•Name: Zerah HAYDEN
•Sex: M
•Birth: 25 NOV 1783 in NJ 1 2
•Death: 20 SEP 1866 in Westmoreland Co. PA 3 1 2
•Burial: Salem Baptist Church, Rostraver Twp. Westmoreland Co. PA
•Note:

1810 PA Census: Allegheny Co. Elizabeth Twp., p. 356, line 12
Series M252, roll 44

Zeri HAYDON
Males: 2 (<10); 1 (16-26); 1 (26-45)
Females: 1 (16-26)

Breakdown analysis:

Males:
2 (<10) -- George (1807); Nathaniel (1809)
1 (16-26) -- [?]
1 (26-45) -- Zerah (father) (1783)

Females:
1 (16-26): Martha (Mother) (1787)
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1820 PA Census: Allegheny Co. Elisabeth Twp., p. 184, line 18
Series M33, roll 97

Ezra [sic] HAYDON
Males: 3 (<10); 2 (10-16); 1 (26-45)
Females: 3 (<10); 1 (26-45)

Breakdown analysis:

Males:
3 (<10) -- Zerah Jr. (1811); Elijah (1815); Reynolds (1818)
2 (10-16) -- George (1807); Nathaniel (1809)
1 (26-45) -- Zerah (father) (1783)

Females:
3 (<10) -- Martha (1813); Hannah (?); and (?)
1 (26-45) -- Cornelia (Zerah's second wife) (1791)
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1830 PA Census: Allegheny Co. Elizabeth Twp., p. 195, line 22
Series M19, roll 144

Zera HAYTON
Males: 1 (5-10); 1 (10-15); 2 (15-20); 1 (20-30); 1 (40-50)
Females: 2 (<5); 1 (5-10); 2 (15-20); 1 (30-40)

Breakdown analysis:

Males:
1 (5-10) -- David (1822)
1 (10-15) -- Reynolds (1818)
2 (15-20) -- Zerah (1811); Elijah (1815)
1 (20-30) -- Nathaniel (1809)
1 (40-50) -- Zerah (father) (1783)

Females:
2 (<5) -- Cornelia (1826); Abby Ann (1830)
1 (5-10) -- Phoebe (1821)
2 (15-20) -- Martha (1813); Hannah (?)
1 (30-40) -- Cornelia (mother) (1791)
_____________________________________________

1840 PA Census: Allegheny Co. Elizabeth Twp., p. 310, line 6
Series M704, roll 440

Zerah HAYDEN
Males: 1 (15-20); 2 (20-30); 1 (50-60)
Females: 1 (5-10); 2 (10-15); 1 (20-30); 1 (40-50)

Breakdown analysis:

Males:
1 (15-20) -- David (1822)
2 (20-30) -- Nathaniel (1809); Elijah (1815)
1 (50-60) -- Zerah (father) (1783)

Females:
1 (5-10) -- Elsie (1835)
2 (10-15) -- Cornelia (1826); Abigail (1830)
1 (20-30) -- Hannah (?)
1 (40-50) -- Cornelia (mother) 1791)
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1850 PA Census: Allegheny Co. Elizabeth Twp. p. 176, lines 18-23
Series M432, roll 747, dwelling 434, family 434, 9 Sep 1850

Zarah HAYDEN, 66, Farmer, $3,000 Real Estate, b. NJ
Cornela, 58, b. Pa.
Nathaniel, 39, Insane
Elizabeth STEWART, 36
Abiann, 20
Elisa CARLIVER*, 18
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1860 PA Census: Allegheny Co. Elizabeth Twp. P.O. Elizabeth, p. 353
Series M653, roll 1065, dwelling 1082, family 1082, 24 July 1860

Zerah HAYDEN, 76, Gentleman, $2,770 Real Estate / $1,550 Personal Estate, b. New Jersey
Cornelia, 70, Ditto; Nathaniel, 40, Ditto, Insane
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Posted by Viki Bankey on Wed, 16 Dec 1998, in response to Nathaniel HAYDEN &
Abigail OSBORN family of Rostraver Twp., posted by Michael S. Caldwell on Sat, 12 Dec 1998

Surnames: Hayden, Edmundson, Osborne, Andrews

Westmoreland County, Rostraver Twp. Haydens

This is from a handwritten list I made in 1969 from a family Bible listing birth dates for some of the Hayden family. The Bible is currently not to be found. Some typos were made in transcribing from the Bible. I've noted corrections in brackets where I've caught them, others may exist. I was all of 15 when I wrote the original, and didn't know the value of what I had; on the other hand, I'm glad at least I have this much because the Bible has been misplaced.

Thanks to Chuck and Chris VanKirk, Karen Moorhead, and Merle Ray for all their corrections and additional information.

* indicates my direct ancestor.
*******************************************
"The first of the Haydens to come west of the Allegheny Mountains was Nathaniel.

*Nathaniel Hayden - November 29, 1755
*Abigail Hayden - June 17, 1762 [This is Abigail Osborne Hayden, Nathaniel's wife]
*Zerah Hayden - November 25, 1783 [This is Nathaniel's son]
Martha Hayden - April 1, 1787 [This is Martha McClure, Zerah's first wife]
*Cornele [Cornelia] Hayden - December 23, 1791 [This is Cornelia Stewart, Zerah's second wife]

Martha Hayden [list is headed as such, but some are Cornelia's children]

George Hayden - Oct. 24, 1807
Nathaniel Hayden - April 19, 1809
Zerah Hayden - June 10, 1811
Martha Hannah - April 16, 1813
Elijah - March 24, 1815
infant girl - May 10, 1817

[Chuck and Chris VanKirk report that the following were the children of Cornelia Stewart]

Reynolds H. - Oct. 27, 1818
Phoebe Catherine - Apr. 3, 1821 [Mrs. Nathan McGrew]
David - Dec. 9, 1822
Cornelia Meriah - July 12, 1824 [Chuck and Chris say this is 1826] [Mrs. William VanKirk]
*Abbiann - Jan. 21, 1830
Elsie Caroline - April 15, 1835 [probably read this wrong, should be 1832, because in the 1850 census she is 18]

Abbiann Hayden Edmundson
[Abbiann married Hiram Edmundson, b. Aug. 19, 1832.
I note that he died Dec. 22, 1883, but I'd scratched that out and wrote June 8, 1884. Karen Moorhead sent a detailed summary of the murder(!) of Hiram on Dec. 22, 1883. His body wasn't found until June 1884]

Cornele [Cornelia] Jane - Dec. 3, 1856
William H. - June 10, 1853 [this should read 1858]
Zerah - Nov. 14, 1859
*Elsie Caroline - July 1, 1861
Edward Florrence - May 17, 1865 [this is two people accidentally merged together: Florence, b. 1862, and Edward Frances, b. 14 May 1863. Corrected by Merle Ray]

Elsie Caroline Edmundson Andrews
[married William H. Andrews]
*William Hayden Andrews - Oct. 22, 1880
Hiram Ed. Andrews - Jan 18, 1883
James M. Andrews - Jan. 2, 1885 - Aug. 2, 1889
Anne Goldy Andrews - Feb. 27, 1884
__________________________________________

Salem Regular Baptist Church, Rostraver Twp. Westmoreland Co. PA
Photographed and transcribed 20 June 2009 by Michael S. Caldwell

FATHER / ZERAH HAYDEN / DIED / [stone is badly corroded and unreadable]

MARTHA / WIFE OF / ZERAH HAYDEN / DIED / June 26, 181* [final digit unclear] /
Aged ** [30*] years / [2*] Mos & 25 ds.

MOTHER / CORNELEY HAYDEN / DIED / May 12, 1870: /
Aged ** years / * Mo. & ** days [inscription is fading]
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•_UID: 8826938A824D4F2881BA94DC14C151967858
•Change Date: 4 NOV 2010





Ancestry Hints for Zerah HAYDEN

3 possible matches found on Ancestry.com





Father: Nathaniel HAYDEN b: 29 NOV 1755 in Basking Ridge, Somerset Co. NJ
Mother: Abigail OSBURN b: 17 JUN 1762 in NJ

Marriage 1 Martha MCCLURE b: 1 APR 1787 •Married:
Children 1. Hannah HAYDEN
2. George HAYDEN b: 24 OCT 1807 in Allegheny Co. PA
3. Nathaniel HAYDEN b: 19 APR 1809
4. Zerah HAYDEN b: 10 JUN 1811 in Westmoreland Co. PA
5. Martha HAYDEN b: 16 APR 1813
6. Elijah HAYDEN b: 24 MAR 1815 in Westmoreland Co. PA

Marriage 2 Cornelia LUKER b: 23 DEC 1791 •Married: ABT 1817
Children 1. Reynolds H. HAYDEN b: 27 OCT 1818 in Westmoreland Co. PA
2. Phoebe Catherine HAYDEN b: 3 APR 1821
3. David S. HAYDEN b: 9 DEC 1822
4. Cornelia Meriah HAYDEN b: 12 JUL 1826
5. Abby Ann HAYDEN b: 21 JAN 1830
6. Elsie Caroline HAYDEN b: 15 APR 1835

Sources: 1.Title: The Hayden Family
Author: Charles Hayden
Publication: 507 West 65 St., Chicago, IL
Repository: Magazine
Page: Volume 2, No. 2 (April 1, 1930), p. 71
2.Title: Thomas Osborn Hayden's Family Bible
3.Text: Rutherford's Genealogical History of our Ancestors.

Bio by Michael S. Caldwell.
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=michaelscaldwell&id=I566#s1.