James Harland

1625 - 1680  (55 years)

• Name	James Harland
  Born	15 Feb 1625	Bishoprick of Durham, Durham, Durham, England   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Religion	The Church of England (Episcopalian)  [2]
  Died	17 Feb 1680	Durham, Durham, England   [3]
  Person ID	I7935	TangledRoots
  Last Modified	22 Oct 2021

  
  

  Father	William Harland,   b. 1594, England ,   d. 1651, England  (Age 57 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Seaman,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F3223	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Children	1. Thomas Harland,   b. Abt 1648, Bishoprick of Durham, Durham, Durham, England ,   d. Jun 1729, Craigavon, County Armagh, Ireland  (Age 81 years)   2. George Harlan,   b. Bef 11 Mar 1650, Durham, England ,   d. Jul 1714, Kennett Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America  (Age > 64 years)   3. Michael Harlan,   b. Abt 1660, Durham, Durham, England ,   d. Jun 1729, London Grove Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America  (Age 69 years)
  Last Modified	16 Jan 2022
  Family ID	F3212	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 15 Feb 1625 - Bishoprick of Durham, Durham, Durham, England Died - 17 Feb 1680 - Durham, Durham, England  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• 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]

  
  

• Sources

  [S21] Book: History and Genealogy of the Harlan Family, pg. 1. .....was b. about the year 1625 in the "Bishoprick, nigh Durham, England" [S967] Book: The History of Clinton County, Ohio, Chester Twp., pg. 657. In 1687, George Harlan and hia 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. [S21] Book: History and Genealogy of the Harlan Family, pg. 1. He lived and d. an Englishman, and was bur. upon English soil, no one today knows where.