Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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William Watts Hart




Husband William Watts Hart 1

           Born: 2 Jun 1790 1
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           Died: 24 Feb 1815 1
 Cause of Death: Typhoid fever
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         Father: Josiah Hart (1749-1800) 2
         Mother: Ann (Nancy) Watts (1759-1815) 2





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General Notes: Husband - William Watts Hart


He was admitted to Bucks County, Pennsylvania, bar, June 3, 1813; Deputy Register of Wills, under his cousin, Dr. William Hart, 1810; Deputy Register and Recorder of Deeds under John Pugh, 1813; Deputy Prothonotary, under his uncle, William Watts, March, 1811; commissioned Clerk of Orphans' Court, Feb. 28, 1814, but resigned that position to join the army when news was received at the county seat of the burning of Washington by the British, and was commissioned Lieutenant of the company then organized, becoming later Adjutant of Col. Thomas Humphries' regiment at Marcus Hook. He returned to Doylestown at close of war, was taken with typhus fever and died at the house of his uncle, Hon. William Watts.

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Sources


1 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania (New York, Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1911), Pg 377.

2 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania (New York, Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1911), Pg 376.


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