# Elijah Hayward > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Elijah_Hayward > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Elijah_Hayward.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elijah_Hayward > Source revision: 1350477998 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|American judge}} {{infobox officeholder |name=Elijah Hayward |image= |office=5th [Commissioner of the General Land Office](/source/List_of_Commissioners_of_the_General_Land_Office) |term_start=September 30, 1830 |term_end=July 24, 1835 |preceded=[George Graham](/source/George_Graham_(soldier)) |succeeded=[Ethan Allen Brown](/source/Ethan_Allen_Brown) |party=[Democratic](/source/Democratic_Party_(United_States)) |birth_date={{birth date|1786|11|17}} |birth_place=[Bridgewater, Massachusetts](/source/Bridgewater%2C_Massachusetts), US |death_date={{death date and age|1864|9|22|1786|11|17}} |death_place=[McConnelsville, Ohio](/source/McConnelsville%2C_Ohio), US |resting_place=McConnelsville Cemetery |spouse=Eliza Kingman |children= }} '''Elijah Hayward''' (November 17, 1786 – September 22, 1864) was a lawyer in the [U.S. State](/source/U.S._State) of [Ohio](/source/Ohio) who represented his county in the [Ohio House of Representatives](/source/Ohio_House_of_Representatives), sat on the [Ohio Supreme Court](/source/Ohio_Supreme_Court) for a short time, and was [Commissioner](/source/List_of_Commissioners_of_the_General_Land_Office) of the [United States General Land Office](/source/United_States_General_Land_Office). He was a noted genealogist and historian. ==Early life== Elijah Hayward was born in 1786 in [Bridgewater](/source/Bridgewater%2C_Massachusetts), [Plymouth County](/source/Plymouth_County%2C_Massachusetts), [Massachusetts](/source/Massachusetts). He was descended from Thomas Hayward, one of the original proprietors of Bridgewater, who immigrated from [England](/source/England) in 1634. His mother's ancestor came on the same ship passage. Hayward attended the village schools, and in 1801 entered Bridgewater Academy, where he learned English grammar and arithmetic for three months.{{sfn|Vose Huntoon|p=41-47}} Starting in late 1801, Hayward worked in stores in [West Bridgewater](/source/West_Bridgewater%2C_Massachusetts), and later [Plymouth](/source/Plymouth%2C_Massachusetts). In 1803, he went to [Hanover](/source/Hanover%2C_Massachusetts), to learn shipbuilding. He became partner with David Kingman in 1807, and married his daughter, Eliza Kingman, February 19, 1809. He traveled to England on one of his ships, the ''Belfast'', in 1812, and returned to the U.S. in June of that year after hearing of the death of his partner and father-in-law Kingman. In Hanover, he decided to pursue the study of law at the office of John Winslow, esq. His studies were delayed by the need to attend to his father-in-law's estate, including a return to [London](/source/London%2C_England) for a lawsuit. He returned to East Bridgewater to study under [Nahum Mitchell](/source/Nahum_Mitchell).{{sfn|Vose Huntoon|p=41-47}} ==Immigration to the West== In the autumn of 1819, having studied law off and on for four and one half years, Hayward emigrated to [Cincinnati](/source/Cincinnati%2C_Ohio), [Ohio](/source/Ohio), where he opened an office. He established a partnership with David Wade, which lasted for eight years.{{sfn|Vose Huntoon|p=41-47}} In 1825, he was elected to represent [Hamilton County](/source/Hamilton_County%2C_Ohio) in the [Ohio House of Representatives](/source/Ohio_House_of_Representatives), serving until 1829 in the 24th to 27th General Assemblies.{{sfn|Ohio 1917|p=262, 265}} In 1830, the two houses of the Ohio Legislature, in joint session, elected Hayward as a judge of the [Ohio Supreme Court](/source/Ohio_Supreme_Court) for a seven-year term.{{sfn|Taylor|Taylor|1899|p=139}}{{sfn|Gilkey|p=469-470}} He only served a part of that year when he accepted an appointment from [President Jackson](/source/Andrew_Jackson) as [Commissioner](/source/List_of_Commissioners_of_the_General_Land_Office) of the [United States General Land Office](/source/United_States_General_Land_Office) in [Washington D.C.](/source/Washington_D.C.){{sfn|Williamson|p=166}} Hayward resigned in 1835, after his wife died, and returned to Ohio and the practice of law.{{sfn|Vose Huntoon|p=41-47}} In April, 1851, Hayward was named [State librarian](/source/List_of_state_librarians_of_Ohio) by [Ohio Governor](/source/Ohio_Governor) [Reuben Wood](/source/Reuben_Wood). He served until May 1854.{{sfn|Supreme Court}} Judge Hayward was a dedicated genealogist, who would spend weeks at a time copying the records of [Plymouth Colony](/source/Plymouth_Colony) and towns of Massachusetts. He was elected a corresponding member of the [Massachusetts Historical Society](/source/Massachusetts_Historical_Society) in 1854. He was a member of the [Royal Society of Northern Antiquaries](/source/Royal_Society_of_Northern_Antiquaries) of [Copenhagen](/source/Copenhagen%2C_Denmark). He was elected a corresponding member of the [New England Historic Genealogical Society](/source/New_England_Historic_Genealogical_Society) in 1852, and elected honorary vice-president for Ohio in 1855. His principal employment in later years was in preparing briefs before the Ohio Supreme Court. He adhered to the [Puritanism](/source/Puritanism) of his ancestors, before rejecting it to accept the [Roman Catholic](/source/Roman_Catholic) faith. He died in [McConnelsville](/source/McConnelsville%2C_Ohio), [Morgan County, Ohio](/source/Morgan_County%2C_Ohio) in 1864. Hayward left one son, George Hayward, born Hanover, Massachusetts, July 14, 1817.{{sfn|Vose Huntoon|p=41-47}} ==Notes== {{Reflist|2}} ==References== *{{cite book |ref={{sfnRef|Vose Huntoon}} |title=Memorial Biographies of the Society: 1864-1871 |year=1905 |publisher=[New England Historic Genealogical Society](/source/New_England_Historic_Genealogical_Society) | location=Boston |chapter=Elijah Hayward |first=Daniel Thomas |last=Vose Huntoon |pages=41–47 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NXEtAAAAYAAJ&q=elijah+hayward&pg=PA41 }} *{{cite book|title=Manual of legislative practice in the General Assembly |last=Ohio General Assembly |author-link=Ohio General Assembly |year=1917 |ref={{sfnRef|Ohio 1917}} |publisher=State of Ohio |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7qesAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA262 }} *{{cite book |title=Ohio statesmen and annals of progress: from the year 1788 to the year 1900 ... |first1=William Alexander |last1=Taylor |first2=Aubrey Clarence |last2=Taylor |year=1899 |publisher=State of Ohio |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ztegAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA139 }} *{{cite book |ref={{sfnRef|Gilkey}} |title=The Ohio Hundred Year Book: a Handbook of the Public Men and Public Institutions of Ohio ... |publisher=State of Ohio |editor-first=Elliott Howard |editor-last=Gilkey |year=1901 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oUkVAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA469 }} *{{cite book |ref={{sfnRef|Williamson}} |title=The Public Domain. Its History, with Statistics |first1=James A.|last1=Williamson |author-link1=James Alexander Williamson|first2=Thomas |last2=Donaldson |year=1880 |page=[https://archive.org/details/publicdomainits00goog/page/n182 166]|publisher=[Government Printing Office](/source/United_States_Government_Publishing_Office) |url=https://archive.org/details/publicdomainits00goog }} * {{cite web | url= http://www.supremecourt.ohio.gov/SCO/formerjustices/bios/hayward.asp |publisher=The Supreme Court of Ohio & The Ohio Judicial System |title=Elijah Hayward | ref={{sfnRef|Supreme Court}} |access-date=2011-08-29 }} {{navboxes|title=Offices and distinctions|list= {{s-start}} {{s-par|us-oh-hs}} {{s-bef | before=Samuel McHenry
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