Joseph de Graft Hayford

Joseph de Graft Hayford (1840–1919) was a Wesleyan Methodist minister who was a prominent figure in Fante politics and society in the Gold Coast.[3] He was one of the founders of the Fante Confederation[4] of 1867 and one of the first political detainees in Ghanaian history.[5]

Joseph de Graft Hayford
Born1840
London, England[1]
Died1919 (aged 78–79)
London, England[2]
OccupationWesleyan Methodist minister
ChildrenJosiah Hayford, Isaac Hayford, Ibinijah Hayford, Ernest James Hayford, Joseph Ephraim Casely Hayford, Mark Christian Hayford, Hester Hayford; Helen Mary Hayford and Sydney Spencer Hayford

Background

Rev. Joseph de Graft Hayford has been described as "one of the greatest politicians of his day, and the most active member of the Fanti Confederacy of 1867".[6] When the Confederacy was declared illegal, he was one of the four leaders to be arrested on a charge of conspiracy, the others being James Hutton Brew, James F. Amissah and George Kunto Blankson.[7]

Family

Of the Anona clan of Cape Coast, he was the son of Rev. James Hayford and Elizabeth de Graft.[1] He was the husband of Mary Ewuraba Brew (daughter of the prominent Gold Coast trader Samuel Collins Brew and Adjuah Esson)[8] and his children were: Rev. Josiah Hayford, Isaac Hayford, Ibinijah Hayford, Rev. Dr Ernest James Hayford, Rev. Mark Christian Hayford, Joseph Ephraim Casely Hayford, Hester Hayford; Helen Mary Hayford and Sydney Spencer Hayford. He was the brother of Rev. Isaac Hayford and Lucy Hayford.[1]

References
  1. "Rev. Joseph de Graft-Hayford". Geni.com. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
  2. Casely-Hayford, Augustus Lavinus. "A Genealogical &udy of Cape Coast Stool Families (PhD Thesis)" (PDF). The School of Oriental and African Studies. p. 209, note 23.
  3. Stanley, Brian (2009). The World Missionary Conference, Edinburgh 1910'. Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. p. 98. ISBN 9780802863607.
  4. David U. Enweremadu, "Casely-Hayford, Joseph Ephraim", in Henry Louis Gates, Jr, Emmanuel K. Akyeampong, and Steven J. Niven (eds), Dictionary of African Biography, Oxford University Press USA, 2012, Vol. 2, p. 43.
  5. Attoh Ahuma, Rev. S. R. B. (1971) [1911]. The Gold Coast Nation and National Consciousness (Second ed.). Routledge. p. 5. ISBN 9781136971068.
  6. "Tribute to Dr Louis Casely-Hayford". Graphic Online. 14 December 2014.
  7. Tapan Prasad Biswal, Ghana, Political and Constitutional Developments, Ghana, Political and Constitutional Developments, New Delhi: Northern Book Centre, 1992, p. 21.
  8. "Mary Ewuraba Brew". Geni.com.
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