Martin Hayden

Martin was the fourth son; he also became a clothier; and for a time before his marriage, assisted his brothers, Hezekiah and Strong, at Hartwick, N.Y., and afterwards became their successor, continuing the business successfully, until manufacturing establishments had so far superseded the domestic manufacture that there was little work for "the clothier" of earlier days. About 1836 (?) he removed to the outskirts of Cleveland, O., where he took up farming, and later removed to Milwaukee, Wis., where he died, 1847. He was, while living near Cooperstown, on terms of intimacy with Fennimore Cooper the novelist, who complimented him for his skill and love of hunting, by making him the model for one of the characters in the "Leather Stocking novels." Jabez Hayden. Martin Hayden was born on 20 May 1782 at Haydens, Windsor, Hartford Co., CT. He was the son of Levi Hayden and Margaret Strong. Martin Hayden married Amelia Griswold, daughter of Edward Griswold and Elizabeth Griswold, on 4 March 1811. Martin Hayden died on 4 November 1847 at Milwaukee, Waukesha Co, WI, at age 65.

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