The Hayden Family Crest

The statemenets concerning this family have been, so far, somewhat conflicting. All genealogists, however, agree on this point: that the name was anciently spelled Hoidon, Heydon, Heiden, Haydon, Hayden. Brothers of the same name, known to have emigrated here in the XVII. century, wrote the family surname in different ways. William Hayden, said to have belonged to the Haydons, of county Norfolk, England, came to Dorchester, Mass., in 1630, and settled, later, at Windsor, Ct. He is supposed to have brought over the arms we give, using, as his crest, the crest of the second coat of arms, engraved below in the text. Those second armorial devices were, without any doubt, used by another emigrant of the name, John Hayden, of Braintree, who settled at Saybrook, Ct. (1664). According to these arms, that John Hayden should have come from the family of Hayden, of Walford, county Herts, England.

Family

Hayden

Motto

Quo fata vocant.Wherever the fates call.Ferme en Foy!Steadfast in the faith.

Blazon

A Talbot, Passant, Argent, Spotted, Sable.

Source

America Hereldica