Patrick Barry Hayes (September 7, 1809 – May 26, 1863), one of the five children of Captain Patrick Hayes and Elizabeth Keen, is a descendant of

Commodore Barry John Barry (March 25, 1745 – September 13, 1803) was an Irish-American officer in the Continental Navy during the American Revolutionary War and later in the United States Navy. He has been credited as "The Father of the American Navy" (and ...

, who is often referred to as "the father of the American Navy."Griffin, M.I.J. (1906)
The American Catholic historical researches, Volume 2.
Philadelphia. Google Book Search. Retrieved December 15, 2010. Hayes was born in

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and spent his adolescence and young adulthood in the city until 1830, when he left for careers in

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and on the

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. He returned to the United States in the 1850s.Villanova University Digital Librar
Series XI Patrick Barry Hayes
Retrieved December 15, 2010. Hayes lived a colorful life, documented by numerous letters detailing everyday life in Philadelphia and his work abroad. His career included employment as a commission merchant within the exporting house of Hayes, Engerer in Porto Alegre, Brazil, a brief term as Acting United States Consul for the port of Rio Grande, a United States Appraiser at the Custom House in Philadelphia, and Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives in Washington, D.C. He married Elizabeth Hickman on November 6, 1855, but not before sowing "many a wild oat." The couple had one daughter, Elizabeth Barry Hayes, who married W. Horace Hepburn, Esq., a Philadelphia lawyer, on June 22, 1880. Patrick Barry Hayes died on May 26, 1863, at the age of 53, and was buried in the Hayes family vault at St. Mary's graveyard in Philadelphia.

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Series XI (Patrick Barry Hayes), Barry-Hayes Collection
papers at

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, digitized by

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's Digital Library,

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