It becomes our melancholy duty this week to chronicle the departure of two of our oldest inhabitants of this vicinity. Sarah HAYWARD widow of David HAYWARD, died at Penobsquis (Kings Co.) Thursday, April 19th, aged 93 years 5 months; also her sister-in-law, Mary McLELLAN, died the following day at the Knoll at the age of 90 years 10 months. Mrs. Hayward's father was the late Samuel McCULLY of Dutch Valley and her mother, whose maiden name was Sarah HOAR, were both born in Onslow, Colchester Co., N.S. of American parentage. The former's ancestors came from the North of Ireland; the latter was of a Scotch family which had settled for a season in Connecticut. Mr. and Mrs. McCully were born 6th Feb. 1764 and 6th Oct. 1775, respectively, and were married on his 30th birthday (just 100 years ago last winter) at Onslow, had one or two children when they removed to Hopewell (Albert Co.) N.B., then commonly called Shepody. After residing near the Cape about 18 years, they sold their farm to Paul ROBINSON and removed to Sussex. Here they lived for three or four years in the old Ansley house near the Upper Corner and then purchased from George Jefferson PITFIELD, grandfather of William T. PITFIELD of Sussex and Ward C. PITFIELD, St. John, the east half of lot 56, being the farm in Dutch Valley now occupied by Robert McCULLY, J.P. Samuel McCULLY was closely related to the McCully's of Truro, N.S. and of Chatham, N.B.; the first of the connection to settle in the latter place being his nephew. His own family were as follows: (1). Elizabeth McCULLY, born 8th Dec. 1794 married John McCREADY, farmer of Little River near Rothesay; a brother of the late William McCREADY of Penobsquis. She died 14th Feb. 1876 leaving no children. (2) Catherine McCULLY born 13th Nov. 1796, died unmarried, 6th Feb. 1879 at Corn Hill where she had for some time made her home with her sister, Mrs. Stockton. (3) Mary McCULLY, botn 11th Dec. 1798; married 25th July 1832, John MANNING, Smith's Creek; died Dec. 1878. Besides two children who died young, Mrs. Manning left one son, J. Alfred MANNING now of Washington Territory, U.S. and one daughter, Mrs. Sarah HARDY, Worcester, Mass. (4) Sarah McCULLY, the subject of this notice. (5) Samuel McCULLY born 27th Nov. 1802, was a farmer and lived at the Portage. He married Mary E. STOCKTON d/o late Gilbert L. STOCKTON of Smith's Creek. She died 31st March 1874, aged 67 years and he died 12th August 1876 at the age of 74. They had three sons, John W. STOCKTON, William S. STOCKTON of Corn Hill and Lester STOCKTON of the Portage. (6) Abigail McCULLY born 29th Dec. 1804; married 17th March 1831, William R. STOCKTON, Corn Hill, and died Sept. 1886. He died 22nd May 1856. They had seven sons and one daughter, viz. Ebenezer STOCKTON, Corn Hill; Andrew H. STOCKTON, Goshen; Ezra STOCKTON, Corn Hill; Lester STOCKTON, Anagance; William STOCKTON, formerly of Corn Hill, now deceased; Albert STOCKTON, who died unmarried and Samuel STOCKTON of Newtown. Their daughter, Sarah STOCKTON married her cousin Wm S. McCULLY, but died 26th Sept. 1875, age 38. (No number 7 listed) (8) Hopeful McCULLY born 6th June 1809 married Thomas W. COATES of Newtown and had seven children viz. John COATES who lives in Boston, civil engineer; James C. COATES, residing on the homestead at Newtown; Arthur COATES, died in Nevada; Herbert COATES, also of Boston; Sarah COATES married Isaac COY of Collina. Two other sons died young. Mrs. Coates died at Boston 24th Dec. 1884. Mr. Coates was born 12th Sept. 1809 and died 8th March 1884. (9) A daughter who died in infancy. (10) Robert McCULLY born 8th Oct. 1815 in the old Ansley house, married Lavinia CLARK, Hopewell, N.B., resides on the homestead at Dutch Valley and has the following family viz. Susano McCULLY married Gilbert WILBUR, Esq., Shediac; Silas C. McCULLY, unmarried, living with his father; Oscar J. McCULLY, physician, Moncton; Alonzo D. McCULLY, Sheffield, Methodist Minister; Frank A. McCULLY, Moncton, barrister; Clement McCULLY, St. John, druggist. (11) Lucy McCULLY, born 19th Aug. 1921, unmarried, lives at Smith's Creek. Sarah McCully was born 19th Nov. 1800 at Hopewell. Having removed with her parents to Sussex, she married 25th Jan. 1821, David Hayward, the eldest son of her father's nearest neighbor. Of his family some account is given below. They lived for two years with Mr. Hayward's father, who then bought for them from David SINNOTT, grandfather of J.A. SINNOTT, Esq., Apohaqui, that fine farm of 500 acres at Smith's Creek, now occupied by Mark THOMPSON. The deed is dated 2nd Dec. 1822, so that they doubtless removed thither to the winter of 1823. Here Mr. and Mrs. Hayward lived togther for 47 years, models of piety, industry and thrift. Their family comprise: (1) Mariam HAYWARD, born at Sussex, 25th July 1892, married 7th March 1840 to James W. NOWLAN, Esq., Smith's Creek. She died 7th Nov. 1842, leaving one daughter, Louisa M. NOWLAN, now living in Boston; also a son, David NOWLAN who died when about 2 years old. (2) Susanna HAYWARD born 29th Aug. 1824, married 26th Oct. 1846 to William WARWICK, merchant, formerly of St. John, but latterly of Lawrencetown, N.S. where he died 25th Oct. 1890. They had two children: Orlando H. WARWICK, merchant of St. John, N.B. and Minnie WARWICK wife of W.F. LINTON, Truro, N.S. with whom Mrs. Warwick now resides. (3) Abigail HAYWARD born. 14th Feb. 1827, married 12th June 1851 to James W. NOWLAN, Esq. They have the following family, viz. Oscar L. NOWLAN, living in Minneapolis, U.S.; Celia E. NOWLAN married Cyrus B. McCREADY, Apohaqui; H. Tilley NOWLAN married Anne SCOVIL, lives in Boston; Hedley V. NOWLAN, died of scarlet fever when two years old; Edwin C. NOWLAN, now living at Smith's Creek; Rozell H. NOWLAN, married and living Seattle, U.S.; Laura E. NOWLAN, now living at Smith's Creek; Helen Ida NOWLAN, died 6th Dec. 1884, aged 19; Eva Irene NOWLAN, died 25th June 1889, aged 20. (4) William Henry HAYWARD born 10th Sept. 1829, married 21st April 1857 to Augusta M. PARLEE d/o late Zachariah PARLEE, Esq., Smith's Creek. They have one son, Harvey P. HAYWARD in business with his father, Princess St., St. John. (5) Elizabeth HAYWARD born 10th Jan. 1835 married 4th Feb. 1856 to John MURRAY, Esq. of Penobsquis. Their family include: David H. MURRAY of the Thompson-Houston Electric Co., Schenectady, N.Y.; married 31st Dec. 1856 to Agnes A. KEITH d/o late William KEITH, Esq., Havelock; Ada S. MURRAY married 17th June 1885 to Leonard ALLISON, barrister, Sussex; Nettie A. MURRAY, living at home; Irvine E. MURRAY with Abner SMITH, Sackville; Lizzie A. MURRAY married 8th June 1893 to Geo. T. BASKIN, merchant, McAdam, N.B. (6) Samuel HAYWARD born 11th April 1838; married 10th Sept. 1873 to Margaret A. RYAN d/o late James RYAN, Esq. of Millstream. They have no family. Mr. Hayward is head of the well known hardware firm doing business at the corner of King and Canterbury streets, St. John. Mr. and Mrs. David Hayward removed in March 1870 from a farm which had been their home for nearly half a century, to spend their declining years at Penobsquis. It was not, however, till 29th Sept. 1886 that they had enjoyed 65 years and 8 months of wedded life, that they were called upon to part. A severe illness after her husband's death seemed to indicate that she would soon follow him. But she recovered and for several years was able to attend the services of the church they had both loved so deeply and so long. Finally, however, her faculties began to fail by reason of successive attacks of paralysis and though suffering comparatively little pain she grew gradually weaker and at last the weary wheels of life stood still. Mrs. McLellan was a sister of David Hayward, above mentioned. Their grandfather, William HAYWARD, had been an officer in the British army and came after the peace of 1783 to Nova Scotia. He he received the grant of a large tract of land, but family tradition is not clear as to whether this was in the vicinity of Halifax or Windsor. It is agreed, however, that Mr. Hayward found it so rocky as to be practically worthless; and that afterwards, when the location had proved valuable for building purposes his descendants endeavored to make out their title to it, but failed in so doing. Mr. Hayward, with his sons, George HAYWARD and William HAYWARD lived several years in or near Windsor, but removed to Hopewell very early in the present century. He died soon after, as did William, jr., who had been married but left no family. The elder son, George Griffith HAYWARD, born while his father was in the army and christened in St. Paul's, London, had previously married Abigail COPPS d/o Capt. COPPS of Lower Hopewell by whom he had two ot three children before they removed to Hopewell. In March 1811, however, after about ten years residence in the latter place, then generally known as Shepody, Mr. Hayward sold his farm to Mr. Clark, grandfather of Mrs. Robert McCully and removed to Sussex. Here he bought from Philip FORCE and his son William FORCE, lots 57 and 58 of 200 acres each, comprising the farms of Orin Hayes, Harry Hayes, Edwin Anderson and Sylvester Anderson. The Forces were Loyalists from Pennsylvania. They had made considerable improvements which may be inferred from the fact that Mr. Hayward paid them 850 for their land, stock and utensils. They got the 'Niagary Fever' as it was called; and saying they would 'never lay their bones in this d__d cold country', they removed to Ontario as did several others from Sussex about the same time. Mr. G.G. Hayward lived on the site of Harry Haye's residence. He and his wife were members of the Wesleyan Church - to which indeed his father had belonged in England. He was mainly instrumental in procuring the first regularly ordained Methodist minister settled in Sussex, the late Rev. Michael PICKLES, to be sent for that purpose by the English Conference and he also contributed largely to the erection of the first Methodist Church built in Sussex. This was the building now located near the Sussex Railway Station and used as a butter and cheese factory and for the Dominion Dairy School. It was built in 1830 on a site yet to be seen on Mr. Haslam's meadow near the bank of the burying ground brook and was occupied till the present Methodist Church at Lower Corner was erected about the year 1865 on the site adjoining Mrs. Jeffries' residence. George G. HAYWARD died 24th Nov. 1856, aged 83 years and his wife died 13th March 1860 at the age of 82. They had the following family, viz: (1) David HAYWARD born 14th Jan. 1799 married 25th Jan. 1821 Sarah fourth d/o Samuel McCULLY. He died 28th Sept. 1886 as above. (2) Humphrey HAYWARD born 1801; married 1st Sarah GRAVES who died 13th Feb. 1835, aged 35 and was buried with two young children in the old burying ground by Charles Anderson's at Penobsquis. They had also the following children: 2.a. Mary HAYWARD married John HUMPHREYS, Petitcodiac; 2.b. George HAYWARD married Charlotte WILSON, lived at Petitcodiac and St. John; 2.c. Kitty HAYWARD, unmarried, lives with her sister Mary at Petitcodiac; 2.d. Emma HAYWARD widow of Henry DAVIDSON, Esq., Portage; 2.e. Hanford HAYWARD married Fannie KINNEAR, lives in Clinton, Mass; 2.f. Sarah HAYWARD married Gilbert DAVIDSON, com. merchant of St. John. Humphrey Hayward married 2nd Hannah KETCHUM, Portage, but had no children by her. He died 18th Sept. 1854 on the Haslan farm, which he rented after Xenophen Cougle's death. Prior to this he had lived chiefly at Portage. He was buried at Sussex. (3) Mary HAYWARD, the subject of this sketch. (4) Catherine HUMPHREY born in 1805; married Isaac CLEVELAND, Penobsquis, who lived on the farm now occupied by Edwin McCREADY and had a mill there by the Secord bridge. Having been severly injured in a dispute with a neighbor about a spring, he removed to St. John. He died 10th April 1864, aged 65 and is buried at Penobsquis. Their family comprides in addition to several who died young: 4.a. Ann CLEVELAND married John FREEZE, formerly of Penobsquis, died at Calgary, N.W.T.; 4.b. Abigail CLEVELAND married Mr. CALHOUN, Hopewell; 4.c. Isabel CLEVELAND married Dr. DOHERTY, Kingston (Kent Co.); 4.d. Bartholomew CLEVELAND married 1st a Miss SMITH, St. John; 2nd, Sarah WALLACE, sister of the late J.C. LAMB, Sussex. He lived formerly in Sussex and Hampton, but is now in Boston; 4.e. Charlotte CLEVELAND married Clinton DAVIDSON, Moncton; 4.f. Xonophon CLEVELAND married and lives in the U.S.; 4.g. Susan CLEVELAND married George JARDINE, formerly of Moncton, now in the U.S.; 4.h. George CLEVELAND, formerly of St. John, now also in the U.S. (5) Henry HAYWARD resided where Orin Hayes now lives. He died 5th Feb. 1877 in his 69th year. His wife, Fanny PARLEE died 11th May 1883, aged 74. They had three children, viz.: 5 a. Sarah HAYWARD wife of James TITUS, Esq., Hampton, formerly of Sussex; 5.b. Mary J. HAYWARD married Hiram B. WHITE, died 30th Oct. 1862, aged 27, leaving two daughters; 5.c. Frances Legett HAYWARD married Geo. H. BARNES and died 24th Dec. 1875, aged 38 years, leaving no children. (6) William HAYWARD born Dec. 25th, 1810 in Hopewell, was a miller and lived at Hagarty's mill, married Sophia GUIMARIN d/o Dr. Peter GUIMARIN. She died 10th Nov. 1847, aged 37. She and three young children died of ship fever, only three attained maturity, viz.: 6.a. Abigail HAYWARD married Robert A. HAGARTY, formerly of Dutch Valley, lately of Barnesville, Upham. 6.b. Matilda HAYWARD died when a young lady 6.c. Eliza HAYWARD married Alfred HAGARTY and removed to Ontario. William Hayward married 2nd May HAGARTY by whom he had no children. He died 10th March 1881, aged 70. (7) Abigail HAYWARD married Rev. Michael PICKLES and died 10th June 1833 in her 20th year. Her infant son, Geo. Fletcher PICKLES is buried with her. (8) Sarah HAYWARD died 8th Dec. 1830 in her 15th year. (9) Jane HAYWARD married William PUGSLEY, Esq., formerly of Sussex and Bloomfield, now of St. John North. Their family include: 9.a. John PUGSLEY, died unmarried in California. 9.b. Abbie PUGSLEY married Dr. John SMITH, dentist, St. John. 9.c. Gilbert R. PUGSLEY, St. John, barrister. 9.d. Daniel PUGSLEY, St. John North, dentist. 9.e. William PUGSLEY of Rothesay and St. John, barrister. 9.f. Julia PUGSLEY, died 9th Oct. 1875. 9.g. Josephine PUGSLEY married R.B. HUMPHREY, Esq., merchant, St. John. 9.h. Jennie PUGSLEY married Gaspard TAPLEY, lumber dealer, St. John North. (10) Isabella HAYWARD married 1st Dr. David McLELLAN, who practiced at Anagance and also at St. John. They had one son, David Theodore McLELLAN who died in California about ten years ago; also a daughter who died in infancy. After Dr. McL.'s death she married the late Joseph COUGLE of Anagance by whom she had no family. She died in the autumn of 1881, aged 58. Dr. McLellan died about 1st Aug. 1860 and is buried near Petitcodiac. Mr. Cougle died 25th Oct. 1871, aged 52. Mrs. Pugsley is now the sole survivor of this large family. Only she and Isabella were born in Sussex, the others in Windsor or Hopewell. Mary, the third child and eldest d/o Geo. G. Hayward and his wife Abigail, was born 21st June 1803. She believed that she was born at Windsor, N.S. which was also the birthplace of her brothers David and Humphrey. She married 7th Feb. 1820 Xenophon COUGLE, son of Joseph COUGLE, the second s/o Col. John COUGLE, a Loyalist from Vermont. They lived for twenty years at the Upper Corner, Sussex, where they kept inn on the site of Walter McMonagle's residence. In March 1840, they sold the property to the late Hugh McMONAGLE, Esq. and removed to the farm afterwards owned by Maxwell SPEAR and John MARVIN and now occupied by John J. HASLAM. Mr. Cougle was very enterprising in business, most affable and gentlemanly in manner and in his day one of the wealthiest and most influential men in Sussex. He suffered severe injury by a fall in the City of St. John and after a protracted illness, he died quite suddenly at his residence 19th April 1853. He had been born 30th March 1800. Their family were as follows: (1) George COUGLE born. 4th Nov. 1820; died 8th Oct. 1823; (2) Albert COUGLE born 3rd Nov. 1822, died 1st Jan. 1823. (3) Frances Charlotte COUGLE born 26th Oct. 1823, married 21st July 1842 to the late Edwin A. VAIL, M.D., M.L.C., who died 31st July 1885, aged 68. She died 2nd Dec. 1862, leaving issue 3.a. X. Herbert VAIL, barrister, St. John, died 4th Feb. 1882, aged 38. 3.b. Helen COUGLE wife of O. Roswell ARNOLD, Esq., Sussex 3.c. William E. COUGLE, physician, Sussex, died 4th June 1874, age 26. 3.d. Alice COUGLE wife of Edward HICKSON, Esq., recently of Bathurst, N.B. 3.e. William Johnston COUGLE born 22nd April 1826, died unmarried 7th June 1850. 3.f. Edwin COUGLE borm 16th Aug. 1828, married 11th Sept. 1851, Frances FOSHAY. He practiced many years as a physician at Oromocto, N.B., died 26th Feb. 1870 and was interred at Fredericton. His widow and one daughter Maud COUGLE now reside in Washington, D.C. Dr. Cougle has also one or two daughters who died in infancy. Sarah COUGLE born 3rd Dec. 1830 died 1st Aug. 1839. Several years after Mr. Cougle's death, his widow married Thomas McLELLAN of Londonderry, N.S. He was a brother of Dr. McLELLAN who had married her sister Isabella and an uncle of the Hon. A.W. McLELLAN, late Lt. Gov. of Nova Scotia. He was a somewhat eccentric man and being advanced in life, did not live many years after their marriage and she returned to Sussex. Here, in the midst of a large circle of relatives and friends she spent the remainder of a long and eventful life. It was of the most utmost interest to hear her reminincs of the old farm at Shepody, with its wide marshes and the long dykes on which she used to walk and watch the ships sailing up the bay; the magnificent view across to Dorchester and down to Grindstone Island; the solemn awe produced on her mind by her grandfather's funeral; the beautiful orchard with its old French apple trees, under which her brother David dug for the gold he dreamed had been buried there; the passage up the Petitcodiac and the journey in the sleds from 'The Bend' to Sussex along roads so drifted that she and her mother both became seasick. Her recollections of Sussex, as it was from 50 to 75 years ago were also particularly distinct and valuable. Notwithsatnding her davanced age, she enjoyed comparatively good health until about February 1893 when she suffered a slight attack of paralysis. With the approach of summer, however, she almost entirely recovered and was again quite well during the fall and early winter. With the approach of spring, however, her strength began to fail and she passed peacefully away deeply regretted by all who knew her. (signed) L. Allison.