Brief Life History of Alexander
When Alexander Hay 4th of Delgaty was born about 1478, in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, his father, Sir Gilbert Hay 3rd of Dalgaty, was 20 and his mother, Lady Janet Lyon, was 13. He married Elizabeth Abernathy on 31 May 1510, in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. He died on 6 November 1546, in his hometown, at the age of 69, and was buried in Turriff, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
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- Alexander Hay, "Find A Grave Index"
- Alexander (Hay) Hay IVth of Delgaty on WikiTree
- Alexander Hay, "Find A Grave Index"
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Name Meaning
Scottish and English (northern; of Norman origin): habitational name from any of several places in Normandy called La Haie or La Haye (Old French haie ‘hedge, enclosure’, ‘forest for hunting deer and other animals’, a borrowing of the ancient Germanic word haga). Robert de Haia or de la Haye is known to have come from La Haye-du-Puits in Manche; he was the founder of Boxgrove Priory in Sussex (1123), and holder of the Honor of Halnaker (Sussex) and (by marriage) the barony of Kolswein (Lincolnshire). The Norman name was also taken to Ireland, where it has since flourished in the county of Wexford as Hay and Hayes . Elsewhere in Ireland the name usually has a native Irish origin, see below.
English: topographic name from Middle English hay(e), heye, heghe ‘enclosure’ (Old English (ge)hæg) or ‘forest fenced off for hunting’ (Old French haie); or else a habitational name from a place so called, such as Hay (in Herefordshire and Westmorland) or Hey in Scammonden (Yorkshire). It was no doubt sometimes synonymous with Hayward .
English: nickname for a tall man, from Middle English heigh, hey, high ‘high, tall’ (Old English hēah).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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