Re: John Hiatt (1696-1764)
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Re: John Hiatt (1696-1764)
Randal Mortimer 8/06/12
This is a major area where any and all researchers on this family should work together, sort and bring all info together. There has been some activity with this news, a professional researcher is onto it too.It would be really great if we could do some tracking forwad also on the siblings of John Hiatt and see how his siblings line go. Also with his uncles and aunts, etc. eventually could bring together the world of Hiatt/Hiett/Hiott/Hyatt, etc.
Read material following, in short:
John Hiatt, Quaker immigrant, son of Richard Hiatt, son of John Hiatt, son of Thomas Hiatt, son of John Hiatt, son of Robert Hiatt, everyone should look up the Butleigh site and enjoy. Let's all thanks Bob Senior who has discovered contacted myself and shared this information.Sincerely, Larry Anderson
From Marty
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The document I ordered from the Somerset Heritage Center just a few days ago, arrived in today's mail. I was so surprised. Mail within the US doesn't move that fast.
The copy is clear, and the penmanship outstanding.
Thank you Mr. Senior for finding our Hiatt/etc. origins in England. And thank you to the Heritage Center for such a prompt, quality response.
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Dear Marty, Larry,
As you can see from my website I am trying to research hundreds of Butleigh people at the same time, from all periods. It is only now and again that I give one surname a bit more deserved attention and that happened with the Hietts a few weeks ago. The surname spelling was entirely a matter of whim according to the scribe or clerk - based on the phonetical pronunciation - there were no dictionaries of surnames, hence the very wide variety of spellings of this surname and also there are misread transcriptions. There wasn't a RIGHT spelling at that time.
The John of Butleigh was the son of Richard, grandson of John and great-grandson of Thomas. I still haven't found the link between the Thomas having children in Street [3 miles from Butleigh] from circa 1600 and the Thomas Hiett son of Robert Hiet who was alive in the late 1500's. It shouldn't be impossible but the problem is always time - there will be clues in some of the documents that I have listed but not yet read. I found the older Thomas acting as a witness in a will in Butleigh in the 1560's just today.
I live in Butleigh, England and most of the documents are in Taunton [27 miles away] but at the moment I do not have the time to go and look at them - I am also pre-occupied with transcribing many other Butleigh wills, a sons marriage and visiting relatives in Germany!
The other John Hiett in Street seems to have disappeared and I haven't tried to follow that line up. Only a limited numer of forenames seem to be used by any one family and John is one of the commonest. He was obviously a cousin of John son of Richard who was in Butleigh.
As soon as I can, probably in October, I must transcribe the document 'DD/S/BT/6/8/3 1] John Hiett late of Butleigh but now of Pennsylvania, America and wife Mary' and its contents to see if there are any additional clues there and also 'DD/S/BT/5/7/4 1] John Hiett of Butleigh, yeoman and wife Mary'.
Hope this is of some help.
Best wishes,
Bob Senior
On 29/07/2012 12:57, Marty Hiatt wrote:
Dear Larry,
Thank you ever so much for sharing the details about Hiatts in Butleigh, England. I've read it all, but just once.Bob Senior has made a wonderful contribution to our cause. Does he live in England?
At the end of your email I found the following summary, but now I'm confused.
Who was the father of our John Hiett, the man who married Mary Smith and immigrated to Pennsylvania?Was it Richard, or Thomas?
Was Richard really a Hiatt, or a Hewitt/Huett?
1a2) Richard Hiett [Chr. 10 Jan 1640 Street s.o. John and Alice Hiet?], d. Butleigh 1686?
Married: ? ______ unk. [probably died. Before 1688 for children to be taken in by other people – or re-married]
Children:
1) Richard (1a2A) [a Richard Huett Chr. 1 Dec 1667 Street s.o. Richard Huett seems likely]
2) John [Chr. 27 Apr 1676 Street] (1a2B)
3) George [probably Chr.Butleigh post 1677]…
1a2B) John Hiett [Chr. 27 Apr 1676 Street, s.o. Richard Hiett] d.c. 1727 America
Married: c. 1695 Mary Smith [Chr. 22 Apr 1673 Butleigh] d.o. William and Grace Smith #, d. 1745 Bucks County, Pennsylvania
Children:
1) John b. 1696 [probably Butleigh]
2) George b. 1698 [probably Butleigh]
3) William b. 1700 Bucks County, Pennsylvania
Another John Hiett was also Chr. 22 May 1677 Street, s.o. Thomas Hiett.
DD/S/BT/6/8/3 1] John Hiett late of Butleigh but now of Pennsylvania, America and wife Mary 2]
What else should we order and read?I will be very interested in other land records (e.g. How did John Hiett take possession of the land he sold after moving to Pennsylvania?)
Ms. Marty Hiatt, CG
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