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Family Sheet

HUSBAND
Name: Thomas Heyward Note Born: Abt 1698 at Charleston, , , South Carolina Married: 4 Jun 1719 Died: Abt 9 Mar 1737 at James Island, , , South Carolina Father: Thomas Heyward Mother: Margaret Wright
WIFE
Name: Esther Taylor Born: Abt 1700 at St. Andrews Parish, , , South Carolina Died: 25 Nov 1757 at James Island, , , South Carolina Father: John Taylor Mother: Unknown
CHILDREN
Name: Daniel Heyward Colonel Born: 20 Jul 1720 at James Island, , St. Andrews Parish, South Carolina Died: 11 Oct 1777 at Old House, , , South Carolina Wife: Mary Miles
Name: Thomas Heyward Born: 26 Jan 1723 at James Island, , , South Carolina Died: 20 Oct 1795 Wife: Ann Stobo
Name: Hannah Heyward Born: Abt 1725 Died: Bef 1737
Name: John Heyward Born: 16 May 1726 at James Island, , , South Carolina Died: 1773 Wife: Elizabeth Wigg
Name: James Heyward Born: Abt 1728 Died: 1761
Name: Nathaniel Heyward Born: Abt 1730 Died: 1736
Name: Samuel Heyward Born: Abt 1732 Died:
NOTES
1). THOMAS HEYWARD, born c. 1700, died March 1738 7 , son o f Thomas Heyward and Margaret Wright, was the sole represen tative of this generation. From early youth he led an adven turous life, as a boy taking part in the expedition fitte d out by Governor Charles Craven to fight the Indians durin g the Yemassee uprising in 1715 his mother is said to hav e petitioned the Governor for his release, as he was an onl y son just sixteen years of age. In 1718 aboard the sloop Revenge in a naval expedition fitted out by Governor Rober t Johnson, he participated in the engagement which resulte d in the death of the pirate Richard Worly and the captur e of his sloop near the mouth of Charles Town harbor. It i s a matter of record that he applied for prize money ason e of the volunteer crew of the sloop Revenge. On March 25, 1724, Thomas Heyward was elected a member o f the Assembly. On April 14 1725,the commissioners were dir ected to be forthwith prepared for Mr. Thomas Heyward to b e Captain of the James Island Company. In 1724, with Will iam Screven, he was appointed Inquirer of Collectors of Tax es on James Island. Also in 1754 with the passage of an Ac t for the better regulating of the patrol system, Thomas He yward was appointed commissioner of the James Island distri ct. On June 4, 1719, he married Hester Esther Taylor, daug hter of John Taylor, Esq., of St. Andrew s Parish, and hi s wife Esther. By her he had seven children. He was apparen tly a citizen of means, for besides his plantations and sla ves on James Island,his advertisements in the South Caroli na Gazette indicate that he owned considerable real estat e in Charles Town. His will is dated 7 March, 1736 and was probated 20 Janu ary, 1743. !DEATH South Carolina Historical Magazine, Vol XIII, p.16 , South Carolina Historical Magazine, Vol XIII, p.161 1912 .

						

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