| 1. | {{Puritan Great Migration}} [[Category: Hercules of Dover, sailed March, 1634-35]] [[Category: Bridgewater, Massachusetts]] == Biography == === Parentage; Date and Place of Birth ===Martha Hayward was the daughter of [[Hayward-270|Thomas Hayward, Sr.]] and his wife [[Towne-491|Susanna (Unknown) Hayward]].<ref name="GM3p292"/> Based on the fact that Martha's name was included among Thomas's family members enrolled for passage to New England aboard the ''Hercules'', under a minister's certification dated March 14, 1634/5, <refname="NEHGR75p219"/><ref name="GM3p288"/> she was born sometime before that date. Anderson estimates that she was born "say 1635,"<ref name="GM3p292"/> apparently based on the date he estimated for her parents' marriage and for her siblings' dates of birth. However, since all those dates seem to be rough estimates and the window for her birth in 1635 is very small, it is very possible (if not likely) that Martha wasborn somewhat earlier. Since the ''Hercules'' passenger lists statesthat Thomas and his family were from Aylesford, England, Martha was very probably born there.<ref name="NEHGR75p219"/><ref name="GM3p288"/> === Emigration to New England ===Martha and her family sailed from Sandwich, England to New England in1635 aboard the ship ''Hercules'', John Witherley, master.<ref name="NEHGR75p219"/><ref name="Hotten"/><ref name="GM3p288"/> They settled first at Cambridge, Massachusetts.<ref name="GM3p288"/> === Removal to Duxbury ===Martha's family moved from Cambridge to Duxbury by 1638.<ref name="GM3p289"/> === "Vain, Light and Lascivious Carriage" ===At a Grand Inquest on June 8, 1651, Martha Haward of Duxbury, along with John Shaw, James Shaw, Samuel Cutbert and Benjamin Eaton of Plymouth and Goodwife Gannett and William Snow of Duxbury, were presented for "vaine, light and lacivius carriage at an unseasonable time of night."<ref name="PCR2p170"/><ref name="GM3p292"/> At the General Court at New Plymouth on October 7, 1651, the Court, "not finding them alike faulty, have fined James Shaw and Goodwife Ganett thirty shillings apeace . . . and Samuell Cutbert, William Snow, Benjamine Eaton and Martha Haward are released, with admonishion to take heed of such evell carriages for the future. And as for John Shaw, he is lyable to punishment when oppertunitie serveth."<ref name="PCR2p172"/> === Marriage ===Martha married John Haward/Howard.<ref name="GM3p292"/><ref name="Mitchell191-2"/><ref name="Savage2p471"/><ref name="Howard1"/> The first name of John Haward/Howard's wife is confirmed by records of the division of his estate, which refer to his widow Martha.<ref name="Howard3-4"/> The identity of John Haward/Howard's wife as a daughter of ThomasHayward is confirmed by a quitclaim by John's children of rights to property bequeathed by Peter Town to Thomas Hayward's children.<ref name="MiddlesexDeeds23p398"/><ref name="GM3p292"/><ref name="GM3p293"/> Some family trees state that Martha and John were married on April 6,1657 in Dennis, Barnstable County. However, both the date and location seem very improbable, and no reliable sources supporting either thatdate or location have been found. Based on the estimated dates of birth of their children, Martha and John were probably married sometime in 1652-1655. Consistent with this range, Anderson states that they were married "by about 1655."<ref name="GM3p292"/> Since both Thomas Hayward and John Haward/Howard were residents of Duxbury during that time period (and Bridgewater was not incorporated until 1656), they were probably married there. === Children === Martha and John had the following children:# [[Howard-704|John]],<ref name="Mitchell191-2"/> b. probably sometime in 1653-7 in Bridgewater,<ref name="BasedOnMarriage"/> m. 1678 Sara Latham,<ref name="Mitchell191-2"/><ref name="Howard6"/> d. 1727 in Bridgewater<ref name="BrocktonVR336"/><ref name="Mitchell191-2"/># [[Howard-8985|Elizabeth]],<ref name="Mitchell191-2"/><ref name="Howard5"/> b. probably sometime in 1654-8 in Bridgewater<ref name="BasedOnMarriage"/> m. 1676 Edward Fobes<ref name="Mitchell191-2"/><ref name="Howard5"/># [[Howard-6598|Sarah]],<ref name="Mitchell191-2"/><ref name="Howard5"/> b. probably sometime in 1657-61 in Bridgewater,<ref name="BasedOnMarriage"/> m. 1679 Zaccheus Packard<ref name="Mitchell191-2"/><ref name="Howard5"/># [[Howard-899|James]],<ref name="Mitchell191-2"/> b. probably sometime in 1660-4 in Bridgewater,<ref name="BasedOnMarriage"/> m. 1685 Elizabeth Washburn,<ref name="Mitchell191-2"/><ref name="Howard7"/> d. 1690 on the Canada Expedition<ref name="Mitchell191-2"/><ref name="Howard7"/># [[Howard-994|Jonathan]],<ref name="Mitchell191-2"/> b. probably sometime in 1664-8 in Bridgewater,<ref name="BasedOnMarriage"/> m. 1st January 8, 1688/9 Susanna Keith in Taunton,<ref name="TauntonVR2p241"/><ref name="Howard7"/> m. 2d October 8, 1691 Sarah Dean in Taunton,<ref name="TauntonVR2p241"/><ref name="Mitchell191-2"/><ref name="Howard7"/> d. in or before 1739 (date estate divided)<ref name="Mitchell191-2"/><ref name="Howard7"/># [[Howard-991|Ephraim]], b. 1667 in Bridgewater, m. about 1688/9 Mary Keith in Bridgewater, d. August 11, 1750 in Bridgewater (see sourcesin Ephraim's profile)# [[Howard-5234|Bethiah]],<ref name="Mitchell191-2"/> b. probably sometime in 1670-5,<ref name="BasedOnMarriage"/> m. 1693 Henry Kingman,<ref name="Mitchell191-2"/><ref name="Howard5"/> d. April 30, 1755 in Bridgewater<ref name="Howard5"/>John Haward/Howard's parentage of all of the above children (and the identity his daughter's spouses) is established by the records of the division of the property of his estate.<ref name="Howard3-4"/> === Husband's Death ===Martha's husband John died in 1700 or 1701.<ref>See the profile for her husband, [[Howard-701|John Haward/Howard]].</ref> === Death ===Martha died prior to September 1703, when a memorandum regarding the division of her estate was recorded.<ref name="Howard4"/> <span class="hidden"> <ref name="Howard4">Howard, Heman. ''The Howard genealogy : descendants of John Howard ofBridgewater, Massachusetts, from 1643 to 1903''. 1903. p 4. [https://archive.org/details/howardgenealogyd00howa/page/n27 At archive.org]</ref> <ref name="Hotten">James Camden Hotten, ''The Original Lists of Persons of Quality; Emigrants; Religious Exiles; Political Rebels; Serving Men sold for a termof years; apprentices; children stolen; maidens pressed; and others who went from Great Britain to the American Plantations, 1600-1700'', 1874, p. xix. At [https://archive.org/details/originallistsofp00hottuoft/page/n21 archive.org].</ref> <ref name="PCR2p172">Nathaniel B. Shurtleff, ''Records of the Colony of New Plymouth in New England, Court Orders: Vol. II, 1641-1651'', 1855, p 172. At [https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=coo1.ark:/13960/t3mw31739;view=1up;seq=396 hathitrust.org].</ref> <ref name="PCR2p170">Nathaniel B. Shurtleff, ''Records of the Colony of New Plymouth in New England, Court Orders: Vol. II, 1641-1651'', 1855, p 170. At [https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=coo1.ark:/13960/t3mw31739;view=1up;seq=394 hathitrust.org].</ref> <ref name="NEHGR75p219">Eben Putnam, ''Two Early Passenger Lists, 1635-1637'', New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol 75 (1921), p 219. At [https://www.americanancestors.org/DB202/i/11584/219/0 americanancestors.org]</ref> <ref name="GM3p289">Robert Charles Anderson, ''The Great Migrations: Immigrants to New England 1634-1635, Volume III G-H'', New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston 2003, p 289. At [https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/2496/42521_b158314-00374?pid=26128#?imageId=42521_b158314-00371 ancestry.com].</ref> <ref name="GM3p288">Robert Charles Anderson, ''The Great Migrations: Immigrants to New England 1634-1635, Volume III G-H'', New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston 2003, p 288. At [https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/2496/42521_b158314-00374?pid=26128#?imageId=42521_b158314-00370 ancestry.com].</ref> <ref name="Howard7">[https://archive.org/stream/howardgenealogyd00howa#page/7/mode/1up Heman Howard, "The Howard Genealogy: Descendants of John Howard of Bridgewater, Massachusetts, from 1643 to 1903," 1903, p 7]</ref> <ref name="Howard5">[https://archive.org/stream/howardgenealogyd00howa#page/5/mode/1up Heman Howard, "The Howard Genealogy: Descendants of John Howard of Bridgewater, Massachusetts, from 1643 to 1903," 1903, p 5]</ref> <ref name="Howard6">[https://archive.org/stream/howardgenealogyd00howa#page/6/mode/1up Heman Howard, "The Howard Genealogy: Descendants of John Howard of Bridgewater, Massachusetts, from 1643 to 1903," 1903, p 6]</ref> <ref name="Mitchell191-2">[https://archive.org/stream/historyofearlyse00mitc#page/190/mode/2up Nahum Mitchell, ''History of the Early Settlement of Bridgewater in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, including an Extensive Family Register,'' 1840, pp 191-2]</ref> <ref name="BasedOnMarriage"> Based on date of marriage.</ref> <ref name="Howard3-4">[https://archive.org/stream/howardgenealogyd00howa#page/3/mode/1up Heman Howard, "The Howard Genealogy: Descendants of John Howard of Bridgewater, Massachusetts, from 1643 to 1903," 1903, pp 3-4]</ref> <ref name="Savage2p471">[https://archive.org/stream/genealogicaldic02savarich#page/470/mode/2up James Savage, "A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England, Vol II," Little, Brown and Company, 1860, p 471]</ref> <ref name="Howard1">[https://archive.org/stream/howardgenealogyd00howa#page/n28/mode/1up Heman Howard, "The Howard Genealogy: Descendants of John Howard of Bridgewater, Massachusetts, from 1643 to 1903," 1903, p 1]</ref> <ref name="MiddlesexDeeds23p398">[https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99Z7-NX6Y?i=487&wc=MC1M-FTL%3A361613501%2C364526301&cc=2106411 Middlesex Deeds 1722-1725 vol 23, p 398]</ref> <ref name="GM3p293">Robert Charles Anderson, ''The Great Migrations: Immigrants to New England 1634-1635, Volume III G-H'', New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston 2003, p 293. At [https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/2496/42521_b158314-00375?pid=26150 ancestry.com].</ref> <ref name="GM3p292">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 [https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/2496/42521_b158314-00374?pid=26128 ancestry.com].</ref> <ref name="TauntonVR2p241">[http://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Bristol/Taunton/Images/Taunton_M241.shtml ''Vital Records of Taunton, Massachusetts to the Year 1850, VolumeII-Marriages'', New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1928]</ref> <ref name="BrocktonVR336">''Vital Records of Brockton, Massachusetts to the Year 1850'', New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1911, p 336, citing gravestone record, North End or Ashland Cemetery. At [https://archive.org/details/vitalrecordsofbr00broc/page/336 archive.org].</ref> </span> == Sources == <references /> |