Patience (Saunders) Hayman (abt. 1826 - aft. 1861)

Born about 1826 in Green Turtle Cay, Abaco, Bahamas

Wife of Edward Francis Griffin — married Jan 1845 (to 27 Apr 1861) in Green Turtle Cay, Abaco, Bahamas

Wife of Jacob Hayman — married 29 Dec 1857 in Key West, Monroe County, Florida

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Patience (Saunders) Hayman is part of a Bahamian family.

Biography

Patience was born about 1826 in Green Turtle Cay, Abaco, Bahamas.^[1] She was the daughter of Joseph Saunders;^[2] however, there are several candidates for her father, and it is not presently known which Joseph is the right one.

She married Edward Francis Griffin in January 1845 in Abaco, probably Green Turtle Cay.^[3] Their marriage was disastrous. Patience refused to accompany her new husband back to Governor's Harbour and instead remained in her father's house.

After some time, Edward succeeded in getting Patience to live with him in Eleuthera; however, she shortly complained of medical problems and went to Nassau to seek medical treatment. Her parents were also staying in Nassau at this time, and Patience then returned with them to Green Turtle Cay.^[4]

She returned to Nassau and summoned Edward to join her there, but he found it was only for the purpose of paying for her medical expenses and other bills. Edward tried to get her to return with him to Governor's Harbour, but she refused and went back to Green Turtle Cay.^[5]

In late 1846, Edward received a letter from Patience asking him to let her come to him in Governor's Harbour, but by then Edward had heard credible reports that Patience was living with Henry E. Cartwright, a stipendiary magistrate for Abaco, in an adulterous relationship and that she was pregnant with Henry's child. Edward replied that she should remain in Green Turtle Cay and that he would come to her.^[6]

Before he could get a ship to take him there, Patience arrived in Governor's Harbour and was obviously pregnant. Edward sent her back to Nassau, and in May 1847, Patience gave birth to her daughter, Geraldine Griffin.^[7]

Patience gave birth to a son Henry Griffin in May 1851 in Green Turtle Cay.^[8] His birth record states that his father was unknown. It is not clear if Henry Cartwright was the father, though the child appears to have been named for him.

Patience apparently moved in with Jacob Hayman, a Jewish merchant in Green Turtle Cay, later that year or the next, as she had son Wolf Hayman with him in 1853–54.^[9] They had two more children together. Around December 1857, Jacob, Patience, and the children sailed to Key West, Florida,^[10] where Jacob and Patience entered in to an apparently bigamous marriage on 29 December 1857 at the house of Thomas D. Adams in a ceremony performed by Peter Crusoe, Justice of the Peace.^[11] The witnesses were Robert A. Drudge and Thos. D. Adams. Jacob and Patience claimed to be a widower and widow.

The family returned to Green Turtle Cay, for they sailed from there to New York City on 26 July 1858.^[12]

Sometime later, Jacob abandoned Patience, and she returned to the Bahamas by October 1860, when her long-suffering husband Edward petitioned for divorce.^[13] At this time, Patience was reportedly living in the Eastern District of New Providence in a house of "ill fame" with prostitutes. Edward was granted a divorce on 27 April 1861. Nothing further is known of Patience.

Sources

1. ↑ Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at New York, New York, 1820–1897, microfilm publication M237 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Service, [date?]), roll 186, Schooner Maxson Rogers, 26 July 1858, line 2, Patience Hayman; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://interactive.ancestry.com/7488/NYM237_186-0115/3479734?backurl=http%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.com%2f%2fcgi-bin%2fsse.dll%3fdb%3dnypl%26h%3d3479734%26ti%3d0%26indiv%3dtry%26gss%3dpt%26ssrc%3dpt_t37835005_p19162058909_kpidz0q3d19162058909z0q26pgz0q3d32768z0q26pgplz0q3dpid&ssrc=pt_t37835005_p19162058909_kpidz0q3d19162058909z0q26pgz0q3d32768z0q26pgplz0q3dpid&backlabel=ReturnRecord : accessed February 2015).
2. ↑ Ann Carmel, “Please Welcome Jeff to our Group!!!,” Bahamas Genealogy Group, discussion list, 30 September 2015 (https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/BahamasGenealogyGroup/info : accessed January 2016); citing Bahamas Supreme Court, Divorce Petition of Edward Francis Griffin, filed 5 October 1860.
3. ↑ Ann Carmel, “Please Welcome Jeff to our Group!!!,” Bahamas Genealogy Group, discussion list, 30 September 2015 (https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/BahamasGenealogyGroup/info : accessed January 2016); citing Bahamas Supreme Court, Divorce Petition of Edward Francis Griffin, filed 5 October 1860.
4. ↑ Ann Carmel, “Please Welcome Jeff to our Group!!!,” Bahamas Genealogy Group, discussion list, 30 September 2015 (https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/BahamasGenealogyGroup/info : accessed January 2016); citing Bahamas Supreme Court, Divorce Petition of Edward Francis Griffin, filed 5 October 1860.
5. ↑ Ann Carmel, “Please Welcome Jeff to our Group!!!,” Bahamas Genealogy Group, discussion list, 30 September 2015 (https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/BahamasGenealogyGroup/info : accessed January 2016); citing Bahamas Supreme Court, Divorce Petition of Edward Francis Griffin, filed 5 October 1860.
6. ↑ Ann Carmel, “Please Welcome Jeff to our Group!!!,” Bahamas Genealogy Group, discussion list, 30 September 2015 (https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/BahamasGenealogyGroup/info : accessed January 2016); citing Bahamas Supreme Court, Divorce Petition of Edward Francis Griffin, filed 5 October 1860.
7. ↑ Patience's husband, Edward Francis Griffin, mentioned the birth of a daughter to Patience from her adulterous relationship with Henry Cartwright in May 1847 when he petitioned for divorce in 1860. This is consistent with Geraldine's age in the 1870 census, which implies a birth year of circa 1847. Ann Carmel, “Please Welcome Jeff to our Group!!!,” Bahamas Genealogy Group, discussion list, 30 September 2015 (https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/BahamasGenealogyGroup/info : accessed January 2016); citing Bahamas Supreme Court, Divorce Petition of Edward Francis Griffin, filed 5 October 1860. 1870 U.S. Census, Monroe County, Florida, population schedule, Key West, stamped page 365. sheet 110, dwelling 808, family 817, Thomas J. Ashe household; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://interactive.ancestry.com/7163/4263358_00738/2485941?backurl=http://person.ancestry.com/tree/37835005/person/19359490618/facts/citation/59075090534/edit/record#?imageId=4263358_00738 : accessed January 2016); citing National Archives microfilm M593, roll 132.
8. ↑ Bahamas Registrar General, Civil Registration, Births, 1851, Second Quarter, Green Turtle Cay Division of the District of Abaco, p. 142, no. 6, [Unnamed Male] Griffin, 13 May 1851; digital image, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-8BHP-5TG?i=270&wc=Q4ZP-N3D%3A216281801%3Fcc%3D1922411&cc=1922411 : accessed January 2016). Henry's birth record states that his father was "Not known" and his mother was Patience Griffin, formerly Saunders.
9. ↑ No record of Wolf's birth has been found in the Bahamas civil registrations. He was five years old when the family arrived in New York City from Green Turtle Cay in July 1858. The 1900 census states that he was born in March 1854 in the Bahamas. Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at New York, New York, 1820–1897, microfilm publication M237 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Service, [date?]), roll 186, Schooner Maxson Rogers, 26 July 1858, line 5, Celestia Hayman; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://interactive.ancestry.com/7488/NYM237_186-0115/3479734?backurl=http%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.com%2f%2fcgi-bin%2fsse.dll%3fdb%3dnypl%26h%3d3479734%26ti%3d0%26indiv%3dtry%26gss%3dpt%26ssrc%3dpt_t37835005_p19162058909_kpidz0q3d19162058909z0q26pgz0q3d32768z0q26pgplz0q3dpid&ssrc=pt_t37835005_p19162058909_kpidz0q3d19162058909z0q26pgz0q3d32768z0q26pgplz0q3dpid&backlabel=ReturnRecord : accessed February 2015). 1900 U.S. Census, Monroe County, Florida, population schedule, Key West City Ward 5, enumeration district 105, stamped page 141B, sheet 6, dwelling 120, family 133, Alfred Broast household; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://interactive.ancestry.com/7602/004120049_00616/34156834?backurl=http://person.ancestry.com/tree/37835005/person/19162535862/facts/citation/155076032555/edit/record#?imageId=004120049_00616 : accessed January 2016); citing National Archives microfilm T623, roll 174.
10. ↑ The ages for Jacob and the three children are significantly off. Jacob is listed as twenty-two, implying a birth circa 1835. The children's names appear in the proper order; however all are stated to be young adults. "U.S., Atlantic Ports Passenger Lists, 1820–1873 and 1893–1959," Key West, 1857, 4th Quarter, nos. 63–67, Jacob Hayman, Patians Griffin, Wolf Hayman, Solas [Celeste] Hayman, and Leon Hayman; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://interactive.ancestry.com/8758/USM575_4-0210/7043703?backurl=http://person.ancestry.com/tree/37835005/person/19162529566/facts/citation/155076031562/edit/record : accessed January 2016).
11. ↑ Monroe County Deeds F: 91, marriage license, Jacob Hayman and Patience Griffin, 29 December 1857; digital image, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89Q5-KCW7?mode=g&i=71&wc=QCL8-PTG%3A350470101%2C350518401%3Fcc%3D2046765&cc=2046765 : accessed January 2016).
12. ↑ Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at New York, New York, 1820–1897, microfilm publication M237 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Service, [date?]), roll 186, Schooner Maxson Rogers, 26 July 1858, line 1, Jacob Hayman; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://interactive.ancestry.com/7488/NYM237_186-0115/3479734?backurl=http%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.com%2f%2fcgi-bin%2fsse.dll%3fdb%3dnypl%26h%3d3479734%26ti%3d0%26indiv%3dtry%26gss%3dpt%26ssrc%3dpt_t37835005_p19162058909_kpidz0q3d19162058909z0q26pgz0q3d32768z0q26pgplz0q3dpid&ssrc=pt_t37835005_p19162058909_kpidz0q3d19162058909z0q26pgz0q3d32768z0q26pgplz0q3dpid&backlabel=ReturnRecord : accessed February 2015).
13. ↑ Ann Carmel, “Please Welcome Jeff to our Group!!!,” Bahamas Genealogy Group, discussion list, 30 September 2015 (https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/BahamasGenealogyGroup/info : accessed January 2016); citing Bahamas Supreme Court, Divorce Petition of Edward Francis Griffin, filed 5 October 1860.