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(IX) Helen Josephine Sanborn, daughter of James Solomon Sanborn, was born Octo- ber 6, 1857. She attended the public schools of Lewiston, Maine, and Somerville, gradu- ating from the high school in 1875. She enter- ed the State Normal school at Salem and was valedictorian of the class of 1879. She taught school for four terms at Concord, Massachu- setts, and won the commendation of the school committee of the town for the excellence of her work. The annual report of the Concord school committee for 1879-80, referring to Miss Sanborn, said: "At Nine Acre Corner. the school has had a better attendance. An excellent teacher has here been doing a good work. She would, of course, be able to do much better work in a graded school." Miss Sanborn was offered a position as teacher in the Emerson School at Concord but she chose to go to college instead. She entered Wellesley in 1880, and was graduated in 1884 with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. During the winter of 1885 she traveled in Central America and Mexico with her father, and gathered her material for the book, "A Winter in Central America," which was published in 1886 by Lee and Shepard of Boston. In 1888 she made the European tour with a Wellesley College party, visiting England, Holland, Belgium, Switzerland, France. Germany, and other points of interest abroad.
In 1893 she made the voyage to the Mediter- ranean countries, in company with her father. She went abroad in 1904 and again in 1905, when she visited Iceland, Norway and North-
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ern Europe. She wrote a series of articles on "Travel" from her point of view and experi- ence. She has written another series of articles on "Child Study," a subject in which as a trained teacher she takes a special interest. In 1890 she was elected a member of the school board of the city of Somerville, a position she filled faithfully and efficiently for three years, declining re-election from both the Republican and Democratic parties. For seven years, from 1893 to 1900, she was president of the Hillside Club, the only woman thus honored. She is a charter member of the Heptorean Club. She joined the Winter Hill Congrega- tional church in 1884, and has been active in the work of that society. She organized the Daughters of the Covenant, a missionary society, of which she has been president since June, 1895. She was appointed treasurer in 1903 of the College League in the interests of the International Institute for Girls in Spain. This is the first and only college for women in that country. She is also a director of the cor- poration in charge of the college. She is also a member of the Boston Authors' Club. In June. 1906, she was elected to the board of trustees of her alma mater, Wellesley College.
(For first generation see preceding sketch).
(II) Joseph, son of John San- SANBORN born, was born in Hampton, New Hampshire, March 13, 1659, and lived in Hampton Falls, on the farm now or lately occupied by his descendant, Sarah Sanborn. He married. December 28, 1682, Mary. daughter of Captain Edward Gove, of Hampton. She married ( second ) - - Mor- rill. of Salisbury. Joseph Sanborn gave much of his property to his sons before his death, which occurred between 1722 and 1724. Chil- dren : 1. Abigail, born April 1, 1686; married, October 7, 1703, Ebenezer Dearborn. 2. Hul- dah, born May 3, 1688; married, October 17, 1705, Jonathan Nason ; died October 7, 1758. 3. Reuben, born May 18, 1692. 4. Edward, born April 7. 1695. 5. Abraham, born March 10, 1696. 6. Mary, born July 28, 1697 ; mar- ried Samuel Prescott ; died May 28, 1757. 7. Joseph. born July 22, 1700. 8. David, men- tioned below.
(III) David. son of Joseph Sanborn, was born January 16. 1702, in Hampton Falls. He served in 1722 under Major John Gilman. He removed to Barnstead, where his will is dated June 7, 1775. He inherited land from his father in Chester. but sold it. He died January 16, 1777, at Shaker Village, in Canterbury,
New Hampshire. He married, March 2, 1727, Abigail Gliddin, who died at Shaker Village, January 15, 1805. He and his first son were baptized the same day in 1728, at Hampton Falls. Children: 1. Edward, died young. 2. Jeremiah, died young. 3. David, died young. 4. Elizabeth, baptized in Hampton Falls, May 6, 1733 ; married John Mudgett. 5. John, bap- tized April 6, 1735, died young. 6. David, baptized 1737, died young. 7. Edward, bap- tized April 1, 1739. 8. Abigail, baptized 1741 ; died young. 9. Jeremiah, born June 27, 1744. IO. John baptized August 24, 1745 ; mentioned below. II. Joseph, baptized January 10, 1728.
(IV) John (2), son of David Sanborn, was baptized August 24, 1745, in Hampton Falls, and was killed in the revolution. He enlisted April 15, 1777, in Captain Morrill's company, Colonel Stark's regiment, and again in 1778 for three years. He lived in Barnstead, and signed the Test there. He married Hannah Eastman. Children: 1. Reuben, born March 12, 1773. 2. Mary, born October 3, 1774; married (first ) Moses W. Rand; (second) May 16, 1817, Joseph Kimball. 3. John, men- tioned below.
(V) John (3), son of John (2) Sanborn, was born March 2, 1776, in Barnstead. He lived at first in Barnstead, but removed early to Lower Gilmanton, New Hampshire. In 1795, his father being dead, Ezekiel Eastman of Barnstead was appointed guardian of the minor son, John Sanborn. He died February 9, 1859. He married (first ) Hannah, daughter of John Hodgdon, of Barnstead: (second) May 10, 1827, Mrs. Sally Avery. Children : 1. Jeremiah, born May 2, 1806; mentioned below. 2. Mahala, born August 20, 1808; mar- ried William Marston ; died 1856. 3. William, born June 16, 1811 ; died unmarried. 4. Nancy M., born May 5, 1814 ; married John L. Lord. 5. John Hodgdon, born August 19, 1821 ; died unmarried. 6. Hannah Hodgdon, born No- vember 6, 1827; married Samuel B. Wedge- wood. 7. Sarah, born September 16, 1832; married July 4, 1856, Dyer J. Merrill.
(VI) Jeremiah, son of John (3) Sanborn, was born May 2. 1806, in Barnstead, New Hampshire, and died February 14, 1890, in Epsom, New Hampshire. He settled in Barn- stead, but soon removed to Loudon, New Hampshire, where he had a farm. He married (first ) December 30, 1826. Nancy Ann Sin- clair Pickering, of Barnstead, born February 28. 1807, died May 6, 1860: (second) Mrs. Climena Pearsons, of Epsom. Children, all by first wife: I. Woodbury Page, born April
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24, 1827; mentioned below. 2. Rosetta Jane, born December 1I, 1828; died unmarried, Feb- ruary, 1867. 3. Hannah Ann, born July 21, 1830; died unmarried, July, 1865. 4. John Sinclair, born February 4, 1832 ; died 1833. 5. Amanda Maria, born November 11, 1833 ; mar- ried (first) January 2, 1854, Joel E. Cook ; (second) January 1, 1857, Andrew Locke. 6. John Henry, born August 19, 1835; physician at Newport, Rhode Island. 7. Jeremiah Lyford, born April 7, 1837; resides in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 8. Albert Burns, born Febru- ary 14, 1839 ; mentioned below. 9. Laura, born August 19, 1841 ; married E. E. Maxfield. 10. George Hodgdon, born September 20, 1845; married, 1863, Adelia Hayes; resides in Wey- mouth, Massachusetts; he died December 7, 1901. II. Charles, born February 13, 1847; married, 1878, Ellen Smith; resides in Water- town, Massachusetts.
(VII) Woodbury Page, son of Jeremiah Sanborn, was born April 24, 1827, at Gilman- ton, New Hampshire. He was educated in the district schools of Loudon, New Hampshire, whither his parents moved when he was about three years old. He followed farming during his boyhood on his father's place, and at the age of twenty-two years came to Quincy, Massachusetts, where he was engaged in farm- ing for a year. From 1852 to 1856 he was in Weymouth, and then for two years and a half at Wilton, Maine, in various lines of agricul- tural work, where for a time he owned a small farm, but sold it, and returning to Weymouth entered the employ of Loud & Rhines, dealers in lumber. Later this firm became Loud & Pratt. He was connected with this firm for thirty-three years altogether. He was then in the boot and shoe department of a dry goods store in Weymouth for six years. He is a prominent member of the Baptist church, of which he was deacon for four years, then was made deacon emeritus, which position he still holds, clerk fifteen years, and for a long period a teacher in the Sunday school. In politics he is a Republican. He is now making his home with son Walter, at Weymouth. He married, April 30, 1854 Leonora ( Fuller ) Mosher, (laughter of Captain Fuller, of Wilton, Maine. Children : ITelen M. and Walter Francis. Helen M. Sanborn married, in 1881, Frederic A. Sulis, of St. John, New Brunswick, who is in the drygoods business in Weymouth. Their children: I. Florence, born January 24, 1884: married, May 28, 1906, Frederic L. Richards, a traveling salesman. 2. Helen L., horn December 21, 1885. 3. George F., born
May 8, 1888. 4. Stanley R., born March 2, 1892.
(VIII) Walter Francis, son of Woodbury Page Sanborn, was born in Wilton, Maine, May 6, 1858. When he was three years old his parents removed to Weymouth, Massachu- setts, where he attended the public schools. He was then employed in a grocery store there for a few years. He then learned the trade of carpenter, and was employed by the firm of Loud & Rhines for some years. Having left this firm, he finally resumed his connection with them. In 1891 he bought the lumber business in Weymouth which he has since owned and conducted with much success. He is a trustee of the Weymouth Savings Bank. He and his family are Christian Scientists in religion, and he is a Republican in politics. He married, July 11, 1877, Bryantha Etta Thayer, born December 22, 1856, at Quincy, daughter of Thomas Jefferson Hamilton and Bryantha Richards (Hayden) Thayer, of Braintree (see Thayer and Hayden).
(IX) E. Russell Sanborn, son of Walter Francis Sanborn, was born February 25, 1879. He took up the study of music at an early age, and gave his first organ recital in his eight- eenth year, and shortly after secured his first position as church organist. He was the organ- ist chosen to represent the commonwealth of Massachusetts on Bunker Hill Day at the Pan American Exposition, where he was engaged to give a series of recitals. Has filled many prominent organ positions, and given recital tours which have taken him to almost every section of the United States. He is now located in Boston, where he has one of the largest and most modern pipe organs in any studio in America. He married, September 4, 1901, Caroline E. Skilton, born May 7, 1881, at Reading, Massachusetts; her father, Jona- than Skilton, was born in Burlington, Massa- chusetts, in 1849, died in East Braintree, Mass- achusetts, January 17, 1892 ; he married (sec- ond) Vestina Parker Converse, of Reading ; her mother Caroline (Dixon), died in Reading, Massachusetts, 1881 ; her grandfather, Nathan Skilton, of Braintree, married Elizabeth Locke, of Boston. Caroline Dixon had sisters: i. Ada Florence, married William Stevens, of East Braintree, children: Norma Winona ; William Mason, died aged five months; and Dorothy Gene. ii. Irma Elinta.
(VII) Albert Burns, son of Jeremiah San- born, was born at London, New Hampshire, February 14, 1839. He was educated in the district schools of his native town. In his
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youth he worked on his father's farm. In 1860 he came to Weymouth, Massachusetts, and for three years had charge of Captain Joseph Loud's farm. During the next twenty years he was employed in various shoe fac- tories in Weymouth, making shoes by contract. Then, taking a position, he travelled exten- sively, selling shoe machinery ; then for a time was foreman of a large shop in Philadelphia ; then going to Sanford, Maine, he purchased a large farm and built three houses ; he was ex- tensively engaged in farming up to 1892, when he sold out and came to Weymouth, since which time lre has been in the real estate busi- ness. He is a Republican in politics. While in Maine he was constable five years ; chairman of the board of health five years; agent of schools four years ; had charge of streets three years: was special police in Weymouth ; K. of P. of Maine, later of Weymouth ; member of Business Men's Club, of Weymouth, and treas- urer of Trinity Church of Weymouth. He married (first) 1863, Helen Higgins, of Orleans, Massachusetts, daughter of Jabez Higgins. He married (second) November, 1884, Mrs. Cora Augusta Williams Hobart, born January 4, 1838, at Weymouth, widow of Otis Henry Hobart, daughter of Charles Henry and Caroline Sarah (Stewart) Will- iams ( see below). Children of first wife: I. Alden Linwood, resides at Dorchester, Massa- chusetts. 2. Ralph W., a letter carrier, resid- ing at Revere, Massachusetts. Children of Mrs. Sanborn by first husband : I. Charles Augustus, born August 31, 1855 ; a real estate broker at Lynn, Massachusetts ; married Han- nah Holt. 2. Frank Stuart, born May 10, 1858; married Nora Smith, a native of Nova Scotia ; child : Charles Stuart Williams, born April 1I, 1898.
(The Williams Line).
(I) Chauncey Williams ( see above ) was born at Winsted, Connecticut, and died at Weymouth, Massachusetts. He married Mercy Hunt. Chil- dren: I. Betsey, married Jacob Tirrell. 2. Lyman. 3. Charles Henry, mentioned below. 4. Susan, married William Field. 5. Hannah, married George Snow. 6. Mercy, married H. Smith, of Weymouth. 7. John. 8. Sarah, married Daniel Smith. 9. Betsey, married Charles Arnold
( II) Charles Henry, son of Chauncey Will- iams. was born at Weymouth, October 9, 1813, and died there April 3, 1894. He was educated in the Weymouth schools, and learned the trade of shoemaker. He embarked in business in
Boston as a manufacturer of shoes, and later he was proprietor of an express business. He devoted his later years to real estate, develop- ing and taking charge of property, buying and selling, and enjoyed an excellent business. When fifty years of age he built a yacht which he sailed each summer the rest of his life. In politics he was a Republican, in religion a Con- gregationalist. He was domestic in his tastes, and a member of no secret orders. He mar- ried, February, 1836, Caroline Sarah Stewart, born January 6, 1819, at Sterling, Massachu- setts, died August 13, 1904, at Weymouth. Children, born at Weymouth : 1. Cora Augusta, January 4, 1838; married (first) Otis Henry Hobart ; (second) Albert Burns Sanborn (see above). 2. Charles Stewart, born January I, 1844, died July, 1891 ; married Susan R. H. Hunt, of Braintree ; she died 1890; he was a banker and broker in Boston; was selectman of Weymouth; attendant of Congregational church ; served in the civil war in Forty-second Massachusetts Regiment, and was taken pris- oner by the Confederates in the campaign in Texas. He was a member of the Masonic fraternity of Weymouth.
(The Stewart Line).
The Stewart family above named has for ancestors Duncan (I), James (II). Solomon (III), Daniel (IV), who married Mary Ire- land, and
(V) James Stewart, born in Lunenburg, Massachusetts, February 23, 1785; married Sarah Persis Manson, of Petersham, February 8, 1810; died at Sterling, March 1, 1826; was a manufacturing hatter in Sterling for several years.
(VI) Caroline S., fourth child of James Stewart, born in Sterling, January 6, 1819, died August 13, 1904 : married, February, 1836, Charles H. Williams ; two children: Cora Au- gusta and Charles Stewart.
(VII) Cora Augusta, daughter of Charles and Caroline S. (Stewart) Williams, was born in Weymouth, January 4, 1838; married ( first ) October 30, 1853, Otis H. Hobart ; children : i. Charles A. Hobart, born August 31, 1854, mar- ried Mrs. Hannah Holt, Crowninshield, born in Winterport, Maine, and lives in Lynn; ii. Frank Stewart Hobart, born May 10, 1858, married Nora C. Smith, born in Nova Scotia, and has one child, C. Stewart Hobart, born April II, 1897. Cora Augusta Williams (Hobart) married (second) November, 1884, Albert B. Sanborn.
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The above named family intermarried with the Dudley family, descended from
(I) Francis Dudley, a relation of Governor Thomas Dudley, was born in England, and came to this country, settling at Concord, Massachu- setts, about 1663, married Sarah Wheeler, of Concord, October 26, 1665. He probably re- mained in Concord until his decease ; his wife died December 12, 1713.
(II) Joseph, son of Francis Dudley, mar- ried Abigail Gobble, 1691, and died in Concord, November 3, 1702.
(III) Joseph (2), son of Joseph ( 1) Dudley, born 1697; married, October 2, 1718, Mary Chandler.
(IV) Ebenezer, son of Joseph (2) Dudley, born about 1735, was a captain in the war of the revolution. He married Grace - -; he died at Sudbury; his wife died at Hebron, Maine, September 25, 1821.
(V) Eunice, daughter of Ebenezer Dudley, married Nicholas Manson ; died in Boston.
(VI) Sarah Persis, daughter of Nicholas and Eunice (Dudley) Manson, married (first) February 8, 1810, James Stewart ; (second) March 21, 1833, Elijah Wright, of Ashby ; she died at the home of her son, Dr. James Stewart, in Brooklyn, New York (see Stewart above).
(For first generation see Richard Thayer 1).
(II) Richard (2) Thayer, son
THAYER of Richard (I) Thayer, was born in England, in 1625, and settled in Braintree, Massachusetts. He mar- ried, December 24. 1651, Dorothy Pray, who died December II. 1705: he died Decem-
ber 4, 1705. Children : I. Dorothy, born July 30, 1653. 2. Richard, born July 31, 1655; mentioned below. 3. Nathaniel, born January I, 1658. 4. Abigail, February 10, 1661. 5. Joannah, December 13, 1665. 6. Sarah, De- cember 13, 1667. 7. Cornelius, August 18, 1670.
(III ) Richard (3), son of Richard (2) Thayer, was born July 31, 1655, and died Sep- tember 11, 1729. He lived in Braintree, and married, July 16, 1679, Rebecca Micall, born January 22, 1658. Children: I. Rebecca, born August 16, 1680; married, February 12, 1701, Thomas Bolter. 2. Benjamin, born October 6, 1683. 3. Richard, January 26, 1685. 4. John, January 12, 1688. 5. Mary, February 10, 1689. 6. James, November 12, 1691. 7. Deborah, April 11, 1605. 8. Anna, November 14, 1697. 9. Gideon, July 26, 1700; mentioned below. 10. Obediah, May 1, 1703 ; died April 5, 1721. (IV ) Gideon, son of Richard (3) Thayer,
was born July 26, 1700, and died February 17, 1742, being drowned on a Sunday morning while crossing the Monitoquot river, by break- ing through the ice. He was a farmer, and lived in Braintree. He married, June 3, 1713, Hannah Hollis. Children: I. Abigail, born November 15, 1724. 2. Mary, November I, 1726. 3. Hannah, April 6, 1728. 4. Eunice, October 10, 1730, died August 16, 1732. 5. Gideon, October 2, 1732 ; mentioned below. 6. Eunice, December 20, 1735. 7. Job, August 15, 1738, died August 9, 1750. 8. Elijah, born August 17, 1741.
(V) Gideon (2), son of Gideon ( I) Thayer, was born October 2, 1732, in Braintree, and died there November 27, 1800. He was ser- geant in Captain Thomas White's company, Colonel Joseph Palmer's regiment in 1776, and in Captain Holbrook's company, under Colonel Bass, same year. He married, in 1758, Sus- annah Thayer, who died January 6, 1806, daughter of David and Hannah Thayer. Chil- dren, born in Braintree: I. Job, 1759. 2. Gideon, August 21, 1763; mentioned below. 3. Sylvanus, January 21, 1774. 4. Rachel. 5. Ira, 1781. 6. Naomi. 7. Zephora. 8. Leah, died young.
(VI) Gideon (3), son of Gideon (2) Thayer, was born in Braintree, August 21, 1763, and died April 23. 1841. He lived in Braintree, and was a soldier in the revolution, in Captain Thomas White's company, Colonel Joseph Pal- mer's regiment, at Dorchester Neck, 1776; also in Captain Peter Penniman's company, Lieu- tenant Colonel Nathan Tyler's regiment, 1776-7. He married (first) April 24, 1800, Jemima Vintor : (second ) November 5, 1802, Hannah Belcher. Child of first wife: I. William, born February 29, 1801. Children of second wife : 2. Jemima, born September 2, 1804. 3. Gideon, March 11, 1806. 4. Joseph, mentioned below.
(VII) Joseph, son of Gideon (3) Thayer, was born June 18, 1810, in Braintree, and died in Randolph. He resided in the latter place. and married (first) Drucilla Penniman ; (sec- ond ) Eveline Stetson, born November 25, 1805, in South Weymouth, died in Brockton. Chil- dren, all by second wife: I. George Washing- ton, living in Nova Scotia. 2. Drucilla. 3. Joseph Henry, died in Taunton. 4. Thomas Jefferson Hamilton, see forward. 5. . Almeda, resides in Brockton. 6. Martin, died in Onset. January 17, 1908. 7. Laura, died in Quincy. 8. Eveline J., born September 10, 1844: mar- ried, August 11, 1862, Thomas H. Snow : he died in Brockton. 9. Hiram, resides in Brain- tree.
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(VIII) Thomas Jefferson Hamilton, son of Joseph Thayer, was born in Braintree, July 16, 1833, and died September 18, 1908, in Quincy. He was educated in the public schools of Brain- tree. He married and settled in Quincy, where he was engaged in the boot and shoe business until the beginning of the civil war. In 1861 he enlisted and served three years in Company D, Thirty-ninth Massachusetts Regiment. After the war he took a position as a stationary engineer, and followed the same some years. He then engaged in the polishing and granite business in Quincy, where he continued about ten years, then being burned out, after which he lived retired until his death. He attended the Methodist Episcopal church ; was a member of Paul Revere Post, No. 88, G. A. R., and Weymouth Lodge, K. P. In politics he was a Republican. He married, in 1854, Bryantha Richards Hayden, born July 13, 1836, at Quincy, daughter of Nathaniel and Sally Hayden. She resides at 9 Wendell street, Quincy. Children : Bryantha Etta, born December 22, 1856; mar- ried Walter F. Sanborn (see Sanborn). 2. Anna Louise Loveland, born February 19, 1860; married Anson Lee Wright. 3. Clifton J., born 1867; married Luella Goodwin, of Charlestown, Massachusetts ; children : George R .. Marion L., Walter F., Priscilla H. 4- Susie L., born 1869, died 1901 ; married George Pratt. 5. Ida May, married Moses Dyer ; re- sides in South Braintree. 6. Eva Frances, born September 7. 1870 ; resides with her mother.
HAYDEN The Hayden or Heyden family of England belonged to the order of Knights deriving this surname from the town of Heydon in Norfolk, where they were first seated. The word means high-down, or plain on the hill, and the town itself is rich in ancient history. The family itself appears as early as the Norman Conquest, but comes into prominence early in the thir- teenth century in the person of Thomas de Heydon. resident at Heydon, and a justice itinerant in Norfolk in 1221. From him all the English families are descended. They do not seem to have been numerous at any period of their history. The principal branch, in the persons of the eldest sons, remained in Nor- folk. inheriting the estates of Heydon, Bacons- thorp and elsewhere ; while a branch in the line of the second son, by the name of John de Hayden, settled in Devonshire about 1273, and another a few generations later at Watford, near London.
(I) Thomas de Haydon, the English. pro-
genitor, was born probably about 1185, and died 1250. (II) William Heydon, eldest son of Thomas, was born about 1220, and died 1272. He had an estate in Norfolk. (III) John de Haydon, younger son of William, was county judge in Devonshire in 1273. (IV) Robert Haydon settled in Boughwood, Harp- ford, Devonshire, near which estate the family afterward dwelt. He married Joan He deeded his estate to his son Henry, in the nineteenth year of Henry I. (V) Henry Hay- don married a relative, Julian, daughter and heir of Haydon of Ebford. (VI) William Haydon inherited his father's estate at Bough- wood. (VII) Robert Haydon succeeded his father. (VIII) John Haydon was his son. (IX) Henry Haydon had the Boughwood and Ebford estates in 1397. (X) William Haydon, a younger son, inherited the Boughwood and Ebford estates, his elder brother John leaving no issue. Children: Richard, died young ; John, Richard, William. (XI) Richard Hay- don was living on the estate in 1476. Children : Richard, John, Jane, married Robert Gilbert, of Powderham.
(XII) Richard Haydon had the estates in 1 522, married Joan, daughter of Maurice Trent, of Ottery St. Mary. Children : Thomas, John, of Cadhay ; George, of Hornesseys, married Agnes Merrifield. The family arms: Argent three bars gemelle azure on a chief gules a barrulet dancette or. Crest : The white lion vulning the black bull. The arms were granted before 1315.
(XIII) Thomas Hayden married Joan, daugh- ter of Richard Weeks, of Honey Church. Chil- dren : Thomas, mentioned below ; Daughter, married Walter Leigh; Jane, married Richard Williams : Margaret, married Thomas Brown- ing.
(XIV) Thomas Hayden inherited the family estates of Hills in Kelmiston and Ebford ; mar- ried Christina, daughter and heir of Robert Tidersleigh, in Dorsetshire.
(XV) Robert Hayden inherited the estate of his grand-uncle John, at Cadhay, a distin- guished lawyer, who held the charter for incor- porating the church when England broke away from the Roman church, in 1536, known as St. Mary Ottery, where many of the family are buried. His wife Joan inherited the estate at Cadhay. and he rebuilt the house, which is still in good repair. Robert Hayden married Toan, daughter of Sir Amias Paulet, of George Hinton. Somerset. He was a justice of the peace. living in 1620. Children : Gideon, men- tioned below ; Amias, Drew, Margaret.
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