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Mr. Josiah Hayward
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Mr. Josiah Hayward
Mr. Josiah Hayward
1707-1783
Held by Acton Citizens
From Mr. Josiah Haywards headstone in Woodlawn Cemetery
Tales From the Crypt
The final word, from the 1994 Acton Citizen Newspaper Article
Mr. Josiah Hayward
Josiah Hayward was the son of Simeon and Rebecca Hartwell Hayward of Concord, Mass., he married Mary Hosmer the daughter of John and Mary Billings Hosmer in 1729/30. They lived in Concord Village/Acton and raised seven children. In Feb. 22, 1749, Josiah Hayward was paid L2-00-00 for teaching school. In May of 1754, he was a member of the committee to "make an agreement with Rev. John Smith upon the common price of the necessaries of life."On October 3, 1774, he was elected as representative to the General Court, and on May 16, 1775 he was elected to represent Acton in the Provincial Congress. He was also the Moderator presiding at the Annual Town Meeting in 1776. Josiah Hayward died May 6, 1783 and is buried in Woodlawn Cemetery beside his wife Mary and their son Daniel.
Epitaph
Memento mori
Erected in Memory of Mr. Josiah Hayward who depated this life May 6, 1783 aged 76.
He was a gentleman of worth and intergrity, lived much respected for
his private, social and public virtues; substained divers civil offices with
honor to himself and benifit to the community and particularly that of
a representative for this town in the General Assembly, where he showed
himself a warm friend of his country.
His Memory is precious with friends of virtue, religion and mankind.
He had life in his imagination and a good judgement, was a humble
patient Christian, ever ready to do good when he saw an opportunity.
Whoever you be that see my hearse,
Take notice of and learn this verse,
For by it you may understand,
You have not time at your command.
Bless-d are the dead that die in the Lord from henceforth, yea, saith
the spirit that may rest from their labors and their works do follow them.
Descendants of Josiah Hayward
Generation No. 1
1. JOSIAH4 HAYWARD (SIMEON3, JOSEPH2, GEORGE1) was born May 29, 1707 in Concord, Middlesex, MA., and died May 06, 1783 in Acton, Middlesex, MA.. He married MARY HOSMER February 17, 1729/30 in Concord, Middlesex, MA., daughter of JOHN HOSMER and MARY BILLINGS. She was born December 11, 1711 in Concord, Middlesex, MA., and died January 22, 1790 in Acton, Middlesex, MA..
More About JOSIAH HAYWARD:
Burial: Woodlawn Cemetery, Acton, MA.
More About MARY HOSMER:
Burial: Woodlawn Cemetery, Acton, MA.
More About JOSIAH HAYWARD and MARY HOSMER:
Marriage: February 17, 1729/30, Concord, Middlesex, MA.
Children of JOSIAH HAYWARD and MARY HOSMER are:
i. REBECCA5 HAYWARD, b. April 03, 1732, Concord, Middlesex, MA..
ii. JOSIAH HAYWARD, b. November 04, 1733, Concord, Middlesex, MA.; d. August 06, 1736, Concord, Middlesex, MA..
iii. MARY HAYWARD, b. March 31, 1736, Concord, Middlesex, MA..
iv. JOSIAH HAYWARD, b. February 15, 1737/38, Concord, Middlesex, MA.; d. October 09, 1821, Concord, Middlesex, MA.; m. LUCY CONANT, November 27, 1761, Acton, Middlesex, MA.; b. March 27, 1740, Acton, Middlesex, MA.; d. April 22, 1828, Concord, Middlesex, MA..
More About JOSIAH HAYWARD and LUCY CONANT:
Marriage: November 27, 1761, Acton, Middlesex, MA.
v. CAPT. JOHN HAYWARD, b. April 02, 1740, Concord, Middlesex, MA.; d. February 13, 1825, Maine; m. (1) MIRIAM FORBUSH, September 26, 1761, Acton, Middlesex, MA.; b. December 16, 1743, Acton, Middlesex, MA.; m. (2) MOLLY FORBUSH, July 05, 1792, Acton, Middlesex, MA.; b. November 23, 1741, Acton, Middlesex, MA.; d. May 03, 1817, Acton, Middlesex, MA..
Notes for CAPT. JOHN HAYWARD:
marriage under Heywood
Hayward, John, Acton. Captain of a company of Minute-men, Col. Abijah Pierce's regt., which marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775; service, 28 days; also, Captain, Col. John Nixon's regt.; list of officers of Middlesex Co. militia [year not given].
Hayward, John, Acton. Sergeant, Capt. David Wheeler's co., Col. Nixon's regt.; pay abstract for mileage to and from camp, dated Winter Hill, Jan. 15, 1776.
[p.622] Hayward, John, Acton. 2d Lieutenant, Capt. Asahel Wheeler's co., Col. John Robinson's regt.; marched Feb. 4 [year not given, probably 1776]; service, 1 mo. 28 days.
Source Information:
Heitman, Francis B. Historical Register of Officers of the Continental Army During the War of the Revolution. Rev. ed. Washington, D.C.: The Rare Book Shop Pub. Co., 1914.
Hayward, John (Mass). 2d Lieutenant of Captain Isaac Davis' Company Massachusetts Minute Men at Concord, 19th April, 1775; 2d Lieutenant of Learned's Massachusetts Regiment, May to December, 1775; served Massachusetts Militia. (Died 13th February, 1825.)
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A search of our Patriot Index provided the information found below.
HAYWARD, John
Birth: MA 1743
Service: MA
Rank: Capt
Death: ME 1825
Patriot Pensioned: No Widow Pensioned: No
Children Pensioned: No Heirs Pensioned: No
Spouse: (1) Marian Forbush
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More About CAPT. JOHN HAYWARD:
Military service: Revolutionary War
More About JOHN HAYWARD and MIRIAM FORBUSH:
Marriage: September 26, 1761, Acton, Middlesex, MA.
More About JOHN HAYWARD and MOLLY FORBUSH:
Marriage: July 05, 1792, Acton, Middlesex, MA.
vi. SARAH HAYWARD, b. July 17, 1742, Acton, Middlesex, MA.; d. January 11, 1826, Sudbury, Middlesex, MA.; m. CAPT. DAVID FORBUSH, November 04, 1762, Acton, Middlesex, MA.; b. December 24, 1739, Acton, Middlesex, MA.; d. April 11, 1819, Acton, Middlesex, MA..
Notes for CAPT. DAVID FORBUSH:
Orderly Sergeant David Forbush fought at the battle of Lexington and Concord under the command of Capt. Isaac Davis. When the British reached the bridge at Concord they were met by minute men. The History of Middlesex Co. Mass. states that there may not have been a battle that day except for the fact that smoke began to rise from burning houses at the center of Concord. Colonel Barrett gave the consent to attack rather than watch "Ole Concord burn." Capt. Davis came back to his company and drew his sword and gave the command to advance six paces. By his side marched Major Buttrick of Concord. As the British began to take the bridge the Americans quickened their pace. Immediately the firing on both sides began. Davis was shot dead through the heart, the ball passed quite through his body, making a large wound, perhaps driving a button off his coat. His blood gushed out in one great stream, flying, it is said, more than ten feet, besprinkling and besmearing his own clothes, these shoe buckles and the clothes of Orderly Sergeant David Forbush and file leader, Thomas Thorp.
1782 Committee of Correspondence
Furbush, David, Acton. 2d Lieutenant, Capt. John Hayward's co. of Minute-men, Col. Abijah Pierce's regt., which marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775; service, 14 days.
Source Information:
Secretary of the Commonwealth. Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the War of the Revolution, - Vol. I-XVII (17). Boston: Wright and Potter Printing Co., 1896.
More About CAPT. DAVID FORBUSH:
Concord Fight: April 19, 1775, Capt. Isaac Davis Co.
Military service: Revolutionary War
Resided: 100 Martin St. South Acton, MA.
More About DAVID FORBUSH and SARAH HAYWARD:
Marriage: November 04, 1762, Acton, Middlesex, MA.
vii. DANIEL HAYWARD, b. December 08, 1744, Acton, Middlesex, MA.; d. March 30, 1770.
More About DANIEL HAYWARD:
Burial: Woodlawn Cemetery, Acton, MA.
Military service: SAR 1775
viii. RUTH HAYWARD, b. September 11, 1746, Acton, Middlesex, MA..
ix. LYDIA HAYWARD, b. March 30, 1749, Acton, Middlesex, MA.; d. April 30, 1836, Lowell, Middlesex, MA.; m. JOHN ADAMS, February 23, 1770, Acton, Middlesex, MA.; b. September 16, 1746, Acton, Middlesex, MA.; d. April 07, 1801, Acton, Middlesex, MA..
More About LYDIA HAYWARD:
Burial: Woodlawn Cemetery, Acton, MA.
More About JOHN ADAMS:
Burial: Woodlawn Cemetery, Acton, MA.
More About JOHN ADAMS and LYDIA HAYWARD:
Marriage: February 23, 1770, Acton, Middlesex, MA.
x. ELISABETH HAYWARD, b. July 21, 1752, Acton, Middlesex, MA.; m. ELIJAH DAVIES, September 10, 1793, Acton, Middlesex, MA.; b. May 21, 1751, Acton, Middlesex, MA.; d. May 07, 1832, Acton, Middlesex, MA..
More About ELIJAH DAVIES:
Burial: Forest Cemetery, N. Acton, MA.
Minuteman: September 29, 1774, Acton, Middlesex, MA.
More About ELIJAH DAVIES and ELISABETH HAYWARD:
Marriage: September 10, 1793, Acton, Middlesex, MA.
xi. SIMEON HAYWARD, b. March 05, 1755, Acton, Middlesex, MA.; d. June 05, 1803, Acton, Middlesex, MA.; m. (1) LUCY MARBLE, December 12, 1786, Acton, Middlesex, MA.; b. April 29, 1761, Stow, Middlesex, MA.; d. February 13, 1788, Acton, Middlesex, MA.; m. (2) BETSEY RANDALL, October 30, 1792, Stow, Middlesex, MA.; b. August 15, 1770, Stow, Middlesex, MA..
More About SIMEON HAYWARD:
Burial: Woodlawn Cemetery, Acton, MA.
Military service: SAR 1775
Minuteman: September 27, 1774, Acton, Middlesex, MA.
More About LUCY MARBLE:
Burial: Woodlawn Cemetery, Acton, MA.
More About SIMEON HAYWARD and LUCY MARBLE:
Marriage: December 12, 1786, Acton, Middlesex, MA.
More About S IMEON H AYWARD and B ETSEY R ANDALL: 
Marriage: October 30, 1792, Stow, Middlesex, MA.
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