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Harlan Family In America
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| Most Harlans/ Harlands/ Harlins alive today are direct descendants of
Harlands who emigrated from England and Ireland. The family genealogy is documented in
"The History and Genealogy of the Harlan Family" by Alpheus Harlan, originally
published in 1914. The first Harlans to immigrate to the American colonies were brothers,
George and Michael who came to William Penn's Colony at New Castle, Delaware in 1687.
These Harlans were Quakers and came to the new world seeking religious freedom. A third
brother, Thomas Harland, remained in Ireland. Fifty years later some of his descendants
also immigrated to America. |
James Harland
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From "History & Genealogy of the Harlan Family," by
Alpheus H. Harlan
"James Harland, Yeoman and member of the Episcopal Church, was b. about the year 1625
in the "Bishoprick, nigh Durham, England," and is the earliest paternal ancestor
known to the family in America bearing the name Harlan. He lived and d. an Englishman, and
was bur. upon English soil, no one to-day knows where. Tradition says that the name of his
father was William." "That James Harland was married according to the usages of
the Established Church there is no doubt. That his children were baptized and recorded
therein is fully established by the fact that the earliest record we have of his son,
George, is that he was "Baptised at the Monastery Monkwearmouth* in Oald
England." We have no record giving the name of the wife and mother. So far as is
known, James Harland was the father of three sons:"
Thomas, b. ---;d.---;m. Katherine Bullock and Alice Foster
George,b.---;d.---,1714;m. Elizabeth Duck
Michael,b.---;d.---,1729; m. Dinah Dixon
* " Monkwearmouth Monastery was founded by Benedict Biscop in the year A.D. 672. It
is situated in a town of the same name in the east division of Chester, County Durham, and
one-half mile north of Sunderland. It receives its name from its location near the mouth
of the river Wear. Burned and plundered time and again, only the tower and some detached
parts of the church remain of the once celebrated monastery. In 1790 the parish registers,
with the exception of some of the late records, were destroyed by fire, and it is probable that information of untold value perished in
the flames." |
Michael and George Harland
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Michael and his brother George were yoeman farmers typically looking for
better land. They were, or became Quakers and migrated to northern Ireland, presumably as
part of the Anglo-Scottish "colonization" of that troubled area begun by Oliver
Cromwell. They moved to the New World after George's marriage and settled in Pennsylvania
in Chester Co. about 1687. (From: John Marshall Harlan, by LP Beth)
Michael, a "yeoman, Friend", was born "Nigh Durham, in Bishoprick, England,
about the year 1660," and in early life emigrated with his brothers into Ireland and
settled with them in the County of Down. Here he remained until 1687, when he accompanied
his brother George to America. "And ye beginning of ye yeare 1690," Michael
Harlan m. Dinah Dixon, "ye Daughter of Henry Dixon and settled first Neer ye Senter
Meeting House." They afterward removed into London Grove Twp., where Michael died the
"Fourth Month" (June), 1729, and was bur. in Friends' Buring Grounds. His wife
doubtless buried there also." [History and Genealogy of the Harlan Family, by Alpheus
H. Harlan] |
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My Harlan Lines
I am descended from both Michael and George Harlan(d) as a result
of the marriage of Jesse Harlan and Sarah Harlan. Here is an
outline. |
| James Harland, yeoman and member
of the Episcopal Church, was born about 1625 in Durham, Bishoprick, England, and is the
earliest paternal Harlan ancestor known to the family in America. He lived and died an
Englishman, and was buried on English soil, no one today knows where. Tradition says that
the name of his father was William. James was the father of three sons: Thomas who married
Katherine Bullock and Alice Foster; George who married Elizabeth Duck and Michael who
married Dinah Dixon. The Harlan descendants in this book are descendant from both Michael
and George. |
| George Harlan, yoeman and son of
James Harland, was baptized at the Monastery of Monkwearmouth on January 11, 1650. He was
born in Durham, Bishoprick, England and remained their until he reached manhood, when,
when he and his brother, Michael, and others crossed into Ireland and located in the
County of Down. While he resided there he married Elizabeth Duck by ceremony of Friends on
September 17, 1678. George brought his family to America in 1687. His first four children,
Ezekiel, Hannah, Moses and Aaron, were born in Ireland. George had six other children
after arriving in America, including his youngest son, Joshua, who is in our direct line
of ancestors. George died July 1714 and was buried on "grounds of Alphonsus
Kirk’s land" which became the Center Meeting Grounds in Pennsylvania. George
soon became one of the foremost citizens of the colony. He had been one of the provincial
governors of the "three lower counties," now the state of Delaware, and was a
member of the Colonial Assembly. |
Michael Harlan, yoeman and Friend, was born
in Durham, Bishoprick, England about 1660. He settled in County Downs, Ireland with his
brother George and Thomas, and remained there until 1687 when he accompanied his brother,
George, to America. In the early months of 1687, Michael along with his brother, George
and George’s family, took a ship at Belfast for America. They bought land before
coming which were within that part of the Province of Pennsylvania now embraced in the
County of New Castle. Ascending the river Delaware they landed in the town of New Castle
(now in the State of Delaware), and settled in the present town of Centreville. Both
Michael and his brother, George, changed their surname by dropping the "d" upon
arriving in America. In 1690 he married Dinah Dixon, a daughter of Henry Dixon, and
settled near the Senter Meeting House. Later he moved to London Grove Township where he
died in June 1729 and was buried in Friend’s Burying Grounds. Michael and Dinah had
eight children, including his oldest son, George, who is in our direct line of ancestors. |
| Joshua Harlan, son of George and
grandson of James, was born November 11, 1696/7 in the Province of Pennsylvania, (now in)
New Castle, Delaware and died in June or July 1744, in Kennet Township, Chester County. He
was buried in the Friends’ Burying Grounds at the "Old" Kennet Meeting
House. He married Mary Heald in January 1719 at a Ceremony of Friends at the
"Old" Kennet Meeting House. Mary was born November 15, 1697, at Adwood, Cheshire
County, England, and was the daughter of Samuel Heald and Mary Bancroft. Joshua and Mary
had seven children, including their oldest son and second oldest child, Joseph, who is in
our direct line of ancestors. |
George Harlan, son of Michael and grandson of
James, was born October 4, 1690, in the Province of Pennsylvania, (now in) New Castle Co.,
Delaware and died in 1732, in West Bradford Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania. He was
buried in Friends Burying Grounds at Bradford Meeting House. He married Mary Baily in
December 1715 at a Ceremony of Friends at Kennet Meeting. Mary was born September 10,
1688, in Chester Co and their in September or October, 1741, in West Bradford Township.
She is buried at Bradford Meeting House. Mary was the daughter of Joel Baily and Ann
Short, and the widow of Alexander Stewart. George and Mary had seven children, including
their oldest child, John Harlan, who is in our direct line of ancestors. |
| Joseph Harlan, son of Joshua and grandson of
George, was born May 17, 1723, in Kennet Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania and died
there December 22, 1803. His first wife was Edith Pyle, the daughter of Samuel Pyle, a
physician, born February 3, 1726 in Kennet Township and died there December 1, 1771. His
second wife was Sarah Harlan, the daughter of his first cousin George Harlan (son of Aaron
and grandson of George, above) and Elizabeth Hope. Joseph and Sarah had one daughter.
Joseph and Edith had seven children, including Sarah.
Click
here to see a copy of an Articles of Agreement between Joseph and his oldest old,
Joshua. |
John Harlan, son of George and
grandson of Michael, was born about 1716 in Kennet Township, Chester, Pennsylvania and
died in Newlin Township, also in Chester. He married Sarah Wickersham, a Friend, on May 4,
1740, at the "Old" Kennet Meeting House. Sarah was the daughter of Thomas
Wickersham and Abigail Johnson. They had five children, including their second oldest
child and oldest son, Jesse, who is in our direct line of ancestors. |
| Jesse Harlan, a son of John and
grandson of George, married his third cousin, Sarah Harlan, a daughter of
Joseph and a granddaughter of Joshua. Jesse was born about 1743, in Bradford Township,
Chester, Pennsylvania. Sarah was born July 25, 1748 in Kennet Township, Chester County,
Pennsylvania. After the birth of their children they moved to Maryland and then onward to
Albemarle County, Virginia, where they both died and were buried. Jesse and Sarah were
married September 10, 1764 in an Episcopal ceremony at Holy Trinity (Old Swedes) Church,
Wilmington, Delaware. It is by this marriage that we are descendent from both George and
Michael Harlan. Jesse and Sarah had five children, including including Joseph and Jesse,
who are both in our direct line of ancestors as a result of the marriage of first cousins
once removed - Thomas Samuel Harlan, son of James White Harlan, grandson of Joseph Harlan,
and great grandson of Jesse and Sarah, and Mary Fleming Harlan, daughter of Jesse and
granddaughter of Jesse and Sarah Harlan. Source: History and Genealogy of the Harlan
Family, by Alpheus H. Harlan |
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| This page was update on:
04/18/2006
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