Individual Details
Benjamin Haden
(26 May 1762 - 8 Apr 1837)
Baptized 20 Jun 1762 as in The Douglas Register.
Marriage Bond to Martha Moorman, signed by Benjamin Haden and Jesse Moorman, Fluvanna County, VA. Consent of Charles Mooreman (sic) father of Martha.
Benjamin went to Campbell County to visit sister Jane & her husband William
Moorman. Met William's neice and married her - she was 15, he was 18.
COLONIAL AMERICA 1706-1789 CENSUS INDEX [CD-Rom FTM] Benjamin Haden listed in Fluvanna Co VA in 1782.
From DANIEL-L@rootsweb.com Mail List; 9 Jun 2004:
1785 Personal Property Tax List, Campbell Co VA; District #6
Haden, Benjamin. 1 white male, 2 Blacks over age 21, 2 Blacks total, 3 Horses, 9 head of cattle
Marriages of Campbell Co VA, 1782-1810, Ancestry.com
13 May 1790
Benjamin Haden was bondsman and witness, John Baber to Sally Moorman with consent of her father, Charles Moorman. John Moorman also served as a witness.
CAMPBELL COUNTY, VIRGINIA DEEDS 1790-1796 TLC Genealogy. DB 3, p.358. 21 Aug 1793 from James Baber & Milley his wife and William Baber & Candice his wife, and John Baber to Benjamin Haden for £140, about 250 acres on the Otter River, bounded by Capt. Anthony's line on said river, a new line between John and James Baber.
Signed: James Baber, Milly Baber, William Baber, John Baber. Wit: John Callaway, Samuel Moorman, Caleb Callaway, Conrad Speere, William Arthur, William Moore, John (X) Willard. Rec. 5 Sep 1793.
DB 3, p.386 4 Dec 1793 from James Boyd and Margret his wife to Benjamin Haden for £40. 120 acres by survey dated 27 Sep 1792 on the east branches of Pocket Crk, bounded by Poe, Wm Frazer, Talbot. Signed: James (X) Boyd and Margret (X) Boyd. Wit: Charles Moorman, James Deering, John Dabney. Rec. 2 Jan 1794. Proved by solemn affirmation of Charles Moorman [Quaker] and oaths of James Deering and John Dabney [Benjamin's brother-in-law]
DB3, p.539
20 May 1795 John "Haydon" to Benjamin "Haydon" for £800, tract on both sides of Otter River, bounded by John Callaway, Thomas Yuille, David Irvine, James Deering, Thomas Jones, and his own line. Signed: John Haden.
Wit: John Jones, Jesse Webb, William Farmer. Rec. 4 Jun 1795
DB 3, p.611
7 Jan 1796 I, John Haden, for natural love for my son Benjamin Haden of Campbell Co, grant to said Benjamin Haden, Negroes - Patrick, Abram & Mary, 3 horses, 1 wagon and gear, still and worm, all blacksmith's tools, cattle, hogs, all household furniture, all plantation utensils. Signed: John Haden. Rec. 7 Jan 1796
Marriages of Campbell Co VA, 1782-1810, Ancestry.com
2 Jan 1794. Benjamin Haden was bondsman for the marriage bond of Arthur Goolsby and Polly C. Anthony. Consent of John Anthony, father of the bride. W. B. Anthony and William Arthur were witnesses. The marriage return lists the bride's name as Mary Crenshaw Anthony.
7 Jan 1796. Benjamin Haden was bondsman for the marriage bond of William Callaway to Doshia Callaway.
CAMPBELL COUNTY, VIRGINIA, WILLS & INVENTORIES 1782-1847, William Lindsay Hopkins, 1989. WB 3, p.188.
Will of James Deering dated 15 Aug 1811 and probated 11 Nov 1811. Names children and wife. Mentions land on Otter River. Mentions 30 acres of land sold to Maj. Benjamin Haden part of tract purchased of John Hook. Executors: John Dabney, Henry Ward, Benjamin Haden. Wit: Henry George, Benjamin Haden, William George Jr, James Pemberton, Samuel Jordan, John F. Reid.
WB4 Campbell Co VA p 44 Charles L. Terrell 20 Dec 1817 /12 Jan 1818
Three single daughters Sally Terrell, Mildred Terrell and Anna Terrell,
daughter Betsey Ward. Exors Anselem Lynch, John Lynch, and Robert A Ward
Wit Margaret Cox, William C Dobson, Anne Lynch and Benjamin Haden
WB4 p 246 Division of 1280 acres of land of Charles L Terrell on north side
of Staunton River bounded by irvine, Stoney Branch, Lynch, John Ward, John
Arnold and Lynches Creek, Divided into four lots with one lot going to
Robert A Ward and his wife, Elizabeth Ward.
Will of Bowling Clark, Campbell Co, 1817
Bond of $60,000 was secured by the signatures of Thomas Moorman, Tucker W. Clark, Edward Lynch, Benjamin Haden, Edward B. Clark, Chiswell Dabney, Alexander Clement & John B. Dabney.
1810 Census. Lynchburg, Campbell Co VA
Benjamin Haden. 2m -10 [Madison & Anselm] , 2m 10-16 [Richard & Achilles], 1m 16-26, 1m 26-45, 1m +45 [Benjamin]
2f -10 [Martha & Margaret], 1f 10-16 [Jane], 1f 26-45 [Martha].
1820 Census. Lynchburg, Campbell Co VA
Benj Haden. 1m 10-16 [Madison], 2m 16-26 [Richard & John??], 1m +45 [Benjamin]. 1f 10-16 [Martha], 1f 16-26 [Margaret], 1f +45 [Martha]
William and James M. on the same page, both age 26-45.
1830 Census. Campbell Co VA
Benjamin Haden. 1m 20-30 [Madison], 1m 60-70. 1f 60-70
Found online at Library of Virginia from the "Lynchburg Virginian" on Thursday, Apr 27, 1837. "Died at his late residence in Campbell County on Apr 8, Maj. Benjamin Haden in his 75th year."
Obituary
Departed this life, at his late residence in the county of Campbell, on the 8th inst. Maj. Benjamin Haden, in the seventy fifth year of his age. In all the relative duties, as husband, father, neighbor, and master, he was unsurpassed by any; and he died as had lived, "an honest man, the noblest work of God".
CAMPBELL COUNTY, VIRGINIA, WILLS & INVENTORIES 1782-1847, William Lindsay Hopkins, 1989. WB 8, p.125. 14 Aug 1837, Inventory of Estate of Benjamin Haden recorded.
Events
| Birth | 26 May 1762 | King William Parish, Goochland County, Virginia |  | ||
| Marriage | 2 Dec 1780 | Bedford County, Virginia - Martha Davis Moorman | | ||
| Death | 8 Apr 1837 | Campbell County, Virginia | |
Families
| Spouse | Martha Davis Moorman (1765 - 1836) |
| Child | Henry Addison Haden ( - ) |
| Child | Charles Moorman Haden (1782 - 1805) |
| Child | William Venable Haden (1784 - 1855) |
| Child | John D. Haden (1786 - 1806) |
| Child | Mary Nichols "Polly" Haden (1788 - 1825) |
| Child | James Moseley Haden (1789 - ) |
| Child | Jane Morton Haden (1791 - ) |
| Child | Nelson Read Haden (1794 - 1804) |
| Child | Achilles M. Haden (1796 - ) |
| Child | Richard Gallatin Haden (1798 - 1869) |
| Child | Margaret Douglas "Peggy" Haden (1801 - 1886) |
| Child | Robert Davis Haden (1802 - 1802) |
| Child | Anselm Lynch Haden (1804 - 1877) |
| Child | Martha Davis Haden (1806 - 1870) |
| Child | Dr. Madison Haden (1809 - 1891) |
| Father | JOHN HADEN (1723 - 1817) |
| Mother | JEAN MOSELEY (1722 - 1796) |
| Sibling | Anthony Haden (1746 - 1828) |
| Sibling | Mary Haden (1747 - 1801) |
| Sibling | John Moseley Haden (1749 - 1830) |
| Sibling | WILLIAM HADEN (1751 - 1819) |
| Sibling | Joseph Haden (1752 - 1820) |
| Sibling | Margaret Haden (1755 - ) |
| Sibling | Jane or Jeannie Haden (1757 - 1789) |
| Sibling | Mildred "Milly" Haden (1760 - 1818) |
| Sibling | Rachel Haden (1764 - 1831) |
Endnotes
1. Dorothy Kabler Haden, John Haden of Virginia, (Adams Press, Chicago, IL c.1968. LDS Microfilm #1597980).
2. Edited by W. Mac Jones, The Douglas Register. Detailed record of Births, Marriages, Deaths.....as kept by the Rev. William Douglas, from 1750 to 1797. [Note: Douglas went to Goochland in 1750 but did not start the Registter until 1756.] An Index of Goochland Wills. Notes on the French-Huguenot Refugees who lived in Manakin-Town. (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. Baltimore Reprinted 1985; Original, 1928. c1966) Available online at Ancestry.com by subscription., p.205.
3. Dorothy Kabler Haden, John Haden of Virginia, (Adams Press, Chicago, IL c.1968. LDS Microfilm #1597980).
4. Earle S. Dennis and Jane E. Smith, Compilers, Marriage Bonds of Bedford County, Virginia 1755-1800, (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc, 1981), p.34.
5. Dorothy Kabler Haden, John Haden of Virginia, (Adams Press, Chicago, IL c.1968. LDS Microfilm #1597980), Did not have exact date..