Display Patriot - P-178033 - Johann/John/Simon HAY
Johann/John/Simon HAY
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P-178033
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State of Service: PA
Qualifying Service: Patriotic Service
Simon Hay (Hoh) was born on April 18, 1742 in ZweiBrucken, Germany. He was on the ship “Sally” from Rotterdam that landed in Philadelphia on October 5, 1767. He came to America with his two brothers Frantz and Valentine. Two of these brothers settled around Berlin, Somerset (Bedford) County. They were among the first families of the Reformed Church in Berlin and were among the early settlers of Brothersvalley Township, Bedford County (now Somerset County), Pennsylvania. .
He married Anna Maria Shaver who was from Hagerstown, Maryland probably around 1774. Anna was born on December 13, 1754 and died at their stone home in the village of Hays Mill in Brothersvalley Township on March 19, 1818. They had ten children; five boys and five girls:
Michael, born February 21, 1775 and died September 30, 1840 married Elizabeth Young (daughter of Ludwig Young). They are buried on their home farm, one mile north of Lavansville, Somerset County, Pennsylvania.
Jacob, born March 30, 1777 married Elizabeth Louder, settled around Wellersburg, Somerset County, Pa. and later moved to Millersburg, Ohio.
George, born May 7, 1781 and died June 18, 1844. He married Mary Countryman who was born September 21, 1789 and died March 14, 1872. George is buried on the Peter S. Hay farm and Mary is buried in Hay’s Church Cemetery,
Susan, born March 22, 1784 and married Jacob Baker. They moved to Wooster, Ohio.
Mary, born August 16, 1786 and died July 27, 1846. She married Jacob Young who was born May 26, 1780 and died April 2, 1867. They settled a little over a mile north of Lavansville, Somerset County, Pa.
Peter Hay, born April 18, 1790, died on May 4, 1845. He is buried on the Peter Hay farm. He married Elizabeth Walker who was born September 30, 1794, died July 8, 1880 and is buried in the Hays Reformed Church Cemetery.
Elizabeth Hay was born April 17, 1792. She married George Weller who was born April 27, 1792. They settled on a farm where the town of Wellersburg, Somerset County, Pa is located. The town was named for the Weller family.
Eva Hay was born on April 11, 1796 and died August 6, 1883. She married George Gebhart who was born on December 13, 1792. They settled in Milford Township, Somerset County and established the town of Gebhartsburg. They later located to Dayton, Ohio.
Catherine Hay was born in February 1798. She married Samuel Miller of Addison Township, Somerset County, Pa. He was born in 1800 and died January 7, 1875. They lived in Addison Township.
Valentine Hay
On September 7, 1784 Simon acquired a warrant for 300 acres on the waters of Blue Lick Creek in Brothersvalley Township, Bedford County (now Somerset County), Pennsylvania. At one time he owned over 500 acres. In 1796, he built a stone house in the village of Hays Mill, in Brothersvalley Township. This stone house remains and is still in use today. He constructed a grist mill on these lands in about 1800. The second grist mill on that property operated until 1916. The mill is now gone.
The 1796 tax rolls for Brothersvalley Township shows Simon owning 500 acres of land, 41 of which were cleared. He owned two horses, two cows, a house and grist mill.
He died on February 3, 1842 having lived 99 years. 9 months and 15 days. His will was written on December 27, 1837. In the will he provides for his children and the children of his son Valentine. He is buried in the historic Berlin Reformed Cemetery along North Street, in Berlin, Somerset County, Pennsylvania.
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