James was born in England, the son of a wealthy aristocratic Lord of England and educated for the Ministry. James came to America on a merchant ship bound for Norfolk, VA. When he landed he was under 21 years of age, but having a fine education his first employment was teaching school. Here in school he met a young lady who became his wife. [1][2]
James Hoggard/Haggard, H11, son of Anthony Hoggard, identified in 1723 Over-wharton Parish, Stafford County, VA, as a tobacco planter with three sons. Nearest neighbors, also tobacco planters, were James French and William Rice. The book by David Dawson Haggard identifies him as a schoolteacher with four sons. Records in the same area include two others believed to be brothers of those named. Mr. Leland Gentry identifies James Haggard's wife as Elizabeth Gentry, baptised 29 August 1687, St. Peter's Parish, New Kent County, VA, daughter of Nicholas Gentry I. (Undoubtedly there were daughters not shown.):
1. James Haggard, Jr., H111, born ca. 1709, Overwharton Parish, Stafford, VA.
2. Richard Haggard, H112, born ca. 1711, Overwharton Parish, Stafford, VA.
3. William Haggard, H113, born ca. 1712, Overwharton Parish, Stafford, VA.
4. John Hoggard, H114, born ca. 1714, Overwharton Parish, Stafford County, VA.
5. Frank Haggard, H115, born ca. 1716, Overwharton, Stafford County, VA. (May be an error and the same person as French Haggard, H1121.)
6. Nathaniel Haggard, H116, born 21 November 1723, Overwharton Parish, Stafford, VA.
7. Edmund Haggard, H117, born 1725, Overwharton Parish, Stafford County, VA.
8. Gray Haggard, H118, born ca. 1728, Overwharton Parish, Stafford County, VA.
9. Zechariah Haggard, H119, born ca. 1730, Overwharton Parish, Stafford County, VA.
Research Notes
Guidance on how not to confuse the numerous Elizabeth Gentrys who married Haggards:
"To make it easier to identify the different Elizabeths, I will number them according to their generation in the Gentry family, Nicholas' daughter being Elizabeth-II. This Elizabeth had a niece, Elizabeth-III (daughter of Nicholas Jr), who married Nathaniel Haggard, a descendant (son?) of James, after Nathaniel moved to what later became Louisa County. To complicate matters further, Nathaniel and Elizabeth's son, Rev. James Haggard married his first cousin, Elizabeth-IV (a daughter of Moses Gentry who was a son of Nicholas Jr, and brother of Elizabeth-III)."
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Sources
↑ Bostick, Lon Arneld. Family history book, Christian County, Kentucky. Vol. 2. Paducah, KY: Turner Pub. Co., 1991.
↑ Gentry, Willard. "Nicholas Gentry, Immigrant. Part 3. Parish Records as a Means of Identifying Children", Journal of Gentry Genealogy, Volume 1 Issue 4, Revised September 2013. (http://www.gentryjournal.org/archives/jgg0104.htm). Accessed on 13 Sep 2020
1716 Residence 5-92: Mark Harding of Northumberland Co. 94 A in Richmond Co. near Rappahannock Marsh, adj. to Wm. Russell, James Haggard, Mr. Wm..Thornton srvr. 23 Dec. 1716 Virginia Land Grants Virginia Northern Neck Land Grants, 1694-1742. Vol. I, Book 5
Todd Haggard, firsthand knowledge. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Todd and others.
World Family Tree Vol. 5, Ed. 1. Customer pedigree family Archive CD. Novato, CA: Brøderbund, 22 Aug 1996.
Acknowledgments
Thank you to Mark Shurtliff for creating WikiTree profile Haggard-61 through the import of Shurtliff Family.ged on Jun 20, 2011.
Thank you to Taco Goulooze for creating WikiTree profile Haggard-97 through the import of export_15_aug_2011.ged on Aug 15, 2011.
Thank you to Becky Santos for creating WikiTree profile Haggard-199 through the import of Crouch Family.ged on Jul 29, 2013.
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