Hetty Adolphus^{[1, 2]}

Abt 1712 - 1783  (~ 71 years)

• Name	Hetty Adolphus  [3, 4]
  Born	Abt 1712
  Gender	Female
  Reference Number	640
  Died	Sep 1783  [4, 5]
  Person ID	I640	aojd
  Last Modified	11 Nov 2011

  
  

  Family ID

  F246

  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Children	1. David Hays,   b. 19 Feb 1732, Rye, Westchester, NY ,   d. 17 Oct 1812, Mt. Pleasant, Westchester, NY  (Age 80 years)   2. Michael Hays,   b. 1753,   d. 1799  (Age 46 years)   3. Benjamin Hays,   b. Abt 1733-1734,   d. 1 Jul 1816  (Age ~ 82 years)   4. Charity Hays,   b. 1740,   d. 18 Jan 1813  (Age 73 years)   5. Moses Hays,   b. Abt 1736,   d. Yes, date unknown   6. Abigail Hays,   b. Abt 1738,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F244	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Hetty was somewhere around 50 when her husband died, leaving her with many children. Like so many other women left alone in the world and compelled to earn her own living, Hetty took in boarders. In that era, any perceived infraction against the Levital dietary laws by an individual might at times be regarded as a serious communal situation, one which called for action by the congregation Shearith Israel. And so it happened that in 1774, Hetty (Adolphus) Hays was brought before the board of trustees on a charge that her house had offended against the Jewish dietary laws. The complaint was made that "the widow Hatty Hays had bought out of the Markett a Quarter of Lamb, that was sealed, but not sherched". Since she took boarders into her home, an earnest congregational hearing was held on the question of whether or not that piece of lamb was truly kasher. In the end it was agreed that there was not sufficient evidence to hold that the shohet had failed to examine the animal after the killing. Even so, Hetty was ordered to take stringent steps to properly clean everything in her house. She fully complied with this order, and her house was publicly declared to be kasher. Source: An Old Faith in the New World by David and Tamar deSola Pool.

  
  

• Sources

  [S81] . [S285] . [S4] PG. 104 HAYS (1) (Reliability: 3). QUAY 3 [S4] PG. 7 ADOLPHUS (Reliability: 3). [S38] .