Brief Life History of Samuel
When Samuel Hayward was born on 21 November 1785, in Acton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, his father, Paul Hayward, was 40 and his mother, Anna White, was 40. He married Sophia S Stevens on 6 June 1814, in Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 5 daughters. He lived in Stow, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States in 1860. He died on 25 June 1862, in Boxborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in South Cemetery, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.
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- Saml Hayward, "United States Census, 1860"
- Samuel Hayward, "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
- Samuel Hayward, "Massachusetts, Marriages, 1695-1910"
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1786 · Shays' Rebellion
Caused by war veteran Daniel Shays, Shays' Rebellion was to protest economic and civil rights injustices that he and other farmers were seeing after the Revolutionary War. Because of the Rebellion it opened the eyes of the governing officials that the Articles of Confederation needed a reform. The Rebellion served as a guardrail when helping reform the United States Constitution.
1794
Oldest Grave Seen in the Memorials List
1808
Atlantic slave trade abolished.
Name Meaning
English:
occupational name from Middle English hayward ‘keeper of the hedges and enclosures’ (Old English hēgweard), a manorial officer in charge of the common fields who protected corn and hay from cattle, theft, or damage, and supervised the harvest.
occasionally a variant of Howard .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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