John William Hayden

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A Patriot of the American Revolution for NEW JERSEY with the rank of PRIVATE. DAR Ancestor # A052531
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John Hayden BIRTH 27 Aug 1749 Morristown, Morris County, New Jersey, USA DEATH 24 Jul 1836 (aged 86) Haydentown, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, USA BURIAL Little White Rock Cemetery Fayette County, Pennsylvania, USA MEMORIAL ID 23037594 · View Source

MEMORIAL PHOTOS 4 FLOWERS 17 Iron-ore pioneer, Revolutionary War veteran, blacksmith, founder of Haydentown, Pa. and Hayden Forge, descendant of Mayflower passengers John Alden and Priscilla Mullins. John was born in 1749 in Morristown, NJ, to William Hayden and Lydia Kierstede Hayden. He died July 24, 1836 in Haydentown, Fayette County, Pa., a town named after him.

John served in the Revolutionary War in Capt. Josiah Hall's Company, Col. Jacob Ford Jr.'s Eastern Battalion of the Morris County Militia, enlisting in 1776 and again in 1777 (DAR Ancestor #A052531; SAR membership # 46328; Rev. War Pension 2:1575). John's father, William, also served in the Revolution (DAR Ancestor #A052601), as did four of John's brothers: Stephen, Enoch, Noah, and Hosea. Several of John's sons, including Squire Ayers, and grandsons, including John Hayden, Caleb Hayden, and Henry Mathiet Hayden, served in the Civil War.

In 1778 John and his first wife and eldest children moved to George's Township in Fayette County, Pa. In 1788, he patented the town of Haydenberg, Pa., which soon became known as Haydentown, after him.

He is credited as being the first man to discover iron ore west of the Allegheny Mountains, the first to make iron at Hayden's Forge, and the first to haul commercial wagon goods across the Alleghenies (The Connellsville Courier, Vol. XIII, No. 25, 8 Jan 1892).

John was married first to Charity Gard (with whom he had 10 children), and after her death, to Mary Katherine Snider (with whom he had 13 children). He had two sons named Jacob: one born 1783, who moved to Kentucky and nicknamed "Kentucky Jake"; the other born 1813, who remained in Pennsylvania.

Children with first spouse Charity Gard (born 1751, married Dec. 1773, died 25 Dec. 1797) were: Jonathan (1744-1847); John (about 1775-?); Stephen (1776-1857); Sarah Sallie (1778-1851); Daniel (1780-1873); Jacob "Kentucky Jake" (1783-1874); Hannah (1784-1811); Charity (married surnames Williams, Rinear, 1789-1874); Betsey Elizabeth (married surname Burley, 1791-1892); Priscilla Susannah (1793-?).

Children with second spouse Mary Snider (born 1773, married 1 March 1798, died Oct. 1863) were: Henry (1799-1868); Benjamin (1800-1877); Susan (married surname Childs, 1804-1839); Catherine (married surname Holtzman, 1805-1833); Lydia (married surname Bradley, 1807-1885); Samuel B. (1809-1889); Joseph (1812-1905); Jacob (1813-1890); Mary "Polly" (married surname Smith, 1814-1874); Abraham Lincoln (1818-1887 or 88); Squire Ayers (1819-1892); Agnes (1821-1915); Dorcas (married surname Bluehr, 1823-1917).

John is buried with second wife Mary (first wife Charity is buried nearby). Little White Rock Cemetery was formerly known as Hayden Cemetery, and was part of John Hayden's original tract of land in Fayette County, Pa.

Family Members Parents Photo William Hayden 1727–1823

Spouses Photo Charity Gard Hayden 1751–1797 (m. 1773)

Photo Mary Snider Hayden 1773–1863 (m. 1798)

Siblings Enoch Hayden 1756–1843

Photo Lottimore Hayden 1763–1814

Children Photo Hannah Hayden unknown–1811

Photo Jonathan Hayden 1774–1847

Photo Stephen Hayden 1776–1857

Photo Daniel Hayden 1780–1873

Photo Jacob Hayden 1783–1874

Elizabeth HAYDEN BURLEY 1789–1873

Photo John Hayden 1793 – unknown

Photo Lydia Hayden Bradley 1807–1885

Photo Samuel B. Hayden 1809–1889

Photo Jacob Hayden 1813–1890

Photo Mary Hayden Smith 1814–1874

Photo Squire Ayers Hayden 1819–1892

Inscription John Hayden 1749-1836. A Soldier of the Revolution -- Mary Hayden 1773-1863. Gravesite Details John was buried July 27, 1836. He is buried with 2nd wife Mary Snider Hayden. First wife Charity is buried nearby.

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