Peter HAYES^{[1, 2]}

Abt 1673 - 1761  (~ 88 years)

• Name	Peter HAYES
  Born	Abt 1673	Hayes Plantation, Upper Parish, Isle Of Wight County, Virginia
  Gender	Male
  FamilySearch ID	L8BL-VQB
  _UID	C71AE11812104627AA865BA7B2783C292A4F
  Died	Mar 1761	Halifax County, North Carolina
  Person ID	I96	Carney Wehofer Feb 2024 Genealogy
  Last Modified	13 Dec 2022

  
  

  Father	Peter HAYES,   b. Abt 1650, Pagan Creek, Isle Of Wight County, Virginia ,   d. 10 Nov 1720, Isle of Wight, Virginia, British Colonial America  (Age ~ 70 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth FLAKE,   b. Abt 1663, Surry, Virginia, British Colonial America ,   d. Aft 1720, Isle Of Wight, Virginia, Colonial USA  (Age ~ 58 years)
  Married	Abt 1669	Isle Of Wight, Virginia, Colonial USA
  Family ID	F76	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Martha SLEDGE,   b. Abt 1690, Surry, Surry County, Virginia Colony ,   d. 1794, Halifax County, North Carolina  (Age ~ 104 years)
  Married	1726	Virginia
  Children	1. Milly HAYES,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Rebecca HAYES,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Silve HAYES,   d. Yes, date unknown   4. Hannah HAYES,   d. Yes, date unknown   5. Charles HAYES,   b. Surry, Surry County, Virginia Colony ,   d. Yes, date unknown   6. Willie HAYES,   d. Yes, date unknown   7. Edy HAYES,   d. Yes, date unknown   8. William HAYES,   b. 1704, Surry, Surry County, Virginia Colony ,   d. 1777  (Age 73 years)   9. Rev. Thomas HAYES,   b. 1706, Surry, Surry County, Virginia Colony ,   d. Yes, date unknown   10. John HAYES,   b. Abt 1707, Surry, Surry County, Virginia Colony ,   d. 1 Jan 1774, Bertie County, North Carolina  (Age ~ 67 years)   11. Reuben HAYES,   b. 1720, Surry, Surry County, Virginia Colony ,   d. Yes, date unknown   12. Winnie HAYES,   b. 1735,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	29 Aug 2016
  Family ID	F75	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Will: August 03, 1760 Halifax Co., NC Probate: March 1761 Halifax Co., NC Peter Hayes and Martha Sledge are reported by some to have had 12 children one of whom was John Hays. (Once in North Carolina the spelling of the name changed from Hayes to Hays) His son, John Hays and his wife Phebe had at least six children one of whom was another John Hays (1735-1782). Peter joined the migration of settlers pushing south into the great virgin forests of the Tidewater, after the Tuscarora War. From the earliest records it would seem that Peter who homesteaded on Urashaw Swamp, and his sons, were more interested in buying and selling land than in farming. The many grants and estate transfers in which they were involved would indicate that the Hayes men obtained a comfortable living from real estate, or what would be considered comfortable in those frontier days. INFO: Peter Hayes of Urashaw born on the Hayes Blackwater plantation in Isle of Wight Co. Just across the river in Surry County was the plantation of Charles Sledge. Peter married Martha Sledge, daughter of Charles. Peter Hayes was the executor of Mary (Clarke) Sledge's will (Boddie, Southside Va. Families, Vol. I, p. 366). The record of a grant of 640 acres in the Urashaw Swamp region has not been found, but it is mentioned in a land transfer. In 1720 Peter Hayes and his eldest son William were listed as having arms and able to defend the colonies against the Indians. This list constitutes a military roster for Capt. Patterson's company, and was made up of all the male residents of the upper part of Chowan Precinct, an area today found in Hertford and Northampton Counties. (Hathaway, Register, Vol. I, p. 443). His will dated August 3, 1760 and probated in March 1761 in Halifax County, North Carolina, names his wife Martha as executrix and gives each of his younger children five shillings. His wife was to have the estate and to see that the childr4en were educated and cared for. The three eldest children were not mentioned in the will; they had been established with their own families. SOURCES: Title: VIRGINIA HISTORICAL GENEALOGIES Author: BODDIE, JAMES Repository: Call Number: Media: Book

  
  

• Sources

  [S389] Patricia Heath. [SAuth] Jim Carney, compiled by James H Carney [(E-ADDRESS), & MAILING ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE], Buderim, Queensland 4556 AUSTRALIA.