The Passaic valley, New Jersey, in three . HAYES CONCAK Avas a, liClonj;- resident ofNewark, aud during his active lite lield a innnber of iin-])ortant ])ositions of trust. He came from some of theoldest and most distiniiuisiied families in Hie Passaic \al-ley, his father and grandfather being otticers in the Kevidu-tionary War, the former, Samuel Cougar, receiving a com-missiou as First Lieutenant in the F(Hirt]i .Militia Com|ianyof Essex County, May ii. 1777. Sannid Cougar, father ofSamuel and grand-father of Sannud iLiyesCougar, died in married JoannaCiaue, daughter ofJo
The Passaic valley, New Jersey, in three . HAYES CONCAK Avas a, liClonj;- resident ofNewark, aud during his active lite lield a innnber of iin-])ortant ])ositions of trust. He came from some of theoldest and most distiniiuisiied families in Hie Passaic \al-ley, his father and grandfather being otticers in the Kevidu-tionary War, the former, Samuel Cougar, receiving a com-missiou as First Lieutenant in the F(Hirt]i .Militia Com|ianyof Essex County, May ii. 1777. Sannid Cougar, father ofSamuel and grand-father of Sannud iLiyesCougar, died in married JoannaCiaue, daughter ofJoseph and Abigail(Lyon) Crane, grand-daughter of Jasper andJoanna (Swaine) Craneand of Joseph and Abi-gail H*ierson) Lyon,and a great-gran<l-daught<r of Jas]ierCrane, Sr., SamuelSwaine, Henry ,\braliani Iierson,Jr., and Abigail Clark,his wife. Her great-great-grand father wasRev. Abraham Pierson,Sr. Major Samuel Con-gar was the sou of .Touathan Congei- and a graTidson u{ .TolinConger. Samuel Hayes Congars mother, Hannah Hayes, was the. ,MI:KL II. CONG.\K. 64 THE PASSAIC VALLEY daughter of Major Saniue] Hayes (a prominent militia oflS-cer in the Eevolutiou) an:l t^ai-ah Brneu, a granddaughterof Josepli and Elizabeth (Day) Hayes and of John andMary (Tomj)kins) Bruen, and a great-granddaughter ofThomas Hayes (who mariied a Miss Devison), of John andEsther (Lawrence) Bruen, and of Seth and Elizabeth(Kitohel) Iompkins. Her great-great-grandfathers wereBobert Henisou, Obadiah Bruen, Richard Lawrence,Michael Tompkins, and Robert Kitchel. All these namesrepresent well known families in East Jersey, and have fig-ured consiiicuously in the ciAil, military, and commercialhistory of the State. Samuel Hayes Congar was born in Newark, December10, 1806, and attended the common schools of that city, leav-ing at the early age of eleven to enter the drug store of hisuncle. Dr. Samuel Hayes, a prominent physician and drug-gist of his day. Afterward he learned the trade of coach
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