, 1833. Pension commenced. Mar. 4, 1831. Aged 82 yrs. Prov. R. I. William Hayford, (cousin of the above,) Amt. allowed, $33.33. reed. $99.99. Mass. Militia, placed on Pension Rolls, Jul. 5, 1833, pension commenced Mar. 4, 1831. Ira Hayford, Rev. Soldier, went to Troy, N. York. He was a Fifer and was on Pension Rolls. John Hayford of Farmington, Conn, was on guard duty at Boston, 1776. 86 THE HAYFORD FAMILY. EDWARD HAYFORD* BRANCH. Edward Hayford^ son of Daniel Hayford, Jr.^ b. Pembroke, Mass., Oct. 1753, baptized Oct. 28, 1753, d. about 1844, m. Abigail Ramsdell of Pembroke, b. 1757, d. 1779. He m. 2d, 1779, Lenity, widow of Nathan Kingman. She was Lenity Thomas of Marshfield, Mass., d. 1844. He was a farmer and removed to Tamworth, N. H. He had five children: ^Edward Hayford, Jr., m. Polly Kenastone. ^Libbeus Hayford, m. Lydia Hawkins. "^Barzilla Hayford, d. young. ^Priscilla Hayford, b. Aug. 31, 1777, m. Matthew Gannett. ^Lydia Hayford, b. Moultonboro Mar. 17, 1782, m. Ward Weeks Folsom and lived at Tamworth till 1876, ae. 94. 11 ch. Edward Hayford Jr.^ son of Edward Hayford*, m. Polly Ken- astone. They had six children: ^Gilbert Hayford, m. Susan Tattin, N. B. ®Asa Hayford, m. Ann Tattin, N. B. ^Faxon Hayford m. Sarah Goodwin, Lyman, Me. ^Betsy Hayford (Elizabeth), m. James Riley, Haverhill, Mass. ^Joanna Hayford, b. 1809, m. James Ames. 4 ch. m. Nathaniel Hayford, Jr^ i child. ^Mary Ann Hayford, m. Joseph Goodwin. A relative of the writer, residing in Oklahoma, under date June 29, 1898, writes as follows : "A man here, named Woodward, knew a Hayford family in Minnesota. They came from Maine to Hudson, Wis., before the rebellion, and thence to Minnesota. Gil. Hayford and Asa Hayford were brothers. Asa's son Ed. enlisted in the 2nd Minnesota Cav., Co. K., and served through the war. When war was over the Hayfords moved to Pope Co., Minn., where they homesteaded land. This was in 1866. Gil. Hayford was the father of three boys and two girls. Fax., John, and a younger brother, whose name Woodward cannot recall, Lucinda and a younger girl, name not remembered. Lucinda married in Minne- sota Kirk J. Kinney, a surveyor and a man of fine education. Kinney went into the employ of Col. Barrett, a government sur- veyor from Washington, D. C. They surveyed in South Dakota and in Oklahoma, then called the Indian Territory. Kinney was caught in a prairie fire and horribly burned, having an ear and some of his fingers burned off. He was maimed for life. Lay for many months in an almost dying condition at Fort Reno, this Territory. This was about 1869, I think he said, or EDWARD HAYFORD. 87 thirty years before the opening to settlement of Oklahoma. Kinney, upon his recovery, returned to Minnesota, where at last accounts he was publishing a newspaper at Glenwood, Pope Co. Kinney was a cousin of Hon. Galusha Grow, and was from Pennyslvania. Politically, all the Hayfords were Republicans. Asa Hayford and Ed. returned to Maine many years ago. Woodward doesn't know their town there. However, he has heard Ed. speak many times of a tide-mill which they operated on the coast of Maine. The rising of the tide pushed the gates of their lock inward and lilled the pond. When the tide went down the gates closed, and with this water they obtained the power to operate a saw mill, shingle mill and lath mill. He had heard Ed. complain many times of the hard life they led at this work, for the tide going out later each day, their time for open- ing work often commenced at most untimely hours, and as they worked in all seasons, they often commenced work at eleven o'clock at night, or two in the morning with equal promptness, as every moment that their unique power lasted must be improved." Gilbert Hayford®, son of Edward Hayford, Jr.\ m. Susan Tattin. They had live children: "Lucetta Hayford, m. Kirk Kinney. ''John Hayford. ^Gilbert Hayford. '^Lizzie Hayford, m. Joseph Lawson. ^Judson Hayford. Asa Hayford", son of Edward, Jr.^ m. Anna Tattin. They had three children : '^Alvin Hayford, m. Camery Appleton. '^Ira Hayford, m. Sarah Frances Goodwin. ''Edward Hayford, m. Abbie Goodwin. Faxon Hayford®, son of Edward, Jr.^, m. Sarah Ann Good- win. They had one child : ''Frank Hayford, unmarried. Present residence of son, San Jose, Cal. Betsy Hayford®, dau. of Edward, Jr.^, m. James Riley. She died 1900. They had two children: ''Judson Riley. ''Lizzie Riley. Joanna Hayford®, dau of Edward, Jr.^, m. James Ames. She was b. 1809 and d. July 10, 1854. They had four children : ''Elizabeth Ames, b. 1832, m. David Hayford, Tamworth, N. H. 'James M. Ames, m. No children. Saxonville, Mass. 88 THE HAYFORD FAMILY. "^Asa Ames, m. One dau., Jennie**, Lancaster, N. H. "Charles J. Ames. She m. 2nd, Nathaniel Hayford, Jr.s, and had one child: •^Sarah J. Hayford, m. Jonathan Pray. Mary Ann Hayford'', dau. of Edward, Jr.s, m. Joseph Good- win. They had seven children : ''Elizabeth Goodwin. ''Sarah Goodwin, m. Ira Hayford''. ''Charles Goodwin. ''Albert Goodwin. ■'Emma Goodwin. ''Forest Goodwin. ''Abby Goodwin, m. Edward Hayford''. Alvin Hayford'', son of Asa Hayford'', m. Camery Appleton. They had one child : ^Herbert Hayford. Ira Hayford'', son of Asa*, m. Sarah Goodwin. They had seven children : ^Ostinelle Hayford, b. 1867, m. Minnie Witham of Alfred, Mass. 3 ch.: Lillian, b. 1892 ; Edith, b. 1894; Charles, b. 1896. ^Minnie Hayford, vinmarried. ^Grace Hayford, unmarried, ^Charlie Hayford, unmarried, dead. ^Bertha Hayford, unmarried, dead. *Roy Hayford, unmarried, dead. ^Emma Hayford, unmarried. Ira W. Hayford, a veteran of the civil war, who lives at in Alfred street, Biddeford, was found lying beside the road near the blacksmith shop on the site of the old skating rink, Saturday. He was insensible and blood was streaming from one of his ears. It was thought by those who found him that he had been fatally injured by slipping on the ice and striking on his head, fractur- ing his skull. He was removed to his home, where a physician made an examination, but could find no indication of a fracture. He accounts for the flow of blood from the ear by the bursting of a blood vessel. It is thought Mr. Hayford will recover. Mch. 9, 1901. Edward Hayford'', son af Asa", m. Abbie Goodwin. They had six children : ^Amy Hayford. NATHANIEL HAYFORD. 89 ^Albert G. Hayford, m. Josie Littlefield, Alfred, Me. 2 ch.: Zefifie, b. 1897 ; Roy, b. 1899. ^George Hayford. ®Asa Hayford. ^Winona Hayford. 'Zeffie Hayford. LiBBEUS Hayfords, son of Edward^, m. Lydia Hawkins. They had nine children : Edwin*^, Lucetta'^, Almina*', Lydia*^, Priscilla*', Albion**, Albert®, Lucetta'* and Sarahs Priscilla Hayfords, dau. of Edward'', m. Mathew Gannett. They had four sons : Allen^, Charles^ Faxon'' and Consider^ NATHANIEL HAYFORD^ BRANCH. Nathaniel Hayford^ son of Daniel Jr.^, b. Pembroke, Mass., Sept. 1755, bap. Sept. 14, 1755, d. Apr. 25, 1851, m. ab. 1787, Philena Gannett of Bridgewater, Mass., b. ab. 1768, d. Mar. 26, 1858. (Philena^ Seth"*, Joseph^, Joseph'-^, Mathew^, of Scituate, Mass., b. in England 1618.) They had five children: sDaniel Hayford, b. 1789. sNathaniel Hayford, Jr., b. Mar. 11, 1791, m. i, Abigail Blais- dell. 2, Susan Rollins. 3, Joanna (Hayford®) Ames. sSeth Hayford, b. Sept. 9, 1793, m. Susan Gannett. 5Warren Hayford, b. Aug. 2, 1798, m. Sophia sPolly Hayford, m. Stephen Flanders. Nathaniel Hayford, Jr.5, and wife cared for and lived with their parents for many years previous to their deaths. Daniel Hayfords, son of Nathaniel'*, b. 1789, at Tamworth, N. H., married and moved to the State of New York (Wayne Co.), early in the nineteenth century, about 1828. They had three children : Sarah®, Daniel® and Henry®. "Among the worthy merchants at Tamworth Iron Works, N. H. (1812) was Daniel Hayford, who combined manufacture of nails with mer- chandise." No further record of Daniel is found. Daniel was in Tamworth, 1828, the first merchant and manufacturer of hats. Nathaniel Hayford, Jr.s, son of Nathaniel"*, b. at Tamworth, N. H., Mar. 11, 1791, d. at Swampscott, Mass., June 26, 1S73, m. Abigail Blaisdell. They had two children : ®Otis Hayford, d. at the age of four years. ®Abner Hayford, b. Mar. 19, 1824, m. Lavina Hill. 9° THE HAYFORD FAMILY. He then married, Sept. 17, 1826, Susan Rollins, b. May 26, 1799, and had three children: ''David Hayford, b. May 12, 1827, m. Elizabeth Ames. ®Susan J. Hayford, b. June 10, 1S43, m. James A. Moulton. ^Otis Hayford, b. Mar. 11, 1831, m. Vienna Eames. He married third, Joanna (Hayford^) Ames, b. 1809, d. July 10, 1854. They had one child: "^Sarah Hayford. Abner Hayford'', son of Nathaniel, Jr.s, b. Tamworth, N. H., Mar. ig, 1824, d. at Swampscott, Mass., Apr. 21, 1896, m. Apr. 19, i860, Lavina Hill, b. Woburn, Mass., Nov. 21, 1828, d. Nov. 21, 1897. They had five children: "Maria Stanwood Hayford, b. June 4, 1861, m. Wilmot R. Hastings. ■^James Abner Hayford, b. Feb. 8, 1863, d. Oct. 8, 1863. 'Arthur Blaisdell Hayford, b. Feb. 12, 1865, d. Sept. 19, 1865. ''Anna Rebecca Hayford, b. June 10, 1867, unmarried. ■'Abner Wendall Hayford, b. Oct. 14, 1869, unmarried. SWAMPSCOTT. Death of Abner Hayford^. A long and useful life is ended. By the death of Abner Hay- ford, Swampscott loses one of its most respected citizens. Fri- day morning he was stricken down with apoplexy, which affected a portion of his left side. The hopes that he could rally proved unfounded, and at 4 o'clock this morning he passed to his well- earned reward. His 72nd birthday fell on March 19, last, and two days before his death was the 36th anniversary of his mar- riage. In many respects his career has been unique. As a youth of barely 16 years, he started on foot from his native town, Tam- worth, N. H., to seek his fortune. At that time the Eastern Railway extended only to Ipswich, and he walked all the dis- tance to that place. He had but a trifle more than sufficient money to pay his fare to Boston. There he secured work, into which he entered with the same indomitable energy which since has been one of his characteristics. His success in business was the result of his own unaided effort. For 18 years he devoted his best efforts to the service of the late E. B. Phillips of Swampscott, during v/hich time great interests were entirely entrusted to him. Then he struck out in business for himself, in the face of predicted failure and the most tempting offers to remain. Of the men in the oil business he was, prob- ably, the most expert. Alone and unaided, he soon handled an NATHANIEL HAYKORD. gi immense business, though the fact was known to but few, and in this line he acquired the principal part of his fortune. In his home life he was a pattern, a devoted husband and most indulgent parent. His death is the first break in the family circle within 30 years. His wife, two daughters and a son sur- vive him. Although not a church member he had pronounced religious convictions. In all his transactions he was a man of the most strict integrity. Many were the benevolent deeds done by his right hand, of which the left knew not. But his deeds live after him, and the whole community sincerely mourns his death. Mariah Stanwood Hayford'^, dau. of Abner'', b. at Swamp- scott, Mass., June 4, 1861, m. July 6, 1886, Wilmot R. Hastings of Lynn, Mass. They have three children : ^Elsie Hayford Hastings, b. June 18, 1888. '^Claire Hastings b. Feb. 16, 1891. ^Abner H. Hastings, b. Dec. 31, 1894. David Hayford^, son of Nathaniel, Jr.-% b. May 12, 1827, m. Nov. II, 1S49, Elizabeth Ames, b. Oct. 10, 1832. They had thirteen children : "Charles N. Hayford, b. Sept. 8, 1S50, d. Aug. 28, 1852. 'George F. Hayford, b. June 7, 1853, d. Feb. 23, 1878. 'Emma J. Hayford, b. Aug. 11, 1855, m. Albert Fowler. 'Newman A. Hayford, b. Nov. 4, 1858, m. Abbie Hayes. "Herbert W. Hayford, b. Sept. 12, i860, m. Lillian M. Moulton, 'John S. Hayford, b. Nov. 18, 1862. m. Norah Conner. 'Lizzie D. Hayford, b. Nov. 2, 1864. 'Ada May Hayford, b. Dec. 16, 1866, d. May 10, 187 1. "Cora E. Hayford, b. Mar. 20, 1868. 'Abner W. Hayford, b. Dec. 12, 1869, unmarried. ■^Lulu Maud Hayford, b. Apr. i, 187 1. ^Ann Blanche Hayford, b. Oct. 4, 1873. 'Durwood A. Hayford, b. Nov. 13, 1875, m. Elsie Allen. Emma J. Hayford7, dau. of David'', m. Albert Fowler, d. Sept. II, 1 89 1. They had three children: Clarence^, Alma*^ and Bernicel Newman A. Hayford7, son of David^ b. Nov. 4, 1S58, m. Mar. 19, 1879, Abbie Hayes, b. May 10, 1855. They had six children : ^Eva M. Hayford, b. Dec. 31, 1879. ^Harry N. Hayford, b. Feb. 18, 1881. 92 THE HAYFORD FAMILY. ^Celia B. Hayford, b. July 25, 1883. ^Charles J. Hayford, b. Oct. 16, 1885. «Della M. Hayford, b. May 10, 1889, d. Dec. 31, 1890. ^Edith M. Hayford, b. May 8, 1895. Herbert W. Hayford7, son of David^ b. Sept. 12, i860, m. Lillian M. Moulton7, July 20, 1887. They had three children: ^Gertie Hayford, b. Nov. 11, 1889, d. May 6, 1890. ^Flossie Hayford, b. Feb. 22, 1891, d. Feb. 26, 1891. ^Ethel Hayford, b. Sept. 5, 1892. John S. Hayford?, son of David^ b. Nov. 18, 1862, m. Oct. II, 1893, Norah Conner. They had three children: ^Mildred E. Hayford, b. Aug. 11, 1894. ^Lawrence D. Hayford, b. Aug. 6, 1896. ^Sumner Hayford, b. June 22, 1899. DuRwooD HAYFORD7, SOU of David^ b. Nov. 13, 1875, m. Oct. II, 1897, Elsie Allen. She died June 15, 1899. One child: ^David P. Hayford, b. June 6, 1899. Otis Hayford^ son of Nathaniel, Jr.s, b. Tamworth, N. H., Mar. II, 1831, m. Nov. 25, 1855, Vienna Fames of Newry, Me., b. Jan. 6, 1835. They had five children: 7lnez Hayford, b. Jan. 14, 1857, m. John Hapgood. 7 Anson Otis Hayford, b. Feb. 15, 1859, m. Annie Thompson. 7Edson Hayford, b. Dec. 23, i860, m. Eva Abbott. 7lda Hayford, b. Oct. 4, 1862, m. James Bragg. 7jennie Hayford, b. June 5, 1866, m. Charles Cobb. Inez Hayford?, dau. of OtisS b. Jan. 14, 1857, Newry, Me., m. John Hapgood of Bethel, Me., Nov. 24, 1879, d. July 2, 1886, Albany, Me. Anson Otis Hayford?, son of Otis^ b. Feb. 15, 1859, m. May 3, 1884, Annie Thompson of Machias, Me. They had two children : ^Charles Otis Hayford, b. Albany, Me., Apr. i, 18S5. ^Robert Hayford, b. Hanover, Me., Feb. 2, 1888. Edson Hayford?, son of Otis^ b. Dec. 23, i860, m. Jan. 31, 1888, Eva Abbott of Andover, Me. They had one child: ^James Abbott Hayford, b. May 2, 1897. Ida Hayford?, dau. of Otis^ b. Oct. 4, 1862, m. Oct. 4, 1886, James Bragg of Erroll, N. H. Jennie Hayford?, dau. of Otis^ b. June 5, 1866, m. Dec. 25, 1888, Charles Cobb of Westbrook, Me. NATHANIEL HAYFORD. 93 Susan J. Hayford'^ dau. of Nathaniel, Jr.S b. June lo, 1843, at Tamworth, N. H., m. Aug. 20, 1862, James A. Moulton, b. Aug. 10, 1844, at Fitchburg, Mass. They have one child: 7Le''ah M. Moulton, b. July 23, 1867, m. Herbert W. Hayford7. James A. Moulton enlisted during the civil war in 1862 and served three years. They now reside at Laconia, N. H. Leah M. Moulton7, b. July 23, 1S67, m. July 20, 1887, Herbert W. Hayford7, b. Sept. 12, 1S60. They had three children: ^Gertrude Hayford, b. Nov. 11, 1889, d. May 6, 1890. ^Florence Hayford, b. Feb. 22, 1891, d. Feb. 27, 1891. «Ethel S. Hayford, b. Sept. 5, 1892. Sarah HAYFORD^ dau. of Nathaniel, Jr.S m. Jonathan Smith Pray. SErn Hayford'', son of NathanieP, b. Tamworth, N. H., Sept. 9, 1793, d. Apr. 27, 1866, m. Nov. 12, 1822, Susan Gannett, b. Oct. 10, 1798, d. Apr. 3, 1869. They had five children: ^Ira Hayford, b. Aug. 11, 1823, m. Harriet S. Ackerman. "Nancy Hayford, b. Mar. 3, 1825, d. Dec. 17, 1850. "Philena Hayford, b. May 3, 1827, d. Nov. 29, 1844. 'Seth Hayford, Jr., b. Nov. 13, 1829, d. Feb. 16, 1830. "Seth Hayford, Jr., b. Feb. 2, 1832, m. Patience . Ira Hayford'', son of Seth^ b, Tamworth, N. H., Aug. 11, 1823, m. Feb. 15, 1848, Harriet S. Ackerman, b. Farmington, N. H., Sept. 29, 1822, d. June 2, 1870. He married 2d, Laura Jane Page of Concord, N. H., June 17, 1873, b. June 26, 1825, at Lower Gilmantown, N. H., dau. of Samuel and Dorothy B. Page. He d. Sept. 14, 1882, and was buried at Concord, N. H. They had six children : *^Charles M. Hayford, b Dec. 29, 1848, at Great Falls, N. H., m. Mary Hayes. «Philena J. Hayford, b. Nov. 5, 1851, Methuen, Mass., m. Gil- bert H. Berry. «Winslow A. Hayford, b. May 10, 1854, Lawrence, Mass. ^William B. Hayford, b. May 20, 1857, Methuen, Mass., d. Aug. 13, 1858. ^William B. Hayford, b. June 21, 1859, W. Medford, Mass. ^Harriet S. Hayford, b. Aug. 28, 1863, W. Medford, Mass. Charles M. Hayford^ son of Ira'', b. Dec. 29, 1848, at Great Falls, N. H., m. July 24, 1877, Mary Hayes of Bangor, Me., b. June 15, 1859. They had five children: 94 THE HAYFORD FAMILY, ®Mary Harriet Hayford, b. June 15, 1878, d. Feb. i, 1879. ®Rose Pauline Hayford, b. Nov. 25, 1881. ^Josephine Ellen Hayford, b, Apr. 28, 1885. ^Hilda Genevieve Hayford, b. June 15, 1896. ^Mary Hayes Hayford, b. June 26, 1898. None married March, 1900. They reside in Bangor, Me, Address, 470 Main St. Philena J. Hayford^, dau. of Ira'', b, Nov. 5, 185 1, Methuen, Mass., m. Jan. 12, 187 1, Gilbert H. Berry of Bristol, N. H. They had six children: ''Arthur W. Berry, b. Dec. 30, 1872. ^ James E. Berry, b. Nov. 13, 1874, d. Aug. 30, 1S83. ^Ernest H. Berry, b. Dec. 26, 1880. ^Ira S. Berry, b. Sept. 14, 1882, d. July 27, 1883. ^Luey B. Berry, b. Aug. 9, 1884. ^Gilbert A. Berry, b. Aug. 18, 189 1. Seth Hayford, Jr.'', son of Seth*', b. Feb. 2, 1832, m. Sept. 14, 1852, Patience . They had two children: ^Nancy S. Hayford, b. Oct. 25, 1855. ^Mary Ann Hayford, b. Dec. 14, 1857. Seth Hayford'' enlisted during the civil war in the Fifth Reg't from West Medford, Mass., Sept. 23, 1862. Resided with family at New Boston, N. H., last known. Warren Hayford^, son of Nathaniel, b. Aug. 2, 1798, d. Sept. II, 1872, m. 1820-1, Sophia , b. July 25, 1800, d. July 14, 1884. They had eight children : ^Cynthia Hayford, b. 1822, m. Ezekiel Rand. ®Sarah Hayford, b. Dec. 11, 1834, m. Isaiah Forest. ^Sophia Hayford, b. Nov. 25, 1826, d. Oct. 1827. ^Warren Hayford, Jr., b. July 12, 1829. m. Abbie Lewis. •^Joseph Hayford, b. Apr. 28, 1833, m. i, Lizzie Rachel Wilson. m. 2, Lizzie Burns. ^William Hayford, b. 1832, m. Mariah Ellis. •'Daniel Hayford, b. June 28, 1840, unmarried, d. Feb. 8, 1863. ^Cordelia Hayford, b. June 14, 1843, m. Cyrus P. Dow. Cynthia Hayford*', dau. of Warren^ b. 1822, m. 1854, lizekiel Rand, b. , d. 1886. They had one son : ''Parkman Rand, b. 1856, d. Mar. 9, 1898. Sarah Hayford*', dau. of Warren^ b. Dec. 11, 1824, m. 1853, NATHANIEL HAYKORD. 95 Isaiah Forest, b. i826,d. Apr. 14, 1894. They had three children : "Charles T. Forest, d. with diphtheria, 9 years old. ■Etta Maria Forest, \rj, ■ d. with diphtheria, 6 years old. ^Ida May Forest, j" ^^^'^"s, „ .< 5 Warren Hayford, Jr.", son of Warren\ b. July 12, 1829, d. Aug. 10, 1888, m. Apr. 24, 185 1, Abbie Lewis of Worcester, Mass., b. Nov. 20, 1828, at Kittery, Me., d. May 29, 1894, at Conway, N. H. They had one son : "George Warren Hayford, b. Oct. 27, 1854, at Boston, Mass., m. Ida A. W. Bright. George Warren Hayford", son of Warren, Jr.'', b. Oct. 27, 1854, at Boston, Mass., m. Dec. 17, 1885, ^-^^ Bright of Lynn, Mass. They had three children : ^Francis Brooks Hayford, b. Boston, July 19, 18S7, d. May 31, 1888. ^Ruth Hayford, b. Boston, Oct. 25, 1889. HVarren Hayford, b. June 12, 1896, Minneapolis, Minn. Joseph Hayford", son of Warren^ b. Apr. 28, 1832, d. Dec. 22, 1894, m. at Boston June 3, 1855, Lizzie Rachel Wilson, b. June 26, 1833, d. Dec. 2, 1863. They had one child: 'Lizzie, b. Nov. 18, 1863, d. Apr. 8, 1865. He married 2d, Jan. i, 1866, at Boston, Elizabeth Burns, b. Feb. 25, 1839. They had six children: 'Oscar E. Hayford, b. Feb. 14, 1867, d. Nov. 10, 1892. "Joseph Willie Hayford, b. Oct. 13, 1868, d. Apr. 9, 1869. ■^Frank H. Hayford, b. Jan. 2, 1871. Meat cutter, Boston, Mass. 'Wendall P. Hayford, b. Feb. 7, 1872. Conductor. ''Nelson C. Hayford, b. Jan. 16, 1S74. Druggist. ''Fred J. Hayford, b. Nov. 7, 1879. Plumber. All reside with mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Hayford, 64 Sherman St., Boston, Mass. William Hayford®, son of Warren^ b. 1832, d. July 6, 1898, m. Mariah Ellis. They had two children : ''Ida Hayford. ''Mamie Hayford, m. Charles Weeks ab. 1894. They had two children : Olive^ and Ida Weeksl Cordelia Hayford®, dau. of Warren^ m. Cyrus P. Dow. They had six children : Charles', Mary', Grace'', Willie', Sarah' and Lydia Dow'. 96 THE HAYFORD FAMILY. Polly Hayford^ dau. of Nathaniel^ m. Stephen Flanders. They had two children : ^Stephen Flanders, Jr., m. Hunt. One child, Ida Hunt". ^Sarah Flanders, m. Martin Lord, i child. 3Samuel Ma^forb Branch. Samuel Hav.okd^, son of Daniel^ and Deliverance Boles b^ Aug! 8, X734, m. Rebecca Freeman Waterman, 1754-5- Ihey had five children : ^Abigail Hayford, b. Jan. i8, 1756. | ^Anne Hayford, b. J^^^^ 3> i759- Pembroke record of ^Mary Freeman Hayford, b. Nov. 14, H^^. . ^.^^^^^^ ^Rebecca Hayford, b. Sept. 9, 1764- ^Molly Waterman Hayford, b. June 5, i7&«- Died Nov. 13, 1768- ^ Pembroke Record of Deaths. Deliverance d. of Samuel d. Mar. 14, 1758- Deliverance d. of Samuel d. Jan. 17 59- The children of Samuel Hayford^ being all females, it has not T Rebecca wife of Samuel Hayford'', d. Aug. 9> J768. ^amLl H~and Diadema Bishop were ioined together . marriage by Samuel Baldwin, pastor in Hanover, Nov. 26, .jt^. 'Mebstet IHa^fotb Branch- Webster Hayford^ son of Daniel Hayford- and his second wife, Deliverance Boles, b. Nov. 3, 1736, m. Jan. 17, 1760, Mary Bonney of Pembroke, Mass. They had five children: ^Mary Hayford, b. Nov., 1760. ) t^ , , , , nVebster Hayford, b. Aug. 1763, C Pembroke church ^Jonathan Bonney Hayfo?d, b. Sept., 1764. j records of baptism. ^Deliverance Hayford, b. 1766. ■*Samuel Hayford, of whom no birth record appears. It would appear that Webster^ moved to Canada soon after 1766, as no further record of his family is found at Pembroke. His great grandson, Luther Hayford^ of Independence, Iowa, writes that grandfather SamueP, son of Webster^, lived in Canada six years, then moved to New York State, later to Ohio, where he died in Chester, Lake Co., and that Webster, Jr., his son, died in the State of New York. He also says that Jonathan Bonney Hayford* went from New York to Ohio and died at Chester, Lake Co. Samuel Haj^ford^ son of Webster^, lived in Canada six years, then removed to State of New York, and later from there to Ohio, and died in Ohio, town of Greenburg. He had four sons : Lyman^, Enoch^ SamueP and C. P. Hayford^. Enoch^ went to the State of Indiana in the 30's. Lyman and Samuel lived and died at Lennox, Ashtabula Co., Ohio. C. P. Hayford"^ died in Patch Grove, Wis. Cyrus P. Hayford^ has a son, Luther Hayford*', living in Inde- pendence, Iowa, Buchanan Co. Luther Hayford*', b. Nov. 26, 1821, at Greenburg, Ohio, m, Martha R. Winship of Southern, 111., Jan. 27, 1848, d. Jan. 16, 1865. They had seven children, four of whom died in infancy. 'Rebecca Hayford, m. Samuel Arnold, resides in Vermillion, Kan. ■'Lorena Hayford, m. C. H. Dockman, resides in Denver, Col. 'James Clives Hayford resides in Independence. WEBSTER HAYFORD. 99 Luther Hayford*' m. 2d, Mary Jane Bought. She died Apr. 17, 1882. They had two children, both died in infancy. Mr. Luther Hayford'' who is nearly 80 years old, writes : "My grandfather, Samuel*, and his brother, Jonathan Bonney', were large men, both of them 6 ft. 4% inches tall. I am a Methodist in religion, a republican in politics and an Odd Fellow. Am in enjoyment of good health, by trade a wagon and carriage maker; can make from a wheelbarrow to an omnibus. In rny early days worked as a blacksmith and gunsmith. I have lost two good wives and think I will finish life single. I should like to see the family relatives, but that is out of the question. If we are all so happy when the grand round-up comes in the New Jerusalem, we shall have lots of time to make the acquaintance of our dear kins-people. I suppose you are making all the prep- arations you can, for a grand reunion in the Happy Land beyond the Big River. May the blessings of God rest upon you and yours. I am striving to have a part in that blessed reunion, and by the help of God, I expect to enter the port of glory v/hen done with this life." LcfC. ^Milliam Ma^forb Btancb* (State of Maine.) William Hayford'^, son of DanieP, John^, was b. at Pembroke, Mass., May i6, 1740, d. at Hartford, Me., Oct. 12, 1801, m. Betty Bonney of Pembroke, Mar. 11, 1762, b. at Pembroke, Feb. is» 1743- William Hayford^ took part in the French and Indian war, 1756, was engaged under Wolfe at Quebec, 1759, ^^'^ served in the Revolutionary war during years 1775 and 1776. He was in the defence of Boston and also in the operations on Long Island and at White Plains. His eldest son, William Jr.^, was with him during a part of this service, and was a member of the same company at one time, viz.: Capt. Chamberlain's Co., in Col. Cary's Reg't., Nov. 1776. At this time the son was but fourteen years old, but very tall and strong, and when he gave his age as sixteen, in order that he might pass muster, he was readily accepted. The elder William'^ served six months or more, from April to Oct., 1775, in Capt. Eleazer Hamlin's Co., Gen. Thomas' Reg't. Capt. Hamlin was his brother-in-law, they marrying sis- ters. On returning from the war, William Hayford'^ with wife and eight children, moved from Pembroke, Mass., to Sylvester Canada (now Turner, Me.), in the spring of 1777, and there settled on a lot about one and one-half miles south of "Bradford City", as it was afterward called, his family being the eighteenth of the first settlers of that town, then comprising 114 inhabit- ants, 65 of them being children. Two more son^ were born shortly afterward, to their family, in Turner. Of the six sons of William^, there was not one but measured more than six feet in height. Zeri*, the fourth son, stood six feet, seven and one-half inches in his stockings, and all were noted for great physical strength and endurance. They moved to Hartford, Me., and settled near the old "Center," about 1796, where he died in i8oi, aged 61 years. WILLIAM HAYFORD. 161 Betty (Bonney) Hayford, wife of William'^, was b. in Pem- broke, Mass., Feb. 15, 1743. She was the dau. of Ichabod Bonney, Jr., b. May 16, 1698, who m. Nov. 29, 1724, Elizabeth Rowland, b. June 6, 1706. Ichabod'* was the son of John**, b. Feb. 25, 1664, son of Thomas Bonney, Jr.^, who m. Dorcas Samp- son, the dau. of Henry Sampson, who came over in the May- flower in 1620, as a youth of sixteen years, and a member of the family of Edward Tilley and wife, who were his cousins. Edward Tilley and wife both dying the first winter at Plymouth, Henry Sampson afterward lived in the family of Capt. Miles Standish, and in 1636 m. Ann Plummer. They had five children: Eliza- beth, Hannah, John, Mary and Dorcas. (The Bradford His- tory says: 1650, "seven children") Thomas Bonney, Jr.-, was the son of Thomas Bonney\ the emigrant, b. in Dover, Eng., in 1604, and m. Mary Terry. He came over in the Hercules, 1634, and settled in Duxbury, Mass. The children of Ichabod Bonney'* and Elizabeth (Howland) Bonney numbered twelve, viz : ^Ichabod, Jr., b. Sept. 3, 1737, d. Feb. 25, 1807, m. Mary Turner, b. July 8, 1739, ^- Feb. g, 1801. ^Isaiah, m. Widow Aphia Pompilly. ^De Grasse, d. young. "Deborah, m. Miles Sampson. °Ruth, m. Richard Phillips. "Lydia, m. Capt. Eleazer Hamlin, grandfather Ex. V. Pres. Han- nibal Hamlin. ^Sylvia, b. Sept. 13, 1733, d. Dec. 3, 1801, m. Mar. 15, 1753, Jacob Leavitt, b. 1732. ^Lucy, m. her cousin, Lemuel Bonney. ^Chloe, m. Adam Turner. ^Betty, b. Feb. 15, 1743, d. Mar. 12, 18 16, m. William Hayford, Mar. II, 1762, d. Oct. 12, 1801. ^Anna, m. Ephraim Lindsey. ^Sarah, unmarried. Elizabeth Rowland's brother, Rouse Howland, m. Anna Bon- ney, 1729. Elizabeth Howland, b. June 6, 1706, wife of Ichabod Bonney'*, b. May, 1698, was the dau. of Abraham Howland (Abraham was the son of Samuel Howland), and he married Ann Colson, dau. of Nathaniel Colson of Newport, R. I., about 1704. Samuel, the emigrant, came over in 1630. 102 THE HAYFORD FAMILY, John Bonney^, of 1634, father of Ichabod'', 1698, had four other sons, viz: John^ Perez^, Ezekiel* and ]oeV, and two daughters. One married a Lindsey and the other a Delano. John Rowland came over on the Mayflower and married Eliza- beth, dau. of John Tilley. Pembroke, Mass., (now Hanson) was set off from Duxbury and Marshfield in 17 12. In the list of heads of families at that time residing there, appears John Bonney, James Bonney, John Hayford, Edward Hayford and Joseph Holmes. In the list of those serving in the French war : Jacob Bonney, John Pompilly Jerimiah Sylvester and Abram Bisbee. Pembroke, in Revolutionary days, was noted for its patriotism ; there was scarcely a Tory in town, while Marshfield was fully as noted for its Toryism. Among conspicuous and leading spirits of Pembroke at that time, appeared the name of Capt. Eleazer Hamlin, father of Dr. Cyrus and grandfather of Ex. Vice Presi- dent, Hannibal Hamlin. Ichabod Bonney^, Esq., son of Ichabod^ and brother of Betty (Bonney) Hayford, in Sept. 1783, removed from Pembroke to North Yarmouth, Me., with their family, in company with Samuel Taylor, Daniel Oldham, Dea. John Briggs and Dea. Robinson, with their families. While Ichabod Bonney'' and his wife, Elizabeth (Howland) Bonney, Avith his son, Isaiah^, were making preparations to fol- low Ichabod® "down East," as they termed it, Ichabod'* was taken sick and died. Isaiah® then took his mother, Elizabeth, and with his family left their native town for Turner, Me., sailing by schooner from Plymouth to Yarmouth, Me. On their passage, Elizabeth, the mother, was stricken with paralysis and became helpless. They landed at North Yarmouth. She was taken from there to New Gloucester, the New Gloucester people brought her to Pejepscot (now Danville), where they put her on a litter and brought her into town by the way of Poplar Hill, guided by spotted trees. They arrived in town on the Sabbath, but she survived only a few days and was buried on the following Sabbath. Ichabod Bonney® hauled with an ox team his parents' goods, into Sylvester Plantation (now Turner), Sept. 24, 1783, and on the way stopped one night under a large white oak tree at the foot of White Oak Hill, near what has since been called Vickery's Mills, at the foot of Great Wilson Pond, now Lake Auburn. WILLIAM HAYFORD, JR. IO3 He, with his cousin, William Hayford, Jr/, who accompanied him, slept under the cart. Ichabod, his brother, while living in Pembroke, served as Capt. of the militia, and awhile in the Revolutionary war. After he moved to Turner he was commissioned Justice of the Peace and went into all the surrounding towns to solemnize marriages, there being few at that time qualified for that duty. He spent the first winter in a cabin, and the next year built him a house. Here, his first wife, Mary Turner, died Feb. 9, 1801. William Hayford^ son of Daniel', John\ and wife, Betty (Bonney) Hayford, had ten children: ■^William, Jr., b. Aug. 18, 1763, m. Philena French of Turner, Me. ■'Betty, b. Mar. 12, 1765, m. Benjamin Alden of Greene, Me. ■*Artemissa, b. July 14, 1766, m. i, Joel Simmons of Minot, Me. 111. 2, Nehemiah Packard of Gloucester. ^Matilda, b. Oct. 21, 1767, m. Abiathar Briggs of Sumner, Me. ''Arvida, b. May 28, 1770, m. Mercy Ellis of Hartford, Me. ■^Gustavus, b. Jan. 7, 1773, ni. Abigail Fuller and Judith Leach. ■'Christina, b. Apr. 3, 1774, d. Feb. 4, 1789. ^Zeri, b. Mar. 17, 1777, m. Sally Chickering of Hartford, Me. ■'Gad, b. Mar. 17, 1779, "^- ^^lly Bisbee of Sumner, Me. "•Albert, b. May 3, 1785, m. Deborah Bonney of Sumner, Me. WILLIAM HAYFORD, JR.^ BRANCH. William Hayford, Jr.'', son of William^, Daniel"-', John', b. Aug. 18, 1763, at Pembroke, Mass., d. at Hartford, Me., Sept. 23, 1844, m. Philena French of Turner, Me., Nov. 24, 1785. She was b. 1767, and was a daughter of Daniel French, a Revolu- tionary soldier, who moved from Taunton, Mass., to Turner, Me., in 1781. She died in Hartford, 1827. He married for his second wife, same year, Waitstill, widow of Aaron Soule, and a sister of his first wife. She outlived him. He served in the Revolutionary war, enlisting at the age of fourteen years. Was at Dorchester Heights in the spring of 1776. When first married, he lived with his father in Turner, Me., but soon after moved to Sumner, Me. (Then Butterfield Plantation. ) After living there a number of years he moved to Hartford, Me., where he lived and died at the home of his eldest son, William. He was a very tall and strong man, capable of doing a great deal of work. It 104 THE HAYFORD FAMILY. is said of him, that when over sixty years of age, he out-jumped a young man who was noted for his great proficiency in that sport, which was one very popular in those days. He was Capt. in the militia. If not the first settler of Sumner, as is claimed by some, he was among the very first to settle West Butterfield, now Sumner. He was buried in the cemetery near his last home, situated at the foot of Bear Pond, near North Turner, and a grave stone, erected to his memory, marks his resting place. Capt. William Hayford, Jr.^ and wife, Philena (French) Hay- ford, had seven children : '^Philena, b. 1786, m. Maj. Joab Churchill. ^William, b. 1789, m. Nancy Harmon. ^Samuel, b. Aug. 25, 1792, m. i, Charlotte Pompilly. m. 2, widow Stintchfield. ^Achsah, b. 1796, m. Josiah Swett. ^Daniel, b. 1799, m. Olive Bicknell. ''Vesta, b. Nov. 6, 1804, m. i, Wilson Dearborn, m. 2, Leander Harmon. ^Lewis Alden, b. 181 2, m. Hannah Bicknell. Philena Hayford^, dau. of William, Jr.'*, b. 1787, d. Jan. 3, 1873, m. in 1808, Maj. Joab Churchill, b. 1784, d. Apr. 19, 1857. They had three children: "Julia French, b. June 7, 181 o, m. Rev. Thurston Stevens. •^Philena Hayford, b. 1812, m. Brownwell M. Bicknell. ®Nancy, b. May 9, 18 16, m. Rev. Charles P. Bartlett. Maj. Joab Churchill and wife, Philena, lived for many years after their marriage in Hartford, Me., on the road leading from South Hartford to Canton village. After her husband's death, during the remainder of her life, she resided with her son-in-law, Rev. D. T. Stevens. She lived to a good old age, outliving her husband many years. During the last of her life they lived in Auburn, Me. She had the reputation of always being kind and affectionate in her family relations, an esteemed neighbor and an excellent nurse. Julia French Churchill", dau. of Philena^ b. June 7, 18 10, d. Nov. 16, i860, m. Rev. David Thurston Stevens, Dec. 3, 1834, d. 1897, at Auburn, Me. They had nine children: ■'Edwin Thurston, b. Aug. 25, 1836, m. i, Olive Gurney Bicknell, May 9, i860, d. Dec. 9, 1880. m. 2, Mary W. Bates, M. D., Oct. 26, 1881, d. Feb. 15, 1897. WILLIAM HAYFORD, JR. ^°5 o Q rr. T T incoln Woodman, July -Tulia Franklin, b. June 3, 1838, m. i, i^incoin vv Julia i^ranK , j 2, Augustine Young. ^^^r^^:::^:". ..: ..u ., -. - w™. A Start. He d. Mar. 4, 1897. -ChurchiU Stanley, b. Ma. .,, .84. m Anna Moore. 'Mary Abigail, b. May .9. .844, d. Oct. .3. 86.. ^George Bates, b. May ,. .846, d- Feb. ^^•^^l' ,, 'Charles Augustus, b. May 28, 1848, m. tua 1870. 'Nancy Maria, b. Apr. 5, .850. 'Harriet Amelia, b. Oct. 22, .853. Rev. David Thurston Stevens -^^jt^ZTliJ^ esteemed Un"--"- ='-J\™:^:,t ^ .L S.lt: of Maine. Xcr:.:r.te:-drprr:^-.--ed. Su.ce.tto -;:::r ntrorirraau. o. PhUena Haytor.. b. 2: m. Brownell M. B" T-^ - ^^ -^May „ 'Olive Gurney, b. Dec. 17, 1835, m. i860. She d. Dec. 9, i38o. Philena died soon after the birth of her d-f ter. NANCV CHUKCH,L.«, dau. of Philcna Hayford' > May 9, .8^^ 6 m May 6, ,840, Rev. Charles P. Bar.lett of Hartford, b. May 9, ,8,3. They had '«<> -'^"'i-- ^ „ ,3, ,885, Sarah A. '^~rmitt^-."sV:''r-; - ■ --• -'^ -™"' ^■ '-^:^L,b.M..,.S4.r^ov.^ b. Eng., Apr. 20, 1649. 1 ney ud,Li ^Charles Bartlett Mosely, b. Mar. 27, 1877. ^Willie C. Mosely, b. Mar. 12, 1880. ^Tv.'^ChSr^tlet!;:— dofNancyHayfordChu^^^^^^ „oved soon after his marriage into the ^^^^Jl^^'^^Z He v.as a Baptist clergyman, and has long been know deeply respected for his recognized worth and ab.lity. wL AM H^vro.B^ son of William, Jr.S b. Dec. to, .789, d. Dec. ., 18,4, m. Nancy Harmon, b. June .9. '79^. d- June -5, ,861. They had three children : •William Harmon, b. Aug. 17, >8i4, ■"• Hannah Io6 THE HAVFORD FAMILY. •^Sumner Hayford, b. Oct. 3, 181 7, m. Sarah Perry. ^Betsy Hayford, b. June, 1822, m. Edmund Phinney. Of William Hayford', his eldest son, William Harmon Hay- ford^ of Oberlin, Ohio, under date of Mar. 11, 1883, writes: "My father was a hard working economical farmer. He never drank, nor would he furnish any kind of ardent spirits to his workmen. My mother was a good helpmeet to him. She took good care of vv^hatever he brought into the house." He was a man of influence and held the esteem of all who knew him. He possessed excellent business qualities, and at the time of his death, owned the largest and best farm in that town. In fact, it comprised three or four other farms that he had pur- chased and connected with the "Old Homestead", where his father and grandfather, the first and second Williams, lived and died. These latter farms he acquired by means of the strictest economy, well directed effort and hard labor, it being a large property to accumulate for one engaged in farming pursuits in those days. Their farm passed out of the hands of this family, through his grandsons, about 1790. But it is pleasing to know that this old home of the Hayfords had recently been purchased by one of William's grand daughters, Mrs. Helen P. Oilman, who is the daughter of Betsy (Hayford) Phinney, and a resident of Massa- chusetts, who names it "The Hayfords", and is making improve- ments, with the intention of henceforth retaining it in the family. William Harmon Hayford*', son of William'^ was b. at Hart- ford, Me., Aug. 17, 1814, d. at Oberlin, Ohio, 189-, m. Hannah M. Bushnell of Cincinnati, Ohio, June, 1850. They had four children : ■^Harriet B. Hayford, b. Cincinnati, O., July, 1S51, m. Dr. Wm. A. Cross. ■'William Sumner Hayford, b. Cincinnati, O., Apr. 1854, d. Nov. 1877. ''Hannah L. Hayford, b. Oberlin, O., Feb. 1858, d. Feb. 1861. 'Janie F. Hayford, b. Oberlin, O., Aug. 1862. William Harmon Hayford*' writes (1883) as follows: "Was born Aug. 17, 1814, and of course was 68 years old last August." As he is still alive, it would hardly do to write his biography, will merely say that he thinks he was converted in 1835, ^^^ that he has tried to live in a manner worthy of his profession ever since. With how much success, it will be known when the WILLIAM HAYFORD, JR. 107 secrets of the heart shall be revealed. He intended to obtain a college education, but ill health stopped him when he had gone nearly half way through Bowdoin college (Maine). His health has remained poor ever since. He has been a teacher of schools of various kinds, but he has not been able to teach for many years. He married Hannah M. Bushnell in June, 1850. She is still alive. Was the daughter of Daniel Bushnell, who is a few days past 83. He was born in Connecticut, and she in central New York. His wife was a sister to Ex-Go v. Bushnell of Ohio. Harriet B. Hayford", daughter of William Harmon, b. Cin- cinnati, O., Jul}'^, 1851, m. Dr. Wm. A. Cross. They had three children : ^Sumner Hayford Cross, b. 1878. ^Harold Cross, b. 1880. ^Edwin L. Cross, b. 1882. Dr. William A. Cross and Harriet B. (Hayford) Cross reside in Philadelphia, Penn. He is a bookkeeper in a machine shop, and is a fine young man. William Sumner Hayford", son of William Harmon, b. Cin- cinnati, O., Apr. 1854, d. Nov. 1877. He had just learned the trade of machinist, when he was taken sick and died in less than a year. Janie Hayford', dau. of William Harmon, was at that date, 1883, a member of the junior class of Oberlin college. Sumner Hayford", son of William^, b. at Hartford, Me., Oct. 3, 1817, d. June 19, 1875, m. Jan. 1847, Sarah Perry of Buckfield, Me., b. Mar. 24, 1826, d. Jan. 22, 1893. They had three children: "Samuel Hayford, b. Hartford, Aug. 24, 1849, m. Jennie R. Robertson. "William P. Hayford, b. Apr. 24, 1853, m. i, Lilla G. Reed of Hartford, m. 2, Addie M. Marston of Hartford. 'Walter Hayford, b. Sept. 22, 1857, m. Mandana A. Barrell. Sumner Hayford", like his grandfather, was a man of remark- able physical strength, capable and willing to do a great amount of arduous labor. A fact well authenticated, will illustrate this: At the celebration of the construction and opening of a railroad to Buckfield village about 1852, held at that village, and at which all the surrounding towns were largely represented with strong and sturdy farmers, Sumner easily raised from the ground a piece of iron, very difficult to grasp, weighing 800 lbs. No other per- Io8 THE HAYFORD FAMILY. son in all that vast crowd of people, could succeed in raising it where it rested in the sand. He always lived on the farm with his father while living, and retained it until his death. He was a most excellent and pros- perous farmer, and did much in adding the outlying farms to their own. He was a very kind husband and indulgent father, endowed with good judgment and ability, and a wonderful mem- ory. He had the greatest knowledge of the Hayford family of Maine of any one of the race, all, however, stored in his mem- ory alone. Could repeat the same by hours, running through many generations, but never was there any record made of it, by him or his family, which proved vmfortunate indeed, for his mind held great stores of genealogy, which he had learned, sit- ting around the home fireside, from his father and grandfather, the old revolutionary soldier and others of that generation. In the days of the early settlement of Ohio, Sumner visited relatives living there, and it is related by them, that in returning home his funds became so nearly exhausted when he reached Pennsyl- vania, that he was forced to complete his journey by walking, which task he cheerfully performed, thus tramping afoot hun- dreds of miles to his home in Maine. Samuel Hayford7, son of Sumner'^, b. Aug. 24, 1849, m. Jennie R. Robertson about 1890. They live in Auburn, Me., and have no children. SamueP in early life received a good education and taught school several years. Later, he was chosen supervisor of schools in his native town of Hartford. He lived with his parents many years, continuing to reside with his mother after his father died. About 1887 he entered into produce business with his youngest brother, Walter, in the city of Auburn, Me., where he married a lady from the Provinces, and they are now residents of that city. William P. Hayford'^, son of Sumner", b. in Hartford, Me., Apr. 24, 1853, m. Nov. 5, 1877, Lilla G. Reed, b. in Hartford, Feb. 14, 1859. She d. Mar. 3, 1894. He m. 2d, Addie M. Marston (b. in Hartford Aug. 39, 1872), June 18, 1S96. He had by first wife, three children : ^Lewis Sumner Hayford, b. July 9, 1881. nVillis Lee Hayford, b. Sept. 9, 1883. ^Glenis Eleanor Hayford, b. July 14, 1885. William P. Hayford'^, son of Sumner*^, in connection with his WILLIAM HAYFORD, JR. I 09 Other brothers, continued to carry on their large farm for several years after his father's death, later buying and moving onto the "Dunn farm" so called, in Turner, lying but a short distance from his former home. This was a valuable farm, with large and expensive farm buildings, which were entirely destroyed by fire a few years later while he and his family were attending the State fair at Lewiston, Me. He afterwards came into possession of the old homestead of his wife's father, Lewis B. Reed, formerly owned and occupied by his father, Sampson Reed. This was one of the first, best farms in Hartford, and having been long owned by the Reed family, contained excellent and commodious buildings, which also, a few years later, were burned to the ground, during the entire absence of the family. He now resides on the Barrell farm, opposite and adjoining the Reed farm, being the owner of both farms. William P. Hayford' is a citizen in whom his townspeople have full confidence, and whom they have repeatedly honored with responsible official positions. Walter Harmon Hayford", son of Sumner'', b. Hartford, Sept. 22, 1857, m. July 4, 1879, Mandana A. Barrell^, b. Hart- ford, Sept. 17, 1 85 7. They had one child: T.eslie A. Hayford, b. July 2, 1883. Walter H. Hayford', after the sale of the old homestead, moved with his family to the city of Auburn, Me. Here he resided, his mother living with them, until after her death, 1893, during which time he and his brother, Samuel, were in business together. He was always a great admirer of a good horse and was himself an excellent horseman, having raised several valuable ones. For the past few years he has been in the employ of the widely known stock raiser, Mr. Sanborn, and has held a responsible position in the care of horses on his great stock farm in Poland, Me. Betsy Hayford°, dau. of William^ b. June 14, 1822, at South Hartford, Me., d. Sept. 17, 1866, at Poland Springs, Me., was the dau. of William", William*, William^ one of the early settlers of Turner, Me., who Vv^as with Wolfe at the capture of Quebec from the French, and later, a soldier of the revolution ; and his wife, Nancy Harmon, b. June 16, 1792, at Harrison, Me., d. June 16, 1861, at Harrison, Me., was the dau. of Capt. Naphtali, early settler of Harrison, son of Naphtali, early settler of Sanford, Me., son of John of York, Me., son of John of York, who m. Deborah Johnson, dau. of Edward Johnson, one of the aldermen of Georgianna. no THE HAYFORD FAMILY. Betsy Hayford^ m. Edmund Phinney^ b. at Fort Hill, Gor- ham, Me., Feb. 2, 18 18, d. at Portland, Me., Oct. 30, 1884, son of John7, Edmund", Col. Edmund^ John^ first settler of Gorham, Me., John'' of Barnstable, Mass., John'^ of the "Narragansett fight," Constable John\ the Plymouth emigrant. They had ten children : 70sca Phinney, b. Canton, Me., 1844, d. Canton, Me., 1845. 7Helen O. Phinney, b. Canton, Me., July 9, 1846, m. J. W. C. Gilman. 7William Hayford Phinney, b. Canton, Me., May 2, 1848, m. Clara Vose Tucker. 7Harmon Edmund Phinney, b. Canton, Me., Apr. 16, 1850, m. Etta M. Whitney. 7john Clinton Phinney, b. Canton, Me., Apr. 20, 1852, m. Mattie Henderson. 7Mary Phinney, b. Canton, Me., 1854, d. in infancy. 7Louisa Phinney, b. Canton, Me., 1855, d. in infancy. 7Mary Phinney, b. Portland, Me., May, 1857, d. in infancy. 7Alice May Phinney, b. Portland, Me., Feb. 2, 1859, d. Portland, Feb. 4, 1861. 7Agnes Phinney, b. Portland, Me., May, i860, d. Portland, Aug, i860. Edmund Phinney was for many years engaged in the manu- facture of shook and staves, etc., at Canton, to a great extent. He employed many men, also teams for transporting to the Port- land market, carrying on a large country store in connection therewith. About 1855 he moved to Portland, Me., where he entered into business with a Mr. Jackson, under the firm name of Phinney & Jackson, doing an extensive business in the manu- facture of such lumber for the West Indies and other foreign markets, and shipping their goods to those ports, bringing back molasses, sugar, etc. This firm for many years was regarded as ■ one of the largest and wealthiest of that city in that line of business. Helen O. Phinney?, dau. of Betsy Flayford", b. July 9, 1846, at Canton, Me., m. J. W. C. Gilman, 1867. They had six chil- dren: «Helen P. Gilman, b. 1868. *Betsy Hayford Gilman, b. 1872. ^Harriet J. Gilman, b. 1874. WILLIAM HAYFORD, JR. lit ^Edmund P. Gilman, b. 1878. ^William Lee Gilman, b. 1881. «Alice S. Gilman, b. 1888. William Hayfortd Phinney7, son of Betsy Hayford^, b. May 2, 1848, at Canton, Me., m. Clara Vose, dau. of David Tucker of Portland, Me. They had two children : ^Edmund Tucker Phinney, b. Chicago, 111., d, in infancy. ^Harriet Jane Tucker Phinney, b. Portland, Me., 1879. Harmon Edmund Phinney7, son of Betsy Hayford**, b. Apr. 16, 1850, at Canton, Me., m. Etta M., dau. of Louis Whitney of Portland, Me., b. May 26, 1854, at Portland, Me. They had three children : ^Annie Maude Phinney, b. Portland, Mar. 26, m. Ernest Robert Macintosh, M. D. ^Louis Whitney Phinney, b. Portland, Dec. i, 1877. ^Edmund Strout Phinney, b. Woodfords, Dec. i, 1882. Annie Maude Phinney^, dau. of Harrtion Edmund Phinney", b. Mar. 26, 1876, Portland, Me., m. Feb. 26, 1900, Ernest Robert Macintosh, M. D. John Clinton Phinney", son of Betsy Hayford*', b. Canton, Me., Apr. 20, 1852, m. Mattie Henderson of Maiden, Apr. 20, 1878. One dau. Samuel Hayford*^, son of William, Jr.'', b. Sumner, Me., Aug. 25, 1792, d. Oct. 6, 1846, m. Mar. 11, 1816, Charlotte Pompilly, b. Buckfield, Me., Apr. 17, 1791, d. July 2, 1829. He m. 2d, Rachel, widow of Mark Stinchfield, by whom he had one dau., Vesta. They had nine children : ^Samuel, b. Hartford, Me., Dec. 8, 1816, d. Sept. 14, 1828. ^William, b. Ithaca, N. Y., 1818, m. Nancy West. ^Horace, b. Clermont Co., Ohio, Dec. 24, 1820, unmarried, d. July 2, i860. ®Cyrus P., b. Clermont Co., Ohio, Nov. 19, 182 1, m. Olive B. Hayford". ^Charlotte P., b. Clermont Co., Ohio, Dec. 15, 1823, unmarried, d. Feb. 19, 1895. ^Mary French, b. Clermont Co., Ohio, Apr. 8, 1826, m. Samuel Hayford^ ^Daniel, b. Clermont Co., Ohio, Nov. 8, 1827, m. Virginia E. Brown. ^Achsah, b. Clermont Co., Ohio, June 6, 1829, m. Arthur Elliott. 112 THE HAYFORD FAMILY. ^Vesta (by 2d wife, Rachel), b. Mar. ii, 1831, d. 1867. Samuel Hayford^ a few years after his marriage, moved from Sumner, Me., to Ithaca, N. Y. A few years later, about 1820, he moved to Clermont Co., Ohio, and lived at Mt. Pisgah, 25 miles above Cincinnati, where seven of his children were born, and where he died Oct. 6, 1846. William Hayford^ son of SamueP, b. at Ithaca, N. Y., Feb. 2, 1818, d. Oct. II, 1876, m. Nancy West, Apr. 4, 1839, d. Feb. 1 89- They had one child : 'Harriet R., b. Aug. 11, 1840, m. June 12, 1867, George Mills De Garmo, b. Stubenville, O., Jan. 20, 1837, d. Aug. 5, 1896. They had no children. William Hayford'^ was born in the town of Ulysses, a village of Ithaca, N. Y., Feb. 2, 18 18. The same year his father, Samuel Hayford^ accompanied by the latter's brother, Daniel^ removed to Ohio, floating down the Ohio river in a family boat, to New Richinond, a town about twenty miles above Cincinnati. The family settled six or seven miles east of New Richmond. Samuel Hayford^ served in the war of 181 2 ; was in the battle of Platts- burg, N. Y., and worked at his trade, that of a blacksmith, in the army. He bought a farm at what is now Lindale, and erected a shop there, working alternately at the plow and the forge. William'^ learned the trade of his father, which he followed the most of his life. He was married to Nancy West. He died of lockjaw, caused from stepping on a nail, Oct. 11, 1876. George Mills De Garmo, husband of Harriet R. Hayford', was a cabinet maker and carpenter by trade, a strictly honest, kind and generous hearted man of fine physique and noble character. He enlisted in the war of 1 861, in the i6th Reg't, Co. A, Ohio Vols., and served three years and nine months, and mustered out as first lieutenant. He was in the following named battles: Ivy Mountain, Kingston, Tenn.; Resaca, Ga.; Cassiville, Ga.; New Hope Church, Burnt Hickory, Atlanta, Columbus, Tenn., Frank- lin and Nashville, ten pitched battles and numerous fights and skirmishes. Was commander of Nelson Post, G. A. R. of Cin- cinnati, one year, chaplain three years, and Sec. of Hamilton Co., G. A. R. Commanders' Association. Horace Hayford*' was born Dec. 24, 1820, in Clermont Co., Ohio. He received a common school education and for several years taught penmanship in Ohio and Indiana. Later he learned WILLIAM HAYFORD, JR. I13 harness making in the shop of Benj. Morris at New Richmond. He removed to Texas where he engaged in farming and sheep herding. He d. in Texas July 2, 1861. Cyrus P. Hayford", son of Samuel^ b. Clermont Co., Ohio, Nov. 19, 182 1, d. Dec. 18, 1899, m. Olive Bicknell Hayford**, dau. of Daniel Hayford''^, July 5, 1846, b. July 10, 1823. They had three children : "Charlotte O. Hayford, b. Apr. 15, 1847, ™- John J. Warren. "Celia D. Hayford, b. May i, 1857, m. T. A. Pinkham. ■^Fred Harmon Hayford, b. July 8, 1861, m. Hattie Kirkpatrick. The writer has been under deep obligations to Mr. C. P. Play- ford^ during the past few years, in obtaining information of this distant and widely scattered branch of our common family. No request had ever remained unanswered, but each and all have received his careful attention and ready response. And though we have never met, strong and deep ties of friendship had been formed. In his last letter, written barely two months previous to his death, he closed with the following lines : "It may be that I may have to leave this beautiful planet soon, and I will say before I go, that I hope your life may be a long and happy one, and when death comes to you at last, may it come quietly and peacefully, like a sweet sleep." We shall sadly miss thee. Cyrus Pompilly Hayford" was born near Lindale Ohio, Nov. 19, 182 1. He was the son of Samuel and Charlotte Pompilly Hay- ford, being the fourth son in a family of nine, of whom Mary French Hayford® of Galveston, Texas, is the only survivor. After receiving the usual training of the common schools of his neigh- borhood he finished his education at Parker's Academy in 1840, and began teaching. After following this occupation for several years he was engaged for a few years in boating farm produce to New Orleans during the balmy days of "flat-boating" on the Mississippi. Leaving this, he received a position with Dustin & Jenness, tinners, of Batavia, as traveling saleman. Having acquired a moderate competence from this source, he left the road and engaged in business for himself as general merchant at Mt. Pisgah, in which he remained for a period of twenty years, achieving the amount of prosperity which usually falls to those who are diligent and faithful. At the close of this period he sold his store and settled on the small, neat farm on the outskirts of the town, which he has occupied ever since in the pursuits of 114 'I'HE HAYFORD FAMILY. agriculture and fruit raising. In the spring of 1864 lie enlisted in the 153d Ohio Volunteer Infantry and assisted in the closing act of the civil war. He was united in marriage to Olive Bick- nell Hayford'' July 5, 1846, who still survives him with three children, Charlotte O. Warren" of Van Buren, Ark., Celia D. PinkhanV and Fred H. Hayford'^, of Clermont Co., Ohio. His conduct through life has been such as to merit universal respect and he has always advocated and observed the highest standard of morals. Although he has never identified himself with any religious sect, he was a firm believer in the immortal life, to be obtained through character. While firm in his principles, his judgments were so mildly rendered that he died as he lived, Avith- out an enemy ; with the approval which should follow a well rounded life, and the universal regret and sorrow at its departure. He died Dec. 18, 1899. Charlotte O. Hayford', dau. of Cyrus P. Hayford^, b. Cler- mont Co., Apr. 15, 1847, ^1^- Dec. 16, 1865, John J. Warren, d. Nov. 9, 1888. They had five children: ^Grace Darling, b. Aug. 18, 1869, d. Dec. 16, 1869. ^Katherine Darling, b. Oct. 20, 1871. ^Nellie Ida, b. July 5, 1872, m. A. P. Crutcher. ^Frank Lincoln, b. Nov. 29, 1875. ^Hermonie Anna, b. Feb. 14, 1886. John J. Warren was a lawyer, was at one time a member of the Arkansas legislature, also collector of internal revenue two years in seven counties in that State. He was a successful dealer in real estate and left his family a fine property. He was editor and proprietor of a republican paper called the Van Buren Graphic, ten years ; served three years in the union army during the civil war. His widow receives a pension. Nellie Ida Warren^, dau. of Charlotte O. Hayford^ b. July 5, 1872, m. Nov. 5, 1890, A. P. Crutcher. They have two chil- dren : ®Lee Warren Crutcher. ®Alice Hayford Crutcher. Celia D. Hayford', dau. of Cyrus P. Hayford®, b. Mt. Pisgah, O., May I, 1857, m. Apr. 9, 1882, T. A. Pinkham. They have one child : ^Minnie Francis Pinkham, b. Dec. 6, 1892. Charlotte Pompilly Hayford^, dau, of Samuel^, b. Ohio, WILLIAM HAYFORD, JR. II r Dec. 15, 1823, d. Jan. 20, 1894. She was never married; lived with her brother many years, and was loved and esteemed dearly by this family and all her relatives who ever had the great privi- lege of her acquaintance. She was indeed an estimable lady, intelligent, and possessed of a memory that was invaluable. "Aunt Charlotte," as all the younger people were wont to call her, was the encyclopedia in all historical matters pertaining to the family. Mary French Hayford«, dau. of Samuel^ b. Ohio, Apr. 8, 1826, m. June 12, 1846, Samuel Hayford*^, son of DanieF, b. Nov. 24, 1824, d. Aug. 12, 1883. They had six children: ^Aurora Hayford, b. Nov. 27, 1848, d. Nov. 27, 1848. 'Daniel Hayford, b. Sept. 6, 1850, d. July 2, 1856. 'Samuel Hayford, b. Aug. 28, 1852, m. Sabella Marstin. 'Eva Hayford, b. Mar. 26, 1857, d. Mar. 23, 18S1, unmarried. 'George J. Hayford, b. Dec. 28, 1861. Unmarried. 'Kirby Hayford, b. Nov. 5, 1864. The last two children were born at Bellville, Austin Co., Texas. All the others were born in Ohio. For full records of this family see records of Samuel*^, son of Daniel Hayford^ Daniel Hayford'^, son of Samuel Hayford^ b. Ohio, Nov. 8> 1827, d. Feb. IT, 1885, m. Feb. i, 1865, Virginia Ellen Brown of Rockport, Ind. They had five children : 'Clarence Gibson Hayford, b. Jan. 18, 1866, d. Mar. n, 1877. He was a bright boy of much promise. 'Amy Hayford, b. Sept. 3, 1868, m. Lane B. Osborne. 'Elbert Daniel Hayford, b. July 18, 1872. 'Walter Cyrus Hayford, b. Oct. 20, 1875. 'Horace Leroy Hayford, b. June 6, 1879. Daniel Hayford^, son of Samuel^ and Charlotte Pompilly, who were originally from Sumner, Oxford Co., Me., was born in Cler- mont Co., Ohio, in 1827. Left motherless at two years of age, he was raised by an aunt, Mrs. Louisa Doane of Cincinnati, Ohio. He attended the public schools of Cincinnati, and later. Farmer's College at College Hill and Antioch College at Yellow Springs. At the latter school he came under the influence of Horace Mann, at that time president of the college, and became an ardent anti-slavery man. In 1855 he went to New Orleans on a flat-boat, and for several months worked at his trade, that of a plasterer, in western Tennessee. Returning to Ohio, he removed Il6 THE HAYFORD FAMILY. the following year, 1856, to Spencer Co., IncL, where he purchased a farm near Rockport, Ind. He was residing at this place when the war of the rebellion broke out. He immediately enlisted in the Union army, and on Aug. 19, 1861, was mustered into the service in the 25th Ind. Vol. Infantry, Co. K., as a private, and was at once made a sergeant, Oct. 186 1. The regiment was sent to Missouri and formed a part of the army used to intercept Gen. Price. In the early part of 1862 he participated in the battles of Fort Donelson and Pittsburg Landing. On Nov. i, 1862, he was commissioned second lieutenant. Considering the war over at the fall of Atlanta, he resigned his commission Sept. 15, 1864. Returning to Rockport, Ind., he was married on Feb. i, 1865, to Virginia Ellen Brown of that place. In 1866 he founded the Rockport Umpire, a weekly republican paper. In the next six- teen years he initiated several newspapers, editing for several years the Rockport Journal. He died of heart disease, Feb. 11, 1885, which was contracted while in the U. S. service. He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church and an Odd Fellow ; a man of excellent habits and character, of a cheerful, kindly disposition. He was a supporter of all temperance movements, and was always on the side of morality and right. In politics he was a Whig, casting his first vote for Zachary Taylor. He supported Freemont in 1856, and in i860, upon the founding of the republican party, affiliated with that organization and remained an active member of that party during the remainder of his life. Amy (Hayford) Osborn", dau. of DanieP, b. Sept. 3, 1868, m. June i, 1893, Lane B. Osborn, Esq., of Rockport, Ind. She was a graduate of the Rockport high school and taught school for several years. They have two children : ^Daniel Hayford Osborn, b. Sept. 18, 1896. ^Louise Brown Osborn, b. Dec. 13, 1898. Lane B. Osborn, Esq., attorney at law at Rockport, after mar- riage (1893), moved to Perry, Oklahoma, where he was engaged in the practice of his profession until 1898, when the}^ removed to Evansville, Ind., at which place they now reside (1900). Elbert Daniel Hayford', son of DanieF, b. July 18, 1872, at Rockport, Ind. After completing a course of high school at Rockport, in 1S90, he learned the trade of printer. He attended Indiana University two years, 1893-5. In 1897 he took up the WILLIAM HAYKORD, JR. II 7 Study of law at Perry, Oklahoma, in the office of his brother-in- law. Lane B. Osborn. On June 28, i8g8, he enlisted for service in the Spanish-American war in the ist Territorial U. S. Vol. Infantry, a regiment of western men recruited in Oklahoma, Indian Territory, Arizona and New Mexico, and intended for service in the Philippine Islands. The regiment was mobilized in September at Lexington, Ken., and in November was sent to Albany, Ga., where it went into winter quarters. Its service not being required, it was mustered out at the latter place, Feb. 13, 1899. After his muster out he resumed the study of law at Evansville, Ind., was admitted to the bar in the fall of 1899, ^^^ is the junior member of the firm of Osborn & Hayford, attorneys and councilors at law, Evansville, Indiana. Walter Cyrus Hayford", son of Daniel", b. Oct. 20, 1S75, has been successfully engaged in farming for several years and is at present cultivating the Hayford farm of 190 acres, ten miles from Rockport. Horace Leroy Hayford", son of Daniel'', b. at Rockport, Ind., June 6, 1879, completed the high school course and entered Indiana University in the fall of 1899. AcHSA Hayford", dau. of SamueP, b. Ohio, June 6, 1829, d. Aug. 9, 1874, m. Oct. 28, 1852, Arthur Elliott of Hamilton Co., Ohio, b. Mar. 20, 1830, d. Nov. 17, 1862, at Yellow Springs, Greene Co., Ohio. They had five children : '''Lizzie R. Elliott, b. Aug. 10, 1853, d. Oct., 1872, Clermont Co., O. "Myra Elliott, b. July 15, 1856, m. William D. Becket. 'Mary Hayford Elliott, b. July 15, 1856, m. Calvin S. Avery. "Jessie Elliot, b. May 14, 1861, m. W. S. Morrill. "Horace Elliott, b. May 14, 1861, m. Estella Connor. Myra Elliott", dau. of Achsa Hayford", m. Mar. 28, 1888, William D. Becket, b. Feb. 3, 1856. They have one child: ^Elliott Ward Becket, b. Dec. 29, 1888. Mary Hayford Elliott", dau. of Achsa Hayford", b. July 15, 1856, m. Calvin S. Avery, Dec. 7, 1873, b. Dec. 9, 1857. They had nine children: ^Arthur Elliott Avery, b. Sept. 17, 1874, Clermont Co., Ohio. ^Lottie Olive Avery, b. Apr. 23, 1877, Clermont Co., Ohio. ^Horace Milton Avery, b. July 13, 1880, San Marcos, Hayes Co., Texas. ^John Fountain Avery, b. May 18, 1884, San Marcos, Hayes Co., Texas. Il8 THE HAVFORD FAMILY. ^Jessie Avery, b. Mar. 28, 1887, San Marcos, Hayes Co., Texas. ^Cyrus Hayford Avery, b. June 2, 1890, San Marcos, Hayes Co., Texas. ^Edward Avery, b. July 19, 1892, San Marcos, Hayes Co., Texas. ^Mary Alice Avery, b. Feb. 20, 1895, San Marcos, Hayes Co., Texas. '^Ralph Grant Avery, b. Sept. 15, 1898, San Marcos, Hayes Co., Texas. Jessie Elliott'^, dau. of Achsa Hayford^, b. May, 14, 1861, m. William S. Morrill, Aug. 8, 1888, b. Aug. 26, 1847, at Madi- son, Hamilton Co., Ohio. They have four children: ^Horace Elliott Morrill, b. May 10, 1889. ^^Charles Barnard Morrill, b. Aug. 17, 1890. ■Mary Hayford Morrill, b. Apr. 21, 1892. ^Elliott Wyman Morrill, b. Oct. 8, 1895. Horace Elliott', son of Achsa Hayford*^, b. May 14, 1861, m. May 23, 1889, Anna Estella Connor, b. Sept. 3, 1861. They have one child : ^Horace Arthur Elliott, b. May 9, 1890. Vesta Hayford", dau. of SamueF, b. Mar. 11, 1831, d. 1867. Achsa Hayford^ dau. of William, Jr."*, b. at Hartford, Me., 1794-6, d. at Hartford about 1828, m. about 181 6, Josiah Swett of Hartford. They had three children: "Philena Swett, b. July 20, 18 18, m. Isaac Chase. ''Betsy Swett, b. 1820, m. George Joy. '^Columbia A. Swett, b. 1823, m. Nathaniel Knight. Philena Swett'', dau. of Achsa Hayford^, b. Hartford, Me., July 20, 18 18, d. Jan. 21, 1848, m. ab, 1836, Isaac Chase of Turner, Me., b. Apr. 6, 1815. He died . They had five children: 'DeWitt Clinton Chase, b. Dec. 3, 1837. Resides in Lagrange, III. "Leroy R. Chase, b. July 20, 1839, d. Oct. 16, 1844. 'Leslie H. Chase, b. Sept. 29, 1843. Resides, Kinston, Wash. 'Leroy R. Chase, b. Oct. 17, 1845. Resides, Fort Dodge, Iowa. "Isaac C. Chase, b. Nov. 29, 1847. Resides, Thief River, Knobbs, Minn. Isaac Chase was a man well known and highly respected in Maine, well informed, and always manifested a lively interest in all State and national matters. While a resident of Canton, he WILLIAM HAYFORD, JR. II9 represented this district in the State of Maine House of Repre- sentatives with honor to himself and full satisfaction to his con- stituents. He was widely known, also, as a business man, being engaged many years in buying and selling country produce and dairy products. He lived many years in Canton, Me., where he married his second wife, Angelia Shackley, by whom he had sev- eral children, an estimable lady of that tov/n. Later, he moved to a farm near East Peru, where he died. Dewitt C. Chase", b. Dec. 3, 1837, m. 1859-60, Florentine E. Newman of Carthage, Me. She d. July 3, 1863. They had one child: ^Elmer C. Chase, b. Oct. 7, 1861, d. May 15, 1863. He m. 2d, Clara Newman, sister of his first wife. They had one child : **Elmer C. Chase, b. May 23, 1865. He m. 3d, Mrs. Sarah A. Delano (Hayford). He went from Canton to California when quite young (in the 50's), was quite successful there ; came back to Maine and was engaged in run- ning passenger coaches and carrying the U. S. mails for a few years. Later, about 1859, he was engaged in mercantile business at Canton, in partnership with Otis, Jr., and Alvarado Haj^ford. After the death of his first wife he removed to Byron, Me., mar- rying again and buying a large productive farm, where he was engaged extensively in raising sheep and wool, which at that time was very remunerative, wool commanding from 75c to $1.00 per pound, "war prices." Later, he moved to East Wilton, Me., and entered into the manufacture of edge tools with his brother- in-law, Hiram Holt, Esq., the well known manufacturer. A few years later, he married his third wife and went west, living in Chicago, 111., and vicinity, and has since been employed as a passenger conductor of Pullman trains on railroad lines running north and west from that city. He now resides at Lagrange, 111. Betsy Swett*', dau. of Achsa Hayford^ b. at Euckfield, Me., 182 1, d. 188-, m. 1850, George Joy, d. 1867. They had two children : 'Clara Joy, b, 1851.- 'Anna Joy, b. 1853, who d. young. George Joy was a blacksmith and moved to Ellsworth, Me., soon after his marriage. His daughter, Clara, unmarried, is a noted music teacher and pianist, and resides in Bangor, Me. I20 THE HAYFORD FAMILY. Columbia A. Swett", dau. of Achsa Hayford^ b. 1823, d. 1892, m. Nathaniel Knight of Peru, Me., 1842, b. 1816, d. 1856. They had three children : '^Aubrey M. Knight, b. 1843, ^^' Celia A. Glover. ''Evaline A. Knight, b. 1845, ^- Lorenzo Irish. '^Daniel Knight, b. June 27, 1853, m. ist, Louisa Etta Robinson, 2d, Linda Dell Royce, 3d, Ruth Adela Turner. Columbia A. Swett*^, dau. of Achsa Hayford", was a very bright, intelligent lady, with .marked ability and progressive ideas; well informed and a great conversationalist. She was of literary talent and a poetess ; a meet companion of her husband, a gen- tleman who engaged largely in farming, but was most highly esteemed for his scholarly attainments, holding many years the highest offxial positions within the gift of his community. After the death of her husband, Mrs. Knight resided several years with a son and family at Glencoe, Minn. In 1874 she removed to Red Bluffs, Cal, and resided with her children until time of her death. Aubrey M. Knight", son of Columbia A. Swett®, b. 1843, ^.t Peru, Me., m. 1869, Celia A. Glover, formerly of Hartford, Me., b. 1848. They had two children: Bertram G. Knight^ and Harold M. Knight^, b. at Glencoe, Minn., v/here the parents have resided for many years and greatly prospered. Evaline a. Knight", dau. of Columbia A. Swett", b. at Peru, Me., June 11, 1845, m. Oct. 17, 1868, Lorenzo Irish of Peru, b. Nov. II, 1S43. They had three children: ^Nina Ethleen Irish, b. Dec. 5, 1870, m. Thomas Gilliam. ^Carroll Lorenzo Irish, b. Aug. 28, 1875, at Glencoe, Minn. ^Clarence Alonzo Irish, b. Mar. 8, 1883, at El Dorado Co., Cal., d. Nov. 27, 1895. Nina Ethleen Irish*, b. Dec. 5, 1S70, at Glencoe, Minn., m. Sept. 15, 1894, Thomas M. Gilliam. They have two children: ^James Clarence Gilliam, b. May 25, 1896. ^Enville Catherine Gilliam, b. May 13, 1898. Carroll Lorenzo Irish^, b. Aug. 28, 1875, at Glencoe, Minn., resides at Red Bluffs, Cal., and with his brother-in-law, Mr. Gilliam, is engaged in the sheep raising business. Mrs. Evaline A. Knight Irish, under date Oct. 2, 189S, writes as follows: "My husband's health is not good, yet he does his work thus far. We have 240 acres of land here, and 155 acres in El Dorado WILLIAM HAYFORD, JR. 121 Co. I am quite well most of the time ; have been a very healthy, strong woman for the past twenty-eight years. Our dear boy, Clarence, was kicked by a horse Thanksgiving day and died the next day; gone, ere we knew he was seriously injured. Internal hemorrhage caused his death." Daniel Knight', son of Columbia A. Swett'S b. June 26, 1853, at Peru, Me., m. Oct. 8, 1877, Louisa Ella Robinson, b. 1855, d. June 20, 1879, and buried at Gridley, Butte Co., Cal. She left no children. He m. 2d, at Red Bluffs, Cal., Mar. 7, 1888, Linda Dell Royce, b. Nov. 29, 1866, in Franklin Co., N. Y., d. in Webster, South Dakota, Nov. i, 1893. They had two children : ^Leslie D. Knight, b. Jan. 30, 1890, at Hector, Minn. «Earl Leon Knight, b. July 26, 1893, at Webster, S. D. He m. 3d, Ruth Adela Turner, Mar. 2, 1896, b. 1874, Webster, S. D. They have one son : ^Aubrey Nathaniel Knight, b. Mar. 7, 1897. Daniel Knight^ emigrated from Peru, Me., to Minnesota Feb. 1869, and from there to California in 1873. After his marriage in 1888, he returned to Minnesota to live at Hector; from there he moved to Webster, S. D., where he now resides, and is suc- cessfully carrying on sheep raising at the "Lakeside Stock Farm," giving especial attention to the breeding of fine stock. Daniel Hayford\ son of William, Jr.*, b. at Sumner, Me., 1799, d. Jan. I, 1874, m. 1829, Olive Bicknell, dau. of Capt. Bicknell of Hartford, Me. She d. Sept, 15, 1882. They had two children : ^Samuel Hayford, b. Nov. 24, 1824, m. Mary French Hayford^. ^Olive B. Hayford, b. July 10, 1829, m. Cyrus P. Hayfordl Daniel Hayford^ son of William, Jr.S moved from Hartford, Me., to Parkman, Me., and from there to the State of Michigan, where he nearly died of the ague. From there he moved to Clermont Co., Ohio. After residing several years in Ohio he moved to Texas, where he was living during the civil war. He afterwards went back to Ohio, where he died Jan. i, 1874, aged 75 years. While in Texas he lived with his son, Samuel^ who with his family and parents, came back to Ohio. After his father's death, Samuel^, with his own family, his mother, and his wife's sister, Charlotte^, returned to Texas, where those living now reside. Samuel's" mother died there Sept. 17, 1882. Daniel 122 THE HAYFORD FAMILY. Hayford^ was a clear headed rnan ; was a Justice of the Peace in Maine, and before leaving Texas was appointed a judge. Samuel Hayford*", son of DanieP, b. Nov. 24, 1824, d. Aug. 12, 1883, m. Mary French Hayford^, dau. of Samuel Hayford^, June 12, 1846, b. Apr. 8, 1826. They had six children: ■^Aurora Hayford, b. Nov. 27, 1848, d. Nov. 28, 1848. '^Daniel Hayford, b. Sept. 6, 1850, d. July 2, 1856. 'Samuel Hayford, b. Aug. 28, 1852. 'Eva Hayford, b. Mar. 26, 1857, d. Mar. 3, 1881. 'George Johnson Hayford, b. Dec. 28, 1861. 'Kirby Hayford, b. Nov. 5, 1864. Samuel Hayford*^ began life by teaching school. He qualified himself for surveying, and surveyed many of the streets of Cin- cinnati, O. He married and moved to Cincinnati in 1847, and there learned to make mathematical instruments. In 1858 he went to Texas for his health. He was county surveyor of Austin Co., two terms. He served in the confederate army one year and received an honorable discharge, being crippled in one foot. Two of his children v/ere born in Texas at Belleville, Austin Co., viz.: George Johnson and Kirby. They now reside at North Galveston, Texas, and the mother is still living with them at that place. (They later moved to Texas City, Texas.) Since the above was Vi^ritten the author has received the infor- mation of the sad death of Mrs. Mary French Hayford in the great tempest that swept the coast of Texas in the year 1900, and world wide known as the "Great Galveston Flood," by letter of George Johnson Flayford, her son with whom she resided at that time. Texas City, Texas, Sept. 26, 1900. Mr. Otis Hayford, Dear Kinsman : — I write this morning to let you know of the terrible disaster that has befallen us. The great tidal wave and hurricane that visited this coast not long ago, tore our house to fragments and drowned mother. We found her two days aft ;r- wards, tangled in a wire fence. I managed to pick up a few of our family relics, but we have bvit little more than an armful of anything left. Mother was 74 the third of last April. We are completely broken up and will leave this country shortly. Will write you occasionally so you v/ill not lose the run of us. George J. Hayford. WILLIAM HAYFORD, JR. 1 23 Olive B. Hayford®, dau. of Daniel-, b. July lo, 1829, m. July 5, 1846, Cyrus P. Hayford^ son of Samuel'^ b. July 10, 1825, d. Dec. 18, 1899. They had three children: 'Charlotte O. Hayford, b. Apr. 15, 1847, m. John J. Warren, d. Dec. 16, 1865. "Celia D. Hayford, b. May i, 1857, m. T. A. Pinkham, Apr. 9, 1882. Tred Harmon Hayford, b. July 8, 1861, m. Hattie Kirkpatrick, Mar. 18, 1891. For complete record of this family, see record of Cyrus P. Hayford. Vesta Hayford^ dau. of William, ]y.\ b. at Hartford, Me., Nov. 6, 1S04, d. Mar. 22, 1880, m. Jan. 8, 1S29, Wilson Dearbon of Hartford, Me., b. Feb. 10, 1805, d. May 3, 1853. Later she m. Leander Plarmon, June 1857, d. Oct. 1859. They had tive children : ^'Minerva Dearbon, b. Sept. 24, 1830, unmarried. ^Augusta Dearbon, b. Aug. 5, 1832, m. Asa Atwood. ^Angela Dearbon, b. Oct. 15, 1834, d. Oct. 11, 1856. ^Vesta W. Dearbon, b. Aug. 25, 1839, d. Aug. 9, 1864. ^Axel W. Dearbon, b. Sept. 10, 1845, m. Delia A. Briggs. Augusta Dearbon^ dau. of Vesta Hayford^ b. Aug. 25, 1832, at Hartford, Me., m. Oct. 28, 1854, Asa Atwood of Buckfield, Me., b. May 26, 1834. They had two children: ^Ernest M. Atwood, b. Dec. 10, 1856, m. Mrs. Delia (Briggs) Dearbon. 'E. Minerva Atwood, b. Jan. 17, 1861, m. Bertram N. Allen. Asa Atwood of Buckfield, Me., son of Ephraim Atwood, Esq., who was one of the oldest and most esteemed merchants of that town. Asa was also for many years engaged in the mercantile business there, and later in manufacturing. For several years he was employed by the noted toothpick manufacturer, Mr. Charles Forster, and was his worthy and trusted agent. Ernest Atwood', son of Augusta Dearbon, b. at Buckfield, Me., Dec. 10, 1856, m. May 11, 1892, Mrs. Delia A. (Briggs) Dearbon, b. Dec. 5, i860. He is largely interested in manufac- turing at Buckfield, his native town. They have no children : E. Minerva Atwood'^, dau. of Augusta Dearbon^ b. Buckfield, Me., June 17, 1861, m. Feb. 27, 1893, Bertram N. Allen of Hebron, Me., b. Auburn, Me., Aug. 12, 1858. 124 THE HAYFORD FAMILY. Axel W. Dearbon^ son of Vesta Hayford^ b. at Hartford, Me., Sept. lo, 1845, ^- Dec. 29, 1881, Dollie A. Briggs of Provi- dence, R. I., b. Dec. 5, i860. Axel^ d. Oct. 11, 1890, leaving no children. His widow m. Ernest Atwood". Lewis Alden Hayford^, son of William, Jr."*, b. 1812, d. 1836, m. Hannah Bicknell. They had one child, a daughter, Achsa^ who married a Mr. Ames, and many years ago removed to Penn- sylvania. (No further record.) Lewis Alden Hayford" was a man endowed with a vigorous constitution, and capable of doing a great deal of hard work. He died while young, 24 years of age, having met with an acci- dent, causing internal injuries which proved fatal. BETTY HAYFORD^ BRANCH. Betty Hayford'*, dau. of William Hayford^, Daniel-, John^ was b. at Pembroke, Mass., Mar. 12, 1765, d. Mar. 12, 1862, m. at Turner, Me., Nov. 24, 1785, Benjamin Alden'^, son of Joseph^ of Stafford^ Conn., son of Daniel"*, son of Joseph^, son of Joseph-, son of Hon. John Alden^ of Plymouth, Mass., who was one of the Plymouth Pilgrims, and the last male survivor of those who came over in the Mayflower in 1620 and signed the compact in her cabin. Lie was b. in 1599 and d. in Duxbury, i\Iass., 1687, aged 88 years. They had ten children: ^Salmon Alden, unmarried, d. Thomaston, Me., ae. 23. '^Chandler Alden, m. Thankful Dudley. ^Benjamin Alden, b. Aug. 7, 1791, m. Polly Hood. ^Eliab Alden, m. Eunice Collier. ^Salmon Alden, unmarried, d. ae. 16. ^Betsy Hayford Alden, b. Mar. 13, 1801, m. Thomas Estes. '^Jeannette Alden, m. Stephen Hutchinson. ^Eunice Alden, m. Lewis Gilbert. ^Christina Alden, m. Henry Gilbert. ^Anna Alden, d. young. Chandler Alden^, son of Betty Hayford"*, d. 1885, m. Thank- ful Dudley. They had nine children : ^Loren Alden, m. Salome Leavitt of Turner, Tsle. Has 5 cliildren. ^Leonard Alden, b. May 17, 181 1, m. Marinda Leavitt, Turner, Me. 5 children. ^Betsy Alden, b. 18 13, m. Benj. R. Dean, Leeds, Me. 6 chil- dren. BETTY HAYKORD. 125 6\lmenaAlden, b. 1814, ni. ZophieRamsdell. .Chandler Alden, b. Jan. X4, 18.6, m. Mercy N. Durham, Leeds, Me. 2 children. 6Gustava Alden, m. Horace Hutchinson. 6Christina Alden, m. Lewis Jones, Turner, Me. 3 children. <^Dudley Alden, m. Susan Day. ^Thankful Alden, no further record. ^B.tt„. A.O.., Jr.^ son oC Be.ty Hay:ord^ b. Aug. 7, H,., d, .872, m. May X4, 181=, Polly Hood of Turner, Me. Tuey had seven children : 6Vesta Alden, b. Feb. 14, 1814, d. Feb. 15, 1841. ^Libbeus Alden, b. Apr. 9, 18 16. ^Lewis Alden, b. July 21, 18 18. ^Columbus Alden, b. June 23, 1820. ^Eliza Alden, b. Feb. 22, 1824. ^Olive Alden, b. Aug. 15, 1827. ''Marv Alden, b. Aug. i, 1832. EUAB ALDEN^ s™ of Betty Hayford^ m. Eunice tolhe of Leed Me she ieing one of a family well known m the h.story of the'tC;. They tad seven children : Matcia', Rosamond^ Isaac' Beulah Ann', Ermina', Benjamin', and Gustavus K. EliJb Alden^ died while the children were quite yoiing, and the family was broken up and eventually wide y scattered. The only ones now living are Mrs. Beulah A. Greeley' "^ Gx»y, ^°u* Dakota ; Benjamin', who lives in Oregon, and Kev. R G Alden whose wife is "Pansy," the noted writer and editor of Sunday school literature. j ji u ,v, ,,„- Betsy Havford Alden', dau. of Betty Hayford*, b ab. i795. d Ian 2. iS';?, m. Thomas Estes* of Durham, Me., b. Aug. 20 ts! d Aug 1 , 1870, and who was the son of Caleb', son of e1" rd< son of' Richard- the emigrant, who landed^n Boston in 1684 and m. Elizabeth Beck of Portsmouth, N. H^ They were united in marriage according to the ceremony "''he Society of Friends, in the Friends' meeting house ,n Dover N^HApn rf.SKi fSee history of Estes family by W. K. ^. i^steb.; famous both in history -^ in song fhey had t^ve^ ^^^^^ ''Stilman Estes, b. Dec 3,^812, d. '""J-^W^' ^ Larrabee of ^Lvdia Bishop Estes, b. Mar. 3°. \8^4, m. w. u. x. Hartford, Me., now of Portland, Me. 126 THE HAYFORD FAMILY. ^Lewis Alden Estes, b. Dec. ii, 1815, d. Nov. 10, 1891. ^Betsy Hayford Estes, b. June 6, 18 17, m. Chas. C. Smith, Dur- ham, Me. Resides on old homestead. ^Horace Alden Estes, b. June 14, 1819, m. i, Elizabeth Derby- shire, 2d, Margaret Scott. He d. Feb. 23, 1884. ^Emily Estes, b. Aug. 6, 182 1, m. Silas Plummer of Lisbon, Me. ^Charlotte Estes, b. Aug. 4, 1823, m. Randolph Michaels of Dur- ham, Me. ^Thomas Albion Estes, b. Apr. 19, 1825, m. Mary P. Alexander of Harpswell. ^George Henry Estes, b. Mar. 12, 1827, m. Emily Trufont of Durham, Me. '^Philena Estes, b. Aug. 14, 1828, m. Wm. H. Patch of Ludlow Vt. '"W. Roscoe Green Estes, b. Nov. 22, 1830, m. Maria Elbridge Osgood, Skowhegan, Me. ''Christina Estes, b. Oct. 5, 1834, unmarried, d. Aug. 24, 1884. Thomas Estes was a prosperous farmer, a member of the Society of Friends in Durham, Me. He was a man of sound judgment, possessed considerable business energy and sterling integrity. He was a Justice of the Peace, performed marriage ceremonies and did considerable conveyancing for his townspeo- ple. He served the town several years on the board of select- men, and represented it two terms in the Legislature in 1S38 and 1839. He brought up a family of twelve children, all of whom lived to be grown men and women. For full information of this family reference is made to "History of Estes Family," by Hon. William Roscoe Green Estes of Skowhegan, Me., the author of which served on the military staff of Gov. Garcelon, with rank and title of Lieut. Colonel. He was an active and prominent Free Mason, and for two years was Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Maine, and one year Grand Master of the Grand Coun- cil of Royal Select Masters. He was commissioned postmaster at Skowhegan by Pres. Cleveland, Nov. 28, 1887. He settled in Skowhegan and was a merchant. His wife, Maria Elbridge (Osgood) Estes, died Mar. 28, 1864. Jennette Alden", dau. of Betty Hayford-*, b. Greene, Me., Apr. 10, 1797, d. Norway, Me., Aug. 27, 1872, m. Aug. 9, 1827, Stephen Hutchinson (his second wife. First wife was Arseneth Gilbert.) of Buckfield, Me., b. Windham, Aug. 9, 1787, d. Aug. 29, 1850. They had four children: RETTY HAYFORD. t27 ^Jennette Alden Hutchinson, b. Apr. 23, 1828, m. Samuel F. Record. '^Augusta B. Hutchinson, b. Mar. 29, 1831, d. Feb. 1853. ^'Arseneth Hutchinson, b. May 28, 1834, m. Lewis O'Brion. ^Vesta Hutchinson, b. Apr. 6, 1836, d. Apr. 1838. Jennette Alden Hutchinson^ b. Apr. 23, 1828, m. Oct. 20, 1849, Samuel F. Record of Buckfield, Me., b. Jan. 1822. They had three children : 7Milton L. Record, b. Nov. 20, 1850, Buckfield, Me. Now of Chicago, 111. ^Nelson B. Record, b. Jan. 18, 1852, Buckfield, Me. Now of New York. 7Royal B. Record, b. Dec. 20, 1854, Buckfield, Me. Now of Auburn, Me. Arseneth Hutchinson^ b. May 28, 1834, m. June 1852, Lewis O'Brion, b. Quebec, May 5, 1831, d. at Auburn, Me., Apr. 9, 1898. They had six children: 7Alton O'Brion, b. Jan. 1853, Buckfield, Me. 7lnfant daughter, b. Jan. 1855, Turner, Me., d. Mar. 1855. 7Emma J. O'Brion, b. June 23, 1857, Norway, Me. 7Lewis H. O'Brion, b. July i, 1859, Norway, Me., d. May 20, 1867, 7Virgie Inez O'Brion, b. June 11, 1863, Norway, Me. 7Willard N. O'Brion, b. May 16, 1873, Norway, Me., d. July, 1874. Eunice Alden^ dau. of Betty Hayford'*, b. Mar. 13, 1801, d. Feb. 25, 1867, m. Apr. 20, 1826, Lewis Gilbert, b. Apr. 15, 1801, d. Jan. 28, 1885. They had six children: ^Ellen B. Gilbert, b. Mar. 12, 1S27, m. Feb. 7, 1866, Horace Bradford. ^Oscar Gilbert, b. Aug. 18, 1828, m. Jan. 7-9, 1855, Sumner Holmes Cole. ^Virginia Gilbert, b. Dec. 9, 1830, d. Feb. 22, 1848. ®Ziba Alden Gilbert, b. Nov. 4, 1832, m. Nov. 5, i860, Clara Bradford. ^Julius Gilbert, b. Apr. 17, 1836, m. Sept. 19, 1864, Deborah Gushing Vinol. '^Seldon Gilbert, b. Dec. 9, 1837, m. Nov. 26, 1863, Sarah Louisa Whitman. Hon. Z. A. Gilbert®, son of Eunice Alden^, has always resided on a farm in Greene, Me., having one of the largest and best of any in that section of the State. He has long been widely 128 THE HAYFORD FAMILY. known as an intelligent, thoroughly up-to-date, practical, progres- sive farmer. Besides his extensive farming operations, in which he takes great pleasure, and has managed all these years with marked business success, he has found opportunity to devote much of his life to public service for his town, county and State ; has been supervisor of schools and selectman of his town, and for many years a member of the Board of Agriculture, president of State Pomological Society for six years from its first organiza- tion, inspector of fertilizers for two years, trustee of State Col- lege for nine years, president of Board of Managers of State Experiment Station during its continuance, and secretary of Board of Agriculture twelve years. His annexed volumes of Agriculture of Maine, eleven of which were prepared and pub- lished by him during his service as secretary, were accepted as of marked value, and have been sought for by the reading farm- ers of the State with increasing demand each year. In 1883, he assumed editorial charge of the agricultural department of the Maine Farmer. In this capacity he has shown himself a writer of ability as well as an acknowledged authority on agricultural matters. Always active in political affairs of his town and county, but never seeking political distinction ; a republican, cast- ing his first vote for Freemont. In religion, a Universalist. Rev. Selden Gilbert®, b. Dec. 9, 1837, son of Eunice Alden^ He was educated in the common schools, Monmouth Academy, Westbrook Seminary, Tufts College and St. Lawrence University Divinity School. He entered the ministry near the close of the civil war ; had parishes in Norway, Paris, Livermore Falls and Machias, Me.; Little Falls, N. H.; New Haven, Conn.; Melrose and Boston, Mass. While located at Machias, Me., a few years since, he was largely instrumental in procuring the erection of a fine commodious church during his service there, that is an orna- ment to the town and the pride of the people. He is a distin- guished Universalist clergyman of marked ability and whose service is ever in demand. He has one son, who was graduated from the Boston Latin School in 1889, Harvard College in 1893, Harvard Medical School 1897, Massachusetts General hospital same year, and is now instructor in Harvard Medical School, and in private practice in Brookline, Mass. Christina Alden^ dau. of Betty Hayford*, b. Mar. i, 1803, ARTIMISSA HAYFORD. I 29 d. May i, 1889, ^- ^^^' ^°' 1826, Henry Gilbert, b. Feb. 15, 1804, d. Oct. 6, 1 88 1. They had eight children : ^\nnie B. Gilbert, b. July 28, 1827, m. Joseph Kilbreth, Dec. 1850, d. May 28, 1851. "Betsy Alden Gilbert, b. Jan. 30, 1829, m. Alfred Jewell, Oct. 1859, d. Aug. 24, 1S91. ^Christina Gilbert, b. Aug. 183 1, d. July 16, 1850. *Julia Gilbert, b. Dec. 26, 1832, m. i, Ruel Phillips, Feb. 11, 1854. m. 2, Hiram Phillips, Nov. 10, 1878. sTertia Gilbert, b. Mar. 16, 1836, d. Mar. 26, 1853. ®Otis Hayford Gilbert, b. June 10, 1838, d. July 6, 1843. ''James Henry Gilbert, b. May 1846, d. Mar. 13, 1852. ARTIMISSA HAYFORD^ BRANCH. Artimissa Hayford'*, dau. of William^, DanieF, John^, b. July 14, 1766, at Pembroke, Mass., d. at Hartford, Me., Jan. 16, 1859, 93 years of age. She married Joel Simmons, a revolutionary soldier, who enlisted in New Gloucester, Me., and died at Harri- son, Me., Feb. 24, 18 15. After his death she married Nehemiah Packard of Auburn, Me., another soldier of the revolution, whom she outlived many years. She had no children by either marriage, "Aunt Artemissa," so styled by all who knew her during many of the last years of her life, was one whom ail delighted to honor, and she was held in high esteem and deeply revered by all her numerous relatives. Though never having cluidren of her own, she was "aunt" and mother to them all ; of a cheerful, joyous spirit ; the light of every household wherein she dwelt. After the decease of her last husband, Mr. Packard, sh.e dwelt for many years in the family of Mr. Otis Hayford, Sr., Canton, Me., but the last few years of her life she resided in the family of Capt. Alden Barrell of Hartford, Me., he being a grandnephev/ of hers. Mrs. Packard lived to be almost 93 years of age. Endowed as she was with a wonderful memory, it was, indeed, a rare treat to have the opportunity of conversing with her, and of listening to the relation from her lips, of the varied scenes of life and experiences which she had witnessed and been a part of for almost a full century of time ; the perils, hardships, and depriva- tions of the pioneers in the early settlement of this State of 130 THE HAYFORD FAMILY. .Maine and of Sylvester Canada, now Turner, Me., where her parents were among the very first to open up a settlement, and when, to feed their numerous families of children, the fathers were obliged to shoulder their grain and thread their way afoot through the unbroken forests many miles, wading the streams, or crossing on logs, their pathway only marked by a blazed or or spotted line, to a settlement near the seaboard, generally to New Gloucester, eighteen or twenty miles distant, there to have it ground into meal, and in the same manner, transport it back to their homes, with all the incidents attending such a life, were presented by her in such vivid life pictures as to fasten on the thoughtful mind so as never to be defaced while memory may last. One incident in illustration of this : "One Thursday morn- ing, her father and oldest brother, a lad of twelve years, started to go to mill, as the saying was, to Gloucester, with their grists on their backs, expecting to be home by Saturday evening, but the evening came and they did not return. Sunday morning came also and they had nothing to eat in the house. Their mother told them not to cry for the Lord would provide, never fear, and they waited till nine o'clock, but no father came, and she retired to her chamber and prayed long and fervently that God would hear her prayer and send something for her starving children. They lived but a few rods from the river, and while she was in prayer, the oldest boy at home took his net and ran down to the river to see if he could catch some fish. He cast his net, and behold ! it filled, and he ran back and met his mother returning from her room. She said to him : "Did I not tell you that the Lord would provide ?" She forever afterwards believed that the Lord heard and answered her prayer. About noon father returned home. They had lost their way and were obliged to stay in the woods over night." Her bodily and mental faculties were preserved in a remark- able degree to the time of her death. When she was but eleven years old she came with her parents and seven other children, five of them younger than herself, from Pembroke, Mass., to Turner, Me. Often has she been heard to relate incidents of their journey; of her mother riding horseback, carrying in her arms an infant child ; of herself being occasionally taken up on the pillion of the saddle to rest her little, weary feet and limbs. In this manner they came all the way from home; for many weary ARTIMISSA HAYFORD. 131 miles following a blazed line, often forced to ford swollen streams, and thus making their way through an unbroken wilderness. One night, having camped by a running stream in the dense forests, in what is now the town of l^ridgton. Me., in a place that appeared to have been used by others for that purj^ose, they pre- pared and partook of their frugal evening meal and slept under the trees through the night. While the children were running around in the early morning hours, they espied a piece of birch bark pinned to a standing tree, seemingly placed there by some wandering traveler poet, on which were written tlie following verses, which she then committed to memory, and seventy-Hve years later, at the age of eighty-six or seven, repeated them to the writer, and they were written out and printed for the hrst time, she being able to repeat from her early memory, all but four lines of those seventeen verses. "All you that love the joys of peace, And choose to dwell where tumults cease, Come, seat yourself at my right hand, For here I've found a hajjpy land. Where cannon, and the sound of war Are only heard as news from afar. No British troops disturb my rest, Nor Savage of the wilderness. Beneath my little, homely ceil, In perfect quietness, I dwell, Surrounded by as rich a soil As any found on British Isle. Spacious, and a goodly land When once subdued by human hand. As labor was my father's lot. Which I have learned and not forgot, Who ate his bread with sweating brow, I must expect to do so too. Yet oft, when I this forest rove, I think of Kden's sacred grove; The many blessings standing round Show a resemblance of that ground. The woody forests do produce, All neatly fitted for my use, Paper, whose sheets are firm and large, Without one farthing's cost or charge. 132 THE HAYFORD FAMILY. The maple tree, whose royal veins Supply the want of India's canes; The ponds and brooks, we daily find, Afford us fish of divers kinds. The Chub, the Eel, the Horned Pout, The Pickerel, the Perch and Spotted Trout; These with their numerous silvery train Teap up and down our liquid plain. The Tortoise, too, both flesh and fish, Which Princes call a dainty dish; The savage beasts that range the wood, Serve both to clothe and find us food. The gallant Moose, so famed for speed, On our majestic mountains feed, The branching armor of whose head, Makes his approach an awful dread. Yet the fast hounds endowed with skill. To know and do their master's will, Quickly make the monster know That man is lord of all below. The nimble Deer does sweetly play Where Wolves and Bears pursue their prey; The Beaver, too, whose silken coat Is worn by kings and lords of note. The Cony, and long-haired Racoon; The Partridge, Duck, and gabling Loon, Hysteric qualms, disordered brains. And rheumatism's acutest pains Are cured by drugs that nature yields. Drawn from the earth, or woods or fields. The serpent's oil, 'tis often found, Will cure the stubborn chronic wound; The fir out-does the surgeon's skill; The birch and rhyme employ my quill. These precious gifts, with numbers more. Which might be added to the score. Were made to serve the use of man. When first the world and time began." MATILDA HAYFORD. 133 MATILDA HAYFORD^ BRANCH. Matilda Hayford'*, dau. of William Hayford^ DanieF, John^ b. at Pembroke, Mass., Oct. 21, 1767, d. July 14, 1848, m. Abia- ther Briggs at Turner, Me., Dec. 25, 1789, b. June 2, 1768, d. Dec. 25, 1844. They had twelve children: ^Arvida Briggs, b. July 27, 1790, d. July 27, 1818, ae. 28. ^Christina Briggs, b. July 4, 1792, m. Wm. Brewster, d. Aug. 5, 1870, ae. 82. ^Lydia Briggs, b. Feb. 14, 1794, d. Dec. 20, 1873, ae. 79. ^Phoebe Briggs, b. Mar. 22, 1796, d. Dec. 8, 1858, ae. 62. '^Matilda Briggs, b. May 24, 1798, d. July 25, 187 1, ae. 73. ^Abiather Briggs, b. Mar. 24, 1800, d. Apr. 5, 1875, ae. 75. ^William Briggs, b. Feb. 13, 1802, m. Eliza Merrill, d. Aug. 2, 1887, ae. 85. ^Elisha Briggs, b. Jan. 7, 1804, m. Jane Guthner, d. Jan. 8, 1894, ae. 90. ^Salome Briggs, b. Jan. 22, 1805, m. Thomas Seabury, d. Feb. 29, 1848, ae. 43. ^Salmon Briggs, b. Apr. 2, 1808, m. Ruth Curtis, d. Dec. 25^ 1885, ae. 77. ^Alden Briggs, b. Apr. 2, 1806, m. Nancy Tyler, d. Apr. 14, 1874, ae. 64. i^Augusta Briggs, b. Apr. 1813, m. John Tyler, d. June 15, 1856, ae. 43. No further record of this family is obtained. This family moved, soon after marriage, to the eastern part of Maine, and settled at or near Parkman in Piscataquis Co., and many of their descendants now reside in that section. The Briggs family are a numerous and prominent people. ARVIDA HAYFORD* BRANCH. Arvida HayfordS son of William Hayford^ Daniel", John\ b. at Pembroke, Mass., May 28, 1770, d. Aug. 28, 1858, m. Mercy Ellis at Turner, Me., Mar. 14, 1796. She was b. June 29, 1769, d. Jan. 15, 1837. They had four children: sChristina Hayford, b. Jan. 7, 1798, d. Mar. 12, 1799. sAxel Hayford, b. Oct. 22, 1799, d. Oct. 12, 18 14. sArvida Hayford, Jr., b. Sept. 5, 1801, d. Oct. 17, i'< SChristina Hayford, b. Apr. 12, 1804, d. Aug. 1886. 134 THE HAYFORD FAMILY. Arvida Hayford* and family moved from Hartford, Me., to Belfast, Me., 1821. He was Justice of the Peace Feb. 7, 1822 to Feb. 4, 1836. Arvida Hayford, Jr.?, son of Arvida Hayford*, b. Sept. 5, iSoi, d. Oct. i868, m. Jan. 11, 1825, Almira E. Loring, b. Mar. 22, 1801, d. Aug. 18, i860. They had two children: ^Samuel F. L. Hayford, b. Nov. 28, 1825, d. Nov. 8, 1826. ^William B. Hayford, b. May 20, 1827, d. Feb. 8, 1887. Arvida Hayford, Jr.5, was Justice of the Peace from Mar. 10, 1830, to A. D. 1843. William B. Hayford'', son of Arvida Hayford, Jr.s, b. May 20, 1827, d. Feb. 8, 1887, m. Nov. 18, 1852, Laura Rhines, b. Apr. 13, 1834. They had three children: 7Anna C. Hayford, b. Mar. 16, 1856, m. Mellen C. Pierce. 7p^rancis L. Hayford, b. May 9, i860, d. Apr. 7, i88r. /■George William Hayford, b. Jan. 29, 1862, d. Sept. 28, 1883. William B. Hayford*, son of Arvida, Jr.s, was a very energetic business man and highly successful during his forty years of active life in Bangor, Me. He carried on a large lumbering busi- ness for many years in eastern and northern Maine, and gave it his persistent and untiring efforts. At the time of his death he had amassed a large fortune, being considered among the largest owners of wild lands in the State, and containing much valuable timber. He commanded the friendship and esteem of all who knew him, for his sterling integrity and marked business capaci- ties. His widow, who survives him, and the one married daugh- ter, still reside in the homestead in the city of Bangor, Me. Anna C. Hayford7, dau. of William B. Hayford**, b. Mar. 16, 1856, m. Dec. 25, 1882, Mellen C. Pierce of Bangor, Me., b. Oct. 2, 1847. They have four children: •^Hayford Pierce, b. Sept. 10, 1883. 'Waldo Pierce, b. Dec. 17, 1884. ^Mellen Chamberlain Pierce, b. July 13, 1886. »Ada Stetson Pierce, b. Mar. 28, 1888. Mellen C. Pierce has charge and management, to a large extent, of the vast timber lands belonging to the estate of his late father- in-law, William B. Hayford. Christina Hayford^ dau. of Arvida HayfordS b. Apr. 12, 1804, d. Aug. 1886, m. June 3, 1822, William Bicknell of Hart- ford, Me. They had one child: GUSTAVUS HAYFORD. 1 35 ®Axel Bicknell, b. 1823, m. Julia Simpson, 1845. Christina m. Sept. 3, 1829, Wm. R. Lowney, b. 1786, d. Aug. 1850. They had one child : ^Oscar Lowney, b. July 18, 1850, who m. July 18, 1887, Fannie A. Emerson, b. Nov. 21, 1854. Axel Bicknell*^ died in Minnesota, date not known. He left a widow, a daughter, Mrs. Christina Bigelow^, and a son. Mrs. Christina (Hayford'^) was blessed with a lovely character and a sunny disposition that carried her through her life's many trials and sorrows, and those that would have borne others down, only seemed to sweeten and make her life a joy and blessing to others. Dearly is her memory cherished by those so fortunate as to ever come into near relations with her. Her cheerful spirit and kindness of heart won her many true friends. GUSTAVUS HAYFORD^ BRANCH. GusTAVUS Hayford'', son of William*^, Daniel-, John\ b. Jan. 7, 1773, at Pembroke, Mass., m. Aug. 13, 1797, Abigail Fuller of Carver, Mass., d. at Canton, Me., Sept. 11, 1824. He d. July 18, 1848. They had seven children : ^Saphronia Flayford, b. June 4, 1801, m. Simeon Brett, June 23, 1822. ^Abigail Hayford, b. Sept. 25, 1S03, m. i, Joel Howard, Aug. 7, 1828. m. 2, Thaxter Russell, Mar. 1856. ^Alvira Hayford, b. Nov. 27, 1805, m. Otis Hayford*^, Feb. 25, 1827. ^Gustavus Hayford, Jr., b. July 2, 1808, m. Zilpha Barrows, Jan. I, [829. ^Alvarado Hayford, b. Nov. 25, 181 1, m. Betsy Fuller, Nov. 1837. ■^Elizabeth D. Flayford, b. June 8, 181 5, m. Andrew Barrows, Nov. 10, 1836. ■^Stillman Hayford, b. Sept. 29, 18 18, m. Harriet Baird, Sept. 1842. Gustavus Hayford* m. 2d, Jan. 1825, Judith Leach of Hartford, Me., b. 1799, d. Nov. 10, 1869. They had three children: ^Delphina K. Hayford, b. July 23, 1826, m. Dr. Wm. P. Eridg- ham, Dec. 14, 1845. ^Susan Hayford, b. Mar. 13, 1831, m. i, Jefferson Bridgham, 1856. m. 2, John F. Mellan, July 20, 1869. ^Rosina Hayford, b. July 28, 1837, m. J. S. Thompson, 1856. 136 THE HAYFORD FAMILY. GusTAVUS Hayford*, son of William Hayford^, Daniel'-^, John\ b. Jan. 7, 1773, d. July 18, 1848, m. Aug. 13, 1797, Abigail Fuller, d. Sept. II, 1824, m. 2d, Jan. 1825, Judith Leach, b. 1799, d. Nov. 10, 1869. He moved his family from Hartford, Me., to Canton, in 18 15, and he and his brother, Zeri, were the first settlers of Canton village. He erected the first saw mill and grist mill, and the first dwelling house at this place. While building these mills they occupied a log cabin, built on the present site of the drug store of Nathan Reynolds. This log house was occupied by his brother, Zeri, and family, two years, to board the workmen on the mills, nearly another year by his family, and later, as a school house, until a better one was erected. The dwelling house built by Gustavus Hayford the next year, 18 15, the first one at this place, is now standing on the original site, beautifully located on the margin of the pond by the mills, in good state of preser- vation, and is owned and occupied at this time (1900) by Frank O. Proctor. When purchasing the water power at this place, Mr. Hayford also became the possessor of a large tract of land upon which the present village is located. In later years his home abounded in hospitality to any who desired to accept it; none were ever turned from his door, but all alike seemed ever welcome to the generous friendship and hospitality so freely bestowed by this kind hearted family. From a clipping taken from a paper printed at the time of his death, we copy the following: "As a citizen, Bro. Hayford was an industrious, active, enter- prising man. Twice he commenced anew in an unbroken forest. The place of his late residence, which is now a flourishing village, was first settled by him, but for a number of years past his health has been declining under the influence of a paralytic affection which rendered him nearly helpless. During his last sickness and previous to it, he often expressed his willingness, and even anxiety, to depart from this world of sorrow and pain, to "that house not made with hands." He left a wife and nine children, besides many other relatives and very numerous friends, to cherish his memory and imitate his example. Forty years previous to his death, Mr. Hayford embraced the belief in the Universal Fatherhood of God, and universal brotherhood of mankind. This he fully believed and GUSTAVUS HAYFORD. 139 truly lived, and he was ever ready to explain his belief and defend his faith, by appealing to the scriptures, with which he was very familiar." Abigail Fuller, wife of Gustavus'*, was born at Pembroke, Mass. She was the sixteenth child of Issachar Fuller and Elizabeth (Doten) Fuller of Carver, Mass. Later, Issachar married Lucy Tinkham, and they had five children, making twenty-one in all. At the time of his second marriage he was sixty years old and his wife thirty. He lived to see his last children all married and with children of their own. He was ninety-seven years and eight months old at the time of his death ; labored lightly long after he was ninety years old, and could read common print without glasses to the last. His children so far as known, range thus : Lydia Fuller, m. John Lucas of Carver, Mass. Isaac Fuller m. Lydia Ellis, and moved to Maine. Sylvia Fuller m. Sylvanus Stevens, and moved to Maine. Noah Fuller m. Sarah Smith, and moved to N. H. John Fuller m. Betty Smith of Middleboro, Mass. Issachar Fuller, Jr. No further record. Deborah Fuller m. Consider Clark of Plymouth, Mass. Eliza Fuller m. Nathaniel Harlow of Plympton, Mass. Rebecca Fuller m. Timothy Cobb, and moved to Maine. Abigail Fuller m. Gustavus Hayford, and moved to Maine. Edward Fuller m. Deborah West, and moved to Penn. The most of the above named children lived to advanced asres, the remainder died quite young. One of the sons went to sea and was never afterward heard from, neither the vessel, all were supposed to have been lost. By his second wife, the record of children ranges as foUow-s : Lucy Fuller m. i, Nathaniel Shaw of Carver, Mass. He was killed by a falling tree. m. 2, Ebeneazer Cobb of Carver, Mass. Deborah Fuller m. E^zra Shaw of Rochester. Ebeneazer Fuller m. Mary Atwood of South Carver, Mass., and ever after lived on the same farm which his father lived and died on. Hannah Fuller m. Luther Shurtleff. 'Priscilla Fuller m. George Barrows, and moved to Vermont. Issachar Fuller, father of Abigail (Fuller) Hayford, was of the fifth generation in the lineal descent from Dr. Samuel Fuller 140 THE HAYFORD FAMILY. of the Mayflower. It is said that their ancestors in England have traced their family back to the twelfth century ; and that they then lived in Wales, and spelled the family name thus : "Fullwerr." Dr. Samuel P^uller^ came over in the Mayflower Dec. 20, 1620, d. in 1633; had three wives, viz: Elsie Glascork, probably mar- ried in England; 2d, Agnes, daughter of Alexander Carpenter, married in Leyden in 161 3; 3d, Bridget Lee, married in Leyden in 161 7. Bridget came over on the "Ann" in 1623, with a child, which soon afterward died. Afterwards she had Samuel", b. in 1624, and Mercy", who married Ralph James. Samuel, ist, made a will, dated July 30, 1633, which was proved Oct. 28, 1633, and is said to have been the first will pro- bated in New England. Rev. Samuel Fuller-, son of Samuel Fuller^ married Elizabeth Brewster in Middleboro, Mass. Their children were : Mercy*, m. Daniel Cole; SamueP, b. in 1659; Experience'^, m. James Wood ; John^ ; Elizabeth^, m. Samuel Eaton ; Hannah^, m. Eleazor Lewis ; and Isaac^ Rev. Samuel Fuller-, b. in 1624, d. Aug. 17, 1694, was the first settled minister of the gospel in Middleborough. He was buried in Plymouth .churchyard, on Plymouth Hill, and a gravestone was placed at his grave, said to be the first one erected in New England. The inscription reads as follow : "Here lies buried ye body of Rev. Samuel Fuller, who departed this life Aug. ye 17th, 1694, in ye 71st year of his age. He was ye first Minister of ye Church of Christ in Middleboro." Note. Mr. Davis, in his "Ancient Landmarks of Plymouth," page 133, says: "There were four gravestones bearing date before 1700, viz: Edward Gray, 1681, William Crow, 1684, Hannah Clark, 1687, and Thomas Clark, 1697, and to these may be added that of Elder Thomas Cushman, who died in 1691, stone removed in 1858." He makes no mention of the "Fuller" grave stone, but adds that "these stones are ail of English stones and bear marks of English workmanship." The fact that these stones were all brought over from England might indicate that years elapsed after the death of these persons named, before the above named stones were erected, and that the tradition that exists in the Fuller family may be true, and that Rev. Samuel Fuller's grave- stone was the first one erected, but it is singular that he makes no GUSTAVUS HAYFORD, I4I mention of this stone, as the writer has in his possession a piece of said gravestone, and the foregoing inscription was copied from it. Bridget Fuller and Samuel Fuller^, widow and son of Dr. Samuel Fviller^, gave a lot of land on Leyden St., A. D. 1664, to the First Church of Christ in Plymouth. The house that now stands on said lot was the home of Dr. James Kendall, minister of this First Church from 1800 to 1859. SamueP, b. 1659, son of Rev. Samuel Fuller'-^, d. Sept. 6, 1728, ae. 70 years, was one of the first settlers of Plympton, Mass., m. Mercy Eaton, dau. of Samuel, Francis, of Plympton, a descend- ant of Francis Eaton, who came over in the Mayflower. Their children were : ^Nathaniel Fuller, b. 1687. ^Samuel Fuller, b. 1689. ^William Fuller, b. 1691. ^Seth Fuller, b. 1692, m. dau. of Adam Wright and widow Debo- rah Cole. ^Ebeneazer Fuller, b. 1695, m. Joanna Grey. ''Benjamin Fuller, b. 1696. lElizabeth Fuller, b. 1697.. *John Fuller, b. 1698, ^Jabez Fuller, b, 1701. *Mercy Fuller, b. 1702, m. Ebeneazer Raymond. ^James Fuller, b. 1704, m. Judith, dau. of Henry Rickard. John Fuller^ b. Dec. 19, 1698, son of Samuel Fuller^ and eighth child, lived in Kingston, Mass., m. Deborah P«.ing for his first wife, and Mercy, widow of Robert Cushman, for his secoild. His children were : "^Eleazer Fuller, b. 1723. ^Issachar Fuller, b. 1725. . v ^John Fuller, b. 1727. ^Deborah Fuller, b. 1729. ^Susannah Fuller, b. 1733. ^Noah Fuller, b. 1736. ^Ezra Fuller, b. 1737. ^Consider Fuller, b. 1738. ^Eleazer Fuller, b. 1740. ^Hannah Fuller, b. 1743. Issachar Fuller^ of Carver, Mass., son of John Fuller^ d. Oct. 142 THE HAYFORD FAMILY. 31, 1822, aged 97. (See record on former pages of his 21 chil- dren.) Abigail Fuller*', dau. of Issachar^ m. Gustavus Hayford. Thus we have : Dr. Samuel Fuller^ Rev. Samuel Fuller", SaraueF, John*, Issachar^ Abigail, m. Gustavus Hayford^ Aug. 13, 1797. Abigail Fuller was in lineal descent from the Mayflower through three families, i. e.. Fullers, Brewsters and Eatons. The town of Canton in the county of Oxford, Me., was origi- nally a part of Jay and was called "Phipps Canada." It was incorporated as Canton, Feb. 5, 1821, and is locared on the Portland & Rumford Falls railway, sixty-two miles from Port- land, Me., and lies on both sides of the Androsco£;gin river, twenty-five miles above Lewiston Falls, situated in the tv,-in cities of Lewiston and Auburn, in Androscoggin county, and ten miles above Livermore Falls in said county, and sixteen miles below Rumford Falls in Oxford county, the "Niagara of New England." That part of the town know as Canton Point, lies on the east side of the river, and consists of beautiful, wide and fertile inter- vale land, formerly the great corn field and burying ground of the native tribe of Anasagunticook Indians. The principal village in the tov>^n is located on the west side of the river, at the outlet of a most beautiful body of water, renowned for its picturesque setting amidst the surrounding hills and mountains. No prettier landscape view can be found in all New England. It equals in its beauty any that can be seen in Switzerland or any other country. (Oxford county has truly been called the "Switzerland of America.") Many foreign trav- elers have pronounced it unsurpassed, and when looked upon from the proper localities, in its most propitious aspect as to its waters, and the bright shadows of its forest crowned hills and mountains almost completely surrounding it, it is truly a gem of beauty. The outlet of the lake where the village is located is nearly one and one-half miles from where it enters the Andros- coggin river by a stream known as "Whitney brook." This body of water has been known for the last twenty years as "Lake Anasagunticook," but was formerly called "Whitney Pond." And upon this original name rests an interesting his- torical narrative; and as several versions pertaining to the same have appeared in print during the past fifty years, some of them widely incorrect, and doubtless far from authentic history, it is thought that it will not be amiss to herewith give the most relia- GUSTAVUS HAYFORD. 1 45 ble and authentic account that is known to exist of the history of the event upon which the name of Whitney Pond was given to these waters; a name still perpetuated by being given to the principal stream, or outlet of the pond, and also to the lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of Canton. Part of the Story of Major Ephraim Heald's Wonderful Escape in Canton, Maine. This story was published in the history of Temple, N. H., pages 331 and 332, and written by the Major's neighbor, William H. Howard of Temple, N. H., in 1859. A Mr. Ephraim Brown says: "I heard much of this same story in my boyhood. I am now sixty-six. My father was the Maior's grandson and heard the story from the Major's own lips." "Just before the city of Quebec was taken by the English in 1759, Ephraim Heald (in 1757), being then about 22 years of age, in company with two other young men, — one named Whit- ney and the other Read — went from Dunstable, N. H., and Massachusetts, to Saco river, thence to the Androscoggin, for the purpose of obtaining Indian scalps, for every one of which a prize or bounty of ^1000 had been offered by the government. Just at nightfall they discovered a birch bark canoe and a fire on the banks of the river. (Androscoggin.) there were no Indians to be seen, but on the supposition that they would return in the morning, the scouts thought best to withdraw to the other side of the hill and there remain till early morning, when they might be able to take the Indians by surprise. Before daybreak the scouts made for the river, but by wrong calculations on their points of compass, they chanced to stumble on the river sooner than they expected, and instead of their discovering the Indians, the Indians discovered them and fired upon them. Read dropped dead, and Whitney was v\'ounded in the thigh. Heald fired and killed one Indian, when the other two Jiook after him with their tomahawks. He ran down the river and was gaining on them when his further progress was arrested by a deep rivulet* which flowed into the river. Not being able to swim, he was obliged to turn back and run the gauntlet of them both, so to speak. He struck his toe against a snag and fell; the Indians throwing their tomahawks just over his head. The Major sprang to his feet and ran around a hill**, and while the Indians were picking up their tomahawks he gained time to load his piece and get behind a tree for protection. The redskins perceiving that he was sure to kill one of them if they followed up any closer, gave up the chase. Heald then started for Saco, which was two days *Whitney brook. **French's hill. 146 THE HAYFORD FAMILY. travel. He came to a stream or body of water about forty rods wide; here, again, not being able to swim, and there being no fording place for several miles in either direction, he cut poles and withes and constructed a raft. But he had got only half way across when a sudden gale drove him back to land, his raft having come to pieces in the meantime, so that he was obliged to hold it together by dint of lying flat down upon it, thus mak- ing his hands and feet serve as withes. So he had to travel around after all. Reaching Saco safely, he returned to Dunstable in order to get assistance and go in search of Whitney. Fifteen men vol- unteered and started off immediately. In a few days they came across his wigwam; the noise of their footsteps in the leaves awoke him from the sleep he was in, and starting up under the impression that the Indians were upon him, he seized his gun. One of the company also under a false impression, as to the char- acter of Whitney, and supposing him to be an Indian, flred at first sight and mortally wounded him. He lived about two hours. The party also found the body of Read, and were afforded the melancholy satisfaction of being able to bury them in one grave." (Note. "There was an exciting fight — this was in 1757. Heald only escaped after a most exciting fight and race. There were three Indian men and two Indian women. Read was shot dead, and Whitney, though severely wounded, crawled on his hands and knees to their camp on the west side of the pond, nearly three miles distant, where he managed to live until shot by the rescuing party of his friends several months later.") The writer well remembers when a boy, more than fifty years ago, of being taken across the lake in a boat by his father, and shown a cedar post (long since gone) that marked the grave of Whitney and Read. This was on the beautiful point of land extending near the Ellis brook, so called, and now owned by Cyrus Bonney. As the families of Gustavus and Zeri Hayford first settled this village of Canton, and all the families of their parents were, in early days, located near to the same, an accompanying view is given of Whitney Pond, now Lake Anasagunticook. Saphronia Hayford^, dau. of Gustavus Hayford^, b. at Hart- ford, Me., June 4, 1801, d. June 6, 1836, m. June 23, 1822, Simeon Brett of Canton, Me., d. July i, 1876. Simeon Brett came from Turner, Me., to Canton, in the earli- est days of the settlement of the village, and was highly instru- mental in the building up of said place. He was a busy, indus- trious, energetic, business man. At an early day he became the GUSTAVUS HAYFORD. I47 owner of a portion of the water power, and put in a carding mill for wool, and fulling machinery, dye house, etc. Later, he enlarged his business, erected a fine large building, now standing on the same site on Main street, and introduced looms for the manufacture of cloths. It being the first mill of this kind in this section, he was able to find a ready market for the sale of his goods, which soon became widely known for their cheapness of price and durability. Until quite aged, he engaged in these industries, thus being of great benefit to the surrounding towns and an important factor in the welfare and growth of the place. Later in life he opened up and for many years operated a hotel, which became renowned for the excellency of its tables. Al] who visited Canton in the 50's and 6o's will not fail to remember "Brett's Hotel." They had three children: ^Abigail F. Brett, b. Mar. 4, 1824, m. i, Elisha Reed, 2, Emerson Pitts. ^Simeon Brett, b. July 21, 1829, m. Julia A. Mitchell. ^Alonzo Brett, b. Oct. 15, 1832, m. Jeannette E. Jones. Abigail F. Brett'', dau. of Saphronia Hayford^ b. Mar, 4, 1824, d. June 28, 1878, m. Jan. i, 1847, Elisha Reed of Hart- ford, Me., b. 182 1, d. 1852. Elisha Reed was the son of the noted farmer and drover, Sampson Reed, of Hartford, Me. He was a man of integrity, strong and positive in character, but his too close application to business in which he was engaged in the city of Boston, Mass., impaired his health, cutting him down in the prime of life, when the future seemed to hold rich stores of prosperity and happiness for himself and family. They had one child : ■^Sampson Augustus Reed, b. Boston, Mass., Dec. 8, 1849, m. Nov. 7, 1877, Abbie E. Eels of Bangor, Me., b. May 16, 1853. They have one child : ^Abbie Merrill Reed, b. Minneapolis, Minn., June 20, 1887. Sampson A. Reed" is a noted lawyer, and resides in Minneap- olis, Minn. Abigail F. Brett (Reed) m. 2d, Emerson Pitts of Livermore Falls, Me., Nov. 19, 1854. They moved west to the State of Illinois, and afterwards returned to Maine and lived at Canton and Buckfield, where they both died. Simeon Brett, Jr.^ son of Saphronia Hayford^ b. at Cant-on, 148 THE HAYFORD FAMILY. Me., July 31, 1829, d. in California, Apr. 29, 1861, m. Julia A. Mitchell, 1848, b. May 31, 1829. They had five children: '^Abbie Saphronia Brett, b. Apr. 10, 1849, '^- C- C. Ellis. 'George Roswell Brett, b. June 2, 185 1, m. Mary Ann Randall. 'Willie Emerson Brett, b. Dec. i, 1854, m. Mary Ann Ahearn. 'Caroline Mitchell Brett, b. May 5, 1856, m. H. C. Ellis. 'Jennie May Brett, b. Aug. 22, 1858, m. Frank Stevens. Julia A. Brett, after her first husband's death, m. Apr. 1866, Hon. Hiram A. Ellis of Canton, Me. Simeon Brett, Jr.®, was a tinsmith by trade, and after marriage pursued his business for several years in his native village. He was of an inventive mind and an excellent workman. In the year 1859, blessed with a wife and five small children, and ear- nestly hoping thereby to speedily secure to his wife and children an easy competence, he went to the gold regions of California. In less than two years thereafter he was stricken with disease unto death, and his sorrowful friends laid his remains at rest in that land that to him had seemed so full of bright promise. We clip from a newspaper the following obituary notice : "In Illinoistown, Cal., May 6, 1861, Simeon Brett, Jr., formerly of Canton, Me., aged 34 years. Less than two years since the subject of this notice left his home in Canton, where dwelt a wife and five lovely children, that he might, in the land of gold, better prepare for his loved ones. Just upon the eve of starting for home, where his holiest feelings were centered, he was prostrated with brain fever, which soon terminated his earthly career. How dark and mysterious are the ways of the Holy One ! How unsearchable are His judgments, and His ways past finding out ! At the request of the grief stricken widow, and the many friends of the deceased at Canton, the writer preached a funeral sermon on the occasion, where a very large and sympathetic audience was assembled. May God be with the widow and fatherless, and bless them with the light of life and the joys of salvation. George Bates. We add the following poem, written in memoriam by Mrs. Alvira Hayford of Canton, Me., May, 1861. "Dear husband, kind father, loved brother and son. Thine earth life is over, death's victory won. Far away, 'cross the ocean, thy mortal doth rest, The cold earth beneath thee, the rose o'er thy breast. Oh, sad was the parting, thou bade us adieu, Pressed onward with ardor thy rough journey through; Lone nights, weary mornings, thou still toiling on, In the famed land of gold for thy loved ones at home. GUSTAVUS HAYFORD. 1 49 Disease fastened on thee and soon laid thee low; Thy reason dethroned, so deadly the blow. Both kindred and strangers were mourners that day, ■'■^. When in the vale of Nevada they laid thee away. In that peaceful valley, oh sweet be thy rest, Thy spirit is soaring in the realms of the blest, While we in deep sorrow thy love must deplore; Oh guard thou and guide us, through life evermore." Hiram A. Ellis, the second husband of Mrs Julia A. Brett, is well known and highly honored. For many years while residing in Canton, his native town, he held the highest ofificial positions of trust in command of his townsmen. He also represented his district in State Legislature, was county commissioner of Oxford Co. for many years, and later, register of deeds. For the past twenty years he has been mail agent on the Portland & Rumford Falls railroad, and now performs that duty, residing at Rumford Falls. Mr. Ellis has faithfully filled the place of father to the large family of children he took with his wife to their new home, and under his kind care and guardianship they each and all became honored citizens of this community. Abbie Saphronia Brett'^, dau. of Simeon Brett®, b. Apr. lo, 1849, "^- ^c^- ^9' 1864, Charles C. Ellis of Canton, Me., b. Nov. 17, 1841. They had six children: ^Freddie Ellis, b. July ii, 1865, d. July 24, 1887. ^Simeon B. Ellis, b. Nov. 11, 1866, m. Edith Staples, June 20, 1891. ^Charles C Ellis, Jr., b. Aug. 23, 1868, m. lola Johnson, Sept. 29, 1892. »Julia M. Ellis, b. Apr. 16, 187 1, m. Edwin R. Hollis, Feb. 18, 1890. ^Winnifred Maude Ellis, b. Sept. 28, 1873, unmarried. ^George Albert Ellis, b. June 26, 1882. George Roswell Brett'', son of Simeon Brett, Jr.'', b. June 2, 185T, m. Nov. 22, 1875, Mary Ann Randall of Easton, Mass. They have one child : ^Helen Lena Brett, b. Aug. 16, 1878. Willie Emerson Brett'', son of Simeon Brett, Jr.^, b. Dec. i, 1854, m. Mary Ann Ahearn of North Easton, Mass. They had three children : ^Jennie May Brett, b. Jan. 7, 1877, d. Oct. 18, 1891. ^Edith Louise Brett, b. Sept. 16, 1882. «Ethel Brett, b. Nov. 29, 1883, d. Oct. 18, 1891, 150 THE HAYFORD FAMILY. Caroline Mitchell Brett'', dau. of Simeon Brett, Jr.®, b. May 5, 1856, m. July 5, 1873, Hiram Clinton Ellis of Canton, Me., b. Mar. 18, 1853. They had two children: nVilliam Carlos Ellis, b. May 9, 1874, m. Alice McCoy of St. John, N. B. ^Bertha Ellis, b. Apr. 24, 1881, m. Rodney McDonald of Rum- ford, Falls, Me. Jennie May Brett", dau. of Simeon Brett, Jr.^ b. Aug. 22, 1858, m. Frank R. Stevens of Canton, Me. They had two chil- dren : ®Gracie F. Stevens, b. Sept. 28, 1878, m. Samuel Goff. ^Willie Stevens, b. Dec. 22, 1883. Alonzo Brett'', son of Saphronia Hayford^, b. Oct. 15, 1832, d. at Canton, Me., Aug. 9, 1868, m. Jeannette E. Jones, Nov. 1862, b. May 22, 1842. They had two children: ■'Simeon J. Brett, b. June 8, 1863. ■'Etta B. Brett, b. Nov. 19, 1865. Simeon J. Brett", son of Alonzo Brett", b. June 8, 1863, m. June 15, 1 88 7, Carrie E. Lamb, b. July 23, 1863. They had one child : *Hazel May Brett, b. July 27, 1897. Alonzo Brett" for many years preceeding his death, lived in Boston, Mass., and was employed steadily by the Gas Company of that city. His many years of continued service show their high appreciation of his labor. He was of a warm, genial dis- position, a bright and jovial temperament that won him many friends whose friendship was firm and lasting. His sudden death while visiting the parental roof, seemed untimely, indeed. Nat- urally of a strong and vigorous constitution, he was a picture of healthy manhood twenty-four hours previous to his death, and seemingly possessed with all possibilities for a long and useful life. The diesease that terminated his life was pronounced by the attending physicians to more nearly approach a case of chol- era than any other ever witnessed here. So sudden and fatal was it, as to shock the entire community. Mrs. Jeannette Brett, his widow, afterwards married Hannibal Thompson of Auburn, Me., where they now reside. Abigail HAYFORD^ dau. of Gustavus Hayford^ b. at Hartford, Me., Sept. 25, 1803, d. Nov. 26, 1893, m. Aug. 17, 1828, Maj. Joel Howard of Canton, Me. He d. ab. 1852. (She m. 2d, GUSTAVUS HAYFORD. 151 Thaxter Russell of Hartford, Me., Mar, 1856, b. Apr. 14, 1801, d. June I, 1881.) They had three children : ^Sarah Howard, b. May 17, 1829, d. Nov. 17, 1854. ^Martha Howard, b. June 19, 183 1, m. Wm. G. Gammon. *^William Henry Howard, b. Aug. 14, 1833, m. Ellen Walker. Martha Howard'', dau. of Abigail Hayford'', was b. at Can- ton Point, Me., May 17, 1829, m. Apr. 22, 1852, Wm. G. Gam- mon of Canton, Me.. He d. 1899. Shed. Nov. 30, 1861. They had one child : 'Willie Gammon, b. July 9, 1853, d. Oct. 1873. William Henry Howard'^, son of Abigail Hayford^ b. Aug. 14, 1833, m. May 11, 1856, Ellen Walker of Canton, Me., b. Mar. 1837, d. Apr. 28, 1882. He d. Aug. 2, 1866. They had one child : "George L. Howard, b. May 12, 1857, m. ab, 1890, Mrs. Nora (Blethen) Gammon, widow of Herbert Gammon. William H. Howard*"' learned the trade of carriage builder at the large manufactory of Mr. Kimball of Portland, Me. Later, he spent several years at his trade in New Haven, Conn. After his marriage he built him a residence at Canton, Me., where he resided for several years. Later, he removed with his family to Auburn, Me., where he died at the early age of 33 years. He was an excellent, skillful workman ; a kind man, and esteemed by all who knew him. At the time of the marriage of Abigail Hayford to Maj. Joel Howard, he lived at Canton Point, Me., with a large family of children by his former wife. He owned and occupied one of the largest and finest farms in town, afterwards known as the "Childs farm," and now owned by Adelbert Delano. He was an influen- tial citizen, and a man of large property. A few years later he sold this property and moved to Readfield, Me., where they lived many years. Returning to Canton about 1850, they built a nice residence, which his widow owned and occupied to the time of her death. Abigail (Hayford) Howard^ lived to be 90 years of age, and to see all her descendants but one grandson laid to rest. Her mental powers remained unimpaired to the last, and living alone for several years, she was able to do her own household work to within a few months of her death. George L. Howard'', son of William Howard®, was left father- 152 THE HAYFORD FAMILY. less at the early age of nine years. He received a good educa- tion at the schools of Auburn, Me., where his mother resided after the death of his father. When quite young he served an apprenticeship in the mercantile business, and soon after went to Minnesota, and was employed many years as a traveling agent, and commanded a large salary for his efficiency as a salesman. He now resides at Auburn, Me., where he is engaged in business on his own account. Alvira Hayford^ dau. of Gustavus Hayford**, b. at Hartford, Me., Nov. 27, 1S05, d. Oct. 19, 1882, m. Feb. 25, 1827, Otis Hayford^ son of Zeri*, b. Sept. 14, 1802, d. Mar. 23, 187 1. They had five children: '^Adela F. Hayford, an infant, d. Mar. 13, 1829. ^Adela F, Hayford, b. Oct. 4, 1830, d. July 25, 1831. ^Celestia Hayford, b. Feb. 6, 1832, d. July 22, 1850. eOtis Hayford, Jr , b. May 10, 1834, m. A. M, F. Phinney, May 27> 1855. ^George O. Hayford, b. Mar. i, 1840, d. Oct. 5, 1840. (For further history of members of this family, reference is made to the family record of Otis Hayford^ son of Zeri*.) Mrs. Alvira Hayford^ the seventh in lineal descent from Dr. Samuel Fuller of the Mayflower, was widely known in the section in which she lived. Coming to this place. Canton, with her father's family at the age of ten years, and as soon as the first house in the settlement was erected and finished, so far as to admit of living therein ; afterwards marrying and settling here, and during the remainder of her life to 77 years of age, here maintaining her residence. For the 55 years she lived after mar- riage she was an important factor in the moral and social life in this country village, and in all her walks in life, known, esteemed and loved by these people. In the early days of this settlement, and in fact, throughout her entire life, "Aunt Alvira," so called, was the kind and efficient nurse whose offices no other hand could seem to fill. While her own household would apparently require her every attention, there being for many years in addition to her family proper, many employees of her husband who made their home in this family, yet she was invariably found at the sick bedside of each and all desiring and needing her assistance through the silent watches of the night, ministering to their wants and soothing their pains and sorrows. GUSTAVUS HAYFORD. 153 Her own afflictions, which were great, indeed, in that she buried four of the five of her own children at an early age, and two that she had adopted into the family, were not allowed to prevent every duty of life being faithfully met and seasonably performed. When called upon to part with the last daughter, a lovely young lady just entering the years of womanhood, endeared by all the sweet and tender ties of motherhood, so fully bestowed and richly returned in eighteen years of close, daily intercourse ; and this one the last of all her children but one, it seemed truly her heart would break, and it most assuredly would have if it was not that others' trials and sorrows still had a hold on her kind and gener- ous heart. Her own troubles were forced to yield to other demands, and she found peace in thus devoting her energies to the alleviation of the distress and sorrow which surrounded her. Mrs. Hayford, at an early age, acquired a fine education for the limited advantages possessed in those days, being a school teacher when quite young; always fond of reading, with a reten- tive memory, she had thus in the varied experiences of life, stored her mind with a rich fund of valuable information that rendered her an interesting and intelligent companion. She pos- sessed in a marked degree, poetic talent, and scarcely a family of the early residents but have at some period of their lives, been favored by her at their special request, with one or more of these poems, deemed by them as treasures, for the consolation and happiness it may have brought to them when bending under the chastening rod of affliction. After her death her only surviving son gathered copies of these so far as able to do so, and. had the collection of over 100 poems published for the first time in a Memorial for distribution among intimate friends and relatives of the family. One of the number, written by her on her yotli birthday, will perhaps, fittingly close this article. "My three score years and ten have left an impress on my brow, And often in my quiet home of lonliness I bow And bless the Author of iny life, Creator of my soul, That after years of toil and grief, I'm nearing now the goal. My life seems like an evening star, that glimmers in the west, While yet the glorious orb of day has scarcely sunk to rest; Or like the tiny rivulet, by Autumn's tempest driven ; And oft with tearful eyes, I cry, there's rest, sweet rest, in Heaven ! Bright star of hope, still lead me on to purer realms above, Where care nor sorrow ever comes, where all is peace and love, Where dear ones meet, no more to part, fond hearts no longer riven, Where angels sing their sweetest songs of home and rest in Heaven!" 154 THE HAYFORD FAMILY. GusTAVus Hayford, Jr.^, son of Gustavus^ b. at Hartford, Me., July 2, 1808, d. Cal. Dec. 14, 1898, m. Jan. i, 1829, Zilpha Barrows of Hartford, Me., b. May 30, 1806, d. Sept. 13, 1885. They had eight children: ^Alvira Jane Hayford, b. Oct. 30, 1829, m. Simeon Bicknell. •^Viola Hayford, b. Sept. 25, 1831, m. John N. Reed. ^William B. Hayford, b. July 7, 1836, m. i, Flora Mitchell, 2, Abbie Davis. •'James B. Hayford, b. Nov. 3, 1840, m. Mary Inness. ^Orlando A. Hayford, b. Sept. 26, 1838, m. Esther B. Staples. ''George O. Hayford, b. May 14, 1843, "^» Eunice Delano. ''Gustavus Hayford, Jr., b. Dec. 30, 1845, m. i, Sarah A. Delano, 2d, Clara A. Thompson. ''Abbie F. Hayford, b. Oct. 2, 1848, d. Aug. 4, 1849. Gustavus Hayford, Jr.®, son of Gustavus Hayford^, b. July 2, 1808, d. in California Dec. 14, 1898, over 90 years of age. He was but six years old at the time his father first came to open up the settlement of Canton village, and during the past ninety years has witnessed the changing of a wilderness into a thriving, prosperous village, with all the homes and farms surrounding it. Of the early history and life of this community, he must have been thoroughly conversant. What a rich store of memories must have been his of those early days, when every resident seemed to be a part of one's own household. In fact, for many years, there were but few residing here who were not closely connected in ties of relationship. But in those days every new settler was most heartily welcomed by all, and his interests and labors were considered as common to the entire community. They shared alike in the welfare of each famil)', their joys and sorrows, and the success and prosperity of one was the pride of all. Gustavus Hayford, Jr.^, was for several years the successor of his father in managing the mills built by him and in building up new industries. Of an inventive genius, he introduced many new and valuable improvements that were of great benefit to the manufacturing interests. Several of his inventions were seized by outside parties, and by them patented, bringing to them wealth and prosperity. He, however, never availed himself of the protection of a patent. Sometime near 1850, he closed out his interests at Canton village, and removed to a farm in Hart- ford. Soon after, leaving his family on this farm, he went to GUSTAVUS HAYFORD. 1 55 California, taking his oldest son with him, and remained there several years. Returning, he moved to Peru, Me., where he resided a few seasons and then came back to Canton, where his wife died in 1885. In 1887, at the advanced age of 79, he again removed to Colfax, Cal., having three sons married and living in that State. Alone, however, he went back into the foothills not far distant from Colfax, v/here he took up a ranch, built himself a small house, cleared and cultivated the land, living by himself, and at the time of his death, Dec. 1898, he had a fertile, beauti- ful farm almost entirely the result of his own personal labors at that advanced age of life. Four of his sons participated in the civil war. James B. enlisted in California and served in the Cal. batallion of cavalry; Orlando A. enlisted in Aroostook Co., Me., and served conspicu- ously in the renowned First Maine cavalry; George O. enlisted in Peru, Me., and served as a drummer in the 5th Maine; Gusta- vus, Jr., served in the nth Maine. Alvira Jane Hayford^ dau. of Gustavus, Jr.^ b. at Canton, Me., Oct. 30, 1829, m. Sept. 19, 1847, Simeon Bicknell of Canton, Me., b. May 20, 1824. They had four children: ^Harriet A. Bicknell, b. Feb. 4, 184S, m. C. O. Holt. ■'Abbie C. Bicknell, b. July 18, 1850, unmarried. ^Frank E. Bicknell, b. July 26, 1852, m. Rose A. Ellis. ■'James W. Bicknell, b. Jan. 19, [860, m. Lilly M. Wentworth. Simeon Bicknell, a fatherless boy, when a young lad came to Canton and lived with his uncle, George DeCoster, who for many years carried on a large carriage manufacturing business, and who was one of the early settlers. Here he learned the trade of his employer, and for the larger part of his life has continued in this business. At one time he was engaged in manufacturing on a large scale farming implements for Boston and other markets. At this time (1900), being 76 years of age, with health somewhat impaired, he still pursues his avocation at the work bench during a portion of the time. He now is one of the few early settlers still living, having resided in the village about sixty years. Harriet A. Bicknell'^, dau. of Alvira J. Hayford", b. at Can- ton, Me., Feb. 4, 1848, m. Dec. 6, 1865, Charles Otis Holt of Canton, Me. b. Peru, Me., Jan. 17, 1844. They had three chil- dren: ^Victor E. Holt, b. Dec. 6, 1868, d. July 10, 1892, m. June 1888, 156 THE HAYFORD FAMILY. Angle Turner. They had twins who died in infancy. ^G. Myrtle Holt, b. July 12, 1879. Winifred Holt, b. June 2, 1884. C. O. Holt was born in Peru, Me., and is a brother of Dr. E. E. Holt of Portland, Me. He came to Canton when a youth, and learned the trade of carpenter and carriage maker. At the breaking out of the civil war he enlisted in the 5th Reg. Maine I. v., as a private. At the expiration of his time of enlistment, he re-enlisted in the 23rd and again in the 29th. After the close of the war he married and settled in Canton; worked at his trade several years, v\rent into the mercantile business ; later, was appointed postmaster under Pres. Harrison, and has been justice of the peace for many years. In 1897 he moved to Portland, Me., being employed as superintendent of buildings of the Ear and Eye Infirmary, and his wife matron of that institution, of which his brother, Dr. E. E. Holt, was chief promoter and exec- utive surgeon. Abbie C. Bicknell', dau. of Alvira J. Hayford®, b. Canton, Me., July 18, 1S50. Unmarried. For more than twenty years past she has carried on a very large and successful millinery and fancy goods business at Canton, having marked business talent. For several years previous she was a w^ell known school teacher in Canton and vicinity. Frank E. Bicknell', son of Alvira J. Hayford^ b. Canton, Me., July 26, 1S52, m. Dec. 15, 1875, Rose A. Ellis of Canton, b. June 14, 1859. They have one child: ^Albert Stanwood Bicknell, b. Mar. 3, 1878. Frank E. Bicknell' married and settled in Canton. He fol- lowed his trade of carpenter and carriage manufacturer for more than twenty years, and until appointed postmaster under Pres. Cleveland in 1894, which office he held to the full satisfaction of its patrons, a full term of four years. He is now engaged in the mercantile business. James W. Bicknell7, son of Alvira J. Hayford*^, b. at Canton, Jan. 19, i860, m. Dec. 16, 1882, at Canton, Lilly M. Wentworth, b. May 8, 1867. They have two children: «Ralph W. Bicknell, b. Oct. 18, 18S6. «J. Clyde Bicknell, b. Apr. 28, 188S. James W. Bicknell' entered mercantile business at Canton vil- lage before he became of age, and has steadily pursued it for the GUSTAVUS HAYFORD. ■57 past twenty years, occasionally entering into outside business somewhat. He has been prosperous and unusually successful in all his business relations. Viola Hayford^ dau. of Gustavus Hayford, Jr.", b. Sept. 25, 1831, d. Oct. 9, 1859, at Peru, Me., m. Oct. 14, 185 1, John N. Read of Canton, Me., b. at Lewiston, Me., 1S31. They had two children : 7Zalopha B. Read, b. July 11, 1855, m. Dec. 24, 1878, Edwin Thompson. ^Arthur Read, b. June 30, 1853, d. July 23, 1872. Obituary. "In Peru, Me., Oct. 9th, 1859, at the residence of her father, Mrs. Viola, wife of John N. Read of Lewiston, aged 29 years. The writer is happy in being able to bear testimony to the amia- ble character and many endearing qualities of the subject of this notice. She has resided in Canton, Hartford and Peru, in all of which places she won many friends and no enemies. The power of christian faith was protracted for more than three years. Ever calm in mind and truthful in spirit, she resigned a husband and two little children, parents, brothers and one dear sister to the care and protection of her Heavenly Father, with the hope that they should all meet in the spirit land. A few weeks before her exit, the writer made mention of the sufferings she endured, when she very sweetly remarked, "there is rest for me above." In this frame of mind she bade all her former friends adieu, and fell asleep in Jesus. May this bereave- ment be sanctified to all the relations, and may the close of our earthly existence be as calm and joyful as hers." G. B. John N, Read came to Canton when about twenty years of age, and for many years was employed in a tannery as a currier, at which trade he was very proficient. After the death of his wife, Viola (Hayford) Read, he spent a few years in California. Returning to Canton, he married for his second wife, Esther Brett (dau. of Simeon Brett by his second wife), and they have one child, Harry Read, who married Sena Taylor, and lives at Livermore Falls, her husband, Harry Read, being passenger con- ductor on the P. & R. F. R. R. John N. Read was employed many years as baggage master and station agent at Canton. He now lives at Mexico, Me., and is toll gatherer at the bridge. Zalopha B. Read", daughter of Viola Hayford^ b. July n, 1855, m. Dec. 24, 1878, Edwin Thompson of Canton. They have one child : 158 * THE HAYFORD FAMILY. ^Arthur M. Thompson, b. Dec. 22, 18S0. Edwin Thompson and family have resided for the past ten years at Auburn, Me., where he has had steady employment at his trade of tinsmith. William B. Hayford*', son of Gustavus Hayford, Jr.^, b. July 7, 1836, m. Aug. 31, 1859, Flora Mitchell of Canton, Me., b. Oct. 31, 1837, d. Sept. 5, 1875. They had six children: 'William M. Hayford, b. Apr. 11, 1865, unmarried, d. Nov. 16, 1889. "Frances Adelaide Hayford, b. Jan. 22, 1861, m. J. S. Quire. ''Zilpha Florentine Hayford, b. Sept. 22, 1863, m. A. J. Story. ''Carlton Osgood Hayford, b. Oct. 21, 1867, d. Colfax, Cal., Dec. 19, 1869. ^Flora J. Hayford, b. Mar. 8, 1869, d. Colfax, Cal, Nov. 8, 1869. ■'Viola C. Hayford, b. Feb. 8, 1873, d. Colfax, Cal, Nov. 25, 1873. William B. Hayford'', m. 2d, Oct. 19, 1876, Abbie Davis of Santa Clara Co., Cal, b. Sidney, Me., Oct. 12, 185 1. They had two children : 'Myrtle Josephine Hayford, b. Apr. 15, 1878. ^Charlotte Mildred Hayford, b. Oct. 16, 1883. Frances Adelaide Hayford"', dau. of William B. Hayford^ b. Jan. 22, 1861, m. J. S. Quire, b. Hamilton, Ohio, Aug. 20, 1849. They had two children: ^Eda Mitchell Quire, b. Apr. 15, 188 1. ^Joseph Hayford Quire, b. Oct. 19, 1891. ZiLPHA Florentine Hayford^ dau. of William B. Hayford^, b. Sept. 22, 1863, m. Jan. 20, 1887, A. J. Story. They have two children : ^Chester Hayford Story, b. San Francisco, Cal., Jan. 19, 1888. ^Mabel Benson Story, b. San Francisco, Cal., Jan. 16, 1890. William B. Flayford^ went to Massachusetts in 1852. Sailed from New York to California Apr. 19, 1856. First resided in Nevada City ; removed to Placer Co., where he engaged in ranch- ing and hotel business until work commenced on the C. P. R. R., at which time he engaged in furnishing labor and supplies for construction, until its completion to Ogden in 1869. He was also engaged in general merchandise business at Colfax until 1886. Removed to San Jose Aug. 1893, and since then he has been developing mines in central and northern California and Alaska. He has always been an industrious, energetic, business man. GUSTAVUS HAYFORD. 1 59 James B. Hayford^ son of Gustavus Hayford, Jr.'', b. at Can- ton, Me., Nov. 3, 1840, m. Dec. 4, 1872, Mary Inness of Sacra- mento, Cal., b. May 24, 185 1, d. Sept. 9, 1S86. They had three children : "Lulu Mabel Hayford, b. Sacramento, Cal., Jan. 13, 1874. ''Effie May Hayford, b. Sacramento, Cal., Dec. 23, 1876. "Grace Edna Hayford, b. Sacramento, Cal., Nov. 20, 1881, d. Jan. 8, 1882. James B. Hayford'' went from Maine to California Nov. 1859. He enlisted for service in the civil war, Mar. 18, 1863, at San Francisco; served in the 2d Mass. cavalry; was captured by Mosby, July 1863. He returned to California in i86g; served as under sheriff of Placer Co., Cal., from 1886 to 1891, and was elected county supervisor of 4th district for a term of four years, in 1897. Orlando A. Hayford^, son of Gustayus Hayford, Jr."^, b. at Canton, Me., Sept. 26, 1838, d. Nov. 11, 1883, m. June i, 1859, Esther B. Staples of Canton, Me., b. Oct. 11, 1840. They had two children : ''Viola A. Hayford, b. Apr. i, i860, m. E. A. Daniels. ''Jennie May Hayford, b. July 27, 1873, unmarried. Orlando A. Hayford^ was a man who v/on and held the high esteem of all who knew him. Soon after his marriage he moved on a farm in Peru, Me., adjoining his father's. Later, he went to Aroostook Co., Me., where he took up a lot of land and had just commenced making him a home there, a few miles from what is now Caribou village, when the civil war came on. He returned to Canton and enlisted in Capt. Isaac Virgin's Co. of Canton, in the First Maine cavalry, and was one of that number of brave men who won such renown for that regiment. It was said of him that none surpassed him in coolness and bravery in times of extreme peril. He returned home after his hard service, carrying in his body a minnie ball received in battle that ever after seriously impaired his health and crippled him. Operations were repeatedly made for the extraction of this missile, in the army and government hospitals, but it remained a source of pain and trouble for many years later, until Dr. Green, the celebrated surgeon of Portland, visited him at his home in Canton, located the ball and removed it ; but in the meantime, the continual drain on his system had so impaired his health, that he at length l6o THE HAYFORD FAMILY. became a victim to its prey, though living several years after- ward. He carried on the business of a drug and variety store, and was postmaster at the time of his death, having served two terms. Viola A. Hayford", dau, of Orlando*^, b. Apr. i, iS6o, m. Jan. 20, 1879, Prof. E. A. Daniels of Hebron Academy, Me., b. Mar. 28, 1846. They have two children: »Mary Esther Daniels, b. N. Y. City, July 20, 1SS5. ^Orlando Hayford Daniels, b. N. Y. City, Feb. 3, 18SS. Prof. Daniels moved to New York City nearly twenty years ago, and has been employed ever since in the public schools of that city. He is now assistant principal of a grammar school. George O. Hayford^, son of Gustavus Hayford, Jr.^, b. May 14, 1843, m. Nov. t6, 1862, Eunice Delano of Canton, Me., b. June 14, 1844. They had three children: "Clarence Hayford, b. Peru, Me., Mar. 16, 1863, d. May 13, 1863 "Clarence R. Hayford, b. Peru, Me., Mar. 8, 1864, m. i, Emma Wheat, 2, Annie Neely. "Carroll L. Hayford, b. Peru, INIe., Mar. 8, 1864, m. Lulu L. Otterbach. George O. Hayford*^ enlisted for service in the civil war. May I, 1861, and served five months in the 5th Maine I. V. He enlisted in the nth Maine Reg't, Aug. 1864, and served until the close of the v.'ar. He lived in Canton and Peru, Me., until Nov. 1879. At that date he removed to Sacramento Cal., where he has since resided, engaged in insurance and real estate busi- ness. Clarence R. Hayford", son of George O. Hayford", b. Peru, Me., Mar. 8, 1864, m. May 13, 1885, Emma Wheat, b. Sacra- mento, Cal., May 30, 1S66. They had two children : ^Birdena Hayford, b. May 30, 18S6, at Sacramento, Cal. *Ruth Hayford, b. July 10, 1893. Clarence R. Hayford' m. 2d, Annie Neely, June S, 1S94, b. Sacramento, Cal., Sept. 22, 1872. They have one child: ^Clarence Hayford, b. Colfax, Cal., July 6, 1S96. Carroll L. Hayford'', son of George Hayford*', b. Peru, Me., Mar. 8, 1864, m. Nov. 16, 1887, Lulu L. Otterbach, b. Waukee- gan. 111., xA.pr. 2, 1867. Gustavus Hayford, Jr.*', son of Gustavus Hayford, Jr.^, b. Dec. 30, 1845, m. Apr. 12, 1866, Sarah A. Delano of Canton, GUSTAVUS HAYFORD. l6l Me. They had one child who died an infant. He m. 2d, Jan. 21, 1875, Clara A. Thompson of Billingham, Mass., b. Oct. 8, 1851. They have one child : ■'Ethel M. Hayford, b. Nov. 4, 1876, m. George Johnson. Ethel M. Hayford', dau. of Gustavus Hayford, Jr.^ b. Nov. 4, 1876, m. Feb. 14, 1898, George Johnson of Canton, Me. They have two children : *Ruth Merna Johnson, b. Aug. 29, 1898. ®Clara Merton Johnson, b. Apr. 7, 1900. Gustavus Hayford® enlisted in the nth Reg't, Maine I. Vols., and served during the war with marked ability, and remained in Virginia on duty nearly a year after the surrender of Lee. After his return he worked in Massachusetts several years in charge of saw mills. Later, and after his marriage, he bought a farm. Living in the village of Canton, he works on the farm outside, and at the trade of a carpenter. Alvarado Hayford^ son of Gustavus Hayford'*, b. Nov. 25, 181 1, at Hartford, Me., m. Betsy Fuller of Canton, Me., b. May I, 1817, d. Sept. 13, 1885. He d. Jan. 20, 1899. They had two children : ^Celia A. Hayford, b. Canton, May 25, 1S41, m. i, D. C. Chase, 2, B. A. Swasey. ^Fannie May Hayford, b. Canton, June 27, 1858, m. Chas. H. Gilbert. Celia a. Hayford*^, dau. of Alvarado Hayfo^d^ b. May 25, 1841, d. Sept. 10, 1895, m. Jan. 6, 1865, D. C. Chase, a merchant of Dixfield, Me., a prominent and highly respected citizen of that town. He lived but a few years after his marriage and left no children. She m. 2d, May 13, 1873, Benj. A. Swasey, b. Aug. 23, 1848. They had one child, Lyman Swasey", who died quite young. Benj. A. Swasey, b. Canton, 1S48, enlisted for the civil war when 15 years old, in the 31st Maine, which later consolidated with the 32d Maine, the regiment that went into the Pittsburg mine with 800 men and came out after the explosion with less than 100, and never could muster later more than 400 men. After the war he settled in Canton, where he now resides and follows his profession, which is that of a first class dentist. Fanny May Hayford*^, dau. of Alvarado^, b. Canton, June 1 62 THE HAYFORD FAMILY. 27, 1858, d. Dec. 4, 1880, m. Nov. 27, 1879, Chas. H. Gilbert of Canton, Me. They had one child: ''Herbert Hayford Gilbert, b. 1880, who is now a book-keeper in Boston, Mass., a promising young man, and the only living descendant of Alvarado Hayford. (Herbert H. Gilbert died at City Hospital, Boston, Mass., Mar. 17, 1901, of pneumonia.) Fanny May Hayford®, dau. of Alvarado Hayford^, vv^as a fine, lovely, young lady, beloved by all. Her husband, Charles H. Gilbert, came to Canton in 1879, ^""^^ with his two brothers erected a steam saw mill on the banks of the Androscoggin river, and it was largely through their business that the village of Gil- bertville was built up, and from them received its name and post- office address. C. H. Gilbert has represented his district in both branches of State Legislature, and is now postmaster of Canton. He married several years later Mary Burnham of Gilead, Me. Alvarado Hayford^, son of Gustavus Hayford^ b. iSii, is now (i8g8) the oldest living resident of the first settlers of this vil- lage of Canton, having occupied with his parents the first dwell- ing house erected, and during the succeeding 83 years had always lived here. When quite young he entered the store of his broth- er-in-lav»', Otis Playford, and having served his apprenticeship, entered into mercantile business for himself. He was in trade for more than 40 years of his life. At one time he carried on for several years a large manufacturing business of agricultural imple- ments for Boston wholesalers. In his younger days he was an active participant in the political county and State conventions of his party, which was that of the whigs; joining the republican ranks at the formation of that party and manifesting his deep interest by active labor for its success. He was a trial justice for nearly, if not quite, 50 years, and has all through life done a large amount of executing deeds of conveyance, wills, etc. He served at one time as postmaster. It is deeply to be regretted that in his efforts to advance the interests of the town and this commu- nity, in building a railroad, he sacrificed almost his entire prop- erty, leaving him in extreme old age seriously crippled for sup- port the remainder of his life. Now, at the age of 87 he retains both physical and mental powers, but has no family or descend- ant to lighten his burden and smooth the pathway, growing so dim, GUSTAVUS HAYFORD. 1 63 (Since writing the above, Mr. Hayford has passed over the river, to wit: Jan. 20, 1899.) Elizabeth D. Hayford^, dau. of Gustavus Hayford^ b. Hart- ford, Me., June 8, 18 15, m. Oct. 10, 1836, Andrew Barrows of Hartford, Me., b. Jan. 28, 181 1, d. Dec. 13, 1890. They had three children : ^Rosalthe Barrows, b. Apr. 12, 1837, m. Gideon Ellis. •'Ronello A. Barrows, b. Nov, 20, 1841, m. Ida F. Blanchard. ''Melvina H. Barrows, b. Mar. 12, 1846, m. i, George Ripley, 2, William K. DeCoster. Andrew Barrows was engaged in trade ever after his marriage until his death. When a young man he learned the trade of last- maker, and for several years worked at that in Boston, Mass., but when married settled and ever after resided in Canton vil- lage. For a number of years he was partner of his brother-in- law, Otis Hayford, under the name of Hayford & Barrows, and they did a large business for those days, running a large country store, with iron foundry, potash, etc, connected with same. He held the office of postmaster for many terms, irrespective of party administrations, so highly was he esteemed ; and yet he was a pronounced party man, noted for his frank, outspoken, political faith, and ready to advocate in a strong and able manner the public measures of his party, it being the whig party, and later, that of the republican party. Having joined the republican party at its inception, he was a staunch advocate and firm sup- porter of its principles. "Uncle Andrew" was always ready to "argue the case," and his store, during the entire rebellion, was the center of attraction for all true patriots. Many a sympa- thizer of the south, during that time, left his store with a "flea in his ear," and a clear memory of his outspoken patriotism. He was widely known and loved for his conversational and com- panionable ways. His wife, Elizabeth D. (Hayford) Barrows^ outlived him, and at the age of 85 years is in good health, with mental and physi- cal powers in good state of preservation, with the exception of the loss of sight, having been blind for several years. She is the last living member of that family of ten children. Of the seven children of the first wife, among whom there had been but one death, and that one forty years previous to the next one, live have since died, and the youngest, 68 years of age. Mrs. Bar- 164 THE HAYFORD FAMILY. rows resides in the old homestead, built in 1844, in the family of her son, Ronello, and is often seen on the streets, tenderly led by her grandchildren. RosALTHE Barrows^ dau. of Elizabeth D. Hayford^ b. Apr. 12, 1837, m. Sept. 5, 1854, Gideon Ellis, Jr., of Canton Point, Me., b. Nov. 6, 1828, d. 1900. They had four children: ''Lizzie Medora Ellis, b. Apr. 15, 1855, m. Henry Parker. 'Hattie Maria Ellis, b. Aug. 15, 1856, m. Rev. C. T. D. Crockett. '^Hannah L. Ellis, b. Nov. 10, i860, unmarried. "Ernest I. Ellis, b. Oct. 10, 1865, m. Sarah Wadleigh. Gideon Ellis, Jr., was born in Canton, and has always resided in town. For several years he lived at Canton Point, on the farm formerly owned by his father. He afterwards moved to this village. He was well known in Maine as a stock man, hav- ing through life devoted a part of his years to raising fine and speedy horses and improving the horse stock of this section, and has owned many valauble ones. He also for many years operated stage and mail routes, carrying U. S. mails and passengers. He was in partnership at one time with his father-in-law, Andrew Barrows, in store and foundry. He has represented his district in State Legislature, and has ever been highly esteemed by his fellow townsmen. Gideon Ellis died Canton, June 19, 1900. Fell dead from heart disease while mowing a lawn. Lizzie Medora Ellis'^, dau. of Rosalthe Barrows®, b. Apr. 15, 1855, m. Oct. 29, 1875, Henry Parker of Beverly, Mass., a mer- chant. They had three children: ''Hattie B. Parker, b. Aug. 5, 1876. ^Ellis H. Parker, b. Dec. 25, 1877. Died of heart disease while bathing, Aug. 1900. ^William H. Parker, b. Oct. 29, 1881. Hattie Maria Ellis', dau. of Rosalthe Barrows^ b. Aug. 15, 1856, m. July 15, 1891, Rev. C. T. D. Crockett of Mechanic Falls, Me., d. June 24, 1899. They had two children: ^Clementine L. Crockett, b. June 2, 1893. ^Reba Crockett, b. June 5, 1895. Resides in Canton. Hannah L. Ellis'', dau. of Rosalthe Barrows^, b. Nov. 10, i860, unmarried, is an accountant and resides in Portland, Me. Ernest I. Ellis'', son of Rosalthe Barrows^ b. Oct. 30, 1865, m. Oct. 28, 1891, Sarah Wadleigh of Canton. They have two children : GUSTAVUS HAYFORD. 1 65 «Hazel M. Ellis, b. Aug. 6, 1893. ^Henry G. Ellis, b. Mar. 30, 1897. They reside in Beverly, Mass. RoNELLO A. Barrows^ son of Elizabeth D. Hayford-, b. Nov. 20, 1841, m. May 27, 1876, Ida F. Blanchard of Rumford, Me., b. Feb. 1853. They had seven children : ^Clara M. Barrows, b. June 5, 1877. ''Andrew Barrows, b. July 23, 1879, d. Oct. 4, 1889. ''Wilfred E. Barrows, b. July 5, 1883, d. Sept. 25, 1883. ''Jennie M. Barrows, b. June i, 1885, d. Jan. 25, 1886. ''George B. Barrows, b. Dec. 29, 1887. ■'Jennie M. Barrows, b. Mar. 2, 1889. Tranklin Barrows, b. May 4, 1890, d. Sept. 19, 1890. Ronello A. Barrows^ son of Elizabeth D. Hayford^, at the age of 20, enlisted in the 23d Reg't, Maine I. Vols., as a private dur- ing the civil war. He was promoted to lieutenantcy and honor- ably discharged at the expiration of the full service of that regi- ment. He re-enlisted for the war in the 2d Maine cavalry and served until its close, being promoted to a lieutenantcy. Return- ing to Canton he went into business with his father, Andrew Barrows, and continued until death of the senior partner, 1890. For many years he has served as deputy sheriff of Oxford Co. Melvina H. Barrows^ dau. of Elizabeth D. Hayford^ b. Canton, Me., Mar. 12, 1846, m. Nov. 1868, George Ripley of Canton, b. 1841, d. Jan. 7, 1872. He was a carpenter by trade; and enlisted in the 5th Reg't, Mass., I. Vols., and served as a private soldier in the civil war. With health seriously impaired by said service, he lived but a few months after his return. They had no children. She m. 2d, Sept. 5, 1873, William K. DeCoster of Canton, b. Dec. 5, 1844. They had one child : ''Clytie DeCoster, b. June 17, 1877. William K. DeCoster was the son of George DeCoster, one of the early settlers of Canton village, a noted carriage maker and blacksmith. William K. became a partner of his father at an early age, and continued in the business until nearly the time of his father's death. Since then he has pursued the occupation of builder, and erected many of the finest residences and buildings in Canton and surrounding towns, having just completed the McKenzie block at Rumford Falls, said to be the finest building in that place, if not in Oxford Co. 1 66 THE HAYFORD FAMILY. Stillman Hayford^ son of Gustavus Hayford'*, b. Canton, Me., Sept. 29, 1818, d. Apr. 9, 1894, m. Sept. 1842, Harriet Baird, b. 1822, They had no children but adopted two, viz : ^Anna L. Hayford, b. Boston, Mass., Aug. 12, 1840, d. 1896. She m. Milton F. Ricker of Canton. They had four children. All d. young. ^Anna Estelle Hayford, b. Feb, 12, i860, m. 1880, Arthur Foster of Canton Point, Me., one of the leading farmers of Canton. They have two children : ^Carl J. Foster, b. Mar. 1882. 'Winnifred C. Foster, b. Nov. 1887. Stillman Hayford came to years of manhood in the early set- tlement of this village, being born three years after his parents moved here. Fie was always a great lover of forest sports, and as wild game was very abundant in those days, both on land and in the water, he became a noted hunter and fisherman. In these pursuits none excelled him. This love of the forest he carried with him through his entire life. He was for several years pro- prietor and operator of the grist mill built by his father, and worked many years in saw mills, here and in other towns, but later in his life he became a farmer, in which occupation he was engaged during the last years of his life. His wife survived him, and now resides with her son-in-law, Mr. Foster, at Canton Point. Delphina K. Hayford^ dau. of Gustavus Hayford*, b. Can- ton, Me., July 23, 1826, d. Sep. 7, 1870, m. Dec. 14, 1845, Dr. William P. Bridgham of Buckfield, Me., b. Sept. 3, 18 15. They had three children: ^Ella Bridgham, b. Oct. 26, 1846, m. Roscoe Wood. ^May Bridgham, b. Oct. 8, 1849, m. Dr. C. H. Davie. •^Nellie Bridgham, b. Nov. 15, 1858, m. Henry Burleigh. Dr. William P. Bridgham, son of Dr. Bridgham of Buckfield, Me., soon after his marriage returned to his native town, and has there resided nearly ever since, having jDursued his profession of physician over fifty years in that community, with the exception of a few years practice in the neighboring town of Auburn. He has been a very successful practitioner, and holds the confidence and esteem of all. July 30, 187 1, he was married to Lucy L. (Hayford"^) Farrar, dau. of Charles Hayford^ He and his wife are both living in 1900, in active health, and reside in Buckfield. Ella Bridgham^, dau. of Delphina K. Hayford^ b. Oct. 26, GUSTAVUS HAYFORD. 1 67 1844, m. Roscoe Wood of Hebron, Me., Nov. 24, 1867, b. Sept. 1844. They have five children : ''Nellie Wood, b. Jan. 7, 1869, m. Arthur Emerson. ■'Willie Wood, b. Jan. 3, 1872, m. Hattie Kingsley. ''Lonnie Wood, b. Feb. 11, 1878. 'Nora Wood, b. Oct. 15, 1882. "Lena Wood, b. Jan. 15, 1885. May Bridgham^ dau. of Delphina K. Hayford'', b. Buckfield, Me., Oct. 8, 1849, ^- Oct. 14, 1876, Dr. C. H. Davie. They have one child: 7May Davie, b. Feb. 7, 1881. Nellie Bridgham^, dau. of Delphina K. Hayford^, b. Nov. 1 5, 1858, m. Feb. 14, 1880, Henry Burleigh, b. Sept. 26, 1856, d. May 23, 1896. They had two children : 7Sadie Burleigh, b. Nov. 14, 1880. 7Cecil Burleigh, b. Aug. 19, 1882. Susan Hayford^, dau. of Gustavus Hayford', b. Mar. 13, 183 1, d. July 13, 187 1, m. 1858, Jefferson Bridgham of Buckfield, Me. They had one child : ^Anna Bridgham, b. 1863, m. E. E. Payne. Susan Hayford m. 2d, July 20, 1869, John F. Mellen, who d. a few years after his wife's death. No children. iVnna Bridgham*^, by request of her mother at the time of her death, was legally adopted by Rev. Roscoe A. Proctor of Can- ton, Me., and her name changed to Anna Bridgham Proctor. She lived with this family until her marriage to E. E. Payne, Nov. 18, 1891. He was of Weld, Me. She acquired a reputa- tion of being an excellent school teacher, pursuing this occupa- tion for several years in Franklin Co., Me., her adopted parents living at this time at Rangeley village. Me. ; but her health, always frail, had become impaired by close and arduous labor for many years, and she died soon after her marriage, 1892, mourned by all who knew her. RosiNA Hayford^ dau. of Gustavvis Hayford^ b. Canton, Me., July 25, 1837, d. Oct. 2, 1868, m. 1855, J. Sanford Thompson of Canton, b. Dec. 4, 1832. They had three children: ^Walter H. Thompson, b. July i, 1856, m. Emma F. Stockman. ^Jennie Estelle Thompson, b. Mar. i, 1859, m. Fred Everett Clark. ^William B. Thompson, b. Mar. 9, 1862, d. 1862. 1 58 THE HAYFORD FAMILY. J. Sanford Thompson was in early life a daguerrian artist, noted for skillful work and fine execution. After marriage, he was engaged for some years in mercantile business at West Peru, Me., and later, carried on a large business in manufacturing car- riages and furniture at Canton. At last information he was a resident of Billingham, Mass. Walter Hayford Thompson^, son of Rosina Hayford^, b. at Canton, Me., July i, 1856, m. Oct. 24, 1879, Emma F. Stockman. They had five children : 7Marion Loraine Thompson, b. Dec. 16, 188 1. 7Alice Rose Thompson, b. Dec. 10, 1883. ^Harold Hayford Thompson, b, Sept. 13, 1886. 7lnez May Thompson, b. May 22, 1889. 7Malcom Thompson, b. Sept. 16, 1891, d. Aug. 14, 1894. Walter H. Thompson is a publisher in Philadelphia, Penn. Jennie Estelle Thompson^ dau. of Rosina Hayford^ b. Mar. I, 1859, m. May i, 1882, Frank E. Clark. They have two chil- dren : 7Fred Everett Clark, b. Nov, 5, 1883, d. Apr. 14, i( 7Ethel Hubbard Clark, b. July 24, 1885. They reside at Lexington, Mass. ZERI HAYFORD^ BRANCH, Zeri Hayford"*, son of William Hayford^, Daniel-, John\ b. Pembroke, Mass,, Mar. 17, 1777, d. May 14, 1849, m. Apr. 15, 1799, Sally Chickering of Turner, Me., dau. of Zachariah Chick- ering, b. Aug. 10, 1780, d. Oct. 5, 1848. They had eight chil- dren : ^Betsy Hayford,. b. Feb. 7, 1801, m. Paschall Barrell. ^Otis Ha)^ford, b. Sept. 14, 1802, m. Alvira Hayford. ^Lydia Hayford, b. May 27, 1804, m. America Bartlett. ^Zeri Hayford, Jr., b. Mar, 18, 1807, m. Fidelia Bartlett. °Sally Hayford, b. Dec. 14, 1809, d. Mar. 2, 1828, ^Frederick Hayford, b. Nov. 7, 18 15, unmarried, d, June 17, 1883. ''Melvina F, Hayford, b. Sept. 19, 18 17, m. Addison Farwell. ^George O. Hayford, b. July 7, 1S19, d. July 25, 1839. Zeri Hayford*, son of William^, was b. at Pembroke, Mass., Mar. 17, 1777, and was brought in the arms of his mother a ZERI HAYFORD. l6g great part of the journey on horseback, when in the same year of his birth they moved from Pembroke, Mass., to Sylvester Canada, now Turner, Me. In about the year 1796 his parents moved to Hartford, Me, Two years later he married ; lived at one time in the southeast part of Hartford, Me. In 18 12 he was living v/ith his family on the west side of Whitney Pond in a log cabin on the farm now owned by Mr. Johnson, and next north of the "Joseph Mendall farm," so called. In the season of 181 2 he assisted his brother, Gustavus, in building a part of the dam at what afterwards became Canton village, and they erected the frames for a saw mill and grist mill. In 18 13 he moved across the pond and lived in a log house of Elijah Soule, located in front and near where the Philip Ellis house afterwards stood, now Roscoe Dunn's. There they boarded the workmen until they could clear a little opening near where Nathan Reynolds' drug store now stands, and built a log cabin, where they boarded the help. That sea- son they got the saw mill running and the grist mill ready for inside gear. Zeri Hayford lived in this log cabin and ran these mills for his brother during the next year or two, and in the win- ter of 18 1 5-1 6, moved into the new frame house built and occu- pied by his brother. In the season of 181 6 he built a little house on the hill south of the mills ; a portion of which is now standing, and a part of the same, his son and grandson have ever since lived in. Here he and his family lived the remainder of his days; the parents residing with their son, Zeri, Jr., the last of their lives, and Zeri, Jr., and wife, with their son, Oscar, who, with his family have ever since owned and occupied this farm, which is one of the best in town. Zeri Hayford was noted in his early life for his great physical strength and power of endurance, standing six feet, seven and one-half inches in his stockings; of large frame and well built, he was capable of doing a great amount of hard work. It is a fact well authenticated, that he has repeatedly felled with his axe a full acre of heavy forest timber in a day, and this in the "prime- val forest," where the growth was dense and large. He possessed considerable musical talent, and many years led the choir in the Baptist church, of which he was an honored member. Many still living can well remember his tall, stalwart form, when standing at the head of the choir, they waiting for him to pitch the tune 17° THE HAYFORD FAMILY. with his steel tuning fork, the only musical instrument in that church in those days. He always followed the pursuit of farm- ing, making of it a success, and was highly esteemed by the entire com.munity in which he lived. Sally Chickering Hayford, wife of Zeri Hayford, was the dau. of Zachariah Chickering and Sarah (Poor) Chickering of Andover, Mass., and the genealogy of that family is given thus : CHICKERING FAMILY. Thomas Chickering of Wymonshire, Norfolk Co., Eng., and wife, Clara Brown. He died prior to 1538 ; his wife left a will. He descended from William Chickering who d. in 1356, and he from jeffry de Chickering, Hoxne Parish, Suffolk Co., Eng. Lord of the manor of Chickering, Chickering Hall. Stephen Chickering of Wicklewood, Norfolk, Eng. He m. Anna or Agnes Day; was buried at Wicklewood, Jan. 31, 1576. Will dated Jan. 29, 1576. Henry Chickering, who lived and died in England, and Mary, his wife, of Kingsfield (or Ringsfield), Suffolk Co., Eng., made his will July 15, 1626. The emigrant to New England, Dea, Henry Chickering^ b. i5 • Albert Hayford*, son of Wilfiam^, Daniel^, John\ b. May 3, 1785, d. Jan. 5, 1874, m. 1S03, Deborah Bonney, b. 1786, d. Feb. 21, 1S53. They had fifteen children: ^Washington Hayford, b. July 4, 1804, m. Jane Barker. ^Albert Hayford, Jr., b. Feb. 3, 1806, m. Parmelia Godfrey. ^Fiorina Hayford, b. Nov. 7, 1807, m. Abram Heath. ^Zebedee Hayford, b. Apr. 22, 1809, m. Nancy Stinchfield. ^Isaac Hayford, b. Jan. 26, 18 11, m. Charlotte Sampson. ^Columbus Hayford, b. Feb. 2, 1813, m. Lavina Martin. ^Artimissa Hayford, b. Mar. 7, i8t6, m. William Carl. ^A-merica Bonney Hayford, b. July 28, 18 18, m. Eliza Whitney. ^Cordelia Hayford, b. June 13, 1820, m. Benjamin Kenneas^pV^ ^Alden Hayford, b. Feb. 28, 1822, m. Julia Austin. ^Deborah Hayford, b. Jan. 10, 1824, m. i, Jacob Howard, 2, Sumner Whitney. ^Nancy Hayford, b. Aug. 17, 1825, m. Rufus Beals. /^Aurelius Hayford, b. July 11, 1827, m. Margaret ^Julia Hayford, b. June 11, 1830, m, Isaac Whittier. ^Baby, b 183-, d. in infancy. Albert Hayford*, born in Hartford, Me., 1785, married and lived in Sumner until 18 13, when he moved to Salem, Me., where he cleared a farm, being one of the first settlers of that town, and he lived there during the remainder of his life, more than sixty years. He was the youngest member of the family of ten children ; a tall, strong man, of military bearing, having served in the war of 181 2. The writer has often heard him relate thrill- ing incidents of that war, experienced during his service in north- ern New York near Lake Champlain, the "Shadagee," as he termed it. Of Indian ambuscades, and the deprivations and hardships they had to meet and overcome. Once, while on a forced march on a dark night, through a dense forest, being formed in two ranks or files, an Indian sprang from the side of the path they were pursuing, and attempted to tomahawk his comrade by his side, but this comrade was an immensely strong man, and being on the alert, he ran his bayonet through his enemy and tossed him aside into the woods, not breaking their march, while not a word escaped the lips of either of the three, as they had received strict orders to maintain the utmost silence, ALBERT HAYFORD. 225 being surrounded by the enemy. He said that he paid one dollar at another time for one cracker and thought it cheap at that. And of his later life, when first making him a home in the wilds of Maine, under the shadow of old Mt. Abram, which can be seen from such long distance in the surrounding county, he related many incidents. The writer recently visited this old farm and found, of all the descendants of that family of fifteen children, one small family bearing the name of Hayford. The wife of Albert Hayford was an estimable lady and all the old residents of that town speak of her in the highest terms of praise and her memory is fondly cherished by them. Washington Hayford^ son of Albert Hayford^ b. July 4, 1804, d. Nov. 25, 1889, m. Sept. 6, 1829, Jane E. Barker, b. Mar. 22, 1807, d. June 28, 1873. They had five children: •^Martha Ann Hayford, b. Aug. 15, 1830, m. Elijah Wrightman. ^Illethura B. Hayford, b. Feb. 1832, m. i, Samuel Holmes, 2, Isaac C. Alden. •^Washington Carr Hayford, b, July 22, 1834, m. i, Fiorina Hay- ford, 2, Delia Hayford. ^Isaac B. Hayford, b. May 13, 1837, m. Leah A. Rivier. ^Orlando Hayford, b. May 17, 1841, m. Lucinda Denny. Washington Hayford^ born Hartford, Me., died in Waupacca Co., Wis., Nov. 27, 1889. Obituary, (Copied from the Weyaunega Chronicle of Nov. 27, 1889.) Died, Nov. 25, Washington Hayford, aged 85 years. He was the father of Isaac, Orlando and Washington Hayford, and of Mrs. Martha A. Wrightman, all of whom survive him. Funeral services took place to-day. Washington Hayford was born in Hartford, Oxford Co., Me., July 4, 1804. He was the oldest of a large family of brothers and sisters (15), of whom there are four now living, one brother and three sisters. He was a seafar- ing man in his younger days, following the sea for six years. In 1829 he married and settled on a farm in Salem, Franklin Co., Me., where he resided until he came to Wisconsin in 1849. He lived one year in Eon du lac Co., and the following year came with his family to Waupacca Co., where he has since resided. He was always one of the most patient and loving of fathers, and all through his sickness, in which he suffered the greatest pain, not an impatient word escaped his lips. "He put his trust in God and was not afraid." 2 26 THE HAYFORD FAMILY. Martha A, Hayford'^, dau. of Washington Hayford^, b. Salem, Me., Aug. 15, 1S30, m. Elijah Wrightman, b. Feb. 25, 1820, d. Dec. I, 1892. They had no children. Illethura B. Hayford*', dau. of Washington Hayford^ b. Salem, Me., Feb. 1832, m. 185 1, Samuel Holmes. He d. 1856. They had three children : '^Florence J. Holmes, b. Mar. 11, 1852, d. Oct. 12, 1883. "Martha Ellen Holmes, b. Aug. 8, 1854, m. Lawrence Miller. ''Samuel T. Holmes, b. Apr. 27, 1856, m. Emily Phelps. Illethura B. (Hayford®) Holmes m. 2. 1862, Isaac C. Alden, b. Jan. 24, 1824, d. Jan. 18, 1892. They had three children: ''Jessie E. Alden, b. July 22, 1863, m. Dr. Edmund Moras. ''Beulah Ann Alden, b. Sept. 20, 1865, d. Dec. 27, 1873. ''Margaret I. Alden, b. Sept. 29, 187 1. Martha Ellen Holmes'^, dau. of Illethura Hayford^, m. Nov. 25, 1870, Lawrence Miller. They had two children: ^Raymond Percy Miller, m. Nellie J. Hayford". ^Bertram Holmes Miller. Samuel T. Holmes'', son of Illethura Hayford®, b. Apr. 27, 1856, m. Emily Phelps. They had one son and one daughter. Jessie E. Alden', dau. of Illethura Hayford", b. July 22, 1863, d. Mar. i, 1896, m. Apr. 19, 1891, Dr. Edmund Moras. They had one child: ^Alden Edmund Moras, b. June 24, 1892. Washington Carr Hayford®, son of Washington Hayford^ b. Salem, Me., July 22, 1834, d. Dec, 13, 1892, m. Oct. 27, 1855, Fiorina Hayford®, dau, of Albert Hayford, Jr.^, b. July 3, 1832, d. May 29, 1876. They had seven children: ''Lewis A. Hayford, b. Dec. 4, 1856, m. Kate F. Sutherland. ''William L. Hayford, b. Jan. 16, 1859, m. Mary Lerperance. ''Infant brother, b. Jan. 16, 1859, d. Jan. 22, 1859. ''Amelia Hayford, b. Sept. 13, 1865, d. June 2, 1866. "'Eugene Hayford, b. May 10, 1867. ''F. Burton Hayford, b. June 25, 1870, m. Clara E. Tingley, ''Arthur G. Hayford, b. May 22, 1876. Washington Carr Hayford® m. 2, Delia Hayford®, dau. of Albert Hayford, Jr.^ They had four children: ''Gertrude Hayford, b. Feb. 15, 18S0. ^Kate M. Hayford, b. Dec. 25, 1881. ''Fannie B. Hayford, b. Feb. 20, 1884, d. Sept. 14, 1884. ALBERT HAYFORD. „ ^ 227 'Lavina B. Hayford, b. Aug. 8, 1885. Lewis HAVKORD^ son of Washington Carr Hayford^ b. Dec 4, X856, .. Kate F. Sutherland, Nov. 23, :882. They have one 'Leroy G. Hayford, b. Mar. 22, 1885. (Last known residence, Belgrade, Nebraska ) T.n'^''."^r ^' ^^^^^^°'' ^°" °f Washington Carr Hayford", b. fiv:-cMidfe^" '"• ""• ^'' ^^"' ^^^-^ ^-^— • ^^ey have ^Jessie B. Hayford, b. Nov. 17, 1882. 'Olive Hayford, b. Mar. 31, 1885. «Bertha M. Hayford, b. May 22, 1887. ^Edward M. Hayford, b. Feb. 5, 1891. ^William P. Hayford, b. July 17, 1895. F. Burton Hayford^ son of Washington Carr Hayford^, b June 35, 1870, m. May 9, 1891, Clara E. Tingley ^ ^ ' ^• Isaac B Hayford^, son of Washington Hayford^ b. Jan. 13, ^837, m. Mar. 5, x86x, Sarah A. Rivier, b. Jan! 13, ;833 They had two children : ^' '°33- 1 ney 'Eugene Hayford, b. Feb. 12, 1862, d. Dec. 17, i86c Alice Hayford, b. Apr. 4, 1868, m. R. C. Bliss Alice Hayford^ dau. of Isaac B. Hayford", b. Apr. 4 1868 ..^^May 26, .892, R. C. Bliss, b. June 7/.867.' Tl^ h^d^ two ^Dorothy Bliss, b. Oct. 22, .Sn,., d. Oct. 24, 1893. ^Florence H. Bliss, b. Oct. 20, 1896. Orlando Hayford", son of Washington Hayford^ b. May 17, ^OrvmrJ:'r/K T'"' "'" ''^'- ^'^^ ^^^ f°- ^^i'dren Drville Hayford, b. Apr. t865. 'Lewis Hayford, b. Mar. 23, 1868 JMartha Hayford, b. July 20, ,8;o, m. Wallace A. Ha«„. M ^' J ' ''• ^"- "' '*"• ■"■ ^^^y">°»d Percy Miller Martha Havpord', dau. of Orlando Hayford', b. July Z' i\ellie A. Hazen, b. Nov. i, 1887. 'Kate A. Hazen, b. Oct. 16, 1889. «Edna A. Hazen, b. Mar. 22, 1896. .8^r!:V' ""r^"""' ^^"- °f Orlando Hayford", b. Mar. xx, 228 THE HAYFORD FAMILY. Albert Hayford, Jr.^ son of Albert Hayford'*, b. Hartford, Me., Feb. 3, 1806, d. June 12, 1862, m. at Steuben, Me., Apr. 3, 1831, Parmelia P. Godfrey, b. Steuben, Me., Apr. 27, 1810, d. Mar. 8, 1855. They had eleven children: ^Fiorina Hayford, b. July 3, 1832, Steuben, m. Washington Carr Hayford. ^George W. Hayford, b. June 16, 1834, m., i child, d. Lawrence, Mass., 1S76. <^Winlield S. Hayford, b. July 24, 1836, d. Steuben, Me., Dec. 4, 1851. ^James G. Hayford, b. June 8, 1838, d. Steuben, Me., Jan. 17, 1868. ^Franklin Hayford, b. July 17, 1839, ^- Steuben, Me., Oct. 11, 1839. ^Lafayette Hayford, b. July 17, 1839, <^- Steuben, Me., Nov. 6, 1839. ^Harrison C. Hayford, b. Sept. 17, 1841, m. Esferviffin Nutter. ^Delia Hayford, b. June i, 1844, m. Washington Carr Hayford. ^Frederick S. Hayford, b. Mar. 8, 1847, ^- ^t bombardment of Fort Fisher, 1865. ^Frank Hayford, b. Aug. 6, 1851, d. Millbridge, Sept. 22, 1851. Albert Ha3^ford, Jr.^, m. 2d, 1855-6, widow Nancy E, Robert- son of Gouldsboro, Me., mother of three children. They had one child: ^Frank A. Hayford, b. May 5, 1857, m. Sadie E. Sawyer. Albert Hayford, Jr.^, went from his parental home in Salem, Me., to eastern Maine, town of Steuben, in Washington Co., about 1830. He first settled on Tunk river, where he built a mill and store and carried on lumbering and trade fifteen years or more. He then moved to Millbridge and was largely inter- ested in building vessels the remainder of his life. He was one of the selectmen of Steuben, and a barn is now standing in said town that he built and has the date, 1844, painted on it. In 1894 his second wife was living, but all of his children but three, viz: Harrison C, Delia and Frank, were dead. Mr. Hayford is remembered by his former associates in high terms of praise and esteem. He was active, industrious and of sterling integrity and was a member of the State legislature in 1859. ^^ ^^ said that he left at his death a fine property. Harrison C. Hayford*^, son of Albert Hayford, Jr.^, b. Steu- AI>BERT HAYFORD. 229 ben, Me., Sept. 17, 1841, m. 1861-2, Esferviffin Nutter. They had three children : ^Elmer Hayford. ''Fred Hayford. ''Minnie Hayford. He m. 2d in 1884, a Nova Scotia woman and had one daugh- ter. At last accounts they were living at Brier Island, N. S. Delia Hayford®, dau. of Albert Hayford, Jr.^, b. Jan. i, 1844, m. 1879, Washington C. Hayford", son of Washington Hayford^, b. July 22, 1834, d. Dec. 13, 1892. They had four children: ^Gertrude Hayford, b. Feb. 15, 1880. ■'Kate M. Hayford, b. Dec. 25, 1881. ^Fannie Hayford, b. Feb. 20, 1884, d. Sept. 4, 1884. ''Lavina Hayford, b. Aug. 8, 1885. Mrs. Delia Hayford'^ resides at Spokane, Wash. She writes under date of Sept. 25, 1899: "Many years have passed and time has wrought sad changes, still my heart turns fondly to my native State of Maine." Frank A. Hayford^, son of Albert Hayford, Jr.°, b. Millbridge, Me., May 5, 1857, m. Jan. 5, 1890, Sadie E. Sawyer, eldest dau. of Capt. Phiio Sawyer of Millbridge. They have two children : ^Emma Florence Hayford, b. Jan. 17, 1892. ^Genevieve Hayford, b. Jan. 20, 1S93, d. May 4, 1893. Frank A. Hayford^' has always followed the sea and has roamed the world over, in fact, is a thorough sailor and finally, master. He and his family reside in New York City. Florina Hayford^, dau. of Albert Hayford^ b. Nov. 7, 1807, d. Nov. 30, 1844, m. 1824, Abram Heath of Salem, Me., b. Mar. 4, 1802, d. June 13, 1867. They had six children: ^George W. Heath, b. Feb. 1825, m. Eliza Day. *Elbridge G, Heath, b. Apr. 13, 1827, m. i, Francis O. Graffam, 2, Ellen C. Hammond. ^Susan Heath, b. 1829, d. aged ly^ years. 'Justina Heath, b. Oct. 26, 1831, m. Horatio G. Turner. *Mary W. Heath, b. Apr. 1833, m. Adoniram J. Mason. ^Albert Heath, b. July 19, 1840, m. Lucy Symonds. George W. Heath^ son of Fiorina Hayford^, b. Feb. 1825, m. Nov. 13, 1853, Eliza Day. d. 1870. They had five children: "Charles A. Heath, b. Feb. 3, 1855, m. Ella C. Donham, 1882. ^Benjamin E. Heath, b. May 21, 1856. 230 THE HAYFORD FAMILY. ^Ida F. Heath, b. June 28, 1858, m. George M. Carlton, 1875. 'Euciba D. Heath, b. Apr. 16, 1861, m. Jacob Jones, 1881. ^Edwin W. Heath, b. Feb. 3, 1865. George W. Heath*' m. 2d, Feb. 18, 1878, Roxanna Carlton. Elbridge G. Heath® son of Fiorina Hayford^ b. Apr. 13, 1827, m. Apr. 4, 1852, Frances O. Graffam, d. Aug. 18, 1856. They had two children: ''Ella Heath, b. Apr. 21, 1853, d. Aug. 16, 1854. 'Fanny Heath, b. Aug. i, 1856, d. Aug. 31, 1857. Elbridge G. Heath^ m. 2d, Sept. 10, 1865, Ellen C. Hammond. They had four children : "Cora Frances Heath, b. July 8, 1866. "Washington Irving Heath, b. Oct. 21, 1868. 'Effie May Heath, b. May 16, 1869. ''Fred Elbridge Heath, b. May 25, 187 1, m. Bessie W. Maxwell. Fred E. Heath'^, son of Elbridge G. Heath®, b. May 25, 1871, m. Aug. 18, 1897, Bessie W. Maxwell. They have one child: *Maxine Gladys Heath, b. Aug. 26, 1898. Charles A. Heath", son of George W. Heath", b. Feb. 3, 1855, m. July 2, 1882, Ella C. Donhani. They have eight chil- dren : »Ida Heath, b. Sept. 2, 1882. *Iona Heath, b. Mar. 9, 1884. »George W. Heath, Jr., b. Sept. 25, 1885. ^Henry L. Heath, b. May 12, 1887. "Ethel M. Heath, b. Mar. 3, 1889. "Mertie J. Heath, b. July 10, 1891. ^Harvey E. Heath, b. Aug. 18, 1894. "Clinton O. Heath, b. Mar. 28, 1897. Ida F. Heath'', dau. of George W. Heath®, b. June 28, 1858, m. 1875, George M. Carlton. They have live children: "Bertha M. Carlton, b. May 18, 1876. "Fred Carlton, b. 1878. "Durria Carlton, b. 1881. "Fiorina D. Carlton, b. 1883. "Linwood Carlton, b. 1888. Euciba D. Heath', dau. of George W. Heath®, b. Apr. 16, 1861, m. 1881, Jacob Jones. They had two children: "Ida May Jones, b. May 1881. "Leon Jones, b. 1884. ALBERT HAYFORD. -_^ 231 JusTiNA Heath«, dau. of Fiorina Hayford^ b. Oct. 6, 18, r m. Aug. 3 X850, Horatio Gates Turner. They had five children ' Flonna May Turner, b. May 15, X853, d. July 35, 1869. Charles Albert Turner, b. Mar. 3, ^855, m. Abby Jane Gould. Ehza Frances Turner, b. Dec. 5, 1857, d. Jan. x8, 1883, m. Gee r. Derby. ^Eva Bell Turner, b. June 10, 1858, d. Dec. 17, 1870 Flora Adella Turner, b. Aug. 31, 1870, m. Charles Alden Cline Eliza Frances Turner^ dau. of Justina Heath«, b. Dec c 1857, d. Jan. 18, 1883, m. Oct. 26, 1881, Geo. Franklin Derby 1 hey had one child : ^ «Laura Frances Derby, b. Jan. i, 1883. Flora Ardella TuRNER^ dau. of Justina Heath«, b. Aug ,1 1870, m. Feb. 5, X894, Charles Alden Cline. They had one ^Albert Turner Cline, b. June 12, 1896, d. Mar. 21, 1897 Mary Wisbur Heath«, dau. of Fiorina Hayford^ b. Apr 1833, m. July 1853, Adoniram J. Mason. They have two chil^ dren: 'Ernest Bertram Mason, b. July 17, 1854. 'Addie Justina Mason, b, Nov. 28, 1857. Albert Hayford Heath«, D. D., son of Fiorina Hayford^ b. July 19, X840, m. Jan. 7, c868, Lucie J. Simmonds. They have two rhi drpn • ■' ^ two children : ^ ^^Albert Cheny Heath, M. D., b. Nov. 10, x868 {/' 'Lucie Fiorina Heath, b. Dec. 24, X874. ^\J Zebedee Hayford^ son of Albert Hayford^ b. Hartford, Me '^ ttL^l\fl'\^- '''"• ^'' ^''^' "^" J"'^ ^5, 1834, Nancy P.' T . t J"""- '' ^'''' ' • ^'""^y ^^d nine children : Amanda M^Hayford, b. May 28, X835, m. Belcher S. Stewart. Columbus Hayford, b. July 3 r, X836, m. Lavina P. Allen. Cehnda W. Hayford, b. Apr. 25, X839, m. Daniel P. True. Artemissa Hayford, b. Apr. 7, 1840, d. Oct. 4, 1861 o?w' ^?^5''''. V^"- '°' ^^42, d. Ship Island, May 16 X862 Cleora M^ Hayford, b. July 9, X844, m. Asbury Dodge. ' «Na^ha"s S. f''>K^"^ "' ^'51, m. Almo/carvflle. Nathan S. Hayford, b. Sept. 20, 1849, d. Nov. 9, xSG-- zXl^?'^'°'i' ^- ^"S- ^^ ^^53, m. Georgia Elli upSht man ^^Hel Tr''™^^^ occupation, a worthy and 232 THE HAYFORD FAMILY. Amanda M. Hayford*^, dau. of Zebedee Hayford^ b. Salem, Me., May 28, 1835, ^'^- J^-^b' ^' i860, Belcher S. Stewart, b. Nov., 1834, d. 1S73. They had no children. Resided in Salem until her husband enlisted during the civil war to serve in the army. After his discharge and return they moved to Farmington, Me., but her husband's health had become impaired in service so as to greatly shorten his life. He died in 1872. His widow still resides at Farmington. Columbus Hayford®, son of Zebedee Hayford^ b. Salem, Me., July 31, 1836, m, Apr. 20, 1866, Mrs. Lovina P. Allen, b. Sept. 2, 1828. They have one child: ■'Mellville B. Hayford, b. June 26, 1870, Presque Isle, m. Grace T. Greenlaw. Melville B. Hayford", son of Columbus Hayford*^, b. Presque Isle, Me., June 26, 1870, m. Dec. 6, 1892, Grace T. Greenlaw. They have one child : ^\lice G. Hayford, b. Mar. i, 1S95. Columbus Hayford® when a young man went to Aroostook Co., Me., to look up a lot. He cleared a small tract of land and built a log cabin in the heart of the "forest primeval." When he started in he had not a sufficient amount of money to pay his fare home, had he wished to return, and was miles away from any store or settlement. He was thus situated when the civil war of 1 86 1 came on. He went into the army and served his term of enlistment. Upon receiving his discharge he returned to Aroostook Co. He later married widow Lovina Allen of Presque Isle, an estimable lady ; the mother of Col. Charles P. Allen of Presque Isle. They have one of the largest and best farms in Maine, consisting of about 500 acres, all excellent til- lage land with buildings of superior character and extent and all the modern improvements for carrying on the same. He has been styled "The King Farmer." His son now largely carries on the business and the two families live together. Columbus Hayford'' has long taken an active interest in all that pertains to the prosperity of Aroostook County. Especially among farmers has he identified himself with every interest con- cerning their welfare, and he is widely known throughout the State as a progressive farmer, a prominent Granger and a past member of the State legislature. Celinda Hayford**, dau. of Zebedee Hayford^, b. Salem, Me., ALBERT HAYKORD. 233 Apr. 25, 1839, m. Dec. 20, i860, Daniel V. True of Livermore, Me., b. July 14, 1833, d. May 18, 1891. They had six children: 'Nellie M. True, b. Feb. 23, 1862, m. Seth Hayden Beckler. ^Daniel E. True, b. Feb. 25, 1866, unmarried. "Mellie M, True, b. Nov. 12, 1867, m. Asa G. Timberlake. 'Harry J. True, b. June 25, 1873, unmarried. "Clara M. True, b. June 25, 1873, m. Newland P. Hanniford. 'Chester A. True, b. Aug. 3, 1880. Nellie M. True', dau. of Celinda Hayford*', b. Feb. 23, 1862, m. Jan. 15, 1890, Seth Hayden Beckler of Livermore, Me., where they now reside. They have one child: «Earl Harlow Beckler, b. Oct. 8, 1890. Mellie M. True^ dau. of Celinda Hayford'^, b. Nov. 12, 1867, m. Mar. 19, 1887, Asa G. Timberlake of Livermore, Me., b. Feb. 18, 1861. They have five children: ^Agnes E. Timberlake, b. Feb. 15, 1888. ^Mildred S. Timberlake, b. July 22, 1890. ^Doris P. Timberlake, b. Dec. 11, 1893. ^Millett Timberlake, b. July i, 1895. «Clara A. Timberlake, b. Apr. 2, 1898. Clara M. True'', dau. of Celinda Hayford", b. June 25, 1873, m. Sept. 1897, Newland P. Hanniford^ of Winthrop, Me. Artimissa Hayford*, dau. of Zebedee Hayford^ b. Salem, Me., Apr. 7, 1840, d. Oct. 4, 18161. RuFUS Hatford^ son of Zebedee Hayford^ b. Salem, Me., Jan. 20, 1842, d. May 16, 1S62, at Ship Island, Miss., while per- forming military service in the civil war. Nathan S. Hayford*', son of Zebedee Hayford°, b. Salem, Me., Sept. 20, 1849, ^' ^t Salem, Me., Nov. 9, 1862. Cleora Hayford*', dau. of Zebedee Hayford^, b. Salem, Me., July 9, 1845, m. at Salem, Me., July 14, 1878, Ephraim Asbury Dodge, b. Strong, Me., Feb. 23, 1843, ^l- Fowler, Fresno Co., Cal., Apr. 10, 1890. They had four children: ■'Ralph Lincoln Dodge, b. Apr. 7, 1879, ^^ Salem, Me, 'Chester Leach Dodge, b. May 21, 1880. 'Infant son, d. Providence, R. L, Oct. 10, 1881. 'Samuel Asbury Dodge, b. Oct. 27, 1886, at Providence, R. I., d. June 22, 1887. Ephraim Asbury Dodge enlisted in Co. G., 12th Maine Reg't Vol's, Oct. 28, 186 1, as a private. He was disabled and das- 234 THE HAYFORD FAMILY. charged Apr. 9, 1862, at Ship Island, Miss. He re-enlisted Sept. 27, 1864, in the 2d Maine Battery of Vol's; was appointed bugler and served until the end of the war. His widow's present addi-ess is Olneyville, R. I. Celestia Hayford®, dau. of Zebedee Hayford^, b. Salem, Me., June II, 1851, m. Feb. 22, 1874, Almon A. Carville, b. Nov. 20, 1843. They had six children : ''Efifie E. Carville, b. Apr. 25, 1876. ■^Myrtle L. Carville, b. Dec. 12, 1877, d. Apr. 12, 1890. ''Ella V. Carville, b. Nov. 21, 1879, ^- Aug. 20, 1880. ''Alicia C. Carville, b. June 10, 1881. ''Celinda T. Carville, b. Aug. 21, 1882. ''Goldie M. Carville, b. Jan. 9, 1890. Present residence, Farmington, Me. Clarion O. Hayford^, son of Zebedee Hayford^, b. Salem, Me., Aug. 3, 1853, m. Oct. 29, 188 1, Georgia A. Ellis, b. Apr. 7, 1855, at Farmington, Me. They had one child: ''Nathaniel Ellis Hayford, b. Sept. 2, 1889, d. June 29, 1890. Clarion O. Hayford*^ was married at Farmington, Me., where he at first resided. Later, he removed to Boston, Mass., and has for many years been in the employ of the Boston & Albany R. R. Present residence, 475 Summer St., East Boston. Isaac Hayford'', son of Albert Hayford^ b. Hartford, Me., Jan. 26, 181 1, d. Nov. 20, 1883, m. Mar. 22, 1842, Charlotte N. Sampson, b. Aug. 8, 1818, d. Mar. 20, 1887. They had six chil- dren : 'Clement Hayford, b. July 14, 1844, d. June 25, 1867. 'Lafayette Hayford, b. Apr. 13, 1846, d. Feb. 25, 1862. 'Ella Hayford, b. Nov. i, 1848, m. Charles H. Smart. 'Edwin S. Hayford, b. July 25, 1851, m. Ellen M. Lovejoy. ^Emma A. Hayford, b. Mar. 22, 1855, d. Feb. 12, 1862. 'Franklin Hayford, b. Feb. 14, 1861, d. July 24, 1861. Isaac Hayford^ settled in the town of Salem near where his father located when he moved from Sumner, Me., and where his son Isaac was born. He was a farmer throughout his active life and enjoyed the respect of his neighbors and townsmen. Ella Hayford®, dau. of Isaac Hayford^, b. Nov. i, 1848, m, Nov. 8, 1885, Charles H. Smart of Phillips, Me,, b. Aug. 8, 1851. They have no children. Their present residence is Wilton, Me., whei^ Mr. Smart carries on a tailoring business. ALBERT HAYFORD. 235 Edwin S. Hayyord^ son of Isaac Hayford^ b. Salem, Me., July 25, 1851, m. Sept. 10, 1879, Ellen M. Lovejoy, b. July 10, 1848. They have four children : ''Gertie L. Hayford, b. Aug. 21, 1880. ^Eugene E. Hayford, b. Aug. 30, 1883. 'Albert W. Hayford, b. Oct. 14, 1885. 'Ola B. Hayford, b. Oct. 6, 1891. Edwin S. Hayford" has always been a farmer and lives on the same farm in Salem, Me., that his father lived on before him and which adjoins the old homestead of his grandfather, Albert Hayford. Columbus HAYFORD^ son of Albert Hayford^ b. Feb. 2, 18 13, d. Feb. 18, 1886, m. 1840, Savina Martin, b. Oct. 14, 181 1, d. May 6, 1868. They had three children : "Marianna Hayford, b. Sept. 6, 1842, m. Luther Amazeen. •'Chandler M. Hayford, b. Oct. 26, 1845, m. Fannie C. "Harriet Aldana Hayford, b. Nov. 13, 1848. Marianna Hayford", dau. of Columbus Hayford^ b. Sept. 6, 1842, m. Luther Amazeen. They have four children: 'Gertrude Amazeen, b. June 23, 1864. 'Herbert H. Amazeen, b. May 12, 1868. 'Luther M. Amazeen, b. Sept. 23, 1870. 'Hattie H. Amazeen, b. Oct. 15, 1874. Chandler Hayford", son of Columbus Hayford^ b. Oct. 26, 1845, m. Fannie C. b. July 7, 1847. They have two children : 'Dr. Herbert Scott Hayford, b. Oct. 10, 1874. Residence, Quincy, Mass. 'Arthur Leroy Hayford, b. Aug. 2, 1884. Chandler Hayford" says of his father, Columbus Hayford : «'My father sailed from this city, Portsmouth, N. H., for Cali- fornia in Oct. 1849, ii^ the barque "Martha." I remember well seeing the vessel go down the river, also of leaving my father at the wharf. I was then four years old." Columbus Hayford^ never returned. He died at Mercedes Co., Cal, in 1886. Artimissa Hayford^ dau. of Albert Hayford^ b. Salem, Me,, Mar. 7, 18 1 6, d. Dec, 19, 1833. America Bonney Hayfords, son of Albert Hayford*, b, July 28, 18 18, at Salem, Me., d. Millbridge, Me., Aug. 16, 1895, m. Sept. 4, 1842, Eliza Whitney, b. May 9, 1824, d. June 23, 1889. They had six children : 236 THE HAYFORD FAMILY. *Fanny Augusta Hayford, b. Jan. i, 1844, m. Byron Hall. •'Byron Leroy Hayford, b. Dec. 6, 1845, ^- ^^^ Rosamond Ray. ^Hannibal Lafayette Hayford, b. May 30, 1847, m. Elmira Dyer, ®AIton Hayford, b. Apr. 14, 1852, unmarried. ^Albina Hayford, b. Oct. 12, 1854, m. Daniel Strout. ^Lizzie Whitney Hayford, b. Apr. 22, 1858, unmarried. America Bonney Hayford'' was born in Salem, Me., and removed to Steuben, Me., about 1843, ^^^^ ^ f^w years later to Millbridge, an adjoining town, where he continued to reside during the remainder of his life. He was a blacksmith and edge tool man- ufacturer ; having learned his trade in the old axe factories at Readfield, Me. The writer visited him at his home during his last sickness and but a short time previous to his death. His neighbors and the citizens in general all had a good word to say of him. He was an honest, industrious citizen, a tender husband and loving father. Fanny Augusta Hayford", dau. of America B. Hayford^ b. Jan. I, 1844, d. Westfield, N. Y., Aug. 27, 1869, m. Oct. 14, 1866, Byron Hall. They had no children. They resided in New York State, and Mr. Hall was for many years a salesman for the John Matthews Co., New York City. Byron Leroy Hayford®, son of America Bonney Hayford^ b. Dec. 6, 1845, m. Feb. 15, 1868, Ida Rosamond Ray, b. May i, 1 85 1. They had no children. Byron L. Hayford learned the trade of his father, that of a blacksmith, and as long as his father lived they pursued that trade together. The old shop is now standing in which they spent most of their lives. Byron L. Hayford is also quite a stu- dent in certain lines. He learned, entirely by himself, short- hand writing, having no teacher except his books, and held cor- respondence for years in that style with a friend. He is the best informed man of the genealogy of this branch of the Hayford family of any one the writer has ever met, and has been of great benefit to the author of this work in tracing the descendants of Albert Hayford^, of which he is a member, in its numerous lines of descent, scattered as they were at an early age all over our country. He still pursues his chosen avocation, but says of his "old shop" seems lonesome now without the presence his companion of many years, his beloved father. He is a level-headed, well informed man. ALBERT HAYKORD. 237 Hannibal Lafayette Hayford^, son of America Bonney Hayford^ b. May 30, 1847, m. Nov. 8, 187 1, Elmira G. Dyer, b. Oct. 26, 185 1. They have three children: ^Walter Sargent Hayford, b. Dec. 26, 187 1, m. Grace Moore. 'Eugene Sawyer Hayford, b. Feb. 6, 1877. Unmarried. 'Earl Hayford, b. July 7, 1882. Hannibal L. Hayford*" has for many years been employed in ship yards at Millbridge, Me., and has put the finishing touch to more vessels, probably, than any man in Maine. He is regarded by his employer as unequalled in his line of workmanship, and no other man can fill his place with this company and perform the work assigned to him and executed by him these many years. The elder partner of this company, in 1895, informed the writer that he with others had built over 100 vessels, and that Albert Hayford, Jr., was a former partner of his. He was then an aged man and has since died. The company, however, continues the business and Hannibal Hayford remains their final finisher. Walter Sargent Hayford', son of Hannibal L. Hayford^ b. Dec. 6, 1871, m. Nov. 23, 1896, Maud Grace Moore, b. Feb. 24, 187 1, d. Mar. 18, 1898. They had one child: ^Donald Moore Hayford, b. Feb. 8, 1898. Alton Hayford^ son of America Bonney Hayford^, b. Apr. 14, 1852, d. June 23, 1882, unmarried. He was an invalid all his life, and while an exceedingly bright, smart young man and ambitious to engage in active business pursuits, his health would not admit of it and he died at the early age of thirty years, released from his long sufferings and sincerely mourned by all his friends. Albina Hayford^ dau. of America B. Hayford^, b. Oct. 12, 1854, m. Nov. 4, 1876, David Frederick Strout, b. June 22, 1841. They have one child : 'Lizzie Fanny Strout, b. Apr. 20, 1879. David F. Strout was a native of Cherryfield, Me. When young he learned the trade of a blacksmith and pursues that occupation now at Mill bridge, Me. He served in the navy during the civil war. This family has in its possession an ancient relic repre- senting "Joseph and hie brethren," published Aug. 19, 1795, brought from London, Eng., by Capt. Isaac Bonney and given to his daughter, Albert Hayford's wife, their grandparent. Cordelia HAYFORD^ dau. of Albert Hayford^ b. Salem, Me., 238 THE HAYFORD FAMILY. June 13, 1820, m. June 9, 1848, Benjamin Kinnear. They had no children, and are now living in New Castle, N. H. Alden Hayford^, son of Albert Hayford*, b. Feb. 28, 1822, d. 5867, "^- Julia Austin, d. 1869. They had five children: '^Eltina Hayford, d. 1868, ae. 18 years. ^Ella Hayford, d., ae. 2 years. ^Clara Hayford, m. Frank Hall. ^Ada Hayford, m. Frank Brown. ^Ella Hayford, resides in Iowa. Alden Hayford^ moved from Salem to Steuben, Me., about 1844. In the fall of 1845 he went to Wisconsin, where he mar- ried, lived and died. Clara Hayford^, dau. of Alden Hayford^, m. Frank Hall. They reside in Iowa and have one child: ■'Ella Hayford. Ada Hayford^, dau. of Alden Hayford^ m. 1874, Frank Brown. They have four children : "Edward Alden Brown. 'Jesse Earl Brown. 'Herbert Clark Brown. "Neil Emmett Brown. Deborah Hayford^, dau. of Albert Hayford^, b. Jan. 10, 1824, m. Jacob W. Howard of Phillips, Me., b. Feb. 8, 1819, d. Nov. 6, 1871. They had three children: ^George S. Howard, b. Feb. 24, 1843, "^- ^> Jennie Cyphers; 2, Etta Tulley ; 3, Lavina Vanderas. ^Charles A. Howard, b. Mar. 29, 1846, m. Emma Ellsworth. ^A.lice B. Howard, b. Nov. 4, 1848, m. Albert Worthley. Deborah (Hayford^) Howard, m. 2d, Mar. 18, 1875, Sumner Whitney. He d. Mar. 20, 1892. Jacob Howard was a noted farmer of Phillips, Me., where they resided for many years after marriage. He was a great herds- man, and in early days bought large droves of cattle which he drove to Brighton, Mass. Their farm, with fine, commodious buildings, was situated a short distance from Phillips village, and was exceedingly well managed and very productive. In the year 1856, the writer with his wife and her brother, were passing through that town in the evening when they met with an accident; all being suddenly thrown from the carriage, his wife sustaining injuries. He led the team to the door of a house a short dis- ALBERT HAYFORD. 239 tance away ; a light shining from the windows directing their course, and solicited aid and entertainment for the night, which was cheerfully granted them. Upon entering and making our- selves known, we were informed of the fact that we were inmates of the home of a kinswoman, Mrs. Jacob Howard, and the kind reception and generous hospitality which we received from their hands has never been forgotten. This was the first and last time we ever met. George S. H(3ward^ son of Deborah Hayford^ b. Feb. 24, 1843, n^- Mar. 31, 1884, Jennie Cyphers, d. Nov. 15, 1892. They had one child : 'George B. Howard, b. Nov. 7, 1892, d. Nov, 4, 1894. Georges. Howard*^ m. 2d, Nov. 11, 1895, Etta S. Tully, d. Feb. 8, 1896. George S. Howard^ m. 3d, June 22, 1897, Lavina Vanderas. They have one child : 'Harry V. Howard, b. Aug. 11, 1898. Charles A. Howard^, son of Deborah Hayford^ b. Mar. 29, 1846, m. Mar. 30, 1872, Emma Ellsworth. They have one child: 7Blanche Mae Howard, b. Mar. 4, 1877. Alice B. Howard^ dau. of Deborah Hayford^ b. Nov. 4, 1848, m. Sept. II, 1869, Albert Worthley, b. June 20, 1847. They have one child: 7julia Edna Worthley, b. Jan. 13, 1871, m. Aug. 21, 1897, Earl Underwood, b. Mar. 28, 1870. The two brothers, George S.^ and Charles A. Howard^ moved many years ago from Phillips, Me., to the west, and were cow boys, as then styled, on the great plains for a number of years. Finally tiring of the wild life of the prairies, they went to Arkansas City, Kansas, then a small town, and built some of the first brick buildings. They were afterwards engaged in the hard- ware business which they have successfully followed ever since. Arkansas City is now a large and prosperous town. Nancy Hayford^ dau. of Albert Hayford^ b. Aug. 17, 1825, m, 1852, Rufus Beals of Turner, Me. He d. 1873. They had two children : ^Rufus Winfield Beals, b. 1854, m. Has two daus. ^Charles E. Beals, b. 1856, m. Has seven children. The wife of Charles E. Beals d. 1899. Nancy Beals resides in Massachusetts with the family of her son, Charles E. Beals. Has since died. 240 THE HAYFORD FAMILY. AuRELius Hayford^ son of Albert Hayford^ b. July ii, 1827, d. 1878, m. Margaret . They had three children: ''Aurelius Albert Hayford. ^Llewellyn Hayford. ^William Hayford. Aurelius Hayford^ moved west many years ago and no further record is to be obtained, as his brothers and sisters have never heard from him or his family these many years. Julia Hayford*, dau. of Albert Hayford'*, b. June 11, 1830, d. Aug. 12, 1857, m. 1849, Isaac Whittier, b. 1817, d. Nov. 3, 1899. They had two children : ^Llewellyn Whittier, b. Sept. r8, 185 1. ^I. LaForest Whittier, b. Jan. 15, 1853. Llewellyn Whittier*' m. Clara Belle Whittier. She d. Feb. 1 88 1. They had one child who d. young. He m. 2d, Ella Gra- ham. They had one child : 7Edith Whittier, b. 1885. I. LaForest Whittier*^ m. Elizabeth Catharine Frye. They have six children : 7Wilbert L. Whittier, b. Sept. 21, 188 1. ' 7Clara L. Whittier, b. Jan. 2, 1883. 7julia L. Whittier, b. July 30, 1884. 7Gertrude A. Whittier, b. July 5, 1886. 7john G. Whittier, b. Sept. 6, 1887. 7Dorothy E. Whittier, b. Aug. 2, 1890. Deborah Drew (Bonney7) Hayford, wife of Albert Hayford^ was the dau. of Capt. Isaac Bonney*', Ebeneazer^ Isaac'', William^ Thomas, Jr.', who came over in the "Hercules" with his father in 1634 and m, Dorcas Sampson, dau. of Henry Sampson of the "Mayflower." Thomas Bonney\ the father, was b. in Dover, Eng., in 1604, and m. Mary Terry and settled in Duxbury, Mass. The following memoranda was taken from records by Lewis Bradford, town clerk of Plympton, Mass., Jan. 13, 1835. William Bonney'' and Anne, his wife. Their children : ''William Bonney, b. Jan. 4, 1693-4. ^Anne Bonney, b. Mar. 4, 1696-7. ''Martha Bonney, b. June 5, 1699, m. Isaac Thayer of Plympton. (His 2d wife.) William Bonney^ m. 2d, Mehitable King. Their children : ''Isaac Bonney, b. Nov. 14, 1701. ALBERT HAYFORD. 24 1 ^Mary Bonney, b. May 9, 1704. ■•Sarah Bonney ) ^ . , . _ o ^Mehitable Bonney, h^'^'' ^^ ^^^''' ''' '^°^- ■•Ebeneazer Bonney, b. June 23, 1710. William Bonney^ the father, was one of the first settlers of Plympton. Isaac BonneV*, son of William, m. Feb. 22, 1727-8, by the Rev. Isaac Cushman, to Mary Harrel. Their children : ■^Isaac Bonney, b. Apr. ig, 1729, d. Dec. 15, 1729. ^Sarah Bonney, b. Apr. 4, 1731, m. i, Nathaniel Harlow, 2, Ephraim Soule. She d. Apr. 20, 1819. ^Mary Bonney, b. Mar. 14, 1733-4, m. Thomas Miller. ^Ebenezer Bonney, b. Mar. 2, 1735-6. ^Samuel Bonney, b. July 16, 1737. ^Mehitable Bonney, b. May 28, 1739, m. Benjamin Soule. ^Elizabeth Bonney, b. Apr. 21, 1746, m. Joshua Churchill. ^Abigail Bonney, b. June 18, 1749, m. P^zekiel Powers. Isaac Bonney'*, the father, d. in Plympton, May 9, 1772, aged 70 years, 5 months and 14 days, by new style. Wife's death not recorded. Ebeneazer Bonney^, son of Isaac Bonney^ was m. Mar. 22, 1764, to Deborah Drew, by the Rev. Jonathan Parker. Their children : ^Ebeneazer Bonney, b. July 17, 1764, d. Apr. 29, 1768. ^Isaac Bonney, b. Oct. 14, 1765. ^Molly Bonney, b. Dec. 15, 1769, Deborah, wife of Ebeneazers, d. in Plympton. Ebeneazer Bonney m. 2, Anna Sturtevant, by whom he had one child : ^Ebeneazer Bonney, b. Feb. 24, 1784. Ebeneazer Bonney^ the father, d. in Plympton, Tnlv 13, 1802. xA.nna, his 2d wife, d. in Plympton, 1823. ( Record says 1723, error. ) Capt. Issac Bonney^ son of Ebeneazer Bonney^ was married by the Rev. John Howland, Oct. 9, 1785, to Sarah Stephens, dau. of Edward Stephens. Their children were : 7Deborah Drew Bonney, b. Mar. 21, 1786, m. Albert Hayford. 7lsaac Bonney, b. Sept. 5, 1787, d. Feb. 5, 17S8. 7lsaac Bonney, b. Nov. 10, 1788. 7Sally Stephens Bonney, b. Dec. 7, 1790. Sarah Bonney, the mother, d. in Plympton, Mar. 18, 1791, ae. 242 THE HAYFORD FAMILY. 21 years. Capt, Isaac Bonney'' was m. by the Rev. Ezra Samp- son, Feb. I, 1792, to Hannah Perkins, dau. of St. Zephaniah Perkins. Their children were : ^Stephen Bonney, b. Aug. 28, 1792. 7America Bonney, b. Oct. 6, 1793, d. Westport, Mass., Sept. 25, 181 9. Unmarried. Was a preacher. ''Hannibal Bonney, d. young. 7Mary Bonney, d. young. Mrs. Hannah Bonney d. in Plympton, Mass., Dec. 4, 1800, aged 36 years. Capt. Isaac Bonney was m. by Rev. John Briggs, May 9, 1802, to Lydia Sturtevant, by whom he had one child: 7PolIy Bonney, b. July 18, 1S02. Capt. Isaac Bonney^', the father, d. at Dartmouth, Feb. 11, 1S09, aged 43 years, 3 mos. and 2 days. He was the captain of the military company a number of years, and an active officer. Isaac Bonney?, son of Capt. Isaac Bonney^, b. Nov. 10, 1788, was published at Plympton, June 24, 18 10, to Abigail Stetson, dau. of Caleb Stetson and wife, Jane. Their children were: '^ICdward and Stephen Bonney, b. Plympton, May 5, 181 1. ^George Henry Bonney, b. Plympton, July 28, 18 14. ^^bigail Stetson Bonney, b. Turner, Me., Apr. i, 18 16. . Thus we find that Deborah Bonney?, dau. of Capt. Isaac Bon- ney*^, is the sixth in descent from Thomas Bonney, Jr., who m. Dorcas Sampson ; and the seventh in descent from Henry Samp- son of the Mayflower, to wit: Henry Sampson^ Dorcas Thomas^, William Bonney^, Isaac Bonney"*, Ebeneazer^, Capt. Isaac Bon- ney'', Deborah? m. Albert Hayford'*. Winsor's History of Duxbury says: "William Bonney had land at Namaseekit, Dux., 1694, d. or removed before 17 10." He probably married and removed to Plympton, as the first child named was born there, Jan. 4, 1694, and ever after resided there. Bonnei? jfamil^* Winsor's History of Duxbury, p. 228, says: "The name is generally spelled Boney, also Boni and Bonney. Thomas, a shoe- maker, 1640, had land northwest of North Hill, and 30 acres at Namaseekit, died 1693, married Dorcas Sampson, 2d, Mary , who survived him. Had Thomas. Inherited his father's land at Duxbury, m. Sarah Shirley, July 16, 1695. The follow- ing were perhaps children of Thomas (2d?): Mary, m. John Mitchell, Dec. 14, 1695; Joseph, 17 10, of Duxbury, drowned 1 712. ( Was it not Ebeneazer ?) John, Dux., 1710; James m. Abigail Bishop, 1695, was of Dux. 17 10. William had land at Namaseekit, 1694, died or removed before 17 10." (Removed to Plympton. ) Mercy m. Nathaniel Delano, 17 14, and Elizabeth of Pembroke m. Samuel Delano, 17 19. The earliest settlers of Duxbury (1631 to 1635) were John Alden, Capt. Miles Standish, Jonathan Brewster, Thomas Prince, Collier, and later, John Howland, Henry Howland, Henry Samp- son, Thomas Bonney, Delano, etc. These settlers promised the Plymouth Colony : "to removed to Plymouth with their families in the winter time for the better defence against Indians, and to repair to the worship of God." The town was incorporated July 7, 1637. It received its name of Duxbury out of respect to Capt. Standish, from Duxbury Hall, the seat of the Standish family in England. The bounds of Duxbury originally included what is now within the limits of Duxbury, Marshfield, Pembroke, Hanson and Bridgewaters. Marshfield was incorporated in 1640; Bridge- water, 1656; Pembroke 1711-12. Henry Sampson arrived at Plymouth, 1620, in the Mayflower, m. Anne Plummer, Feb. 6, 1635-6. He d. Dec. 24, 1684, Moved to Duxbury and was admitted a freeman, 1637. Had Stephen. John (inherited land at Dartmouth), Caleb, James settled in Dartmouth. Elizabeth m. Robert Sprout. Hannah m. Josiah 244 THE HAYFORD FAMILY. Holmes, 1665. ni. John Hammond. Mary m. John Simmons. Dorcas m. Thomas Bonney. (See Winsor's Hist, of Dux.) Thomas Bonney was constable of Dux., 1643-4; an office of high trust. At the same time, James Hamlin resided in Barnstable, and John Phinney in Plymouth; all three were holding the same town offices. 1640: Thomas Boney granted lands in Duxbury, 30 acres, on Namaseekit river, Apr. 6, 1640. 1643: Among the list able to bear arms (16 to 60 years) in Dux., appears the names of Thomas Bonney and Thomas Bonney, Jr. 1646: The names of Thomas Bonney and Henry Sampson in Dux., appear on list of freemen able to bear arms. 1649: Joseph Bonney's heirs were land owners. 1652: Thomas Bonney was resident of Dux., and surveyor of highways. 1661 : Henry Sampson, constable. 1694, Town granted William Bonney 30 acres, lying next to J. Boney. i6g8: Thomas Boney, member of town committee. 1699: Thomas Bonney, Jr., granted land formerly granted Thomas Bonney. 1702 : William, James and John Boney's farms all adjoining in Duxbury. 1 702 : Town granted James Boney land formerly granted William Boney. 1707: Every free-holder in Dux. was granted 20 acres of the common meadows. In list of names is found : Joseph, Ebeneazer, John and James Boney. 1708 : John Bonney was chosen grand juror. 1712: John, Joseph, James, Eberjeazer and Thomas, residents of Dux. 1712 : John Bonney appears as head of family in new town of Pembroke. 1 71 2: Marshfield, Nov. 28, on Tuesday, 25th, six men going oil the Gurnet beach in a whaleboat at Dux. after a whale, by the reason of the boisterousness of the sea's oversetting the boat, they were all drowned. William Sprague, Ebeneazer Boney and Thomas Baker were of Duxbury. 1715 : John Bonney deeds 18 acres land. 1750, John Boney of Pembroke on a committee to locate meeting house. 5obn 1Ha\>forb Branch* SUPPLEMENT. Until of recent date, and only since a large portion of this work has gone to press, has the author been able to trace the descendants of John Hayford-, b. Pembroke, Mass., (as will be seen by former records) Jan. 7, 1712. It is with pleasure that we now give a record of this branch, thereby connecting the parents with the many descendants hereafter named. John Heiford^ m. Abagail Albins, of Braintree, Mass., Apr. 8, 1679. John Heiford'-, son of John\ b. Braintree, Feb. 23, 1680, m. Lydia Pierce of Middleboro, Mass., July 3, 1706. John Hayford^ son of John-, b. Pembroke, Mass., Jan. 7, 1712, m. Nov. 23, 1738, Thankful Phinney, of Middleboro, Mass. Their children were: ■•John Hayford, b. , d. 1742. ^Joseph Hayford, b. , m. Eliza Bartholomew. ■^John Hayford, b. Apr. 17, 1743, m. Elizabeth Riley. *Martha Hayford, b. Sept. 8, 1754. Joseph Hayford* married Apr, ig, 1761, Eliza Bartholomew. They had children : ^John Hayford, b. at P'armington, Conn., Nov. 10, 1762. ^Ira Hayford (?), b. 1762-3, m. Lydia Munson. John Hayford*, b. Apr. 17, 1743, Farmington, Conn., m. Elizabeth Riley, Apr. 6, 1769. They had seven children: ^Samuel Hayford, b, June 17, 1770. ^Mary Hayford, b. May 24, 1775. ^Dorcas Hayford, b. Apr. 3, 1778. sisaac Hayford, b. Jan. 24, 1781. sAsel (or Asahel) Hayford, b. Apr, 11, 1784. sSylvester Hayford, b. May 21, 1787. jPersis Hayford, b. Aug. 4, 1792. Samuels had a son, Riley", former residence 1693 Washington 246 THE HAYFORD FAMILY. St„ Boston, and he, Riley^ had two sons, viz : Howard'' and Nathan?. This last record furnished by Mrs. Addie Hancock of Coop- ersville, N. Y., just previous to going to press, prevents the arranging of the following records in their due order. John Hayford"* and wife, Elizabeth, both died and were buried at Champlain, Clinton Co., N. Y. John^ died Sept. 5, 182 1, and wife Elizabeth d. Apr. 5, 1809. Mrs. Hancock quotes from record in the John Hayford^ Bible, viz : "John Hayford, son of John and Thankful Hayford, was born Apr. 17, 1743. John and Elizabeth Hayford were married Apr. 6, 1769. John Hayford died Sept. 5, 182 1," and same inscription on tombstone. AsEL or AsAHEL Hayford5, son of John"*, b. Mar. or Apr. 11, 1784, d. Sept. 1864, m. Feb. i, 1808, Esther Cobb, b. Mar. 8, 1787, d. May 1859. They were both from Massachusetts and came with father John'* to Champlain, N, Y., ab. 1800, soon after their marriage, and settled near Rouse's Point Village, two miles distant. Isaac Hayford-% his brother, resided one-fourth mile distant from Asahels, and Dorcas^ two miles farther, near the Canadian line. John"*, the parent, lived and died in the family of Asahel5, and was buried near Rouse's Point. Asahel'ss living descendants comprise sixteen grandchildren and twenty-one great grandchildren. His children were : ''Horace Hayford, b. Feb. 27, 1809, m. Elizabeth Cooper. ''Mary Hayford, b. Mar. 7, 181 2, unmarried, d. Dec. 25, 1889, aged 78. ''Henry Hayford, b. Aug. 24, 1815, m. i, Sarah L. Johnson, 2, Elinor Manning, 3, Emily Lewis. ^Semira Hayford, b. Aug. 23, 1817, m. Chancey Smith. ''Hiram Hayford, b. Aug. 7, 18 ig, m. Mildred A. Tillman. ''Octavia Emeline Hayford, b. Aug. 20, 1824, m. James A. Man- ning. Horace Hayford^ son of Asahel Hayford?, b. Feb. 27, 1809, d. Dec. 17, 187 1, m. Mar. 29, 1837, Elizabeth Cooper. They had three children : 7Mary Adaliza Hayford, b. Feb. 21, 1838, m. Chas. B. Hancock. ^Catharine Amelia Hayford, b. Apr. 20, 1840, m. Edward Hersey Cleaveland. Sylvester Cobb Hayford, b. Feb. 23, 1843, ^'^- Jennie E. Alley. JOHN HAYFORD. 247 Mary Adeliza Hayford7, dau. of Horace Hayford^ b. Feb. 21, 1838, m. Apr. 7, 1873, Charles B. Hancock. They have one child : 'Lottie A. Hancock, b. June 30, 1881. All living at Coopersville, N. Y. Catharine Amelia Hayford?, dau. of Horace Hayford^ b. Apr. 20, 1840, m. Oct. 18, 187 1, Edward Hersey Cleaveland. No children. Sylvester Cobb Hayford7, son of Horace Hayford*, b. Feb. 23, 1843, "^- Apr. 28, 1864, Jennie E. Alley. They had three children : ^Horace A. Hayford, b. Aug. 25, 1865, d. June 2, 1872. *Inez Albertine Hayford, b. 1874. 'Frank Leslie Hayford, b. 1879. All living at Coopersville, N. Y. Henry Hayford^ son of Asahel Hayfords, b. Aug. 24, 18 15, d. Aug. 1899, m. ist, June 13, 1844, Sarah L. Johnson; m. 2d, July 4, 1848, Elinor Manning; m. 3d, Jan. 1864, Emily Lewis. Their children were : 7Dexter Hayford, b. Jan. 1846, at Champlain, N. Y. ^Wallace Hayford, b. Sept. 1856, at Champlain, N. Y. ^Lottie Hayford, b. at Beloit, Wis. Semira Hayford7, b. Aug. 23, 18 17, d. Apr. 24, 1899, m. Chauncey Smith, Champlain, N. Y., Mar. 24, 1846. Their chil- dren were: 'Franklin Pierce Smith, b. 1852. 'Antoinette Smith, b. 1850. 'John Smith, b. 1854. 'Ella Smith, b. 1856. Hiram Hayford*', son of Asahel Hayford^, b. Aug. 7, 18 19, d. Jan. 1880, m. June 28, 1855, Mildred A. Tillman. Their chil- dren were : 7Benjamin B. Hayford, b. June 24, 1856. 70scar Ebeneazer Hayford, b. May 23, 1858. 7Hiram Cornelius Hayford, b. Nov. 29, 1860. 7Emily Welton Hayford, b. Apr. 27, 1863. All b. at Rouse's Point, N. Y. 7john Fillmore Hayford, b. May 19, 1868. 7Clara Louisa Hayford, b, Oct, 13, 1870. 248 THE HAYFORD FAMILY. (Champlain Counsellor.) Friday, June 21, 1961. John Hayford and family, who have been visiting with his brother, Hiram, for several days, left for Buffalo Friday last, where he will remain a few days before returning to his home, Washington, D. C. Mr. Hayford is chief of the Computing Division x>i the U. S. Coast Survey. He was during '89 and '90 a pupil of Union Free School of this village, after which he took a two year's course in the High school of Detroit, Mich. He then entered the employ of the government as civil engineer and from which he has worked his way up unassisted to his present high position, commanding a salary of several thousand a year. OcTAViA Emeline Hayford^ dau. of Asahel Hayford^, b. Aug. 20, 1824, m. July 2, 1850, James A. Manning. They had one child : "Antoinette Manning, m. Frederick Stolt, d. 1876. Isaac Hayford?, son of John Hayford"*, b. Jan. 24, 1781, m. Amanda Hayford, the dau. of his cousin, Ira?. They had thir- teen children : ^Hilah Hayford, b. Nov. 13, 1806, m. i, Hiram Dudley, 2, Merritt Hamilton. ^Altana Hayford, b. Feb. 3, 1808, m, i, Elias Starkes, 2, Wash- ington Douglass. ^Emily Hayford, b. June 13, 1810, d. young. Levi Hayford, b. Mar. 8, 181 2, m. Caroline Walker. ^William Hayford, b. Apr. 20, 1814, m. Harriet E. Heaberd. ®Lucy Hayford, b. Apr. 2, 1816, m. Benjamin White. 3 eh : Sarah Ann, Horace and George. '^Halsey Hayford, b. May 14, 1818, d. 1832, 14 years of age. "Samuel Hayford, b. Apr. 11, 1S20, m. Cordelia Samantha Lord. •^John Hayford, b. Apr. 24, 1822, m. Leah Melinda Converse. Celia Ann Hayford, b. June 8, 1824, d. ae. 30, unmarried, ''George Silas Hayford, b. Oct. 11, 1826, m. Sarah Jane White. "Lydia Elizabeth Hayford, b. Nov. 18, 1829, m. William Horton. ^Alvira Hayford, b. Sept. 15, 1832, m, William Valentine. The only one of Isaac Hayford'ss children living in igoi is Mrs. Lydia Elizabeth Hortonl Isaac Hayford? served in the war of 181 2, and for his bounty received his farm at Rouse's Point, N. Y. HiLA Hayford^ dau. of Isaac Hayford?, b. Nov. 13, 1806, m, I, Hiram Dudley; m. 2, Merritt Hamilton. No children, JOHN HAYFORD. 249 Altana Havford', dau. of Isaac Hayford', b. Feb. 3, 1808, m. Elias Starkes. They had six children : Elias', Sarah'' m. Abijah Stow, Charles Silas", Joel", Amanda", unmarried. Altana Hayford Starks m. 2, Washington Douglass. They had one child : Mary Jane Douglass". Levi Hayford®, son of Isaac Hayfords, b. Mar. 8, 181 2, m. Caroline Walker. They had three children : John", Eveline", Jessie^ William Hayford*', son of Isaac Hayford?, b. Apr. 20, 1814, m. Mar. 9, 1845, Harriet E. Heabard. They had two children: 'Harriet Louisa Hayford, b. Mar. i, 1846, m. George E. Woodard. 'Addie C. Hayford, b. Oct, 25, 1854, m. Wm. Hayford, d, Apr. 26, 1877. Harriet Louisa Hayford", dau. of William Hayford", b. Mar. I, 1846, m. Apr. 8, 1872, George E. Woodard. They had two children : ^William E, Woodard, b. Nov. 18, 1873. **Mary Rose Woodard, b. Jan. 9, 1890. Lucy Hayford®, dau. of Isaac Hayford?, b. Apr. 2, 181 6, m. Horace White. They had three children : Sarah Ann", Horace' and George White". Samuel Hayford®, son of Isaac Hayford?, b. Apr. 11, 1820, m. Jan, i, 1845, Cordelia S. Lord. They had nine children: 'Gilson Hayford, b. Mar, 15, 1846, m. Sept. 15, 1867, Rachel Griffith, Four children: George Hudson^, b. July 4, 1868; Mary Augusta^, b, Feb, 1, 1876; Homer Lord^ b, Aug. 12, 1878 ; Harold Gilson^ b. June 3, 1887. "Albert Hayford, b. Apr, 19, 1849, <^' J^^Y 4» ^^53- 'Harlow Hayford, b. Mar. 2, 185 1, m. Lucy Jandreau, June 30, 1872. Eight children: Albert^, b. Apr, 4, 1873; George', b. Feb. 27, 1875; Eugene^ b, Aug. 17, 1877; Clara^ b. Oct. 18, 1879 ; Ida^ b, Sept. 26, 1881 ; Lizzie^ b. Jan. 7, 1883 ; Adaline^ b. Oct. 17, 1885 ; Lillie^ b. Aug. 29, 1888. 'Dorcas E. Hayford, b. Apr. 5, 1853, d. Jan. 5, 1890, m. David Sharp. One child : Clarence^ 'John M. Hayford, b. Sept. 2, 1856, m. Mary Link. Two chil- dren : Chester Samuel^ and Sewall Al 'Halsey Hayford, b. July 27, 1858, m. Addie L. Hayford', Jan. 25, 1888. They have two children: SamueP, b. Sept. 10, 1890; Orville^ b. Apr. 2, 1893. 250 THE HAYFORD FAMILY. "Clara Hayford, b. June i, 1S61, m. Wm. Prouty. One child: Daniel Prouty^. ''William Henry Hayford, b. Jan. 25, 1864, d. July 2, 1864. "Hannah Minthorn Hayford, b. Feb. 16, 1867, d. July 14, 1867. John Hayford", son of Isaac Hayfords, b. Apr. 24, 1822, d. Apr. 18, 1868, m. June 2, 1854, Leah Malinda Converse. They had two children : "Addie L, Hayford, b. Nov. 6, 1858, m. Halsey Hayford", b. July 27,1858. '[\vo children : SamueF and Orville^ "Eva Anm Hayford, b. May 20, i860, m. Wm. H. Deal. One child : Lola DeaP. George Silas Hayford*', son of Isaac Hayford-S b. Oct. 11, 1826, m. Sarah Jane White. They had six children: ■^William Hayford, m. Electra Joy. Two children. ''Robert Hayford m. Ann Joy. ''Amanda Hayford, d. young. ''Elizabeth Ann Hayford, m. Flackey Hill. Had four children. ■'Katie Hayford, d. young. ''Silas Hayford, unmarried. Lydia Elizabeth Hayford^ dau. of Isaac Hayfords, m. Wm, Horton. Had one child : "Phebia, m., i, John Carrier, 2, Arnold Belcher. Alvira Hayford'\ dau. of Isaac Hayfords, b. Sept. 15, 1832, m. William Valentine. No children. Persis Hayford"^, dau. of John Hayford*, m. Benj. Streeter. They had one child, d. young. Sergt. Sylvester Hayford?, son of John Hayford*, b. Farm- ington, Conn., Aug. 4, 1792, d. Oct. 14, 1812, (May 21, 1787-8 as per Bible records), m. Abigail Murray, d. t8ii. They had two children : ^Solomon Hayford, b. June i, 1806, m. Sabrina Hyde. ^Mary Hayford, b. Apr. i, 1808, m. Horace Ferris. Solomon Hayford**, son of Sylvester Hayford?, b. June i, 1806, d. Apr. 6, 1S90, m. Dec. 27, 1829, Sabrina Hyde, d. July 20, 1851. They had hve children: ''John Henry Hayford, b. Oct. 20, 1831, m. Mar. 21, 1855, d. May 17, 1859. ''Jerome Hayford, b. Oct. 29, 1834, d, Jan. 26, 1834, (?) ''Sylvester Hayfo-rd, b. Apr, 29, 1836, d. July 3, 1857, ''Charles Hayford, b, Feb. 22, 1839. JOHN HAYFORD. 25 1 "Selim Hayford, b. Mar. 8, 1852. (?) Solomon Hayford* m, 2, Minerva Jerome, May 20, 1852, Mary Hayford'^, dau. of Sylvester Hayfords, b. Apr. i, 1808, m. Nov, 4, 1829, Horace Ferris, b. Feb. 5, 1796. They had three children : ''Amanda, Ferris, b. Nov. 18, 1833, m. Oct, 21, 1851, 'Warren Ferris, b. Nov. 2, 1835, "Walter H, Ferris, b, Nov, 9, 1840. Sylvester Hayfords m. 2, Elizabeth Gessuer, dau, of John N, Gessuer and Anna Onderhook, Dec. 4, 18 14. They had six chil- dren : ^Julian S, Hayford, b. May 31, 1S16, m. Sept, lo, 1832, Isaac Hubbard, b. Mar. 10, 18 10, d. iVfar, 5, 1890. She d, Jan, 17, 1896, at Waterford, N, Y. ^Capt, Henry Hayford, b, Feb. 4, 1820, m, Jan, 16, 1845, ^^- West Troy, N, Y„ Dec. 3, 1890. Five children, 'Sylvia Maria Hayford, b. Mar, 9, 1822, m. i, June 30, 1836, Isaac Patton; m. 2, Fisher Ames Wilder, Nov. 11, 1854. She died Burlington, Vt„ Sept, g, 1896, ^Capt. Riley Hayford, b. Jan. 27, 1824, m. Nov. 25, 1850, Eliza J. Turner. He d. in Boise City, Idaho, Mar. 26, 1895. 'Hilah Ann Hayford, b. Oct. 3, 1825, m. Aug. 30, 1849, Joseph Podmore. He d. Aug. 9, 186 1, at West Troy, N. Y. 'Charles William Hayford, b. Feb. 27, 1827, m. July 27, 1858. He d. in Jersey City, N. J., Feb. 16, 1891. Two children. Sergt. Sylvester Hayford"^ came to Champlain, New York, about 1808 with his parents. He died in a hospital at Savannah^ Ga., Sept. 7, 1840. Capt. Riley Hayford', son of Sylvester Hayford^ b. Sche- nectady, N. Y., Jan. 27, 1824, m. Eliza Jane Turner in Buffalo, N, Y., Nov. 25, 1850. He was a captain on the Great Lakes for many years. Moved to Illinois in 1865, thence to Nebraska in 1885, thence to Idaho in 1889, died at Boise City, Idaho, Mar. 27,1895. His widow died May 8, 1898. They had five children : 'Henry Hartley Hayford, b. Aug, 13, 1852, m, Kate Eleanor Waite. 'William J. Hayford, b. 1854, m, Eva Wilson. 'Riley Hayford, Jr., b, 1856, m. Charlotte Crane, 'George Hayford, b. Sept. 8, 1858, m, Tillie McCarty. 'Grace Mills Hayford, b. 1865, m. Chas. L. Joy. 252 THE HAYFORD FAMILY. Henry Hartley Hayford", son of Capt. Riley Hayford*, b. Aug. 13, 1 85 2, at Perrysburg, Ohio, and was raised in Buffalo, N. Y., went to Illinois with his father. Married in 1876 Kate Eleanor Waite of Hamlet, 111. f hey had three children : Maud B.^, Leslie H.^ and Clyde Hayford'^ He married 2, 1894, Emma Olive Terrill of Chicago. Most of his life was spent as a travel- ing man. His residence for the past few years has been in Des Moines, Iowa. Later he moved to Omaha, Neb. William J. Hayford", son of Capt. Riley Hayford®, m. Nov. 23, 1881, Eva Wilson, at Russell, Iowa. He died Sept. 10, 1895, at Clarinda, Iowa. They had four children, two living, viz.: ^Jay Lee Hayford, b. Apr. 25, 1887, at Belvidere, Neb. ^Anne Gessuer Hayford, b. May 3, 1893, at Milford, Neb. Riley Hayford. Jr.', son of Capt. Riley Hayford*"', b. 1856, m, Charlotte Crane of New York City. Children. George Hayford', son of Capt. Riley Hayford", b. Sept. 8, 1858, m. Tillie McCarty of Milan, 111. They had three chil- dren : ^Eelle Hayford, b. Jan. 26, 1878. ^Grace Hayford, b. July 12, 1883. ^Juanita Hayford, b. Oct, 6, 1890. Belle Hayford "^ m. Albert Chamberlain, 1896, at Los Angeles, Cal. One child: Edith-', b. Apr. 26, 1898. Grace Hayford'' m. Albert Kline, 1898, at San Francisco, Cal. One child: Edna'', b. May, 1900. Grace Mills Hayford", dau. of Capt. Riley Hayford*, b. 1865, m. Dec. 1896, Chas. L. Joy, at Lincoln, Neb. They had two children : 'Riley Joy, b. Nov. 7, 1887, at Lincoln, Neb. ^Louise Joy, b. July 17, 1893, d. May 14, 1900, at Boise City, Idaho. Dorcas Matilda Hayford^, dau. of John Hayford'', b. Apr. 3, 1778, m. Elias Hamilton. They had seven children : John^, William^ Jamon'^, Merritf^, Sidney*', Edward*' and Matilda Ham- ilton*. Ira Hayford^ grandson of John Hayford^ probably son of Joseph"*, b. 1762, d. Dec. 2, 1833, ae. 71, m. i, Mar. 7, 1786, Lydia Munson, b. 1767, d. Apr. 25, 1809, ae. 42; m. 2, 181 1, Sarah Wheeler. She d. Apr. 8, 1864, ae. 95. Their children were : JOHN HAYFORD. 2r^ «Amanda Hayford, b. Sept. 7, 1787, m. Isaac Hayford^ x8oc Altana Hayford, b. Sept. 22, 1788, d. May 17, 1880 Phoebe Hayford, b. May 11, 1790, d. Nov. 1847. •■Polly Hayford, b. Jan. 30, 1792. «Lucinda Hayford, b. Nov. 22, 1794, d. Oct. 24, 1871. Ehza Hayford, b. Aug. 10, 1803, d. Dec. 12, 1870 7oab Hayford, b. May 6, 1805. «Sallie Ann Hayford, b. Sept. 18, 1812, d. Sept. 7, 1867 wlnr. t'''"m\''" " evolutionary war, drew a pension. Went to Troy, N. Y." Mrs^Elizabeth Horton of New York, a dau. of Amanda'- and Isaac Hayford^ under date of Apr. 19, X901, writes : ''My grand- father s name on my mother's side was Ira Hayford, and his wife s name Lydia. My mother's father (Ira) was own cousin to my father (Isaac)," Thus it will be seen that John^ must have had another son than John^ who was the father of Ira^ and "own cousin to Isaac^" Other members of this family were probably Samuel Heaford, of Hardwick, Mass., who married Bellsheba rmkJiam, 1776. Samuel Hayford of Farmington, Conn., who married Thankful Adams, 1791. Lavina Hayford, who married Elias Dunbar, 1793. Vodicia Hayford, who married Noah Alden, 1804. l^OV 4 1901