Individual Details
Thomas HAYWOOD
(1756 - 1845)
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Thomas Haywood was born about 1756 in St. Mary’s county of the Maryland colony. Although we do not know his parents, we do know that the Haywoods (and variants such as Harward, Howard, and Haward) formed an old family in Maryland that was extensively intermarried with others.
We know that he served during the Revolutionary War, but there are few records of his service and the details are sparse. On 3 July 1776, he mustered as a member of Capt. Uriah Forrest’s company of Col. Smallwood’s Maryland regiment. Smallwood’s regiment served as part of General Washington’s “flying camp”—a strategic reserve for the Continental Army. Smallwood’s regiment saw service for the duration of the war from the Battle of Brooklyn Heights in 1776 to the Carolinas campaign of 1780-81. However, arms were scarce and not all of the regiment could be provided with weapons except by stripping the militia. Because the militia was now disarmed, the Maryland Council of Safety determined that part of the regiment should stay behind. Forrest’s company, with Haywood, remained to defend Maryland. The company expelled Lord Dunmore’s fleet from its landing on St. George’s Island in St. Mary’s county. In December, the company rejoined Smallwood, probably in time for the Battle of White Plains. Presumably, Haywood was with them, but we have no specific evidence of his service.
We have evidence that: on 3 July 1776, he mustered with Forrest’s company; [1] in 1832, the Maryland General Assembly passed a resolution granting him a pension; [2] and in 1841, he was still receiving the pension. [3] [4]
In 1778, he, as did many, took an oath of allegiance to Maryland, hence forsaking allegiance to the King of England. [5]
On 16 October 1781, he married Mary Shermantine. The marriage is recorded in both the All Faith Parish, [6] and at St. Andrews Episcopal Church [7] [8] [9] in California, St. Mary’s county. They had four children: Louisa, Thomas, John, and Joseph.
He died in St. Mary’s county in 1845.
Events
| Birth | 1756 | St. Mary's, Maryland, British America |  |  | |
| Birth | 1756 | St. Mary's, Maryland, British America | | ||
| Military | 3 Jul 1776 - Abt 1781 | during the Revolutionary War as a Private, Capt. Uriah Forrest's Co. of Flying Camp, Continental Army - St. Mary's, Maryland, United States | | | |
| Miscellaneous | 1778 | took oath of allegiance to Maryland (and against the King) - St. Mary's, Maryland, United States | | ||
| Marriage | 16 Oct 1781 | St Andrews Parish, California, St. Mary's, Maryland, United States - Mary SHERMANTINE | | ||
| Marriage | 16 Oct 1781 | All Faith Parish, St. Mary's, Maryland, United States - Mary SHERMANTINE | | ||
| Marriage | 16 Oct 1781 | St. Mary's, Maryland, United States - Mary SHERMANTINE | | ||
| Miscellaneous | 1832 | resolution of Maryland General Assembly, granting pension for Revolutionary War service - Maryland, United States | | ||
| Residence | 1 Jun 1840 | (with grandson, John Haywood) - St. Mary's, Maryland, United States | | ||
| Miscellaneous | Jul 1841 | still receiving pension for Revolutionary War service | | ||
| Death | 1845 | St. Mary's, Maryland, United States | | ||
| Death | 1845 | St. Mary's, Maryland, United States | |
Families
| Spouse | Mary SHERMANTINE (1756 - 1783) |
| Child | Louisa HAYWOOD (1781 - 1801) |
| Child | Thomas HAYWOOD (1781 - 1840) |
| Child | John HAYWOOD (1783 - 1820) |
| Child | Joseph HAYWOOD (1783 - 1853) |
Notes
Birth
Consistent with 1840 censusMilitary
See additional information in: Scharf, History of Maryland, vol. 2, p. 268.Endnotes
1. Linda Reno, St Mary's County, MD, , to James W. Moore, e-mail, 23 June 2015, "RE: Genealogy in St Mary's County," Evidence file, Moore Family Genealogy; privately held by James W. Moore, , Potomac, MD 20854, 2015. Received by holder from writer.
2. Linda Reno, "Haywood Family," p 7, item 1, Thomas Haywood; report to James W. Moore, , Potomac, MD 20854, 12 August 2015; original held by James W. Moore, . commissioned by James W. Moore; received from Linda Reno on 13 August 2015.
3. Linda Reno, Haywood Family report by Linda Reno (Please include this source with any info that you copy.) (N.p.: n.p., 12 August 2015), report.
4. Linda Reno, St Mary's County, MD, , to James W. Moore, e-mail, 23 June 2015, "RE: Genealogy in St Mary's County," Evidence file, Moore Family Genealogy; privately held by James W. Moore, , Potomac, MD 20854, 2015. Received by holder from writer.
5. Linda Reno, "Haywood Family," p 7,Thomas Haywood; report to James W. Moore, , Potomac, MD 20854, 12 August 2015; original held by James W. Moore, . commissioned by James W. Moore; received from Linda Reno on 13 August 2015.
6. Flying Camp Company of St. Mary's County, vol 18, p. 30, including the name of Thomas Haywood, 3 July 1776; Military Records: Muster Rolls and Other Records of Service of Maryland Troops in the American Rvolution; Maryland State Archives; Archives of Maryland Online (http://aomol.msa.maryland.gov/html/index.html), Annapolis, Maryland.
7. "1840 United States Census, Revolutionary War Veterans Transcription," database index, FindMyPast.co.uk (http://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=us%2frevwar1840%2f14762: accessed 16 December 2016), Thomas Haywood, age 84, living in household of John A Haywood; citing notations on the back of the population schedule sheets of the 1840 census.
8. , "Subscribers to the Oath of Allegiance - 1778, St. Mary's County, Maryland," Chronicles of St. Mary's: Monthly Bulletin of the St. Mary's Historical Society 4: 208-215, Joseph Kaywood (sic) on p 212.
9. Linda Reno, St Mary's County, MD, , to James W. Moore, e-mail, 23 June 2015, "RE: Genealogy in St Mary's County," Evidence file, Moore Family Genealogy; privately held by James W. Moore, , Potomac, MD 20854, 2015. Received by holder from writer.
10. Linda Reno, "Haywood Family," p 7, item 1, Thomas Haywood; report to James W. Moore, , Potomac, MD 20854, 12 August 2015; original held by James W. Moore, . commissioned by James W. Moore; received from Linda Reno on 13 August 2015.
11. Margaret K Fresco, compiler, Marriages and Deaths, St Mary's County, Maryland, 1634-1900 (Ridge, Maryland 20680: self-published, 1982), p. 147, Haywood, Thomas, m. Mary Shermantine 16 Oct 1781 (47).
12. Martha Sprigg Poole, compiler, "Records of St. Andrew's Episcopal Church, 1744-1816, Part 3," Chronicles of St. Mary's: Monthly Bulletin of the St. Mary's Historical Society 5: pp 90-99, p 96, "Haywoood Mary // wife of Thomas // nee Shermantine; m. Oct. 16, 1781 // Page 35".
13. "Maryland Marriages, 1666-1970," database index, Family Search (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4V3-BYT and https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4V3-BYR: accessed 12 July 2016), Thomas Haywood and Mary Shermentine, 16 Oct 1781; citing Saint Andrews Parish,Saint Marys,Maryland, reference ; FHL microfilm 985,192.
14. Elise Greenup Jourdan, compiler, Settlers of Colonial St. Mary’s County Maryland (Lewes, Delaware: Colonial Roots, 2004), p. 137, "Haywood, Thomas and Mary Shermatine (by license); m. 16 Oct 1781"; citing St. Andrew's Parish: Births, Marriages, and Deaths 1736-1886, copied 1907 by Miss L. H. Harrison; filed at the Maryland Historical Society, Baltimore, MD, p. 59.
15. "Maryland Marriages, 1666-1970," database index, Family Search (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4J8-C9Z and https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4J8-C9C: accessed 12 July 2016), Thomas Haywood and Mary Shermentine, 16 Oct 1781; citing All Faith Parish, Saint Marys, Maryland, reference ; FHL microfilm 14,449.
16. Linda Reno, Haywood Family report by Linda Reno (Please include this source with any info that you copy.) (N.p.: n.p., 12 August 2015), report.
17. Resolution in favour of Thomas Haywood, Vol. 213, Resolutions, December 26, 1831 to March 14, 1832, p. 493, resolution 78, 10 March 1832; General Assembly Session Laws; Maryland State Archives; Archives of Maryland Online (http://aomol.msa.maryland.gov/html/index.html), Annapolis, Maryland.
18. Linda Reno, "Haywood Family," p 1, citing 1840 census, 2nd District, St Marys Co, MD; report to James W. Moore, , Potomac, MD 20854, 12 August 2015; original held by James W. Moore, . commissioned by James W. Moore; received from Linda Reno on 13 August 2015.
19. Mrs. Carl W McGhee, compiler, Maryland Revolutionary War Pensioners, War of 1812 & Indian Wars (Washington, DC: self-published, 1952), p 68, St Mary's County, 2nd District, Thomas Haywood, age 84, living with John A Haywood.
20. "1840 United States Census, Revolutionary War Veterans Transcription," database index, FindMyPast.co.uk (http://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=us%2frevwar1840%2f14762: accessed 16 December 2016), Thomas Haywood, age 84, living in household of John A Haywood; citing notations on the back of the population schedule sheets of the 1840 census.
21. NARA, "Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files," digital image, Fold3, Fold3 (www.fold3.com : accessed 22 August 2015), in file for Charles and Elizabeth Dawkins, pension W 4174, page 16, image 31; citing NARA M804; A list of pensioners who authorized by resolutions of the Maryland Assembly.
22. Mrs. Carl W McGhee, compiler, Maryland Revolutionary War Pensioners, War of 1812 & Indian Wars (Washington, DC: self-published, 1952), p 68, St Mary's County, 2nd District, Thomas Haywood, age 84, living with John A Haywood.
23. Linda Reno, St Mary's County, MD, , to James W. Moore, e-mail, 23 June 2015, "RE: Genealogy in St Mary's County," Evidence file, Moore Family Genealogy; privately held by James W. Moore, , Potomac, MD 20854, 2015. Received by holder from writer.
24. Linda Reno, "Haywood Family," p 7, item 1, Thomas Haywood; report to James W. Moore, , Potomac, MD 20854, 12 August 2015; original held by James W. Moore, . commissioned by James W. Moore; received from Linda Reno on 13 August 2015.
25. Linda Reno, Haywood Family report by Linda Reno (Please include this source with any info that you copy.) (N.p.: n.p., 12 August 2015), report.