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Edwin Watkins Heyward

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Edwin Watkins Heyward

(1862–1888)

    Thomas Heyward Jr.

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    • 2nd Great-grandfather of Edwin Watkins Heyward — 5th Generation
    • Ahnentafel No:
    • 16 
    • Birth Date:
    • 28 Jul 1746 
    • Birth Location:
    • St. Luke's Parish, South Carolina 
    • Christening Date:
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    • Christening Location:
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    • Death Date:
    • from 6 Mar 1809 to 17 Apr 1809 
    • Death Location:
    • Old House, Jasper, South Carolina 
    • Burial Date:
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    • Burial Location:
    • Heyward Family Cemetery, Old House, Jasper, South Carolina  
    • Marriage Date:
    • 4 May 1786 
    • Marriage Location:
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    • Children:

      • Thomas Heyward (Ahnentafel No:8 )

      James Heyward

      Eliza Heyward

    • Notes: 

    • Signer of the Declaration of Independence

      Sources disagree on the date of death for Thomas Heyward Jr. with both March and April dates being given. His tombstone gives the date as 17 APR 1809.

      The "Jr." suffixed to Thomas Heyward's name was used to distinguish him from his uncle of the same name.

  • Additional marriages for Thomas Heyward Jr.

    • Spouse:
    • Elizabeth Matthews
    • Marriage Date:
    • 20 Apr 1773
    • Marriage Location:
    • Charleston, Charleston Co., South Carolina

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  • Sources for Thomas Heyward Jr.

    • 3 The South Carolina Historical and Genealogical Magazine, 1965, Vol. 66, No. 4. p. 233.
    • 4 Barthelmas, Della Gray, The Signers of the Declaration of Independence: A Biographical and Genealogical Reference, Jefferson, N.C. and London: McFarland and Company, Inc., Publishers (1997), 115-118.
    • 5 Bulloch, Joseph Gaston Baillie, The Cuthberts, Barons of Castle Hill and Their Descendants in South Carolina and Georgia, Washington, D. C.: n. p. (1908), 40.