The Monument says, "William Hearne, merchant, born 1627, and Mary, born in London, England. Settled here in 1688. He died October 1691 and she died after him. Thomas Hearne, son of William and Mary, born 31 May 1691; died March 1762. His wife Sally Wingate, died before him. Nehemiah Hearne, son of Thomas and Sally, died March 1760. His wife Bettie, died after him.∼THE FIRST HEARNES IN AMERICA (excerpt)
http://www.harn-ancestry.com/EasternShoreHearnes.pdf
"...William HEARNE ("The Merchant") is generally credited as founding the HARN line that the 4 HARN boys - the subject of this book - were descended from. He was born in London in 1627. As a young man, he joined the forces of Oliver Cromwell, who successfully fought to weaken the power of the aristocracy in England. William rose to the position of captain in Cromwell's army. The fighting, turmoil and bloodshed grew into a full-scale civil war. The king was executed and Cromwell rose to power. After Cromwell's death there was a backlash against his supporters and the monarchy was restored. Possibly due to this (but not confirmed), William HEARNE left England in 1660-80 for St. Kitts in the Caribbean with his first wife. Apparently, she died in the Caribbean and he remarried in London although this is not confirmed. It is unknown if he had any children by his first wife, but he certainly did by his second. He operated a large trading company from St. Kitts, shipping sugar and other commodities between the island, England and Virginia/Maryland. In 1688, he left St. Kitts for good and settled permanently near the source of the Wicomico River on
the east shore of Chesapeake Bay, near present-day Delmar, Maryland. He was 61 years old, and probably went there to retire. He joined his two brothers, Derby and Ebenezer
HEARNE whom he deposited there on a trading visit to Maryland 7 years earlier. William's wife, Mary (likely CUTHBERT) whom he married in England, arrived with him. The first large wave of English settlers arrived in Maryland about 60 years earlier. He called his Maryland estate St. Kitts, in memory of his Caribbean home. His son, William HEARNE Jr, was born there in 1688. Son Thomas was born in 1691. There was some tension with Catholic settlements nearby and some instability caused when Maryland changed from being a landgrant colony under the control of Lord Baltimore to being a royal colony under direct rule of the English monarch. The HEARNEs were Episcopalians and In 1689 William and 239 other colonists signed an oath of loyalty to William and Mary, the new English king and queen at the time Maryland came under direct rule of the king. The oath obligated him to "defend the Protestant religion and your Majesty's title and interests against the French and other Papists." William died in 1691, about 5 months after son Thomas' birth, having lived in Maryland only about 3 years. He was buried on his farm, starting the family burial ground. The cemetery was still clearly identifiable in 2008 when John P. HARN visited. The house "The Merchant" built in 1688 was occupied by his descendants for over 200 years. The land was owned in 1907 by the children of Elijah FREENY, lineal descendantsof William HEARNE Sr. William appears to have been an influential, adventurous and financially successful man. He brought a book of his family's ancestry and a book containing his business accounts with him to Maryland. The ancestry book is lost but the ledger survives to this day. It was in the possession of a William HEARN living in Kentucky in 1974 and was photocopied by Jay HEARN of Avoca, New York, together with his father, that
same year (see next page)...
sources: William T. Hearne's History (1907), West Virginia and Its People by Miller (1913)∼William was grand father to: Thomas Hearn #63945985.
Help if you can; can't find any info between this Williman and Thomas.
Info. from: Walker County Georgia Heritage 1833-1983.
http://www.harn-ancestry.com/EasternShoreHearnes.pdf
"...William HEARNE ("The Merchant") is generally credited as founding the HARN line that the 4 HARN boys - the subject of this book - were descended from. He was born in London in 1627. As a young man, he joined the forces of Oliver Cromwell, who successfully fought to weaken the power of the aristocracy in England. William rose to the position of captain in Cromwell's army. The fighting, turmoil and bloodshed grew into a full-scale civil war. The king was executed and Cromwell rose to power. After Cromwell's death there was a backlash against his supporters and the monarchy was restored. Possibly due to this (but not confirmed), William HEARNE left England in 1660-80 for St. Kitts in the Caribbean with his first wife. Apparently, she died in the Caribbean and he remarried in London although this is not confirmed. It is unknown if he had any children by his first wife, but he certainly did by his second. He operated a large trading company from St. Kitts, shipping sugar and other commodities between the island, England and Virginia/Maryland. In 1688, he left St. Kitts for good and settled permanently near the source of the Wicomico River on
the east shore of Chesapeake Bay, near present-day Delmar, Maryland. He was 61 years old, and probably went there to retire. He joined his two brothers, Derby and Ebenezer
HEARNE whom he deposited there on a trading visit to Maryland 7 years earlier. William's wife, Mary (likely CUTHBERT) whom he married in England, arrived with him. The first large wave of English settlers arrived in Maryland about 60 years earlier. He called his Maryland estate St. Kitts, in memory of his Caribbean home. His son, William HEARNE Jr, was born there in 1688. Son Thomas was born in 1691. There was some tension with Catholic settlements nearby and some instability caused when Maryland changed from being a landgrant colony under the control of Lord Baltimore to being a royal colony under direct rule of the English monarch. The HEARNEs were Episcopalians and In 1689 William and 239 other colonists signed an oath of loyalty to William and Mary, the new English king and queen at the time Maryland came under direct rule of the king. The oath obligated him to "defend the Protestant religion and your Majesty's title and interests against the French and other Papists." William died in 1691, about 5 months after son Thomas' birth, having lived in Maryland only about 3 years. He was buried on his farm, starting the family burial ground. The cemetery was still clearly identifiable in 2008 when John P. HARN visited. The house "The Merchant" built in 1688 was occupied by his descendants for over 200 years. The land was owned in 1907 by the children of Elijah FREENY, lineal descendantsof William HEARNE Sr. William appears to have been an influential, adventurous and financially successful man. He brought a book of his family's ancestry and a book containing his business accounts with him to Maryland. The ancestry book is lost but the ledger survives to this day. It was in the possession of a William HEARN living in Kentucky in 1974 and was photocopied by Jay HEARN of Avoca, New York, together with his father, that
same year (see next page)...
sources: William T. Hearne's History (1907), West Virginia and Its People by Miller (1913)∼William was grand father to: Thomas Hearn #63945985.
Help if you can; can't find any info between this Williman and Thomas.
Info. from: Walker County Georgia Heritage 1833-1983.
The Monument says, "William Hearne, merchant, born 1627, and Mary, born in London, England. Settled here in 1688. He died October 1691 and she died after him. Thomas Hearne, son of William and Mary, born 31 May 1691; died March 1762. His wife Sally Wingate, died before him. Nehemiah Hearne, son of Thomas and Sally, died March 1760. His wife Bettie, died after him.∼THE FIRST HEARNES IN AMERICA (excerpt)
http://www.harn-ancestry.com/EasternShoreHearnes.pdf
"...William HEARNE ("The Merchant") is generally credited as founding the HARN line that the 4 HARN boys - the subject of this book - were descended from. He was born in London in 1627. As a young man, he joined the forces of Oliver Cromwell, who successfully fought to weaken the power of the aristocracy in England. William rose to the position of captain in Cromwell's army. The fighting, turmoil and bloodshed grew into a full-scale civil war. The king was executed and Cromwell rose to power. After Cromwell's death there was a backlash against his supporters and the monarchy was restored. Possibly due to this (but not confirmed), William HEARNE left England in 1660-80 for St. Kitts in the Caribbean with his first wife. Apparently, she died in the Caribbean and he remarried in London although this is not confirmed. It is unknown if he had any children by his first wife, but he certainly did by his second. He operated a large trading company from St. Kitts, shipping sugar and other commodities between the island, England and Virginia/Maryland. In 1688, he left St. Kitts for good and settled permanently near the source of the Wicomico River on
the east shore of Chesapeake Bay, near present-day Delmar, Maryland. He was 61 years old, and probably went there to retire. He joined his two brothers, Derby and Ebenezer
HEARNE whom he deposited there on a trading visit to Maryland 7 years earlier. William's wife, Mary (likely CUTHBERT) whom he married in England, arrived with him. The first large wave of English settlers arrived in Maryland about 60 years earlier. He called his Maryland estate St. Kitts, in memory of his Caribbean home. His son, William HEARNE Jr, was born there in 1688. Son Thomas was born in 1691. There was some tension with Catholic settlements nearby and some instability caused when Maryland changed from being a landgrant colony under the control of Lord Baltimore to being a royal colony under direct rule of the English monarch. The HEARNEs were Episcopalians and In 1689 William and 239 other colonists signed an oath of loyalty to William and Mary, the new English king and queen at the time Maryland came under direct rule of the king. The oath obligated him to "defend the Protestant religion and your Majesty's title and interests against the French and other Papists." William died in 1691, about 5 months after son Thomas' birth, having lived in Maryland only about 3 years. He was buried on his farm, starting the family burial ground. The cemetery was still clearly identifiable in 2008 when John P. HARN visited. The house "The Merchant" built in 1688 was occupied by his descendants for over 200 years. The land was owned in 1907 by the children of Elijah FREENY, lineal descendantsof William HEARNE Sr. William appears to have been an influential, adventurous and financially successful man. He brought a book of his family's ancestry and a book containing his business accounts with him to Maryland. The ancestry book is lost but the ledger survives to this day. It was in the possession of a William HEARN living in Kentucky in 1974 and was photocopied by Jay HEARN of Avoca, New York, together with his father, that
same year (see next page)...
sources: William T. Hearne's History (1907), West Virginia and Its People by Miller (1913)∼William was grand father to: Thomas Hearn #63945985.
Help if you can; can't find any info between this Williman and Thomas.
Info. from: Walker County Georgia Heritage 1833-1983.
http://www.harn-ancestry.com/EasternShoreHearnes.pdf
"...William HEARNE ("The Merchant") is generally credited as founding the HARN line that the 4 HARN boys - the subject of this book - were descended from. He was born in London in 1627. As a young man, he joined the forces of Oliver Cromwell, who successfully fought to weaken the power of the aristocracy in England. William rose to the position of captain in Cromwell's army. The fighting, turmoil and bloodshed grew into a full-scale civil war. The king was executed and Cromwell rose to power. After Cromwell's death there was a backlash against his supporters and the monarchy was restored. Possibly due to this (but not confirmed), William HEARNE left England in 1660-80 for St. Kitts in the Caribbean with his first wife. Apparently, she died in the Caribbean and he remarried in London although this is not confirmed. It is unknown if he had any children by his first wife, but he certainly did by his second. He operated a large trading company from St. Kitts, shipping sugar and other commodities between the island, England and Virginia/Maryland. In 1688, he left St. Kitts for good and settled permanently near the source of the Wicomico River on
the east shore of Chesapeake Bay, near present-day Delmar, Maryland. He was 61 years old, and probably went there to retire. He joined his two brothers, Derby and Ebenezer
HEARNE whom he deposited there on a trading visit to Maryland 7 years earlier. William's wife, Mary (likely CUTHBERT) whom he married in England, arrived with him. The first large wave of English settlers arrived in Maryland about 60 years earlier. He called his Maryland estate St. Kitts, in memory of his Caribbean home. His son, William HEARNE Jr, was born there in 1688. Son Thomas was born in 1691. There was some tension with Catholic settlements nearby and some instability caused when Maryland changed from being a landgrant colony under the control of Lord Baltimore to being a royal colony under direct rule of the English monarch. The HEARNEs were Episcopalians and In 1689 William and 239 other colonists signed an oath of loyalty to William and Mary, the new English king and queen at the time Maryland came under direct rule of the king. The oath obligated him to "defend the Protestant religion and your Majesty's title and interests against the French and other Papists." William died in 1691, about 5 months after son Thomas' birth, having lived in Maryland only about 3 years. He was buried on his farm, starting the family burial ground. The cemetery was still clearly identifiable in 2008 when John P. HARN visited. The house "The Merchant" built in 1688 was occupied by his descendants for over 200 years. The land was owned in 1907 by the children of Elijah FREENY, lineal descendantsof William HEARNE Sr. William appears to have been an influential, adventurous and financially successful man. He brought a book of his family's ancestry and a book containing his business accounts with him to Maryland. The ancestry book is lost but the ledger survives to this day. It was in the possession of a William HEARN living in Kentucky in 1974 and was photocopied by Jay HEARN of Avoca, New York, together with his father, that
same year (see next page)...
sources: William T. Hearne's History (1907), West Virginia and Its People by Miller (1913)∼William was grand father to: Thomas Hearn #63945985.
Help if you can; can't find any info between this Williman and Thomas.
Info. from: Walker County Georgia Heritage 1833-1983.
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