Joseph Hayward (abt. 1643 - 1718)

Born about 1643 in Duxbury, Plymouth Colony

Husband of Hannah (Mitchell) Hayward — married before 1683 in Bridgewater, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 20 Jun 1718 at about age 75 in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony

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Biography

Joseph Hayward was born abt 1643, in Concord, Massachusetts, his father, Thomas Hayward and his mother, [[Towne-491|.

He married Alice Sarah Brett and they had one son Joseph Hayward Jr..

He then married Hannah Mitchell.

In 1710, he and his son Thomas are mentioned in his brother, Elisha Hayward's will.^[1]

He died on June 20, 1718, in Bridgewater, Massachusetts, having lived a long life of 75 years, and was buried in Mendham, New Jersey.

His will is dated 19 June 1718 and proved on 17 July 1718 in Plymouth. He mentions his wife Hannah and his children, Joseph (eldest son), Thomas, Edward, Peter, Mary Eames, Hannah Byram, Susannah Hayward, and Abigail Hayward, and his granddaughter, Alice Alger, the only surviving daughter of his eldest daughter Alice Alger. His moveables inventory was taken on 20 June 1718 in Bridgewater.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-897D-6SY7?cc=2018320&wc=M6BX-3T5%3A337794101 : 20 May 2014), Probate records 1702-1710 vol 2 > image 97-99 of 106; State Archives, Boston.
2. ↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-897D-FJ8K : 20 May 2014), Probate records 1717-1724 and 1854-1862 vol 4-4Q > image 89-90 of 485; State Archives, Boston.

See also:

• Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migrations: Immigrants to New England 1634-1635, Volume III G-H, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston 2003, p 292. At ancestry.com.

• Source: Robert Charles Anderson,"Experience Mitchell", The Pilgrim Migration: Immigrants to Plymouth Colony 1620-1633, Boston, New England Historic Genelogical Society 2004 p. 327

• Joseph Hayward married his 3rd wife, Hannah Mitchell, at Bridgewater, Massachusetts by 1683.^[3]

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/186830071/joseph-hayward: accessed 27 November 2022), memorial page for Deacon Joseph Hayward (1642–20 Jun 1718), Find A Grave: Memorial #186830071, citing Elm Street Cemetery, Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA; Maintained by lifescribe (contributor 48569208) .

• https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/379961:2129?tid=106663546&pid=142440329110&hid=1049501422489. Source Information Ancestry.com. The New England Historical & Genealogical Register, 1847-2011 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Name: Sarah Willis, Event Type: Marriage, Marriage Date: 24 Dec 1706, Marriage Place: Bridgwater, Massachusetts, USA, Spouse Name: John Hayward

• Title: Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Note: This information comes from 1 or more individual Ancestry Family Tree files. This source citation points you to a current version of those files. Note: The owners of these tree files may have removed or changed information since this source citation was created. Page: Ancestry Family Trees Note: Data: Text: Ancestry Profile

• Title: Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Note: This information comes from 1 or more individual Ancestry Family Tree files. This source citation points you to a current version of those files. Note: The owners of these tree files may have removed or changed information since this source citation was created. Page: Ancestry Family Trees Note: Data: Text: Ancestry Profile

• ↑ Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States. Plymouth County, Mass., Probate records, 1686-1903; with index and docket, 1685-1967. (Originals with town clerk, filmed by Genealogical Society of Utah, 1968), FHL film 0550510, vol. 4, p. 136-138

• Inventory of "Joseph Hayward of Bridgwater in the County of Plymouth who dec'd June 20th 1718" taken 16 Jul 1718 by Nathaniel Brett, Isaac Johnson, and John Field. Will of "Joseph Hayward of the Town of Bridgwater In the County of Plymouth In New England yeoman", dated 19 Jun 1718, proved 17 Jul 1718, mentions "Hannah my wellbeloved wife", "my Eldest Son Joseph Hayward", "my Second Son Thomas Hayward", "my Third Son Edward Hayward", "my youngest Son Peter Hayward", "my four daughter Mary Eames Hannah Byram Susanah Hayward and Abigail Hayward", "my Grandaughter Alice Algar the Only Surviving daughter of my Eldest daughter Alice Algar", his right in the "Estate of Peter Town of Cambridge dec'd"

• Mitchell, Nahum. History of the Early Settlement of Bridgewater, in Plymouth County, Massachusetts: including an extensive family register. (Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States: Printed for the author by Kidder & Wright, 1840 (reprinted 1897)), 182

• Dea. Joseph (s. of Thomas i) m. first Alice, D. of Elder William Brett and had Joseph 1673 ; he had 3 wives, and had a D. Alice 1683; his 3d wife was Hannah, D. of Experience Mitchell, by whom he had Mary 1685, Thomas 1687, Edward 1689, Hannah 1691, and Susanna 1695, Peter 1699, Abigail 1702.—His will 1718.—Alice m. Israel Alger.—Mary m. Thos. Ames 1706.—Hannah m. Capt. Ebenezer Byram 1714.—Susanna m. Jonathan Packard probably 1719.—Abigail m. Zechariah Snell 1731.—Dea. Joseph, and his father Thomas, lived probably near where the Rev. Dr. Reed lived