Dinah (Dixon) Harlan (abt. 1657 - abt. 1735)

Born about 1657 in Lurgan, County Armagh, Ireland

Wife of Michael Harlan — married Jan 1690 in Newark Meeting, New Castle Co, Delaware

Descendants

Died about 1735 at about age 78 in Kennett Township, Chester, Pennsylvania

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Biography

Dinah was a Friend (Quaker)

Dinah was born about 1657 in Lurgan, County Armagh, Ireland, to Rose and Henry Dixon or Dixson. She immigrated to the Colonies about 1688 with her brother William and her sister Rose.^[1]

She married Michael Harlan in 1690.^[2] Mary Gant Bell quotes the minutes of the Newark Monthly Meeting for eighth day twelfth month 1689 (8 February 1690) at which the young couple announced their intention to marry. Thomas Hollingsworth and Nathan Cartmell were appointed to "make enquiry concerning ye clearness of ye man" and Ann Hollingworth and Mary Connoway to do the same for the woman, all four to "give an [account] thereof to ye next monthly meeting." Bell adds that they "first settled near the Centre Meeting House in Christiana Hundred, New Castle County, Del[a]ware, but moved to Kennett Monthly Meeting. ^[1]

Dinah died about 1735 and is buried next to her husband in Old Kennett Friends Cemetery.^[3]

Children

Alpheus Harlan lists the following eight children for Dinah and Michael Harlan:^[4]

• George
• Abigail
• Thomas
• Stephen
• Michael
• Solomon
• James
• Dinah

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Bell, Mary Gant. Dixon Family History. [1]
2. ↑ "Pennsylvania, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Marriage Records, 1512-1989", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6CYF-MKFX : 13 January 2021), Dinah Dixson in entry for Michael Harlan, 1690.
3. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/63840691/dinah-harlan: accessed 9 November 2022), memorial page for Dinah Dixon Harlan (1668–1735), Find a Grave Memorial ID 63840691, citing Old Kennett Friends Cemetery, Kennett Square, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA; Maintained by Paula M Brown (contributor 47154433) .
4. ↑ Harlan, Alpheus H. History and Genealogy of the Harlan Family and Particularly of the Descendants of George and Michael Harlan who settled in Chester County, Pa., 1687. Baltimore: Lord Baltimore Press, 1914. [2]

• Newark/Kennett Monthly Meeting records 1686-1703. [3]
• A.M.C., "Gregg-Dixon-Houghton, of Newcastle County, Delaware," The Literary Era, vol. 5, number 11, November 1898. [4]
• "Pennsylvania, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Births and Baptisms, 1520-1999", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6CT5-P8C3 : 11 January 2021), Dinah Harlan in entry for George Harlan, 1690.
• "Pennsylvania, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Births and Baptisms, 1520-1999", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6CTT-PNSN : 11 January 2021), Dinah Harlan in entry for Abigail Harlan, 1692.
• "Pennsylvania, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Births and Baptisms, 1520-1999", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6CT5-59G4 : 11 January 2021), Dinah Harlan in entry for Thomas Harlan, 1694.
• "Pennsylvania, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Births and Baptisms, 1520-1999", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6CTB-TQZS : 11 January 2021), Dinah Harlan in entry for Stephen Harlan, 1697.
• "Pennsylvania, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Births and Baptisms, 1520-1999", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6CTY-MX2P : 11 January 2021), Dinah Harlan in entry for Michael Harlan, 1699.
• "Pennsylvania, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Births and Baptisms, 1520-1999", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6CTY-SCLX : 11 January 2021), Dinah Harlan in entry for Solomon Harlan, 1701.
• "Pennsylvania, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Births and Baptisms, 1520-1999", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6CTY-7HTP : 11 January 2021), Dinah Harlan in entry for James Harlan, 1703.
• "Pennsylvania, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Births and Baptisms, 1520-1999", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6CT5-LMZ9 : 11 January 2021), Dinah Harlan in entry for Dinah Harlan, 1707.