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m. Bet 1697 and 1698
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[edit] Source[edit] RelatedWelsh Hays Line in Chester County[edit] OverviewFrom History of Delaware county, Pennsylvania Hayes, Richard, Jr., son of …[Richard (12)], continued to reside during his life on the same premises that he and his father had settled upon at the time of their arrival. In 1697, he married Elizabeth, the daughter of Henry Lewis, of Haverford, then deceased. Having received a better education than was usual among the early immigrants, and being withal a man of excellent business qualifications, he was almost constantly kept in some public employment. Still he found time to give very constant attention to his religious duties, and also to manage his pecuniary affairs to great profit and advantage. In company with David Morris and Samuel Lewis, he, about the year 1707, erected a mill on Darby Creek, for a long time known as " Haverford new Mill," (now Leedom's mill) which he managed himself till the pe- riod of his death in 1738. He was a Justice of the Courts of Chester County; served as a member of the Assembly seven years, and was for a long time one of the Commissioners of the Loan Office. His children were, |