This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Hays, Pigman, Jones, Sizemore, Anderson Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Xih.2ACEB/1590 Message Board Post: The line of descendancy from John Hay to John Hays is purely speculative. From John Hays to present the line is proven. In reference to the speculative line it logically seems to work, as far as dates and places are concerned. The information herein has been gleaned from what records were available from the time period(s), books of local histories for the areas mentioned and Internet research. Please feel free to question or comment on this as this work is an attempt to find answers to questions and to share as well as gather information. Our story begins in Scotland with a brief history of the Jacobite uprisings. In 1688 King James VII was deposed because of his support of the catholic faith. In 1689 the first Jacobite uprising took place in an attempt to reseat him. ***Jacobites were called such because Jacobus is Latin for James. At the time King James VII was deposed his son James VIII was a child and could not succeed to the throne. In 1715 when James was old enough to succeed parliament would not allow his succession and gave the throne to a distant cousin of his, George from Hanover, Germany. He became King George I. The Scots wanted James to have his rightful seat on the throne and in November 1715 the Earl of Mar led an uprising in Preston in an attempt to win the throne for James. This insurrection was unsuccessful however. Of the 4,000 to 6,000 troops at the battle of Preston 630 were taken prisoner. These prisoners were confined in Liverpool. Among them was John Hay. John Hay and some of the other prisoners sailed from Liverpool to Port Tobacco, Maryland on a ship called "Friendship" captained by Michael Mankin. John was sold into indentured servitude to William Holmes who was a plantation owner in Prince Georges County, Maryland. It is a guess that John Hay, the Jacobite was born in the late 1600's. In researching the history of the 1715 Jacobite uprising it is discovered that the majority of those captured were less than 20 years of age. Records found a John Hay (the author's 5th Great Grandfather) born about 1698 somewhere in Scotland. He married Mary Stafford about 1735 in Beaufort, N.C. He died in 1764 in North Carolina. They had a son John Hays (author's 4th Great Grandfather) born 1735. He is found in Montgomery Co., Va. In 1782 on a tax list, along with another John Hays, probably his son, Charles Hays, Luke Hays, and Lewis Hays. John Hays left Montgomery Co., Va. In 1787 with his son John (rootsweb.com message board posting to Sizemore family message board 9/12/2002 by Ken Johnson) and with George "All" Sizemore, they settled in Floyd Co., Ky. ***Note: George "All" Sizemore is also this author's 4th great grandfather. It is important to note that there is erroneous information that has circulated throughout the Hays family from Floyd Co. KY. In a history written by Henry Scalf (of which this author has an original manuscript) Mr. Scalf stated that John Hays was the husband of Elizabeth Dragoo, whose mother Betsy Dragoo was slain by Indians in West Virginia. While Elizabeth Dragoo was married to a Hays she was not married to this John Hays as Scalf reported. It is unknown to whom John was married. Little is known of him except that it appears he settled in Floyd Co. Ky. with his son John and the Sizemore family. John Hays (author's 3rd Great Grandfather) was born 1775 and he was married to Elizabeth Anderson who was possibly Mulatto. John and Elizabeth bought a tract of land in Lackey, Floyd Co., Ky. They built a home and raised their children there. Their son Anderson Hays (author's Great Great Grandfather) was born Apr 22, 1821. He married Rachael Sizemore daughter of Golden Hawk Sizemore. Anderson Hays was a Captain in the Confederate Army during the Civil War. He was captured at the battle of Cynthiana, and held for a time in Ohio. He and some others eventually escaped. Other interesting events of Captain Anderson Hays' life including the famous Hays-Jones feud are too involved and numerous for this work. These will be presented at a future date. The son of Captain Hays was John Wesley Hays (authors Great Grandfather) born Jan 29, 1855. He married Lutitia Perkins. John Wesley was accomplished as a marksman and with an axe. He was an expert at identifying plants and animals. Their daughter was Hattie Corsicana Hays (author's Grandmother) born Nov. 4, 1884. She was married to Curtis Pigman. Hattie's strange middle name was given to her by the Doctor who delivered her. It seems that he had just returned from Corsicana, Texas. In 1930 Hattie was elected County Clerk in Knott Co., Ky. Hattie Hays and Curtis Pigman had a son Hays Pigman (author's Father) born Mar. 4, 1918. He Married Margaret June Jones. Hays was raised primarily in the home of his grandparents John Wes and Lutitia Hays. Hays was a graduate of University of Kentucky, an agent for Farmers Home Administration and a county agricultural agent for Wolfe Co. and Breathitt Co., Ky. The line of descendancy, it is worth noting again, is proven from John Hays, b. 1775 onward. The unproven but albeit logical line that is not proven is from John Hays' father, b. 1735 and his father the Jacobite, b. about 1698. Please submit any questions or comments that may help clarify or improve upon this research. Please also refer to my website at: curtisnsissy.tripod.com Curtis Hays Pigman