Hi, thanks for getting this information. I think sometimes the problem with me checking this particular name, is that sometimes it is spelled Heywood and sometimes Haywood. I have been tending not to look too much into the Haywood information and that could be my downfall. My father always pronounced his surname with an 'E' and with me being brought up in Northumberland, we always tended to say Heywood - as in Lancashire. Is there a site that you know of where I can check baptisms, etc to see if I can get any further? The John that rosie99 found on the 1851 census would make him born about 1796, which is close to the age I have for the John (c1800) I have found who was married to Alice Greenhaugh (c1800). We have a site up here called Bishops Transcripts, Durham, which I use quite a lot for my other family, and this has copies of births, deaths and marriages from the 1700's upwards. Is there a site I can access for something similar for Lancashire? johnhood, the baptism you have 29/01/1926 is new to me. I had him down as being baptised 06/08/1826, Manchester - something else to look into. I have printed all your responses out so that I can try to check up some more.
Kath