Individual Details
Captain Edward Hart
(Bet Abt 1685 and 1690 - 27 July 1752)
Edward was born about 1685-90, probably in Newtown, Queens County, Long Island. He was the son of John Hart Jr. and Mary Hunt. Around 1712, he moved to Hopewell Township, now Mercer County, New Jersey with his brothers as a young man. He married Martha Furman on 17 May 1712 in Newtown. They might have lived in Stonington, Connecticut for a time, since this is reported as the birthplace of their first child, John. They had five known children, as follows: John, Daniel, Edward, Martha, and Sarah.
In 1742, Edward Hart and his son John together repurchased 100 acres of their own land . Edward had bought 50 acres years before, and they added 50 acres of Edward's brother John Jr's adjacent land. In a land title dispute that lasted many years and involved many people who had purchased land in the area, they were forced to repurchase the land from the estate of John Coxe, of the New Jersey proprietors for 144 pounds, 13 shillings and 6 pence. The original price paid was 10 pounds per hundred acres.
He was a farmer, Justice of the Peace, and leader of a local militia during the French and Indian War. On June 25, 1746 he was given a warrant to raise one hundred men to join an expedition against Canada. He was the Captain in 1759, of "The Jersey Blues" and joined General Wolfe at Quebec. Unfortunately, when they arrived in Perth Amboy 6 weeks later, they were the 6th company of 5 agreed to by the government. Since at the time, the man assembling troops paid their expenses until taken by the government, this seemed a great loss to both Edward and his supporters in the government. The royal governor John Hamilton, considered the company "by far the most likely and able-bodied Men that had been raised." Fifteen miserable months later the company was dismissed. The entire project of invading Canada at the time was a fiasco. Neither the Royal treasury, nor the Provinces wanted to foot the bills, and Captain Edward Hart spent his remaining years trying to recover his expenses. He died in 1752.
In 1742, Edward Hart and his son John together repurchased 100 acres of their own land . Edward had bought 50 acres years before, and they added 50 acres of Edward's brother John Jr's adjacent land. In a land title dispute that lasted many years and involved many people who had purchased land in the area, they were forced to repurchase the land from the estate of John Coxe, of the New Jersey proprietors for 144 pounds, 13 shillings and 6 pence. The original price paid was 10 pounds per hundred acres.
He was a farmer, Justice of the Peace, and leader of a local militia during the French and Indian War. On June 25, 1746 he was given a warrant to raise one hundred men to join an expedition against Canada. He was the Captain in 1759, of "The Jersey Blues" and joined General Wolfe at Quebec. Unfortunately, when they arrived in Perth Amboy 6 weeks later, they were the 6th company of 5 agreed to by the government. Since at the time, the man assembling troops paid their expenses until taken by the government, this seemed a great loss to both Edward and his supporters in the government. The royal governor John Hamilton, considered the company "by far the most likely and able-bodied Men that had been raised." Fifteen miserable months later the company was dismissed. The entire project of invading Canada at the time was a fiasco. Neither the Royal treasury, nor the Provinces wanted to foot the bills, and Captain Edward Hart spent his remaining years trying to recover his expenses. He died in 1752.
Events
| Birth | Bet Abt 1685 and 1690 | Queens County, New York | |||
| Marriage | 17 May 1712 | Presbyterian Church, - Martha Furman | |||
| Death | 27 July 1752 | Hopewell, Mercer, New Jersey |
Families
| Spouse | Martha Furman (1691 - 1752) |
| Child | Edward Hart (1712 - ) |
| Child | John "Signer of Declaration of Independence" Hart (1713 - 1779) |
| Child | Daniel Hart (1716 - ) |
| Child | Martha Hart (1718 - ) |
| Child | Sarah Hart (1720 - ) |
| Child | Moses Hart ( - ) |
| Father | John Hart (1654 - 1712) |
| Mother | Mary Hunt (1660 - 1703) |
| Sibling | Ralph Hart (1675 - 1749) |
| Sibling | John Hart lll (1675 - 1752) |
| Sibling | Nathaniel Hart (1682 - 1742) |
| Sibling | Joseph Hart (1695 - 1777) |