Joshua Harlan (1696 - 1744)

Born 15 Nov 1696 in Centreville, New Castle Co., Delaware

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Heald) Harlan — married Jan 1719 in Old Kennet Meeting House, FKA Newark Meeting House; Kennet Twp., Chester Co., Pa

Descendants

Died May 1744 at age 47 in Kennet Twp., Chester Co. Pa

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Biography

Joshua Harlan, born on 15 Nov., 1696, In the Province of Pennsylvania, now in Centreville, New Castle Co. Delaware; son of George Harlan and Elizabeth Duck; died between June and July, 1744, Kennet Township, Chester Co., Pa; and was buried there in Friends Burying Grounds, at the "Old" Kennet Meeting House.^[1]

Joshua Harlan married Mary Heald, March of 1719 by ceremony of Friends, at the "Old" Kennet Meeting House (then called Newark), b. Feb-15-1697; daughter of Samuel Heald, yeoman and Mary Bancroft, both born in England,^[1]

Children of Joshua Harlan and Mary Heald

The children of Joshua and Mary Harlan were:^[1]

1. Deborah, b. Feb-15-1720; d. Wilmington, Delaware; m. Thomas Evans, June-19-1738.

1. Joseph, b. July-17-1723; d. Dec-22-1803; m. (1) Edith Pyle, 1747; (2) Sarah (Harlan) Hope

1. Joshua, b. June-17-1726; d. Sept-11-1804; m. Abigail Green, Nov-28-1748

1. Samuel, b. Feb-1-1730; d. Nov-26-1811; m. Sarah West, Nov-9-1762

1. Sarah, d. 1749; m. James Pyle 1748

1. Rebecca, mentioned in her fathers will

1. Caleb, "must have died early in manhood. He is mentioned in his fathers will but nothing more could be found of him"^[2]

Joshua and Mary (Heald) Harlan, settled on 200 acres of land on Brandywine Creek, given him by his father, on the 9th of the first month, 1713.^[2]referenced as contained within y Manor of Staneing on y South side of Brandywine Creek in y County of Chester, as in & by said Letters of Atty.

His will made June 18, 1744, and probated July 13, 1744; witnessed by William Cooper, William Webb Jr., and Wm. Passmore.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} pg 20; History and Genealogy of the Harlan Family; retrieved from: http://www.archive.org/stream/historygenealogy00harl/#page/20/mode/1up/search/pyle
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} History and Genealogy of the Harlan Family; retrieved from: http://www.archive.org/stream/historygenealogy00harl/#page/21/mode/1up/search/pyle

• History and Genealogy of the Harlan Family and particularly of the descendants of George and Michael Harlan who settled in Chester County, Pa., 1687. Retrieved from [1] and quoted from Genealogy of the Harlan family, by Alpheus Harlan.