Age 70 years.
Son of Phineas and Elizabeth (Moore) Heywood.
From the "Weekly Messenger," (Boston, MA), 19 Dec 1816:
Died
In Worcester, on the 6th inst. the Hon. Benjamin Heywood, aged 71.
He entered Harvard University in 1771, and was one of the original founders of the military company called the Marti-Mercurian Band, with the motto Tam Marti quam Mercutio.
Of this company he was ensign when the war commenced.
He received his degree in 1775, though his class was dispersed in April of that year, on which event he received a commission in the army.
He continued in the end of the war, took a part in some of its most arduous conflicts, and performed many important services.
He actived for several years as Paymaster to his regiment.
At the time the army was about to be disbanded, when sore from past sufferings, goaded by the supposed ingratitude of their country, and by the anticipation of future want; when, by an inflammatory communication, the were warned "never to sheath their swords until they had obtained full and ample justice;" and when Gen. Washington, in the apprehension of rising disorder and violence, summoned his officers into a general meeting, addressed them on the dishonourable and fatal consequences of the course to which they had been advised, and then left them to their free deliberation; at this crisis, Gen. Knox, Col. Brooks, and Capt. Heywood, were chosen a committee to devise measures for their adoption; and by their report the torch was quenched, which was hurled with an intention to enkindle the flames of a civil war.
On the restoration of peace, he returned to the duties of civil life, in the occupations of a farmer.
He was often called upon to perform services of a public nature, and for many years was an acting magistrate in his county.
In March, 1802, he was appointed a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for the county of Worcester, which office he held until that Court was suspended by the Circuit Court of Common Pleas in 1811.
He was twice chosen an elector of President and Vice-President of the United States and at the time of his death was a member of several boards of trust, and benevolent institutions.
He was in politics a disciple of Washington, and he died with the reputation of having well served his country, and of being a sincere and faithful christian.
Son of Phineas and Elizabeth (Moore) Heywood.
From the "Weekly Messenger," (Boston, MA), 19 Dec 1816:
Died
In Worcester, on the 6th inst. the Hon. Benjamin Heywood, aged 71.
He entered Harvard University in 1771, and was one of the original founders of the military company called the Marti-Mercurian Band, with the motto Tam Marti quam Mercutio.
Of this company he was ensign when the war commenced.
He received his degree in 1775, though his class was dispersed in April of that year, on which event he received a commission in the army.
He continued in the end of the war, took a part in some of its most arduous conflicts, and performed many important services.
He actived for several years as Paymaster to his regiment.
At the time the army was about to be disbanded, when sore from past sufferings, goaded by the supposed ingratitude of their country, and by the anticipation of future want; when, by an inflammatory communication, the were warned "never to sheath their swords until they had obtained full and ample justice;" and when Gen. Washington, in the apprehension of rising disorder and violence, summoned his officers into a general meeting, addressed them on the dishonourable and fatal consequences of the course to which they had been advised, and then left them to their free deliberation; at this crisis, Gen. Knox, Col. Brooks, and Capt. Heywood, were chosen a committee to devise measures for their adoption; and by their report the torch was quenched, which was hurled with an intention to enkindle the flames of a civil war.
On the restoration of peace, he returned to the duties of civil life, in the occupations of a farmer.
He was often called upon to perform services of a public nature, and for many years was an acting magistrate in his county.
In March, 1802, he was appointed a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for the county of Worcester, which office he held until that Court was suspended by the Circuit Court of Common Pleas in 1811.
He was twice chosen an elector of President and Vice-President of the United States and at the time of his death was a member of several boards of trust, and benevolent institutions.
He was in politics a disciple of Washington, and he died with the reputation of having well served his country, and of being a sincere and faithful christian.
Age 70 years.
Son of Phineas and Elizabeth (Moore) Heywood.
From the "Weekly Messenger," (Boston, MA), 19 Dec 1816:
Died
In Worcester, on the 6th inst. the Hon. Benjamin Heywood, aged 71.
He entered Harvard University in 1771, and was one of the original founders of the military company called the Marti-Mercurian Band, with the motto Tam Marti quam Mercutio.
Of this company he was ensign when the war commenced.
He received his degree in 1775, though his class was dispersed in April of that year, on which event he received a commission in the army.
He continued in the end of the war, took a part in some of its most arduous conflicts, and performed many important services.
He actived for several years as Paymaster to his regiment.
At the time the army was about to be disbanded, when sore from past sufferings, goaded by the supposed ingratitude of their country, and by the anticipation of future want; when, by an inflammatory communication, the were warned "never to sheath their swords until they had obtained full and ample justice;" and when Gen. Washington, in the apprehension of rising disorder and violence, summoned his officers into a general meeting, addressed them on the dishonourable and fatal consequences of the course to which they had been advised, and then left them to their free deliberation; at this crisis, Gen. Knox, Col. Brooks, and Capt. Heywood, were chosen a committee to devise measures for their adoption; and by their report the torch was quenched, which was hurled with an intention to enkindle the flames of a civil war.
On the restoration of peace, he returned to the duties of civil life, in the occupations of a farmer.
He was often called upon to perform services of a public nature, and for many years was an acting magistrate in his county.
In March, 1802, he was appointed a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for the county of Worcester, which office he held until that Court was suspended by the Circuit Court of Common Pleas in 1811.
He was twice chosen an elector of President and Vice-President of the United States and at the time of his death was a member of several boards of trust, and benevolent institutions.
He was in politics a disciple of Washington, and he died with the reputation of having well served his country, and of being a sincere and faithful christian.
Son of Phineas and Elizabeth (Moore) Heywood.
From the "Weekly Messenger," (Boston, MA), 19 Dec 1816:
Died
In Worcester, on the 6th inst. the Hon. Benjamin Heywood, aged 71.
He entered Harvard University in 1771, and was one of the original founders of the military company called the Marti-Mercurian Band, with the motto Tam Marti quam Mercutio.
Of this company he was ensign when the war commenced.
He received his degree in 1775, though his class was dispersed in April of that year, on which event he received a commission in the army.
He continued in the end of the war, took a part in some of its most arduous conflicts, and performed many important services.
He actived for several years as Paymaster to his regiment.
At the time the army was about to be disbanded, when sore from past sufferings, goaded by the supposed ingratitude of their country, and by the anticipation of future want; when, by an inflammatory communication, the were warned "never to sheath their swords until they had obtained full and ample justice;" and when Gen. Washington, in the apprehension of rising disorder and violence, summoned his officers into a general meeting, addressed them on the dishonourable and fatal consequences of the course to which they had been advised, and then left them to their free deliberation; at this crisis, Gen. Knox, Col. Brooks, and Capt. Heywood, were chosen a committee to devise measures for their adoption; and by their report the torch was quenched, which was hurled with an intention to enkindle the flames of a civil war.
On the restoration of peace, he returned to the duties of civil life, in the occupations of a farmer.
He was often called upon to perform services of a public nature, and for many years was an acting magistrate in his county.
In March, 1802, he was appointed a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for the county of Worcester, which office he held until that Court was suspended by the Circuit Court of Common Pleas in 1811.
He was twice chosen an elector of President and Vice-President of the United States and at the time of his death was a member of several boards of trust, and benevolent institutions.
He was in politics a disciple of Washington, and he died with the reputation of having well served his country, and of being a sincere and faithful christian.
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