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William Hayden

Male Abt 1742 - 1794  (~ 52 years)


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  • Name William Hayden  [1, 2
    Birth Abt 1742  [3
    Gender Male 
    Death 10 Apr 1794  Washington County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
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    Siblings 1 sibling 
    Person ID I1344  Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of PNH
    Last Modified 11 Oct 2020 

    Father George Hayden   d. Between 9 May 1754 and 5 Jun 1754, St. Mary's County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother Charity   d. 1791 
    Family ID F555  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Elizabeth Thompson 
    Children 
    +1. Charles Hayden,   b. Abt 1766, St. Mary's County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 26 Oct 1813, Washington County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 47 years)
    +2. Benedict "Bennett" Hayden,   b. 1768, St. Mary's, St. Mary's, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Jul 1794, Washington County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 26 years)
     3. Henry Hayden,   b. 1770, St. Andrew's Parish, St. Mary's County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1828, Washington County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 58 years)
    +4. Wilford Hayden,   b. 25 Mar 1772, St. Mary's County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Jul 1827, Washington County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 55 years)
    +5. George Hayden,   b. Bef 1776, St. Mary's County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1859, Springfield, Washington, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location (Age > 83 years)
    +6. Thomas Hayden,   b. Abt 1780, St. Mary's County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Between 9 Nov 1849 and 7 Jan 1850, Hickman County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 69 years)
    Family ID F4665  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 11 Oct 2020 

    Family 2 Mildred Hager 
    Marriage Bef 1765  [5
    Children 
    +1. William Hayden,   b. 16 Apr 1791, Washington County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Dec 1878, Hardin County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 87 years)
    Family ID F5320  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 11 Oct 2020 

  • Notes 
    • Note attached by "stashyc" to William Hayden in her public ancestry.com tree:

      Basil Hayden Sr. and his brother William Hayden, sons of George Hayden (d. 1754) were living in Kentucky at the time of their mother Charity's death. Neither were mentioned in Charity's will of 1791. Elizabeth Hayden (d. 1761), the boys' grandmother, left [land to] just the two oldest children of her deceased son George [...]

      "Item I bequeath to my two grandsons William Hayden & Basil Hayden sons to George all that part or parcell of Land whereon William Morgan now lives known by the name of Shankes Resque containing 102 acres more or less to be divided Equally between my two grandsons as above mentioned". According to the Rent Rolls (43:105) Basil sold his share to his brother William on 9/17/1767.

      Accompanied his brother Basil to Kentucky in 1785.

      Deed recorded 3/31/1789 (Deed 2:59-60) in Nelson County, Virginia (became the state of Kentucky in 1792) records William Hayden['s] purchase of 400 acres of land "...beginning in James Cloyds line..." (on Pottinger's Creek).

      William Hayden's will was proved null and void in the case "Hayden Heirs vs Hayden Executors" files 1794. The names of all of William Hayden's heirs were given in the court case (A:191-192) in Washington County, on 2/22/1796. When the heirs sold William Hayden's land, Bennett Hayden was not named as he had given whatever was to come to him from his father's estate "to my sister Mary Hayden" - dated 4/10/1794 (Deed A:178 Washington Co., KY).

  • Sources 
    1. [S82] Maryland and Virginia Colonials: Genealogies of Some Colonial Families by Sharon J. Doliante. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, Maryland, 1991.

    2. [S268] Findagrave.com page for Wilford Hayden.

    3. [S134] Mike Marshall, Early Colonial Settlers of Southern Maryland and Virginia’s Northern Neck Counties.

    4. [S258] Hayden/Rapier and Allied Families: Colonial Maryland, Kentucky, U.S.A. by Mary Louise Donnelly. Ennis, Texas: MLD Genealogy Company, 1991.

    5. [S138] St. Mary's Families, compiled by Linda Reno. Original site is gone. Mirrors: Marriages 1638-1820. Migration from Maryland 1780-1820. Tract Map: 1705.