Thomas HEYWARD

1746 - 1809  (62 years)

• Name	Thomas HEYWARD
  Born	28 Jul 1746	Jasper County, SC
  Gender	Male
  Died	17 Apr 1809
  Buried	Jasper County, SC
  Person ID	I17	Heyward
  Last Modified	2 Feb 2013

  
  

  Father	Daniel HEYWARD,   b. 20 Jul 1720, James Island, SC ,   d. 11 Oct 1777  (Age 57 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Mary MILES,   b. 1727,   d. 26 May 1761  (Age 34 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Married	8 Mar 1743
  Family ID	F4	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Elizabeth MATTHEWS,   b. c. 1753,   d. 1782  (Age ~ 29 years)
  Children	+ 1. Daniel HEYWARD,   b. 5 Feb 1774, Whitehall Plantation, Beaufort County, SC ,   d. Feb 1796, Vernezouvre Plantation, Savannah River  (Age 22 years)  [Birth]   2. Marie HEYWARD,   b. 1775,   d. 1776  (Age 1 years)  [Birth]   3. Thomas HEYWARD,   b. 1778,   d. 1778  (Age 0 years)   4. John HEYWARD,   b. 1779,   d. 1779  (Age 0 years)   5. Thomas HEYWARD,   b. 1782,   d. 1782  (Age 0 years)
  Last Modified	11 Jan 2013
  Family ID	F22	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Elizabeth SAVAGE,   b. 1770,   d. 1833  (Age 63 years)
  Children	+ 1. Thomas HEYWARD,   b. 14 Jul 1789, Charleston, SC ,   d. 15 Apr 1829, Beaufort County, SC  (Age 39 years) + 2. James Hamilton HEYWARD,   b. 17 Sep 1792, Whitehall Plantation, Beaufort County, SC ,   d. 2 Jul 1828, Chelsea Plantation, Pocotaligo, SC  (Age 35 years) + 3. Elizabeth Savage HEYWARD,   b. 30 Oct 1794,   d. 3 Mar 1854  (Age 59 years)
  Last Modified	11 Jan 2013
  Family ID	F23	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		Bust of Thomas Heyward (1746 - 1809) Statue in the waterfront park in Beaufort, SC. http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM48WV
  		Thomas Heyward (1746 - 1809) Signer of the Declaration of Independence
  		Heyward-Washington House, 87 Church St, Charleston, SC George Washington visited this home of Thomas Heyward, Jr in 1791
  		Grave marker at Thomas Heyward (1746 - 1809) burial site. Location: near Ridgeland, SC. Photo date: 2013.

  
  

• Notes

  "Thomas Heyward received a classical education in South Carolina and studied Law at Middle Temple in London. He spent several years on the continent of Europe and in 1771 returned to South Carolina, where he was shortly thereafter admitted to the Bar. In 1773 he was elected to the Commons House of Assembly of South Carolina and later was a member of the Council of Safety. He served on the committee to prepare a constitution for the state and was chosen one of the delegates to the Second Continental Congress in Philadelphia. He was a signer of the Declaration of Independence in 1776 and of the Articles of Confederation in 1779. He became a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in Charleston in 1778 and was Circuit Court Judge from 1782 to 1789. "In the Revolutionary War he served as a Captain of the Charleston Artillery and was wounded in battle at Port Royal. Later he was captured by the British and confined to prison for one year in St. Augustine, Florida, where he barely escaping hanging. "Thomas Heyward had a residence in Charleston and another at his Whitehall Plantation in what is now Jasper County. He made his Charleston house available to George Washington for a week during the President's visit to the city in 1791. That house at 87 Church St., originally built by Thomas' father, has been restored and is now a tourist attraction known as the 'Heyward-Washington' house. "Thomas Heyward referred to himself as 'Thomas Heyward Jr.' to distinguish himself from so many other family members of the same name. Among the Heywards, he is often called simply 'The Signer.'" [1]

  
  

• Sources

  [S5] Descendants of Nathaniel Heyward, Thomas DeSaussure Furman, (The Reprint Company, 2003), 15.