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1. [[Category:US President Direct Ancestor]] [[Category: Bridgewater, Massachusetts]] {{Puritan Great Migration|needs=Research|needs1=Biography}} ----'''TAKE CARE...''' There were two migrants named John Hayward... do not muddle their profiles. The other profile is Hayward-3894 - [[Hayward-3894|John Hayward]]. Thank you. ---- == Biography == This person is an ancestor of President William Howard Taft. Parents - Lieut. Thomas HAYWARD (bef 1 Jan [1600/]1601 - 1681) Susanna TOWNE (perhaps) Married Sarah MITCHELL<ref>The Great Migration Begins </ref> children: Sarah HOWARD(25 Oct 1663 - 11 Jul 1737) Joseph HAYWARD(23 Nov 1669 - 1758) Mary HAYWARD(20 Apr 1672 - 5 Nov 1712) Thomas HAYWARD(10 Jan 1673/1674 - 20 Nov 1741) John HAYWARD(20 Apr 1677 - 1705) === Birth === :: Date: 1 JAN 1624 :: Place: Kent, England === Death === :: Date: 14 APR 1705 :: Place: Bridgewater, MA === Burial === :: 1710 :: Old Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts === Notes ===: <span id='HI2148'>HI2148</span>(Research):http://dunhamwilcox.net/ma/bridgewater5.htm: 4. John (s. of Thomas 1.) commonly called JOHN of THE PLAIN, to distinguish him from John Haward (both being pronounced alike, Howard) :he m. Sarah, D. of Experience Mitchell ; and had Sarah 1663, John 1667, Joseph 1669, Mary 1672, Thomas 1674, Benjamin 1677, Susanna 1680, Elizabeth 1683, Benoni 1686, Mercy 1687. His estate settled 1710. : Sarah m. Nathaniel Brett 1683. : Mary m. William Ames 1698. : Susanna m. Thomas Hayward 1702. : Elizabeth m. Edmund Rawson 1717.: Benoni m. Hannah Gould 1717, and Hannah Page 1743 : qu. if she didnot m. Ephraim Cleveland 1747.: He lived on the Plain between the late old Mr. Jonathan Copeland'sand the old Powder House, where his son-in-law Nath'l Brett lived after him and where young Jonathan Copeland lives now. (1840). : History of Bridgewater has Benjamin as Nathaniel's son (Lt. John'sbrother): John Hayward, Sr., born 1628 in Prob. Aylesford, Norfolkshire, England, United Kingdom; died 1710 in Bridgewater, Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts. He was the son of Thomas Hayward, Sr. and Susannah Towne. He married Sarah Mitchell Abt. 1660. : Sarah Mitchell, born Abt. 1638. : Children of John Hayward and Sarah Mitchell are:: i.(Unkn) "Baby" Hayward, born June 1662 in Bridgewater, Plymouth Colony, Mass.: ii.Sarah Hayward, born October 25, 1663 in Bridgewater, Plymouth Colony, Mass; died July 11, 1737 in Bridgewater, Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts.: iii.(Unknown) "Baby" Hayward, born January 1665/66 in Bridgewater,Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts; died Abt. February 1665/66 in Bridgewater, Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts.: iv.John Hayward, Jr., born April 20, 1667 in Bridgewater, PlymouthColony, Massachusetts; died April 14, 1705 in Bridgewater, Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts. : v. Joseph Hayward, born November 23, 1669. : vi. Mary Hayward, born April 20, 1672. : vii. Thomas Hayward, born January 10, 1674/75.: viii.Benjamin Hayward, born November 16, 1677 in Bridgewater, Plymouth Colony, Mass: ix.Susannah Hayward, born August 10, 1680 in Bridgewater, PlymouthColony, Massachusetts; died June 19, 1746 in Bridgewater, Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts; married Thomas Hayward, Sr. November 11, 1702 in Scituate, Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts.: x.Elizabeth Hayward, born April 16, 1683 in Bridgewater, Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts; died June 15, 1759 in Massachusetts.: xi.Benoni Hayward, born March 17, 1685/86 in Bridgewater, PlymouthColony, Massachusetts.: xii.Mercy Hayward, born October 29, 1687 in Bridgewater, Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts. == Sources == <references /> * Roberts, Gary Boyd; ''Ancestors of American Presidents''. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009.*The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2010), (Originally Published as: New EnglandHistoric Genealogical Society. Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III, 3 vols., 1995). Featured Sketch of Experience Mitchell (child Sarah m. J.Hayward 1661 . p.1272.[https://www.americanancestors.org/databases/great-migration-begins-immigrants-to-ne-1620-1633-vols-i-iii/image?pageName=1272&volumeId=12107&rId=23895631 link for subscribers$]