Robert Hayes (abt. 1785 - aft. 1860)

Born about 1785 in District of Maine, Massachusetts, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Patience (Unknown) Hayes — married before 13 Jan 1817 in District of Maine, Massachusetts, United States [uncertain]

Descendants

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Biography

Birth

No record has been found of the birth of Robert Hayes. The 1928 history of Livermore, Maine, said he was the brother of John Hayes and George Hanson Hayes,^[1] who were sons of John Hayes and Mary (Hanson) Hayes. The 1850 Census shows him as 65 years old, born in Maine.^[2]

Residences

Robert Hayes was in Livermore, Maine (then in Massachusetts) by the birth of his first known child in January 1817.^[3] The 1874 history of Livermore calls him and his brothers "among the early farmers in the center of the town,"^[4] The 1928 history calls him Elder Robert Hayes.^[1] He was still in Livermore in 1840,^[5] but by 1850 he had moved to Paris, Maine,^[2] and he was still there in 1860.^[6]

Occupation

Robert Hayes is described as a Freewill Baptist clergyman in the 1850 and 1860 censuses.^[2][6] Apparently it was a theological belief system and a vocation that he adopted in later life; the 1874 history of Livermore names Robert Hayes (and his brother John) among the men (presumably laymen) who had "labored faithfully for the upbuilding" of the Methodist church in that town.^[4]

Marriage

Robert Hayes married Patience (Unknown) by the birth of their first known child at Livermore, Maine (then in Massachusetts), on 13 January 1817,^[3]

Children

Robert and Patience (Unknown) Hayes recorded the following children at Livermore, Maine (in Massachusetts until 1820):^[3]

1. Aurilla Hayes, born on 13 Jan 1817
2. Mary Hayes, born on 17 Apr 1819
3. Catharine H. Hayes, born on 4 Jun 1821
4. Jesse Lee Hayes, born on 19 May 1827
5. Cordelia H. Hayes, born on 6 Jul 1829
6. Robert O. Hayes, born on 4 Apr 1833

Death

No record has been found of the death of Robert Hayes. The last record found is the 1860 Census, when he was living at Paris, Maine., with his age reported as 75.^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Ira Thompson Monroe, History of the Town of Livermore, Androscoggin County Maine; From Its Inception in 1735 and Its Grant of Land in 1772 to Its Organization in 1795 Up to the Present Time 1928 (Lewiston, Me., 1928), page 134
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Robert Hayes household, family #384, in United States Census, 1850, database with images, FamilySearch, Maine > Oxford > Paris > image 53 of 69; citing NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} Vital Records of Livermore, Maine; Vital and town records, 1797-1910; "Livermore Vital Records, 1805-1862", page 46; FHL Microfilm 11332, Image 233 of 718
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Israel Washburn, Notes, Historical, Descriptive, and Personal of Livermore, in Androscoggin (Formerly in Oxford) County, Maine (Portland, Me., 1874), page 164
5. ↑ Robert Hayes household, in United States Census, 1840, database with images, FamilySearch, Maine > Oxford > Livermore > image 1 of 38; citing NARA microfilm publication M704, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1 6.2} Robert Hayes household, family #185, in United States Census, 1860, database with images, FamilySearch, Maine > Oxford > Paris > image 24 of 72; citing NARA microfilm publication M653 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).