Il avait une relation avec Jane Pressly.
Enfant(s):
HEARST, Joseph b Ireland d bef. 20 Oct 1814
m 8 Jun 1784 Jane Pressly or Mary Peterson
William
Margaret b 1786
John b 1787
Elizabeth Knox
Jane m Rev John T. Pressly
Mary b bef. 1800 m Thomas White Chiles
Sallie b 1800 d 1832 m Samuel Bonner
Isabella b aft. 1800 m Dr. George Pressly
Joseph served as a private in the Revolutionary War.
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Joseph Hearst
Birth: Feb. 16, 1760
County Antrim, Northern Ireland
Death: May 21, 1814
Cedar Springs (Abbeville County)
Abbeville County
South Carolina, USA
Joseph Hearst, son of John Hearst and the former Miss Elizabeth Knox, was born in the area around Ballybay in County Antrim, Ireland on the 16th of February 1760. At the age of 4, his parents were part of a group of Scots-Presbyterians that sailed to America with Dr. Thomas Clark; arriving July 1764 into New York aboard the ship "John". While part settled in Salem, New York, Joseph and family emigrated south to the Long Cane area. Around 1771, the Hearst family were charter members of the Long Cane Associate Reformed Church.
During the Revolutionary War, Joseph Hearst was a Private in the South Carolina Militia and later received reimbursement payments from the State of South Carolina for supplies used during the war. *
On June 8th 1784, Joseph Hearst married Jane Pressly, daughter of John and Isabella [née Fleming] Pressly. Her parents had been part of the group of Reform Presbyterians with Rev. William Martin and his five ships that arrived in Charlestown in the fall of 1772 and settling in the same area around Long Cane. This blessed union had six known children:
John Hearst (1787 – 1843)
Elizabeth Knox [Hearst] Pressly (1791 – 1875)
Jane [Hearst] Pressly (1793 – 1873)
Margaret [Hearst] Hearst (1796 – 1856)
Mary [Hearst] Chiles (1798 – 1871)
Isabella [Hearst] Pressly (1806 – 1858)
Joseph Hearst, Sr. was ordained as an elder in both Long Cane & Cedar Springs A. R. P. churches, which his parents helped organize. He departed this life on the 21st of May 1814, at the aged of 54 years old. Joseph is buried near his parents and in-laws in the churchyard cemetery at Cedar Springs. His wife would join him fourteen years later.
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* Revolutionary War Source:
U.S. Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970
Family links:
Spouse:
Jane Pressly Hearst (1762 - 1828)
Children:
John Hearst (1787 - 1843)
Elizabeth Knox Hearst Pressly (1791 - 1875)
Jane Hearst Pressly (1793 - 1873)
Margaret Hearst Hearst (1796 - 1856)
Mary Hearst Chiles (1798 - 1871)
Sarah C. Hearst Bonner (1800 - 1832)
Isabella Hearst Pressly (1806 - 1858)
Inscription:
SACRED
To the Memory
of
JOSEPH HEARST, SEN.
Who departed this life
The 21st of May 1814
Aged 54 Years.
Burial:
Cedar Springs A.R.P. Church Cemetery
Cedar Springs (Abbeville County)
Abbeville County
South Carolina, USA
Maintained by: GMG
Originally Created by: Kathy Cave Wells
Record added: Oct 05, 2011
Find A Grave Memorial# 77646737