Hayward, Bethiah

Notes:

On 23 July 1734 Elisha Hayward of Bridgewater sold to Nathaniel
Hayward of Bridgewater land of father Nathaniel Hayward.
The will of Elisha Hayward of Bridgewater dated 28 Sept. 1748,
exhibited 7 Nov. 1748, states wife Abigail to have "household stuff
and goods that was her own before marriage .. excepting what was my
second wifes." Also named are son Elisha; youngest son Ezra; son
Abner; daughters Experience, wife of Benjamin Cortis; Hannah wife of
Joseph Snow; Tabitha wife of Jacob Hayward, Jr.; Bethia wife of Thomas
Willis; Naomy wife of Joseph Alger Jr.
On 27 March 1758 Elisha Hayward, yeoman, of Halifax; widow Experience
Curtis of Halifax; Ezra Hayward, yeoman, Jacob Hayward, yeoman, and
wife Tabitha, Joseph Alger, yeo-man, and wife Naomi, all of
Bridgewater; and Thomas Willis, yeoman, and wife Bethiah, of Taunton,
sold land that Elisha Hayward gave to his dau. Hannah in his will to
Samuel Dunbar.

Elisha married Snow, Bethiah on 1 Feb 1721 in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA. Bethiah (daughter of Snow, William and Whitman, Naomi) was born on 28 Sep 1688 in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA; died before 31 Jul 1747. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Nathaniel married Willis, Hannah. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Born before 1664 if age 21 or over in 1685 Titicut division.
Mayflower descendant (Rebecca Browne, PETER BROWN).
James Snow of Bridgewater was appointed administrator of the estate of
this father William Snow late of Bridgewater on 7 NOV 1726. Division
of the estate on 22 NOV 1726 names sons James, William, Eleazer and
John Snow; daughters Bethiah wife of Elisha Howard and Susanna wife of
Israel Alger, both of Bridgewater.

William married Whitman, Naomi in Dec 1686 in prob. Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA. Naomi (daughter of Whitman, Thomas and Byram, Abigail) was born in 1664 in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA; died after 12 Jan 1711. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Source:Robert S. Wakefield FASG. Mayflower Families In Progress. General
Society of the Mayflower Descendants, 1986. p.7.
"On 31 Aug. 1638 Nr. Richard Derby transferred his servant William Snow to Edward Dotey with William to serve 7 years longer. In the 1643 list of men able to bear arms he was a resident of Plymouth. In 1657
William Snow was a Freeman in Bridgewater. In a deed dated 25 March 1667/8 (sic) William Snow of Bridgewater, husbandman, sold to Ephraim Tinkham of New Plym-outh, 1/3 part of a whole share of upland and meadow in Dartmouth which was granted by the court unto Peter Browne, a purchaser or old comer.

On 7 Nov. 1679 William Snow of Bridgewater sold to John Brown all his one third of 25 acres of land, formerly of Peter Brown of Duxbury, wife Rebecca consented.

The will of William Snow Senr. of Bridgewater, dated 9 March 1698/9, proved 4 March 1708, mentions wife (unnamed); sons Joseph and Benjamin; son William to maintain parents for life; daughters Mary,
Lydia, Hannah and Rebecca."

William married Browne, Rebekah in 1654. Rebekah (daughter of Browne, Peter and (Unknown), Mary) was born about 1631 in Plymouth Colony, MA; died after 9 Mar 1690. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Mayflower descendant (PETER BROWN)
Source:
Robert S. Wakefield FASG. Mayflower Families In Progress. General
Society of the Mayflower Descendants, 1986. p.3.

Notes:

John Arnold Byram, BYRAMS IN AMERICA: 1988
PARENT:Dea John Whitman
Genealogical Dictionary of New England Settlers,Volume 4, Ore,
Arethusa, tuo Siculis confunditur undis. ,page 525:
THOMAS, Weymouth, eldest s. of John the first, b. in Eng. a. 1629,
perhaps no brot. by his f. but left at home to foll. with mo. and
other ch. as fam. tradit. tells, freem. 1653, m. 22 Nov. 1656,
Abigail, d. of Nicholas Byram, had s. John, b. 5 Sept. 1658; Ebenezer;
and Nicholas, as, from his will of 1711, we find also ds. Susanna, w.
of Benjamin Willis; Mary, w. of Seth Leach; Naomi, w. of William Snow;
and Hannah, then unm.; but no date of b. for more than one of the
seven is found; perhaps bec. he sold his est. at Weymouth, and rem. to
Bridgewater bef. the b. of sec. ch. and he d. 1712.
Other children mentioned in the Boston Records for Weymouth Marriages
are Mary Whitman w. m. Micaeth Pratt. Eliz w. married Joseph Green.
"Weymouth Marriages: Thomas son to Ensigne Whitman and Abigail
Daughter of Nicholas Biron marryed by Capt William Torrey 27:9:56.
John Prat, sonne of Micaeth & Mary daughter of Ensigne Whitman (would
seem to have been in 1656). William Chard & Eliz Daughter of Micaeth
Prat. Joseph Greene & Eliz Daughter ofEnsigne LWhitman marryed p Capt
Torrey 3 mo:57.
THe will of Thomas Whitman of Bridgewater dated 12 JAN 1711 names
daughter Naomy Snow.

Thomas married Byram, Abigail on 22 Nov 1656. Abigail (daughter of Byram, I Dr Nicholas and Shaw, Susanna) was born about 1637 in Weymouth, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts, USA; died in 1712. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

John Arnold Byram, BYRAMS IN AMERICA: 1988
Thoams and Abigail (Byram) Whitman went from Weymouth to Bridgewater,
MA and lived on a farm known as "Whitman's Neck."