Individual Details
Thomas Heyward Jr
(28 Jul 1746 - 6 Mar 1809)
Delegate to the Continental Congress and signer of the Declaration of Independence. (From "Thirteen Colonies Cookbook" by Donavan, 641.5, pg 216)
He was called Jr. to distinguish him from his uncle.
Thomas inherited the Heyward-Washington House from his father, Daniel, who built it in 1770. Daniel was a member of a great plantation family.
During his visit to Charleston in 1791, George Washington was taken to this house for his stay. The president noted in his diary" that the lodgings provided for me in this place were very good, being the furnished house of a gentleman at present in the country, but occupied by a person placed there on purpose to accommmodate me." He was surprised by a visit from some ladies of Charleston and remarked," I was visited about 2 o'clock by a great number of the most respectable ladies of Charleston - the first honor of that kind I had ever experienced, and it was as flattering as it was singular". The house has been called the Heyward-Washington House since his visit and has been owned and restored by the Charleston Museum since 1929. The entire restoration, including the formal garden and dependencies behind the house, has been carried out according to the date of President Washington's visit.
A square house with a bisecting hall entered from the street, it has four rooms on each floor. This is called a Charleston "double house". The paneled second floor drawing room extends across the upstairs hallway and has good circulation for cool summer breezes in this semi-tropical city. (From "Thirteen Colonies Cookbook" by Donavan]
From Colonial Dames Portrait Book - Thomas Heyward, Jr., one of South Carolina's four signers of the Declaration of Independence, was born on July 28, 1746 at Old House Plantation, Beaufort District, son of Daniel Heyward and his first wife, Maria Miles. He was educated in England, then divided his time between practicing law in Charleston and planting his White Hall plantation near Beaufort. He was elected to the Royal Assembly (1772-1775].served on the state's two Provincial Congresses [1775-1776], then was sent in 1776 to the Second Continental Congress, where he signed the Declaration of Independence. He married first on April 20, 1773 Elizabeth Mathewes (d. 1782), daughter of John and Sarah Gibbes Mathewes, and they had five children. His second wife, whom he married on May 4, 1786, was Elizabeth Savage, daughter of Thomas and Mary Elliott [Butler] Savage. There were three children by the second marriage. He died on April 11, 1809 and is buried at Old House Plantation.
"He was sent to England by his father to complete his education and was admitted to the Middle Temple, London, January 10, 1765, was called to the Inns of Court, May 21, 1770, and to the bar of the Province of South Carolina, January 22, 1771. In 1772 he was elected a member of the Commons House of Assembly from St. Helena's Parish, in 1774 served as delegate to the Provincial Congress, and in 1775-76 as member of the Council of Safety. As a delegate to the Continental Congress at Philadelphia he was one of the four South Carolina signers of the Declaration of Independence. He served as a captain in the colonial forces during the American Revolution and while in command of the Charles Town Battalion of Volunteers at the siege of the city on May 12, 1780, was taken prisoner and sent to St. Augustine. Elected a circuit judge for South carolina in 1778, and his term being interrupted by the war, at the end of the Revolution he returned to the circuit bench, where he served from 1779 to 1789, at which time he resigned. In 1790 he served as a member of the state Constitutional Covention. Interested in the development of agriculture, he was active in the formation of the Agricultural Society of South Carolina and in 1785 became its first president. He divided his residence between Charleston and his plantation White Hall ( a few miles from OLd House), where he planted what was to become a magnificent double avenue of live oaks leading to the house. He died on April 17, 1809, and was buried near his father in the family graveyard at Old House. Over his grave the State of South Carolina in 1922 erected a handsome stone, nine feet high, mounting a bronze bust of the Signer."
Arms: Azure, a chevron per pale or, and ermine between three garbs of the second.
Crest: On a wreath of the colors, a dexter arm embowed, habited gules, in the hand proper, a tomahawk.
79 Tradd Street, Charleston, S.C.
this geneology has been written primarily from family Bible records, charts, and notes. the compiler (James B. Heyward) acknowledges with appreciation the assistance of MIss Emma Richardson of Charleston.
ARMS: The Heywards are one of the few conlonial families to whom a Paten for Arms was issued directly, most families in the new world continuing the use of the coat of arms used by the European branches of the family. A Patent dated December 1, 1768, from the Herald's College, London England (Grants, XI, 326) issued to Thomas Heyward, Jr., while a student of law in London, reads as follows;
...Whereas thomas Heyward, of the Middle Temple, London, Gent: Eldest Son and Heir of daniel Heyward, of the Parish of St. Luke in Granville County, in the Province of South Carolina, Esquire, by Mary his Wife, Daughter of William Miles of the Parish of St. Andrew in Berkeley County in the Province aforesaid Gent: and Grandson of Thomas Heyward of the said Parish of St. Andrew, Gentleman, deceased, both represented unto the Right Honourable richard, Earl of Scarborough, Deputy (with the Royal approbation) to the most Noble Edward Duke of NOrfolk, Earl Marshal and Hereditary Marshal of England, That, his Family have long used a Coat of Arms and Crest, but not being able through the Incidents of Time and Distance from the Mother Country, to ascertain their connection with any Family of the Name recorded in the Herald's Office, and being unwilling to use any Ensigns of Honor without lawful authority, did therefore request the Favor of his Lordship's Warrant for Our granting and Confirming to him and his Descendants, and to the Descendants of his Grandfather Thomas Heyward above named, such Arms and Crest as he and they may lawfully bear and use; and forasmuch as his Lordship did by Warrant under his Hand and Seal bearing Date the twenty Sixth Day of November last past, direct and authorize Us to grant and assign unto the said Daniel Heyward, Father of the aforesaid Thomas Heyward, such Arms and Crest accordingly, the same to be borne by him the said Daniel Heyward and his Descendants, and also by the Descendants of his Father thomas Heyward before mentioned KNOW YE THEREFORE, that We the said Garter and Clarenceux, in pursuance of the Consent of the said Earl of Scarborough, and by virtue of the Letters Patent of Our Several Offices to Each of Us respectively granted under the great Seal of Great Britain, have granted, and do, by these Presents assign unto the said Thomas Heyward the arms following, that is to say, Azure a Chevron per Pale Or and Ermine between three Garbs of the Second, and for the Crest, On a wreath of the Colours, a dexter Arm embowed, habited Gules, in the Hand proper, a Tomahawk, as the same are, in the margin hereof more plainly depicted; to be borne and used for Ever hereafter by him the said thomas Heyward, and his Descendants, by the said Daniel Heyward and his Descendants and also by the Descendants of thomas Heyward, father of the Daniel Heyward, with their due and proper Differences, according to the ancient Practice and Custom of Arms, without the Let or Interruption of any Person or Persons whatsoever. . . .
the arms of the Patent show a discrepancy in the use of the "tomahawk". On the arms of Captain Thomas Heyward, as in the seal on old pieces of Heyward silver still in the possession of members of the family, the hand proper wields a battle axe, blade up, the Patent represents the arms with tomahawk, blade down, "as if to commemorate the life of ancestors ever exposed to the Indian and his tomahawk".
James B. Heyward II, MS history of the Heyward family, p. 49
A copy of the Patent, with the Heyward arms, is on file in the South Carolina Historical Society.
He was called Jr. to distinguish him from his uncle.
Thomas inherited the Heyward-Washington House from his father, Daniel, who built it in 1770. Daniel was a member of a great plantation family.
During his visit to Charleston in 1791, George Washington was taken to this house for his stay. The president noted in his diary" that the lodgings provided for me in this place were very good, being the furnished house of a gentleman at present in the country, but occupied by a person placed there on purpose to accommmodate me." He was surprised by a visit from some ladies of Charleston and remarked," I was visited about 2 o'clock by a great number of the most respectable ladies of Charleston - the first honor of that kind I had ever experienced, and it was as flattering as it was singular". The house has been called the Heyward-Washington House since his visit and has been owned and restored by the Charleston Museum since 1929. The entire restoration, including the formal garden and dependencies behind the house, has been carried out according to the date of President Washington's visit.
A square house with a bisecting hall entered from the street, it has four rooms on each floor. This is called a Charleston "double house". The paneled second floor drawing room extends across the upstairs hallway and has good circulation for cool summer breezes in this semi-tropical city. (From "Thirteen Colonies Cookbook" by Donavan]
From Colonial Dames Portrait Book - Thomas Heyward, Jr., one of South Carolina's four signers of the Declaration of Independence, was born on July 28, 1746 at Old House Plantation, Beaufort District, son of Daniel Heyward and his first wife, Maria Miles. He was educated in England, then divided his time between practicing law in Charleston and planting his White Hall plantation near Beaufort. He was elected to the Royal Assembly (1772-1775].served on the state's two Provincial Congresses [1775-1776], then was sent in 1776 to the Second Continental Congress, where he signed the Declaration of Independence. He married first on April 20, 1773 Elizabeth Mathewes (d. 1782), daughter of John and Sarah Gibbes Mathewes, and they had five children. His second wife, whom he married on May 4, 1786, was Elizabeth Savage, daughter of Thomas and Mary Elliott [Butler] Savage. There were three children by the second marriage. He died on April 11, 1809 and is buried at Old House Plantation.
"He was sent to England by his father to complete his education and was admitted to the Middle Temple, London, January 10, 1765, was called to the Inns of Court, May 21, 1770, and to the bar of the Province of South Carolina, January 22, 1771. In 1772 he was elected a member of the Commons House of Assembly from St. Helena's Parish, in 1774 served as delegate to the Provincial Congress, and in 1775-76 as member of the Council of Safety. As a delegate to the Continental Congress at Philadelphia he was one of the four South Carolina signers of the Declaration of Independence. He served as a captain in the colonial forces during the American Revolution and while in command of the Charles Town Battalion of Volunteers at the siege of the city on May 12, 1780, was taken prisoner and sent to St. Augustine. Elected a circuit judge for South carolina in 1778, and his term being interrupted by the war, at the end of the Revolution he returned to the circuit bench, where he served from 1779 to 1789, at which time he resigned. In 1790 he served as a member of the state Constitutional Covention. Interested in the development of agriculture, he was active in the formation of the Agricultural Society of South Carolina and in 1785 became its first president. He divided his residence between Charleston and his plantation White Hall ( a few miles from OLd House), where he planted what was to become a magnificent double avenue of live oaks leading to the house. He died on April 17, 1809, and was buried near his father in the family graveyard at Old House. Over his grave the State of South Carolina in 1922 erected a handsome stone, nine feet high, mounting a bronze bust of the Signer."
Arms: Azure, a chevron per pale or, and ermine between three garbs of the second.
Crest: On a wreath of the colors, a dexter arm embowed, habited gules, in the hand proper, a tomahawk.
79 Tradd Street, Charleston, S.C.
this geneology has been written primarily from family Bible records, charts, and notes. the compiler (James B. Heyward) acknowledges with appreciation the assistance of MIss Emma Richardson of Charleston.
ARMS: The Heywards are one of the few conlonial families to whom a Paten for Arms was issued directly, most families in the new world continuing the use of the coat of arms used by the European branches of the family. A Patent dated December 1, 1768, from the Herald's College, London England (Grants, XI, 326) issued to Thomas Heyward, Jr., while a student of law in London, reads as follows;
...Whereas thomas Heyward, of the Middle Temple, London, Gent: Eldest Son and Heir of daniel Heyward, of the Parish of St. Luke in Granville County, in the Province of South Carolina, Esquire, by Mary his Wife, Daughter of William Miles of the Parish of St. Andrew in Berkeley County in the Province aforesaid Gent: and Grandson of Thomas Heyward of the said Parish of St. Andrew, Gentleman, deceased, both represented unto the Right Honourable richard, Earl of Scarborough, Deputy (with the Royal approbation) to the most Noble Edward Duke of NOrfolk, Earl Marshal and Hereditary Marshal of England, That, his Family have long used a Coat of Arms and Crest, but not being able through the Incidents of Time and Distance from the Mother Country, to ascertain their connection with any Family of the Name recorded in the Herald's Office, and being unwilling to use any Ensigns of Honor without lawful authority, did therefore request the Favor of his Lordship's Warrant for Our granting and Confirming to him and his Descendants, and to the Descendants of his Grandfather Thomas Heyward above named, such Arms and Crest as he and they may lawfully bear and use; and forasmuch as his Lordship did by Warrant under his Hand and Seal bearing Date the twenty Sixth Day of November last past, direct and authorize Us to grant and assign unto the said Daniel Heyward, Father of the aforesaid Thomas Heyward, such Arms and Crest accordingly, the same to be borne by him the said Daniel Heyward and his Descendants, and also by the Descendants of his Father thomas Heyward before mentioned KNOW YE THEREFORE, that We the said Garter and Clarenceux, in pursuance of the Consent of the said Earl of Scarborough, and by virtue of the Letters Patent of Our Several Offices to Each of Us respectively granted under the great Seal of Great Britain, have granted, and do, by these Presents assign unto the said Thomas Heyward the arms following, that is to say, Azure a Chevron per Pale Or and Ermine between three Garbs of the Second, and for the Crest, On a wreath of the Colours, a dexter Arm embowed, habited Gules, in the Hand proper, a Tomahawk, as the same are, in the margin hereof more plainly depicted; to be borne and used for Ever hereafter by him the said thomas Heyward, and his Descendants, by the said Daniel Heyward and his Descendants and also by the Descendants of thomas Heyward, father of the Daniel Heyward, with their due and proper Differences, according to the ancient Practice and Custom of Arms, without the Let or Interruption of any Person or Persons whatsoever. . . .
the arms of the Patent show a discrepancy in the use of the "tomahawk". On the arms of Captain Thomas Heyward, as in the seal on old pieces of Heyward silver still in the possession of members of the family, the hand proper wields a battle axe, blade up, the Patent represents the arms with tomahawk, blade down, "as if to commemorate the life of ancestors ever exposed to the Indian and his tomahawk".
James B. Heyward II, MS history of the Heyward family, p. 49
A copy of the Patent, with the Heyward arms, is on file in the South Carolina Historical Society.
Events
| Birth | 28 Jul 1746 | Old House Plantation, Beaufort District, South Carolina, British America |  | ||
| Marriage | 26 Apr 1773 | South Carolina, British America - Elizabeth Mathewes |  | | |
| Marriage | 4 May 1786 | Elizabeth Savage | |||
| Death | 6 Mar 1809 | South Carolina, United States | |||
| Burial | Old House Plantation, Beaufort District, South Carolina | |
Families
| Spouse | Elizabeth Mathewes (1753 - 1782) |
| Child | Daniel Heyward (1774 - 1796) |
| Child | Mary Heyward (1775 - ) |
| Child | Thomas Heyward III (1778 - ) |
| Child | John Heyward (1779 - ) |
| Child | Thomas Heyward (1782 - 1782) |
| Spouse | Elizabeth Savage (1769 - 1833) |
| Father | Daniel Heyward ( - ) |
| Mother | Maria "Mary" Miles ( - ) |
Notes
Marriage
Mattewes, ElizabethHeywood, Thomas Jr.
26 Apr 1773
Endnotes
1. Jean Ann Lemon, "Descendants of Anthony Mathewes," complied records from
2. Jean Ann Lemon, "Descendants of Anthony Mathewes," complied records from
3. Jean Ann Lemon, "Descendants of Anthony Mathewes," complied records from