1. John1 Hayes, is said to have emigrated from Scotland about 1680, and settled in Dover, New-Hampshire. He had a grant of land in 1693. By his wife Mary Horn, he had seven sons and three daughters, viz.:

2. i. John, b. 1686.
ii. Peter.
iii. Reuben.
iv. Ichabod, b. March 13, 1691-2.
v. Samuel, b. March 16, 1694-5.
vi. William, b. Sept. 6, 1698.
vii. Benjamin, b. ——, 1700.
viii. A Daughter, m. Phipps.
ix. A Daughter, m. Ambrose.
x. A Daughter.

2. John2 (John1), married Mrs. Tomson, and lived at Tole-End, four miles from Dover corner. He was a deacon of the First Congregational Society in Dover. They had eight children, viz.:

i. Ann, b. June 3, 1718.
3. ii. Reuben, b. May 8, 1720; d. 1762.
iii. Joseph, b. March 15, 1722.
iv. Benjamin, b. March 6, 1723.
v. Mehitabel, b. Dec. 11, 1725.
vi. John, went to North Yarmouth, Maine, to reside.
vii. Elijah, went to Berwick, Maine.
viii. Ichabod, went to Berwick, Maine.

3. Reuben3 (John2, John1), was born May 8, 1720. He lived at Tole-End and married Abigail Shackford, by whom he had only one child, viz.:

i. Susanna, b. March 23, 1759.

Reuben Hayes died in 1762, at the early age of 42 years, and by his will, after a liberal provision for his wife Abigail, he gave all the residue of his estate, real and personal, to his only child Susanna Hayes, consisting of his farm of 150 acres at Tole-End, with this reservation that, in case "his said daughter Susanna, at her decease, should leave no issue of her body lawfully begotten surviving, then my will is that, my whole estate that shall then be remaining, both real and personal, shall revert and be divided among my four Brethren, namely, Benjamin, John, Ichabod and Elijah Hayes."

DIARY OF DR. EZRA GREEN.

Portsmouth Road, Nov. 1st, 1777. Saturday.—Between the hours of 8 & 9 this morning weigh'd anchor and proceeded to Sea with a moderate breeze, before night lost sight of the American shore. [ [8] ]

Sunday, Nov. 2nd.—A very fine morning and a favorable wind, all well on board—except some few who are a little Seasick.