Col. Joseph Hart and Elizabeth Collett

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Husband Col. Joseph Hart ¹

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           Born: 1 Sep 1715 - Warminster Twp, Bucks Co, PA 1
     Christened: 
           Died: 25 Feb 1788 - Warminster Twp, Bucks Co, PA 1
         Buried:  - Southampton Baptist Church

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         Father: John Hart, Jr. (1684-1763) 2
         Mother: Eleanor Crispin (1687-1754) 2

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       Marriage: 9 Oct 1740 3

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Wife Elizabeth Collett ¹

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           Born: 14 May 1714 - Byberry, Philadelphia Co, PA 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 19 Feb 1788 - Warminster, Bucks Co, PA 3
         Buried:  - Southampton Baptist Church

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         Father: John Collett (      -      ) 3
         Mother: Marie Crispin (1686-      ) 2

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Children

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1 M William Hart ³

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           Born: 4 Dec 1741 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 15 Oct 1760 3
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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2 M John Hart ³

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           Born: 29 Nov 1743 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 5 Jun 1786 - Newtown, PA 3
         Buried:  - Southampton Baptist Church

         Spouse: Rebecca Reece (      -      ) 3
           Marr: 13 Sep 1767 3

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3 M Silas Hart ³

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           Born: 4 Oct 1747 3
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           Died: 
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Mary Daniel (      -      ) 3
           Marr: 29 Jan 1770 3

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4 M Josiah Hart ³

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           Born: 17 Jul 1749 - Warminster, Bucks Co, PA 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 25 Oct 1800 3
         Buried:  - Southampton Baptist Church

         Spouse: Ann (Nancy) Watts (1759-1815) 3

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5 M Joseph [1] Hart ³

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           Born: 21 Nov 1751 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 30 Jan 1752 3
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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6 M Joseph Hart ³

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           Born: 7 Dec 1758 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 15 Apr 1811 3
         Buried:  - Southampton Baptist Church

         Spouse: Ann (Nancy) Folwell (      -      ) 3
           Marr: 25 Dec 1783 3

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General Notes: Husband - Col. Joseph Hart

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He was born in the old family mansion in Warminster township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. He inherited, as eldest son, 200 acres of his father's plantation on which was located the family mansion, and added to it by purchase, during his father's lifetime, the 200 acres which had been his Uncle Thomas's portion of his grandfather's land, sold by Thomas to James Rush, in 1719. He thus became seized of 400 acres of the 484 acres taken up by his grandfather, John Hart, Sr., in 1684. With his father and brother, Oliver, as well as his wife, Elizabeth Collett, he was among the founders of Southampton Baptist Church in 1746, and succeeded his father as clerk in 1762; was trustee in 1763, as well as deacon and treasurer. He was Sheriff of Bucks county, 1749-50-51; Justice of the County Courts, 1747, and, when the various courts were separated, was Justice of the Court of Quarter Sessions and Common Pleas, in 1764.
In 1747 he was ensign of the regiment of "Bucks County Associators" commanded by Col. Alexander Graydon, and was promoted to captain after Braddock's defeat in 1755. As the Revolution developed he early prepared to support it. "He was among the first to gather up the strength of the Colony before the contest broke out." "His standing gave him great influence, and he was probably the foremost man in the county of Bucks in moulding public opinion." He was one of his county's representatives in the Provincial Convention, held in Carpenter's Hall, Philadelphia, July, 1774; a member of the Bucks County Committee of Safety, and chosen its chairman, when it organized January 16, 1775; vice-president of the Provincial Conference held at Carpenter's Hall, Philadelphia, June, 1776.
Joseph Hart was elected July 20, 1775, colonel of the second battalion, Bucks County Associators, and had his command in the field with the "Flying Camp" in the summer of 1776. In the summer of 1777, Col. Hart was elected a member of the Supreme Executive Council of Pennsylvania, and took his seat, July 2, serving until October, 1779. In 1780 he was appointed County Lieutenant for Bucks. At the same time he also held leading civil offices in the county, having been commissioned Register of Wills for Bucks county, under the new government, March 21, 1777, and the county courts being reorganized he was commissioned Judge of the Courts of Common Pleas and Quarter Sessions, June 7, 1784. The battle of Crooked Billet, now Hatboro, was fought partly on his homestead plantation.

1 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania (New York, Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1911), Pg 374.

2 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania (New York, Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1911), Pg 361.

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