Hugh Hasson and Elizabeth McClair

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Husband Hugh Hasson ^{1 2}

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           Born: 1744 - Ireland
     Christened: 
           Died: 1815 - Frenchcreek Twp, Venango Co, PA 2 3
         Buried:  - Mill Creek Cemetery, Utica, Frenchcreek Twp, Venango Co, PA 4

       Marriage: 

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Wife Elizabeth McClair ⁵

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           Born: 1741 - Pennsylvania
     Christened: 
           Died: 1843 5
         Buried:  - Mill Creek Cemetery, Utica, Frenchcreek Twp, Venango Co, PA 4

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Children

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1 M John Lindsay Hasson ^{6 7 8 9 10}

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            AKA: John S. Hasson 3
           Born: 9 Mar 1791 - Chester Co, PA 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 5 Feb 1885 - Canal Twp, Venango Co, PA 11
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Margaret Duffield (1796-1870) 6 9 10 12 13
           Marr: 16 Feb 1816 3 9 11

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2 F Elizabeth Hasson ^{14 15}

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           Born:  - Virginia
     Christened: 
           Died: 12 Dec 1840 14
         Buried: 

         Spouse: David Hood (1802-1859) 14 15
           Marr: 15 Aug 1827 14

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General Notes: Husband - Hugh Hasson

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He settled in Canal township, Venango County, PA, in 1799. They came to the county with horse and pack saddle, and horse with sled car. There was a road from Pittsburgh to Harrisville, Butler County, and from there they came with their horse, pack-saddle and sled car, through the woods, there being no wagon roads then. They stopped over night with a man by the name of Samuel Ray, when they arrived in the county. The first year they raised about 100 bushels of potatoes, a little wheat, etc., The first plow he used had a wooden mouldboard. Hugh Hasson was a soldier of the revolutionary war, served throughout the entire war. [HVC 1879, 555]

He moved from New London, Chester county, PA, to Canal township, Venango County, in 1799, where he resided until his death. [HVC 1890, 264]

He became a resident of French Creek in 1799 or 1800, moving here from the eastern part of the state by means of a horse and pack saddle, and a horse and sled. They settled a short distance from Utica, where he died.

He came to America and settled in eastern Pennsylvania, where he en­gaged in farming. He served in the war of the Revolution, and about 1800 came to Venango county and located in French Creek township, later removing to Canal township. [HVC 1890, 1064]

Private, 5th & 8th Battalion, Cumberland Militia

1 J. H. Newton, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Columbus, OH: J. A. Caldwell Publishers, 1879), Pg 553, 555.

2 Editor, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 564, 1064.

3 J. H. Newton, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Columbus, OH: J. A. Caldwell Publishers, 1879), Pg 555.

4 Venango County Historical Society, Venango County Pennsylvania Cemetery Records and Early Church Histories, Vol. 6, Frenchcreek Township (Franklin, PA: Venango County Historical Society, 1998), Pg 21.

5 Editor, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 1064.

6 J. H. Newton, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Columbus, OH: J. A. Caldwell Publishers, 1879), Pg 198, 555.

7 Editor, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 564, 1010, 1064.

8 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 339, 759.

9 —, The Duffield Family; A Sketch of William Duffield, of Venango County, PA, and His Descendents (PA: The William Duffield Association, 1905), Pg 48.

10 Roger N. Whiting, The William Cousins Family of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chippewa Falls, WI: Personal genealogy research, 2012), Pg 54.

11 Editor, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 1065.

12 Editor, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 1010, 1065.

13 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 759.

14 J. H. Newton, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Columbus, OH: J. A. Caldwell Publishers, 1879), Pg 556.

15 Editor, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 1067.