John V Hart, "The Immigrant"

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HART (Oxfordshire, PA, GA, OH, IL):

John Hart was a Quaker who emigrated England to PA in 1681. His descendants were in Wrightsborough, GA in 1780 and many moved to Preble Co., OH about 1805-1810. They moved on to Millbrook Twp., Peoria Co., IL around 1840. Margaret Hart married George Edward Smith, a son of Owen Brown Smith, in 1895.

FHL Film 517030 John Hart, born at Whitney in Oxfordshire, Nov 16, 1651; married Susanna Rush, born Dec 26,1656, dau of John and Susanna Rush. He was a member of the first Assembly called by Wm Pen in 1683. He was educated a Quaker but became a Keithian in 1691 and a Baptist in 1697. He ws a preacher among each of the above sects and was much respected for his piety. They had issue: John, Joseph, Thomas, Josiah, Mary These married into the Crispin, Paulin, and Dunigan families, from whom have descended a numerous issue in Philadelphia and Bucks Counties. John Hart was shot dead by accident in Virginia. His brother Thomas, who lived in Virigina had nineteen children before he removed from thence to South Carolina, where many of the family are settled. [From chart of Rush family]

FHL Hart Historical Notes Mar/April 1995 p.10 "Hart, John (1651-1714); son of Christopher and Mary-) came from England to Byberry, Phila. Co., PA., 1682; mem 1st Pa. Assembly, 1683; signer 1st charter of govt., granted colonists by William Penn; m. 1683 Susannah (d. 1725) dau. John Rush (qv). source: IMMIGRANT ANCESTORS, A List of 2,500 Immigrants to America before 1750, edited by Frederick Adams Virkus, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. 1986."

SOURCE Barbara Long Emery birth date & place, death date & place GENEALOGIES OF PENNSYLVANIA FAMILIES, DESCENDANTS OF JOHN RUSH, p.661 "John Hart was educated a Quaker, but became a Keithian in 1691 and a Baptist in 1697, being a preacher among each of these sects, and much respected for his piety." 5 children: Joseph, John, Thomas, Josiah, Mary planter and high sheriff of Bucks co. will book 3 of Bucks co. p.89 proved April 19, 1763

genforum #1962 Joseph b. 1714 d. 1714 Mary b. bef 1721 d. 1721 Josiah John b. 16 Jul 1684 d. 22 Mar 1763 Westminster, Bucks,PA Thomas b. 1685 John member of Colonial Assembly from Phil. co. 1683

Source: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~onebigfamily/hart/aqwg01.h... 13. John HART (Christopher , John , John , Christopher ) was born 16 Nov 1651 in Witney, O, England. He died Sep 1714 in Warminster, Twp, BC, Penn and was buried in Pennepack(?), Penn. John married Susannah RUSH, daughter of John"Old Trooper" RUSH and Susannah LUCAS, on 1683 in Bucks Co., Penn. Susannah was born 26 Dec 1656 in Guilsborough, Northampton, England. She died 27 Feb 1724 in Poetquessink, Penn. They had the following children: Thomas HART died about 1790. Josiah HART was born in Byberry TWP, Bucks Co., Penn. Josiah married Nancy WATTS on 11 Jan 1776 in Southhampton, Bucks Co., Pa. Joseph HART was born 1683 in Byberry TWP., Bucks Co., Pa. He died 1714. Joseph married Sarah STOUT. Sarah was born 2 Apr 1713 in Byberry, Phil, Penn. Mary HART was born about 1688 in Byberry TWP, Bucks Co., Pa. She died 1721. Mary married Thomas DUNGAN on 28 Aug 1720. John HART was born 16 Jun 1684 and died 22 Mar 1763.

genforum #347 John Hart b. 16 Nov. 1651 England mar. Susannah Rush b. 26 Dec. 1656 Oxfordshire, England children: Thomas Hart b. 1686 Bucks Co., Pa. or 1685,Byberry, Phil., Pa. married Esther Myles bet 1710 - 1712 John Hart, Jr. b. 16 Jul 1684 Byberry, Pa. married Eleanor Crispin Nov. 25, 1708 Joseph Hart b. 1690 d 1714 Warminster, Bucks, Pa. mar. Sarah Stout Josiah Hart b. 1689 Mary Hart b. 1689 d. 1721 Pennypack, Pa. died unmarried References: "The History of Bucks Co., Pa." .."Colonial Families of Philadelphia .Vol. 1, pg. 373.."History of Pennsylvania by Robert Proud.."History of the Hart Family of Warminster, Bucks Co., Pa" by W.W.H. Davis pub. in 1887

GENFORUM Hart #7259 ?A History of the Townships of BYBERRY and MORELAND in Philadelphia, Pa., From Their Earliest Settlement by the Whites to the Present Time.? Joseph C. Martindale, M.D., Philadelphia; T. Ellwood Zell, 17 & 19 S. Sixth St., 1867 page 209 - Biographical Sketches JOHN HART John Hart, born at Whitney, in Oxfordshire, England, November 16, 1651 (O.S.), was among the earliest settlers, having come over with Penn, in 1682. He purchased four hundred and eighty-four acres of land, bordering on the Poquessing Creek, in the southern part of Byberry, on which he settled and spent several years of his life. He was a man of rank, character, and reputation, had considerable influence, and was times a leading member of Byberry Meeting, and at one time considered a good preacher. He manifested great interest in promoting the views and doctrines of George Keith, his name being attached to many of the papers published by that party against Friends; and the separation, all his nearest neighbors, and some of the more distant, joined him in opposing the principles maintained by Friends. After the separation, in 1691, he preaced to a society of Keithians that met at the house of John Swift, in Southampton; but in [page 210] 1697, this meeting was broken up, and he, along with many others, embraced the principles of the Baptists, and was baptized by Thomas Rutter. In 1702, they joined the meeting at Pennypack, where Hart became assistant minister, but was never ordained. He was, however, considered a pious Christian and a good preacher, and continued to officiate at that meeting, and at a Baptist Church in Philadelphia, from 1707 to 1720. He sold all his possessions in Byberry in 1705, and removed to Southampton. His wife was Susannah Rush, by whom he had five children: John, Joseph, Thomas, Josiah, and Mary, who married into the Crispin, Miles, Paulin, and Dungan families, and mostly settled Lower Dublin.

THE HISTORY OF BUCKS COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, CHAPTER XIV, WARMINSTER, 1703. from the discovery of the Delaware to the present time by W. W. H. Davis, A.M., 1876 and 1905* editions.. (2) Landholders, in 1684: William and Mary Bingley, John Rush, Sr., John Hart, Nathaniel Allen, George Randall, James Potter, John Jones, Henry Comly, Sarah Woolman, Henry English and Abel Noble. John Hart and John Rush were probably neighbors in England, both coming from Oxfordshire, where Mr. Hart was born, at the town of Whitney [Witney*], November 16, 1651. Whitney is situated on the Windrush river, five miles above its junction with the Isis, twenty-nine miles from Oxford. There was a town there at the time of the ancient Britains, and the population is now 3,000. The church dates back to the twelfth century, and is one of the handsomest of its class in England. For several centuries it has been the seat of extensive blanket manufactories. Mr. Hart came to Pennsylvania in the latter part of the summer, or early fall, of 1682, preceding William Penn a couple of months. The 11th of October, 1681, he purchased 1,000 acres of the Proprietary for the consideration of £20 (3), and on his arrival he located 500 acres in Byberry, and the same quantity in Warminster (4). He settled on the banks of the Poquessing, [on Byberry, Philadelphia county,*]and in 1683 married Susannah, the daughter of his friend John Rush (5). Mr. Hart was a distinguished minister among Friends, but went off with George Keith, and subsequently became a Baptist. He preached to a small congregation at John Swift's, in Southampton, where he laid the foundation of the Southampton Baptist church. About 1695 Mr. Hart removed from Byberry to his tract in Warminster between the Bristol and Streets roads, adjoining Johnsville, where he lived the rest of his life, dying there, 1714. Proud says he was a man "of rank, character and reputation, and a great preacher." His eldest son, John Hart, married Eleanor Crispin, of Byberry, in 1708. On the maternal side she was a granddaughter of Thomas Holme, surveyor-general of the Province, while her paternal grandfather was William Crispin, a captain under Cromwell, an officer of the fleet of Admiral Penn, his brother-in-law, and the first appointed surveyor-general [chief justice*] of the Province, but did not live to arrive. John Hart's wife was descended, on the maternal side, from a sister of William Penn's mother. [who was Margaret Jasper, daughter of a Rotterdam merchant.*] John and Eleanor Hart had a family of ten children, whose descendants now number thousands, and are found in all the states south and west of Pennsylvania. Two of their sons reached positions of distinction; Oliver, who studied theology with William Tennent, of Freehold, New Jersey, and became a famous Baptist minister in South Carolina, and Joseph, of Warminster township, a patriot and officer of the Revolutionary army, who filled many important places in civil life. The Committee of Safety of South Carolina appointed Oliver Hart, in conjunction with [Reverend William Tennent (6), and Honorable William Drayton, to visit the western part of the state, to try and reconcile the inhabitants to the new order of things. A descendant of John Hart, Samuel Preston Moore, of Richmond, Virginia, was surgeon-general [of the Confederate army during the Civil War, and his brother, Stephen West Moore, a graduate of West Point, was inspector-general *] of Louisiana. They were both officers of the United States army before the war. The Hart homestead, in Warminster, remained in the family 170 years, descending from father to son. John Hart, the elder, was one of the first men of this state to write and publish a book. While living in Byberry, in 1692, he and Thomas Budd published an "Essay on the Subject of Oaths." We have never seen a copy of this work, and do not know that one is in existence. The Hart tract was owned by the families of Wynkoop, Twining, Kirk, Hobensack, and others. Bingley's tract lay in the southeast corner of the township, adjoining John Hart, and contained 500 acres. It probably extended southwest of the Street road. [The village of Ivyland is built on the Hart tract. The Hart mansion, the second on the site, built by John Hart the second, 1750, is still standing and in good condition. On the west end is a date stone of the following shape and inscription. The initials stand for John and Eleanor Hart, and he undoubtedly built it, as he was there in actual life, and did not die until 1763. At the same time it was built it was probably the best house in the neighborhood. The mansion was the home of Colonel John Hart, son of Colonel Joseph Hart of Revolutionary memory, and was built, 1817, on the homestead tract, but is not owned by any member of the family. He was born April 9, 1787, died June 18, 1840. He was a prominent man, was a member of Assembly, and served an enlistment in the war of 1812-15. Two of his sons served in the Civil War: James H., a major in the First New Jersey Cavalry, was killed, and Thompson D., lieutenant-colonel of the One Hundred and Fourth Pennsylvania.*] (3) The author has the deed of William Penn to John Hart, executed 1681, at Worminghurst, conveying 1,000 acres to him.* The author is a descendant of John Hart on the maternal side (not mentioned in 1905 edition). (4) Return of survey is dated May 2, 1709. (5) There has been some confusion as to John Hart's wife, whether she was the daughter of William or John Rush. That he married Susannah Rush there is no question. As John Rush was not married until 1648, he could hardly have a son old enough to have a daughter of marriageable age in 1683. The Rushes, father, son William and wife Aurelia, with three children, came over, 1682, doubtless at the same time as John Hart and may have come in the same ship, as they lived neighbors in Oxfordshire, and it is possible he may have courted his future wife on the voyage. Joseph C. Martindale, in his "History of Byberry and Moreland," speaks of John Rush as "an elderly Friend." As there is no evidence he brought a wife with him, she may have been dead. We get our information from the Hart family papers and believe it to be correct.* (6) Rev. Tennent is not named in 1905 edition. [The following are the first three generations of the Hart family of Warminster, including the first two after their arrival in Pennsylvania: Christopher and Mary Hart of Witney, Oxfordshire, England, issue: First Generation John, born November 16, 1651, died September 1714, married Susannah Robert, born August 1, 1655 Mary, born April 1, 1658 Joseph, born October 24, 1661 John and Susannah's issue: Second Generation John, born July 16, 1684, died March 23, 1763 married Eleanor Thomas Joseph, died 1714 Josiah Mary, died 1721. see son John for 3rd generation

Wills: Abstracts: Books A and 1 : Bucks Co, PA 1685-1739 1.11. JOHN HART of Warmister Twp. Bucks County. September 14, 1713. Proved November 5, 1714. Wife. --- 200 acres heretofore given to son John Hart. Son Thomas 200 acres as per agreement. Son Josiah Lots in Phila. Dau. Mary. Son John, sole exr. Wit: John Morris, Thomas Reed, Joseph Todd.

Source: Hart DNA John Hart, b. 16 Nov 1651, Witney England - W. Hart - (WBH10KATgmail.com Thomas Hart, b.1684, Byberry Pa. Miles Henry Hart. b.1731, Bucks Co., Pa Joshiah H. Hart, 1771 Rockingham Co., VA. John T.Hart, b.1790, Nelson Co., Ky. Hardin Hart, b. 23 Sep. 1814, Va/KY. Samual Robert Hart, b. 18 Jun 1855, Hunt Co., Tex. Walter B. Hart, b. 24 Nov 1882, Hunt Co.,Tx. Walter B. Hart, b. 1816, San Antonio, TX. living Walter B. Hart,1939, Melbourne, AR. living - #32238

Lewis Hart louhart@comcast.net

ancestry.com SETTLERS BY THE LONG GRAY TRAIL p.148 John Hart, the immigrant, was of Whitney, Oxfordshire. He was a member of the Society of Friends, and reached Pennsylvania in 1682. After his settlement in Bucks County he became a Baptist, he married Susanna Rush, and died in 1714, aged 63, leaving besides his widow, children John, Thomas, Josiah and Mary. John (1684-1763) the eldest son, married Eleanor Crispin b. 1687... (See BUCKS COUNTY PIONEERS)

ancestry.com History of Bucks Co., p.124 Across the Poquessing, Philadlephia county, is the old Byberry meeting graveyard, near the present ones which the Keithians retained on the separation, 1690. In it are two marble gravestones, one "To the memory of James Rush, who departed this life March ye 6, 1726-7 aged forty-eight years and ten months, grandfather of Dr. Benjamin Rush, the Signer";... Daniel Longstreth, Warminster, who visited this graveyard, 1843, accompanied by his wife, remarked in his diary: "John Hart, the noted Quaker preacher, who joined George Keith at the time of the separation, lived where Caleb Knight now resides, the next farm but one above the graveyard. It was the son of John Hart, the preacher, that settled on the north of the 500 acre tract to the north of my residence in Warminster. The family joined the Baptists in Southampton Meeting." p.159 Robert Bresmal was a settler in Southampton, as early as 1683, in which year he married Mary Webber of John Hart's family. records of Abbington MM p.180 John Hart and John Rush were probably neighbors in England, both coming from Oxfordshire, where Mr. Hart was born at the town of Witney, November 16, 1651. Witney is situated on the Windrush river five, miles above its junction with the Isis, twenty-nine miles from Oxford. There was a town there at the time of the ancient Britains, and the population is now 3,000. The church dates back to the twelfth century, and is one of the handsomest of its class in England. For several centuries it was the seat of extensive blanket manufacturing. Mr. Hart came to Pennsylvania in the latter part of the summer, or early fall of 1682, preceding William Penn a couple of months. The 11th of October, 1681, he purchased one thousand acres of the Proprietary for the consideration of 20 pounds, and, on his arrival, he located 500 acres in Byberry and the same quantity in Warminster. He settled on the banks of the Poquessing, in Byberry, Philadelphia county, and, 1683, married Susannah, the daughter of his friend, John Rush. Mr. Hart was a distinguished minister among Friends, but went off with George Keith, and subsequently became a Baptist. He preached to a small congregation at John Swift's, in Southampton, where he laid the foundation of the Southampton Baptist Church. About 1695, Mr. Hart removed from Byberry to his tract in Warminster between the Bristol and Street roads adjoining Johnsville, where he lived the rest of his life, dying there, 1714. Proud says he was a man "of rank, character, and reputation, and a great preacher." His eldest son, John Hart, married Eleanor Crispin, Byberry, 1708. The author has the deed of William Penn to John Hart, executed 1681, at Worminghurst, conveying 1,000 acres to him. p.181 The Hart homstead in Warminster remained in the family 170 years, descending from father to son. John Hart, the elder, was one of the first men in the state to write and publish a book. While living in Byberry, 1692, he and Thomas Budd published an "Essay on the Subject of Oaths." We have never seen a copy and do not know that one is in existence. p.182 John Hart, eldest son of Christopher and Mary Hart, married Susannah Rush, and had issue: John b. July 16, 1684 d. March 23, 1763 Thomas Joseph d. 1714 Josiah

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HART (Oxfordshire, PA, GA, OH, IL):

John Hart was a Quaker who emigrated England to PA in 1681. His descendants were in Wrightsborough, GA in 1780 and many moved to Preble Co., OH about 1805-1810. They moved on to Millbrook Twp., Peoria Co., IL around 1840. Margaret Hart married George Edward Smith, a son of Owen Brown Smith, in 1895.

FHL Film 517030 John Hart, born at Whitney in Oxfordshire, Nov 16, 1651; married Susanna Rush, born Dec 26,1656, dau of John and Susanna Rush. He was a member of the first Assembly called by Wm Pen in 1683. He was educated a Quaker but became a Keithian in 1691 and a Baptist in 1697. He ws a preacher among each of the above sects and was much respected for his piety. They had issue: John, Joseph, Thomas, Josiah, Mary These married into the Crispin, Paulin, and Dunigan families, from whom have descended a numerous issue in Philadelphia and Bucks Counties. John Hart was shot dead by accident in Virginia. His brother Thomas, who lived in Virigina had nineteen children before he removed from thence to South Carolina, where many of the family are settled. [From chart of Rush family]

FHL Hart Historical Notes Mar/April 1995 p.10 "Hart, John (1651-1714); son of Christopher and Mary-) came from England to Byberry, Phila. Co., PA., 1682; mem 1st Pa. Assembly, 1683; signer 1st charter of govt., granted colonists by William Penn; m. 1683 Susannah (d. 1725) dau. John Rush (qv). source: IMMIGRANT ANCESTORS, A List of 2,500 Immigrants to America before 1750, edited by Frederick Adams Virkus, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. 1986."

SOURCE Barbara Long Emery birth date & place, death date & place GENEALOGIES OF PENNSYLVANIA FAMILIES, DESCENDANTS OF JOHN RUSH, p.661 "John Hart was educated a Quaker, but became a Keithian in 1691 and a Baptist in 1697, being a preacher among each of these sects, and much respected for his piety." 5 children: Joseph, John, Thomas, Josiah, Mary planter and high sheriff of Bucks co. will book 3 of Bucks co. p.89 proved April 19, 1763

genforum #1962 Joseph b. 1714 d. 1714 Mary b. bef 1721 d. 1721 Josiah John b. 16 Jul 1684 d. 22 Mar 1763 Westminster, Bucks,PA Thomas b. 1685 John member of Colonial Assembly from Phil. co. 1683

Source: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~onebigfamily/hart/aqwg01.h... 13. John HART (Christopher , John , John , Christopher ) was born 16 Nov 1651 in Witney, O, England. He died Sep 1714 in Warminster, Twp, BC, Penn and was buried in Pennepack(?), Penn. John married Susannah RUSH, daughter of John"Old Trooper" RUSH and Susannah LUCAS, on 1683 in Bucks Co., Penn. Susannah was born 26 Dec 1656 in Guilsborough, Northampton, England. She died 27 Feb 1724 in Poetquessink, Penn. They had the following children: Thomas HART died about 1790. Josiah HART was born in Byberry TWP, Bucks Co., Penn. Josiah married Nancy WATTS on 11 Jan 1776 in Southhampton, Bucks Co., Pa. Joseph HART was born 1683 in Byberry TWP., Bucks Co., Pa. He died 1714. Joseph married Sarah STOUT. Sarah was born 2 Apr 1713 in Byberry, Phil, Penn. Mary HART was born about 1688 in Byberry TWP, Bucks Co., Pa. She died 1721. Mary married Thomas DUNGAN on 28 Aug 1720. John HART was born 16 Jun 1684 and died 22 Mar 1763.

genforum #347 John Hart b. 16 Nov. 1651 England mar. Susannah Rush b. 26 Dec. 1656 Oxfordshire, England children: Thomas Hart b. 1686 Bucks Co., Pa. or 1685,Byberry, Phil., Pa. married Esther Myles bet 1710 - 1712 John Hart, Jr. b. 16 Jul 1684 Byberry, Pa. married Eleanor Crispin Nov. 25, 1708 Joseph Hart b. 1690 d 1714 Warminster, Bucks, Pa. mar. Sarah Stout Josiah Hart b. 1689 Mary Hart b. 1689 d. 1721 Pennypack, Pa. died unmarried References: "The History of Bucks Co., Pa." .."Colonial Families of Philadelphia .Vol. 1, pg. 373.."History of Pennsylvania by Robert Proud.."History of the Hart Family of Warminster, Bucks Co., Pa" by W.W.H. Davis pub. in 1887

GENFORUM Hart #7259 ?A History of the Townships of BYBERRY and MORELAND in Philadelphia, Pa., From Their Earliest Settlement by the Whites to the Present Time.? Joseph C. Martindale, M.D., Philadelphia; T. Ellwood Zell, 17 & 19 S. Sixth St., 1867 page 209 - Biographical Sketches JOHN HART John Hart, born at Whitney, in Oxfordshire, England, November 16, 1651 (O.S.), was among the earliest settlers, having come over with Penn, in 1682. He purchased four hundred and eighty-four acres of land, bordering on the Poquessing Creek, in the southern part of Byberry, on which he settled and spent several years of his life. He was a man of rank, character, and reputation, had considerable influence, and was times a leading member of Byberry Meeting, and at one time considered a good preacher. He manifested great interest in promoting the views and doctrines of George Keith, his name being attached to many of the papers published by that party against Friends; and the separation, all his nearest neighbors, and some of the more distant, joined him in opposing the principles maintained by Friends. After the separation, in 1691, he preaced to a society of Keithians that met at the house of John Swift, in Southampton; but in [page 210] 1697, this meeting was broken up, and he, along with many others, embraced the principles of the Baptists, and was baptized by Thomas Rutter. In 1702, they joined the meeting at Pennypack, where Hart became assistant minister, but was never ordained. He was, however, considered a pious Christian and a good preacher, and continued to officiate at that meeting, and at a Baptist Church in Philadelphia, from 1707 to 1720. He sold all his possessions in Byberry in 1705, and removed to Southampton. His wife was Susannah Rush, by whom he had five children: John, Joseph, Thomas, Josiah, and Mary, who married into the Crispin, Miles, Paulin, and Dungan families, and mostly settled Lower Dublin.

THE HISTORY OF BUCKS COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, CHAPTER XIV, WARMINSTER, 1703. from the discovery of the Delaware to the present time by W. W. H. Davis, A.M., 1876 and 1905* editions.. (2) Landholders, in 1684: William and Mary Bingley, John Rush, Sr., John Hart, Nathaniel Allen, George Randall, James Potter, John Jones, Henry Comly, Sarah Woolman, Henry English and Abel Noble. John Hart and John Rush were probably neighbors in England, both coming from Oxfordshire, where Mr. Hart was born, at the town of Whitney [Witney*], November 16, 1651. Whitney is situated on the Windrush river, five miles above its junction with the Isis, twenty-nine miles from Oxford. There was a town there at the time of the ancient Britains, and the population is now 3,000. The church dates back to the twelfth century, and is one of the handsomest of its class in England. For several centuries it has been the seat of extensive blanket manufactories. Mr. Hart came to Pennsylvania in the latter part of the summer, or early fall, of 1682, preceding William Penn a couple of months. The 11th of October, 1681, he purchased 1,000 acres of the Proprietary for the consideration of £20 (3), and on his arrival he located 500 acres in Byberry, and the same quantity in Warminster (4). He settled on the banks of the Poquessing, [on Byberry, Philadelphia county,*]and in 1683 married Susannah, the daughter of his friend John Rush (5). Mr. Hart was a distinguished minister among Friends, but went off with George Keith, and subsequently became a Baptist. He preached to a small congregation at John Swift's, in Southampton, where he laid the foundation of the Southampton Baptist church. About 1695 Mr. Hart removed from Byberry to his tract in Warminster between the Bristol and Streets roads, adjoining Johnsville, where he lived the rest of his life, dying there, 1714. Proud says he was a man "of rank, character and reputation, and a great preacher." His eldest son, John Hart, married Eleanor Crispin, of Byberry, in 1708. On the maternal side she was a granddaughter of Thomas Holme, surveyor-general of the Province, while her paternal grandfather was William Crispin, a captain under Cromwell, an officer of the fleet of Admiral Penn, his brother-in-law, and the first appointed surveyor-general [chief justice*] of the Province, but did not live to arrive. John Hart's wife was descended, on the maternal side, from a sister of William Penn's mother. [who was Margaret Jasper, daughter of a Rotterdam merchant.*] John and Eleanor Hart had a family of ten children, whose descendants now number thousands, and are found in all the states south and west of Pennsylvania. Two of their sons reached positions of distinction; Oliver, who studied theology with William Tennent, of Freehold, New Jersey, and became a famous Baptist minister in South Carolina, and Joseph, of Warminster township, a patriot and officer of the Revolutionary army, who filled many important places in civil life. The Committee of Safety of South Carolina appointed Oliver Hart, in conjunction with [Reverend William Tennent (6), and Honorable William Drayton, to visit the western part of the state, to try and reconcile the inhabitants to the new order of things. A descendant of John Hart, Samuel Preston Moore, of Richmond, Virginia, was surgeon-general [of the Confederate army during the Civil War, and his brother, Stephen West Moore, a graduate of West Point, was inspector-general *] of Louisiana. They were both officers of the United States army before the war. The Hart homestead, in Warminster, remained in the family 170 years, descending from father to son. John Hart, the elder, was one of the first men of this state to write and publish a book. While living in Byberry, in 1692, he and Thomas Budd published an "Essay on the Subject of Oaths." We have never seen a copy of this work, and do not know that one is in existence. The Hart tract was owned by the families of Wynkoop, Twining, Kirk, Hobensack, and others. Bingley's tract lay in the southeast corner of the township, adjoining John Hart, and contained 500 acres. It probably extended southwest of the Street road. [The village of Ivyland is built on the Hart tract. The Hart mansion, the second on the site, built by John Hart the second, 1750, is still standing and in good condition. On the west end is a date stone of the following shape and inscription. The initials stand for John and Eleanor Hart, and he undoubtedly built it, as he was there in actual life, and did not die until 1763. At the same time it was built it was probably the best house in the neighborhood. The mansion was the home of Colonel John Hart, son of Colonel Joseph Hart of Revolutionary memory, and was built, 1817, on the homestead tract, but is not owned by any member of the family. He was born April 9, 1787, died June 18, 1840. He was a prominent man, was a member of Assembly, and served an enlistment in the war of 1812-15. Two of his sons served in the Civil War: James H., a major in the First New Jersey Cavalry, was killed, and Thompson D., lieutenant-colonel of the One Hundred and Fourth Pennsylvania.*] (3) The author has the deed of William Penn to John Hart, executed 1681, at Worminghurst, conveying 1,000 acres to him.* The author is a descendant of John Hart on the maternal side (not mentioned in 1905 edition). (4) Return of survey is dated May 2, 1709. (5) There has been some confusion as to John Hart's wife, whether she was the daughter of William or John Rush. That he married Susannah Rush there is no question. As John Rush was not married until 1648, he could hardly have a son old enough to have a daughter of marriageable age in 1683. The Rushes, father, son William and wife Aurelia, with three children, came over, 1682, doubtless at the same time as John Hart and may have come in the same ship, as they lived neighbors in Oxfordshire, and it is possible he may have courted his future wife on the voyage. Joseph C. Martindale, in his "History of Byberry and Moreland," speaks of John Rush as "an elderly Friend." As there is no evidence he brought a wife with him, she may have been dead. We get our information from the Hart family papers and believe it to be correct.* (6) Rev. Tennent is not named in 1905 edition. [The following are the first three generations of the Hart family of Warminster, including the first two after their arrival in Pennsylvania: Christopher and Mary Hart of Witney, Oxfordshire, England, issue: First Generation John, born November 16, 1651, died September 1714, married Susannah Robert, born August 1, 1655 Mary, born April 1, 1658 Joseph, born October 24, 1661 John and Susannah's issue: Second Generation John, born July 16, 1684, died March 23, 1763 married Eleanor Thomas Joseph, died 1714 Josiah Mary, died 1721. see son John for 3rd generation

Wills: Abstracts: Books A and 1 : Bucks Co, PA 1685-1739 1.11. JOHN HART of Warmister Twp. Bucks County. September 14, 1713. Proved November 5, 1714. Wife. --- 200 acres heretofore given to son John Hart. Son Thomas 200 acres as per agreement. Son Josiah Lots in Phila. Dau. Mary. Son John, sole exr. Wit: John Morris, Thomas Reed, Joseph Todd.

Source: Hart DNA John Hart, b. 16 Nov 1651, Witney England - W. Hart - (WBH10KATgmail.com Thomas Hart, b.1684, Byberry Pa. Miles Henry Hart. b.1731, Bucks Co., Pa Joshiah H. Hart, 1771 Rockingham Co., VA. John T.Hart, b.1790, Nelson Co., Ky. Hardin Hart, b. 23 Sep. 1814, Va/KY. Samual Robert Hart, b. 18 Jun 1855, Hunt Co., Tex. Walter B. Hart, b. 24 Nov 1882, Hunt Co.,Tx. Walter B. Hart, b. 1816, San Antonio, TX. living Walter B. Hart,1939, Melbourne, AR. living - #32238

Lewis Hart louhart@comcast.net

ancestry.com SETTLERS BY THE LONG GRAY TRAIL p.148 John Hart, the immigrant, was of Whitney, Oxfordshire. He was a member of the Society of Friends, and reached Pennsylvania in 1682. After his settlement in Bucks County he became a Baptist, he married Susanna Rush, and died in 1714, aged 63, leaving besides his widow, children John, Thomas, Josiah and Mary. John (1684-1763) the eldest son, married Eleanor Crispin b. 1687... (See BUCKS COUNTY PIONEERS)

ancestry.com History of Bucks Co., p.124 Across the Poquessing, Philadlephia county, is the old Byberry meeting graveyard, near the present ones which the Keithians retained on the separation, 1690. In it are two marble gravestones, one "To the memory of James Rush, who departed this life March ye 6, 1726-7 aged forty-eight years and ten months, grandfather of Dr. Benjamin Rush, the Signer";... Daniel Longstreth, Warminster, who visited this graveyard, 1843, accompanied by his wife, remarked in his diary: "John Hart, the noted Quaker preacher, who joined George Keith at the time of the separation, lived where Caleb Knight now resides, the next farm but one above the graveyard. It was the son of John Hart, the preacher, that settled on the north of the 500 acre tract to the north of my residence in Warminster. The family joined the Baptists in Southampton Meeting." p.159 Robert Bresmal was a settler in Southampton, as early as 1683, in which year he married Mary Webber of John Hart's family. records of Abbington MM p.180 John Hart and John Rush were probably neighbors in England, both coming from Oxfordshire, where Mr. Hart was born at the town of Witney, November 16, 1651. Witney is situated on the Windrush river five, miles above its junction with the Isis, twenty-nine miles from Oxford. There was a town there at the time of the ancient Britains, and the population is now 3,000. The church dates back to the twelfth century, and is one of the handsomest of its class in England. For several centuries it was the seat of extensive blanket manufacturing. Mr. Hart came to Pennsylvania in the latter part of the summer, or early fall of 1682, preceding William Penn a couple of months. The 11th of October, 1681, he purchased one thousand acres of the Proprietary for the consideration of 20 pounds, and, on his arrival, he located 500 acres in Byberry and the same quantity in Warminster. He settled on the banks of the Poquessing, in Byberry, Philadelphia county, and, 1683, married Susannah, the daughter of his friend, John Rush. Mr. Hart was a distinguished minister among Friends, but went off with George Keith, and subsequently became a Baptist. He preached to a small congregation at John Swift's, in Southampton, where he laid the foundation of the Southampton Baptist Church. About 1695, Mr. Hart removed from Byberry to his tract in Warminster between the Bristol and Street roads adjoining Johnsville, where he lived the rest of his life, dying there, 1714. Proud says he was a man "of rank, character, and reputation, and a great preacher." His eldest son, John Hart, married Eleanor Crispin, Byberry, 1708. The author has the deed of William Penn to John Hart, executed 1681, at Worminghurst, conveying 1,000 acres to him. p.181 The Hart homstead in Warminster remained in the family 170 years, descending from father to son. John Hart, the elder, was one of the first men in the state to write and publish a book. While living in Byberry, 1692, he and Thomas Budd published an "Essay on the Subject of Oaths." We have never seen a copy and do not know that one is in existence. p.182 John Hart, eldest son of Christopher and Mary Hart, married Susannah Rush, and had issue: John b. July 16, 1684 d. March 23, 1763 Thomas Joseph d. 1714 Josiah view all 17 John Hart's Timeline 1651 November 16, 1651
Birth of John Witney, Oxfordshire, England

1684 July 16, 1684 Age 32
Birth of John Hart, Jr. Byberry, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

1685 September 16, 1685 Age 33
Marriage of John Hart to Susanna Rush Byberry, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

1685 Age 33
Birth of Thomas "The Elder" Hart Warminster Twp., Bucks, Pennsylvania, United States

1685 Age 33
Birth of Joseph HART Byberry, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

1686 1686 Age 34
Birth of Josiah Hart, Jr Byberry, Bucks, Pennsylvania

1692 1692 Age 40
Birth of Mary Hart Byberry, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

1693 July 28, 1693 Age 41
Birth of Hester Hart Bristol, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

1705 April, 1705 Age 53
Birth of William Hart Huntingdonshire, England

1714 September 16, 1714 Age 62
Death of John at Johnsville, Warminster Township, Bu... Johnsville, Warminster Township, Bucks Co, PA

• Notes for John Hart:
• AFN: CMB5-SJ
• From Family Tree Maker Home Page of David L. Paal:
• "1683, Was a member of the first Assembly called by William Penn.
• Was educated a Quaker, became a Keithian in 1691, a Baptist in 1697.
• Was a preacher among those sects and was respected for his piety.
• His son John was shot to dead by accident in Virginia.
• His son Thomas had 19 children before he moved to South Carolina.

v. John Rush, born 01 March 1659/60 in Hornton (Oxfordshire), England; died May 1690 in Byberry Twp, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; married in Pennsylvannia.

On September 16, 1683 he married Susanna Rush, daughter of John Rush and Susanna Luca Rush( who were to become the ancesters of Dr. BenjaminRush, signer of the Declaration of Independence)