By Muriel Bristol | September 1, 2023
Daniel Hayes was born in Madbury, NH, August 30, 1759, son of Daniel and Sarah (Plummer) Hayes. (Hayes’ mother was a daughter of Richard and Elizabeth (Beard) Plummer, i.e., her mother being the “Beard” for whom Sen. Beard Plummer and others would be named in the years to follow).
Daniel Hayes is here said to have ploughed the first furrow on what must have been still his father’s Rochester North Parish (now West Milton) farm on Friday, May 19, 1780 (New England’s “Dark Day”). He is further said to have received the farm as a gift, probably as a wedding settlement, in 1783.
Daniel Hayes received, by deed of gift in 1783 and by will from his father, a homestead in Rochester, N.H., on what is now known as the Hare Road, or Nute Ridge in West Milton. His brothers Ezekiel and Ichabod settled on adjoining farms. … It is said he plowed the first furrow on his land on the famous “Dark Day,” 19 May 1780. Daniel’s “great house” in one of the most sightly spots on the ridge at the intersection of the road leading to Farmington, and the “King’s” or “Governor’s Highway” in West Milton, leading from Portsmouth to Governor Wentworth’s summer estate in Wolfeboro (Richmond, 1936).
Daniel Hayes married in Madbury, NH, in March 1784, Eunice Pinkham, both of Madbury, NH. Rev. William Hooper performed the ceremony. She was born in Madbury, NH, July 15, 1761, daughter of James Jr. and Sarah (Tibbetts) Pinkham.
(The known children of Daniel and Eunice Hayes were: Sarah “Sally” Hayes (1785–1861), James Hayes (1786–1866), Elizabeth “Betsy” Hayes (1788–1866), Mary “Polly” Hayes (1788–1873), Bidfield Hayes (1789–1842), and Lewis Hayes (1793–1862)).
Daughter Sarah “Sally” Hayes was born in Rochester, NH, March 13, 1785. (West Milton being then the Northeast Parish part of Rochester, NH). She was a namesake for her grandmothers, Sarah (Plummer) Hayes and Sarah (Tibbetts) Pinkham.
Mother-in-law Sarah (Tibbetts) Pinkham died in Dover, NH, November 8, 1785.
Son James Hayes was born in Rochester, NH, June 9, 1786. He was a namesake for his maternal grandfather, James Pinkham.
Twin daughters Elizabeth “Betsy” Hayes and Mary “Polly” Hayes were born in Rochester, NH, March 24, 1788.
Son Bidfield Hayes was born in Rochester, NH, December 16, 1789. He was a namesake for his maternal uncle, Bidfield Plummer. (And a Bidfield Meserve was his first cousin).
In his will, drawn 9 Nov. 1790, proved 24 Mar. 1807, Daniel [Sr.] gave to his wife his purse of money, all household furniture, ½ of farm utensils, ½ of live-stock, ½ of improvement of all real estate in Madbury and Barrington and ½ of all buildings thereon; to son Richard, of Lot 87 [80 acres] in Rochester; to son Daniel, 20 acres in 2nd Division in Rochester granted originally to Thomas, Gershom, and Ebenezer Downs; to son Ezekiel, % of Lot 87 [160 acres] and a piece in 4th Division in Rochester; to son Ichabod, land in 2nd Division, Rochester, and land laid out to Paul Gerrish; to daughters, Elizabeth Young, Abigail Chesley, Sarah Demerit, and Mehitable Ham, £5 each; to son Nathaniel, the homestead in Madbury and real estate in Barrington, and he was constituted residuary legatee. His wife and son Nathaniel were named executors. She refused to act, and asked that son Nathaniel alone be appointed (Richmond, 1936).
Daniel Hayes headed a Rochester, NH, household at the time of the First (1790) Federal Census. His household included two males aged 16-plus years [himself and one other], two males aged under-16 years [James Hayes and Bidfield Hayes], and three females [Sarah Hayes, Betsy Hayes, and Mary Hayes]. (Eunice (Pinkham) Hayes would seem to have been absent that day). Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of Stephen Harvey and [his brother] Ezecal Hayes.
Here [on Nute Ridge] in 1790, Eunice Pinkham Hayes planted an elm sapling which she had brought from her old home in Madbury. It became a majestic tree, sixty feet in height under whose broad shade she celebrated her hundredth birthday with a feast. It was a gala day. The cooking was done out of doors and the principal meat dish consisted of whole pigs roasted and served with an orange in the mouth of each. The old tree survived one hundred and twenty-five years but finally fell a prey to Time, and wind, and ice storms. The house, containing seventeen rooms and eleven fireplaces, was burned to the ground in 1912. On the farm was a rope walk, a tannery and other industries which largely made it independent of the outside world (Richmond, 1936).
And, as we shall see, Daniel and Eunice (Pinkham) Hayes also kept a tavern or inn there.
Daniel Hayes, Jr., was an early subscriber of the Rochester Social Library, which was founded in 1792. Milton residents Levi Jones, Jotham Nute, Barnabas Palmer, Lt. William Palmer, Beard Plumer, Joseph Walker, and others, were also subscribers (McDuffee, 1892).
Daniel Hayes was one of the promoters of the “Social Library” in Rochester, which was organized in 1792, maintaining that “learning tended to enlarge the views and soften the tempers of mankind” (Richmond, 1936).
(The Rochester Social Library should not be confused with the similar Milton Social Library of thirty years later).
Son Lewis Hayes was born in Rochester, NH, December 11, 1793.
Father-in-law James Pinkham died in Madbury, NH, November 14, 1798.
Daniel Hayes headed a Rochester, NH, household at the time of the Second (1800) Federal Census. His household included one male aged 26-44 [himself], one female aged 26-44 years [Eunice (Pinkham) Hayes], two females aged 10-15 years [Sarah Hayes and Mary Hayes], two males aged 10-15 years [James Hayes and Bidfield Hayes], one female aged under-10 years [Elizabeth Hayes], and one male aged under-10 years [Lewis Hayes]. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of Isaac Hanson and Ezekiel Hayes.
Daniel Hayes, Jr., and his brothers, Ezekiel Hayes and Ichabod Hayes, signed the Rochester Division Petition of May 1802.
Capt. Daniel Hayes worked with Caleb Wingate and Gilman Jewett in building the original Milton townhouse in 1803. (In its original form it had also an upper story).
The first meetinghouse in Milton was erected on the Ridge in accordance with a vote passed at the annual meeting in 1802. John Fish, Beard Plumer and Gilman Jewett, were the executive committee. The lot on which the building was erected was purchased of Thomas and Aaron Downes for $26. The meetinghouse was completed at a cost of about $2,400, by Caleb Wingate, Capt. Daniel Hayes and Gilman Jewett. The net cost of the church, however, was not so large, as the pews were sold for nearly $2,000. The first service was held in 1804 and from that time until after 1830, the meetinghouse was constantly in use. The first preachers to occupy the pulpit were Rev. Gideon Burt and Rev. Christopher Page both of whom were here in 1804 (Mitchell-Cony, 1908).
Daniel Hayes received his initial five-year appointment as a Milton justice-of-the-peace, June 13, 1806.
Sarah “Sally” Hayes married in Rochester, NH, November 23, 1806, John Meserve, both of Milton. Rev. Joseph Haven performed the ceremony. Meserve was born in South Berwick, ME, April 17, 1785, son of Stephen and Abigail (Yeaton) Meserve.
Father Daniel Hayes [Sr.] died in Madbury, NH, February 26, 1807. His son, also Daniel Hayes, spent £1 11s 6d on some mourning items and fabrics for himself and other family members. “Millinet” was a fabric for lining bonnets.
Daniel’s father died in Feb. 1807, and an old account book gives the following interesting items of Daniel’s expenditure in preparation for the funeral: “one pair of Black Stockens, 7/ [7 shillings], one pair of Silk gloves, 11/6 [11 shillings, 6 pence], one yard and one-half of wide Crape, 9/9 [9 shillings, 9 pence], 1¾ yards of ribbing [ribbon], 1/1 [one shilling, 1 pence], one pair of men’s gloves, 2/3 [2 shillings, 3 pence], millinet for bunnet [bonnet] & pasteboard, /10 [10 pence] (Richmond, 1936).
On 16 Nov. 1807, Sarah [(Plummer) Hayes], “Spinster & widow of Daniel Hayes [Sr.,] late decd of Madbury” made her will giving “daughter Elizabeth Young my large looking glass”; to her four daughters, all her household furniture; to four sons, Richard, Daniel, Ezekiel, and Ichabod, $1 each; to “grandson Plumer Hayes my Desk”; to son Nathaniel, money, live-stock, farming utensils, “one clock & one bed and one large table and my large andirons, shovel & tongs, my flax comb & my loom and ** whatever not hereby disposed of” (Richmond, 1936).
Daniel Hayes headed a Milton household at the time of the Third (1810) Federal Census. His household included one male aged 40-plus [himself], one female aged 45-plus years [Eunice (Pinkham) Hayes], three males aged 16-25 years [James Hayes, Bidfield Hayes, and Lewis Hayes], two females aged 16-25 years [Mary Hayes and Elizabeth Hayes], and one female aged 10-15 years. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of Hopley Meservy and Ezekiel Hayes.
John Meservey headed a Milton household at the time of the Third (1810) Federal Census. His household included one male aged 16-25 [himself], one female aged 16-25 years [Sarah (Hayes) Meservey], and two males aged under-10 years. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of Ichabod Wentw. [Wentworth] and James Varna [Varney], Jr.
Son James Hayes married in New Durham, NH, March 7, 1811, Mrs. Dorothy “Dolly” Leighton, he of Milton and she of New Durham, NH. Rev. Moses Cheney performed the ceremony. She was born in New Durham, NH, June 28, 1788, daughter of Jacob and Mary (Townsend) Leighton.
Daniel Hayes received a renewal five-year appointment as a Milton justice-of-the-peace, June 11, 1811.
Son Bidfield Hayes married in Madbury, NH, September 11, 1811, Abigail A. Meserve, he of Milton and she of Dover, NH. Rev. William Hooper performed the ceremony. She was born in Madbury, NH, circa 1790, daughter of Paul and Sarah (Pinkham) Meserve.
Mother Sarah (Plummer) Hayes died in 1812.
Elizabeth “Betsy” Hayes married in Rochester, NH, August 27, 1812, Joseph Pearl, she of Milton and he of Farmington, NH. Rev. Joseph Haven performed the ceremony. Pearl was born in Farmington, NH, in 1786, son of Ichabod and Mary (Young) Pearl.
Daniel Hayes and his brothers contracted with the U.S. Government to provide ship timbers during the War of 1812.
In partnership with his brothers Ichabod and Ezekiel, he furnished ship timbers and masts by contract with the U.S. Government for the navy at the time of the War of 1812. The records of this partnership with the details of ship dimensions are preserved (Richmond, 1936).
Son Bidfield Hayes of Milton was accused in a paternity suit brought by Rebecca Hayes of Rochester, NH, in January 1812. He was adjudicated responsible in the local court, and the NH legislature passed an act in June 1813, which granted him a new trial.
AN ACT GRANTING TO BIDFIELD HAYES A NEW TRIAL IN A CERTAIN CASE. [Approved June 16, 1813. Original Acts, vol. 22, p. 12; recorded Acts, vol. 20, p. 33]. Whereas Bidfield Hayes of Milton, in the County of Strafford, hath petitioned the General Court, setting forth, that, at the Court of Common pleas, begun and holden at Rochester, within and for said County of Strafford, on the first Tuesday of January, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and twelve, on complaint of Rebecca Hayes of Rochester aforesaid, he the said was adjudged by the Honorable Court to be the father of bastard child, born of said Rebecca, and was found chargeable with its support; which said judgment and sentence the said Bidfield represented as wrong and erroneous and contrary to law and evidence – and praying relief in the premises, which appearing reasonable.
Therefore, Sec. I. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened that the said Bidfield Hayes be, and he hereby is authorised and empowered to cause an entry said Complaint to be made at the Court of Common Pleas, to be holden at Gilmanton, within and for said County of Strafford, the third Tuesday of August next, in the same way and as said complaint was heretofore entered against him; and the Justices of said Court of Common pleas are hereby authorized, empowered and directed to take cognizance of said Complaint, and to hear, try and determine the same in the same manner as though said complaint had never before been entered and tried; and in case said Bidfield Hayes shall prevail in his defence against said Complaint, and shall be adjudged not chargeable, the former judgment and sentence of said Court shall be considered as reversed, and said Bidfield shall be allowed all reasonable costs to be taxed from commencement of said prosecution, and execution shall issue accordingly; and in case said Bidfield shall be adjudged chargeable, the former sentence against said Bidwell shall be considered as affirmed, and the said Rebecca shall be allowed all reasonable additional costs. Sect. 2. And be it further enacted, that said Rebecca Hayes shall be served with an attested copy of this act, at least thirty days before the third Tuesday of August next, by leaving the same at her last and usual place of abode (NH Secretary of State, 1920).
Son-in-law John Meserve, who served as a sergeant, son James Hayes, who served as a private, and son Lewis Hayes, who served as a drummer, all marched to Portsmouth, NH, in September 1814, with Capt. William Courson’s Milton militia company during the War of 1812. (See Milton in the War of 1812).
Colonel John Meserve, born April 14, 1785, was colonel of New Hampshire volunteers in the War of 1812 and saw service on the northern frontier under General Hull (Parker & Whitcher, 1908).
[Ed.: This statement requires more support or explanation. Gen. William Hull surrendered Fort Detroit to the British in 1812. Sgt. Meserve marched to Portsmouth, NH, with Capt. Courson and the Milton militia company in 1814. He would indeed become a Colonel of NH militia but not for another decade].
Daniel Hayes received a renewal five-year appointment as a Milton justice-of-the-peace, June 17, 1816.
Daniel Hayes signed a Milton petition to the NH legislature regarding road weight limitations, in 1816.
Son Bidfield Hayes was elected as Milton Constable in 1817 and 1822.
Cornet Bidfield Hayes was one of fourteen officers of the Second NH Militia Regiment that petitioned the NH legislature, September 23, 1819, for appointment of a regimental surgeon’s mate. The regimental surgeon, who resided in Dover, NH, was too distant from them to fulfill all their needs alone. (Captain Jeremy Nute, Lieutenant James Hayes, Jr., Ensign Norton Scates, and Captain Theodore C. Lyman were among the other petitioners).
Daniel Hayes was among the 127 Milton men that signed the Milton anti-division remonstrance of June 1820. His three sons signed too. (See Milton Militia Dispute – 1820).
Son Lewis Hayes married in Wolfeboro, NH, August 17, 1820, Sarah M. Clark, he of Milton, and she of Wolfeboro, NH. Isaac Townsend performed the ceremony. She was born in Wolfeboro, NH, March 23, 1800, daughter of Joseph and Comfort (Weeks) Clark.
Milton sent Daniel Hayes to Concord, NH, as its NH State Representative for the 1820-21 biennium.
The legislature examined “A Statement Exhibiting a General View of the Concerns of the State Prison on the 31st of May in Each Year from 1816 to 1820.” The prison found itself to be $12,388 in arrears.
Voted that Messrs. Howe, N. Abbot, March, Hayes, Bowers, Crosby, James Smith, Carpenter, Kimball, and Page, be a committee to take into consideration the communication this day received from his Excellency the Governor, and the documents accompanying the same, relative to the affairs of the State Prison; and also to report what compensation shall be made his Excellency the Governor and the honorable Council for their trouble in discharging the duties of Board of Directors of that institution the past year.
On Tuesday, June 20, 1820, the NH House was asked to consider a set of resolutions set forth by the Virginia legislature. The resolutions arose out of the pro-slavery desire to admit Missouri as a slave state, and they argued that slavery already existed in some states – a precedent – and that differential restrictions would be unconstitutional. A NH House committee tasked with reporting on the Virginia resolves vociferously opposed their interpretation and argued for their rejection by New Hampshire.
This painful necessity may justify temporary continuance of slavery in certain States of the Union, where it now exists, but in the opinion of the Committee nothing can justify the unnecessary extension of this great evil to newly formed States (North Star (Danville, VT), July 6, 1820).
Rep. Hayes voted with the majority of the NH Legislature, which rejected the Virginia resolves unanimously, with 194 members [100.0%] opposed to 0 members [0.0%] in favor. But the U.S. Congress agreed to the so-called Missouri Compromise, whereby Missouri would be admitted to the U.S. as a slave state, with the admittance of Maine as a sort of counterbalance.
In June 1821, A bill entitled “An act regulating the practice of physic in this State” was in its second reading. A motion was made to amend the bill to strike out its first section. Rep. Hayes voted with the 111 members (68.9%) in favor of the amendment, rather than with the 50 members (31.1%) that opposed it.
Mr. Hayes, from the committee appointed to nominate and report a suitable person to officiate as Chaplain to the Legislature, the present session, reported that the Rev. Ephraim P. Bradford is a suitable person to officiate as Chaplain to the Legislature the present session.
Rev. Ephraim P. Bradford (1776-1845) was a Presbyterian pastor in New Boston, NH. Later that year he published his Sermon Preached at Concord before the Legislature of New-Hampshire.
Rep. Hayes, along with Reps. Baker, Pattee, Barrett, and Bean of Warner, NH, and Sen. Huntingdon were appointed a committee to continue to find and report Chaplain prospects.
Rep. Mason moved that a bill to incorporate the Portsmouth Bank be passed. Rep. Neally of Lee, NH, moved that the incorporation bill be amended to allow the bank to issue currency bills equal to the value of one-half of its capital stock. Rep. Hayes voted with the minority of 55 members [39.9%] that favored the amendment, rather than with the majority of 83 members [60.1%] that voted against the amendment.
When the first amendment failed, Rep. Neally moved instead that the proposed bank be able to issue currency bills equal to the value of two-thirds of its capital stock. The second amendment also failed. Finally, Rep. Neally proposed a third amendment that would have allowed the bank to issue currency bills equal to three-quarters of its capital stock. The third amendment also failed. Of course, the highest and safest proportion would be currency bills issued only to the extent of its hard money reserves. The bill passed as in its original form.
Daniel Hayes was one of nine Strafford County men, including Robert Mathes [Sr.], that petitioned the NH Governor, November 14, 1820, seeking appointment of two additional Strafford County judges. They recommended Joseph Boody (1782-1876) of New Durham, NH, for one of the two judgeships.
Daniel Hayes received a renewal five-year appointment as a Milton justice-of-the-peace, June 22, 1821.
Daniel Hayes was one of ten Milton men that signed a regional petition in 1822, seeking appointment of Dr. Joseph Hammons (1787-1836) as a Farmington, NH, justice-of-the-peace.
Son Bidfield Hayes had risen in the militia ranks from Cornet in the Second NH Militia Regiment, in 1819, to Adjutant of the newly formed Thirty-Ninth NH Militia Regiment, by 1822.
Daughter Mary Hayes married in Milton, in 1824, Calvin S. Horne, both of Milton. Rev. James Walker performed the ceremony. Horne was born in Rochester, NH, April 8, 1800, son of Richard and Lucy (Scates) Horne.
Justices of the Peace. Milton – Jotham Nute, D. Hayes, John Remich, jr., J. Roberts, Hanson Hayes (Farmer, 1824).
Daniel Hayes received a renewal five-year appointment as a Milton justice-of-the-peace, June 15, 1826.
Daniel Hayes testified when his sister-in-law Lydia (Watson) Hayes, sought to claim the Revolutionary War widow’s pension due to her. This would have been in or after 1827. He testified that his older brother, Richard Hayes (1753-1826), who had served in Capt. John Drew’s company, had moved to [North] Berwick, ME, after being discharged from the Continental army. Her pension claim was allowed.
In 1827, Jonathan Hussey of Rochester, NH, was Colonel of the Thirty-Ninth NH Militia Regiment; Bidfield Hayes of Milton was his Lt. Colonel; John Meserve of Rochester, NH, was his Major; Seth Tibbetts of Rochester, NH, was his Adjutant; and Joseph H. Hanson of Rochester was his Quartermaster.
Jonathan Hursey [Hussey], and others, petitioned the NH House for the removal of Lt. Col. Bidfield Hayes, June 12, 1828. (Milton’s NH State Representative during this session was Thomas Chapman).
Ordered, that the further consideration of the subject be postponed to the next session of the legislature; and that the petitioners be heard on the petition before the committee on Military Affairs on the first Wednesday of the next session of said legislature. And that the petitioners serve attested copy of this petition and the order thereon upon the said Lieutenant Colonel Bedfield Hayes, ninety days at least before the day of hearing.
On Wednesday, December 17, 1828, Rep. Reed of the Military Affairs Commitee reported and moved that the petitioners be allowed to rescind their petition. His motion passed.
But, apparently, it was the complainant, Col. Jonathan Hussey, who would be removed. By 1830, John Meserve of Rochester, NH, was Colonel of the Thirty-Ninth NH Militia Regiment; Bidfield Hayes of Milton was his Lt. Colonel; Timothy Hanson of Rochester, NH, was his Major; N. Whitehouse of Rochester, NH, was his Adjutant; and John M’Duffee of Rochester was his Quartermaster.
Justices of the Peace. Milton. Jotham Nute, D. Hayes, John Remich, J. Roberts, Hanson Hayes, Stephen M. Mathes, John Nutter, Thomas Chapman (Lyon, 1829).
Daniel Hayes headed a Milton household at the time of the Fifth (1830) Federal Census. His household included one male aged 70-79 years [himself], and one female aged 60-69 years [Eunice (Pinkham) Hayes]. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of Thomas P. Ricker and [his son] Lewis Hayes.
John Meserve headed a Rochester, NH, household at the time of the Fifth (1830) Federal Census. His household included one male aged 40-49 years [himself], one female aged 40-49 years [Sarah (Hayes) Meserve], two males aged 20-29 years [Bidfield G. Meserve and Samuel Meserve], one male aged 15-19 years [Andrew J. Meserve], one female aged 15-19 years, one male aged 10-14 years [Lewis H. Meserve], one female aged 10-14 years [Eunice H. Meserve], one male aged 5-9 years [Emery Meserve], and two females aged 5-9 years [Sarah Meserve and Elizabeth Meserve].
James Hayes headed a Milton household at the time of the Fifth (1830) Federal Census. His household included one male aged 40-49 years [himself], one female aged 40-49 years [Dorothy (Leighton) Hayes], one male aged 15-19 years, one female aged 15-19 years, and one male aged 10-14 years, one female aged 10-14 years, one male aged 5-9 years, two females aged 5-9 years, and one male aged under-5 years. His household appeared in the enumeration between those of Chas. Horn and Sally Hayes.
Joseph Pearl headed a Farmington, NH, household at the time of the Fifth (1830) Federal Census. His household included one male aged 40-49 years [himself], one female aged 30-39 years [Elizabeth (Hayes) Pearle], one male aged 15-19 years [Daniel Pearle], one male aged 10-14 years [Rufus K. Pearle], one female aged 5-9 years [Eliza Pearle], one female aged under-5 years [Mary Pearle], one female aged 80-89 years, and one male aged 70-79 years.
Calvin S. Horne headed a Milton household at the time of the Fifth (1830) Federal Census. His household included one male aged 30-39 years [himself], and one female aged 40-49 years [Mary (Hayes) Horne]. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of [his brother-in-law] Lewis Hayes and Chas. Horne.
Bidfield Hayes headed a New Durham, NH, household at the time of the Fifth (1830) Federal Census. His household included one male aged 50-59 years [himself], one female aged 40-49 years [Abigail (Meserve) Hayes], two females aged 15-19 years [Sarah M. Hayes], one male aged 15-19 years [Paul M. Hayes], one male aged 10-14 years [Daniel Hayes], two males aged 5-9 years [Horace C. Hayes and Lorenzo D. Hayes], and three males aged under-5 years [Sylvester A. Hayes].
Lewis Hayes headed a Milton household at the time of the Fifth (1830) Federal Census. His household included one male aged 30-39 years [himself], one female aged 20-29 years, two males aged 5-9 years, one male aged under-5 years, and one female aged under-5 years. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of [his father] Daniel Hayes and [his brother-in-law] Calvin S. Horne.
Daniel Hayes received a renewal five-year appointment as a Milton justice-of-the-peace, June 21, 1831.
JUSTICES OF THE PEACE. Milton – Daniel Hayes, John Remich, James Roberts, Hanson Hayes, Stephen M. Mathes, John Nutter, Theodore C. Lyman, Samuel S. Mason, Stephen Drew, Israel Nute, John L. Swinerton, Thomas Chapman (Lyon, 1835).
Daniel Hayes received a renewal five-year appointment as a Milton justice-of-the-peace, June 11, 1836.
Daniel Hayes headed a Milton household at the time of the Sixth (1840) Federal Census. His household included one male aged 80-89 years [himself], and one female aged 70-79 years [Eunice (Pinkham) Hayes]. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of Joseph Pearl and Ephraim Hayes.
John Meserve headed a South Berwick, ME, household at the time of the Sixth (1840) Federal Census. His household included one male aged 50-59 years [himself], one female aged 50-59 years (Sarah (Hayes) Meserve], one female aged 30-39 years, two males aged 20-29 years, one female aged 20-29 years, one male aged 15-19 years, three females aged 15-19 years, and one female aged 10-14 years. Ten members of his household were engaged in Manufacture and Trade.
James Hayes headed a Milton household at the time of the Sixth (1840) Federal Census. His household included one male aged 50-59 years [himself], one female aged 50-59 years [Dorothy (Leighton) Hayes], one male aged 15-19 years, one female aged 15-19 years, and one male aged 10-14 years. Three members of his household were engaged in Agriculture. His household appeared in the enumeration between those of Ephraim Hayes and Calvin S. Horn.
Joseph Pearle headed a Milton household at the time of the Sixth (1840) Federal Census. His household included one male aged 50-59 years [himself], one female aged 40-49 years [Elizabeth (Hayes) Pearle], one male aged 20-29 years [Rufus K. Pearle], one female aged 15-19 years [Eliza Pearle], and one female aged 10-14 years [Mary Pearle]. One member of his household was engaged in Agriculture and one member was engaged in a Learned Profession. (His son, Rufus K. Pearl, M.D., was a physician). Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of Edward Tibbetts and Daniel Hayes.
Calvin S. Horn headed a Milton household at the time of the Sixth (1840) Federal Census. His household included one male aged 30-39 years [himself], one female aged 40-49 years [Mary (Hayes) Horn], and one female aged 5-9 years. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of James Hayes and Ichabod Hayes.
Bidfield Hayes headed a New Durham, NH, household at the time of the Sixth (1840) Federal Census, His household included one male aged 50-59 years [himself], one female aged 40-49 years [Abigail A. (Meserve) Hayes], one female aged 15-19 years, two females aged 15-19 years, one male aged 10-14 years, two males aged 5-9 years, and three males aged under-5 years.
Lewis Hayes headed a Kittery, ME, household at the time of the Sixth (1840) Federal Census. His household included one male aged 40-49 years [himself], one female aged 40-49 years [Sarah M. (Clark) Hayes], one male aged 15-19 years [Albert A. Hayes], one male aged 10-14 years [Charles E. Hayes], one female aged 10-14 years [Comfort W. Hayes], one male aged 5-9 years [Alfred C. Hayes], and one male aged under-5 years [George H. Hayes]. One member of his household was engaged in Commerce.
Daniel Hayes received his final five-year renewal appointment, June 12, 1841. The marginal note where the next appointment would be ordinarily said instead “old.” One might take that as indicating his retirement. (His nephew, Daniel Hayes, Jr., appeared on the very same page as receiving his renewal appointment, June 24, 1839).
Son Bidfield Hayes died in Milton, May 5, 1842, aged fifty-two years.
Abigail Hayes appeared in the Dover, NH, directory of 1843, as the widow of Bidfield Hayes, with her house at Waldron street. Paul M. Hayes appeared as a harness maker in Chapel street, boarding at with Widow A. Hayes.
JUSTICES OF THE PEACE. Milton – Levi Jones, Stephen Drew, Daniel Hayes, Hanson Hayes, John Nutter, Theodore C. Lyman, John L. Swinerton, Joseph Cook, John J. Plumer, Daniel Hayes, jr., Enoch Banfield, Daniel P. Warren, Joseph Cook, James Berry, Wm. B. Lyman (Farmer & Lyon, 1844).
Son-in-law Joseph Pearl received his initial five-year appointment as a Milton justice-of-the-peace, July 6, 1846. Robert Mathes and Ichabod H. Wentworth received their appointments that same day.
Daniel Hayes died in Milton, December 4, 1846, aged eighty-seven years, two months.
“Capt. Squire Daniel,” as he was often spoken of by his townsmen, was a man of note in the community. He was a captain in the militia, a representative to the General Court, and he held important town offices. He was an inn keeper and his entertainments and dinners were often spoken of by the press as “served in his usual style of excellence” (Richmond, 1936).
Ministerial diarist Elder Enoch Hayes Place remembered Daniel Hayes a few years after his death.
Daniel Hayes, Esq., was a brother to my wife’s mother. A large land holder, and a great house, where he kept an open tavern many years. He was a talented well read man. Filled many important offices (NEHGS, 1998).
John Meserve, a mason, aged sixty-five years (b. NH), headed a South Berwick, ME, household at the time of the Seventh (1850) Federal Census. His household included Sally [(Hayes)] Meserve, aged sixty-five years (b. [NH]), Louisa Hayes, aged sixteen years (b. [NH]), Sarah A. Meserve, aged sixteen years (b. [NH]), Jerusha Stewert, a laborer, aged eighteen years (b. [NH]), Sarah Webber, aged twenty-five years (b. [NH]), Mary Stone, aged twenty-four years (b. ME), Ruth Russell, aged twenty-five years (b. [ME]), Amos Russell, a laborer, aged eighteen years (b. [ME]), John H. Furguson, a laborer, aged twenty years (b. [ME]), Lafayette Newell, a laborer, aged twenty-one years (b. [ME]), Abba Hilton, aged eighteen years (b. [ME]), and Louisa Hilton, aged sixteen years (b. [ME]). John Meserve had real estate valued at $800.
James Hayes, a farmer, aged sixty-four years (b. NH), headed a Milton household at the time of the Seventh (1850) Federal Census. His household included Dorothy [(Leighton)] Hayes, aged sixty-three years (b. NH), William Towne, a shoemaker, aged thirty-seven years (b. MA), Betsey [(Hayes)] Towne, aged thirty-one years (b. NH), Isaiah W. Towne, aged six years (b. MA), Emma A. Towne, aged four years (b. MA), Ralph W. Towne, aged two years (b. NH), William Maine, a shoemaker, aged thirty years (b. NH), Susan Maine, aged twenty years (b. NH), and Ellen Maine, aged two months (b. NH). James Hayes had real estate valued at $1,000. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of John J. Plumer, a farmer, aged fifty years (b. NH), and Seth W. Varney, a shoemaker, aged thirty years (b. NH).
Joseph Pearl, a farmer, aged sixty-four years (b. NH), headed a Milton household at the time of the Seventh (1850) Federal Census. His household included Betsey [(Hayes)] Pearl, aged fifty-eight years (b. NH), James Rowe, a farmer, aged fifteen years (b. NH), and Eunice [(Pinkham)] Hayes, aged eighty-nine years (b. NH). Joseph Pearl had real estate valued at $10,600. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of William W. Cook, a farmer, aged fifty-two years (b. NH), and Richard T. Rollins, a stone cutter, aged forty-seven years (b. NH).
Calvin S. Horn, a farmer, aged fifty years (b. NH), headed a Milton household at the time of the Seventh (1850) Federal Census. His household included Polly [(Hayes)] Horn, aged sixty-two years (b. NH), and Thomas J. Hayes, a shoemaker, aged eighteen years (b. NH). Calvin S. Horn had real estate valued at $1,500. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of Seth W. Varney, a shoemaker, aged thirty years (b. NH), and Sally Hayes, aged seventy-two years (b. NH).
Lewis Hayes, a landlord, aged fifty-seven years (b. ME [SIC]), headed a Kittery, ME, household at the time of the Seventh (1850) Federal Census. His household included Sarah [(Clark)] Hayes, aged fifty years (b. ME [SIC]), Alfred Hayes, aged twenty years (b. ME), George Hayes, aged fourteen years (b. ME), Calvin Hayes, aged eight years (b. ME), Pamelia Adams, aged twelve years (b. ME), Comfort Doe, aged forty-seven years (b. ME), Angeline Carter, aged twenty-three years (b. ME), James Ligerwood, an engineer, aged thirty-five years (b. NJ), John Reed, a stone mason, aged thirty years (b. MA), Daniel Smith, a stone mason, aged twenty-five years (b. France), Samuel Kilborn, a sailmaker, aged fifty years (b. MA), Marshall Lewis, a carpenter, aged twenty years (b. MA), and Thomas Cottle, a carpenter, aged forty-five years (b. ME). Lewis Hayes had real estate valued at $3,000. (Lewis Hayes appeared in the Kittery, ME, business directory of 1856, as proprietor of the Hayes Tavern in Kittery, ME).
Son-in-law Joseph Pearl received a renewal five-year appointment as a Milton justice-of-the-peace, June 27, 1851. Robert Mathes and Ichabod H. Wentworth received their appointments that same day.
Son-in-law John Meserve appeared in the ME Business Directory of 1852, as a South Berwick, ME, justice-of-the-peace. (This appointment began May 26, 1849).
Sarah M. [(Hayes)] Bigford, aged forty-two years (b. NH), headed a Natick, MA, household at the time of the First (1855) MA State Census. Her household included Anna C. Bigford, aged thirteen years (b. NH), Ella F. Bigford, aged one year (b. MA), Horace Hayes, a cutter, aged thirty-seven years (b. NH), Abagail [(Meserve)] Hayes, aged sixty-four years (b. NH).
Ministerial diarist Enoch Hayes Place spent the night at Hayes’ son-in-law Joseph Pearl’s house in Milton in 1856:
We were soon on our way to New-Durham. Put up at the house of Joseph Pearl, Esq., whose wife is an own cousin to Mrs. Place. Her aunt, the widow of Daniel Hayes, Esq., is nearly 96 years of age (NEHGS, 1998).
John Meserve, a gentleman, aged seventy-five years (b. NH), headed a South Berwick, ME, household at the time of the Eighth (1860) Federal Census. His household included Sally [(Hayes)] Meserve, aged seventy-five years (b. NH), Daniel B. West, operative in mill, aged fifty-five years (b. CT), Susan Jenkins, aged eighteen years, Josephine Kingsbury, aged eighteen years (b. MA), Flavius Suesman, aged twenty years (b. NH), Sarah E. Ferguson, operative in mill, aged twenty-one years (b. ME), and Ann Linscott, operative in mill, aged eighteen years (b. ME). John Meserve had real estate valued at $1,000 and personal estate valued at $100.
James Hayes, a farmer, aged seventy-four years (b. NH), headed a Milton household at the time of the Eighth (1860) Federal Census. His household included Dorothy [(Leighton)] Hayes, aged seventy-one years (b. NH). Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of William Town, a farmer, aged forty-eight years (b. NH [SIC]), and George Blake, a farm laborer, aged forty-six years (b. NH).
Joseph Pearl, a farmer aged seventy-three years (b. NH), headed a Milton “W. Milton P.O.”) household at the time of the Eighth (1860) Federal Census. His household included Betsey [(Hayes)] Pearl, aged sixty-eight years (b. NH), and Eunice [(Pinkham)] Hayes, aged ninety-nine years (b. NH). Joseph Pearl had real estate valued at $4,000 and personal estate valued at $5,000. Their household appeared first in the enumeration, and was followed by Ephraim Hayes, a farmer, aged fifty-five years (b. NH).
Calvin S. Horne, a farmer, aged sixty years (b. NH), headed a Milton household at the time of the Eighth (1860) Federal Census. His household included Polley [(Hayes)] Horn, aged seventy-two years (b. NH). Calvin S. Horne had real estate valued at $2,000 and personal estate valued at $100. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of George Blake, a farm laborer, aged forty-six years (b. NH), and Thomas Hayes, a farmer, aged forty-five years (b. NH).
Horace Hayes, a mechanic, aged twenty-nine years (b. NH), headed a Natick, MA, household at the time of the Eighth (1860) Federal Census. His household included Edwin Hayes, aged four years (b. MA), Abigail [(Meserve)] Hayes, a widow, aged sixty-seven years (b. NH), and Ella T. Beckford, aged six years (b. MA).
Lewis Hayes, a landlord, aged sixty-four years (b. NH), headed a Kittery, ME, household at the time of the Eighth (1860) Federal Census. His household included Sarah M. [(Clark)] Hayes, aged sixty years (b. NH), Alfred C. Hayes, a ship carpenter, aged twenty-eight years (b. NH), and Calvin L. Hayes, a student, aged eighteen years (b. ME). Lewis Hayes had real estate valued at $4,000 and personal estate valued at $100.
Son-in-law Joseph Pearl received a renewal five-year appointment as a Milton justice-of-the-peace, June 15, 1861. Robert Mathes received his appointment that same day. In the margin where his 1866 renewal would have been there was instead a note to the effect that Pearl was “dead.”
Daughter Sarah (Hayes) Meserve died in ME, November 9, 1861, aged seventy-six years.
Son Lewis Hayes died in Kittery, ME, March 31, 1862, aged sixty-eight years, one month.
Miscellaneous. NOTICE. THE undersigned having been appointed by the Court of Probate for the County of York, commissioners to receive, examine and decide upon claims of creditors against the estate of Lewis Hayes, late of Kittery, in said county, deceased, represented insolvent, hereby give notice that they will meet at the office of Francis Bacon, at said Kittery, on the last Saturdays of January, March and May ensuing, between the hours or one and four o’clock P.M., for the purpose of receiving and examining said claims. FRANCIS BACON, EPH’M OTIS. Dated the second day of December, A. D. 1863. 3wl (Union and Journal (Biddeford, ME), January 2, 1863).
At a Court of Probate held at Limerick, with in and for the county of York, on the first Tues. in September, in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and sixty-three, by the Hon. E.E. Bourne, Judge of said Court: SARAH HAYES, widow of Lewis Hayes, late of Kittery, in said county, deceased, having presented her petition for her dower in said estate to be assigned and set out to her, and that commissioners may be appointed for that purpose pursuant to law: Also, her petition for an allowance out of the personal estate of said deceased. Ordered, That the said petitioner give notice to all persons interested, by causing a copy of this order to be published three weeks successively in the Union & Journal, printed at Biddeford, in said county that they may appear at a Probate Court to be holden at Alfred, in said county, on the first Tuesday in October next, at ten of the clock in the forenoon, and show cause if any they have, why the same should not be allowed. Attest, George H. Knowlton, Register. A true copy. Attest, George H. Knowlton, Register (Union and Journal (Biddeford, ME), October 2, 1863).
Ministerial diarist Enoch Hayes Place dined at Hayes’ son-in-law Joseph Pearl’s house in Milton in October 1862:
Dined at Joseph Pearl’s, Esq., where I found our aged aunt Eunice Hayes. Still living in good health and keene eyesight. Aged 101 years, 7 months (NEHGS, 1998).
Eunice (Pinkham) Hayes died of old age in Milton, March 8, 1863, aged one hundred and one years, eight months, and thirteen days.
Mrs. Eunice Hayes died at Milton, N.H., on the 27th of last March, at the age of 102. She left 181 descendants, was born on Friday – consecrated to God in baptism on Friday – married on Friday – moved into Milton on Friday – husband died on Friday – she died on Friday, as she often affirmed she should (Wood County Reporter (Grand Rapids, WI), May 7, 1863).
Mrs. Eunice Hayes, of Milton, N.H., was born on Friday, was baptised on Friday, and was married on Friday. Her eldest child was born on Friday; her husband died on Friday, and she herself died on Friday. It remains to be told that her husband died of old age, having lived ninety-six years. At the time of her decease she had attained the great age of one hundred and two years, and had one hundred and eighty descendants. With her Friday was certainly no unlucky day (Los Angeles Daily Times (Los Angeles, CA), July 9, 1863).
Abigail [(Meserve)] Hayes, a housekeeper, aged seventy-five years (b. NH), headed a Natick, MA, household at the time of the Second (1865) MA State Census. Her household included Ella F. Bickford, aged eleven years (b. MA), and Edwin W. Hayes, aged nine years (b. MA).
Son James Hayes died in Milton, October 8, 1866, aged seventy-nine years. He was a farmer.
Daughter Betsy [(Hayes)] Pearl died of consumption in Farmington, NH, December 17, 1866, aged seventy-five years.
Son-in-law Joseph Pearl died of consumption in Farmington, NH, March 13, 1867, aged eighty years, eight months.
Daniel Hayes, works in shoe factory, aged fifty-one years (b. NH), headed a Natick, MA, household at the time of the Ninth (1870) Federal Census. His household included Hannah S. Hayes, keeping house, aged fifty-one years (b. NH), Elmer Hayes, works for shoe factory, aged twenty-six years (b. MA), Edgar Hayes, works for shoe factory, aged twenty-four years (b. MA), Daniel F. Hayes, works for shoe factory, aged seventeen years (b. MA), Eliza J. Hayes, aged ten years (b. MA), and Abigail [(Meserve)] Hayes, no occupation, aged seventy-nine years (b. NH). Daniel Hayes had real estate valued at $1,300 and personal estate valued at $100.
Dorothy [(Leighton)] Hayes, keeping house, aged eighty-one years (b. NH), headed a Milton household at the time of the Ninth (1870) Federal Census. Her household included Asa A. Hayes, a farm laborer, aged forty-seven years (b. NH). Dorothy Hayes has real estate valued at $1,000 and person estate valued at $125. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of William Town, a works for shoe factory, aged fifty-eight years (b. MA), and [her brother-in-law] Calvin S. Horne, a farm laborer, aged seventy years (b. NH).
Calvin S. Horne, a farm laborer, aged seventy years (b. NH), headed a Milton household at the time of the Ninth (1870) Federal Census. His household included Polley [(Hayes)] Horn, aged eighty-two years (b. NH). Calvin S. Horne had real estate valued at $1,000 and personal estate valued at $300. Their household appeared in the enumeration between those of Dorothy Hayes, a keeping house, aged eighty-one years (b. NH), and Ichabod Hayes, a farmer, aged fifty-eight years (b. NH).
Sarah M. [(Clark)] Hayes, keeping house, aged seventy years (b. NH), headed a Kittery, ME, household at the time of the Ninth (1870) Federal Census. She had real estate valued at $500. Her son, Albert A. Hayes, a grocer, aged forty-nine years (b. NH), resided next door.
Son-in-law Calvin S. Horne died in Milton, April 12, 1870.
Son-in-law John Meserve died of heart disease while visiting at his daughter’s house in Great Falls, i.e., Somersworth, NH, December 7, 1871, aged eighty-six years, nine months.
STATE NEWS. Col. John Meserve, for many years a resident of South Berwick, but lately of Rochester, N.H., fell dead of heart disease Thursday last. He was 86 years old, and a pensioner of the war of 1812 (Bangor Daily Whig and Courier (Bangor, ME), December 14, 1871).
NEWS BY MAIL. Col. John Meserve, for many years a resident of South Berwick, Me., but lately of Rochester, N.H., where he lived with his son, Samuel Meserve, Esq., the well known Mason, fell dead of heart disease Thursday last. He left home in usual health in the morning, went into the house of a married daughter at Great Falls, said, “I have come to see you but must go right back,” fell forward into her arms and instantly expired. He was 86 years old, and a pensioner of the war of 1812 (Kennebec Journal (Augusta, ME), December 20, 1871).
Daughter-in-law Abigail (Meserve) Hayes died of old age in Natick, MA, November 28, 1872, aged eighty-two years.
Daughter Mary “Polly” (Hayes) Horne died in Milton, April 6, 1873, aged eighty-five years.
Nancy L.H. [(Hayes)] Baker, keeping house, aged sixty-eight years (b. NH), headed a Bakersville, Manchester, NH, household at the time of the Tenth (1880) Federal Census. Her household included her mother, Dorathy [(Leighton)] Hayes, aged ninety-one years (b. NH). They resided on River Road.
Sarah M. [(Clark)] Hayes, keeping house, aged eighty years (b. NH), headed a Kittery, ME, household at the time of the Tenth (1880) Federal Census. Her son, Albert A. Hayes, a grocer, aged fifty-nine years (b. NH), resided next door.
Daughter-in-law Sarah M. (Clark) Hayes, died in Kittery, ME, May 12, 1883.
Daughter-in-law Dorothy (Leighton) Hayes died of old age in Milton, April 26, 1885, aged ninety-six years, nine months, and twenty-eight days. She was a widow.
Epilogue: Mrs. Mary (Pearl) Nute died of old age and general debility on North Main Street on Farmington, NH, June 29, 1912, aged eighty-three years, eight months, and twenty-eight days. She was a daughter of Joseph and Mary (Hayes) Pearl and, through her mother, was also a granddaughter of Daniel and Eunice (Pinkham) Hayes. She was the widow of Hon. Alonzo Nute (1826-1892) of Farmington, NH.
LOCAL. A strange coincidence in connection with the death of Mrs. Mary Pearl Nute, is that the house on the farm at West Milton in which she passed her early life was destroyed by fire Monday, July 1, the day preceding her funeral. The cause of the fire is unknown. A few articles only were saved by neighbors. This old farm was cleared, and the buildings erected more than a century ago by Capt. Daniel Hayes who was a leading man in affairs of the state. The house was in the stagecoach days a stopping place for the stage that made regular trips between Dover and Ossipee and was famed for the excellence and abundance of its fare. The place has always remained in the family, Mr. Nute being the fourth generation from the first settler (Farmington News, July 5, 1912).
Mary (Pearl) Nute’s sons, Eugene Pearl Nute (1852-1922) or Alonzo Irving Nute (1853-1926), would have been fourth-generation descendants of the first settlers.
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