History of the Hayford Family, 1100-1900 (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from History of the Hayford Family, 1100-1900

"The memories of fathers are histories to their children."

Until within the past few years, the author of this work knew not who his ancestors were, prior to the life of William Hayford, who emigrated from Pembroke, Mass., to Sylvester Canada, now Turner, Me., in the year 1777. While in his younger days, when the children of the said William were some of them living at advanced ages, some information might have been obtained from them, yet those opportunities having been neglected, no one could be found two years ago who could impart to him the knowledge of whom the parents of the said William were, he being the great grandfather of the author. This led to extended inquiries, the result of which will be imparted in the following pages of this work, that future generations of this family may have the benefit of all the information he has been able to acquire of his early ancestry, with the sincere hope that it may lead some one interested and able to take up and carry forward the work to more fully satisfactory results.

So far as known no one of this race has succeeded, even in a limited degree, in furnishing a genealogical history of the Hayford family from colonial times to the present date, or any considerable part thereof; and all genealogical works of reference are barren and void of any important information in this line.

It is deeply to be regretted that our early ancestors were so exceptionally remiss and neglectful in the past, and that for the first fifty years and more of their residence in Plymouth Colony the town and church records failed to receive from them their proper attention. Especially in marriage and birth records there is found a great lack of such information as may be readily found in reference to other families of that time.

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