Jonathan Haggard

Jonathan married Barbara about 1799 in Harmony Grove, Jackson, Georgia U.S.A.. Barbara was born about 1780 in Harmony Grove, Jackson, Georgia. [Group Sheet]

Samuel married Nancy Hix about 1775 in Surray County, North Carolina. Nancy (daughter of Nathaniel Hix) was born about 1755 in Virginia; died about 1800 in Jackson County, Georgia U.S.A.. [Group Sheet]

Granville married Mary before 1749 in Virginia. Mary was born about 1730 in Virginia. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

OCCUPATION: SCHOOLTEACHER / PLANTER
BIRTH: 1678, England
DEATH: 1770, Fredricksville, Louisa County, VA
IMMIGRATION: 1699, England to Norfolk, Norfolk County, VA
EVENT: Education 1: Educated for the ministry but upon arriving in Virginia was put to teaching school.
EVENT: Comment 1: ABT 1678, Born Bradenham Hall, England, son of a wealthy aristocratic Lord of England, was educated for the ministry.
EVENT: Comment 1: Among his pupils was Elizabeth Gentry, born about 1685, a daughter of Nicholas Gentry, Sr. They eloped to NC where they had a large family. Later they returned to Eastern Virginia.
EVENT: Comment 3: Some records show that James Haggard married Mabel Gentry, sister to Elizabeth, in 1721. That would imply that the last four children were from this union.
EVENT: Military service 1: He joined the English Army as a private against his father's wishes.
EVENT: Military service 2: Lord Haggard felt that the family's social status would warrant a commission) so Lord Haggard paid handsomely to have young James Haggard smuggled out of England aboard a merchant vessel bound for Nor
EVENT: Military service 3: The unscrupulous captain knowing Lord Haggard would never admit to such a scheme threw young James Haggard in with other indentured servants and
EVENT: Military service 4: sold a contract for his services to a wealthy planter, thus collecting for James' passage twice. Young James Haggard landed in Norfolk, Norfolk County, VA, ca. 1698 (prior to his 21st birthday
EVENT: Property 1: 1723, James Hoggard/Haggard, son of Anthony Hoggard, identified in 1723 Over-wharton Parish, Stafford County, VA, as a tobacco planter with three sons.


NI078026] JAMES HAGGARD, A SCHOOLTEACHER
(NOTE: These facts are copied this 17th day of August 1904 by Alfred M. Haggard and Finch Haggard from memoranda in the possession of Melvin Haggard Desoto, IA. He secured this from David Gentry Haggard within the last 5 years.)

A book by David Dawson Haggard Published in 1899 states that James Haggard is the first known Haggard in America. He migrated to America about 1699 when he landed in Norfolk, Norfolk County, VA. He is said to have been educated for the ministry but upon arriving in Virginia was put to teaching school. Among his pupils was Elizabeth Gentry, born about 1685, a daughter of Nicholas Gentry, Sr. They eloped to NC where they had a large family. Later they returned to Eastern Virginia. Some records show that James Haggard married Mabel Gentry, sister to Elizabeth, in 1721. That would imply that the last four children were from this union.

1678 -- James Haggard, (identified in the book by David Dawson Haggard) "The traditions of our fathers are that one James Haggard, born ca. 1678, Bradenham Hall, England, son of a wealthy aristocratic Lord of England, was educated for the ministry. He joined the English Army as a private against his father's wishes. Lord Haggard felt that the family's social status would warrant a commission) so Lord Haggard paid handsomely to have young James Haggard smuggled out of England aboard a merchant vessel bound for Norfolk, Norfolk County, VA. The unscrupulous captain knowing Lord Haggard would never admit to such a scheme threw young James Haggard in with other indentured servants and sold a contract for his services to a wealthy planter, thus collecting for James' passage twice. Young James Haggard landed in Norfolk, Norfolk County, VA, ca. 1698 (prior to his 21st birthday).

"The wealthy planter finding young James Haggard well educated put him to teaching school. There was connected with this school a young woman whose charms so impressed him that they eloped to NC and were married since it was illegal for a bonded servant to marry in Virginia. They had a large family including: Nathaniel, Edmund, Zechariah, and Gray or Granville."

1678 James Haggard, (identified in the book by David Dawson Haggard) "The traditions of our fathers are that one James Haggard, born ca. 1678, Bradenham Hall, England, son of a wealthy aristocratic Lord of England, was educated for the ministry. He joined the English Army as a private against his father's wishes. Lord Haggard felt that the family's social status would warrant a commission) so Lord Haggard paid handsomly to have young James Haggard smuggled out of England aboard a merchant vessel bound for Norfolk, Norfolk County, VA. The unscruplous captain knowing Lord Haggard would never admit to such a scheme threw young James Haggard in with other indentured servants and sold a contract for his services to a wealthy planter, thus collecting for James' passage twice. Young James Haggard landed in Norfolk, Norfolk County, VA, ca. 1698 (prior to his 21st birthday).

The wealthy planter finding young James Haggard well educated put him to teaching school. There was connected with this school a young woman whose charms so impressed him that they eloped to NC and were married since it was illegal for a bonded servant to marry in Virginia. They had a large family including: Nathaniel, Edmund, Zechariah, and Gray or Granville.

James Hoggard/Haggard, son of Anthony Hoggard, identified in 1723 Over-wharton Parish, Stafford County, VA, as a tobacco planter with three sons. Nearest neighbors, also tobacco planters, were James French and William Rice. The book by David Dawson Haggard identifies him as a schoolteacher with four sons. Records in the same area include two others believed to be brothers of those named. Mr. Leland Gentry identifies James Haggard's wife as Elizabeth Gentry, baptised 29 August 1687, St. Peter's Parish, New Kent County, VA, daughter of Nicholas Gentry. (Undoubtedly there were daughters not shown.)

James married Elizabeth Gentry in 1707 in Overwharton, Stafford, Virginia. Elizabeth (daughter of Nicholas Gentry and Lucy Cornelius) was born on 29 Aug 1687 in Saint Peter's Parish, New Kent, Virginia; died in 1765 in Alabama. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

BIRTH: BEF 29 AUG 1687, Saint Peter's Parish, New Kent County, VA
DEATH: 1765, AL
BAPTISM: 29 AUG 1687, Saint Peter's Parish, New Kent County, VA
EVENT: Comment 1: (information from Mack and Alice Dickey, Wichita, Sedgwick County, KS]
EVENT: Comment 1: The Fifth generation of the Gentry's had settled in almost every Southern Territory, as well as in Ohio, IN, IL and MO. The Gentry's have largely been an agricultural people
EVENT: Comment 3: interested in their lands and in their flocks and herds, and they were large slave owners until the Civil War ended.
EVENT: Comment 4: They seem to have preferred their plantations to commercial pursuits or political office Not many of them achieved greatness or national reputations, yet a large number of them have been prominent
EVENT: Comment 5: in their states and counties We find Gentry's represented in the legislatures of IN, KY, NC, TN and Misouri at various times.
EVENT: Comment 6: The Gentry's have been good, strong men, honest and upright, good citizens, patriotic and true, generally prosperous and many of them ministers, business men and doctors of marked ability, wealthy an
EVENT: Comment 7: They have been an honest, conscientious, religious, God-fearing people, loving their families and providing for them well.