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tenant, James Hart, and ensign, William 

 Hart, both of the latter being ancestors 

 of the subjects of this sketch through 

 the marriage of a grandson of the latter 

 with a granddaughter of the former 

 many years later. Across the Tohickon 

 in Tinicum the captain of the company 

 was James McGlaughlin, who had mar- 

 ried Mary, the eldest sister of the Hart 

 brothers, and the lieutenant was James 

 Davies, whose son William was a broth- 

 er-in-law to them, all three having mar- 

 ried daughters of William Means or 

 Main, a neighbor and compatriot. Sam- 

 uel Hart, the elder, died in April, 1750, 

 devising his plantation to his sons James 

 and William. His other children than 

 the three above mentioned were: Joseph, 

 John, Jean, who married Samuel Math- 

 ers and removed to North Carolina, 

 Elinor, Samuel and Elizabeth. 



James Hart, born 1717, flied May 4, 

 1766, was an innkeeper in Phnnstead, 

 near Wismer, where he had purchased a 

 tract of about 400 acres of land in 1751 

 adjoining the plantation of his father. 

 He married Jean, daughter of William 

 and Mary Means, and their children 

 were: Samuel, born August 30, 1746. died 

 January 21, 1831, unmarried. William, 

 born March 24, 1748. died January 2, 

 1830, married Elizabeth Means, his 

 cousin. John, born March 24, 1748, died 

 February 24, 1803, married Mary Mc- 

 Calla. Elizabeth, born Fcliruary 13, 

 1750, died in infancy. Mary, born Janu- 

 ary 15, 1752, married James Ruckman. 

 James, born December 27, 1753, died 

 young. Joseph, boTn February 16, I7SS. 

 married Elinor Wilson and removed to 

 New Jerse3^ Elizabeth, born February 

 28, 1757, married John Johnston and re- 

 moved to New Jersey. James, born 

 March 17, 1759, married Ann Hankinson, 

 removed to New Jersey. Solomon, born 

 August 30, 1762, died April 27, 1810. mar- 

 ried Isabel^ Long, daughter of Captain 

 Andrew Long, of Warrington, and set- 

 tled in Warrington. Jane, born August 

 4, 1765, married Samuel Opdycke, of 

 Hunterdon county. New Jersey. Jean 

 (Means) Hart was born August 30, 1726, 

 and died January 31, 179Q. 



William Hart, second son of James 

 and Jean Hart, married in 1776 his cousin 

 Elizabeth, daughter of John and Griz- 

 elda (Patterson) IMeans. He purchased 

 in 1783 of his brothers and sisters the 

 whole of his father's plantation in Plum- 

 stead, but a few years later removed to 

 Hartsville, then known as "Warwick 

 Cross Roads" and purchased the. old 

 tavern property, where he served as 

 ""mine host" for many years. He died 

 January 2, 1830, and his widow died Jan- 

 nary 10. 1841. She was born March 15, 

 1753. Their children were: Jane, born 

 June 28, 1779, married Joseph Carr, of 

 Warwick. John, born December 17, 

 1780, died January 27, 1811. Mary, born 

 February 19, 1783, married Samuel Hart, 



son of Joseph Hart, January 6, 1806. 

 James, born March 6, 1785, married Jane 

 Baird, of Warwick. Grizelda, born March 

 19. 1787, never married, died October 5, 

 1868. William, born January 4, 1789, 

 married Martha Carr, daughter of Adam 

 and Frances Carr, of Warwick. Joseph, 

 born November 9, 1790, died 1872, un- 

 married. Elizabeth, born April 14, 

 1794, married her cousin William Hart, 

 son of John and Mary Hart. William 

 Hart, father of the above children, was' 

 commissioned major of second battalion 

 of Bucks county militia, May 6, 1777, and 

 rose to rank of colonel. Both James 

 and William Hart, the two eldest sons 

 of Samuel, the pioneer, died compara- 

 tively young, whether in the service of 

 their country or not is not known. 



Of the children of William and Mar- 

 garet (Means) Hart we have record of 

 but one, Joseph Hart, born November 

 20, 1745, died August 31, 1797. His 

 mother, Margaret (Means) Hart, mar- 

 ried a Beatty. His early manhood was 

 spent in the neighborhood of Hartsville. 

 He was a member of the Associated 

 Company of Warminster in 1775, was 

 commissioned a captain. May 6, 1777, and 

 rose to the rank of colonel of militia. 

 He married, January i, 1770, Elizabeth, 

 daughter of Nicholas and Esther 

 (Craven) Gilbert of Warminster. She 

 was born July 9, 1748, and died January 

 26. 1841. In 1772 the 173 acre farm of 

 which Nicholas Gilbert died seized in 

 Warminster on the Street road and War- 

 rington line was adjudged to Joseph 

 Hart in right of his wife Elizabeth and 

 they settled thereon. Joseph Hart later 

 sold the Warminster farm and removed 

 to the mill on the York road in War- 

 wick, near Hartsville, now owned by 

 John M. Darrah, where he died August 

 31, 1797- His children were: Josiah, born 

 October 15, 1770, died May 20, 1850, un- 

 married. Levi, born August 16, 1773, died 

 young. Mahlon. born March 11, 1775, 

 died young. Elizabeth, born November 

 2. 1777, married first Jonathan Conrad, 

 second, Samuel Croasdale. Samuel, born 

 November i, 1783, died November 25, 

 1863, married first jNIary, daughter of 

 William and Elizabeth Hart, born Feb- 

 ruary 19. 1783, died February 28, 1828. 



Samuel Hart, grandfather of the 

 subject of this .sketch, was but four- 

 teen years of age at the death of his 

 father, and Robert Loller, Esq., of Hat- 

 boro, who was appointed his guardian, 

 took him to his home and superintended 

 his education. He studied surveying 

 and conveyancing and assisted his 

 guardian in these pursuits, and at the 

 death of the latter succeeded to his bus- 

 iness and was employed in settling a 

 number of estates. He was for many 

 years a justice of the peace and surveyor. 

 He married, January 6. 1806. Mary, 

 daughter of Colonel William and Eliza- 

 beth (Means) Hart, and had by her 



