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William Hayward 1612 – 1659 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 3 MAY 1612

Birth Location: London, Middlesex, England

Death Date: 10 MAY 1659

Death Location: Braintree, Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States

Father: John Hayward

Mother: Agnes Walker

Spouse(s): Margaret Knight

Children(s): John Heywood, John Hayward, Mary Hayward, Sarah Hayward, Huldah Hayward, Hannah Hayward, Samuel Hayward, William III, Sarah Hayward, Robert Hayward

In 1612, William Hayward entered the world in London, Middlesex, England, born to John William Hayward and Agnes Walker. William Hayward married Margaret Margery Knight, and had children including John Heywood, John Hayward, Mary Hayward, Sarah Hayward, Huldah Hayward, Hannah Hayward, Samuel Hayward, William Hayward III, Sarah I Hayward, Robert Hayward. William Hayward passed away in 1659 in Braintree, Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States.

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Biography

  • In 1612, William Hayward entered the world in London, Middlesex, England, born to John William Hayward and Agnes Walker.
  • William Hayward married Margaret Margery Knight, and had children including John Heywood, John Hayward, Mary Hayward, Sarah Hayward, Huldah Hayward, Hannah Hayward, Samuel Hayward, William Hayward III, Sarah I Hayward, Robert Hayward.
  • William Hayward passed away in 1659 in Braintree, Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States.

Immediate Family

Parents

John Hayward
1583 – 1639
Birth Location: London St Giles without Cripplegate, City of London, England, United Kingdom
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Agnes Walker
1592 – 1676
Birth Location: Leeds, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
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Spouses(s)

Margaret Knight
– 1676
Birth Location: –
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Children(s)

John Heywood
1634 – 1705
Birth Location: London, Middlesex, England
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John Hayward
1634 – 1724
Birth Location: Stepney, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom
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Mary Hayward
1635 – 1730
Birth Location: Middlesex, England, United Kingdom
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Sarah Hayward
1636 – 1637
Birth Location: Braintree, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America
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Huldah Hayward
1636 – 1690
Birth Location: Stepney, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom
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Hannah Hayward
1637 – 1637
Birth Location: Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States
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Samuel Hayward
1642 – 1713
Birth Location: Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America
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William III
1647 – 1717
Birth Location: Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States
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Sarah Hayward
1647 – 1720
Birth Location: Norfolk, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA
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Robert Hayward
1652 – 1683
Birth Location: Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States
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William Hayward's Ancestors

Self
William Hayward
1612 – 1659
Birth Place: London, Middlesex, England
Parents
John William Hayward
1583 – 1639
London St Giles without Cripplegate, City of London, England, United Kingdom
Agnes Walker
1592 – 1676
Leeds, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Grandparents
Thomas Walker
1566 –
Leeds, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Thomas Walker
1570 –
Leeds, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

William Hayward's Descendants

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William Hayward (3 MAY 1612 – 10 MAY 1659) m. Margaret (Margery) Knight ( – 18 JUL 1676)
  1. 1. John Heywood (1634 – ABT 1705) m. Rebecca Atkinson (ABT 1627 – 5 AUG 1665)
  2. 2. John Hayward (13 NOV 1634 – 1724)
  3. 3. Mary Hayward (1635 – 1730)
  4. 4. Sarah Hayward (ABT 1636 – 1637)
  5. 5. Huldah Hayward (7 OCT 1636 – 1 SEP 1690) m. Ferdinando Thayer (18 APR 1625 – 28 MAR 1713)
    1. 1. Sarah Simmons (ABT 1649 – 17 JUN 1689) m. James Nash (1634 – 1695)
    2. 2. Sarah Thayer (3 FEB 1655 – 16 OCT 1677) m. Joseph Stevens (1 SEP 1642 – 19 JUN 1677)
    3. 3. Huldah (H) Thayer (16 JUN 1657 – 1725) m. Jacob Aldrich (28 FEB 1652 – 22 OCT 1695)
      1. 1. Seth (Aldrich) Sr (6 JUL 1679 – 15 OCT 1737) m. Mary Wood (ABT 1680 – AFT 17 OCT 1737)
        1. 1. Susanna Aldrich (15 JAN 1715 – 1750) m. John Wiley (5 MAY 1711 – )
        2. 2. Dinah Aldrich (28 APR 1717 – 24 MAR 1760) m. Edward Aldrich (7 SEP 1713 – BEF MAR 1800)
        3. 3. Jonathan Aldrich (2 JAN 1718 – 1765) m. Mary Wilson (12 JAN 1716 – 30 JUL 1804)
        4. 4. Abigail Aldrich (30 OCT 1721 – 6 SEP 1806) m. Simeon Keith (25 SEP 1712 – 17 MAR 1742) m. Joseph Bartlett (ABT 1715 – 1 DEC 1791)
        5. 5. Deborah Aldrich (26 FEB 1723 – Unknown) m. Thomas Jepherson (2 APR 1724 – 4 MAR 1751)
        6. 6. Samuel Aldrich (2 APR 1726 – 5 JUL 1814) m. Huldah Hill (13 SEP 1727 – 1775)
        7. 7. Elisabeth Aldrich (ABT 1729 – 13 JUN 1803) m. Noah Curtis (28 MAY 1731 – )
    4. 4. Jonathan Thayer (18 JAN 1659 – 1690) m. Elisabeth French (29 JUL 1655 – 3 OCT 1703) m. Elizabeth Bullen (3 DEC 1646 – 3 OCT 1703)
    5. 5. Joseph Thayer (ABT 1660 – 1728) m. Margaret Fairbanks (21 JUN 1664 – 1714) m. Joseph Thayer (ABT 1664 – ) m. <Living>
    6. 6. David Thayer (20 JUN 1660 – 1 JUN 1674)
    7. 7. David Thayer (20 JUN 1660 – 1 AUG 1674)
    8. 8. Naomi Thayer (28 JAN 1663 – 1718) m. John Cooke (16 JUN 1654 – 1718)
    9. 9. Thomas Thayer (11 FEB 1664 – 1 MAY 1738) m. Mary Poole (20 NOV 1668 – 8 DEC 1745)
    10. 10. Thomas (John) Thayer (14 FEB 1664 – 1 MAY 1738) m. Mary Adams m. Adelia (Mae) Mathews
    11. 11. Samuel Thayer (15 NOV 1666 – 19 DEC 1721) m. Mercy (Hannah Sarah) Butterworth (22 JAN 1663 – 1714) m. Sarah Bass (28 OCT 1673 – BEF 6 JUN 1719) m. Margaret Holbrook (1668 – ) m. Mary Bass (20 APR 1672 – 1723)
    12. 12. Israel Thayer (1667 – 1755)
    13. 13. Josiah Thayer (14 JAN 1670 – 27 FEB 1727) m. Sarah Bass (28 OCT 1673 – BEF 6 JUN 1719)
      1. 1. Sarah Thayer (25 MAY 1691 – 20 JUN 1739) m. David Hill (15 JUN 1695 – 26 DEC 1747)
        1. 1. John Hill (16 SEP 1717 – ) m. Thankful Underwood (8 FEB 1718 – )
        2. 2. Isaac Hill (11 AUG 1720 – 1773) m. Lydia Whitney (3 MAR 1712 – 3 APR 1780)
        3. 3. Mary Hill (1724 – ) m. John Aldrich (21 DEC 1720 – 30 DEC 1787)
        4. 4. Huldah Hill (13 SEP 1727 – 1775) m. Samuel Aldrich (2 APR 1726 – 5 JUL 1814)
      2. 2. Josiah Thayer (4 JUN 1694 – 13 MAY 1741) m. Elizabeth Lewis (ABT 1694 – ) m. Elizabeth Keith (ABT 1696 – ) m. Esther Keith (9 APR 1707 – 14 AUG 1793) m. Elizabeth Lewis (ABT 1696 – )
      3. 3. Susannah Thayer (13 SEP 1696 – 1735) m. Jacob Aldridge m. Nathaniel Fairbanks
      4. 4. Miriam Thayer (3 JUN 1699 – BEF 1750) m. Isaac Thayer (ABT 1672 – DEC 1754) m. Isaac Thayer (24 SEP 1695 – 22 APR 1763)
      5. 5. Jonathan Thayer (28 FEB 1701 – 14 JAN 1746) m. Mary Wales m. Elizabeth Alden (ABT 1706 – AFT 12 MAY 1752) m. Elizabeth Sampson (1696 – 19 MAR 1762) m. Hannah Sampson (1689 – ) m. Sarah Neal (8 SEP 1689 – 20 NOV 1800) m. Rachel Wales (15 OCT 1701 – 23 MAY 1748) m. Elizabeth Sampson (22 DEC 1692 – 17 APR 1744)
      6. 6. Rebecca Thayer (29 JUL 1704 – AFT 16 JUN 1755) m. Charles Shearlock (1700 – ABT 1754) m. Nathaniel Millard (31 MAR 1672 – 16 MAR 1740)
      7. 7. Rebecca Thayer (29 JUL 1704 – )
      8. 8. Bathsheba Thayer (10 SEP 1706 – UNKNOWN) m. James Lindsley m. James Lindsay (1702 – )
      9. 9. David Thayer (6 MAR 1710 – 30 JUN 1780) m. Jane Keith (2 SEP 1709 – 1783) m. Rebekah Williams (20 APR 1735 – 16 APR 1816) m. Sarah Thayer (ABT 1757 – ) m. Margaret Fairbanks (1670 – )
    14. 14. Isaac Thayer (ABT 1672 – DEC 1754) m. Miriam Thayer (3 JUN 1699 – BEF 1750)
    15. 15. Ebenezer Thayer (1674 – 1723) m. Martha White (28 AUG 1675 – ABT 1720)
    16. 16. Benjamin Thayer (1674 – 1729) m. Sarah Hayward (2 MAR 1673 – 8 DEC 1711) m. Hannah Hayward (11 MAR 1689 – AFT 1715)
    17. 17. David Thayer (17 AUG 1677 – 29 AUG 1678) m. Hannah Parks (18 MAY 1704 – )
  6. 6. Hannah Hayward (1637 – 1637)
  7. 7. Samuel Hayward (4 JAN 1642 – 29 JUL 1713) m. Mehitable Thompson (1645 – 1700) m. Elizabeth Miller (5 FEB 1663 – 9 SEP 1741) m. Mehitable Dunham (1669 – 29 DEC 1755)
  8. 8. William (Hayward) III (1647 – 17 DEC 1717) m. Sarah Butterworth (18 MAY 1653 – 1708) m. Prissillah Tompkins (1650 – 17 DEC 1717) m. Sarah Butterworth (28 MAY 1653 – ABT 1703)
  9. 9. Sarah (I) Hayward (20 AUG 1647 – 10 MAY 1720) m. William Dye (1654 – 3 MAR 1729) m. William Weeden (ABT 1660 – 1711) m. James Weeden (1640 – 1711)
  10. 10. Robert Hayward (1652 – 1683) m. Mary (1653 – 1683)

William Hayward's Timeline

3 Records

1612
3 MAY 1612
Birth of William Hayward in London, Middlesex, England
London, Middlesex, England
1612
3 MAY 1612
William Hayward was christened in London St Bartholomew by The Royal Exchange, City of London, England, United Kingdom
London St Bartholomew by The Royal Exchange, City of London, England, United Kingdom
1659
10 MAY 1659
Age 47
Death of William Hayward in Braintree, Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States
Braintree, Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 3 MAY 1612
    Event Place: London, Middlesex, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Christening
    Event Date: 3 MAY 1612
    Event Place: London St Bartholomew by The Royal Exchange, City of London, England, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 10 MAY 1659
    Event Place: Braintree, Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States
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