Person:John Hiett (2)

Advisory on John Hiett/Hiatt

This John Hiatt is NOT related to Jans "Jost" Hite, who came from Germany, the early land speculator of Frederick and Orange County, Virginia.

About John Hiatt/Hiett

NAME: John HIATT Sr. Immigrant
Surname: Hiatt
Given Name: John
NSFX: Sr. (Immigrant)
Sex: M
Birth: 5 Dec 1674 in Somersetshire, England
Death: 1726 in Doylestown, Bucks Co, Pennsylvania
Burial: Opequon Church Cemetery, Frede
Ancestral File #: 17J0-X67
LDS Baptism: 26 Mar 1992 Temple: CHICA
Endowment: 12 Jun 1992 Temple: CHICA
Ancestral File Numbers: 3MJR-ID, 8JSL-WO, 8RST-JJ, 1CRC-XH

NOTES: From a letter by Nellie A GARD dated 1 Feb 1971:
The John HAYET named in the will (of William SMITH) was called John HIETT in court proceedings regarding the will (Annie Walker Burns - "Maryland Testamentary Proceedings" Probate of Wills and Administration of Estates 1708 - 1719 - Books 21 - 23 pp. 418.
1908 John Hiett-Cecil County Liber XXI Folio 61) Our immigrant ancestor John HIETT may have come to America with his father-in-law William SMITH and his sons William and John, brothers of Mary (SMITH) HIETT. Mr JOHNSON ("Hiatt & Hiett") suggests that these brothers of Mary were probably the ancestors of the SMITHS who settled in Virginia in the same community and at about the same time as did John HIETT Jr and his brother William HIETT.

NOTES: This family belonged to the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in England, possibly fleeing as did many of the sect, to Holland or France to escape persecution the latter part of the 17th century, before coming to America.
There are traditions to this affect that John Hiett - Immigrant Ancestor - was a Farmer and possibly a Merchant also.

NOTES: At this point, we pick up the family line of John Hiatt (b. abt1674) who in about 1695 married Mary Smith , daughter of William Smith and Grace ? John Hiatt and Mary Smith - daughter of William and Grace Smith produced at least three children, John Jr. (b.abt 1720), George(b.abt1724), and William (b.abt1730).

NOTES: No record is found of John Hiett in Quaker record of Pennsylvania but Fall MM in Bucks County Pennsylvania makes a brief reference to a "Mary Hyott" who was "received on certificate" the 7th of 6th month 1706." Of John and Mary little is known. He is called "yeoman." A Yeoman is a free born common man of the most respectable class, a freeholder. He was probably a farmer, and possibly a mercant. He may also have lived in Maryland.

NOTES: It appears that they had the following sons: John, George (1698-1793), and William. Our Thanks to the internet and the dozens of users who have aided in our searches. Most of that contained in this file has not been proven; it is only as I have it in my Family Tree Maker file. This family belonged to the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in England, possibly fleeing, as did many of the sect., to Holland or France to escape persecution the latter part of the 17th century, before coming to America. John Hiett was probably a farmer, and possibly a merchant. "In Joseph Besse's "A Collection of the Sufferings of the people called Quaker", it mentions a John Hyott of Shipton-Mallett, England, who was taken prisoner in Somersetshire in 1686, at a time when the Quakers were most severely persecuted for their religious beliefs. No further record of this John Hyott has been found. It is possible that this John Hyott of Shipton-Mallett is identical with our John Hiett who appears in Pennsylvania around 1699, or is the following a possible lineage of Hyett's from England to America (from "The Visitation of the County of Gloucester 1682 to 1683 by Fenwick, page 96.) It appears that our John Hiett probably came to America with William Penn on his second trip to America. Penn's second voyage to Pennsylvainia was in the fall of 1699, and our john Hiett seems to have arrived at about the same time, for it was early that following year that he purchased three hundred acres of land in Bucks County, Pennsylvania for three hundred fifty pounds "current silver money." This can be found in Deed Book 3, page 27, Doylestown, the county seat of Bucks County, Pennsylvania.

NOTES: 1 Change Date: 5 Dec 2004 at 22:46:57
Father: John Van HIETT b: ABT 1646 in Of Shipton, Mallete, Somersetshire, England
Mother: Margaret SMITH b: 1653 in Somershire,England
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Marriage 1 Mary Lois SMITH b: 1677 in Glastonbury, Somerset, England
Married: 1695 in England
Sealing Spouse: 19 Jun 1992 in CHICA
Children
John HIATT JUNIOR b: 1696 in Glastonbury, Somerset, England
George HIATT b: 1698 in Glastonbury, Somerset, England
William HIATT b: 1700 in Bucks Co, Pennsylvania
Elisha HIATT b: 1702 in Virginia Mary HIATT b: 1703 in Virginia Rebecca HIATT b: ABT 1704 in Bucks Co,Virginia Thomas HIATT b: ABT 1704 Sarah HIATT b: ABT 1705 in Virginia Sources: Repository: Name: Family History LibrarySalt Lake City, UT 84150 USA Title: Ancestral File (TM)Author: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day SaintsPublication: June 1998 (c), data as of 5 JAN 1998

SOURCE: http://awt.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=hiatt22&id=I173&ti=5537&track=AFT9

NAME: May be same as John William Hiatt (IGI)

1.   Record submitted after 1991 by a member of the LDS Church.
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