Henry Haywood was born in 1763, in Tarboro, Edgecombe, North Carolina, United States. He married Sarah Sally Ruffin in 1800, in Washington, Beaufort, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. He died on 6 February 1812, in his hometown, at the age of 49.
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English: habitational name from any of several places called Haywood (Nottinghamshire, Staffordshire, Shropshire, Herefordshire) or Heywood (Lancashire, Wiltshire), or any of many other minor places so named, from Old English (ge)hæg ‘fence, enclosure’ + wudu ‘wood’. It was a common practice in the Middle Ages for areas of woodland to be fenced off as hunting grounds for the nobility. This name may have been confused in some cases with Hayward .
Altered form of English Hogwood and of its altered forms Hagood and Haygood .
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