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 first in America bearing the
name Harlan. He lived and died an Englishman, and was buried upon
English soil. Tradition says that the name of
his father was William. That James Harland was married according to the
usages of the Established Church there is no doubt. That his children
were baptized and recorded therein is fully established by the fact that
the earliest record we have of his son, George, is that he was "Baptised
at the Monastery of Monkwearmouth in Oald England" [Note:
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 in County Durham and is one-half mile north of Sunderland. It
receives its 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 of the once celebrated monastery. In 1790 the parish registers, with the exception of some of the late records,
were destroyed by fire, and it is very probable that information of untold value to us perished in the flames. Source: Harlan Family Genealogy, p. 2, Alpheus H. Harlan
Note from Contributor: Monkwearmouth Monastery was destroyed, and all that was left of it is incorporated in St Peter’s Church.
∼James Harland married Rebecca Kirke (1627-1668) in 1647. Their son is James Harland, II.
He is the son of Deborah Elizabeth Seaman (1603-1631) and William Harland.
the year 1625 in the "Bishoprick, nigh Durham, England," and is the
earliest paternal ancestor known to the first in America bearing the
name Harlan. He lived and died an Englishman, and was buried upon
English soil. Tradition says that the name of
his father was William. That James Harland was married according to the
usages of the Established Church there is no doubt. That his children
were baptized and recorded therein is fully established by the fact that
the earliest record we have of his son, George, is that he was "Baptised
at the Monastery of Monkwearmouth in Oald England" [Note:
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 in County Durham and is one-half mile north of Sunderland. It
receives its 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 of the once celebrated monastery. In 1790 the parish registers, with the exception of some of the late records,
were destroyed by fire, and it is very probable that information of untold value to us perished in the flames. Source: Harlan Family Genealogy, p. 2, Alpheus H. Harlan
Note from Contributor: Monkwearmouth Monastery was destroyed, and all that was left of it is incorporated in St Peter’s Church.
∼James Harland married Rebecca Kirke (1627-1668) in 1647. Their son is James Harland, II.
He is the son of Deborah Elizabeth Seaman (1603-1631) and William Harland.
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 first in America bearing the
name Harlan. He lived and died an Englishman, and was buried upon
English soil. Tradition says that the name of
his father was William. That James Harland was married according to the
usages of the Established Church there is no doubt. That his children
were baptized and recorded therein is fully established by the fact that
the earliest record we have of his son, George, is that he was "Baptised
at the Monastery of Monkwearmouth in Oald England" [Note:
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 in County Durham and is one-half mile north of Sunderland. It
receives its 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 of the once celebrated monastery. In 1790 the parish registers, with the exception of some of the late records,
were destroyed by fire, and it is very probable that information of untold value to us perished in the flames. Source: Harlan Family Genealogy, p. 2, Alpheus H. Harlan
Note from Contributor: Monkwearmouth Monastery was destroyed, and all that was left of it is incorporated in St Peter’s Church.
∼James Harland married Rebecca Kirke (1627-1668) in 1647. Their son is James Harland, II.
He is the son of Deborah Elizabeth Seaman (1603-1631) and William Harland.
the year 1625 in the "Bishoprick, nigh Durham, England," and is the
earliest paternal ancestor known to the first in America bearing the
name Harlan. He lived and died an Englishman, and was buried upon
English soil. Tradition says that the name of
his father was William. That James Harland was married according to the
usages of the Established Church there is no doubt. That his children
were baptized and recorded therein is fully established by the fact that
the earliest record we have of his son, George, is that he was "Baptised
at the Monastery of Monkwearmouth in Oald England" [Note:
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 in County Durham and is one-half mile north of Sunderland. It
receives its 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 of the once celebrated monastery. In 1790 the parish registers, with the exception of some of the late records,
were destroyed by fire, and it is very probable that information of untold value to us perished in the flames. Source: Harlan Family Genealogy, p. 2, Alpheus H. Harlan
Note from Contributor: Monkwearmouth Monastery was destroyed, and all that was left of it is incorporated in St Peter’s Church.
∼James Harland married Rebecca Kirke (1627-1668) in 1647. Their son is James Harland, II.
He is the son of Deborah Elizabeth Seaman (1603-1631) and William Harland.
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