hay, samuel of jackson twp., monroe co.he is a native, born march 30, 1844. his grandfather, charles hay was the 1st of the family to come to monroe co. he was born at easton, northampton co., he married mary tyron. they had 14 children; 6 still living, charles, john of jackson, hiram, melchor, lived in bradford co., philip of jackson, samuel, father of subject, catharine, widow of powell heller of jackson, elisabeth, widow of jacob doll. samuel hay was born near wilkes barre, july, 1810. in pocono twp. he married sally heller, native of northampton, d/o john heller. she died aug 24, 1890, age 78. la bar, isaac s. of pike co. the 1st of whom we have any record is george la bar, the great-grandfather of our subject. whose grandfather came to america in 1739 with 2 brohers.. george la bar was born near water gap, at mt. bethel in 1765 and died in smithfield, monroe co. in 1876 at the age of 111. he reared a large family among whom was peter la bar, subject's grandfather. his children were elias, father, jacob, john, louis, polly, wf of samuel garris, catharine wf of john heller. learn, joseph w. of paradise, monroe co., was born sept 1840, s/o john and susan (workheiser) learn. they had 11 children, 1. elisabeth wf of william cauffman, 2, christina, wf of tobias setzer, 3. lydia wf of jacob warner, 4. katie wf of samuel bowman, 5. hannah, wf charles angelmyer, 6. jacob married mary woodring, 7. julia wf of william c. Heller of mt. pocono., 8. mary married james buskirk, they lived in lackawanna co. joseph w. married in 1861 to mary e. heller, d/o james and rachel (keller) Heller of hamilton twp. she was born in 1844. and it goes on and on and on. Best Wishes, Geri