He was the son of
Sir Samuel Hayes, 1st Baronet. He married Elizabeth Lighton, daughter of Sir Thomas Lighton, 1st Baronet MP of Merville, County Dublin. The children from this marriage included: •
Sir Edmund Samuel Hayes, 3rd Baronet (2 July 1806 - 23 June 1860) • Anne Hayes - married on 11 February 1829, Revd. Robert Traill, Rector of
Schull, County Cork. • Harriet Hayes • Mary Hayes (d. 1874) - married Francis Mansfield of Castle Wray and Ardrummon House, County Donegal. ==Career==