__ | __| | | | |__ | _James HARSHA _______| | (1724 - 1765) m 1746| | | __ | | | | |__| | | | |__ | | |--Hugh HARSHA | (1753 - ....) | __ | | | __| | | | | | |__ | | |_Esther REID ________| (1728 - ....) m 1746| | __ | | |__| | |__
__ | _James HARSHA _______| | (1724 - 1765) m 1746| | |__ | _John HARSHA ________| | (1747 - 1831) | | | __ | | | | |_Esther REID ________| | (1728 - ....) m 1746| | |__ | | |--Hugh HARSHA | (1789 - ....) | __ | | | _____________________| | | | | | |__ | | |_Mary CRAIG _________| | | __ | | |_____________________| | |__
_____________________ | _____________________________| | | | |_____________________ | _Thomas HARSHA ______| | (1819 - 1894) | | | _____________________ | | | | |_____________________________| | | | |_____________________ | | |--Ida Elizabeth HARSHA | (1857 - ....) | _John MCDOUGALL _____+ | | (1753 - 1813) | _John J. (James?) MCDOUGALL _| | | (1790 - 1836) m 1813 | | | |_Elizabeth BEATTY ___+ | | (1757 - 1820) |_Margaret MCDOUGALL _| (1822 - 1865) | | _____________________ | | |_Margaret LYTLE _____________| (1793 - 1862) m 1813 | |_____________________
There are many versions of this family. We have not investigated the sources. The version reported here seems most plausible, but should be treated with caution.
However, it seems very likely that a David Harsha, born apparently in Monaghan, Ireland about 1751, and died in Argyle, New York 29 aug 1823, belongs here. This David appears to be the father of the David Harsha born 1789 (in Ireland?) and died 22 oct 1857 in Argyle, New York who married Nancy Harsha, b. 1792, daughter of John and thus grand-daughter of the present James. If the elder David was a son of the present James, the younger David and his wife Nancy would be first cousins. If instead the elder David was a nephew of the present James, then the younger David and his wife Nancy would be second cousins.
__ | _James HARSHA _______| | (1724 - 1765) m 1746| | |__ | _John HARSHA ________| | (1747 - 1831) | | | __ | | | | |_Esther REID ________| | (1728 - ....) m 1746| | |__ | | |--James HARSHA | (1771 - 1845) | __ | | | _____________________| | | | | | |__ | | |_Mary CRAIG _________| | | __ | | |_____________________| | |__
_James HARSHA ________________________ | (1724 - 1765) m 1746 _John HARSHA ________| | (1747 - 1831) | | |_Esther REID _________________________ | (1728 - ....) m 1746 _John HARSHA _____________| | (1784 - 1857) | | | ______________________________________ | | | | |_Mary CRAIG _________| | | | |______________________________________ | | |--James M. HARSHA | (1810 - 1882) | _The Washington County NY MCDOUGALLS _ | | | _James MCDOUGALL ____| | | (1733 - 1809) | | | |______________________________________ | | |_Agnes (Nancy) MCDOUGALL _| (1783 - 1865) | | ______________________________________ | | |_Agnes MOODIE _______| (1742 - 1827) | |______________________________________
_James HARSHA _______ | (1724 - 1765) m 1746 _John HARSHA ________| | (1747 - 1831) | | |_Esther REID ________ | (1728 - ....) m 1746 _James HARSHA _______| | (1771 - 1845) | | | _____________________ | | | | |_Mary CRAIG _________| | | | |_____________________ | | |--Jane HARSHA | (1803 - 1864) | _____________________ | | | _____________________| | | | | | |_____________________ | | |_Rachel MATTHEWS ____| (1780 - 1824) | | _____________________ | | |_____________________| | |_____________________
_James HARSHA ________________________ | (1724 - 1765) m 1746 _John HARSHA ________| | (1747 - 1831) | | |_Esther REID _________________________ | (1728 - ....) m 1746 _John HARSHA _____________| | (1784 - 1857) | | | ______________________________________ | | | | |_Mary CRAIG _________| | | | |______________________________________ | | |--Jane S. HARSHA | (1806 - 1880) | _The Washington County NY MCDOUGALLS _ | | | _James MCDOUGALL ____| | | (1733 - 1809) | | | |______________________________________ | | |_Agnes (Nancy) MCDOUGALL _| (1783 - 1865) | | ______________________________________ | | |_Agnes MOODIE _______| (1742 - 1827) | |______________________________________
__ | _James HARSHA _______| | (1724 - 1765) m 1746| | |__ | _John HARSHA ________| | (1747 - 1831) | | | __ | | | | |_Esther REID ________| | (1728 - ....) m 1746| | |__ | | |--Janet HARSHA | (1781 - ....) | __ | | | _____________________| | | | | | |__ | | |_Mary CRAIG _________| | | __ | | |_____________________| | |__
__ | __| | | | |__ | _James HARSHA _______| | (1724 - 1765) m 1746| | | __ | | | | |__| | | | |__ | | |--John HARSHA | (1747 - 1831) | __ | | | __| | | | | | |__ | | |_Esther REID ________| (1728 - ....) m 1746| | __ | | |__| | |__
1850 census: Argyle, NY p. 138.
[7288] Newspaper notice gives age as 73.
__ | _James HARSHA _______| | (1724 - 1765) m 1746| | |__ | _John HARSHA ________| | (1747 - 1831) | | | __ | | | | |_Esther REID ________| | (1728 - ....) m 1746| | |__ | | |--John HARSHA | (1784 - 1857) | __ | | | _____________________| | | | | | |__ | | |_Mary CRAIG _________| | | __ | | |_____________________| | |__
_James HARSHA ________________________ | (1724 - 1765) m 1746 _John HARSHA ________| | (1747 - 1831) | | |_Esther REID _________________________ | (1728 - ....) m 1746 _John HARSHA _____________| | (1784 - 1857) | | | ______________________________________ | | | | |_Mary CRAIG _________| | | | |______________________________________ | | |--John W. HARSHA | (1808 - 1892) | _The Washington County NY MCDOUGALLS _ | | | _James MCDOUGALL ____| | | (1733 - 1809) | | | |______________________________________ | | |_Agnes (Nancy) MCDOUGALL _| (1783 - 1865) | | ______________________________________ | | |_Agnes MOODIE _______| (1742 - 1827) | |______________________________________
_James HARSHA ________________________ | (1724 - 1765) m 1746 _John HARSHA ________| | (1747 - 1831) | | |_Esther REID _________________________ | (1728 - ....) m 1746 _John HARSHA _____________| | (1784 - 1857) | | | ______________________________________ | | | | |_Mary CRAIG _________| | | | |______________________________________ | | |--Margaret HARSHA | (1821 - 1872) | _The Washington County NY MCDOUGALLS _ | | | _James MCDOUGALL ____| | | (1733 - 1809) | | | |______________________________________ | | |_Agnes (Nancy) MCDOUGALL _| (1783 - 1865) | | ______________________________________ | | |_Agnes MOODIE _______| (1742 - 1827) | |______________________________________
Age at death transcribed as 10 years, 3 months. This is not possible due to the age of the mother. Perhaps it was meant as 10 months 3 days, or 0 years 3 months.
_____________________ | _____________________________| | | | |_____________________ | _Thomas HARSHA ______| | (1819 - 1894) | | | _____________________ | | | | |_____________________________| | | | |_____________________ | | |--Margaret HARSHA | (.... - 1844) | _John MCDOUGALL _____+ | | (1753 - 1813) | _John J. (James?) MCDOUGALL _| | | (1790 - 1836) m 1813 | | | |_Elizabeth BEATTY ___+ | | (1757 - 1820) |_Margaret MCDOUGALL _| (1822 - 1865) | | _____________________ | | |_Margaret LYTLE _____________| (1793 - 1862) m 1813 | |_____________________
__ | __| | | | |__ | _James HARSHA _______| | (1724 - 1765) m 1746| | | __ | | | | |__| | | | |__ | | |--Martha HARSHA | (1755 - ....) | __ | | | __| | | | | | |__ | | |_Esther REID ________| (1728 - ....) m 1746| | __ | | |__| | |__
_James HARSHA ________________________ | (1724 - 1765) m 1746 _John HARSHA ________| | (1747 - 1831) | | |_Esther REID _________________________ | (1728 - ....) m 1746 _John HARSHA _____________| | (1784 - 1857) | | | ______________________________________ | | | | |_Mary CRAIG _________| | | | |______________________________________ | | |--Mary HARSHA | (1810 - ....) | _The Washington County NY MCDOUGALLS _ | | | _James MCDOUGALL ____| | | (1733 - 1809) | | | |______________________________________ | | |_Agnes (Nancy) MCDOUGALL _| (1783 - 1865) | | ______________________________________ | | |_Agnes MOODIE _______| (1742 - 1827) | |______________________________________
In addition to references in other records, her death is recorded at the South Argyle Presbyterian Church, where she is noted as the wife of John McDougall, late of this congregation.
__ | _James HARSHA _______| | (1724 - 1765) m 1746| | |__ | _John HARSHA ________| | (1747 - 1831) | | | __ | | | | |_Esther REID ________| | (1728 - ....) m 1746| | |__ | | |--Mary Ann HARSHA | (1787 - 1838) | __ | | | _____________________| | | | | | |__ | | |_Mary CRAIG _________| | | __ | | |_____________________| | |__
__ | _James HARSHA _______| | (1724 - 1765) m 1746| | |__ | _John HARSHA ________| | (1747 - 1831) | | | __ | | | | |_Esther REID ________| | (1728 - ....) m 1746| | |__ | | |--Nancy HARSHA | (1792 - 1859) | __ | | | _____________________| | | | | | |__ | | |_Mary CRAIG _________| | | __ | | |_____________________| | |__
_James HARSHA ________________________ | (1724 - 1765) m 1746 _John HARSHA ________| | (1747 - 1831) | | |_Esther REID _________________________ | (1728 - ....) m 1746 _John HARSHA _____________| | (1784 - 1857) | | | ______________________________________ | | | | |_Mary CRAIG _________| | | | |______________________________________ | | |--Nancy W. HARSHA | (1813 - 1826) | _The Washington County NY MCDOUGALLS _ | | | _James MCDOUGALL ____| | | (1733 - 1809) | | | |______________________________________ | | |_Agnes (Nancy) MCDOUGALL _| (1783 - 1865) | | ______________________________________ | | |_Agnes MOODIE _______| (1742 - 1827) | |______________________________________
_James HARSHA ________________________ | (1724 - 1765) m 1746 _John HARSHA ________| | (1747 - 1831) | | |_Esther REID _________________________ | (1728 - ....) m 1746 _John HARSHA _____________| | (1784 - 1857) | | | ______________________________________ | | | | |_Mary CRAIG _________| | | | |______________________________________ | | |--Peter B. HARSHA | (1823 - 1823) | _The Washington County NY MCDOUGALLS _ | | | _James MCDOUGALL ____| | | (1733 - 1809) | | | |______________________________________ | | |_Agnes (Nancy) MCDOUGALL _| (1783 - 1865) | | ______________________________________ | | |_Agnes MOODIE _______| (1742 - 1827) | |______________________________________
Cemetery transcript indicates death date either 24 sep or 24 feb 1894.
Cemetery record indictes uncertainty over day and month of death.
_____________________ | _____________________________| | | | |_____________________ | _Thomas HARSHA ______| | (1819 - 1894) | | | _____________________ | | | | |_____________________________| | | | |_____________________ | | |--William J. HARSHA | (1845 - 1848) | _John MCDOUGALL _____+ | | (1753 - 1813) | _John J. (James?) MCDOUGALL _| | | (1790 - 1836) m 1813 | | | |_Elizabeth BEATTY ___+ | | (1757 - 1820) |_Margaret MCDOUGALL _| (1822 - 1865) | | _____________________ | | |_Margaret LYTLE _____________| (1793 - 1862) m 1813 | |_____________________
Apart from the fact that she kept bees (her husband's will specifies that she is to have the bee hives), very little is known about her. She is presumed to be the second wife of WIlliam Barnett.
However, there is one family tree that makes her a daughter of Silas Hart (born about 1747, died after 1783) and Mary Daniel. The sources attached to this tree mention "Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania", pp. 361 and 374-376; "History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania", p. 42; Edith Hosington, "Family Records and Correspondence", and possibly others. The names Clayton Wade Crawford and Kelly A. Hart are mentioned in a way that suggests they may have submitted family group sheets for these families to the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. It may be significant that the names Joseph and Oliver seem important in this kindred, names that also occur in our Barnett family. The basic information on this family can be traced back to W. W. H. Davis' History of the Hart Family of Warminster, Bucks County, Pennsylvania (1867), which, however, notes that the account of Silas amd Mary is incomplete. This account says that Silas and Mary had ten children, but only nine are named. We believe we have found the missing child in the will of Mary Hart (Philadelphia County Wills, book 8A, p. 31—or is this source a copy of a volume of published abstracts?—dated 31 may 1823, proved 10 jun 1823) of the Borough of Frankford, Township of Oxford, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, daughter of Silas Hart, who was then still living. This will (or the abstract) mentions siblings Silas (deceased), Oliver (possibly deceased, since there is a bequest to his three children only), William, Rachel Gilbert, Elizabeth Powers, Elinor Bachlor, Mira (Myra) Hart, and Sarah Hart. That is, the will accounts for nine of the supposed ten children, omitting only Hannah. Like the History of the Hart Family, the version from the Barnett family omits Mary. But Mary's will is the key to this family, for it appears to state that Myra and Sarah were still unmarried in 1823. If this is correct, Silas and Mary could not be the parents of our Sarah Hart.
[4815] Living with John Barnett family in 1850 census, Armstrong Co., PA, North Buffalo Tp., p. 91, #39, age 72, along with her unmarried daughter Anne, age 47. Birthdate from IGI, seems to come from cem. rec.
1880: Pleasant Gap, Bates Co., MO. 1900: Bate Co., MO, ED 19, p. 1.