John Haydock ^78,211

  General Notes:

Appears to be the Gideon A. Haydock listed in WFT vol. 4. #0448

Accompanied Siles Wright and Mary Wright when they came to the U. S. from England between 1970 and 1798, very likely 1797 and settled in the new East Jersey Colony founded by William Penn, in the town of Rahway, now in Middlesex County, New Jersey.

John Haydock and his family were Quackers that moved to the U. S. because of religious persecusion.

Both John Haydock and Mary Wright died in 1814, leaving five children. The oldest, Mary, was 16 and the youngest, Elizabeth, was 5 years old. According to the coustom of the society of Friends, or Quakers, the children were "apprenticed" to various members of the Society until becoming of age. James Haydock, the youngest son, was placed in the family of James Middleton, of Rahmway, a relative and an owner of a tannery, where the boy learned the trade of the tanner. To whom the other children were "apprenticed" is not known.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Immigration: Rahway, Middlesex County, New Jersey, 1797.

John married Mary Wright, daughter of Siles Wright and Unknown, in 1787 in London, England. (Mary Wright was born in London, England and died in 1814.)