Nathaniel Hayden

1755 - 1845  (89 years)

• Name	Nathaniel Hayden  [1]
  Born	29 Nov 1755	Basking Ridge, Somerset County, New Jersey   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Died	15 Sep 1845	Pennsylvania, USA   [1]
  Person ID	I1783	Full
  Last Modified	29 Mar 2009

  
  

  Father	Nathaniel Hayden,   b. 21 Feb 1726, Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachussetts ,   d. 5 Sep 1812, Rostraver Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania  (Age 86 years)
  Mother	Zerviah Sutton,   b. 7 Jun 1736, Basking Ridge, Somerset County, New Jersey ,   d. 29 Apr 1814, Pennsylvania, USA  (Age 77 years)
  Married	28 Aug 1752	Basking Ridge, Somerset County, New Jersey   [1]
  Family ID	F696	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Abigail Osburn,   b. Basking Ridge, Somerset County, New Jersey ,   d. 20 Apr 1830, Pennsylvania, USA
  Married	14 Oct 1781	New Jersey, USA   [1]
  Children	+ 1. Zerah Hayden,   b. 25 Nov 1783, New Jersey, USA ,   d. 20 Sep 1866, Pennsylvania, USA  (Age 82 years)
  Last Modified	29 Mar 2009
  Family ID	F695	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  From Mary Hayden Houck's 1929 Genealogy: Nathaniel, Jr., was born in New Jersey, November 29, 1755, and died in Rostraver Twp. September 15, 1845. His will, which is recorded in Greensburg, is very clear and concise. We have a copy of it, but it is too lengthy to be read here today. To Nathaniel and his wife, Abigail, were born 10 children, Permela, Zerah, Jonathan, Nathaniel, Abigail, Phoebe, Joseph, Thomas, Elsie, and Mary. I think we have here today descendents of just three of these: Jonathan, Thomas, and Zerah. According to the will, several of these had gone to Ohio before their father's death. ...... [In] 1793 on November 7, we find recorded in the Deed Book that Nathaniel Hayden [Jr.] bought 200 acres of land on the Monongahela River in Rrostraver Twp. for five shillings, lawful money of Pa. On June 3, 1796, he received a grant of land from the state containing 168 acres and allowance for 6% for roads. This tract joined his other land, and formed quite an estate. It was called "Hard Water" and described as being in the "Forks of the Yough River". He built the first shingle-roof house between the Monongahela and Youghiogheny Rivers. This was used by him as a hotel and called "The Big House".

  
  

• Sources

  [S197] Cunningham & Hayden - Michael S. Caldwell database, Michael Scott Caldwell, ((http://www.michaelscottcaldwell.com/genealogy/home.html : accessed 3 Feb 2008), "Descendants of Nathaniel Hayden, Jr., and Abigail Osburn").