Samuel Hayden

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: 1779, St. Mary's, St. Mary's, Maryland
• Alternate death: 7 Jan 1850, Fancy Farm, Graves, Kentucky

Thomas married Mary "Polly" Willett on 15 Jan 1802. Mary (daughter of Capt. Samuel Willett and Ann C. "Nancy" Lee) was born in 1788 in Nelson County, Kentucky; died before 6 Oct 1831; was buried on 6 Oct 1831 in St. Rose's Cemetery, Springfield, Washington, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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).

Died:
year only.

William married Elizabeth Thompson. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Samuel married Ann C. "Nancy" Lee. Ann (daughter of Phillip Lee and Susannah Thompson) was born in 1774 in St. Mary's County, Maryland; died on 17 Apr 1835 in Washington County, Kentucky; was buried in St. Rose's Cemetery, Springfield, Washington, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

From the Find a Grave page for Ann "Nancy" Lee Hayden:

Ann "Nancy" Lee was the daughter of Philip Lee, who kept a diary of the Maryland League, and Susannah (Thompson) Lee.

Ann Lee first married Captain Samuel Willett, 1753-1793, in Nelson County, Virginia (now Marion County, Kentucky) on August 12, 1786. James Morrison was the surety (bondsman) on the their marriage bond dated August 12, 1786. Philip Lee, father of the bride, filed a written consent with this bond. They were married by the Rev. William Taylor, a Baptist minister.

Mrs. Ann (Lee) Willett married secondly to Wilfred Hayden on June 6, 1793 by the Rev. Father William DeRohan, the Roman Catholic priest at the Pottinger's Creek Catholic Settlement (now Holy Cross) in Nelson (now Marion) County, Kentucky. Henry Hayden was the bondsman/surety for their bond dated the same day and William Hayden, father of the groom, and Philip Lee, father of the bride, filed consents with this bond. These records are on file in the Nelson County Clerk's Office in Bardstown, Kentucky.

Ann "Nancy" (Lee) Willett Hayden died testate. She wrote her will on April 4, 1835 and it was probated and recorded on April 27, 1835 in Washington County, Kentucky Will Book #F, on page 171 in the County Clerk's Office in Springfield, Kentucky. She left legacies to: her sons, William Hayden, James L. Hayden, Henry Hayden, and Philip Hayden; to her granddaughters: Elizabeth Roby, Martha Eleanor Linten, Nancy Hayden, daughter of my son Philip, Amelia daughter of my son James Lee Hayden and an unnamed granddaughter, daughter of her son Henry Hayden; legacies to her grandsons: children of my daughter, Wilfred Hays, Henry Hays, Thomas Hays, and Philip Hays. She named John Janes as her executor. This will was witnessed by George Grundy and Thomas Reed.

George married Charity. Charity died in 1791. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Variously asserted to have been Charity Shircliffe, Charity Morgan, and Charity Alvey.

Thomas married Mary Cole between 1734 and 1738. Mary (daughter of Robert Cole and Elizabeth Tant) was born between 1715 and 1720 in St. Mary's County, Maryland; died before 1776 in St. Mary's County, Maryland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

"He was the pioneer diarist of the Maryland League, a group of English Roman Catholics, which came to the Pottinger's Creek settlement in Nelson County, Virginia (then Washington County, Kentucky, and now Holy Cross, Marion County, Kentucky--as the counties divided)i n the spring of 1785." [Find a Grave page for Phillip Lee, citation details below]

Phillip married Susannah Thompson. Susannah was born on 7 Jul 1747 in St. Mary's County, Maryland; died in 1815 in Marion County, Kentucky; was buried in Holy Cross Cemetery, Holy Cross, Marion, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Described in Cregar and Johnston (citation details below) as "planter, aet. 49 in 1723". But who is the "Hayden, George, (St. Mary's co.,) aet. 60 in 1715" listed on the line directly above?

Abstract of William Hayden's will:

Hayden, William, Sr., planter, St. Mary's Co., 14th July, 1732; 6th Mch., 1733-4.
To son Charles and hrs., plantation where he now lives.
To William and hrs., plantation where he now lives.
To dau. Grace Herbert and hrs., plantation where she now lives.
To dau. Thomasen Cissell and hrs., residue of "Finehly."
To wife Elizabeth, extx., residue of estate during widowhood, to dispose of same as she thinks best; should she marry land to be divided among 8 child., viz.: Francis, Susauna, James, George, John, Clement, Richard and Elizabeth or the survivors of them and their hrs.; should wife marry sons to be of age at 18, daus. at 16, or day of marriage.
Test: Peter Garratt, Michael Quiset, James Thompson. 20. 902.

William married Elizabeth about 1708 in St. Mary's County, Maryland. Elizabeth died between 30 Oct 1760 and 4 Mar 1761 in St. Mary's County, Maryland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Second or third wife of William Hayden; her maiden name has been variously given as Thompson, Thomas, Roach, and Clement. Abstract of her will:

Will of Elizabeth Hayden, SMC 10/30/1760-3/4/1761. To: Heirs of son Francis, 1 shilling sterling. Children: James, John, Richard, and Susanna Drury, same. Grandson: William Drury, cattle. Son: Clement, land where Sebastian Thompson now lives, it being pt. of "Roache's Discovery with Addition", 100 ac. on the condition that he will pay to grandson, George Hayden 4700 lbs. tobacco and likewise 3000 lbs. tobacco to grandson, James Hayden, brother to sd. George Hayden, being sons of Francis Hayden. Grandsons: William and Basil Hayden, sons to George Hayden, at that pt. of land whereon William Morgan now lives, known by the name of "Shank's Risque", 102 ac. to be equally divided between them. To: Joseph Clarke, son of James Clarke, all that land where Richard Hayden formerly lived, it being pt. of "Roache's Discovery with Addition" and "Hayden's Risque", 62 ac. provided Joseph Clarke will pay to son Clement Hayden, 662 1/2 lbs. tobacco. Son: Clement, remainder of estate. Exec: Son, Clement Hayden. Wit: Robert Cole, William Morgan, Stephen Davis.

Notes:

Evidence that George Thompson was preceded by two Robert Thompsons, not just one as most genealogies show, can be found here at the Thompson DNA Project.

"[Robert Thompson's] son George Thompson did not marry Anne Clarke--I thought we'd put that one to bed a long time ago. He m. first, Rebecca Medley and second, Grace Greenwell." [Linda Reno, MDSTMARY-L, 13 Jan 2003.]

George married Rebecca Medley before 1706 in St. Mary's, St. Mary's, Maryland. Rebecca (daughter of William Medley and Ann Reynolds) was born about 1682 in St. Mary's County, Maryland; died about 1743 in St. Mary's County, Maryland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Robert married Elizabeth Tant before 1704 in St. Mary's County, Maryland. Elizabeth (daughter of John Tant and Margaret Bloomfield) was born before 1689 in St. Mary's County, Maryland; died after 1724 in St. Mary's County, Maryland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: of St. Dorothy's, St. Mary's County, Maryland

Notes:

Earliest known paternal ancestor of PNH. He was probably in Virginia before his arrival in Maryland, possibly before 1665. He and his wife arrived in Maryland 1678, according to the notes of Dr. Lois Green Carr. His surname was also spelled Heyden.

Generations of Hayden family researchers, including Patrick himself, have spent a lot of energy examining the ancestry of this Francis Heydon, ancestor of the Maryland and Kentucky Haydens. It's been asserted that he was the same Francis Hayden that was christened in Watford, Hertfordshire on 14 Aug 1628, and that he was a great-grandson of the armigerous Francis Heydon who married Frances Longueville. Unfortunately, there are too many inconsistencies within this narrative. There is no positive proof that the Francis who died in Maryland in 1694 is the same person who was born in Watford in 1628. And there are significant problems both with the much-reproduced idea that Francis's father was the Edward Heydon who married Ellenor Whitehead--and with the equally-widespread idea that this Edward's father, another Edward Hayden who married a Frances Burr, was the same Edward as the eldest son of Francis Hayden who married Frances Longueville.

It's also widely asserted that the Watford Heydons were secret Catholics -- see, for instance, this Find a Grave page for Francis, which says, echoing decades of Hayden family legend, that "[i]n the year 1535 a Haydon family friend, Sir Thomas More, was beheaded, because he wouldn't denounce his Catholic faith. The Haydon family were devout Catholics, and feared for their lives. They and many other Catholic families had to worship in secret or probably be put to death." There is no evidence that the Watford Heydons were socially acquainted with Thomas More, and there is no evidence whatsoever that they were Catholic recusants. Indeed, the armigerous Francis Heydon (1540-1606) of Watford, supposedly the great-grandfather of Francis-the-Maryland-immigrant, husband of Frances Longueville, was granted a market in Watford in the 1590s by Queen Elizabeth -- who was very much not in the habit of granting valuable political favors to anyone associated with a family that had the suspicion of recusancy attached to it. The immigrant Francis Heydon, like many generations of his descendants, was a vigorously orthodox Roman Catholic of great ferocity, which further argues against his supposed descent from the visibly pliable and conformist Watford family.

Will of Francis Heydon:

In the name of God Amen the 30th of Aprill 1697 I ffrencis Heyden of St. Marys County in the province of Maryland being Sick in Body but of good and pfect Memory thanks be to Almighty God; Doe make Constitute ordaine and Declare this my last Will and Testament in Manner and fforme ffollowing Revoaking and Dis anulling by these psents att and every Testament & Testaments Will and Wills heretofore by me made and Declared either by Word or Writing and this is to be taken only for my Last Will and Testament and nowe other First I Comitt my Soule unto Almighty God Who Gave it me And my body to be buried by my Executrix then Doe hereby Constitute and appoint Thomasin Heyden my Now Wife Sole Executrix of this my last Will and Testament and I Doe Give and bequeath unto ye Said Thomasin all my Lands Goods and Chatles and Whatsoever else Doth or Ought Appartaine or belong unto me Desiring her to pay all my Due Debts and Incumbrances with (sic) I have Contracted I Say I Doe Devise and bequeath unto her all my Lands and Chatles to her and her heirs for Ever In Witness whereof I have herunto Sett my hand and Seale the Day and Yeare above Specified

/s/ Ffra: Heydon (Seale)

Signed, and Sealed in prsents of us
John Bla. Carbury
John Morris
Tho Newton (his mark)|

On the back of the ffore Goeing Will It was Thuss Endorsed Viz
June ye 12th 1697
The within Wrighten will was proved before me According to Law as wittness my hand and Bore the Day and Yeare above Written.
[Hall of Records, Wills, Liber 6, ff. 134-135.]

Date of Francis's will (and of his death):

From "The Hiden Family" by Martha Woodruff Hiden, in Genealogies of Virginia Families, from Tyler's Quarterly Historical and Genealogical Magazine, volume II. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1981:

"Francis died 1694 testate, (Wills 6, p. 134) leaving his wife Thomasine executrix and sole legatee. His will, witnessed by Jno. Ba. Carberry, John Morris and Thomas Newton, is dated April 30, 1697 and proved June 12, 1694. That '1697' is an error is proved by a suit brought in 1694 by Thomas Allman against Thomasine Heyden (Provincial Court Judgments T. L. #1 (1694-96) pp. 117, 185, 194). The sheriff reported that he had replevied certain personal property of the defendant. The suit could not have been brought in Thomasine's name had her husband been alive, hence we know Francis died prior to June 12, 1694 when his will was offered for probate."

In her Maryland and Virginia Colonials: Genealogies of Some Colonial Families (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1991), Sharon J. Doliante agrees with Ms. Hiden on this issue, and adds that "It will be noted that [Francis and Thomasina's eldest child] Penelope styled herself 'dau. & heiress of Francis Heydon, deceased', in 1696."

Francis married Thomasine Butler before Jan 1677. Thomasine died between 19 Sep 1701 and 27 Nov 1702 in St. Mary's County, Maryland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Her birth surname was definitely Butler. In 1677 "THOMASIN the wife of FRANCIS HEYDEN of St. Maries County" was granted administration of the estate of her late brother Thomas Butler "late of Charles County deceased."

It is tempting to speculate that Thomasin may have been related in some way to the gateway-ancestor Butlers of Kent Island, Maryland and Westmoreland County, Virginia, but no evidence exists that her brother Thomas Butler of Charles County, Maryland was connected to them. It is known for certain that other people named Butler were in Maryland and Virginia at the same time as the Kent Island and Westmoreland family descended from John and Joan Butler of Little Birch Hall, Essex.

Abstract of Thomasin (Butler) Hayden's will:

Hayden, Thomasin, St. Mary's Co., 19th Sept., 1701; 27th Nov., 1702.

To dau. Penelope Allman, 12 pence.

To son William, ex., dwelling plantation "Small Hopes." In event of his death without issue, to pass to dau. Mary Reeder and hrs.

Son William and dau. Mary afsd., residuary legatees.

Test: Rich'd Chappele, Wm. Smith, Benj. Buckler.

MARYLAND CALENDAR OF WILLS: Volume 2.

Notes:

Transported to Maryland 29 Jun 1680.

Robert married Mary before 1687 in Maryland. Mary died before 1709. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Reno, Donnelly, and Early Colonial Settlers of Southern Maryland and Virginia's Northern Neck Counties all call her Mary French. Reno gives no parents. ECSSMVNNC gives her parents as James French and Elizabeth Meekin. Donnelly gives her parents as James French and Elizabeth Carberry.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate death: 1 May 1695, St. Mary's County, Maryland

Notes:

Regarding his year of birth, Donnelly in John Medley (1615-1660) notes "Age 26 in 1679 ARCHIVES OF MARYLAND 51:269-271, which also states he was a son of JOHN MEDLEY dec'd."

William married Ann Reynolds. Ann (daughter of George Reynolds and Dorothy) died before 1702. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate death: Bef 20 Dec 1717, St. Clement's Hundred, St. Mary's County, Maryland
• Alternate death: Bef 3 Mar 1718

Notes:

Planter and householder. Literate. Called "Mr." After the death of his parents when he was five or six, he was raised by his father's friend Luke Gardiner.

His second wife Elizabeth Slye was a daughter of Robert Slye and Susanna Gerard. Susanna Gerard was a daughter of early Maryland immigrant (and Edward I descendant) Dr. Thomas Gerard and his wife Susanna Snow. But more interestingly in connection with American history, Susanna Gerard's second husband, following the death of Robert Slye, was John Coode, one of the three leaders of Maryland's Protestant revolution of 1689 (and also a shadowy and malign figure in John Barth's 1960 novel The Sot-Weed Factor). Susanna's sister Elizabeth Gerard was the wife of Nehemiah Blackiston, another of the leaders of the 1689 uprising, who was a son of regicide judge John Blackiston. Her sister Mary Gerard was the wife of Kenelm Cheseldine, the third of the revolution's leaders. And finally, her sister Frances Gerard was, in the fourth of her five marriages, the third wife of Col. John Washington (1633-1677), great-grandfather of George Washington.

Edward married Honora on 27 Apr 1683 in St. Clement's Hundred, St. Mary's County, Maryland. Honora was born about 1667 in "Strand," St. Mary's County, Maryland; died after 1694. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate death: Between 1696 and 1698, St. Mary's County, Maryland

Notes:

That her last name was Ford is unproven.

Notes:

First recorded in 1673, an immigrant servant; free later that same year. A "taylor" in 1675, a planter by 1676, with one slave, later four slaves and one servant. Dr. Lois Green Carr's records (citation details below) call his wife only "Margaret", but she notes his their household also contained "Patrick Blomfield, son of John Blomfield."

His will of 17 Oct 1702 bequeaths to his son James and heirs, personalty, and also confirms to James and heirs the estate "Dry Dockett". To son Mark at 18, all of his other lands, except if Mark dies without issue, lands to pass to daughters … and "to Japhaele and Maryeena Blumfield and Ellinor Dickins, personalty". Thus another Bloomfield connection to the Tant family.

John married Margaret Bloomfield before 1665 in St. Mary's County, Maryland. Margaret was born between 1651 and 1654; died in 1726 in St. Mary's County, Maryland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]