From Find A Grave:
He married first, May 11,1823, Alia Alice Hays, (b.Apr.26,1804 TN - d.1846 Canehill, Washington Co., AR), daughter of Samuel Decatur Hayes and Rachel Huff. She was his 1st cousin.
Biography
He married Elizabeth Henderson around 1819 and they had one son William Newton Hays JR. Elizabeth lived until an old age, so they must have got divorced?
He married Alice Hays on May 11,1823, (b.Apr.26,1804 TN - d.1846 Canehill, Washington Co., AR), daughter of Samuel Decatur Hayes and Rachel Huff. She was his 1st cousin.
Alice possibly died around 1845. This is when he married Rachel Fields, ca.1846/47, (b.ca.1828)
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Sources
↑ Hays-1220 was created by Bruce Cunningham through the import of Ben Cunningham Descendants_2014-07-14_01.gedcom.ged on Jul 14, 2014. This comment and citation should be deleted after a short biography has been added and primary sources have been cited.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Ally by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Ally:
Hays-1220 and Hayes-9124 appear to represent the same person because: This is very confusing. These are my Hays ancestors.
Not Hayes.
Ally Hays was named after her father's mother Alse (Ally) Hunter Hays married to Nicholas Hays.
She married the William Hays, the son of her uncle James Hays.
There is no A;;ey and no Hayes. This is the same person, please consider a merge.
Not Hayes. Ally Hays was named after her father's mother Alse (Ally) Hunter Hays married to Nicholas Hays. She married the William Hays, the son of her uncle James Hays. There is no A;;ey and no Hayes. This is the same person, please consider a merge.