John Hart 1682 - 1731 Jahanness Hart A.M. Tutor Yale College John Hart was born 12 Apr 1682 in Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut and baptized on 23 APR 1682.[1][2] He was the third son of Thomas and Ruth (Hawkons) Hart, minister of East Guilford and the first graduate of Yale.[2][3] His father was Deputy and Speaker of the General Assembly [2] He married first on 20 Mar 1712 in Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut to Rebecca Hubbard (1692-1715).[1] John Hart's first wife Rebecca Hubbard (1692-1715) died on Dec. 7, 1715 in Guilford.("Rebeccah, w. of John, d. Dec. 7, 1715 p 129 Guilford Barbour" p 129)[4][2] On 12 Aug 1717 in Guilford John Hart married Sarah Bull (1687-1719) ("John, Rev., of East Guilford, m. Mrs. Sarah Bull, of Hartford, Aug. 12, 1717, by Maj. Joseph Talcot, of Hartford p 128)[4] She died on Feb. 4, 1719 in Guilford ("Sarah, w. of Rev. John, d. Feb. [4, 1719]" p 129)[4][2] On 6 Dec 1720 in Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, He married Mary Hooker (1693-1756) as his third wife. ("John, Rev., m. Mrs. Mary Hooker, b. of Guilford, Dec. 6, 1720, by Rev. Thomas Ruggles p 128) [2][4][5][1] [1][6] Rev John Hard died on 4 Mar 1731 in Guilford.[1] Mary his wife died on 6 Sep 1756.[1] He attended Harvard for two years and transferred to Yale in 1702 and was Yale's first student to obtain a Bachelor's degree in 1703.[2][7] He spent the next two years serving as the second person to serve as tutor at Yale (after Daniel Hooker).[8][9] He studied theology. In June 1705 he was invited to Guilford to work in the ministry and in Nov 1707 he was ordained. He was granted 25-acres in the center of East Guilford (now Madison) with the understanding he would stay and offer his services as a minister.[2] The services included five elders: Rev Thomas Buckingham of Saybrook, James Pierpoint of New Haven, Noadiah Rusell of Middletown, Samuel Russell of Brandford and Thomas Ruggles of Guilford. In Sep 1722 he signed Rector Cutler's petition to Yale in doubt of the validity of the Presbyterian ordination in opposition to the Episcopal.[2] He gave a sermon called "The nature and blessedness of trusting in God" at East-Guilford, on Lords-Day, May 21. 1727 occasioned by the death of Mrs. Hannah Meigs, daughter to Capt. Janna Meigs, who died May 20th. 1727 in the twenty second year of her age.[10] He continued with the church until his infirmities prevented him from continuing. His funeral sermon was published by Nathaniel Chauney (Y.C. of Durham 39 pages) entitled "The Faithful Servant Rewarded." His estate was appraised at £1900. He is buried in West Cemetery, Madison, New Haven County Connecticut, USAFind A Grave Memorial# 61366888[11] His second wife Rebekah (Hubbard) hart is buried with him.[12]Children:Children with his first wife Rebecca Hubbard:1.William, born May 9th, 1713; married June 18th, 1742, Mary Blague.[3]2.Rebecca, born August 20th, 1714; married September 25th, 1734, Rev. Thomas Ruggles, Jr.[3]Children with his second wife Sarah Bull:1.John, born January 31st, 1719. He was a physician, and died single.[3]Children with his third wife Mary Hooker:1.James born January 16th, 1722; died March 28th, 1733, aged 11 years.[3]2.Thomas, born May 27th, 1723 ; married November 28th, 1750, Concurrence Bartlett.[3]3.Mary, born Mny 29th, 1724; died August 28th, 1724.[3]4.Benjamin, born June 1st, 1725; married November 21st, 1750, Mabel Fowler.[3]5.Sarah, born March 1st, 1727; married Henry Hill (1714-1751) on 9 Jan 1749 in Guilford; second, Dr. Thomas Adams (1727-1760) about 1752; third, Rev. Amos Fowler (1728-1800) on 12 Apr 1760 in Guilford. She died 30 Jun 1789 in Guilford.[3]6.Samuel, born, 1730; died single at Madison, September 4th, 1747. aged 17 years.[3] Trivia - his sister Mary (Hart) Newell is an ancestor of Sarah Louise Sarah (Palin) Heath, Governor of Alaska and former Vice Presidential nominee.[3] Sources1.↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Edward Hooker, The descendants of Rev. Thomas Hooker, Hartford, Connecticut, 1586-1908. edited by Margaret Huntington Hooker (Rochester, NY: Margaret Huntington Hooker, 1909) 22, 39-40 # 105 link2.↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 Colonial Collegians: Biographies of Those Who Attended American Colleges before the War for Independence. CD-ROM. Boston, Mass.: Massachusetts Historical Society : New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2005. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Harvard p 1695 link Yale p 3 link3.↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 Alfred Andrews, Genealogical history of Deacon Stephen Hart and his descendants, 1632. 1875 : with an introduction of miscellaneous Harts and their progenitors, as far as known; to which is added a list of all the clergy of the name found, all the physicians, all the lawyers, the authors, and soldiers (New Britain, Conn. : Austin Hart ; Hartford, Conn., : The Case, Lockwood & Brainard Co., 1875) p 20, 368 link4.↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Connecticut Vital Records to 1870 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011.) From original typescripts, Lucius Barnes Barbour Collection, 1928. Guilford p 128-129 Hart link5.↑ Edward Leete, The family of William Leete, one of the first settlers of Guilford, Conn., and governor of New Haven and Connecticut colonies (New Haven, CT: Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor, printers, 1884) p 9, 11, 17 # 25 link6.↑ Connecticut Vital Records to 1870 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011.) From original typescripts, Lucius Barnes Barbour Collection, 1928. Guilford Vital Record p 136 "Guilford p 136 Hooker, Mary Mrs. m Rev. John Hart, b of Guilford, Dec. 6, 1720 by Rev. Thomas Ruggles 2 45"7.↑ Franklin Bowditch, Biographical sketches of the graduates of Yale college history, 1701-1815 (New York, H. Holt and company, 1885) Vol 1 p 13-17 link8.↑ Quarter-centenary Record of the Class of 1885, Yale University by Yale University p 95-969.↑ William Buell Sprague, "John and William Hard Annals of the American pulpit, Volume 1 p 260-1link10. ↑ http://pacscl.exlibrisgroup.com:48992/F/?func=direct&doc_number=00016004911. ↑ Find A Grave Memorial# 6136688812. ↑ Find A Grave Memorial# 61366886· Authorities: Andrews, Hart Genealogy p 386; Hist. Discourse (1802) p 24-26; Religious Intelligencer, i, 267; F.A. Gallup, Hist. Discourse (1877); Historical Magazine, 2nd series V, 230; R.D. Smyth, College Current, July, 11, 1868 p 20; Sprague, Annals of the Amer. Pulpit, i, 260; Pres, Stiles, MS. Itinerary, ii, 545, iii, 58, 377; MS "Miscellaneous" vol, 25. Dexter, Yale Graduates 1:13-17

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