Searching for ancestors of James
Hays or
Hayes of Peekskill, NY. His family appears on the 1850 Census for the Town of Cortland in the County of Westchester , state of
New York on the tenth day of August, 1850. Since his oldest son was born in NY, the family probably lived there before 1822.
James
Hays d: bef 1850
...+Rosetta ? of Peekskill, NY
.2 Henry
Hays b: ca 1822 d: 3/6/1906 Civil War Vet; Co. M 6th Reg NY Vol Heavy Artillery
.2
Abraham (aka
Abram) H. HAYES b: 3/02/1828 d: 9/04/1895 ...Civil War Vet;11/15/1861, enlisted in 70th NY Reg for Civil War; 2/06/1863, Discharged for disability received during
Battle of Fredericksburg, Va., December 12-15, 1862 occupation:
Molder .2 Martha
Hays b: ca 1830
.2 Thomas
Hays b: ca 1836
.2 Rebecca
Hays b: ca 1838
+James
Gordineer b: 1842 m: 1860
.2 James K
Hays b: ca 1840 B: 10/1852 Cortlandtown,
Westchester Co., NY D: 12/07/1907 Peekskill, NY
+ Mary
Garner Bef. 1875.
…3 Ida
Hayes, B: 5/1875
…3 Augustus
Hayes, B: 8/26/1876, Pleasantside,
Westchester Co. NY; D. 3/27/1947, Peekskill, NY Buried Hillside Cemetary, Vancortlandtville, NY
…3 Garfield
Hayes, B. 6/15/1875, Peekskill, NY
Second spouse of James K. Hayes: Susan Warren Bef. 1889
…3 Warren4
Hayes, B. 6/1887, Peekskill, NY; D. Abt 1946, Peekskill, NY. Burial: 1946, Hillside Cemetery,
Van Cortlandtville, NY
…3 Mary Catherine
Hayes, B. 11/06/1890, Peekskill,
Westchester Co. NY; D. 1/26/1970, Peekskill,
Westchester Co. NY; Buried:
Florida Cemetary,
Florida, NY
…3 Frank B. Hayes, B. 8/02/1892, Peekskill, NY; D. 2/07/1961, Peekskill, NY; Buried: Hillside Cemetary, Peekskill, NY
…3 Fred
Hayes, B. 10/07/1894; D. 5/1967
…3 Theodore
Hayes, B. 3/12/1897, Peekskill, NY; D. 8/07/1962, Peekskill, NY; Buried: Hillside Cemetary, Vancortlandtville, NY
+Lillian
Isabel Kaden .2
Harriet Hays b: ca 1843
During the Civl War,
Abraham Hayes served in the same unit as his brother-in-law, Jacob
Hayes b: at
Furnace Woods, Cortlandtown. NY son of Thomas
Hayes and Rosetta Quat Occupation: Moulder; Military service: Civil War Vet of 70th NY Reg. Both
Abraham and his brother-in-law had the same occupation. They married sisters Charlotte and Amanda Jane
Lockwood and lived in Peekskill, NY