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About Col. Johannes Henrich Hite, I
A Patriot of the American Revolution for VIRGINIA. DAR Ancestor # A055690
Member of Provincial Assembly 16 years
Louise Pecquet du Bellet. Some Prominent Virginia Families. Lynchburg, VA, USA: J.P. Bell Company, 1907, pp. 331-4
John Hite, eldest son of Yost Hite and Anna Maria du Bois, was born about 1715. He was a man of unusual cultivation for his times, wrote a good hand and became very successful as a business man, possessing much of his father's energy and executive ability.
He was given lands on Opequon Creek, at a place called by the traders and natives, "Red Bud." In 1753, he built the colonial stone dwelling still in good repair, at the point where the Valley turnpike now crosses the creek, and called it "Springdale." The date, with the builder's initials, "J. H.," is cut on a dressed stone in the front of the house.
In 1787, he built the first brick house in the Valley; it stands at the northern side of Newtown, now Stephen's City, and is still in good repair.
Two years later he built the first merchant mill in the Valley. (Reference, Kercheval's "History of the Shenandoah Valley.")
Col. John Hite was vestryman in Christ Episcopal Church in Winchester, Va., in 1752. Captain in charge of a precinct and member of a "Council of War," 1744; Colonel in the French and Indian war, 1756, and Justice of the Commonwealth of Virginia, 1756. He evidently took a warm interest in the affairs of church and state, and soon became prominent in all public movements. Schmidt, in his "History of the German Element in Maryland and Virginia," speaks of him as "Col. John Hite, son of Yost Hite, distinguished for his bravery in the Indians Wars," p. 82.
May 20, 1904, there was unveiled at Williamsburg, Va., a granite boulder in memory of events which happened in the old capital.
On the rear of the monument is the list of the members of the House of Burgesses, who at Raleigh Tavern, May 18, 1769, May 27, 1774, and August, 1774, entered into an association against the importation or purchase of British manufactures. Among the names are found, Pliilip Ludwell Grynies, Wilson Miles Gary, Peyton Eandolph, John Walker, Thomas Walker, Abram Hite, Sr., John Hite, Jr., and David Meade. At a court held at Annapolis, Md., for Berkeley Co., April 21, 1778, the "Gentlemen Justices present were, William Patterson, James Monroe, Thomas Hite." At this same court Thomas Hite and others applied for permission "to inoculate their families for smallpox in their own houses."
Col. John Hite married Zara or Sara Eltinge, daughter of Cornelius Eltinge and Rebecca (Van Meter) Eltinge, in Maryland.
Issue: 1. Anna Maria Hite, b. Dec. 25, 1738. 2. Rebecca Hite, b. 1740. Married Maj. Charles Smith. 3. Margaret Hite, b. -; d. 1770. Married Isaac Brown. 4. Elizabeth Hite, b. -; d. 1812. Married, first, Maj. Hughes; second, Rev. Elijah Phelps. 5. John Hite, b. June 28, 1751; d. June 21, 1808. Married, first, Susanna Smith; second, Cornelia Reagan.
- Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Jan 21 2020, 2:32:35 UTC
Married Sarah Eltinge and 7 children.
Anna Maria, Elizabeth Hite, Rebecca, Margaret, Sarah, Eleanor and John Hite
Son of Jost Hite and Anna Maria Merckle* Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Aug 14 2022, 5:03:16 UTC
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Col. Johannes Henrich Hite, I's Timeline
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February 6, 1710
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Skippack Creek, Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
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1736
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November 25, 1738
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Springdale, Virginia, United States
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1740
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Red Bud, Frederick, Virginia, United States
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1741
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Stephens City, Frederick County, Virginia
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1743
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Red Bud, Frederick, Virginia, United States
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November 25, 1745
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Frederick County, Virginia, United States
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November 15, 1749
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Stephens City, Frederick, Virginia, United States
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1750
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Orange, Virginia, United States
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