Biography:
1. Patrick Hayes was employed as a Charcoal Burner at Faversham, then transferred to Waltham Abbey (Supply 5/207 dated the 29th November 1832).
2. At Waltham Abbey he was employed as a Labourer in the Cylinder House, with pay of 2/2d per day (Winters, op.cit. p.102).
3. A Return dated the 1st April 1833 (WO54/587) stated that Mr. Hayes was a Cylinder House Man, that the date of his appointment was the 19th November, 1832, and that he had previously been employed as a Labourer at Tooley Street on the 27th May 1827. It would, therefore, appear as though he went from Tooley Street to Faversham and then to Waltham Abbey. Mr. Hayes earned a total of £39.0.0d annually, and his period of service was given as nearly 6 years. At the 1st April 1833, it was recorded that he was a married man of 38, although this is a clerical error, because in fact he was 48, and his age appears inconsistent throughout all the documents researched. He had four children, and was brought up to be a Tanner (WO54/587).
4. WO54/587 dated 1st the 1st October 1833, gave the same details as in the previous Return, but indicated that Patrick had served just over 6 years and that he was 39 years of age.
5. WO54/593 dated the 1st April 1834, recorded that Patrick was still employed as a Cylinder House Man. However, his basic annual income by then had been reduced to £28.5.6d. He was allowed to watch in turn, and this gave him a total annual sum of £33.9.6d, as opposed to his previous earnings of £39. His period of service was given as nearly 7 years, and he had 5 children. In this Return his age is given as 49.
6. WO54/593 dated the 1st October 1834, confirmed the basic information given in the previous note, but indicated that he was 50 years of age and had served just over 7 years.
7. A Return made by the Royal Engineers' Office dated December 1834 showing how the Board's houses and cottages were let, recorded that Tenement No. 55, previously occupied by Michael Summers, was to be allocated to Patrick Hayes, Cylinder man (Supply 5/237). This cottage has been identified as being on the south side of High Bridge Street and formed out of dwellings in the old Tanyard, Plot No. 55 on the Town Map in Appendix 1.
8. Return of Employees dated the 1st October 1839 (WO54/623) confirmed that Hayes was still employed as a Cylinder House man with pay of £39.0.0d per annum, which included an allowance to watch in turn. His appointment at Waltham dates from the 19th September 1832; he was a 54-year-old married man with 5 children and 12 years' service.
9. A Return of Domestic Properties dated 1840, recorded that Patrick had moved to the opposite side of High Bridge Street into one of the cottages known as High Bank, forming part of Plot 48 on the Town Map shown in Appendix 1.(WO44/133).
10 The 1841 Census recorded that Patrick - aged 40 - and his wife, Catherine (30) were both born in Ireland and confirmed they lived on the north side of High Bridge Street with their children, Thomas (15), Edmund (11) and William (7). Only William was born in Essex.
