Edward Hart (1755 - abt. 1812)

Born 20 Dec 1755 in Hopewell, Mercer, New Jersey

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Descendants

Died about 5 Oct 1812 at about age 56 in Beverly, Randolph, Virginia, United States [uncertain]

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Biography

Edward Hart is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A051464.

Edward Hart is an NSSAR Patriot Ancestor.
NSSAR Ancestor #: 176392
Rank: Private

Edward Hart was son of Mary Deborah Scudder (1721 NJ-28 OCT 1776 NJ). Her Scudder line had settled 1651 at Southold, Long Isand, New York from Salem, Massachusetts, where Thomas Scudder (1587 Groton, Suffolk, England-1657) settled in 1635 & is buried. From Long Island they'd moved to Huntington New Jersey 1657 and Newtown 1660. The following sources give his paternal and maternal ancestral lines respectively. ^[1]

Edward Hart, son of John and Deborah Scudder Hart, born December 20 1755 and died October 12 1812. ^[2] He married Nancy Stout, daughter of St Leger Codd I and Susannah Simpson Stout. ^[3]

Edward Hart (1755-1812) served in the Revolutionary War for New Jersey. In 1785, Edward and his younger brother Daniel Hart moved from New Jersey to the Tygarts River Valley, Randolph County, Virginia (now West Virginia); one of the first settlements west of the Alleghenies. The settlement was first called Edmunton, in honor of Edmund Jennings Randolph, the governor of Virginia, for whom Randolph County was also named. Edmunton's name would become the village of Beverly 1787, chartered 1790. In 1788 John Wilson asked the county court to prosecute Edward Hart for importing negroes into the state, contrary to law. Edward's will 1811 leaves stuff to family.

One of the guests at the wedding was General George Washington who chose Edward as one of the men to cross the Delaware River during the Revolutionary War. ^[4][5]

They were the parents of: ^[6]

1. John Montgomery b Oct 15 1778, d Mar 30 1865, m Deborah, daughter of Moses and Abigail Hart (Edward's sister) Stout.^[7]
2. Susannah b Feb 14 1782, d Jul 1 1843, m George Washington Stalnaker ^[8]
3. Elizabeth b Mar 3 1780, d Oct 24 1823, m Eli Butcher^[9]
4. Deborah b Oct 11 1786, d Oct 24 1874, m William Booth 1803
5. Edward Jr b Jun 10 1791, d Feb 28 1835 m Katherine Phillips Oct 9 1815
6. Elijah b Apr 9 1792, d Dec 15 1818, m Margaret Peggy Hart, (Edward's brother) ^[10]
7. Mary
8. Joseph b Jul 16 1697, d Apr 4 1881, m (1) Mary Polly Kittle Apr 1 1819 (2) Susan Pickens Oct 8 1826
9. Nancy

Conflict

The middle name Scudder is not correct. He had a brother, Scudder, born December 30 1757 and died young. ^[11]

Edward Hart ... ^[12]

BURIAL Beverly Cemetery Beverly, Randolph County, West Virginia, USA

Sources

1. ↑ The abridged compendium of American Genealogy, Frederick A Virkus, 1928, Vol III, pages 195, (left hand column in middle) 555 (above picture, left column) https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015043281370;view=1up;seq=555
2. ↑ Created by: Joan Shoffner, Added: 28 Apr 2008, Find A Grave Memorial 26460230 (Tombstone) https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/26460230?search=true
3. ↑ Frederick a Virkus, 1928, Vol III, page 555 (left column below picture) https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015043281370;view=1up;seq=555
4. ↑ Richard Stout Descendants in West Virginia, Russell Ray Stout, 1966? Chapter 4. page 13. file:///D:/all%20genealogy/my%20books/Richard%20Stout%20Descendants%20in%20West%20Virginia/03-04-2013/Chapter%204%20p%2013---harts.pdf
5. ↑ Stout, Russell Ray. Chapter 4, page 14 file:///D:/all%20genealogy/my%20books/Richard%20Stout%20Descendants%20in%20West%20Virginia/03-04-2013/Chapter%204%20p%2014-15.pdf
6. ↑ Genealogy of Early Settlers in Trenton and Ewing, Eli Field Cooley, etal, 1883 page 112 https://archive.org/stream/genealogyearlys00coolgoog#page/n118/mode/1up/search/edward+hart
7. ↑ Russell Ray Stout, page 15 file:///D:/all%20genealogy/my%20books/Richard%20Stout%20Descendants%20in%20West%20Virginia/03-04-2013/Chapter%204%20p%2014-15.pdf
8. ↑ A History of Randolph County, West Virginia, Dr Albert Squire Bosworth, 1916, page 61 https://archive.org/stream/historyofrandolp00bosw#page/61/mode/1up
9. ↑ Frederick a Virkus, 1928, page 555 https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015043281370;view=1up;seq=555
10. ↑ Frederick A Virkus, 1928, Vol III, page 555 https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015043281370;view=1up;seq=555
11. ↑ Genealogy of Early Settlers of Trenton and Ewing, Eli Field Cooley, et al, 1883, page 110 https://archive.org/stream/genealogyearlys00coolgoog#page/n116/mode/1up/search/john+hart
12. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/26460230/edward-hart

• Pomfret, John E. Colonial New Jersey: A History. New York, NY: Chas Scribner's Sons, 1973 https://www.amazon.com/Colonial-New-Jersey-American-colonies/dp/0684133717

• Gerlach, Larry R. Prologue to Independence: New Jersey in the Coming of the American Revolution. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1976

Acknowledgements

• Hart-4559 was created by Kathy Becker through the import of Biegel-Becker Family Tree.ged on May 26, 2014.

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