Patience Harlan

Other Events:

• Baptism: Church of England

Notes:

Thomas Harlan, Yeoman, Friend, born "Nigh Durham, in Bishoprick, England," where he remained until early manhood, when with his brothers and others he crossed over into Ireland and located in the Parish of Donnahlong, County, Down. It is supposed that he remained there during his life, and that he was buried in the burying grounds at Lurgan Meeting House, County, Armagh. He m. 2, 7, 1680, by ceremony of Friends at Lurgan Meeting, held then "at the house of Francis Robson," in the Parish of Sego, County, Armagh, Katherine Bullock (Friend), b.---, d. 3 mo.1690, County, Down, a daughter of George Bullock, of the Parish of Donnahlong. They were parents of one son Ananias, and of four daughters, Rebecca, Patience, Christian, and Katherine.

Thomas married second, 11, 8, 1702 Ailice ffoster, of "Lisnegarvy, at Richard Boyes house, Ballinderry Meeting, County, of Armagh. They were the parents of two sons, James and Thomas, and one daughter, Abigail.

The names of George Harland, Alphonsus Kirk, etc., are among the signers to Thomas Harland's first marriage certificate, but it seems that he did not venture to cast his lot in the new world. So far as we can learn he remained in Ireland; his descendants, some fifty years later, crossing into Pennsylvania, and settling in Chester County,. [Resource: Alpheus H. Harlan, "History and Genealogy of the Harlan Family", (Gateway Press, Inc., Baltimore, 1988]

Thomas married Katherine Bullock on 7 Feb 1680 in County Armagh, Ireland. Katherine was born in 1652 in Seagoe, County Armagh, Ireland; died on 3 May 1690 in Donnahlong, County Down, Ireland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Religion: The Church of England (Episcopalian)

Notes:

James Harland, Yeoman and member of the Episcopal Church, was born about the year 1625 in the "Bishoprick, nigh Durham, England" and is the earliest paternal ancestor known to the family in America bearing the name Harlan. He lived and died an Englishman, and was buried upon English soil, no one today knows where. Tradition says that the name of his father was William.

James was married according to the usages of the the Established Church. His children were baptized and recorded therein; and established by the fact that the earliest record we have of his son, George, is that he was "Baptise at the Monastery of Monkwearmouth in Oald England." We have no record giving the name of his wife and mother. So far as known, James Harland was the father of three sons.

Monkwearmouth Monastery was founded by Benedict Biscop in the year A.D. 672. It is situated in a town of the same name in the east division of Chester, County, Durham, and 1/2 mile north of Sunderland. It receives its name from name from its location near the mouth of the river Wear. Burned and plundered time and again, only the tower and some detached parts of the church remain. In 1790 the parish registers, with the exception of some of the late records, were destroyed by fire. [Resource: Alpheus H. Harlan, "History and Genealogy of the Harlan Family", (Gateway Press, Inc., Baltimore, 1988) pg. 1]

William married Elizabeth Seaman. Elizabeth (daughter of Phillip Seaman and Ann Langley) and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]