William Hayman 1757
Kathy
1757 in Scotland. Some say Argyll, others say Edinborough, and even
more confusing to me is yet another location, Inverness. I've
searched high and low to find whatever i could regarding birth
records
and such. Have found muster rolls for the Royal North Carolina
Regiment via the United Empire Loyalist website, and even came across
a copy of his discharge papers online. What we know thus far is
this:
He served in the American Revolution under the command of John
Hamilton until about 1783, when he sailed on the ship "Argo" from St.
Augustine, Florida to County Harbor, Guysborough, Nova Scotia,
Canada. He had recieved a land grant as part of his discharge from
the army. Finding the land uninhabitable, he along with another man
said to be John(Jean) Maillard leased land in Tatamagouche,
Colchester
County, Nova Scotia, Canada. He married Elizabeth Margaret Maillard,
and had a very large family with her. He was noted to be a thrifty
"Scot".
Family papers name all three of those different locations as birth
places, but never make a mention of his parents. They do say that he
may have had a sister named Mary Hayman, the same Mary who was born
in
Scotland and came over to Nova Scotia, and married a Langille. As I
couldn't find a specific board for Scotland to ask where is the best
place to go to find his birth records or something that breaks this
wall for my family. He has hundreds of descendants, perhaps
thousands, and out of the group of us searching, none of us have been
able to break this wall down.
Variations for the Hayman surnames that we have come across thus far
in our family lines are:
Hayman --thought to be original name but could be a corruption of the
orig name--as William was noted to speak Gaelic and was illiterate
there is no way of knowing at this time
Haymand- when 3 of Williams grandchildren immigrated in the mid
1800's to the United States, they added a d to the last name
Amon- we're not quite sure why this variation came about but his
grandson Thomas adopted this variation
Hyndman- a couple of his sons adopted this variation--
There are countless other variations but those are the ones that are
most prominent.
A few theories surrounding his immigration:
1. Far reaching, but perhaps he was a "convict" or "indentured
servant" at some point and as his payment he agreed to fight for the
British army
2. Maybe he was the 2nd, 3rd, ect son and saw no hope of having his
own land in Scotland, so with the promise of his own piece of land,
he
fought for the British.
--
Any thoughts or suggestions?
---Thanks,
Kathy
Anne Burgess
Try
www.rootschat.com
www.rootsweb.com
http://www.talkingscot.com/
are some of the sites with message boards, mailing lists and
discussion groups devoted to Scotland.
Rootsweb also has surname boards and lists.
I note that the LDS equate Hayman with Hammond and Hamon as well
as the spelling variants you have quoted.
HTH
Anne
Kathy
wrote:
> > As I couldn't find a specific board for Scotland
>
>
> are some of the sites with message boards, mailing lists and
> discussion groups devoted to Scotland.
>
> Rootsweb also has surname boards and lists.
>
> I note that the LDS equate Hayman with Hammond and Hamon as well
> as the spelling variants you have quoted.
>
> HTH
>
> Anne
Hi Anne,
Thank you, Hammond and Hamon are other variants just not ones as of
yet seen in the family lines from 1757 to present day. I'll go check
out the sites listed above and see what I can come across.
Thanks again,
Kathy
The Fifeshire Bimbo
>> As I couldn't find a specific board for Scotland
>
> Try
> www.rootschat.com
> www.rootsweb.com
> http://www.talkingscot.com/
>
> are some of the sites with message boards, mailing lists and discussion
> groups devoted to Scotland.
>
> Rootsweb also has surname boards and lists.
Thanks for these links Anne. After all these years I've decided to do some
research.
Happy New Year.
Cheers, Helen
Lesley Robertson
news:6s014fF...@mid.individual.net...
British Genealogy http://www.british-genealogy.com is a Forum with a
whole suite of Scotland-specific sub-forums and over 19000 members.
You do have to register to use it (but that's no different than other
groups such as Genforum) and it's moderated (declaration of interest -
I'm one of the mods), but you get an amazing amount of help there, and
it's free.
Happy New Year, everyone,
Lesley Robertson
The Fifeshire Bimbo
>>>> As I couldn't find a specific board for Scotland
>>>
>>> Try
>>> www.rootschat.com
>>> www.rootsweb.com
>>> http://www.talkingscot.com/
>>>
>>> are some of the sites with message boards, mailing lists and
>>> discussion groups devoted to Scotland.
>>>
>>> Rootsweb also has surname boards and lists.
>>
>> Thanks for these links Anne. After all these years I've decided to
>> do some research.
>
> British Genealogy http://www.british-genealogy.com is a Forum with a
> whole suite of Scotland-specific sub-forums and over 19000 members.
> You do have to register to use it (but that's no different than other
> groups such as Genforum) and it's moderated (declaration of interest -
> I'm one of the mods), but you get an amazing amount of help there, and
> it's free.
Thanks Lesley.
> Happy New Year, everyone,
Happy New Year to you too.
Cheers, Helen