John Hart Sr (1651-1714)
John Hart Sr, one of my 8th maternal grandfathers
was born in Witney, Oxfordshire, England on November 16, 1651, to Christopher
Kester Christian Hart and Mary Beckley. John was born into the Quaker religion
as his parents became Quakers shortly before he was born.
In 1681, William Penn and his surveyor, Thomas Holme were
laying out parcels in Byberry Township, Pennsylvania. Byberry was in
Philadelphia County and Bucks County. William Penn sold John one thousand acres
for 5 schillings between Byberry, Philadelphia and Bucks, Warminster,
Pennsylvania. On December 22, 1681, John Sr filed an Intent to marry in the
Quaker church my maternal 6th great grandmother, Susanna Rush.
Susanna and her parents came to America in 1683 prior to Oct 24, 1683.
On October 24, 1682, William Penn's ship, Welcome, anchored first
at Upland, which is now Chester. Then Penn went upstream to what was to become
the "greene country towne" of his "sylvania” with 100 passengers
including John Hart. Most of the passengers were Quakers and most were from
Sussex, England.
John Sr was a
minister in the Quaker religion (Society of Friends). Before the Byberry
meeting house was erected, the meetings were held at John's home alternately with
Giles Knight. Later, John became a Quaker minister at the Oxford Township
meetings in Philadelphia County.
John Sr, who was a member of the First Colonial Assembly
1683 & 1684. The first meeting called by William Penn was March 10, 1683. John was one of the signers
of the “Frame of Government of Pennsylvania” on February 2, 1683.
On Oct 24, 1683, John Sr married Sussanna in Byberry,
Pennsylvania and they settled into their Byberry home. On July 16, 1684, the couple’s first son was
born, named John Hart Jr. The couple’s second son, Thomas Sr, was born in 1685.
In the book “The History of Bucks County, from the discovery of the Delaware to
the present time by William W. H. Davis” and the book “A HISTORY OF THE
TOWNSHIPS OF BYBERRY AND MORELAND In Philadelphia, Pa;, From Their Earliest
Settlement by the Whites to the Present Time” by Joseph C Martindale it is
stated that John and Susannah had five children, John Jr, Joseph, Thomas Sr,
Josiah, and Mary.
John Hart Jr, one of my
maternal 7th great grandfathers married Eleanor Crispin, one of my
maternal 7th great
grandmothers. John Sr’s Daughter, Mary, one of my maternal 7th great
grandaunts, born about 1700 married one of my maternal cousins, 9X removed,
Thomas Dungan III. Mary died before 1728 as Thomas Dungan III married one of my
maternal 1st cousins, 8X removed Mary Finney. Thomas Sr married
Ester Miles and moved to South Carolina.
In 1692, Thomas Budd and John Hart wrote and published a book "An Essay on the Subject of Oaths" which was about religious matters. John and Thomas were the first authors in the Township. In 1697, John sold his Byberry property to his wife’s cousin, James Rush. John moved his family to the land they held in Westminster, Bucks, Pennsylvania. In 1702 John joined the Pennypack Baptist Church and became a Baptist Preacher.
On September 13, 1714, John wrote his Will, he died shortly
after this date in Westminster, at age 62, he was buried in the Old Pennepack
Baptist Church Cemetery. His Will was probated on November 5,1714.
https://archive.org/stream/historyofhartfam00byudavi/historyofhartfam00byudavi_djvu.txt
https://books.google.com/books?id=arAfWBsvO1gC&pg=PA374&lpg=PA374&dq=john+hart+jr+1684+byberry+pennsylvania&source=bl&ots=Buz4z6TWKL&sig=jLe5WF_o9AyYBckE8Z8ebJT76HI&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjd9IKn1fLXAhVPSt8KHUZwD6EQ6AEISDAG#v=onepage&q=john%20hart%20jr%201684%20byberry%20pennsylvania&f=false
https://www.newspapers.com/article/miltonian-john-hart/54790629/
https://avalon.law.yale.edu/17th_century/pa05.asp
A HISTORY OF THE TOWNSHIPS OF BYBERRY AND MORELAND In
Philadelphia, Pa;, From Their Earliest Settlement by the Whites to the Present
Time by Joseph C Martindale
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