Researching Samuel Hayes
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The name Samuel means "asked of God" and is of Hebrew origin.
Records of Samuel Hayes on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Samuel Hayes and the Hayes Family History
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Hayes Genealogy that will form part of your family tree. Although records vary from country to country, they are normally the most formal record of a person's relations. From the sources listed below it will be possible to locate a birth record and, from that record, a birth certificate may be obtainable which is likely to list the names of the parents, therefore taking you back another generation. A marriage certificate may also list the names of the respective fathers of the bride and groom which may then help you to find them earlier in life on a census record enabling you to fill out more detail in the Hayes family tree.
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Hayes Family Tree Databases
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Hayes Forums
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Study the Ellis Island Database for information on Samuel Hayes. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Samuel Hayes
Samuel Hayes (settler)
Samuel Hayes (1641 – April 7, 1712) was an early settler of Norwalk, Connecticut. He was a member of the General Assembly of the Colony of Connecticut from Norwalk in the sessions of May 1686, May and October 1687, October 1689, May 1692, May and October 1693, May 1694, May 1695, May 1696, May and October 1697, May and October 1698, October 1699, May 1700, May 1701, October 1702, and October 1703.
He was the son of Nathaniel Hayes (born 1614), and the brother of Nathaniel Hayes, one of the original settlers of Norwalk.
He married Elizabeth Moore, the daughter of Isaac Moore.
Source: Samuel Hayes (settler), Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaSamuel Snowden Hayes
Samuel Snowden Hayes (December 25, 1820 – January 28, 1880) was an American politician from Tennessee. Hayes moved to Illinois after a family tragedy and eventually established a successful law practice in Carmi. He became a prominent politician in White County, serving two terms in the Illinois House of Representatives and attending the 1848 state constitutional convention. He was a staunch supporter of the Democratic Party and often campaigned on their behalf. He moved to Chicago, Illinois in 1850 and became one of the city's leading Democratic voices preceding the Civil War. From 1858, he supported Stephen A. Douglas and championed him at the 1860 Democratic National Convention. He was one of the three delegates on the United States Revenue Commission in 1865.
Source: Samuel Snowden Hayes, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
Other names that sound a bit like Hayes
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