Nathaniel Hayward was born in
Easton, Massachusetts on January 19, 1808. Hayward met Goodyear in 1837 and shared with him the discovery he had made, almost accidentally, while working at a rubber factory in
Roxbury, Connecticut. He bought some mills in
Stoneham, Massachusetts, from
Elisha S. Converse, which later became a small settlement called
Haywardville. He died in
Colchester, Connecticut on July 18, 1865. == References ==