Biography:
1. Thomas Henry Hayward was possibly the son of Thomas Hayward (1).
2. He was appointed a Carpenter in the Engineers' Department on the 6th July 1830 and was paid 4/1d per day, which gave him an annual amount of £63.18.1d. He was a 22-year-old single man who had trained as a Carpenter (WO54/570 dated the 1st October 1830).
3. A Return of Persons belonging to the Civil Establishment of the Ordnance at the Gunpowder and Small Arms Manufactories at Waltham Abbey, Faversham and Enfield, showing in detail the several points of information called for by the Master General and Board's Order dated the 31st January 1831, recorded that Thomas Hayward was one of the 7 Carpenters to be employed at Waltham Abbey Powder Mills and the Enfield Small Arms Factory. He was to be paid 4/1d per day, and was required to undertake general services as a Carpenter in the Manufactory, requiring great care, attention and sobriety, etc.
4. WO54/575 dated the 1st April 1831, updated his age and period of service in the October 1830 Return, with all other details remaining unchanged.
5. WO54/575 dated October 1831 confirmed that Thomas (2) still earned 4/1d per day, giving him a total of £63.18.1d per annum. At that date he had served just over a year, and was a single man, aged 23.
6. WO54/581 dated the 1st April 1832, updated his age and period of service in the October 1831 Return, with all other details remaining unchanged.
7. WO54/581 dated the 1st October 1832, confirmed that Thomas Henry still earned £63.18.1d per annum. His service was given as just over 2 years, and at that date he was 24 years of age.
8. WO54/587 dated the 1st April 1833, confirmed the information given in Note 7.
9. WO54/587 dated the 1st October 1833, gave the same basic details as before, but updated Mr. Hayward's age and length of service.
10 WO54/593 dated 1st April 1834, confirmed that Thomas Henry still earned a total of £63.18.1d per annum, that he was then just over 25, and that his service was just over 4 years.
