Welsh Hays Line in Chester County

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YDNA. Hays

……………………..The Tapestry
Families	Old Chester	OldAugusta	Germanna
New River	SWVP	Cumberland	Carolina Cradle
The Smokies	Old Kentucky

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Group	Patriarch	Origin	date of Arrival	Initial Settlement	Male Line Dispersion
Cheshire Hays	Person:Jonathan Hayes (1)	Cheshire, England	1683	Marple Township	Male line Extinct by 1714
Welch Hayes	Person:Richard Hayes (12)	Pembrokshire, Wales	1687	Haverford Township	Remained in Chester County
Frederick County	person:Jonathan Hays (2)	unknown	c1720	Darby Township	To New Castle, DE, then Frederick County MD
Oxfordshire Hays	Person:Henry Hayes (5)	Fulwell, Oxfordshire, England	1705	Marlsborough Township, Chester County.	Remained in Chester County
Derry Hays Line	various	Donegal Ireland	c1730	Derry Township 1733 Borden's Grant/Beveley Manor 1740	moved along Great Road (Hays Creek line), and west into western PA (Derry Line)
Northampton Hays	Person:John Hays (15)	Ireland	c1730	Chester, then Northampton and Bucks	central and wester PA

Distribution Map of Hays in Old Chester

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Overview

During the 1680's a number of Welsh families came to Old Chester in the initial wave of William Penn's Quaker settlement. A good many came from Pembrokeshire, Wales settling in the Welsh Tract near Haverford PA. Among them were several members of the Hayes family:

Person:Richard Hayes (12), yeoman of Illmiston Parish

Person:Richard Hayes (13) yeoman of Illmiston Parish, son of Richard (12)

person:John Hayes (68), husbandman, of Illmiston Parish son of Richard (12)

Richard (12) and wife Isett (or Isell, etc) are described as being elderly when they came to Chester County. Richard died in 1697. His son John is not known to have left any male line descendants. Son Richard (13) became locally prominent, periodically serving as a Justice, and in the Assembly. He died about 1742, leaving several sons, all of whom seem to have remained in the area.