John
Hanna
Born in Derry, County Galway, Ireland
Ancestors 
Son of Thomas Hanna
and Elizabeth (Henderson) Hanna
Brother of
James Henderson Hanna, Robert Hanna, Hugh Henderson Hanna Sr, Martha Hanna and Thomas Hanna
Husband of
Elizabeth (Miller) Hanna
— married
about 1789 in Pennsylvania [uncertain]
Descendants [uncertain] 
Father of
Thomas Hanna, Martha Hanna, Alexander Hanna, Margaret Hanna, Robert Hanna and Elizabeth Broadsword
Died
at about age 80
in Westmoreland Co., Pennsylvania, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 6 Feb 2017
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Biography
Private John Hanna served with Pennsylvania Militia during the American Revolution.
John Hanna is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A051185.
John Hanna was born in 1752 in Derry, County Galway, Ireland, the son of Scotch-Irish Presbyterian parents. The Hanna family has been traced back to 1296 when Patrick Hannay built and occupied a castle in Scotland, known as Castle Sorby (Sorbie), about 5 miles south of the present town of Wigtown. At the age of 18 (about 1770) young John Hanna immigrated to the American Colonies.
John Hanna served in the American Revolutionary Army (before 1783) and also furnished supplies for the Revolutionary Army, transporting goods from western Pennsylvania by horse pack train over the mountains to eastern Pennsylvania.
The DAR credits John Hanna with serving with the rank of a private with 1) CAPT JOHN HINKSON, 1ST BATT, WESTMORELAND CO MILITIA, PA. [1]
Around 1789 he married Elizabeth Miller and they settled at Bethany, Huntingdon Township, in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, where their eight children were born.
When John Hanna died, among his possessions was found a small trunk filled with Continental notes, and drafts signed by the Quarter-master, all uncashed.
He and his wife Elizabeth are both buried in the Sewickly Presbyterian Church Cemetery at Yukon, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania.
Sources
- ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 2 Oct 2021), "Record of HANNA, JOHN", Ancestor # A051185.
- Find A Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/54079360
- North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000, @ Ancestry.com; John Hanna.
- 1820 United States Federal Census; S Huntington, Westmoreland Co., Pennsylvania.
- Will of John Hanna, @ Ancestry.com, Public Member Tree, MWBarrett2017.
- Hanna, H. T. 1885. Recollections of the Family of Thomas Hanna and their Ancestry. Pub. S. G. Weimer of West Newton, Pa., Feb. 27, 1885.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with John:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with John:
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~1.56%
Connie (Tillotson) Dahlke
:
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member Connie_Dahlke
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~0.78%
~12.50%
Phil Overeynder :
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~0.39%
Joe Davis :
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