Nathaniel Hayden

1726 - 1812  (86 years)

• Name	Nathaniel Hayden  [1]
  Born	21 Feb 1726	Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachussetts   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Died	5 Sep 1812	Rostraver Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania   [1]
  Person ID	I1785	Full
  Last Modified	29 Mar 2009

  
  

  Father	Samuel Hayden,   b. 22 Feb 1683, Braintree, Suffolk County, Massachussetts ,   d. 25 Aug 1731  (Age 48 years)
  Mother	Priscilla Webb,   b. 1 Sep 1697, Braintree, Suffolk County, Massachussetts ,   d. 3 Apr 1731  (Age 33 years)
  Married	22 Feb 1683	Braintree, Suffolk County, Massachussetts   [1]
  Family ID	F697	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	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]
  Children	+ 1. Nathaniel Hayden,   b. 29 Nov 1755, Basking Ridge, Somerset County, New Jersey ,   d. 15 Sep 1845, Pennsylvania, USA  (Age 89 years)
  Last Modified	29 Mar 2009
  Family ID	F696	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  age 87 at death Hayden History, written by Mary Hayden Houck Retyped from the original 1928 document by Vicky Lynn Bankey, Lakewood, Colorado, from a copy in her family. Her additions are noted in parentheses, followed by vlb. No supporting documentation for any facts noted in this report were included) Original note reads: (This was read at the Hayden Reunion held at Olympia Park, McKeesport, Pa., August 1, 1928. Mr. And Mrs. David L. Houck, Pitcairn, Pa, will be glad to give any information they have ) ***** Samuel and Priscilla Hayden seemed to follow in the footsteps of his parents, for they, also, had nine children. The eighth child was Nathaniel our ancestor, who was born February 21, 1725, and the ninth child was William, born October 5, 1727, ancestor of the Uniontown (Pa., vlb) Haydens. In 1745, Samuel and Priscilla moved to Basking Ridge, near Morristown, New Jersey, taking with them all of the famile except two, who married and remained in Braintree. So far we have found further records of but three of these children who came to New Jersey, - first, Christopher, of whom W.S. Hayden of Cleveland is a descendant: second, William, the youngest son, of whom there are many known descendants, among them being Chas. Hayden of Chicago, Mrs. Davis of Mass., and Mrs. McKinnon of New York City and all of the Uniontown Haydens; and third, our own Nathaniel. He married Zervia Sutton of Basking Ridge, N.J. We have found little of their life in New Jersey, but were told at the Congressional Library in Washington, D.C. that many of the old records of that state were destroyed when the Capital was burned in the War of 1812. The next record we find of them is in Rostraver Twp., Westmoreland County, Penna., with one son, Nathaniel. We have learned that some Haydens were early in Kentucky and Virginia, but have not found the name Nathaniel there, though we have as yet, by no means, exhausted all the records. There is a possibility that our Nathaniel may have been in those states before coming to Western Penna. We hope to continue our research work and may find some new data in the coming months. However, the next date of which we have a record was found in the Library at Harrisburg, the founding of Salem Church in 1792 [Rostraver Twp, Westmoreland County, Penna - vlb]. There are but three churches in the western part of the state that antedate it. It was constituted 19 years before the First Baptist Church of Pittsburg. One of its founders was Nathaniel Hayden. The first persons baptized were Joseph Budd and Wife, and Nathaniel Hayden and wife. Then, too, we have searched back to the earliest records in Greensburg which was in 1773, when Westmoreland County was formed. There is recorded no will of Nathaniel Hayden, Sr., who died in 1812, and no transfer of property, so one would conclude he had nothing. On an old family Bible owned by Mrs. Starkamp of McKeesport, we found some data which stated that Nathaniel, Sr., had owned valuable land in New Jersey which he sold, receiving in payment Continental Money, which he next day discovered was worthless. This transaction financially ruined him. This is evidently family tradition, and no doubt true, but we are able to find public record of it. Nathaniel Hayden, Sr., died in 1812 and with his wife, Zervia, is buried in Salem Cemetery beside his son Nathaniel and his wife who was Abagail (probably Abigail - vlb) Osborn.

  
  

• 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").