Aaron Harlan

Other Events:

• Occupation: Farmer
• Religion: Society of Friends (Quaker)

Notes:

August 4, 1783 - Hopewell Monthly Meeting, Frederick County, Virginia, pg. 398, Aaron Harlan, received on certificate from Cane Creek Monthly Meeting, Orange County, North Carolina, dated March 2, 1782.

March 1, 1805 - Redstone Monthly Meeting, Pennsylvania, pg. 91., Aaron Harlan, granted certificate to Miami Monthly, removed about 1793.

July 11, 1805 - Miami Monthly Meeting, Warren County, Ohio, pg. 66, Aaron Harlan, received on certificate from Redstone Monthly Meeting, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, dated March 1, 1805.

Aaron Harlan emigrated with his parents to Chatham County, North Carolina in 1766; to Fayette County, Pennsylvania in 1783; and with other young men to Bracken County, Kentucky, in a few years. In 1796 with wife and two children, he moved to Ohio and settled in what is now Warren County, where he remained until after the death of Elizabeth. He then went to Montgomery County, Indiana to live with one of his children, where he remained until his death.
[Source: "History and Genealogy of the Harlan Family and Particularly of the Descendants of George and Michael Harlan, Who Settled in Chester County, Pennsylvania., 1687". Compiled by Alpheus H. Harlan,Pg. 222]

Aaron married Elizabeth Gregg on 18 Jun 1793 in Bracken County, Kentucky, United States. Elizabeth was born on 18 Jun 1774 in Loudoun County, Virginia, British Colonial America; died on 10 Sep 1850 in Warren County, Ohio, United States; was buried in Sep 1850 in Waynesville, Warren County, Ohio, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Keziah Harlan was born on 17 Apr 1794 in Bracken County, Kentucky, United States; died on 13 Sep 1875 in Montgomery County, Indiana, United States.
2. Sarah Harlan was born on 16 Apr 1796; died on 30 Nov 1858.
3. George Harlan was born on 25 Oct 1798 in Warren County, Ohio, United States; died on 18 Sep 1869 in Montgomery County, Indiana, United States; was buried in Sep 1869 in Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, Indiana, United States.
4. Margery Harlan was born on 16 Feb 1801; died on 30 Nov 1869.
5. Aaron Gregg Harlan was born on 31 Jan 1803 in Washington County, Northwest Territory; died on 17 May 1834 in Warren County, Ohio, United States; was buried in Waynesville, Warren County, Ohio, United States.
6. John Gregg Harlan was born on 24 Jul 1805; died on 1 May 1858.
7. Samuel Gregg Harlan was born on 10 Sep 1808 in Warren County, Ohio, United States; died on 30 Jun 1853 in Warren County, Ohio, United States.
8. Mary Ann Harlan was born on 17 Dec 1811 in Warren County, Ohio, United States; died on 28 Dec 1893 in Mapleton, Bourbon County, Kansas, United States; was buried in Dec 1893 in Mapleton, Bourbon County, Kansas, United States.
9. Joshua Baker Harlan was born on 30 Dec 1815; died on 11 Dec 1897.

Other Events:

• Name: George Harland
• Religion: Society of Friends (Quaker)
• Will: 10 Jan 1819, Warren County, Ohio, United States
• Probate: 7 Aug 1821, Warren County, Ohio, United States

Notes:

This George added the d on the end of Harland as his great-great grandfather's name was spelled this way. George was a farmer and in 1766 he took his wife and two children and moved from Kennett Twp. Chester County, Pennsylvania to Chatham County, North Carolina, six more children were born here. In 1783 they moved to Fayette County, Pennsylvania. In 1805 they moved to Hamilton, Ohio.

In 1766 George Harlan, his wife and two children, removed from Kennet Twp., Chester County, Pennsylvania and settled in Chatham County, North Carolina where the other children were born; and from there, in 1783 removed to and settled in Fayette County, Pennsylvania and in 1805 moved into Hamilton, (now in) Warren County, Ohio.

June 12, 1766 - Cane Creek Monthly Meeting, North Carolina, George Harlan produced a Certificate from Pennsylvania.

August 4, 1783 - Hopewell Monthly Meeting, Frederick County, Virginia, pg. 398, George Harland and wife and children, Joshua, Aaron, George, Elizabeth, Sarah and Samuel, received on certificate from Cane Creek Monthly Meeting, Orange County, North Carolina, dated March 2, 1782.

March 1, 1805 - Redstone Monthly Meeting, Pennsylvania, pg. 91, George Harlan and wife Margery and children Aaron, Samuel and Moses, granted certificate to Miami Monthly, removed about 1793.

July 11, 1805 - Miami Monthly Meeting, Warren County, Ohio, pg. 66, George Harlan and wife Margery and children, Aaron, Samuel and Moses, received on certificate from Redstone Monthly Meeting, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, dated March 1, 1805.

This George added the d on the end of Harland as his great-great grandfather's name was spelled this way. George was a farmer and in 1766 he took his wife and two children and moved from Kennett Twp. Chester County, Pennsylvania to Chatham County, North Carolina, six more children were born here. In 1783 they moved to Fayette County, Pennsylvania. In 1805 they moved to Hamilton, Ohio.

Will
dated January 10, 1819,
proven August 7, 1821, Probate Court, Warren County, Ohio

Be it remembered that I George Harlan of Warren County and State of Ohio considering the uncertainty of this mortal life and being of sound mind and perfect memory, do make and ordain this my last will and testament in manner and form following (that is to say)
First I give to my beloved wife Margery Harlan one equal third part of all my estate both real and personal during her natural life. Secondly to my youngest son Moses Harlan I give and bequeath all my estate both real and personal of which I may die seized out of the proceeds of which he is to pay first all my just debts which are but few and none of magnitude and secondly the legacies herein after mentioned to my son Joshua Harlan the sum of ninety dollars, to my son Aaron Harlan ninety dollars, to my son George Harlan ninety dollars, to my son Samuel Harlan ninety dollars, to my son-inlaw Richard Lackey ninety dollars, to my grandson Silas Harlan (the heir of Elizabeth Sharp) ninety dollars all which legacies are to be paid as soon after my decease as circumstances will admit and finally I appoint my son George Harlan the sole Executor of this my last will and testament hereby revoking all former wills by me made. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal the tenth day of January eighteen hundred and nineteen.
George Harlan (seal)

Signed sealed and published by the above named George Harlan to be his last will and testament in the presence of us who at his request and in his presence have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses to the same.
Jacob Harlan
Jacob L. Jennings
Seneca Ball

George married Margery Baker on 21 Apr 1762 in New Castle County, Delaware, British Colonial America. Margery (daughter of Joshua Baker and Mary Hill) was born on 6 Apr 1743 in Christiana Hundred, New Castle County, Delaware, British Colonial America; died on 14 Feb 1821 in Warren County, Ohio, United States; was buried in Feb 1821 in Waynesville, Warren County, Ohio, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Religion: Society of Friends (Quaker)

Notes:

July 12, 1766 - Cane Creek Monthly Meeting, North Carolina
Margery Harlan produced a certificate with her husband from Kennet monthly meeting in Pennsylvania which was read and accepted.

August 4, 1783 - Hopewell Monthly Meeting, Frederick County, Virginia, pg. 398
Margery Harlan, received on certificate from Cane Creek Monthly Meeting, Orange County, North Carolina, dated March 2, 1782.

March 1, 1805 - Redstone Monthly Meeting, Pennsylvania, pg. 91.
Margery Harlan, granted certificate to Miami Monthly, removed about 1793.

July 11, 1805 - Miami Monthly Meeting, Warren County, Ohio, pg. 66
Margery Harlan, received on certificate from Redstone Monthly Meeting, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, dated March 1, 1805.

Other Events:

• Beneficiary: 8 May 1732; in the will of his father, Aaron Harlan
• Beneficiary: 5 Feb 1747/8; in the will of his mother, Sarah Harlan
• Probate: 26 Mar 1750, Chester County, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America

Notes:

George Harlan inherited by Will from his father, Aaron Harlan, the Homestead consisting of about 300 acres on Brandywine Creek, in what is now the Pennsbury township, and on the Delaware line; which after his death was sold by his heirs by deed commencing thus:

'This Indenture made the twentieth Day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred & sixty four, Between George Harlan of the township of Kennet in the county of Chester in the Province of Pennsylvania, yeoman, and Margery his wife, Amor Chandler of the same place, Blacksmith, and Elizabeth his wife, and Thomas Hope of the same place, Tailor, and Sarah his wife, the said George, Elizabeth, and Sarah being the only children of George Harlan late of ye said Township, deceased, of the one part,.....' etc.

George married Elizabeth Hope on 27 May 1736 in Kennett Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America. Elizabeth (daughter of John Hope and Elizabeth Hobson) was born on 4 May 1719 in Chester County, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America; died after 1751. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:
[27da 3mo 1736]

Joshua married Mary Hill on 5 Nov 1740. Mary was born in of Christiana Hundred, Delaware, USA; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Emigration: 1687
• Beneficiary: 21 Apr 1714; in the will of his father, George Harlan
• Executor: 21 Apr 1714; sons Aaron and Exekial Harlan were named as executors in will of their father, George Harlan
• Will: 8 May 1732, Chester County, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America
• Probate: 2 Oct 1732, Chester County, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America

Notes:

Aaron Harlan, Yeoman, Friend, was born in the Parish of Donnahlong, County, Down, and Province of Ulster, Ireland. He was but two years of age when his parents reached the shores of the New World, and settled in the wilderness of the Colony of William Penn.

ABSTRACT OF WILL.....
Page 122
Aaron Harlan..........Kennet..................Yoeman
May 5, 1732...........Oct. 2, 1732..........A. 381
Provides for wife, not named. Inc. Real Est. until son George is 21. To son George when 21 my now dwelling place being the las part of my Tract of land on Brandywine. Cont. about 300 acres. To son Samuel when 21, the West part of said Tract as lately surveyed by Zachariah Butcher cont. 230 acres. to son Aaron, when 21, my Plantation in Kennet whereon my Father Law now lives. To son Jacob, when 21, an equal portion of my Est. as either of above named sons. To dau Charity, one gray filly. To daus Mary & Elizabeth L20 each, when 21. Lands to be valued & sons shares to be made equal. Extr - wife & friend Samuel Hollingsworth & Saml Pyle & Bro Joshua Harlan Trustees. Witnesses - Thomas Strode, Geor. Hollingsworth, Dinah x Heald [Source: Carmen J. Finley, "Hackney, Harlan & Heald - Our Quaker Ancestors", (Computer printed: C. J. Finley, Santa Rosa, CA, 1987), pg. 16]

Aaron married Sarah Heald on 2 Nov 1713 in New Castle County, Delaware, British Colonial America. Sarah (daughter of Samuel Heald and Mary Bancroft) was born on 19 Jul 1692 in Mobberley, Cheshire, England; died on 6 Feb 1748 in Kennett Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America; was buried in Feb 1747/8 in Kennett Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Beneficiary: 8 May 1732; in the will of her husband, Aaron Harlan
• Executor: 8 May 1732; Sarah Harlan and Samuel Hollingsworth were named executtors in the will of her husband, Aaron Harlan
• Will: 5 Feb 1747/8, Chester County, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America
• Probate: 3 Mar 1747/8, Chester County, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America

Notes:

The eldest daughter of Samuel and Mary (Bancroft) Heald, Sarah, married Aaron Harlan in 1713 at the ceremony of Friends at Newark Meeting, New Castle County, Delaware. Both Sarah and Aaron lived their lives in Kennet Township and were buried in the Friends Burial Ground, along with Sarah's parents. [Source: Carmen J. Finley, "Hackney, Harlan & Heald - Our Quaker Ancestors", (Computer printed: C. J. Finley, Santa Rosa, CA, 1987), pg. 44]

WILL
I Sarah Harlan of the Township of Kennett in the County, of Chester and Province of Pennsylvania, being weak in body but of perfect mind and memory and calling to mind the mortality of the Body and the Immortality of the Soul do make this my Last Will & Testament as followeth first I commit my Soul into the hands of God that gave it & my Body to the Earth to be decently buried according to the Directions of my Executors hereinafter named. As to my wordly Estate which hath pleased God to bless me with I Give & Dispose of the same in the following manner & form that is to say First and foremost after my just Debts & funeral charges are fully paid & Discharged, I Give & Bequeath unto my three Sons to wit George, Samuel, and Aaron, each of them the sum of Five Shillings lawfull money to be paid to each of them within one year after my Decease, and I Likewise Give & Bequeath unto my three Daughters towit: Charity Baldwin, Mary Evans, and Elizabeth Hollingsworth each of them the sum of Twenty pounds Lawful money to be paid to each of them within one year after my Decease. I also Give unto my Cozen Martha Way the sum of four pounds Lawful money to be paid to her when she arrives to the age of Eighteen years and as for the remainder of my Estate my Will is that the same shall be Equally divided between all my Grandchildren that is now born that is the children of my Sons & Daughters above named. And lastly I nominate Constitute & appoint my well beloved Daughter Mary Evans my Executrix wholy & Soley to this my Last Will & Testament Justly & Truly executed and I do hereby disannul & make void all other former Will or Wills by me made ratifying and Confirming this to be my Last Will & Testament sealed with my seal.

Dated the 5th Day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and forty seven-eight. 1747/8.
Sarah (her mark) Harlan (Seal)
Witnesses:
Jno. Clark
Francis Clark

(proven March 3, 1747/48)
An Inventory of the Goods Effects & credits belonging to the Estate of Sarah Harlan of Kennett deceased & appraised by us whose names are hereunto subscribed this 4th Day of March 1747/8," totals L119, 10s, 3d. [119 pounds, 10 shillings, 3 pence]

Chester County, PA
Orphan's Court, 19 September 1749, Book V, Page 48
Hugh Laughlin and Mary his wife who was executrix of Sarah Harlan dec'd. having exhibited their accts of their administration on said estate which being read and heard and no material objection being made therefore allowed of & confirmed. [Alpheus H. Harlan, "History and Genealogy of the Harlan Family", (Gateway Press, Inc., Baltimore, 1988), pg. 17]

John married Elizabeth Hobson. Elizabeth was born in 1695; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
of Ireland

Notes:

Joshua Baker and his wife Margery Knight brought a certificate membership with Friends from Waterford Monthly Meeting, in Ireland, bearing date April 13, 1712. They resided probably for sometime in Philadelphia, but prior to 1728 had settled in Christiana Hundred, in New Castle County, Deleware.
(Alpheus H. Harlan, "History and Genealogy of the Harlan Family", (Gateway Press, Inc., Baltimore, 1988), pg. 91.)

Joshua married Margery Knight. Margery was born on 15 Jul 1690; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
of Baden Bridge, Ireland