70 HAYDEN ROAD
035-017
DAR# 192
Hayden Farm

Basic text is from the DAR History of Hollis Homes, edited by Deborah E. Lovejoy 1953 with accompanying map (Cudworth). Codes used are initials of editors from this book and from 1999-2000 update editors. See bibliography for full information.

Before 1747 Jonathan Taylor married Kezia Colburn Oct. 27, 1747 and settled on this farm. Their old house has been twice moved and is now a shop east of the buildings. (SH p. 61 - Fox, History of Dunstable p. 152)

1758 Samuel Hayden came to Monson and purchased the farm. He died suddenly in 1792, leaving the farm to his nephew, Josiah Hayden. (S.H. p. 221)

1792 Josiah Hayden, son of Thomas, had lived with his uncle since he was five years old. He married Mary Patch in 1797. (S.H. p. 222)

1816 Samuel Hayden, son of Josiah, succeeded to the property when he was about sixteen years old. He married Harriet Needham in 1830, became a successful farmer and a man of considerable influence. He died in 1880, aged 80. (S.H. p. 223)

Daniel Webster Hayden and David Needham Hayden, sons of Samuel were known as the Hayden Brothers, farmers and proprietors of Haydens' Mill. Daniel died in 1920 and David in 1930. Bertha M. Hayden, Daniel's daughter, succeeded to the property. She has been indefatigable in ferreting out and preserving items of Hollis history. It is unfortunate that she had not thoroughly organized this material before her death in 1948.

1954 Hayden Brothers are still listed as owners. Norman Howe is living on the place. (B.H. No. 54)

1999 Frank and Susan Durham are owners. According to Frank Durham when the barn which was across the street from the carriage house burnedit was full of storage including a piano the metal frame of which was subsequently used to anchor a float in Rocky Pond; rubble fills its cellar hole in 1999. (ese1999)

Two buildings no longer belonging to the same owner but believed to have been part of the Hayden farm were mapped in the 1999 GPS survey: a hophouse, located at the SW corner of Mill and Hayden Roads (035-018) and the barn remains (035-014). A sketch (see link) of what the barn is remembered to have been was drawn by David Seager 1999 in comparing the Hayden Barn to the Howe barn during this survey. Note Bertha Hayden's name in Bibliography; some of her original notes are with the Hollis Heritage Commission as the gift of Hilda Hildreth. (ese1999)

Samples of Bertha Hayden Notes
Also see Hayden Family Genealogy