James B Hanna (1770 - 1819)

Born 1 Nov 1770 in Ballybay, County Monaghan, Ireland

Ancestors

Husband of Ann (Leech) Hanna — married 1794 in York, Pennsylvania, United States

Descendants

Died 16 Sep 1819 at age 48 in Somerset, Pennsylvania, United States

Biography

James was born c.1770, son of Alexander Hanna of Co. Monaghan or Armagh, and travelled with his parents to Pennsylvania in 1771.^[1]

He married Ann Leech in 1794 in York, PA,^[1] and was the father of :

1. John Hanna
2. Mary Hanna
3. Thomas Hanna
4. James Hanna
5. Alexander Hanna
6. William Hanna
7. Phoebe Hanna
8. Jane Hanna
9. Martha Hanna
10. Anna Hanna

An unsourced submission by "Lawson L. Duckworth for the "Old Petersburg-Addison Historical Society"" details the "Hanna Family of Petersburg (Addison) Pennsylvania" thus :

James, the only son [sic] of Alexander and Martha, was born in Ireland in 1770 and come with his parents to America when young and died in Milford Township in 1819. James served as Representative to the Legislature and was a State Senator; he was also Brigade Inspector for three counties. He married Ann Leech in 1794 and was the father of John, Mary, Thomas, James, Alexander, William, Phoebe, Jane, Martha and Anna.

... and continues with details of sons John and Alexander.

James Hanna died on 16 Sep 1819 aged 68 years 10 mths and [?] days, and is buried in the Union Cemetery, New Centerville, Somerset County, Pennsylvania.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Hanna, James A M (1959). Hanna of Castle Sorbie, Scotland, and Descendants. Vol. I. p.xxiv. Ann Arbor, MI : Edward. Viewed at https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/viewer/231524/ (image 27/476)
2. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/44940453/james-hanna: accessed 11 December 2020), memorial page for James Hanna I (1 Nov 1770–16 Sep 1819), Find A Grave: Memorial #44940453, citing Union Cemetery, New Centerville, Somerset County, Pennsylvania, USA; Maintained by Fay C. Leonard (contributor 47190206). Entry includes image of gravestone which is low-res and not completely legible.

See also:

• History of Bedford, Somerset and Fulton Counties, Pennsylvania. Chicago: Waterman, Watkins & Co., 1884.
• Letter from Priscilla T Thompson, 592 C St, Independence OR 97351, 12 Mar 1988, to Kathy Patterson. This letter included Leech and Penrose data, extracted from Roberts, Early Friends of Upper Bucks. Also Xerox copy of original marriage certificate, Thomas Leech and Phebe Penrose from the Warrington MM, giving both their parents. Hanna File, under Leech.
• "Hanna Family Settled in York Co," Laurel Messenger, May 1977, p 3.
• James Hanna Family Bible Record, owned 1953 by Bernard F Hanna, copied and published by Mildred Ellen Frazee Hough, DAR chapter, no reference given, but pages 116-119.
• Letter from H Andrew Horchner, Register of Wills, Somerset Co PA, 23 May 1974, to Kathy Patterson. Includes summaries of James Hanna will (1819), Ann Hanna will (1857), and wills of several of their children and descendants.
• James Hanna will (1819) Somerset C PA Will Book, pp. 224-226. Xerox copy, Hanna File.
• "1819 Estates," The Laurel Messenger, May 1979, p 8.