Enoch Harlan

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• Religion: Society of Friends (Quaker)

Notes:

June 2, 1788 - Deep River Monthly Meeting, North Carolina, pg. 813, Enoch Harlan & family (sons: Nathan, William, Nathaniel, David, Solomon and Enoch) received on certificate from Center Monthly Meeting, North Carolina, dated May 17, 1788.

Enoch Harlan was a native of Chester County, Penn., a member of the fourth generation of the name in this country, and was born the 27th of December, 1745. He was the son of Ezekiel and Mary, both of whom were born Ireland, the former 16th of July, 1679. The grandson of George and Eliza, the former born in England January 11, 1650, the latter in Ireland, and the great grandson of James, born in England prior to 1623. The grandparents, George and Eliza, were of the William Penn Stock of Friends (commonly called Quakers), though the Harlans before him were members of the Church of England. In 1687, George Harlan and his family and his brother Michael emigrated to America, and settled near Christian Hundred, on the Delaware River, in the present State of Delaware, and in the "verge" of Center Monthly Meeting of Friends. They some few years after crossed the Delaware and settled in Chester County, Penn. Enoch was the youngest in a family of seven children, five sons and two daughters. He married according to the discipline of Friends, about the year 1768, Edith Carter (a sister of Nathaniel and George Carter, who were many years ago well known among the early Friends as prominent ministers of that church). History does not record the date of his emigration, but at an early day he took his family and settled in Guilford County, N. C., and in the verge of Springfield Monthly Meeting. Eleven children were born to Enoch and Edith Harlan, eight sons and three daughters. Here he died 18th, 10th, 1794, at the age of forty-nine years. After his death, the widow and her children continued to reside in that State: but the great center of attraction soon became the "Territory Northwest," or the then new State of Ohio. Her boys had grown to manhood, and more lands were necessary. While yet residents of that State, Nathan had married Sarah Hunt; William married Charity Kimbrough; Nancy married Nathan Mendenhall; Nathaniel had gone to Kentucky, where he had settled, and married Elizabeth Berry; David married Susan Brummel. The rest of the children were yet at home.

In 1803, Nathan and William Harlan left that State on horseback on a prospecting tour, coming to Maysville, Ky., and crossing the river, entered the "new State." They traveled northward, through what is now the county of Brown, into Highland (the latter county at that time included nearly all of Clinton), and stopped near Hillsboro for a short time. They left there and passed through the present county of Clinton, and as far west as the Great Miami River, when they turned back and went home as they came, via Hillsboro. The next year (1804), William came with his family to this State, and settled near Hillsboro, where he remained until the early fall of 1806, when he left his family and returned with his four-horse team and wagon to Guilford County, N. C., for the purpose of removing his widowed mother and her children (yet at home), namely, Hannah, Enoch, John and Rebecca, to this State, which he accomplished the same fall. In the meantime, Nathan had removed from that State and settled on lands purchased of the Dakin colony, in Survey 1,994--lands now owned by John P. Denny's heirs, but for many yours the farm of Joseph Coates.

In the spring of 1807, William removed his family and his mother's family, and settled on 200 acres of land they had purchased of James and Lydia Dakin Birdsall.

The same year, Elizabeth Harvey, a sister of Edith Harlan, came out from North Carolina with her sons, Eli, Isaac, Caleb and Joshua, and settled in Survey 2,372 (now in Adams). Soon after, Jacob Hale, her son-in-law, Nathan Mendenhall, son-in-law of Edith Harlan, Eli Maden, Nathaniel Carter, George Carter, Jonathan Harlan and David Harlan left North Carolina and came to Ohio. Of these, Eli Maden married Hannah, a daughter of Edith Harlan, and (in 1810) having purchased of Isaac Harvey 100 acres of land for a consideration of $300, moved to and settled upon it. This upon lands now owned by George and John Maden (in Adams).

Jacob Hale purchased lands with the Harveys, and settled where Schoolhouse No. 1 stands (in Adams Township). His son, Armonia Hale, still owns the land. Jonathan Harlan married Hannah Morrison, and settled in Survey 1,994, on lands and settled in 2,371. The farm is now owned by John and George Maden. Large families descended from these pioneers, and are today scattered throughout the United States, and what Chester County, Penn., was at one day, and Guilford County, N. C., was at a later one, Clinton is today, the birthplace of a large number of the Harlan family. John C. Harlan, in 1816, married Lydia, a daughter of Jacob Hale, and settled in Chester Township. Enoch married Betsy Harvey, and removed to Warren County,. Rebecca, the youngest, married 18th, 12th, 1818, Abram Hampton, and many years ago emigrated to Iowa. [Source: Chicago: W. H. Beers & County, 1882, "The History of Clinton County, Ohio", (reprint, Evansville, Indiana: Unigraphic, Inc., 1971) Chester Township, pg. 657-658]

Enoch married Edith Carter about 1768. Edith was born on 27 Apr 1749 in Kennett Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America; died on 15 May 1830 in Adams Township, Clinton County, Ohio, United States; was buried in May 1830 in Wilmington, Clinton County, Ohio, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Nathan Harlan was born on 29 Jan 1770 in Guilford County, North Carolina, British Colonial America; died on 8 Aug 1841 in Warren County, Ohio, United States; was buried in Aug 1841 in Wilmington, Clinton County, Ohio, United States.
2. William Harlan was born on 6 Nov 1771 in Guilford County, North Carolina, British Colonial America; died on 3 May 1845 in Clinton County, Ohio, United States; was buried in May 1845 in Wilmington, Clinton County, Ohio, United States.
3. Nancy Ann Harlan was born on 19 Oct 1773 in Guilford County, North Carolina, British Colonial America; died on 3 Jul 1857; was buried in Jul 1857 in Winchester, Randolph County, Indiana, United States.
4. Nathaniel Carter Harlan was born on 9 Oct 1775 in Guilford County, North Carolina, British Colonial America; died on 7 Jun 1824.
5. Jonathan Harlan was born on 7 Sep 1777 in Guilford County, North Carolina, United States; died on 26 Apr 1850 in Clinton County, Ohio, United States; was buried in Apr 1850 in Wilmington, Clinton County, Ohio, United States.
6. David Harlan was born on 28 Jan 1780 in Guilford County, North Carolina, United States; died on 2 Feb 1871; was buried in Feb 1871 in Clinton County, Ohio, United States.
7. Solomon Harlan was born on 13 Feb 1782 in Guilford County, North Carolina, United States; died on 1 Nov 1869 in Clinton County, Ohio, United States; was buried in Nov 1869 in Wilmington, Clinton County, Ohio, United States.
8. Hannah Harlan was born on 20 Mar 1784 in Guilford County, North Carolina, United States; died on 2 Oct 1848 in Ohio, United States; was buried in Oct 1848 in Wilmington, Clinton County, Ohio, United States.
9. Enoch Harlan was born on 26 Feb 1786 in Guilford County, North Carolina, United States; died on 26 Jul 1866 in Warren County, Ohio, United States; was buried in Jul 1866 in Wilmington, Clinton County, Ohio, United States.
10. John Carter Harlan was born on 8 May 1790 in North Carolina, United States; died on 24 Mar 1876 in Adams Township, Clinton County, Ohio, United States; was buried in Mar 1876 in Wilmington, Clinton County, Ohio, United States.
11. Rebecca Harlan was born on 30 Aug 1792 in Guilford County, North Carolina, United States; and died.

William married Margaret Farlow on 14 Dec 1721 in Kennett Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America. Margaret was born on 1 Sep 1703 in Ireland; died on 12 Jun 1767 in West Marlborough Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Executor: 21 Apr 1714; sons Ezekial and Aaron Harlan were named as executors in will of their father, George Harlan

Notes:

Emigrated to America with his parents

Birth:
[16da 6mo 1679]

Ezekial married Mary Bezer in 1700 in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, British Colonial Ameirca. Mary was born on 10 Jul 1682 in Devizes, Wiltshire Unitary Authority, Wiltshire, England; died on 1 Sep 1702 in Christiana Hundred, New Castle County, Delaware, British Colonial America; was buried in 1702. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:
Chichester Monthly Meeting

Other Events:

• Religion: Society of Friends (Quakers)
• Baptism: 11 Mar 1650, Durham, England; [11d 1st m 1650]; Address:
  Monkwearmouth
• Immigration: 1687, Christiana Hundred, New Castle County, Delaware, British Colonial America
• Will: 1 Apr 1714, Chester County, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America; [21da 2mo 1714]
• Probate: 2 Oct 1714, Chester County, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America

Notes:

George Harlan "Ye sone of James Harland of Monkwearmouth, was Baptised at the Monastery of Monkwearmouth in Oald England, ye 11th day of First Month 1650." As young men, in company with his brothers Michael and Thomas crossed into Ireland and located in the Parish of Donnahlong, County, Down. Marriage records indicate that all three sons of James Harland had become Quakers.

Most Harlans are descendants of two English brothers, George and Michael Harlan, who arrived in 1687 at New Castle, Delaware - then part of the colony of Pennsylvania - and of a third brother, Thomas, who never came to America but some of his sons arrived fifty years later. James Harland, son of William is the earliest paternal ancestor of the Harlans in America that we know much about. He was born near Durham, England, about 1625 and was the father of Thomas, George and Michael Harlan. His three sons were baptized in the Church of England, at the formerly Catholic monastery of Monkwearmouth near Durham.

A 16th-century religious revolution in the Christian Church, called the Reformation, caused Britain to be in constant religious conflict and resulted in the establishment of Protestant churches. As George and Michael were growing up in the mid 1600s, a radical religious movement swept over England led by the Reverend George Fox, known as the Society of Friends, more often called Quakers. These groups, stressed an individual approach to religion, strict discipline and the rejection of an authoritarian church, had no clergy, practiced freedom of worship and opposed all forms of violence including war and slavery. They refused to take oaths and would not pay tithes to the Church of England. Both the civil and religious authorities were perturbed and began to persecute the preacher and his followers.

George and Michael Harlan and their brother Thomas became Quakers, and were forced to flee England to northern Ireland where they located in the Parish of Donnahlong, County, Down, only to find that English persecution followed them there. While residing there he married by ceremony of Friends, November 27, 1678, Elizabeth Duck of County, Armagh. At the time of his residence in Ireland, William Penn was urging Friends of England to become settlers upon his new lands in America. He cautioned them against "leaving their own country out of idle curiosity or of a rambling disposition."

Members of the Society of Friends began to emigrate to the American colonies. They settled in New Jersey and the Pennsylvania colony, which was granted to William Penn and where they found a haven. In the early months of 1687, George in the company of his wife Elizabeth and four young children, Exekiel, Hannah, Moses and Aaron and brother Michael sailed from Belfast, Ireland to the new colony of Pennsylvania. After arriving in Delaware, they had five additional children, Rebecca, Deborah, James, Elizabeth and Joshua...all recorded as hvaing been born in New Castle County, Delaware. The first Friends meetings in Delaware were those located at New Castle and at Newark, both being established during the years 1682-85. The meeting at Newark was located about three miles northeast of present day Wilmington. Newark Friends generally lived along the little Shellpot Creek. Their leader was Valentine Hollingsworth.

Delaware was originally created as part of Pennsylvania and became the "Three Lower Counties". George Harlan had bought land in Pennsylvania (now Delaware) before leaving Ireland. They came up the river Delaware and landed at the town of New Castle, and settled near the present town of Centerville. He became one of the leading citizens, and in 1695 when William Penn decided that the "three lower counties," were so remote from Philadelphia that they needed their own government, he appointed George Harlan one of the governors. Soon, however, around 1698/99 George bought land higher up the Brandywine Creek and moved his family to what is now Pennsbury Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania and settled as a farmer near where his brother Michael had already settled.

George Harlan first belonged to Newark Meeting, but after his removal up the Brandywine and westward, he was too remote from this meeting for punctual attendance, especially in the winter, and at a request of himself and others, a meeting "beyond Brandywine" was established and called Centre Meeting House. In those early days, Newark, New Castle, Centre, and "Old" Kennet meetings were all part of Newark Monthly Meeting. The strongest meetings of this group came to be Centre and Kennet, and by 1720 the monthly meetings for business tended to alternate between these two places.

While living in Kennet township, George had for neighbors a settlement of Indians who lived in the "Great Bend" of the Brandywine. After they had gone he obtained, in 1701, a warrant for 200 acres of land in the bend, which was granted to him "in regard for the great trouble and charge he had borne in fencing and maintaining the same for said Indians while living thereon."

George was elected to the Pennsylvania Assembly in 1712, but died two years later, leaving nine children. His brother Michael, about ten years younger, married three years after reaching America. He was not as prominent as his brother, but his will and the inventory of his estate show him to have been a prosperous farmer. Michael died in 1729, leaving eight children. Many of his descendants moved to New York and then westward along the northern tier of states. Meanwhile their brother Thomas's descendants arrived in Pennsylvania from Ireland.

On the first day of March, 1713, George deeded 203 acres to his son-in-law, William Webb, for a consideration of 30 pounds. On the ninth day of the same Month, "in consideration of the Natural Affection & fatherly love which he hath" and also "for divers other good causes and valuable considerations," he deeded 200 acres each to his sons James and Joshua. He died in "Fifth Month" 1714. He left an estate valued at L355-12-00, exclusive of land, which was considerable for those days. It is puzzling that there is no mention of his land in either his will or his inventory.

After coming to America George and Michael dropped the final "d" and the name was spelled Harlan. The family's history includes two members of Congress, a U.S. Senator, a member of President Lincoln's cabinet, and two justices of the United States Supreme Court, the first Sheriff of Warren County, Ohio, a Warren County, Judge, and Warren County, Commissioner, among others.

WILL
I George Harlan of Brandywine Creek and in the Township of Kennet and County, of Chester in the province of Pennsylvania Yeoman. Being weak at this time in body but of sound and disposing mind and memory & calling to mind the certainty of Death & the uncertainty of the time thereof doe make & ordain this my last will & testament in manner & form following, That is to say, ffirst I yield up my soul into the hands of almighty God as unto a ffaithful Creator hoping through the merrits sufferings Resurrection & mediation of my blessed Savior Jesus Christ to find mercy & forgivness with compleat salvation & my body to be buried by my deare wife in the new burying place on Alphonsus Kirks land at the discretion of my Executors hereinafter named. Also my will is that all my Just debts & funeral Expenses be fully paid & discharged. Also I Give unto my son Aaron my Clock & my Great Brass Kettle. Also I Give unto my Brother Michael Harlan the young Susquhanna Mare. Also I Give unto my servant woman names Mary Mathews at the expiration of her time on cow & calf & one young mare not less than three yeares old. And lastly I make nominate & appoint my brother Michael Harlan aforementioned & my son Samuel Hollingsworth Trustees & assistants to my Executors aforementioned in the performance & Accomplishment of this my Last will & Testament. Also my will is that after my debts Legacies Bequests & expenses aforesaid are fully payed & satisfied that what shall then remain of my moveable & personal Estate if any so there be then it shall be equally divided between all my children Sons & Daughters share & share alike. In witness thereof I have to this my said will set my hand & seal this one & twentieth Day of the Second month call Aprill in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and fourteen.
George Harlan (Seal)

Sealed signed & published & declared by Testator George Harlan to be his last will & Testament in the presence of us who have subscribed our names as Witnesses hereunto in his presence.
Daniel Mc Farson
Nathan Maddock
Thomas Pierson.

*(note: dates prior to 1751 are given "old style", counting March as the first month of the year)

George married Elizabeth Duck on 17 Nov 1678 in Parish of Shankill, County Armagh, Ireland. Elizabeth (daughter of Ezekiel Duck and Hannah Hoope) was born on 5 May 1660 in Parish of Shankill, County Armagh, Ireland; died before 1714 in Pennsbury Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America; was buried in Pennsylvania, British Colonial America. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Religion: William Penn stock of Friends (Quakers)
• Immigration: 1687, Christiana Hundred, New Castle County, Delaware, British Colonial America

Notes:

Immigration:
emigrated to America, and settled near Christian Hundred

Notes:

Transcript of Marriage record:
George Harland in the parish of Donnahlong in ye County, of Down and Elizabeth Duck of Lurgan in ye parish of Shankill and County, of Armagh, having intentions of marriage (according to God's ordinance) did lay their said intentions before ye men and womens meetings who taking it into their considerations, desired they waite a time in which time several Friends were appointed to make enquiry in ye several places where their residences are or of later years have been wheather ye man is free of all other women, and ye woman free from all other men and wheather their relations and parents are satisfied with their said intentions. And they presenting themselves the second time before ye men and womens meetings and an account being brought to ye meeting, where all things being found clear and their intentions of marriage being several times published in ye meeting to which they do belong, and nothing appearing against it.
A meeting of ye people of God was appointed at the house of Marke Wright in ye parish of Shankill on the twenty seventh day of ye ninth month anno 1678, where they being contracted the said George Harland declared publickly and solemnly in the presence of God, and of his people in these vows, I take Elizabeth Duck to be my wife, and said Elizabeth Duck declared in like manner, I give myselfe to George Harland to be his wife and I take him to be my husband, as witness our hands.
George Harland
Elizabeth Harland
1678

Daniel Stamper.......................Timothy Kirk............................Wm. Porter
George Bullock.......................George Hodghson...................Michel Scaife
John Wright.............................Alphonsus Kirk.......................Ann Hodghson
Henry Hollingsworth................William Crook........................Ann Peirson
John Calvart............................Deborah Kirk..........................Thomas Atkinson
Francis Hillary.........................Elinor Hoope..........................Mary Walker
Alexander Noble.....................Robert Hoope..........................Mary Rea
George Lowder.......................Thomas Harland......................Elinor Greer
Roger Kirk...............................Bridgett Harland
................................................Mark Wright
................................................Ezekell Bullock