The survey by Deborah Mackenzie, Marilyn Simmons, and Susan Burgess states that the Tolaram building at 39 York Street “appears totally modern. Old building must have been replaced.” The surveyors also noted, “This building covers 22 Clarence Street on the map."
The present building on the combined 22 Clarence & 39 York lots was proposed as the "Manley Building" in Jan. 1964 by John Arthur Bourne, with four stores and apartments above, and built soon thereafter (STGCP). Possible schematics for the new building showcase modern aesthetics.
Samuel Todd owned four adjoining stone buildings used as a grocery and liquor store (39 York Street), dwelling and storeroom (22 Clarence Street). The burial yard (the former Burchall/Stowe/Wright land) was to the north. The insurance form for the property notes that the “Late Bernard Tucker” lived on the lot to the west..
Henry Elkins Higgs mortgaged his house (22 Clarence St.), "lately purchased from Mrs. Jane Hayward," and a water lot to George H. Pownall, merchant of London for £354.17.4 + 5%.
The Old House had been lately purchased by Henry Elkins Higgs from Jane Hayward. Higgs mortgaged the Old House to James Taylor, Merchant, for £120. The house had the burial ground to the north, the “New Building” of W.T. Tucker to the south, the former Zuill house now owned by J.B. Tucker to the west, and the street to the east.
William Tudor Tucker, Merchant, & his wife Elizabeth Prudden Tucker mortgaged "the house called the new building" and southern end of a tank to Catherine I. Massey for £230 Sterling. “[L]ot lately purchased by W.T. Tucker from Mrs. Jane Hayward.” N: 51’10”, E: 28’3”, S: 46’, W (along Zuill/J.B. Tucker lot): 24’3”.
In 1845, the 39 York St. property was split.
The “Dwelling, store + warehouse of Mrs. Jane Hayward, near the Queen’s Square” became a southern "new" house at 39 York Street.
The northern “old” house became 22 Clarence Street (it may have been Prince Street at this time, but 22 Clarence is written in Prof. Jarvis’s notes).
"Old" house (22 Clarence Street) belonging to estate of B.S. Hayward for sale, with "four bedrooms, dining, and two sitting rooms on the upper floor and commodious under apartments and a large drygoods store with another smaller one adjoining" and attached outbuildings and cistern, offered by widow Jane Hayward.
Tues., 14 Jan. 1845, in the Bermuda Royal Gazette: “Real Estate for sale: Dwelling house & premises in the Town of St. George[,] residence of the late B.S. Hayward, Esq. Corner of York & Prince St.[,] immediately in the rear of the house belonging to James Musson, Esq. on the Market Square[.] 4 Bedrooms, Dining & 2 drawing rooms &c on upper floor, with commodious under apartments & a large Dry Good Store (& smaller one adjoining) fronting on the street, together with Outbuildings, cistern &c attached[,] [sealed?] tenders setting forth terms & mode of payment &c before the 15th. Proximo — Jane Hayward, St Georges, 13th Jan. 1845.”
Notice that Clarence Street is instead called Prince Street at this time.
Jane Hayward, widow (wd.), mortgages house to Samuel Gilbert Spencer for £200. Burying ground to the north; streets to the east and south; former John Zuill (dec.) properties to the west.
Jane Hayward, the second wife and widow of B.S. Hayward, mortgages to Hezekiah Frith for £400 debt. Prof. Jarvis’s note sheet for this event says, “22 Clarence + 39 York,” indicating that what were eventually two separate lots were one in 1827. The western lot was still called the Zuill lot, although he was dead.
Jane appears to have been in financial distress after her husband’s death. If nothing else, she had to raise seven children.
13 Dec. 1825: WILL of B.S. Hayward, merchant, had drafted a will on 13 Dec. 1825. He left his estate to wife Jane and then to 7 children [one just born]. (The one just born was probably Rowena.)
Will (Cigar Box transcription) — Hayward, Benj. Sawyer, Merchant, STG., w. 13th Dec. 1825, pr. 6th July 1826: “Real & personal estate in Bermuda & USA — wife Jane Hayward, for life & then to children John [Illegible] Hayward, Sawyer Hayward, William Henry Hayward, Matilda [Bassett?] Hayward, Mary Jane Hayward, Susan Sawyer Hayward & the present infant child, unchristened & any child my wife may be at present pregnant with, — equally & in case of any deaths — to the other survivors.”
RG 5 August 1826: Creditors, STG — “Immediate settlement” of B.S. Hayward estate.
Benjamin Sawyer Hayward mortgaged his house to Hezekiah Frith for £631, but it was cancelled; repaid. Prof. Jarvis’s notes say that John Zuill, Hayward's western neighbor, was deceased by this time, but there is lingering uncertainty about when, precisely, Zuill died.
1821–30 assessments: The B.S. Hayward estate value went from 1400 pounds in 1821 to 1000 pounds in 1830. The family owned a stable on “Miss Wright’s Lot,” but it was disposed of after 1821 (likely as the cemetery got underway). Much property and many slaves were sold after 1826; Mrs. Hayward had to support the family after Benjamin’s death. The family still had at least two slaves in 1830.
STG Tax List Compilation: Assessments for the B.S. Hayward Estate, including when it absorbed 39 York for a second time: 1803: 720, 1805: 770, 1807: 750.1808 assessment: Benj. S. Hayward had an estate worth 760 pounds and paid tax of 1.5.4 (ANG/SG/PM1, 1808 assessment). Also: An assessment for Benj. Hayward / L.B. Irland [best guess]: 2180 pounds, with tax of 3.12.6 (ANG/SG/PM1, 1808 assessment). Note: 28 Jan. 1809: “Benjamin S. Hayward of St. George’s married Miss Jane Bassett of Somerset on Jan. 21” (Bermuda Index 1: 580). STG Tax List Compilation for B.S. Hayward, cont.:1809: 945, 1810: 1270, 1811: 1235, 1808–11: B.S. Hayward’s house increased in worth from 500 to 800 pounds between these years. It appears that he went from owning 4 to 8 slaves (some dead; some newly acquired) in these years (ANG/SG/PAS 3: 1808–11). STG Tax List Compilation for B.S. Hayward, cont.:1812: 1230, 1813: 1265, 1814: 3850.
Sometime between 1799 and Sept. 1804, B.S. & Aletta Hayward bought the house at 39 York Street.
1800 property assessment: A Benjamin Hayward owned 14 slaves, plus 18 acres of land worth 800 pounds and a lot in town.
