Col. William Haywood

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William Haywood, merchant and politician, was the oldest of seven children of John Haywood and his wife Mary Lovatt of New York (perhaps born in Beverly, Mass., on 27 Nov. 1695). John Haywood was born near St. Michael in Christ Church Parish on Barbados, British West Indies, in 1685; he arrived in North Carolina about 1730. He served as vestryman and churchwarden of the Anglican parish in Edgecombe County, sheriff, colonel of the county militia, member of the Provincial Assembly, and treasurer for the northern counties. He was also employed by Earl Granville as surveyor for Edgecombe County, an office that embroiled him in political disturbances and caused the exhumation of his body after his death in 1758 to verify his demise.

William Haywood's public career spanned two decades beginning in 1760 when he was named justice of the peace of Edgecombe County, commissioned colonel of the Edgecombe militia, and appointed surveyor of the county by Granville. Haywood proved active in county affairs as magistrate by serving on commissions to build bridges, erect a jail, and examine the sheriff's accounts. During the year of his death he was one of the tax assessors of the county. His devotion to public duty is best exemplified by his constant attendance as justice of the peace at the sessions of the county court. Between 1760 and 1775, he missed only eight quarterly court gatherings.

Haywood was also active in provincial politics. He represented Edgecombe County continuously in the Provincial Assembly from 1760 to 1775, and served on committees of propositions and grievances, public accounts, public claims, and privileges and elections. In 1764 legislation he was designated one of the commissioners to relocate the courthouse of Edgecombe County. In 1774, Haywood introduced legislation for the better observance of the Sabbath and the suppression of vice and immorality in the province.

During the colonial struggle with Great Britain for independence, Haywood demonstrated his allegiance to the American cause. The Third Provincial Congress, which met at Hillsborough in 1775, appointed him to the Committee of Safety for the Halifax District. In 1776, he represented Edgecombe in the Fourth and Fifth Provincial Congresses at Halifax. In the Fifth Congress he was chairman of the committee on privileges and elections and sat on the committee that drafted the state constitution. The same Congress elected Haywood to the Council of State, in which capacity he remained until resigning in 1778. In 1779, he was elected to represent Edgecombe in the lower house of the state legislature.

Haywood belonged to the Anglican church and served as vestryman in St. Mary's Parish. On 2 Mar. 1754 he married Charity Hare, daughter of Moses Hare of Hertford County. They had nine children: Jemima, who married John Whitfield of Lenoir County; John, who was state treasurer for forty years; Ann, who married Robert Williams of Pitt County; Charity, who married Josiah Lawrence of Pitt County; Mary, who married Ethelred Ruffin of Edgecombe County; Sherwood, who was U.S. commissioner of loans; Elizabeth, who married Henry Irwin Toole of Edgecombe County; William, who was clerk of a U.S. district court; and Stephen, who was a state senator of North Carolina. William Haywood died in late 1779 and presumably was buried at his home, Dunbar Plantation, in Edgecombe County.

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Col William Haywood, I BIRTH 1730 DEATH 1779 (aged 48–49) BURIAL Dunbar Plantation Dunbar, Edgecombe County, North Carolina, USA MEMORIAL ID 144243523 · View Source

MEMORIAL PHOTOS 2 FLOWERS 3 William Haywood, merchant and politician. He became justice of the peace of Edgecombe County, commissioned colonel of Edgecombe militia, and surveyor of the county Granville. In 1774, Haywood introduced legislation for the better observance of the Sabbath. During the colonial struggle with Great Britain for independence, William Haywood demonstrated his allegiance to the American cause. Haywood was a member of the Anglican church and served as vestryman in St.Mary's Parish. In 1754 he married Charity Hare. They had nine children.

Family Members Children Photo Sherwood Haywood 1762–1829

Photo William Henry Haywood 1770–1857

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GEDCOM Note

"Rep. of Colonial Assem. bet 1760-1779 Edgecombe County, NC/New Berne, NC;
Col. 1765 Provencial Forces/Edgecombe County; Comm. of Safety 1775 District of Halifax; Provencial Congress 1776 North Carolina ; Mem. Gov.'s Council BET. 20 DEC 1776 - 14 AUG 1778 North Carolina; Justice of Court of Pleas BET. 1778 - 1779 Edgecombe County, NC;

Served on the Provincial Congress to draft both temporary and permanent Constitution and Bill of Rights for the State of North Carolina.

Although they had nine children, only the four sons are given." According to Judge Siler "These four brothers removed from Edgecombe County and made their home in Raleigh about the time of the founding of that city (1792)."

Origins

In 1729 during his residence in New York City, John Haywood (d 1758) married Mary Lovatt.

They had four sons and three daughters, all born in North Carolina:

1. William married Charity Hare
2. Sherwood married Hannah Gray
3. Egbert married Sarah Ware
4. John died unmarried
5. Mary married Reverend Thomas Burges
6. Elizabeth married Jesse Hare
7. Deborah married John Hardy