Individual Details
Jonathan Harned
(18 Feb 1746 - 13 Jan 1814)
Jacob Harned was son of Jonathan Harned (b. 2 mo. 18, 1746, d. 1811), and w. Sarah Laing (dau. of David and Anna Randolph Laing, of Woodbridge), m. 7 mo. 16, 1766. Jonathan Harned was son of Nathaniel Harned (b. 10 mo. 3, 1716), and w. Anna Clawson, (dau. of John Clawson, of Woodbridge), m. 4 mo. 17, 1742. Nathaniel, Jonathan and Jacob Harned were all members of the Society of Friends, all b. and d. at Woodbridge, where they carried on successively the same business--that of tanners and curriers--in connection with the farm, which was the family estate. Nathaniel Harned suffered notably in person and estate during the Revolutionary war on account of his strict adherence to his principles as a non-combatant--being plundered and oppressed in turn by both parties, American and British, as were many others of his sect.
Events
| Birth | 18 Feb 1746 | Middlesex, Woodbridge, New Jersey | |||
| Marriage | 24 Dec 1766 | Union, New Jersey - Sarah Laing |  | ||
| Will | 28 Feb 1810 | Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey |  | ||
| Death | 13 Jan 1814 | Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey | | ||
| Occupation | tanner and currier |
Families
| Spouse | Sarah Laing (1748 - 1810) |
| Child | David Harned (1767 - 1825) |
| Child | Jacob Harned (1769 - ) |
| Child | Sarah Harned (1773 - ) |
| Child | Nathaniel Harned (1775 - 1808) |
| Child | Ann Harned (1780 - 1846) |
| Child | John Harned (1783 - 1848) |
| Child | Rebecca Harned (1786 - 1864) |
| Child | Deborah Harned (1788 - 1861) |
| Child | Jonathan Harned (1791 - 1862) |
| Father | Nathaniel Harned (1716 - 1774) |
| Mother | Annah Closson (1718 - 1751) |
| Sibling | David Harned (1746 - 1815) |
| Sibling | Anna Harned (1748 - 1803) |
Notes
Will
1810, Feb. 28. Harned, Jonathan, of Woodbridge Twsp., Middlesex Co,; will of. Wife, Sarah, use and possession of all estate, real and personal, during widow-hood, to enable her to maintain and educate the younger children who may be under age at my death. After her death. or marriage to my son, Jacob, 10 acres of land adjoining the county road leading from Woodbridge to New Brunswick, including his dwelling house as lately deeded to him, adjoining also my cousin, Jonathan Harned, Jr., and Andrew Bell; also lot purchased of Elias Crow on the road to Crows Mill; also meadow purchased of Abel Clarkson. Sons, John and Jonathan, equally, all my house and plantation whereon I live and residue of the front lot, and salt meadowpurchased of Benjamin Drake, as tenants in common. Meadow in Raritan to be sold. Son, David, £200. Son, John, £50. Four daughters [unnamed], each £100, Sarah being charged with what has been advanced to her. Granddaughter, Sarah Harned (daughter of my dec'd son, Nathaniel), £50 to be at interest until she is 21. If daughters should die before legacies become due, such share to survivors. If sons should die before full age and without issue, such share to all surviving children. Any residue of estate to all children equally.
Executors—wife, Sarah, and friends, Andrew Elston, John Willson.
Witnesses—John Willson, James Willson, Rebeccah Willson.
1811, Sept. 7. Codicil. Three daughters, Anne, Rebecca and Deborah have been given a bed and bedding and all the linens they have made for themselves. Son, Jonathan, a note of hand he holds against me, and a horse when he is 21, Witnesses—John Willson, John Harned.
Proved Feb. 8, 1814.
1814, Feb. 4. Inventory, $4,742.29; made by Nathan Harned, William
Bloodgood. Includes stock in Tanyard in "Co." with John Harned and Jonathan Harned. Affirmed June 13, 1815 by Andrew Elston and John Willson.
1821, Aug. 6. Inventory of goods held by Sarah Harned of Woodbridge
Twsp., held by will of Jonathan Harned, $6,196.18; made by William Smith, Abel Shotwell. Includes various quantities of leathers in and out of vats, i.e., "Vat No. 5 in 3 Row supposed to contain 100 calf skins on last layer", etc. Affirmed by John Harned and Isaac Moore, Adm'rs, C.T.A., Aug. 6, 1821.
Endnotes
1. Ancestry.com, U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014), Swarthmore College; Swarthmore, Pennsylvania; Register of Marriages, Births and Deaths, 1687-1871; Collection: Quaker Meeting Records; Call Number: MR Ph:547.
2. Ancestry.com, New Jersey, Abstract of Wills, 1670-1817 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011).