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William Townsend Heydock

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William Townsend Heydock

Birth
Franklin, Merrimack County, New Hampshire, USA
Death
26 May 1835 (aged 37)
Hanover, Grafton County, New Hampshire, USA
Burial
Hanover, Grafton County, New Hampshire, USA GPS-Latitude: 43.703875, Longitude: -72.2914806
Plot
Lot No. 75
Memorial ID
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son of William Hadduck and Abigail Eastman Webster
Dartmouth College 1819
attorney, practiced Hanover and Concord

Mr Heydock (as he wrote his name) was a nephew of Daniel Webster, and had a good share of that intellectual force which belonged to the great orator's family. He studied law with his distinguished uncle, and being admitted in 1822, made a beginning in practice in Hanover. Two years later he removed to Concord, and lived there about five years, in which time he prepared and published anonymously, the "New Hampshire Probate Dictionary," a work of real utility and value. His practice was probably not extensive, and having much facility with the pen, he next removed to Boston, and there edited a law journal called "The Jurisprudent." In 1831 he changed his residence to Lowell MA until his death, which took place while he was on a visit to Hanover, the home of his brother Professor Charles B Haddock.
He was well read in his profession, but seems not to have been of practical turn. He was ambitious to have a large "docket," and entered and continued a great number of actions that brought him no returns for his services and disbursements. He was better fitted to be a law writer, or special practitioner, than for the varied labors of a country attorney.

m Jane Elizabeth Olcott (5 Aug 1805-) on 31 Dec 1823 at Hanover, NH; daughter of Mills P Olcott and Sarah Porter
Children:
- Sarah Olcott Haydock (11 Apr 1827–7 Nov 1880) m Dr Edward Hazen Parker
- Mills Olcott Heydock (4 Feb 1828-17 Apr 1881) m Harriet W Cowles
- Clara L Heydock (1833-14 Sep 1834)

Source:
- vital records
- The Bench and Bar of New Hampshire; By Charles Henry Bell (1894)
son of William Hadduck and Abigail Eastman Webster
Dartmouth College 1819
attorney, practiced Hanover and Concord

Mr Heydock (as he wrote his name) was a nephew of Daniel Webster, and had a good share of that intellectual force which belonged to the great orator's family. He studied law with his distinguished uncle, and being admitted in 1822, made a beginning in practice in Hanover. Two years later he removed to Concord, and lived there about five years, in which time he prepared and published anonymously, the "New Hampshire Probate Dictionary," a work of real utility and value. His practice was probably not extensive, and having much facility with the pen, he next removed to Boston, and there edited a law journal called "The Jurisprudent." In 1831 he changed his residence to Lowell MA until his death, which took place while he was on a visit to Hanover, the home of his brother Professor Charles B Haddock.
He was well read in his profession, but seems not to have been of practical turn. He was ambitious to have a large "docket," and entered and continued a great number of actions that brought him no returns for his services and disbursements. He was better fitted to be a law writer, or special practitioner, than for the varied labors of a country attorney.

m Jane Elizabeth Olcott (5 Aug 1805-) on 31 Dec 1823 at Hanover, NH; daughter of Mills P Olcott and Sarah Porter
Children:
- Sarah Olcott Haydock (11 Apr 1827–7 Nov 1880) m Dr Edward Hazen Parker
- Mills Olcott Heydock (4 Feb 1828-17 Apr 1881) m Harriet W Cowles
- Clara L Heydock (1833-14 Sep 1834)

Source:
- vital records
- The Bench and Bar of New Hampshire; By Charles Henry Bell (1894)


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