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Bradley Family Tree - George Hayward

George Heyward - Founding Settler of Concord, Massachusetts

Family connection - 7th maternal great-grandfather of Ruth Anne Bradley


George Hayward and his wife Mary joined about twelve families led by the Rev. Peter Bulkeley to leave England and found what became the town of Concord, Massachusetts.  They arrived in the Massachusetts Colony in1638, and George was granted 505 acres of land. 

George and Mary had nine children : John b. 1640, Mary b. 1642, Joseph b. 1643, Sarah b. 1645, Hannah b. 1647, Simon b. 1648, William b. 1651, George b. 1654, and Elizabeth, b. 1656. 

George left what is now the center of Concord and built a mill on the Southwest side of Concord. He operated the mill until his death. Still today in the border area between Acton and Concord, there is a street called  Hayward Mill road and a pond called Hayward's Pond, where the mill once sat. Hayward Dam can still be found there, but the original dam has been replaced with a concrete dam. 

George Hayward died by drowning on March 12, 1692 at the age of 71. It is believed that he was trying to help his friend William Frizzell over the river when, in the words from the inquest, "he was overthrown by the strength of the stream and so drowned in the river by the iron works as he was returning to go home". He was buried in the South Burying Place in Concord. 

George Hayward > Joseph Hayward > Simeon Hayward > Joseph Hayward > Joseph Hayward > Charles Prescott Hayward > Charley Hayward > James Stickney Hayward > Annie Almira Hayward > Bessie Lakin Fogg > Ruth Anne Bradley

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