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Daniel Harrar |
| Birth |
5 Feb or Mar 1756, Frankford, Philadelphia County, PA |
| Death |
27 Sep 1845-6, Montgomery County, PA |
| Burial |
Montgomery Baptist Churchyard, Colmar, PA. |
| Father |
John F. Harrar, Sr. (~1725-1799) |
| Mother |
UNNAMED |
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| Spouse |
Lydia |
| Birth |
22 Jan 1755 |
| Death |
22 Feb 1818 |
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| Children |
| 1 M |
John Harrar |
| Birth |
1778, Philadelphia Co., Pennsylvania |
| Death |
29 Dec 1810, 'buried with his wife Ann in the New Britain churchyard near Chalfont, PA' or at the Montgomery Bptist churchyard at Colmar, PA. |
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| 2 M |
William Harrar |
| Birth |
28 Sep 1782, Colmar, Montgomery County, PA |
| Death |
12 Oct 1865, buried with Naomi at Colmar, Montgomery Baptist churchyard |
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| 3 M |
Daniel Harrar |
| Birth |
11 Oct 1784, Montgomery County, PA |
| Death |
12 or 23 Aug 1865, buried with his wife at the Colerain Baptist Meeting House at Christiana, PA |
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| 4 M |
Joseph Harrar |
| Birth |
11 Dec 1786, Montgomery County, PA |
| Death |
24 Jun 1851, he and wife buried at Colerain |
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| 7 M |
Nathan Harrar |
| Birth |
27 Feb 1781 |
| Death |
5 Feb 1858, 'He and first wife are buried in the Montogomery Baptist churchyard at Colmar, PA' |
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| 8 M |
Jesse Harrar |
| Birth |
13 May 1789, Montgomery County, PA |
| Death |
9 or 30 Mar 1849, Lancaster County, PA. buried at Colerain |
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| Notes for Daniel Harrar |
baptized with his wife, Lydia and taken into Montgomery Baptist Church at Colmar, Pennsylvania on December 8, 1799.
had 9 nine sons.
When his father died he and Henry Maag (son-in-law) were executors of his estate. His father left him 60 pounds in his will.
'He appears in the census of 1790 as residing in Lower Dublin Township, Philadelphia Co., as Daniel Harrow with six males under 16, and two white free females. One of these was his wife Lydia. The other female may have been a servant, or a daughter representing the fabled ninth child.'
'He enlisted in August 1776 and served two months as a Private in Captain Jacob Leech's Pennsylvania Company. He enlisted in April 1777, served two months as a Private in Jacob Leech's Company, Colonel's Magaw's and Daniel Riester's Pennsylvania Regiments and was in the Battle of Bound Brook; he enlisted in April 1778 and served 2 months as a Private in Captain Joseph Rhoads' Pennsylvania Company; he enlisted and served on 4 tours of 2 months each, in 1778 to 1880 as a Private in Captain Benjamin Dungan's Pennsylvania Company.'
'In 1776 he lived in Cheltenham Township, Philadelphia County, Penn. In 1777 he resided in Oxford Township, Philadelphia County, Penn. After the Revolutionary War he lived in Philadelphia County. In 1834 he was living in Montgomery Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, in which County he has resided about 30 years.'
'Aunt Mattie Anderson, his great grand-daughter, who was eight years old when he died, told me she could remember him as an old man who sat on the porch and would stick out his cane to trip her up, and then "laugh and laugh".'
buried Montgomery Co. Baptist churchyard at Colmar, PA. His son William was appointed executor of his estate. |
| Notes for Lydia |
possibly born in 1755.
baptized and taken into Montgomery Baptist Church at Colmar, PA. buried Montgomery Co. Baptist churchyard at Colmar, PA. |
| Notes for Daniel & Lydia (Family) |
| Both baptized and taken into Montgomery Baptist Church, Dec. 1779 |
| Notes for John (Child 1) |
residence in New Britain, Pennsylvania
"Liked fast horses" (Aunt M.A.)
buried Baptist Church, New Britain, PA. |
| Notes for Daniel (Child 3) |
'after marriage they moved first to Delaware where two children were born. In 1823 they moved to what is no known as Colerain Township, Lancaster County, PA., to the farm where the Rev. Elwood Harrar now owns. The original log house is still standing and in use. The Harrars were among the founders of the First Baptist Church in Colerain Township. In politics they were all Jacksonian Democrats.'
'Around the base of his tombstone are inscribed the words: "His last words to his children were, 'Try and meet me in Heaven'".
'In politics they were all Jacksonian Democrats.' |
| Notes for Joseph (Child 4) |
| He and Catharine are buried at Colerain |
| Notes for Septimus (Child 5) |
| 'a private in 1814 Bucks County Riflemen, and was at Camp Snyder Oct. 13, 1814, where he was 'fined'.' |
| Notes for Jesse (Child 8) |
| 'a private in the War of 1812-14, a volunteer in the Bucks County Militia in 1814.' |
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