John b circa 1815 and Mary Anne Quigley
John Hayde and his wife Mary Anne were in Ballymacarret, County Down in the 1850s. They were married in St Patrick’s church in 1830 (as Huyde).
John and Mary Anne had the following children baptised in St Matthew’s church:
- Charles b 1844 and d 1891
- Rose Anne b 1849 and d 1869
- Henry b 1854. He married Margaret Benson and had the following children:
- John Head b 1877
- George Heade/Hayde b 1879, who enlisted with the British army in 1891 and was discharged in 1909. He was single at the time of the 1911 census
- Patrick Hade b 1881. D 1883
- Jane Haid b 1885. D 1887
- Rose Anne Hayde b 1883
- Margaret Hayde b 1887
- Mary Jane Hade b 1890
- Patrick Hade b 1891 (d before 1897)
- Henry Haide b 1895
- George
- Kate Hayde. Mar 1896
I also found a Patrick Hayde who married Catherine Marion in Mass in 1871. He had arrived in America in 1864 and was born Co Down. I have assumed that he is another son. They did not appear to have any children.
The records for St Matthew’s also show:
- The marriage of Daniel Conway to Mary Head in 1857. They had a son baptised 1873 in St Matthew’s who emigrated to America and married in Baltimore in 1898. I have assumed that Mary is a brother of John (who married Mary Anne Quigley).
Also in the records for St Patrick’s were:
- The marriage of John Hoyd to Mary O’Neill in 1810. I have assumed that these are the parents of John who married Mary Quigly and that John’s baptism should be in this parish somewhere.
- Thomas Hayd b 1848 to Thomas and Betty Murphy. I am not sure how Thomas connects to John.
- Mary Hade b 1834 to Jas McLennan and Ellen. I am also not sure of this connection.
The following map shows the closeness of the two catholic churches.
Henry and Margaret were in the Co Down 1901 and 1911 census records as Hayde.
In the civil records for Belfast, I found the death of John Hayd in 1875. He was a married newspaper vendor aged 60 (ie born 1815). I also found him (as Head) in the Griffiths records in circa 1850 for Ballymacarret, Co Down. In a 1843 directory he was listed as (Haid) a weaver. Ballymacarret is a ward in eastern Belfast.
Recorded in Londonderry was the death of William Hade in 1890 aged 77 (ie b 1813). It is possible that he was a brother of John’s.
It is possible that the John who married Mary O’Neill moved to Belfast from Dublin and is connected to the families who were newspaper vendors/dairy owners in Dublin at the time.
I have not found any living descendants of this family.
Ballymacarret is shown on the Belfast map below.
The information that I have gathered on this family is outlined in the following document:
Any further information would be welcome.