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- John Hayden was in Dorchester as early as 1632 as on 16 Jan 1632, he had 16 acres of land granted to him 'next the great lots towards Neponset', and on 1 Dec 1634 has 8 acres granted on Roxbury bounds; also on 17 Apr 1635 had 1 acres of swamp granted him 'betwixt the wolf trap and dead swamp'. He sold the land 'next to the Roxbury bounds' before 18 Jan 1635, and finally 18 Mar 1637, had 4 acres 12 rods of land on the neck, and 3 acres 1 good 12 rods granted him in the Cow Pasture. He was made freeman of the colony, 14 May 1634, was hailed before the General Court and acquitted 6 Jun 1639 for keeping an unlicensed servant. He removed to Braintree shortly after. The General Court, upon his petition assisted him in the care of distracted child 1647-1655.
Will of John Heiden Sr. 31 Oct 1678 - 26 Jul 1682: To wife Susanna 'who hath been my faithful companion many years' my whole estate except what I have disposed to son Ebenezer, 2 acres upland & l a meadow for maintenance of son Joseph, and if he outlives his mother to be in the hands of executors for his support. To son John after my wife's and son Josephs decease enough to make him equal to his other brethern, and the remainder to be divided between all my children. Children of son Samuel to have a childs portion among them, and the children of my daughter Hannah the same. Confirms to son Nehemiah one end of the house and the rest as mentioned in an instrument to that end; if he pay L30 he oweth me. Wife Susanna & friends Samuel Tompson & Joseph Penniman executors who swear to the will 21 Jul 1682. Wit: Stephen Payne, Christopher Webb. 3 Oct 1684 - information that Susanna the widow, executor and only person accepting that trust being given, is dead, letters of administration d.b.n. are given to two of his sons John & Jonathan. 9-107, inventory - a house, half a barn & 2 acres adjoining, 5 acres on the side of the brook next Dea. Basses, 4 a, salt meadow in Milton. Taken Feb 1681/2, by Richard Brackett & Christopher Webb and sworn to by the widow. 13-577, Inventory of remaining estate left by the widow 4 Apr 1695 shows list of debts for sickness & funeral of the deceased and one ---
Search, vol 13, p. 25-Stiles, in his Windsor History states that William B. Hayden of Portland, ME, furnished strong presumptive proof that William Hayden of Windsor, CT was a brother of John Hayden of Braintree, MA, and both came from Hinton Blewitt, Somerset. This Rev. Hayden wrote a book, the Heydons of England & America, 1877, after research in the British Museum, London. It has also been claimed that William Hayden was the son of Gideon Hayden of Ottery St. Mary, Devon, but that has been discredited.
On 20 March 1630, the ship Mary and John sailed from Plymouth, England with 140 passengers aboard. These families and passengers were recruited by the Reverend John White of Dorchester, Dorset. Nearly all of the Mary and John 1630 passengers came from the West Country counties of Somerset, Dorset, Devon and West Country towns of Dorchester, Bridport, Crewkerne and Exeter. The Mary and John 1630, landed in what is now know as Dorchester, Massachusetts, on 30 May 1630, two weeks before the Winthrop Fleet arrived. The passengers of the Mary and John 1630 founded one of the first towns in New England, Dorchester, Massachusetts in 1630 and also founded the town of Windsor, Connecticut five years later in 1635.
The Reverend John White, Vicar of Dorchester, England, who has been generally and rightfully acclaimed as the sponsor of the earliest Massachusetts settlement (Plymouth excepted), was the inspiration of a movement which culminated in the gathering of nearly one hundred and fifty persons in the counties of Dorset, Somerset, and Devon and their agreement to emigrate in a body to Massachusetts whither he had sent other groups in the previous six years. ... In describing this Company he said that scarce a half-dozen of them were personally known to each other prior to their assembling at the place of embarkation in Plymouth. It may be assumed that these people, from many parishes scattered over three counties, were moved by the same urge to emigrate which animated those of the Winthrop Fleet, but it is safe to say that the tales of 'religious persecution' of these people was not a factor in their pilgrimage. The West Country was free from it. ...
The Mary and John made a good passage and arrived at Nantasket May 30th without casualty. These one hundred and forty passengers are generally known as the Dorchester Company, from the place chosen for their settlement, and as they remained a distinct body of colonists, and there are contemporary records to identify most of them, it has been possible to compile a tentative list of those who came on this pioneer ship. ...'
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1606 - Bef 1682 (< 75 years)
