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Jean Means

Female 1726 - 1799  (72 years)


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  • Name Jean Means  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8] 
    Born 30 Aug 1726  Warminster, Bucks, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8] 
    Gender Female 
    Died 31 Jan 1799  Abington, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7] 
    • Age: 72
    Buried Abington, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4] 
    Person ID I1041  Clark-Hart
    Last Modified 25 Feb 2020 

    Father William Means,   b. Plumstead, Bucks, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother Mary 
    Family ID F393  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family James Hart, I,   b. Apr 1717, British Isles, UK Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 04 May 1766, Bucks, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 49 years) 
    Married 1754  Bucks Co., Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Children 
     1. Samuel Hart,   b. 19 Aug 1746,   d. 21 Jan 1831  (Age 84 years)
    +2. Colonel William Hart,   b. 13 Mar 1748, Bucks County, PA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 03 Jan 1831, Hartsville, PA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years)
     3. John Hart,   b. 13 Mar 1748, Bucks Co., Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Feb 1803, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 54 years)  [natural]
     4. Mary Hart,   b. 15 Jan 1752, Plumstead, Bucks, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 03 Apr 1817, Plumstead, Bucks, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 65 years)  [natural]
     5. Joseph Hart,   b. 16 Feb 1755, Plumstead, Bucks, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 03 May 1826, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 71 years)  [natural]
     6. Elizabeth Hart,   b. 28 Feb 1757  [natural]
     7. James Hart, II,   b. 17 Mar 1759, Bucks Co., Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Apr 1826, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 67 years)
     8. Solomon Hart,   b. 31 Aug 1762,   d. 27 Apr 1810  (Age 47 years)  [natural]
     9. Jane Hart,   b. 04 Aug 1765, Plumstead, Bucks, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1843, Bucks Co., Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years)  [natural]
    Last Modified 14 Dec 2018 
    Family ID F369  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 30 Aug 1726 - Warminster, Bucks, Pennsylvania, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 1754 - Bucks Co., Pennsylvania, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 31 Jan 1799 - Abington, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Abington, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 

    • James and Jean had eleven children, eight of whom married. Two died young. Of those who married, three lived to be more than 70; two lived to the age of 65 or over.

      Samuel was the eldest, born August 19, 1745 and died January 21, 1831 un married.

      William and John born March 13, 1748 were twins. William was Col. William Hart and he married his cousin Elizabeth Mears. John maried Mary McCalla

      Elizabeth born Feb 2, 1750 died in infancy

      Mary born January 15, 1752 married James Ruckman

      James born Decembery 29, 1753 died young

      Joseph born February 16, 1755 married Elinor Wilson of Kingswood NJ and removed to that state.

      Elizabeth (the second child of that name) was born February 28 1757; she married John Johnston also of Kingwood, and like her brother she moved to NJ.

      James (the second of that name) was born March 17, 1759; he married Ann Hankison. He permanently settle in Philadelphia and his grave is at the head of the Hart lot in South Laurel Hill Cemetery, havng been removed from one of the Presbyterian Church burying grounds in Philadelphia.

      Solomon born August 31, 1762 maried Isabel Long

      Jane, the youngest, was born August 4, 1765 and married Sauel Opdycke.

      James died in 1766 at the age of 49 and is buried beside his father at Deep Run, with a simple stone with only J. H. carved on it. He died intestate, and letters were granted on June 4, 1767 to Jane Hart as his widow.

      From "A record of the Hart family of Philadelphia..." by Thomas Hart 1920

      "Jean Hart seems to have had trouble in disposing of some of her husband's property, while acting as administrix of his estate..." She petitioned the court several times for permission to sell property in order to pay debts of the estate. The property which was not sold wa conveyed by her and the other heirs to her son Samuel.

      Jean survived James for some thirty years.
    • Jean and Jane were the twin daughters of William and Mary Means of Plumstead township. The family emigrated from Ayershire, Scotland in the early 1700's. She married James Hart, the eldest son of Samuel Hart. They settled down in Plumstead near Wisner where James had purchased a tract of about 400 acroes of land adjoining the plantation of his father. James was an innkeeper at a crossroads in Plumsteadville which was then known as "James Hart's Tavern".

  • Sources 
    1. [S22] Public Member Trees, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;), Database online.
      Record for James Hart

    2. [S22] Public Member Trees, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;), Database online.
      Record for Jane Hart

    3. [S22] Public Member Trees, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;), Database online.
      Record for Solomon HART

    4. [S22] Public Member Trees, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;), Database online.
      Record for Joseph Hart

    5. [S22] Public Member Trees, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;), Database online.
      Record for James (Means) Hart

    6. [S77] Millennium File, Heritage Consulting, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2003;).
      Record for James Hart

    7. [S70] U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;), Volume: 275.
      Record for James Hart

    8. [S101] Colonial Families of the USA, 1607-1775, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2016;).
      Record for Jean Means