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Note for: Jesse Hiatt, ABT 1844 -
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Residence: Date: 1851
Place: Chelsea, Middlesex, England
Individual Notes
Note for: John HIATT, 1674 - 1726
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Baptism: Place: Quaker
Immigration: Date: 1699
Place: Shipton-Mallett brought from England to Pennsylvania with William Penn
Residence: Date: 1700
Place: Bucks Co., Pa. 300 Acres for 350 Pounds silver - DB 3, Pg 27, Doylestown, PA
Individual Note: JOHN Jost, Hans Justus HIATT -
William Penn conveyed land to John Rowland. John Rowland sold 300 acres to John Hiett 1700. 1702 John sold this 300 acres to Thomas Watson,tanner, for 400 ponds. DB 3 Pg 88, Doylestown, Bucks Co. Penn. April 1702.
John belonged to the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in England, possibly fleeing as did many of the sect, to Holland or France to excape persecution the latter part of the 17th century before coming toAmerica.
John Hiatt was probably a farmer and a merchant.
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Found in HH Book by Wm Perry Johnson and in Hiatt Family by John Beasley.
The first statement for the record will be a disclaimer that any lineage
to generations beyond this John have not been proven and are for research
suggestions and speculation only. I do suspect there to be truth to it, but
how much or proof to any degree is not known. Please take anything beyond our imm. ancestor cautiously. With futher work and joint efforts perhaps enough may be gained to prove or disprove any and all claims.
There is another point that must be cleared because it has been widely
circulated. There is no tie nor evidence linking our JOHN HIEGHT/HIATT, to Jost HITE, or any other variation of the German lines. I have seen that name along with our Hiatt, etc. clan, but that line has had no connection to our lineages whatsoever that I have even had a hint to other then some intermarriages between families. The Hite line is of a German lineage which bears no relationship to our English roots of HIEGHT, etc. families.
Through an old day book which has been in the possession of the
Descendants of George Hiatt, our family had fled to an area around Greenag
Ireland, just north of Dublin and after only a couple of years, came to this
country in 1699. The above record, the whereabouts today is not known, stated that John was born in England in 1696, George in Ireland in 1698. Information was copied by Deane Yonger of Colorado from this day book, she has also been looking for the complete record which wouldbe of extreme interest and value to all of the descendants of John and Mary Smith Hieght. Perhaps it might yet surface and we might find much that we have been missing for many generations. LA
This family of Hiatt, Hiett, etc. belong to the Religious Society
of Friends (Quakers) in England. They were driven from England to Ireland and possibly fleeing, as did many of the sect, to Holland and France to escape persecution the later part of the 17th century, before coming to America. John Hiett was probably a farmer, and possible a merchant also.
Sent by Clifford Hardin. From The Ancestors and Family of J. Alvin Hardin. by Dorothy Hardin Massey and Clifford Hardin.
It has generally been accepted that John and Mary Smith Hiatt were the
immigrant ancestors of our Hiatt family. Also it is generally believed, but
not proved, that they and at least three sons arrived in America on the ship
Canterbury in 1699 with William Penn when he returned for the second time.
A deed not included in the Hiatt-Hiett book was located in the Maryland
records (Cecil County, Md. deeds, Vol II, page 321). It was dated 26May 1715 and indicates that John Camp (Kemp or Kempson) and wife Maryof Elk River in Cecil County sold 50 acres of Dare's Desire to John Hiatt of the same place. The deed was witnessed by John Smith and Edward Jeffes.
Earlier, on 27 July 1708, John Hiatt was appointed administrator of the
estate of William Smith in common with James Robinson and Sampson George.
(Testamentary Proceedings, Cecil County, Maryland, Liber 21, folio 61) John
Hiatt and this William Smith appear to have been brother-in-law, and this
William also appears to have been the son of Williams Smith, Sr. who died in
1710.
John Hiatt had married prior to 1700 Mary Smith, daughter of William Smith, Sr. who had been living in Cecil County along the Elk River since at least 1703. Cecil County Deed, Vol 2, page 321. According to the will of William Smith, Sr. dated 8 September 1708 (Cecil County Wills, Liber AA folio 135) administrators of the estate of William Smith,Sr. were William's son, John Smith, Nicholas Hyland and Sampson George of Cecil County. The John Smith who witnessed the 1715 deed between John Hiett and John Camp and the William Smith for whose estate John Hiett was administrator were almost certainly Mary's brothers.
These events indicate that John and Mary Smith Hiatt were living in Cecil
County, Maryland, as early as 1708. Their land was located on the Elk River
adjacent to land owned by the Smiths and several members of the Hollingsworth
family.
The authors of this volume are uncertain whether there were two John Hiatt, one in Bucks County, Pennsylvania and another in Cecil County, Maryland, or whether John and Mary Smith Hiatt actually moved back andforth -- a distance of about 70 miles. If it should eventually be proved that there were two John Hiatt, then we are convinced that the patricarchs of our Hiatts who were in Frederick County, Virginia by 1734were from Cecil County, Maryland and for reason which are outlined below.
First, John Hiatt, Jr. -- so called when he purchased land in Orange
County, Virginia, from Stephen Hollingworth in 1737 -- was noted as from
Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Lancaster County, Pennsylvania and Maryland
was complete in 1767, the northern part of Cecil County, Maryland, was often
considered to be a part of Lancaster or Chester County, Penn. Some deeds were recorded in both states. Further, land records of Lancaster County indicate that 200 acres patented to John Hiett in 1733 was in Strasburg Township. Strasburg Township at this time was located near the Maryland border just north of present day Harford County, Maryland -- a distance of some 25 to 30 miles from Elk River in Maryland. The land in Lancaster County was reassigned in 1744 to another person.
In Cecil County, Maryland, Henry Hollingsworth purchased land adjacent to
John Hiett and John Smith along the Elk River in 1712. Henry Hollingsworth and his son, Stephen Hollingsworth witnessed several of the Smith deeds in 1711 to 1714. (Cecil County Deed, Vol 2) In Frederick purchased land in 1737 located on Opeckon Creek from Stephen Hollingsworthwho was known to have moved from Elkton, Maryland to Frederick County, Vir. about 1733. Stephen Hollingsworth's son, George, had land adjacent to John Hiatt Jr.
John Hiatt's brother-in-law, John Smith who had married by 1711 Jane
Hinton, daughter of Rees Hinton, (Cecil County Deeds, Vol 2 page 186)
neighborhood as the Hiatts and Hollingsworths. Hopewell Meeting records that
Jane Smith, wife of John Smith of Opeckon removed from Chester Meeting on 26 5 mo. 1736, " She being removed a considerable time." There is no known
relationship between the Hollingsworth and the Smiths and Hiatts other than
they were neighbors in both Cecil County and Frederick County.
The seventy families who moved to Frederick County, Vir. about 1733 founded Hopewell Meeting. Most of them were from Chester County, Penn.or Cecil County, Maryland -- not Bucks County, Penn. A few were fromNew Castle
County, Delaware. The family of John Hiatt, Jr. was one of these seventy
family.
There is no evidence that John and Mary Smith Hiatt were Quarkers in
Maryland, although the next generation were members of Hopewell Meeting in
Frederick County, Vir. Certainly John and Jane Hinton Smith were Quakers.
No probate records were found for John and Mary Hiatt in Cecil County,
Maryland or in Frederick County, Vir. None have been found in Penn.
There were other Hiatts in Maryland prior to 1700, but no connection has
been found to exist with any of them.
John and Mary Smith Hiatt may have had children other than the three sons
who have been assinged to them. For example, on 28 March 1716, PeterBouchelle married Mary Heyatt in St. Stephens Parish in Cecil County,Maryland. Mary Heyatt could have been a daughter of John and Mary Smith Hiatt.
Found in Early Births Western Fredrick Co., Va and Eastern Hamsphire Co.,
West Vir. Compiled by Grace Kelso Garner and Ralph L. Triplett. 1976.
List Hiett, John .."The Immigrant" born in England 1658. He had Wm.,Jno. Jr., George, Mary, Rebecca, Sarah.
Found in The Winchester Journal-Herald, Saturday, Dec 28, 1946. Randolph
Co., Ind. History of the Hiatt Family page 6.
Little if anything is known difinitely about the English antecedants of the Hiatt's. It is known that they were early Quaker immigrants and were in Bucks County, Pennsylvania before 1700, thought be some to have arrived with Penn on his second voyage in 1699. This ancestor was John Hiatt. A Mary Hyot mentioned in the records of the Falls Monthly Meeting (Bucks' County, Pa) in a certificate dated 1706, is thought to be the wife of John Hiatt. Three sons, George, John and Williamhave been assigned to John and Mary Hiatt, although they doubtlessly had other children.
Cecil Co., MD, part of Baltimore Co.
This leads me to Cecil Co., MD wehre John HIATT/HYATT, county land records. Richard Kempston (KEMP, CAMP) An ealier, John Kemp and wife Mary. In the book "Abstracts of Cecil Co., MD Land Records 1673-1751, by June D. Brown, pg. 99
Pg. 321, Deed, John CAMP of Elk River, Cecil Co., MD and wife Mary, for 15 lbs to John HIETT of the same place, 50 acres of land, part of 200 acres of land called Dare's Desire, near the head of Elk River. Made 30 Dec 1714/15. Wit., Edward Jeffes, John SMITH, Ackn: 17 Jan 1714/15 JP's Will'm DARE, Nicholas HYLAND. Rec.: 26 may 1715, Dowdall, Clerk.
Of curiousity in this same book, page 193, DEED:
Seth HYATT of Prince Georges Co., and Alice his wife, formerly the daugher of Clem't and Alice Davis, for 25 pounds, to Amos Garrett of AnnArundel Co., Merchant, a one-forth part of a tract of land (150 acres) in Cecil Co., on the north side of Sassafras River. Said land part of 600 acres which was laid out for Jarvis Morgan, late of Ann ArundelCo., deceased, called Middleneck. By his last Will and Testament dated 10 Jan 1698, Jarvis Morgan bequethed the 150 acres to the said Alice Davis, wife of Seth HYATT and daughter of Clement and Alice Davis, his (Jarvis Morgan) brother and sister. Made 12 Dec 1718. Wit. Jo. Young, Amos Woodward, Mary Scorke, Ackn: Same day before JP Smuel Youngat Annapolis. Rec.: 9 Feb 1718. S. Knight, Clerk.
Kathy Kemp Dobe, by Email March, 2000
References:
(1) Information supplied by Mr. Michael H. Charles, 1824 Penfield Road,
Penfield, New York 14526.
(2) The Visitation of the County of Gloucester, 1682-3. by Fenwick, page 96.
(3) Hiatt-Hiett Family, page 33.
Historical Notes:
(1) John Hiett was the Immigrant Ancestor for this family.
DATE 1683
Belonged to Society of Friends in England. In 1683, at a time when Quakers were most severely persecuted for their religious beliefs, in Somersetshire, England, a John Hyott of Shipton-Mallet was taken prisoner. No further mention of his has been found. Could be the same John Hiett who appears in Pennsylvania around 1699.
John Hiatt/Hyott/Hieght/ etc. was a "Yeoman", which means he was a free born common man of the most respectable class and a free holder of land. He was also associated with Thomas Masters who was a merchant..