Individual Details

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 died in 1752.

Birth	Bet Abt 1685 and 1690	Queens County, New York
Marriage	17 May 1712	Elmhurst, Queens, New York - Martha Furman
Death	27 Jul 1752	Hopewell, Mercer, New Jersey

Spouse	Martha Furman (1691 - 1752)
Child	Moses Hart ( - )
Child	Edward Hart (1712 - )
Child	John Hart (1713 - 1779)
Child	Daniel Hart (1716 - )
Child	Martha Hart (1718 - )
Child	Sarah Hart (1720 - )

Father	John Hart (1654 - 1712)
Mother	Mary Hunt (1660 - 1703)
Sibling	Ralph Hart (1675 - 1749)
Sibling	John Hart (1675 - 1752)
Sibling	Nathaniel Hart (1682 - 1742)
Sibling	Joseph Hart (1695 - 1777)