John Hart

• Name	John Hart
  Gender	Male
  Person ID	P44560738	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	10 Feb 2010

  
  

  Family	Fanny Rea,   b. Abt 1771, Newry, County Down, Northern Ireland
  Married	9 Nov 1789	Upper West Conococheague Presbyterian Church, Mercersburg, Pennsylvania
  Children	1. John Hart,   b. Abt 1794,   d. 28 Jan 1879  (Age 85 years)   2. Hart,   b. 1791, Montgomery Township, Franklin County, Pennsylvania   3. Hart,   b. 1791, Montgomery Township, Franklin County, Pennsylvania   4. Hart,   b. 1791, Montgomery Township, Franklin County, Pennsylvania
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2019
  Family ID	F2774	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Volume A, page 327 of Abstracts of Wills and Administrations by Franklin County, Registered at Chambersburg, shows that Matthew Reay and John Hart were witnesses to the will of George Ormsbay, which was dated December 5, 1793 and proved on March 3, 1795. This is consistent with the marriage date of Fanny Rhea and John Hart on November 9, 1789. At the time of Matthew and John's witnessing of George Ormsbay's will, Matthew and John would have been in-laws for 4 to 6 years, given the dates of the will, so it makes sense they would have both been called upon to be witnesses to the same document, having known each other, as well as George Ormsbay. The will was proved 17 years before Matthew's own death. A possible clue to John's father's identity is in Volume C, page 9 of Abstract of Wills and Administrations by Franklin County Registered at Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, which lists the will of Felix Hart of Hamilton Township. The will was dated March 17, 1811 and was probated on August 22, 1811. This woud most likely indicate that Felix was of the same generation as John's father-in-law, Matthew Sutherland Rea (who died in 1812). Felix's wife was named Elizabeth.