Joseph Hedden (abt. 1728 - 1780)

Born about 1728 in Newark, Essex, New Jersey

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Descendants

Died 27 Sep 1780 at about age 52 in Newark, Essex, New Jersey, United States

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Biography

Joseph Hedden performed Patriotic Service in New Jersey in the American Revolution.

Joseph Hedden served with Civil Service, New Jersey during the American Revolution.

Joseph Hedden is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A054099.

Joseph Hedden is an NSSAR Patriot Ancestor.
NSSAR Ancestor #: 179081
Rank: Patriotic Service / Civil Service

Born c.1703 to Samuel* and Martha Dod, Rebekah Hedden was the first wife of the long-lived Joseph Hedden, Sr. She died in her "42nd Year", possibly from complications following the birth of their son Ebenezer. The couple were also the parents of martyred American patriot, Judge Joseph Hedden Jr. Mrs. Hedden's gravestone features a soul effigy of the "winged skull" type in its tympanum, a grim but popular image during the early colonial period. Currently embedded in the ground, it was cut from locally quarried brown sandstone, and appears to be the work of a craftsman known only as the "Common Jersey Carver." Referenced as "Samuel Dod the first", Mrs. Hedden's father was born c. 1656-7, and died c. 1713-4. She was his third daughter.

Joseph's son David Hedden was in a record in 1780.^[1]

Joseph died in 1780 at Sugar House.^[2]

Joseph was in a family history or pedigree on 27 September 1780 in Newark Township, Essex (Newark), New Jersey, United States.^[3]

Joseph died on 27 September 1780 and was buried in Fairmount Cemetery, Newark, Essex County, New Jersey, United States.^[4]

Joseph's will passed probate on 15 March 1783.^[5]

Joseph was in a family history or pedigree on 18 April 1929 in Newark, New Jersey.^[6]

Joseph was in a record.^[7]

He was in a record.^[8]

He was in a record.^[9]

Joseph married Sarah Canfield.^[10]

Birth: ABT 1728 Newark, Essex, New Jersey. Death: 27 SEP 1780 Newark, Essex, New Jersey, USA

Find a Grave states: Joseph Hedden was an avid patriot and judge in Newark. He was captured in a raid by a combined British and Hessian force in January 1780, where his wife was wounded by bayonet thrusts. The Justice was forced to march with little clothing over the frozen meadows and river to New York where he was confined in the infamous Sugar House Prison. ^[11]

Sources

1. ↑ Record of son David Hedden: "North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000"
   Book Title: Lineage Book of the Charter Members of the DAR Vol 074
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 61157 #2462900 (accessed 21 May 2024)
   Name: Joseph Hedden; Gender: Male; Age: 52; Birth Date: 1728; Birth Place: Newark, N J; Death Date: 1780; Spouse: Sarah Canfield; Child: David Hedden.
2. ↑ Death: "North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000"
   Book Title: Lineage Book of the Charter Members of the DAR Vol 012
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 61157 #1864188 (accessed 21 May 2024)
   Joseph Hedden death 1780 at Sugar House.
3. ↑ Family History or Pedigree: "Geneanet Community Trees Index"
   Original data: Geneanet Community Trees Index. Paris, France: Geneanet
   Ancestry Record 62476 #5390521858 (accessed 21 May 2024)
   Name: Joseph Hedden; Gender: M (Male); Birth Date: 1738; Birth Place: Newark, Essex, British Colonial America (Newark), New Jersey, USA; Marriage Date: 1753; Marriage Place: New Jersey, British Colonial America, New Jersey, USA; Death Date: 27 sept. 1780 (27 Sep 1780); Death Place: Newark Township, Essex (Newark), New Jersey, USA; Father: Joseph Hedden; Mother: Rebecca Dodd; Spouse: Sarah Canfield Rebecca Davis; View on Geneanet: https://gw.geneanet.org/cougarhawk?n=hedden&oc=1&p=joseph.
4. ↑ Burial: "U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current"
   Find A Grave: Memorial #37027444
   Ancestry Record 60525 #19388794 (accessed 21 May 2024)
   Joseph Hedden Jr burial (died on 27 Sep 1780) in Fairmount Cemetery, Newark, Essex County, New Jersey, United States of America. Born in 1738.
5. ↑ Will: "New Jersey, U.S., Abstract of Wills, 1670-1817"
   New Jersey, Published Archives Series, First Series; John L. Murphy Publishing Company; New Jersey State Archives
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 2793 #30702 (accessed 21 May 2024)
   Will of Joseph Hedden Jr of New Jersey, USA, granted probate on 15 Mar 1783.
6. ↑ Family History or Pedigree: "U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970"
   Volume: 218
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 2204 #530522 (accessed 21 May 2024)
   Name: Joseph Hedden; Birth Date: 1728; Birth Place: Newark, New Jersey; Death Date: 27 Sep 1780; Death Place: Newark, New Jersey; SAR Membership: 43530; Role: Ancestor; Application Date: 18 Apr 1929; Father: Joseph Hedden; Mother: Rebecca Dod; Spouse: Sarah Canfield; Children: Zepher Hedden.
7. ↑ Record of Joseph Hedden: "Biography & Genealogy Master Index (BGMI)"
   Gale Research Company; Detroit, Michigan; Accession Number: 535902
   Ancestry Record 4394 #10185237 (accessed 21 May 2024)
   Name: Joseph Hedden; Birth Year: 1728; Death Year: 1780; Has Photo: No; Source: A New Jersey Biographical Index. Sinclair, Donald Arleigh. Baltimore, MD: Clearfield, 2002. (NJBioInd 1).
8. ↑ Record: Ancestry Record 13797 #1236 (accessed 21 May 2024)
9. ↑ Record: Ancestry Record 7678 #95 (accessed 21 May 2024)
10. ↑ Marriage: "U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900"
    Source number: 337.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: DP1
    Ancestry Record 7836 #556921 (accessed 21 May 2024)
    Joseph Hedden marriage to Sarah Canfield.
11. ↑ Find A Grave https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/37027444/joseph-hedden accessed 20 Nov 2021.

• Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 20 Nov 2021), "Record of Joseph Hedden", Ancestor # A054099.

Acknowledgments

• Thank you to David Beard for creating WikiTree profile Hedden-50 through the import of Beard _ Lenerville Family Tree1.GED on Apr 11, 2013.