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John Hiett, II
b.5 Dec 1674 Somerset, England
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m. 1671
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m. 1695
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[edit] Advisory on John Hiett/HiattThis John Hiatt is NOT related to Jans "Jost" Hite, who came from Germany, the early land speculator of Frederick and Orange County, Virginia. [edit] About John Hiatt/HiettNAME: John HIATT Sr. Immigrant
NOTES: From a letter by Nellie A GARD dated 1 Feb 1971:
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.
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
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) References
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