"Lebanon, Conn., furnished to the little village of Cleveland, in 1825, three brothers who became very prominent citizens, taking an active part in everything that pertained to the welfare of the community. They were Joseph, John, and Nelson Hayward, and although they came here from Connecticut, probably were of Massachusetts stock, the progenitors of which were William and Marjory Thayer Hayward of Braintree [their grandfather's great-grandparents]... Nelson Hayward remained a bachelor all his life. In 1843 he was elected mayor of the city."
- Pioneer Families of Cleveland, 1914, by Gertrude Van Rensselaer Wickham, available online as a google ebook. See p. 294.
Hayward was elected Mayor of Cleveland in 1843. He was first buried in Erie Street Cemetery, Cleveland, in Section 1, Lot 9. They have an alternate death date in their record of 17 April 1857. The date of re-interment is not recorded. (seekerJay (46998289))
A birth record index suggests he was born in 1810 July 1 in Lebanon, CT, not 1800 as recorded on the stone. The birth record lists parents as John and Eunice. The 1810 date is likely the most accurate, rather than the 1800 date engraved on the more-recent replacement headstone. However, I'm leaving the 1800 date on the memorial, to reflect the gravesite itself.
From Cuyahoga Co., Ohio Probate Records: Will of Nelson Hayward abstracted -
I Nelson Hayward of the City of Cleveland ... my brother Joseph ... Ann wife of my brother Joseph ... Miss Olive Hutchinson the early friend and nurse of my Mother ... tombstone similar to my brother John ... my sister Betsey Travis ... my sister Polly Gardner ... the two daughters of my late niece[?] Betsey Segar ... Eunice, Elizabeth and Charles youngest children of my late brother Caleb ... my brother Elisha ... Ellen C.[?] Gardner my grand niece now living with me ... my nephew George L. Hayward ... my nephew Charles F. Travis ... my nephew John Nelson Travis ... my nephew George Loomis Hayward now only son of my brother Joseph ... will signed this tenth day of March 1857.
Codicil add March 21, 1857.
Will submitted for probate April 20, 1857.
Contributor Bob Toelle (47047332) has located a great deal of information. He has discovered that several reference sources erroneously list Nelson's parents as William and Marjory Thayer Hayward as his parents, when they were actually his grandfather's great-grandparents. The origin of the error appears to be an interpretation of the quotation at the top of the memorial, when someone referencing it assumed the word "progenitors" to mean parents when it did not.
- Pioneer Families of Cleveland, 1914, by Gertrude Van Rensselaer Wickham, available online as a google ebook. See p. 294.
Hayward was elected Mayor of Cleveland in 1843. He was first buried in Erie Street Cemetery, Cleveland, in Section 1, Lot 9. They have an alternate death date in their record of 17 April 1857. The date of re-interment is not recorded. (seekerJay (46998289))
A birth record index suggests he was born in 1810 July 1 in Lebanon, CT, not 1800 as recorded on the stone. The birth record lists parents as John and Eunice. The 1810 date is likely the most accurate, rather than the 1800 date engraved on the more-recent replacement headstone. However, I'm leaving the 1800 date on the memorial, to reflect the gravesite itself.
From Cuyahoga Co., Ohio Probate Records: Will of Nelson Hayward abstracted -
I Nelson Hayward of the City of Cleveland ... my brother Joseph ... Ann wife of my brother Joseph ... Miss Olive Hutchinson the early friend and nurse of my Mother ... tombstone similar to my brother John ... my sister Betsey Travis ... my sister Polly Gardner ... the two daughters of my late niece[?] Betsey Segar ... Eunice, Elizabeth and Charles youngest children of my late brother Caleb ... my brother Elisha ... Ellen C.[?] Gardner my grand niece now living with me ... my nephew George L. Hayward ... my nephew Charles F. Travis ... my nephew John Nelson Travis ... my nephew George Loomis Hayward now only son of my brother Joseph ... will signed this tenth day of March 1857.
Codicil add March 21, 1857.
Will submitted for probate April 20, 1857.
Contributor Bob Toelle (47047332) has located a great deal of information. He has discovered that several reference sources erroneously list Nelson's parents as William and Marjory Thayer Hayward as his parents, when they were actually his grandfather's great-grandparents. The origin of the error appears to be an interpretation of the quotation at the top of the memorial, when someone referencing it assumed the word "progenitors" to mean parents when it did not.
"Lebanon, Conn., furnished to the little village of Cleveland, in 1825, three brothers who became very prominent citizens, taking an active part in everything that pertained to the welfare of the community. They were Joseph, John, and Nelson Hayward, and although they came here from Connecticut, probably were of Massachusetts stock, the progenitors of which were William and Marjory Thayer Hayward of Braintree [their grandfather's great-grandparents]... Nelson Hayward remained a bachelor all his life. In 1843 he was elected mayor of the city."
- Pioneer Families of Cleveland, 1914, by Gertrude Van Rensselaer Wickham, available online as a google ebook. See p. 294.
Hayward was elected Mayor of Cleveland in 1843. He was first buried in Erie Street Cemetery, Cleveland, in Section 1, Lot 9. They have an alternate death date in their record of 17 April 1857. The date of re-interment is not recorded. (seekerJay (46998289))
A birth record index suggests he was born in 1810 July 1 in Lebanon, CT, not 1800 as recorded on the stone. The birth record lists parents as John and Eunice. The 1810 date is likely the most accurate, rather than the 1800 date engraved on the more-recent replacement headstone. However, I'm leaving the 1800 date on the memorial, to reflect the gravesite itself.
From Cuyahoga Co., Ohio Probate Records: Will of Nelson Hayward abstracted -
I Nelson Hayward of the City of Cleveland ... my brother Joseph ... Ann wife of my brother Joseph ... Miss Olive Hutchinson the early friend and nurse of my Mother ... tombstone similar to my brother John ... my sister Betsey Travis ... my sister Polly Gardner ... the two daughters of my late niece[?] Betsey Segar ... Eunice, Elizabeth and Charles youngest children of my late brother Caleb ... my brother Elisha ... Ellen C.[?] Gardner my grand niece now living with me ... my nephew George L. Hayward ... my nephew Charles F. Travis ... my nephew John Nelson Travis ... my nephew George Loomis Hayward now only son of my brother Joseph ... will signed this tenth day of March 1857.
Codicil add March 21, 1857.
Will submitted for probate April 20, 1857.
Contributor Bob Toelle (47047332) has located a great deal of information. He has discovered that several reference sources erroneously list Nelson's parents as William and Marjory Thayer Hayward as his parents, when they were actually his grandfather's great-grandparents. The origin of the error appears to be an interpretation of the quotation at the top of the memorial, when someone referencing it assumed the word "progenitors" to mean parents when it did not.
- Pioneer Families of Cleveland, 1914, by Gertrude Van Rensselaer Wickham, available online as a google ebook. See p. 294.
Hayward was elected Mayor of Cleveland in 1843. He was first buried in Erie Street Cemetery, Cleveland, in Section 1, Lot 9. They have an alternate death date in their record of 17 April 1857. The date of re-interment is not recorded. (seekerJay (46998289))
A birth record index suggests he was born in 1810 July 1 in Lebanon, CT, not 1800 as recorded on the stone. The birth record lists parents as John and Eunice. The 1810 date is likely the most accurate, rather than the 1800 date engraved on the more-recent replacement headstone. However, I'm leaving the 1800 date on the memorial, to reflect the gravesite itself.
From Cuyahoga Co., Ohio Probate Records: Will of Nelson Hayward abstracted -
I Nelson Hayward of the City of Cleveland ... my brother Joseph ... Ann wife of my brother Joseph ... Miss Olive Hutchinson the early friend and nurse of my Mother ... tombstone similar to my brother John ... my sister Betsey Travis ... my sister Polly Gardner ... the two daughters of my late niece[?] Betsey Segar ... Eunice, Elizabeth and Charles youngest children of my late brother Caleb ... my brother Elisha ... Ellen C.[?] Gardner my grand niece now living with me ... my nephew George L. Hayward ... my nephew Charles F. Travis ... my nephew John Nelson Travis ... my nephew George Loomis Hayward now only son of my brother Joseph ... will signed this tenth day of March 1857.
Codicil add March 21, 1857.
Will submitted for probate April 20, 1857.
Contributor Bob Toelle (47047332) has located a great deal of information. He has discovered that several reference sources erroneously list Nelson's parents as William and Marjory Thayer Hayward as his parents, when they were actually his grandfather's great-grandparents. The origin of the error appears to be an interpretation of the quotation at the top of the memorial, when someone referencing it assumed the word "progenitors" to mean parents when it did not.
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