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I20054: John W. HARSHA (b. 9 MAR 1808, d. 18 AUG 1892)
DUTOIT: A Family from Moudon, Switzerland
John W. HARSHA (ID #I20054)
(male)
TITLES/'DIT' NAMES/OCCUPATIONS: United Presbyterian Minister
Age at death transcribed as 10 years, 3 months. This is not possible due to the age of the mother. Perhaps it was meant as 10 months 3 days, or 0 years 3 months.
In addition to references in other records, her death is recorded at the South Argyle Presbyterian Church, where she is noted as the wife of John McDougall, late of this congregation.
Apart from the fact that she kept bees (her husband's will specifies that she is to have the bee hives), very little is known about her. She is presumed to be the second wife of WIlliam Barnett.
However, there is one family tree that makes her a daughter of Silas Hart (born about 1747, died after 1783) and Mary Daniel. The sources attached to this tree mention "Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania", pp. 361 and 374-376; "History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania", p. 42; Edith Hosington, "Family Records and Correspondence", and possibly others. The names Clayton Wade Crawford and Kelly A. Hart are mentioned in a way that suggests they may have submitted family group sheets for these families to the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. It may be significant that the names Joseph and Oliver seem important in this kindred, names that also occur in our Barnett family. The basic information on this family can be traced back to W. W. H. Davis' History of the Hart Family of Warminster, Bucks County, Pennsylvania (1867), which, however, notes that the account of Silas amd Mary is incomplete. This account says that Silas and Mary had ten children, but only nine are named. We believe we have found the missing child in the will of Mary Hart (Philadelphia County Wills, book 8A, p. 31—or is this source a copy of a volume of published abstracts?—dated 31 may 1823, proved 10 jun 1823) of the Borough of Frankford, Township of Oxford, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, daughter of Silas Hart, who was then still living. This will (or the abstract) mentions siblings Silas (deceased), Oliver (possibly deceased, since there is a bequest to his three children only), William, Rachel Gilbert, Elizabeth Powers, Elinor Bachlor, Mira (Myra) Hart, and Sarah Hart. That is, the will accounts for nine of the supposed ten children, omitting only Hannah. Like the History of the Hart Family, the version from the Barnett family omits Mary. But Mary's will is the key to this family, for it appears to state that Myra and Sarah were still unmarried in 1823. If this is correct, Silas and Mary could not be the parents of our Sarah Hart.
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Living with John Barnett family in 1850 census, Armstrong Co., PA, North Buffalo Tp., p. 91, #39, age 72, along with her unmarried daughter Anne, age 47. Birthdate from IGI, seems to come from cem. rec.
(ID #I20054)