JANUARY, 1929 THE HAYDEN FAMILY The First Family Magazine in the World QUAIUER.LY THE HAYDEN FAMILY Vol. 1. January 1, 1929. NO. 1. 299 Years in America. HISTORY - - - BIOGRA.PHY CHARLES HAYDEN Publisher 507 West 65th Street. Chicago,. Illinois. A Quarterly Magazine $ 1.50 A year 3 Copies one number $ 1. 25 Single copy 50 cents PREFACE In circulating these records among my relatives, I am carrying on the genealogical work started by my father, Enoch Hayden, grand­ son of John Hayden, Fayett County Pennsylvania. I have, with constant research, traced_ our line back to William, James and John brothers; who ca.n~ fro"n England in 1630 on the ship "Mary amd John", with Pastor Warham, whose congrega­ tion chartered this ship for this particular voyage. This Family History was gathered from Grave Stones, County, Church and Family Records. This History is a bonafied fact, and can be easily proven, with many thanks to my dear relatives, who have loaned me their records; also the "Newberry Library of Chicago", which contains many valuable records. CHARLES HAYDEN Chicago Illinois. THE HAYDEN FAMILY 5 OUR ENGLISH ANCESTORS * By SUSAN S. HAYDON We are descendants' of the English Haydons, Norman's who settled in England under William the Conqueror. The old manorial mansions still stand in the counties of . :orfolk and Hartford, England. Says Blomefield, " The present name of Haydon as it is commonly called, signifies the Highdown or plain on a hill, which is agreeable to its situation. The Highdown which gives its name to the family is about fourteen miles west of Norwich in Norfolk County, England. William the Conqueror bestowed this section upon the. Earl of Warren, who, by intermarriage with the Haydons, became with them retainers of these estates. They were also intermarried with the Longsvilles, Gurneys, Boleyns and other noble famlies, their Coat of Arms is on record in the British Museum. "Haydon Hall" was in 1829 the seat of William Earl Lygton Bulwer, Esq., older brother of the novelist. The Haydom were adherents of the crown and distinguished as successful in army and civil life. In the war of the Roses they were adherents of the House of Lancaster and in the refor­ mation sided with Henry VIII, against the Pope. Their names appear with marks of distinction in the graduating lists of Cam­ bridge and Oxford. Sir Henry Haydon, Knight of Basconthorpe five miles distant from Haydon Hall, and nineteen miles from Norwich, England, married Ann, daughter of Sir Goeffrey Boleyn, and was Mayor of London. This Ann Boleyn was aunt to the Ann Boleyn, who was the wife of Henry VIII, queen and mother of Queen Elizabeth. The line of descendants is clearly given member by member. Robert Haydon was the first to change the "o" in his · name to "e ". He lived at Bloughwood in the time of Edward I. In 18S8 this old manorial property, owned by the Bulwer family was occupied by Baroness Burdett Couits. These old seats of the Haydon family lie within a compass of ten or twelve miles square. The tombs of this family are still to be seen in this district with the Haydon crests and coats of arms on old church fronts and tombstones at Exeter. 6 THE HAYDEN FAMILY John Haydon lawyer, "eminent," says Prince, "for skill and knowledge in his profession, who became sheriff and alderman of London, gave 3000 pounds for the relief of the poor and loaned money to enterprising young men at low interest," ~abandoned the Romanists, and went with the profestants under Henry VIII. From this King he obtained a ch-arter for incorporating the parish of Ottery, St. Mary, of which corporation he became first governor, and founded a grammer school in his town for the instruction of youth. In this school the poet Coleridge was educated, and his father was head master. The house and room in which the poet was born is still . pointed out to visitors. This town of Ottery, the scene of John Haydon's benevolent life, the birthplace of poet Coleridge, contains underneath the church chancel fifteen coffins of the Haydon family, with monuments commemorative of their lives and services, and coats of arms in good repair and freshly brazoned. The arms are quartered with the arms of the families of Greenvilles, Boleyns and others, with which families they were intermarried. The key to their church door bears the initials " J. H., 1571" in honor of John Haydon, who built the door. He died in 1587, and is hurried beneath the chancel. The residence of John Haydon, called Gadway, about a mile distant from Gttery, St. Mary, has changed hands only by inheritance for seven hundred years, the present owner, Sir Thomas Hare, having received it through the female line. You will be interested in knowing the origin of " coats of arms." They are employed as cognizance during the crusades. The crusaders m Palestine adopted arms of what they called the "Kingdom of Jerusalam." The Knight crusaders placed the Greek cross · on their shields and dubbed themselves "Knights of the Cross.'' Each Knight placed some symbol of his own choosing in the THE HAYDEN FAMILY 7 arms of this Greek Cross. The origin of these armorial devises dates from Edward I, about 1275. The second crusade in which Richard Coeur de Lion was most prominent, bringing into history Thomas de Haydon, who was appointed Judge in Norfolk County by Henry VIII, These armorial devices were crossed with the arms of families until the shields became literally covered by each family's coat of arms, the spaces being reduced continually to make room for the arms of the added families. In the British museum are found in a volume called the "Gurney Book," these coats of arms with the following inscrption, "Pedigrees of Heydon," "Ann Boleyn and Beydon," "Gurney and Heydon," "Gurney Impal­ ing Hevdon," etc. It v,ill be remembered by those acquainted with English history that , >out the close of the eleventh century, William the Conqueror surveyed England, dividing it into counties or shires. When King John granted Magna Charts, a century before, a promise was made that every district should have a Judge itinerant whose duty it should be to visit verious places in the county and ac­ cord to citizens their rights under the law. Thomas de Haydon was the first Judge in Norfolk. In the early reign of Henry VIII, son of King John, Henry VIII, being only a boy, the goverment was under a regency. This judgeship was in that day an office of great distinction, showing that Thomas de Haydon was a prominent man. When the ship "Mary and John," came to the shores of the New World in 1630, with three hundred colonists and two Minis­ ters of the church of England, that ship it is supposed, brought three brothers, Vv'illiam, James and John from whom the families in the United States descended. So from the Highdowns manor fourteen miles north of Norwich, England, comes the verious spellings, Haydon, Heydon, Heyden Heaydon, simplified at last into Hayden. These facts are taken from historical records complied from the British museum. * - Mrs, Sue S, Haydon was the wife of Ezekiel Haydon. who descended from Anthony, The only branch in America spelling their name with "o" instead of "e". 8 THE HAYDEN FAMILY THE FIRST GENERATION IN AMERICA NOl John Hayden Married Susan NAME BORN DIED Children by this marriage. 2 John· 1635 May 25 1717 3 Samuel 1676 * Joseph 1678 4 Jonathan May 19 1640 1718 * Hannah Apr, 7 1642 July 13 1669 5 Ebenezer Sept, 12 1645 Feb, 13 1718 6 Nehemiah Dec,-Feb, 14 1647-8 Jan, 12 1717-8 * William died before 1678. married Hannah, they had 01. daughter Susanna, born Sept, 23, 1666. no farther mention. John settled in Dorchester, Mass. and sometimes spelled his name Raiden, as in his will. He was made Freeman May 14th, 1634. he moved to Braintree in 1640. the second entry in the records is the birth of his son Jonathan. A part of the town where he settled is called Randolph, and is very near Quincy, Mass. The record of his will is Suffolk probate, 6, 483. and mentions his wife Susan sons Samuel, Joseph, John, Nehemiah and Jonathan. The children of his second son Samuel and daughter Hannah. Appoints his wife Susan with Samuel Thompson and Joseph Penniman executor. The light figure before the name will appear heavy in the next generation showing family record of the same child. Names Preceding a star have no farther record. THE HAYDEN FAMILY 9 THE SECOND GENERATION IN AMERICA N02 John Hayden Married Apr, 6 1660 Hannah Ames By Rev. George Endicot. NAME BORN DIED John May 1635 May 25 1717 Hannah May 12 1641 July 3 1689 Children by this marriage. * Hannah Jan, 3 1661 * Sarah July 7 1662 7 Elizabeth 1663 * John 8 Josiah· Jan, 14 1669 * Lydia 9 Jeseph· * Abigal John Hayden was born in Dorchester, and moved to Braintree, - sometimes spelled Braintry., - when quite young. He and his wife were members of the church of Braintree\ middle precinct, and was present at the settlement<i1!>f Rev. Samuel Niles estate in 1711. He died at the age of eighty three, his will is dated May 25th, 1718. proved, June 23rd, 1718. Suffolk probate, 21 : 22. mentions son Joseph who he gave his Homestead, and seams to have taken care of him in his old days, also, 'sons John and Josiah with daughters Hannah Thayer, Elizabeth Pray, , Lydia ·-Vinton and' Abigal Thayer. To the six h_e gave five Shillings each.