James
Newton
Hays
Born in Winchester, Frederick County, Colony of Virginia
Ancestors 
Son of William Henry Hays Sr.
and Susannah (Dunn) Hays
Brother of
John Isaac Hayse, Elizabeth (Hays) Prickett, Henry Hayes, Benjamin Hayes, Martha (Hays) Straight, William Henry Hays Jr. and Dwight Hayes
Husband of
Elizabeth Ann (Dragoo) Hays
— married
1792 in Virginia
Descendants 
Father of
Levi Hays, Elizabeth (Hays) Straight, Susannah (Hays) Ferrell, Sarah Hays, John Evans Hays, Gilley Ann E. (Hays) Anderson, James Newton Hays, Edmund W. Hays and Malinda (Hays) Anderson
Died
at age 87
in Jacksonburg, Wetzel County, Virginia, United States
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Biography
He was born on 15 Oct 1772 in Winchester, Frederick County, Virginia, USA and his parents were Susannah (Dunn) and William Henry Hays, Sr. (1749-1819).
James N. Hays married Elizabeth Dragoo.
He died on 08 Jun 1860 in Jacksonburg, Wetzel County, Virginia, USA (now West Virginia) and was buried there at Lieuts-Bates Cemetery on route #20. [1]
West Virginia was created on 20 June 1863.
- Fact: Residence (1850) Wetzel, Virginia, United States
- Fact: Burial (June 1860) Wetzel, West Virginia, United States
- Fact: http://familysearch.org/v1/LifeSketch James may have been a constable in Greene County, Tennessee or in North Carolina. He may also have been a captain in Greenville. A constable serves as a policeman, maintaining law and order. James Hays sold to John Cate, a Negro woman named Nancy, age 31, and 2 boys named Peter and Lubiter, each about 31 months old.
Sources
- ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #8119099 for James Hays, b: 15 Oct 1772; d: 08 Jun 1860; buried: Lieuts-Bates Cemetery, Wetzel County, West Virginia, USA; with gravestone photo
- "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 10 December 2021, 19:19), entry for James Newton Hays (PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:MCRH-8X5 ); contributed by various users.
- "Charles Anderson's" by J. Dallas Ewing, c1900
- "Sharpnack Family" by Dick D. Heller, Jr., c1998 Mission, Texas
- World Family Tree v4 edition#1 tree#3273 by Rodney Clark Hawkins; on CD by Broderbund Software Inc.; released: 23 Aug 1996; imported: 1998
- Geni family tree for James Hays
- Familty history and research
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with James by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with James by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
- J T Hays
:
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 37 markers, haplogroup I2a, FTDNA kit #166788
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~3.12%
Pearl (Higgs) Farris :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T723419 [compare]
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~3.12%
Shelby Higgs :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T480239 [compare]
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~1.56%
Kathy Hays :
23andMe
+
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member kathy5733
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #B5606
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~1.56%
John Wilcox :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch RQ5743069 [compare], yourDNAportal JOHfb1f5a72, Ancestry member jaydubya26241
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~1.56%
Robert Murphy :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A331785 [compare]
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~1.56%
Jerry Decker :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A312065 [compare], Ancestry member jdgea
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~1.56%
Len Saltsman :
AncestryDNA
+
MyHeritage DNA
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~1.56%
Dave Shaw :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch SY1002477 [compare], yourDNAportal DAV4d959ad8, Ancestry member IGMR1931
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~0.78%
Lisa Day :
23andMe
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~0.78%
Teresa O'Kelly :
AncestryDNA
-
~0.78%
Eric Wilcox :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member talktoericw
-
~0.78%
Stephanie Wilcox :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member steph_muphin
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~0.78%
Tracy Ice :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A696252 [compare], Ancestry member TracyLynnIce
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~0.78%
Lula (Blanton) Daso :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member ldaso4368
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~0.78%
Carolyn (Bullock) Sanders :
AncestryDNA
-
~0.78%
Wayne Decker :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A579261 [compare], Ancestry member marilyn3867
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~0.78%
Travis Fields :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A434473 [compare], Ancestry member TravisFields
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~0.78%
Valtas Hockenbury :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member valtas_hockenbury
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~0.78%
~1.56%
Barbara (Milburn) Millburg :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member Barb_Millburg
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~0.78%
Lynda (Evans) Jones :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch A634670 [compare]
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Steven Mix
Dave Shaw
Hays-5242 and Hays-963 appear to represent the same person because: Duplicate
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by Dave Shaw
Steven Mix
Hayes-5683 and Hays-963 appear to represent the same person because: This is the same man, with a match for the daughter Susannah. Add aka Hayes. Thanks!
posted
by Steven Mix
Rejected matches › James Leroy Hays › James Hays II › James Hays › James Hays Jr. (abt.1788-abt.1847) › James Hays › James Hays Jr. (1773-1860) › James Hay (abt.1775-1844)
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