Note: our family owes a debt of gratitude to Eric Alli for his excellent research and record keeping on RootsWeb and beyond. You can view these records by clicking the icon. You can read about Eric’s family tree (it intersects with ours at Sanford Buehl Hayes) at his Hayes Family Page. Click on the name of the person to read more about them, or to add information.

So, it all started back in England (well, I suppose it goes even FARTHER back but this is where the records end on RootsWeb) in the early 1600s. Names in bold are our direct line.

Nathaniel Hayes – Married: Alice Kellogg (b 1615, England)
Children:
1. Nathaniel Hayes (b. ABT 1629 in Exeter, England)

Nathaniel Hayes - Married : Mary Kimberly (b: 1633 in New Haven, New Haven Co, Connecticut) in 1664 in Norwalk, Connecticut.
Children:

1. Samuel HAYES b: 1667 in Norwalk, Fairfield Co, Connecticut
2. Nathaniel HAYES
3. Elizabeth HAYES
4. Mary HAYES b: 1667
5. James HAYES b: 1672 in Norwalk, Connecticut

Samuel Hayes (b. 1667 in Norwalk, Fairfield Co, Connecticut) – Married: Mary Elizabeth Pickett (b: 2 NOV 1680) about 1696.
Children:

1. James HAYES b: BET 1700 AND 1705 in Danbury, Fairfield Co, Connecticut
2. Sarah HAYES
3. Isaac HAYES

James Hayes (BET 1700 AND 1705 in Danbury, Fairfield Co, Connecticut) – Married (1726) : Name of spouse unknown.
Children:

1. Samuel Liberty HAYES b: 1728 in Danburytown, Fairfield Co, Connecticut
2. Jonathan HAYES b: 1734
3. Nathaniel HAYES

Samuel Liberty Hayes (1728 in Danburytown, Fairfield Co, Connecticut) – Married () : Sarah Robards (b: ABT 1730 in Danburytown, Fairfield Co, Connecticut)
Children:

1. David HAYES b: 1756
2. Sarah HAYES b: 1760
3. Robert Daniel HAYES b: 1762
4. Eleaser HAYES b: 2 JUL 1765
5. Comfort HAYES b: 10 JUN 1770
6. John Liberty HAYES b: ABT 1779 in Connecticut

John Liberty Hayes (ABT 1779 in Connecticut) – Married ():Sally Woodward (b: 4 MAR 1789 in Hanover, Grafton Co, New Hampshire)
Children:

1. Huldah HAYES b: 26 NOV 1797
2. John HAYES b: 18 MAR 1799
3. Byron HAYES b: ABT 1800
4. Hiram HAYES b: ABT 1800
5. Sally HAYES b: 9 FEB 1801
6. David Woodworth HAYES b: 21 SEP 1802
7. Alfred HAYES b: 5 JUL 1807 in New Hampshire
8. Horace HAYES b: NOV 1808 in Hanover Twp, Grafton Co, New Hampshire
9. Prophelia HAYES b: 10 JUN 1810
10. Amanda HAYES b: 20 MAR 1812
11. Orville HAYES b: 1 MAR 1816

Horace Hayes (NOV 1808 in Hanover Twp, Grafton Co, New Hampshire) – Married (3 MAR 1839 in Southfield, Oakland Co, Michigan):Mary Polly Beebe (b: 7 DEC 1815 in New York)
Children:

1. Sanford Buehl HAYES b: 23 FEB 1840 in Milford, Oakland Co, Michigan
2. Elvira D. HAYES b: 1 SEP 1841 in Milford, Michigan
3. Alfred HAYES b: 14 JUL 1843
4. Olive C HAYES b: 26 SEP 1844 in Michigan

Sanford Buehl Hayes - Married Nancy Ann BLACKBURN (b: 8 MAR 1842 in Gaines, Genesee Co, Michigan) on 10 JUL 1859 in Milan, Washtenaw Co, Michigan.
Children:

1. Sanford Eugene HAYES b: 10 MAY 1860 in Azalia, Monroe Co, Michigan
2. Charles Castle HAYES b: 24 NOV 1862 in Azalia, Monroe, Michigan
3. Nettie Ann HAYES b: 26 OCT 1864 in Azalia, Monroe, Michigan
4. Alfred Herbert HAYES b: 6 OCT 1867 in Azalia, Monroe, Michigan
5. Mary Ellen HAYES b: 14 AUG 1869 in Dundee, Michigan
6. Olive Caroline HAYES b: ABT 1875 in Azalia, Monroe, Michigan
7. Governor Rutherford HAYES b: 29 MAY 1878 in Azalia, Monroe, Michigan
8. Clara Elizabeth HAYES b: 10 JAN 1881 in Gibbon, Buffalo Co, Nebraska

Marriage Ended: Death of Nancy Ann Blackburn.

Marriage 2: Married (1883 in Gibbon, Buffalo County, Nebraska): Cornelia M. French (b: 1 SEP 1856 in Exeter, Michigan)
Children:

1. Richard Glen HAYES b: 4 MAR 1886 in Gibbon, Buffalo County, Nebraska
2. Cornelia Joy HAYES b: 19 JAN 1888 in Gibbon, Buffalo County, Nebraska
3. Lottie Leola ‘Pansy’ HAYES b: 29 JUN 1889 in Gibbon, Buffalo County, Nebraska
4. Sanford B. Jr. HAYES b: 4 APR 1891 in Fullerton, Nebraska
5. John K HAYES b: 14 AUG 1893 in Fullerton, Nebraska
6. Clyde HAYES b: 16 JUL 1895

John Keller (sometimes written Keifer) Hayes - Married Jeannette Beedle (see BEEDLE page) (b: 18 MAY 1891 in What Cheer, Keokuk Co, Iowa) in 1912 (info soon).
Children:

1. Mary Adelaide Hayes (b: 10 July 1914, d. 23 MAR 1991) (see ALBRIGHT page)
2. Jack B. Hayes (b. 04 AUG 1917, d. 29 AUG 1949)