Brad's Ancestors

    • BABB, Mary "Polly" - b. 7/22/1797, m. 8/22/1820, Greene Co, TN to Nathan HOGGATT, d. 6/07/1864 Clinton Co, OH. Buried at Westboro Cemetery, Jefferson Twp., Clinton Co., OH. Interesting Babb Site: Babb Web Pages

    • CLARK, Sarah Beach, b. 20 May 1773 MA?; d. 17 Jan 1834; m. Reuben SMITH. Lived in Adams Co, OH

    • DAVIS, Joseph, b. c1820s. Lived in Xenia, Green Co, OH. Married to Eliza Jane McDOWELL. Moved to Grant Co, IN. Daughters: Nancy Ann (DAVIS) MURPHY, b. 17 Mar 1847; m. Moses James MURPHY on 7 Jan 1868 in Grant Co., IN; d. 1938. Other known daughter: Anna (DAVIS) TYLER, w/o Thomas TYLER, m/o Earl and Ira Tyler. Buried at Thrailkill Cemetery.

    • DOWNING, Nancy, b. c1810 in or around Louisville, Jefferson Co, KY. Married Jonathan MURPHY in Henry Co., IN. Moved to Wabash Co, IN ca 1840. Husband's Will located in Howard Co., IN. Son, Moses James Murphy moved to Grant Co, IN in mid 1860s. Bros. of Nancy were Joe, Jim and John DOWNING. Family great-uncle said her name was Elizabeth Ann DOWNING. Census records and marriage record give her name as Nancy however.

    • ERNST / EARNEST , from the Swiss village of Dattlikon in the Toss Valley at the foothills of the Alps. Hans ERNST m. Verena KREBSER on 6/21/1606. Son: Hans Jacob Ernst (b. 5/24/1609) m. Elsbeth STAMM. Son: Hans Heinrich Ernst (b. 2/06/1642) m. Barbara MEISTERHANS on 1/10/1669. Son: Ulrich Ernst (b. 5/01/1671) m. Judith FISCHER on 2/07/1699. Son: Felix Ernst (b. 1/25/1705) m. Elsbeth WEIDMANN on 3/02/1729. Felix went to America ca 1742. Felix and Elsbeth died during the voyage and were buried at sea. Their children, Heinrich (b. 6/08/1730-3/06/1809) and Anna (b. 1732), landed at Norfolk, VA, where they were bounded out. They never met again. Heinrich ERNST became Henry Earnest. Henry married ca 1760 to Mary STEPHENS (1742-8/16/1838), d/o Lawrence. Henry was a private in Co. M, under the command of Capt. Geo Mercer during the French and Indian War. Henry and Mary lived in Stephens City, VA. (then known as Newtown, VA). They then moved to Greene Co., TN, then a part of Washington Co., NC. He settled on the south bank of the Nollichuckey River from the mouth of Big Limestone Creek, abt a mile east of what is known as Earnests Bridge, to the mouth of Horsecreek, 2 miles southwest. This land, plus land in more remote areas given to the family for services rendered during the war, was divided into 5 plantations, one for each son. The original land grant from George III was last known to be in the possession of Charles E. Earnest, of Greenville.
      Brad Hoggatt is descended from Henry & Mary Earnest's son Felix Earnest (9/20/1762-7/16/1842) -or 7/18th and Felix's first wife, Sarah NORTH (m. 8/15/1786). She was the d/o John North. She was b. 2/18/1770, d. 8/01/1807. (Second wife was Sarah Oliphant, d/o John & Hannah (Amos) Oliphant, (b. 7/16/1784 - d. 2/10/1874), m. 5/14/1808). Felix was a Methodist preacher and a farmer. Son of Felix and Sarah was Henry F. Earnest, who was b. in Greene Co., TN on 2/17/1792, and d. in Sevier Co., TN on 10/17/1827. He first m. Rachel LOTSPEICH on 11/18/1811, d/o John Christopher and Rebecca Barbara HARTLEY Lotspeich. Rachel was born 11/17/1793 in Greene Co., TN and died there ca 1816. He m. his 2nd wife, Hannah BITNER, on 10/28/1816. She was b. 4/26/1797 in Greene Co., TN and d. 4/18/1877 in Rush Co., IN (Barrett Cemetery). Henry F. and Hannah Earnest's son was Isaac N. Earnest He was b. on 8/11/1819 in TN, and d. 1/10/1908 in Madison Co., IN. He is buried in Glencove Cemetery in Henry Co., IN. His wife's name was Susannah REDDICK. They were m. 12/26/1839 in Rush Co., IN. Susannah was b. ca 1824 in OH. They had moved near Summitville, Madison Co., IN. by 1850. Their son was John R. Earnest, b. 4/1844 in IN. He married Letia A. (surname unknown), b. ca 1844. Both d. sometime aft 1910. Their son was Isaac Newton Earnest, b. 11/1873 in IN. He married Nellie Blanche ADAMS ca 1900. She was b. in Kansas ca 1876, but raised in Indiana. Their daughter was Stella Mae Earnest, born 11/20/1901 in Madison Co., IN. She m. Floyd Ellis ODLE in 1925. Stella d. on 9/17/1947 and is bur. in Grant Memorial Cemetery, in Grant Co, IN. Their daughter was Ruth Elizabeth Odle, who was born 4/07/1929 and died 12/25/1977. She married Bennie Eugene HOGGATT.
      Piglet's Genealogy Pages: Earnest

    • GLENDENNING, David - m. 1/06/1685 at Edinburg, Scotland to Margaret HALL. Daughter was Mary Glendenning, b. 12/08/1698 at Edinburgh, Scotland, m. bef 1727 to Philip HOGGATT at Chester Co., PA, d. 11/17/1780 at Guilford Co., NC. (See HOGGATT notes). Information obtained from Ken Hoggatt (kenhoggatt@aol.com)

    • HOGGATT, Philip - b. 1/16/1687 in Berkshire, England, m. bef 1727 at Chadford, Chester Co., PA to Mary H. GLENDENNING, d. 1/26/1783 at Guilford Co., NC. Son: Anthony HOGGATT, b. 12/08/1730 at Hanover Co., VA, m. 5/12/1754 at Hanover Co., VA to Mary Agnes STANLEY, d. 11/17/1773 at Hanover Co., VA. His son: Anthony HOGGATT, Jr., b. 12/11/1762 at Guilford Co., NC, m. 2/05/1793 at Greene Co, TN to Susanna LANE, d. aft 1840, probably in Green Co., TN. His son: Nathan HOGGATT, b. 12/11/1762 at Green Co., TN, m. 8/22/1820 at Green Co., TN to Mary BABB, d. 3/19/1880 at Clinton Co, OH. Buried at Westboro Cemetery, Jefferson Twp., Clinton Co., OH. (Second wife was Hannah LEE, m. 12/28/1866). His son: James HOGGATT, b. 5/05/1826 in Green Co., TN, m. 10/28/1853 at Clinton Co., OH to Susannah Rhonemus/Rhonemous, d. 9/22/1895 at Grant Co, IN, Buried at Converse Cemetery, Grant Co., IN. His son: Nathaniel Hoggatt, b. 7/05/1861 at Grant Co., IN, m. 11/14/1881, Grant Co., IN to Sarah Catherine SMITH, d. 10/06/1921, Grant Co., IN. Buried Converse Cemetery, Grant Co., IN. His son: Miles Franklin HOGGATT, b. 10/11/1882, Herbst, Grant Co., IN, m. 9/10/1910, Grant Co., IN to Martha "Mattie" Ann MURPHY, d. 12/19/1960, Marion, Grant Co., IN. Buried: Thrailkill Cemetery, Grant Co., IN.
      Hoggatt Family Tree with old pictures.
      Quaker Collection: HOGGATT/HOCKETT

    • LANE c 1753 - aft 1860 NC / Greene Co, TN

    • McADOW c1800 - 1820 MD / OH

    • McDOWELL c1831 - 1907 Green Co, OH / Grant Co, IN

    • MURPHY c1810 - 1963 VA / Henry-Wabash Co, IN / Grant Co, IN

    • NESBITT c1800 - 1900 Adams Co, OH / Grant Co, IN
      Lisa (Boettger) Haas's Nesbitt Family
      Nesbitt Family Genealogy Forum

    • ODLE 1859 - now Madison Co, IN / Grant Co, IN

    • RHONEMUS 1829-1891 Clinton Co, OH / Grant Co, IN

    • SMITH 1767 - 1927 Adams Co, OH / Grant Co, IN
      Lisa (Boettger) Haas's Smith-Nesbitt Family

    • SPURGEON c1810 - 1870 PA / Adams Co, OH / Grant Co, IN

    • STANLEY 1861 - 1924 Madison Co, IN / Grant Co, IN

    • STANLEY 1640 - 1808 Lancaster and Preston, ENG / New Kent Co, VA / Hanover Co, VA
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