Sarah Hayward

Brief Life History of Sarah

When Sarah Hayward was born on 21 June 1812, in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States, her father, Ziba Hayward Jr, was 37 and her mother, Sarah Bosworth, was 26. She married Timothy Swinerton Harlow on 25 September 1842, in East Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 daughters. She died on 16 June 1903, in East Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 90, and was buried in Central Cemetery, East Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States.

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Family Time Line

Timothy Swinerton Harlow
1816–1892
Sarah Hayward
1812–1903
Marriage: 25 September 1842
Eliza Jane Harlow
1843–1846
Sarah Adelaide Harlow
1848–1875
Lucy H. Harlow
1855–1881

Sources (18)

  • Sarah Harlow, "Massachusetts State Census, 1855"
  • Sarah Hayward, "Massachusetts Births, 1841-1915"
  • Sarah Hayward, "Massachusetts, Marriages, 1695-1910"

World Events (8)

1819 · Panic! of 1819

With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years. 

1820 · Making States Equal

The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.

1836 · Remember the Alamo

Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.

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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