Bethiah (Snow) Hayward (1688 - abt. 1745)

Born 28 Sep 1688 in West Bridgewater, Plymouth, Plymouth Colony, New England

Ancestors

Wife of Elisha Hayward — married 1 Feb 1721 in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay, New England

Descendants

Died about 1745 at about age 56 in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay, New England

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Biography

Bethiah (aka Bethia) Snow was born in September 1688 in West Bridgewater, Plymouth Bay colony, New England (merged into the Province of Massachusetts Bay in 1691). She was the daughter of William Snow Jr. and his wife Naomi (Whitman) Snow. William Snow Jr. was a descendant of Peter Brown(e) who had come to Plymouth Bay in 1620 aboard the "Mayflower." .^[1]

Bethiah Snow married widower Elisha Hayward on February 1, 1721, in Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., Province of Massachusetts Bay, New England. He had 5 small children, including two sets of twins. Elisha and Bethia (Snow) Hayward had 3 children together:^[2]

1. Bethiah Hayward b: 07 APR 1722 in Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA
2. Naomi Hayward b: 25 MAR 1726 in Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA
3. Ezra Hayward b: 16 NOV 1729 in Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., Province of Massachusetts Bay, New England; d: 8 May 1808

Bethia (Snow) Hayward died around 1745. This time, with his children older, Elisha waited until July 21, 1747, before he married a 3rd time, to widow Abigail (Hathaway) Eddy. He and Abigail had no children together. ^[3]

Elisha Hayward died in Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts Bay province, New England, shortly after his Will was signed on September 28, 1748. It was proven November 7, 1748. It states:^[4]

"my wife Abigail to have "household stuff and goods that was her own before marriage ... excepting what was my second wife's." It also named all 8 of his children: son Elisha (m. Elizabeth Washburn); youngest son Ezra (m. Lydia Lee); son Abner (m. Mary Alger); and daughters, Experience (m. Benjamin Curtis); Hannah (m. John Snow); Tabitha (m. Jacob Hayward, Jr.); Bethiah (m. Thomas Willis); and Naomi (m. Joseph Alger Jr.).

GENEALOGICAL NOTE: This profile originally used Ancestry.com sources that, unfortunately, have been proven to be mistaken. Bethiah Snow, born on September 28, 1688, in Bridgewater, English colony of Plymouth, New England, and the daughter of William Snow and Naomi (Whitman) Snow, did NOT marry a Mr. Elisha Howard. She married Elisha Hayward, who was the son of Nathaniel Hayward and Hannah (Willis) Hayward. The Haywards were Plymouth colonists, arriving in 1635, with a pedigree extending back to Aylesford, Kent, England, spelling their name HAYWARD (or sometimes Heyward but not Howard). Several "family trees" have perpetuated the mis-spelling as Howard but it is not justified. Added by Chet Snow July 15, 2016.

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On 1 Feb 1721 Bethia married Elisha Hayward, born 1674 in Taunton, Bristol, Plymouth Colony, New England.^[6] He was a recent widower as his 1st wife, Experience Harvey, had just died, leaving him with 5 young children, including 2 sets of twins, to raise.

The couple lived in Bridgewater and had 3 children together:^[7]

1. Bethiah Hayward b: 7 APR 1722 in Bridgewater, Plymouth MA
2. Naomi Hayward b: 25 MAR 1726 in Bridgewater, Plymouth MA
3. Ezra Hayward b: 16 NOV 1729 in Bridgewater, Plymouth MA

Bethia (Snow) Hayward passed away around 1745 and her husband remarried on 31 July 1747.

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Sources

1. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V5NC-DFZ : 10 February 2018), Bithiah Snow, 28 Sep 1688; citing BRIDGEWATER,PLYMOUTH,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 164,691, 164,692.
2. ↑ David Grinnell through the generations on RootsWeb - Elisha Hayward (Link via Wayback Machine at Archive.org, capture date 11 Mar 2023.)
3. ↑ See preceding Note.
4. ↑ Genealogy for Michael and Deb Hervey on RootsWeb - Elisha Hayward (Link via Wayback Machine at Archive.org, capture date 11 Mar 2023.)
5. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V5NC-DFZ : 10 February 2018), Bithiah Snow, 28 Sep 1688; citing BRIDGEWATER,PLYMOUTH,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 164,691, 164,692.
6. ↑ MA Vital Records: Plymouth/Bridgewater: Image M347 Marriages: Snow, Bithia & Elisha Hayward
7. ↑ See individual birth records in Sources

• Bethia Snow on Genealogy Brick Walls - Heatonbrown.com
• Ancestry Family Trees: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=18551314&pid=6785
• Family Data Collection - Individual Records Author: Edmund West, comp. Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000.
• U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 by Yates Publishing Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004. This unique collection of records was extracted from a variety of sources including family group sheets and electronic databases.
• Massachusetts Marriages, 1633-1850 by Dodd, Jordan, Liahona Research, comp. Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005. With some noted exceptions all marriage records in this collection can be found at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah.

• Hentschel, Inwood, Lucas, Klein, Wheeler on RootsWeb: Bethia Snow (Link via Wayback Machine at Archive.org, capture date 11 Mar 2023.)

• MA Vital Records: Plymouth/Bridgewater: Image B144, Births: Hayward, Bithia, ch. Elisha and Bithia...
• MA Vital Records: Plymouth/Bridgewater: Image B147, Births: Hayward, Ezra, ch. Elisha and Bithia...
• MA Vital Records: Plymouth/Bridgewater: Image B152, Births: Hayward, Naomi, ch. Elisha and Bithia...

Acknowledgements

• WikiTree profile Snow-264 was created through the import of greenwald-millerGEDCOM.ged on 27 September 2010.
• WikiTree profile Snow-938 was created through the import of DeMarco-Gaffney Family Tree.ged on Jul 1, 2011 by Regina DeMarco. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Regina and others.
• Julie Baldwin created WikiTree profile Snow-1830 through the import of Jhoward.ged on May 31, 2013. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by Julie and others.