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Taylor Lautner

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John Hayward

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• • 7th Great-grandfather of Taylor Lautner — 10th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 752 
  • Father:
  • Jonas Hayward 
  • Mother:
  • Debroth Gilbert   
  • Birth Date:
  • 31 Jul 1736 
  • Birth Location:
  • Warren, Worcester, Massachusetts 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Elizabeth Brooks
  • Marriage Date:
  • 29 Dec 1757 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Brookfield, Worcester, Massachusetts 
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  Jonas Hayward

  Hannah Hayward

  Benjamin Hayward

  Brooks Howard (Ahnentafel No:376 )

  John Hayward

  Elizabeth Hayward

  Rhesa Hayward

  • Notes: 

  • John Hayward's surname is also seen as Howard.

    Based on his son Brooks Howard's Revolutionary War pension application, John may have lived in the following places: Nova Scotia, Canada (from about 1765 to 1768); Brookfield, Massachusetts (from about 1768 to sometime during the war), Royalton, Vermont (from sometime during the war until the close of the war). The son Brooks Howard then removed to Brookfield, Vermont, after the war and stayed there for about 12 years. The son then removed to Tunbridge, Vermont, where he apparently met his wife and stayed for about 18 years. He then removed to Bethany, New York, where he was living at the time he applied for his pension. It is not known whether his father followed him after the move to Royalton.

• Sources for John Hayward

  • ¹ General Society of Mayflower Descendants Membership Applications, 1620-1920, General No. 31270, Membership application for Lowell French.
  • ² Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, Brookfield, Image 118 of 1321, Birth records for children of John and Elizabeth Hayward.
  • ³ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850, Brookfield, Vol. 1, p. 122, Births of children of John and Elizabeth Hayward, b. elsewhere.
  • ⁴ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850, Warren, Vol. 1, p. 111, Marriage intention for John and Elisabeth Brooks.
  • ⁵ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850, Brookfield, Vol. 1, p. 338, Marriage record for John Hayward and Elisabeth Brooks.
  • ⁶ Wakefield, Robert S., ed., Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: Vol. 13, 3rd ed., William White, Plymouth, Massachusetts: General Society of Mayflower Descendants (2006), 83.

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