Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Josiah Hart and Ann (Nancy) Watts




Husband Josiah Hart 1

           Born: 17 Jul 1749 - Warminster, Bucks Co, PA 1
     Christened: 
           Died: 25 Oct 1800 1
         Buried:  - Southampton Baptist Church


         Father: Col. Joseph Hart (1715-1788) 2
         Mother: Elizabeth Collett (1714-1788) 2


       Marriage: 



Wife Ann (Nancy) Watts 1

           Born: 5 Oct 1759 - Southampton, Bucks Co, PA 1
     Christened: 
           Died: 2 Mar 1815 3
         Buried: 


         Father: Arthur Watts (      -      ) 1
         Mother: Sarah [Unk] (      -      ) 1




Children
1 F Sarah Hart 3

           Born: 6 Nov 1776 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 3 May 1838 3
         Buried: 
         Spouse: William Shelmire (      -      ) 3
           Marr: 7 Dec 1797 3


2 F Elizabeth Hart 3

           Born: 13 Dec 1779 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 23 Oct 1834 3
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Arthur Yerkes (      -      ) 3
           Marr: 30 Mar 1797 3


3 F Rebecca Hart 3

           Born: 14 Jan 1782 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 4 Mar 1815 3
         Buried: 
         Spouse: William Miles (      -      ) 3
           Marr: 24 Sep 1805 3


4 F Amy Hart 3

           Born: 20 Jun 1784 or 30 Jun 1784 - Moreland Twp, Philadelphia Co, PA 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 17 Aug 1847 3
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Gen. John Davis (1788-1876) 3
           Marr: 23 Mar 1813 - Davisville, Bucks Co, PA 3


5 F Frances Hart 3

           Born: 27 Aug 1787 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 7 Mar 1789 3
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Did Not Marry


6 M William Watts Hart 3

           Born: 2 Jun 1790 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 24 Feb 1815 3
 Cause of Death: Typhoid fever
         Buried: 




General Notes: Husband - Josiah Hart


He purchased of his father, April 9, 1777, a grist and sawmill and a tract of land on Pennypack creek in Moreland township, Philadelphia, (later Montgomery) County, and lived there nearly twenty years, or until April, 1795, when he sold his Moreland property and removed to the old Watts plantation in Southampton, at what later became Davisville, a portion of which, with fifteen acres adjoining in Warminster, his wife later inherited under the will of her father, dated October 16, 1809. Here he spent the remainder of his days, and was buried with his ancestors at Southampton Church-yard. He was a prominent and active man in the community, and during the Revolution was captain of the Moreland Company of Philadelphia County Associators.


General Notes: Wife - Ann (Nancy) Watts


She was a descendant of Dr. Isaac Watts.

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Sources


1 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania (New York, Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1911), Pg 376.

2 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania (New York, Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1911), Pg 374.

3 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania (New York, Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1911), Pg 377.


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