Captain Ezekiel HAYES
- Born: 21 Nov 1724, Salmon Brook, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
- Married: 26 Dec 1749, Branford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
- Died: 17 Oct 1807, New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
General Notes:
Greatgrandfather of Rutherford B Hayes President of the United States.
2nd Cousin of David BARBER.
BOOK
The Holcomb(e) Genealogy History and Directory, Jesse Seaver, Philadelphia PA, American Historical-Genealogical Society, 1925, vii 286p 27.5cm, CS71.H725 1925 and 1925a, p41:
"4 Martha: b. 15 Feb 1701; m. 1716Daniel (b. 1686; d. 1756; 2nd son
of George Hayes)
I Ezekiel: b. 1724, Salmon Brook CT; m. (1) Rebecca (dau. Judge
John and Sarah (Trowbridge) Russell; (2) Mrs Abigail (Hitchcock)
Brown. i Rutherford: b. 1756; m. Chloe (dau. Col. Esrael and
Abigail (Chandler) Smith of Wethersfield CT.)
(1) Rutherford: b. 1787, Battleboro VT; m. Sophia
(dau.of Roger and Drusilla (Austin) Brichard, of
Delaware OH; merchant.
(I) PRESIDENT RUTHERFORD BRICHARD HAYES: 6 Oct
1822, Delaware OH; d. 17 Jan 1893, Fremont OH;
buried at Private burial ground, Fremont; lawyer;
grad. Kenyon College, 1842; m. 1852 Lucy Ware
Webb (b. 1831; d. 1889); President of the United States, 1877-1881; Republican; Methodist. They
had 7 sons and 1 daughter..."
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17. Capt. Ezekiel3 Hayes (Daniel2, George1)(31) was born in Simsbury, CT November 21, 1724. Ezekiel died October 17, 1807 New Haven, CT, at 82 years of age.
He married twice. He married Rebecca Russell Branford, CT, December 26, 1749. Rebecca was born in New Haven, Ct. February 6, 1723. Rebecca was the daughter of Col., Judge John Russell and Sarah Trowbridge. Rebecca died May 27, 1773 in New Haven, Ct., at 50 years of age. McCracken notes that by this marriage Ezekiel allied himself with a family more prominent than that into which he was born. On this Russell famioly, see Gurdon W. Russell, M.D., LL.D. An Account of some of the Descendants of John Russell, etc., ed. by Edwin Stanley Wells (a most careful scholar) (Hartford 1910).
He married Abigail Hitchcock. McCracken notes he was a blacksmith, scythe-maker, innholder and prominent citizen of both Branford and New Haven, CT. He was second child to bear this name. His reason for moving from Simsbury to Branford is not apparent.
Capt. Ezekiel Hayes and Rebecca Russell had the following child:
+ 59 i. Ensign Rutherford4 Hayes was born July 29, 1756.
Marriage Information:
Ezekiel married Rebecca RUSSELL on 26 Dec 1749 in Branford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA. (Rebecca RUSSELL was born on 6 Feb 1722/23 in New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, USA and died on 27 May 1773 in New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.)
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