Ancestor Unbirthday - abt 1785 - Seth Hayes

Seth Hayes was my 3rd gt-grandfather. I am uncertain about his date of birth, but when he filed for his Oregon donation land claim, he used 1785 and on the 1850 census for Locust Grove Township in Jefferson County Iowa his age was listed as 64 which would be an about 1785 birthdate. The 1830 census in Burton, Geauga County, Ohio showed Seth as between 40 and 50 so this fits a 1785 birthdate.

Where was Seth born? In his Oregon donation land claim papers Seth listed New York. On the 1850 census it showed his birthplace as New Hampshire. This was the same place that his wife was born, so maybe this caused an incorrect entry. A Hayes family history manuscript listed his birthplace as New York State, probably Stephantown, Albany County.

The same family history stated that his parents were Pliny and Priscilla (Whipple) Hayes. A county history for Geauga County Ohio said that Seth moved there in 1800 with his uncle, also named Seth Hayes, and his sister Hannah. Then Seth and his brother Ebenezer went back east in 1810 and brought their mother to Geauga County. The county history gives this notation about his father: "1st elopement in the Hayes family was her husband, Plynn Hayes, who prior to 1800, run off with a woman into the wilds of Pennsylvania."

While Seth was living in Geauga County, he enlisted in Captain Parkers Company of the Ohio Militia and served in the War of 1812. About 40 years later he received 40 acres of bounty land in Iowa.

He married Lydia Jewett, the daughter of Joseph and Huldah (Fenton) Jewett, 17 Dec 1818 in Geauga County. They lived in Burton township where 7 children were born: Huldah (died at age 3) Hannah, Lydia Louisa, Seth Whipple, Huldah (2nd child named Huldah and my 2nd gt-grandmother) Ebenezer and Sybil Ann. Before 1837 the family moved to Indiana where their youngest child, Priscilla, was born. The family moved to Jefferson County Iowa by 1840 and in 1853 the family left Iowa and traveled over the Oregon Trail to settle in Linn County Oregon in the area that later became the city of Halsey.

The 1860 US Census mortality schedule showed that Seth died in April of 1860 in Linn County Oregon. It listed his birthplace as Massachusetts (which was the probable birthplace of his father) and his age as 74, which again is a birthdate of about 1785.

One of the problems in researching Seth is that his gt-granddaughter. Ruby (Hayes) Standish, gave a WPA interview in 1940 and she gave incorrect information about the wives names, assigning Seth's mother as his wife and assigning Seth's wife to his son. Since these interviews have been published online it can be confusing to researchers. So we always need to verify information given in an oral history.

Would They Be Triple Cousins?

One of my older cousins who I liked and respected for her historical writing was Margaret (Standish) Carey, who lived in the Halsey, Oregon area. She shared with me a manuscript of Hayes family history, which included me. Margaret's 2nd great-grandparents were Seth Hayes and Lydia Jewett, who were my 3rd great-grandparents. Her great-grandfather was their son Seth Whipple Hayes, the brother to my 2nd great-grandmother Huldah (Hayes) Bond, so Margaret and I were 3rd cousins once removed and her children would be my 4th cousins.

Now Margaret was married to Robert Carey, whose 2nd great-grandparents were Ludwig Falk and Anna Louisa Boehm, who were my great-grandparents. His great-grandfather, Charles L. Falk, was an older brother of my grandfather, Julius A. Falk. So Bob was my 2nd cousin once removed and that would make his children my 2nd cousins twice removed. Since her children and his children are the same people they are my double cousins.

But recently I was reviewing my Hayes information and was reminded that Margaret's great-grandfather, Seth Whipple Hayes, was married to Polly Bond Stillwell. Polly was a 1st cousin to Solomon Bond, the husband of Huldah Hayes. Margaret's 3rd great-grandparents were an earlier Solomon Bond and his wife Anna Allen, and they were my 4th great-grandparents, so from this family Margaret is my 4th cousin once removed. This makes her children my 5th cousins.

Bob and Margaret's children are at the same time:

my 2nd cousins twice removed from the Falk line;

my 4th cousins from the Hayes line; and

my 5th cousins from the Bond line.

Does this make them triple cousins?

Who Else was in the WCTU Cookbook?

Yesterday I posted about the Linn County WCTU Cookbook which I own. While I was researching to see if my mother had submitted any recipes I noticed some other of my relatives were also in the book.

My grandmother, Mrs. O. J. Albertson of Halsey, had 5 different recipes:

      Quick Blackberry Jelly

      Jam Cake

      Buttermilk Cake

      30 Minute Angel Food Cake

      Boston Cream Pie

My Dad's sister, Aunt Vida, Mrs. Cecil Dawson, submitted 1:

      Hot Water Pie Crust

There were 11 recipes from Bond cousins:

Ruby Hayes Standish submitted 4:

     Rice and Hamburger Balls

     Baked Sweet Potatoes

     Ginger Drop Cookies

     Christmas Pudding

Nellie Bond Isom submitted 4:

     Scalloped Corn and Tomatoes

     Chocolate Roll

     Peanut Crinkles

     Grape Marlow

Irene Bond Clingman submitted 2:

     Spanish Dowery Cake

     Orange Cookies

Madge McVey Bond submitted 1:

     Butter Scotch Taffy

And there was 1 recipe from a Falk cousin:

Nellie Falk Vannice

     Steam Pudding

From attending family reunions over the years, I can attest that family members were good cooks.