Person:Herman Husband (1)

Herman Husband (1724–1795), also known as Harmon Husband, was a farmer, radical, pamphleteer, author, and preacher. He is best known as a leader of The Regulators, a populist rebellion in the Carolinas in the years leading up to the American Revolutionary War. He was born on December 3, 1724, in Cecil County, Maryland[1] to William Husband and Mary Kinkey/Kankey. He was likely named after his maternal grandfather, Herman Kankey (c.1680-1732). Herman was raised as an Anglican, but became disenchanted with his original faith. One of the many to be inspired to the Great Awakening after hearing George Whitefield preach, he became a "New Light" Presbyterian and then a Quaker. Husband was twice elected to the North Carolina assembly, but was expelled during his second term. ...

BURIAL
Husband Cemetery
Somerset, Somerset County, Pennsylvania, USA

Herman Husband is the son of William Husband and Mary Kinkey-Husband. Herman is said to have married his first wife Else Phoebe Cox circa 1750/1 in Maryland.

Between 1753/5 Herman Husband moves to North Carolina where he is admitted by Quaker Friends on 19 Dec 1755.

Herman Husband marries Mary Pugh on 16 July 1762 in Alamance North Carolina she is the daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth Pugh. Mary Pugh-Husband is the mother of Herman's son William Husband. Mary Pugh dies on 15 January 1765.

In February 1765 Herman Husband takes in John Beverly the son of John and Margaret Beverly who died leaving orphan children; "John Beverly was Born Feb. 12th 1755 Harmon Husband will agree to take him & give him 2 Years Schooling and further Leasing at home at times & if of Capacity Practice him to Surveying & give £12 Proc when he is of age or 21 Years old."

Herman Husband marries his wife Amy "Emy" Allen on 10 May 1765 in North Carolina, Amy "Emy" Allen-Husband is the mother of the rest of Herman Husband's known children, John, Herman Jr., Mary, Amy, David, Isaac, and Phoebe.

Born in Maryland in 1724, Herman Husband was a successful farmer and an influential leader during the Regulator Rebellion in pre-Revolutionary North Carolina. Disenchanted with the strict Anglican Church, Husband converted to Presbyterianism and finally to Quakerism before moving to North Carolina.

Herman Husband applied for a land warrant on 2/26/1755 consisting of 640 acres near Muddy Creek, Richland Creek and Deep River. This warrant was not completed. Herman owned a plantation in Maryland and married in 1743. He traveled to Carolina before 1750 and owned several tracts of land away from Muddy Creek. He was a known Quaker and active during the American Revolutionary War. After his wife died in 1762, he moved south from the Piedmont area.

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