Mehitable Hayward

Biography

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Mehitable Dunham was born about 1680 (estimated). She was the daughter of Daniel Dunham and Hannah (Unknown) Dunham.[1]

Mehitable married in Bridgewater, Massachusetts, 31 May 1700, Joseph Hayward,[2] her first cousin. Children:[1]

1. Mehitable, b. May 17, 1701 ; married Samuel Edson, March 1, 1738.
2. Thomas, b. Sept. 23, 1702 ; married Constant Keith.
3. Joanna, b. Aug. 15, 1704 ; married David Snow, 1731.
4. Melatiah, b. Aug. 31, 1706 ; married Samuel Dunbar.
5. Hannah, b. Nov. 9, 1708 ; died single.
6. Sarah, b. Dec. 14, 1710; died single.
7. Joseph, b. Oct. 19, 1713 ; died Oct. 17, 1738.
8. Daniel, b. Nov 29, 1715 ; died June 25, 1749.
9. Benjamin, b. Feb. 22, 1717 [28] ; married Sarah Cary, 1742

Mehitable is buried in the Old Graveyard, West Bridgewater, Plymouth, Mass.

All references: [1]

Sources

1. Kingman, Bradford, History of North Bridgewater, (pdf) p. 517, #18, Plymouth County, Massachussets, from its first settlement to the present time, with family registers. (Boston, MA: Self published, 1866), "18 Joseph (son of John 7) married Mehitable, daughter of Daniel Dunham, 1700. ..."
2. "Marriages in the Town of Bridgewater Previous to its Division." New England Historical and Genealogical Register 21:225 1867
3. History of Bridgewater by Nahum Mitchell, page 84 (pub. 1840, 1897, 1970, 1975) and Epitaphs in Old Bridgewater Massachusetts by Williams Latham (pub. 1882).
4. Ancestry.com Title: Mayflower Births and Deaths, Vol. 1 and 2 Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Repository: #R00001