Edward Hart

- 1752

• Name	Edward Hart
  Gender	Male
  Death	BY Aug 1752
  Person ID	I65318	Scudder
  Last Modified	2 Jun 2019

  
  

  Family
  Children	1. John Hart,   b. 11 May 1713, Hopewell, Hunterdon, New Jersey d. 11 May 1779, Hunterdon county, New Jersey (Age 66 years)
  Family ID	F23672	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2024

  
  

• Notes

  See Ralph Ege, Pioneers of Old Hopewell, 120–121. As he warned, "In tracing the ancestry of the Hart family of old Hopewell township, it has been found by the most diligent and accurate genealogical students in the country, that the published histories of the family are incorrect, and the following record has been proved to be the correct one. "First generation—John Hart of Newtown, Long Island, who probably first settled in Massachusetts, will proved 1671, names children as follows, viz: John, William, Samuel, Sarah, Susan. Second generation —John Hart of Newtown, carpenter, died 12–1713. He was a resident of Maidenhead, now Lawrenceville, about 1700, but whether he died there or returned to Newtown is not known. His name is written in old documents 'John Heart Senior.' "By his marriage with Mary————he had children as follows, viz: John, Ralph, Nathaniel, Edward, Joseph. "This record proves absolutely that the 'White Harts' and 'Black Harts,' so called, were of the same household, and not of separate families, as stated in the published histories. See 'New York Genealogical and Biographical Record' Vol. 25,e 170, October 1895. "Another proof that they were all brothers is found in the will of Nathaniel Hart of Hopewell, a copy of which, written on fine parchment and dated January 21, 1742, is in the writer's possession; from which is copied the following, viz: "'Item. I order & nominate, appoint and constitute, Elizabeth, my wife, together with my brother Joseph Hart & John Hart son to my brother Edward to be only and sole executros of this my last will and testament.' "This is conclusive proof that John and Joseph were brothers of Edward, the father of Hon. John, and not of separate families, as it has been asserted in the former histories. "Hon. John Hart was the son of Capt. Edward, who was the fourth son of John of Newtown, Long Island...." See also pp. 176–177. https://archive.org/stream/pioneersoldhope00egegoog#page/n129/mode/1up/search/jersey+blue As there are still many questions to be answered about this family, it is still under investigation.