John Hayward and Sarah Mitchell

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Husband John Hayward ^{1 2}

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            AKA: John Howard 2
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         Father: Thomas Hayward (      -1681) 1 2
         Mother: Martha [Unk] (      -Bef 1681) 2

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       Marriage: Abt 1662

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Wife Sarah Mitchell ²

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         Father: Experience Mitchell (      -      ) 2
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Children

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1 F Sarah Hayward ²

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         Spouse: Nathaniel Brett (      -      ) 2

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2 M John Hayward ²

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           Born: 1667 2
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3 M Joseph Howard ³

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            AKA: Joseph Hayward 2
           Born: 1669 - Bridgewater, Plymouth Co, MA 3
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         Spouse: Mehitable Dunham (      -      ) 3
           Marr: 1700 3

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4 F Mary Hayward ²

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         Spouse: William Ames (      -      ) 2

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5 M Thomas Hayward ²

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           Born: 1674 2
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6 M Benjamin Hayward ²

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           Born: 1677 2
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7 F Susanna Hayward ²

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         Spouse: Thomas Hayward (      -      ) 2

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8 F Elizabeth Hayward ²

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         Spouse: Edmond Rawson (      -      ) 2

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9 M Benoni Hayward ²

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           Born: 1685 2
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         Spouse: Hannah Gould (      -      ) 2

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10 F Mercy Hayward ²

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           Born: 1687 2
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General Notes: Husband - John Hayward

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The name was pronounced and after 1700 it was spelled Howard, so he was commonly called "John Howard of the Plain" to distinguish him from his brother-in-law John Howard.

He was a considerable landholder in Bridgewater, Massachusetts, and one of the prominent men of the new settlement. On the old records we find that in 1668 "A Way toward Boston" is laid out "to John Hayward's Range". He was a supervisor of highways in 1671. During King Philip's War, under date of May 13, 1676, it is recorded that Thomas Hayward and others, having discovered that the Indians were about to come down upon the settlement, sent a messenger the same night to the Governor at Plymouth to send Captain Church with his company; that Captain Church came with the messengers as far as Meponset and agreed to meet the settlers the next day and move against the Indians. A company of twenty men, including John Hayward, therefore went out on Monday "supposing to meet with Capt. Church; but they came upon the enemy and fought with them, and took seventeen of them alive, and also much plunder; and they all returned, and not one of them fell by the enemy; and received no help from Capt. Church."

His estate was settled in 1710.

1 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 513.

2 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania (New York, Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1911), Pg 1144.

3 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania (New York, Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1911), Pg 1145.