THE HART OF THE MATTER: SOME EARLY HART LINES

A book from 1867 chronicles the line of John and Susannah Rush Hart. Many of the lines currently seen dealing with a man identified as "Thomas Hart "The Elder" who married an Esther/Hester Miles often attach the children of John's other son, brother of Thomas, and the waters are murky.

The book , by W.H.H. Davis from 1867, identifies the start as Christopher HART and wife Mary Berkley.

CHRISTOPHER AND MARY HART

They had the following children - -

John 1651-1714*

Robert 1655 (and may have died shortly afterwards in England)

Mary 1658

Joseph 1661

JOHN AND SUSANNAH RUSH HART

The son JOHN married Susannah RUSH. He is identified as a "Quaker Preacher",

The had the following children - -

John 1684-1763

Thomas (Known as "The Elder")

Joseph 1714

Mary d.1721 (so possibly died young)

Susannah d. 1725

JOHN AND ELENOR CRISPIN HART

The son of John, named John ,1684-1763, married the daughter of Siles and Hester CRISPIN. 

They had the following children - -

John, who died by accidental gun discharge in Augusta Co. Va. probably around 1740-50 when many of the Pennsylvania Hart group were in the area and noted in Chalkley's history of southwest Virginia. Dates, status, or offspring unknown.

Susanna who married a John PRICE

William

Joseph md an Elizabeth COLLET

Silas

Lucretia

Oliver, 1723-1795, known as "Rev. Oliver Hart", Baptist minister who went into SC.

Set

Olive

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The line of the brother "Thomas Hart the Elder" who married Ester/Hester Miles often includes a long line of children who are, in truth, the offspring of those other children of John and Eleanor Crispin Hart as well as individuals who are related to the John Hart who signed the Declaration of Independence and lived in New Jersey. He was the son of an Edward Hart. As research continues, I will add more verified listings for Thomas and Esther Miles Hart and information on roots of that - apparently - unrelated Edward Hart. 

Once more, the DNA may provide clues depending on if all the HARTS - of all lines - share the same Haplogroup.

SOME HORTON NOTES

Miles Terry, son of William and Rachel Terry of Botetourt Co., Va, married Hannah HORTON. About the same time of their marriage in 1783 on the tax lists for the county are two HORTON men: a William Horton and a Joseph Horton.

It is probable that this woman was a daughter and/or sibling to one or both of these men.

Since Miles Terry removed to points west (Tennessee and Kentucky) along with other family members in the days prior and after the death and estate settlement of his parents (he is on the tax list  until the late 1790's). 

Of note, is that the Bucks Co., PA group and the group out of Southold, Long Island, marry into several Horton lines across several generations. One group goes into New Jersey.

Any male descendants of HORTON might consider comparing their DNA to those family group projects online. Do the lines in New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Virginia and Kentucky share a common DNA or are their differences?