1. Elijah Hayward was a lawyer in the US State of Ohio who represented his county in the Ohio House of Representatives, sat on the Ohio Supreme Court for a short time, and was Commissioner of the United States General Land Office.
16 Facts About Elijah Hayward
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Elijah Hayward was born in 1786 in Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.
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Elijah Hayward was descended from Thomas Hayward, one of the original proprietors of Bridgewater, who immigrated from England in 1634.
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Elijah Hayward became partner with David Kingman in 1807, and married his daughter, Eliza Kingman, February 19,1809.
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Elijah Hayward traveled to England on one of his ships, the Belfast, in 1812, and returned to the US in June of that year after hearing of the death of his partner and father-in-law Kingman.
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Elijah Hayward's studies were delayed by the need to attend to his father-in-law's estate, including a return to London for a lawsuit.
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Elijah Hayward returned to East Bridgewater to study under Nahum Mitchell.
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Elijah Hayward established a partnership with David Wade, which lasted for eight years.
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Elijah Hayward only served a part of that year when he accepted an appointment from President Jackson as Commissioner of the United States General Land Office in Washington DC Hayward resigned in 1835, after his wife died, and returned to Ohio and the practice of law.
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Judge Elijah Hayward was a dedicated genealogist, who would spend weeks at a time copying the records of Plymouth Colony and towns of Massachusetts.
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Elijah Hayward was elected a corresponding member of the Massachusetts Historical Society in 1854.
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Elijah Hayward was a member of the Royal Society of Northern Antiquaries of Copenhagen.
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Elijah Hayward was elected a corresponding member of the New England Historic Genealogical Society in 1852, and elected honorary vice-president for Ohio in 1855.
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Elijah Hayward adhered to the Puritanism of his ancestors, before rejecting it to accept the Roman Catholic faith.
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Elijah Hayward died in McConnelsville, Morgan County, Ohio in 1864.
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Elijah Hayward left one son, George Elijah Hayward, born Hanover, Massachusetts, July 14,1817.