The Hay Family Clan of Aberdeenshire
My most recent named “Hay” ancestor is my four-times great grandfather on the paternal line, John Hay (1816-1887). John, a free man the first of our line of Hay’s born in Australia, married convict Sophia Morgan. They would have a daughter, Mary Ann Morgan.
John was the son of convict Robert Hay (1774-1839) who was born in Scotland and transported to Australia, and his wife, a free woman, Maria Hopper Hazlewood (the daughter of convicts).
Robert Hay (1744 -1839) was the son of James Hay and Anne Riach of Banffshire an ancient County in the Scottish Highlands. Robert was convicted as a criminal and transported from Scotland to Van Dieman’s Land.
James Hay was the son of Lewis Hay and Margaret Watson of Kirkmichael, a parish in the County of Banffshire including the small town of Tomintoul, in the Scottish highlands.
1736 Lewis Hay born around (estimate only 1710), is named in the baptism record of his son James Hay, and to James’s mother, Margaret Watson born around (estimate only 1710) at Kirkmichael Banffshire. Scottish Highlands.
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