Daniel HEYWARD

1720 - 1777  (57 years)

• Name	Daniel HEYWARD
  Born	20 Jul 1720	James Island, SC   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Died	11 Oct 1777  [1]
  Buried	Jasper County, SC
  Person ID	I9	Heyward
  Last Modified	1 Feb 2013

  
  

  Father	Thomas HEYWARD,   b. 1700,   d. 11 Mar 1736/7  (Age 37 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Hester TAYLOR,   d. 25 Nov 1759
  Relationship	Birth
  Married	4 Jun 1719
  Family ID	F3	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Mary MILES,   b. 1727,   d. 26 May 1761  (Age 34 years)
  Married	8 Mar 1743
  Children	+ 1. Thomas HEYWARD,   b. 28 Jul 1746, Jasper County, SC ,   d. 17 Apr 1809  (Age 62 years)  [Birth]   2. Maria HEYWARD,   b. 1749,   d. dy  [Birth]   3. Daniel HEYWARD,   b. 6 Mar 1750,   d. 16 Jul 1778  (Age 28 years)  [Birth]   4. Hester HEYWARD,   b. 26 Nov 1751,   d. dy  [Birth] + 5. William HEYWARD,   b. 1 Dec 1753,   d. 26 Sep 1786  (Age 32 years)  [Birth]
  Last Modified	7 Jan 2013
  Family ID	F4	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Jane Elizabeth GIGNILLIAT,   b. 23 Jun 1745,   d. 29 Aug 1770  (Age 25 years)
  Married	1763  [1]
  Children	1. James HEYWARD,   b. 13 Apr 1764,   d. 1 Oct 1796  (Age 32 years)  [Birth] + 2. Nathaniel HEYWARD,   b. 8 Jan 1766, Charleston, SC ,   d. 10 Apr 1851, The Bluff plantation, SC  (Age 85 years)  [Birth] + 3. Maria HEYWARD,   b. 26 Dec 1767,   d. 1837  (Age 69 years)  [Birth]
  Last Modified	13 Aug 2014
  Family ID	F5	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 3	Elizabeth SIMONS,   b. 11 Jul 1747,   d. 6 Aug 1788  (Age 41 years)
  Married	12 Sep 1771
  Children	1. Elizabeth HEYWARD,   b. 1773,   d. 1780  (Age 7 years)   2. Benjamin HEYWARD,   b. 17 Nov 1776,   d. 14 Sep 1796  (Age 19 years)
  Last Modified	7 Jan 2013
  Family ID	F6	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos		Daniel Heyward (1720 - 1777) Founder of a South Carolina rice dynasty
  		Daniel Heyward (1720 - 1775) Portrait by Jeremiah Theus.

  
  

  Histories

  Biography of Daniel Heyward (1720 - 1777) Excerpts from pages 23 - 29 from Heyward ("The Red Book") by James Barnwell Heyward II.

  
  

• Notes

  "Daniel Heyward....settled one of his father's 500 acre grants in Granville County and almost immediately became a successful rice and indigo planter. Through the years by grant and purchase he acquired over 17,000 acres of land, a store at Cook's Landing on Oktee Creek, three lots and a house in Beaufort, and a house and lot in Charleston. Heyward made Old House, a 746 1/2-acre plantation on Hazzard's Creek in St. Helena Parish, his home.... "Heyward had had no formal education above the grammar school level, but he saw to it that his two eldest sons received an English education. In 1768 the College of Heraldry granted Heyward the right to use the Heyward coad of arms--one of the few authentic grants in South Carolina. "Heyward filled a few local offices but was not very active in politics. Among his offices were commissioner, to build a bridge over Coosawhatchie Creek (1750); captain (1750) and lieutenant colonel (1757) in the militia and justice of the peace for Granville County (1756); commissioner to establish a ferry on the Savannah River (1762); churchwarden (1765-1766) and vestryman (1773 - 1774 for St. Helena Parish; and commissioner to create the parish of St. Luke (1767)....He took no active part in the Revolution." [2]

  
  

• Sources

  [S1] The Red Book, James Barnwell Heyward II, 17. [S2] SC Senate 1776 - 1985, Louise Bailey, Mary L. Morgan, Carolyn R. Taylor, (University of South Carolina Press).