FOUNDERS OF FORT NO. 4, CHARLESTOWN, NH From: Farns10th@aol.com - Janice Farnsworth Surname: HEYWOOD Source:  Hist. of Charlestown, NH Fort No. 4 p.40l Colonel William Heywood Son of Eleazer and Azubah Heywood WILLIAM HEYWOOD (wives: Lydia Hastings and 2d Joanna Wetherbe)    Honorable William Heywood of Lancaster, his grandson thus speaks: "Col. Wm Heywood's 2d wife was Joanna Wetherbe from Lunenburg, MA.  She lived in my father's (his son) family from the death of her husband and she d. Dec. l83l.  She was a lady it seems to me without a fault."  Col. Heywood di. Feb. 4, l803. Col. William Heywood m. (l) Lydia Hastings dau of Dr. John Hastings and his wife Hannah (White) Hastings b. at Hatfield, MA Aug l9, l732   He m. (2) Joanna Wether- be dau of Capt. Ephraim Wetherbe and Joanna (Bellows) Wetherbe b. in Lunenburg, MA.  Children by his lst wife l. Azubah Heywood  b. l753 m. l776 Phineas Pearl         l. Warren Heywood d. l777         2. Patty Heywood b. l778 2. Eleazor Heywood b. l755 m. Dorcas Whitaker of Kill-    ingly CN          l. Rebecca Heywood d. age 2          2. William Heywood m. Res: Wayne Co. MI          3. Mary Heywood m. James W. Bradley d. l873 at             Claremont          4. Willard Heywood b. in Hartland l796 m. Emily             Baldwin of Strafford Vt dau of Dr. Eleazor             Baldwin Res: Windsor (9 children) 3. Lydia Heywood b. l757 d. unm. By his 2d wife, Joanna Wetherbe William Heywood had issue 4. Lucinda Heywood b. l764 m. l787 Amasa Grout 5. William Heywood Jr. b. l766 6. Fanny Heywood b. l769 m. l795 Dr. Daniel Egery of    Lancaster 7. Mary Heywood b. l772 d. unm 8. Elisha Heywood b. l774 d. early 9. Persis Heywood b. l777 d. unm in adv. yrs. l0. Prudence Heywood b. l780 m. Rev. Samuel Goddard of     Norwich, Vt. ll. Orange Heywood b. l783 d. l860 unm l2. Gustavus Heywood b. l786 Res: MI Listed also is Calvin Heywood and Simeon Haywood and their families.  ************************************************* * * * * NOTICE: Printing the files within by non-commercial individuals and libraries is encouraged, as long as all notices and submitter information is included. Any other use, including copying files to other sites requires permission from the submitters PRIOR to uploading to any other sites. We encourage links to the state and county table of contents. * * * * The USGenWeb Project makes no claims or estimates of the validity of the information submitted and reminds you that each new piece of information must be researched and proved or disproved by weight of evidence. It is always best to consult the original material for verification.