William Hayes (ca. 1830-1906), the immigrant, was born in County Antrim, Ireland, the son of Joseph Hayes and Ann Tollerton. He immigrated to Kansas in 1873 settling in Hutchinson. He married 1856 in Ireland (1) Margaret Boylan (1836-1875), daughter of Thomas and Mary Boulan. She died in Castleton Twp., Reno Co., Kansas. He married (2) 1879 Gabriella Jane Bane (1851-1914), daughter of Mordecai Bane and Sarah Amanda Blodgett. She was born at Shaw's Point, Lacon Twp., Marshall Co., Illinois. He was the father of twenty children. Descendants live in Kansas, Texas, Utah, California, Colorado, Arkansas and elsewhere. The early Bane ancestor, James Bane, born in the mid 1600's in Scotland, came to New Castle, Delaware ca. 1688 in the migration of Quakers under William Penn. His two known sons, Mordecai and Alexander moved to Chester Co., Pa. ca. 1700. The early Blodgett ancestor, Samuel Blodgett (1658-1743), was born at Woburn, Mass., a son of Samuel Blodgett and Ruth Iggledon. He married at Woburn, Huldah Simonds (Symonds) (1660-1746), daughter of William and Judith Phippen Hayward Simonds. Family members migrated to Connecticut.