Nielsen Hayden genealogy
Descendants of Elizabeth Merchant
1681 -Father: Abishai Merchant
Mother: Mary Taylor
Elizabeth Merchant (1681 Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts - ??)
Thomas Whelden (Abt 1660 - ??)(m. 21 Dec 1698)
   └─ Elisha Wheldon (14 Nov 1704 Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts - Aft 1789)
    Lydia Nickerson (of Harwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts - ??)(m. 15 Apr 1731 Harwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts)
       └─ Thankful Wheldon (4 Nov 1738 Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts - ??)
        Timothy Covell (1730 Edgartown, Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts - ??)(m. 26 Feb 1757)
           └─ Jonathan Covell ( - 18 Feb 1812 Barrington, Shelburne, Nova Scotia) =>
            + Parnel Gardner ( - 17 Jan 1824 Barrington, Shelburne, Nova Scotia)