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Rev John Andre Hanna

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Rev John Andre Hanna

Birth
Death
4 Nov 1801 (aged 69–70)
Alexandria Township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey, USA
Burial
Grandin, Hunterdon County, New Jersey, USA GPS-Latitude: 40.6172417, Longitude: -74.9352417
Plot
677
Memorial ID
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Age 70 years

According to the Session Minutes of Bethlehem Presbyterian Church, Rev. John Hanna was the church's second pastor. He died in charge in 1801, after serving for forty years as BPC's pastor.

New Jersey, Abstract of Wills, 1801 - 1805
1801, Dec. 9, Hanna, Rev. John, of Alexandria, Hunterdon Co. Int. Adm'r - Joseph Chamberlain, of said Co. and Ezekiel Holmes, of Sussex Co. Fellowbondsmen - William Case and John Holmes; both of said Co. Lib. 39, p 406.
1801, Dec 4. Renunciation by James Hanna, eldest son of said Rev. John Hanna; being a resident of another state. File 1962J.John Andre Hanna ;

John Andre Hanna

Andre Hanna

Born 1731

At Seamap

Son of John Hanna and Jane (Andre) Hanna

John was a son of John Hanna (1700 Ulster, Monaghan, Ireland- 13 August 1770 W Nantmeal, Chester, Pennsylvania) and Jane Andre (1700 Ireland- 01 DEC 1774 W Nantmeal, Chester, Pennsylvania

Brother of James Hanna, William Troy Hanna, Robert Hanna, Agnes Bell (Hanna) Culbertson, Elisabeth (Hanna) McCool and Margaret (Hanna) Gault

MARRIAGE:

Husband of Martha (Doak) Hanna —

John was a Presbyterian clergyman and physician in Hunterdon Co, New Jersey. A Princeton grad A.B. 1755. Wife was Mary McCrae daughter of Rev. James McCrea the Scotch divine, pastor of the Presbyterian Church at Lamington, Somerset, New Jersey

Reverend John Hanna was born midocean in 1731, as his parents came from north of Ireland and settled first in Bucks county, and then Chester county, Pennsylvania. At one point, he taught school in the log school house near the home of Reverend James McCrea, at Burnt Mills, Somerset county, New Jersey. He later married the Reverend's daughter, Mary, who was one of his pupils.

Marriage Two:

1759, Mary McCrea married Reverend John Hanna, son of John Hanna and Jane (Andre) Hanna in Lamington, Bedminster, New Jersey.

Mary and James were the parents of thirteen children, six of whom died in infancy.

Those children known to grow up were:

James Hanna, who graduated at Princeton, in 1777, married Mary Harris Stewart, daughter of John and Hannah Stewart of Newtown. Moved to Frankfort, Kentucky

John Andre Hanna, born 1761, died July 23, 1805, at Harrisburgh, Pa. Graduated Princeton in 1782, married Mary Read Harris, daughter of John Harris, founder of Harrisburgh, Pennsylvania

Catherine Hanna, married Dr, Samuel G. Tolbert of New York City, New York

Mary Hanna, married Dr. Holmes, of Mansfield, Sussex county, New Jersey

William R. Hannah, graduated Princeton in 1790

Sarah Hanna, adopted by her uncle, Dr. Stephen McCrea, married Colonel Josiah Payne.

Reverend John Hanna had been pastor at the Frame Meeting House, Kingwood (Mount Bethel) and the Log Meeting House in Alexandria for forty years, when he died, November 4th,1801 at age 70 in Hunterdon County, New Jersey

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Bio;

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Jonathan Robert De Mallie, Garden State Historian
Age 70 years

According to the Session Minutes of Bethlehem Presbyterian Church, Rev. John Hanna was the church's second pastor. He died in charge in 1801, after serving for forty years as BPC's pastor.

New Jersey, Abstract of Wills, 1801 - 1805
1801, Dec. 9, Hanna, Rev. John, of Alexandria, Hunterdon Co. Int. Adm'r - Joseph Chamberlain, of said Co. and Ezekiel Holmes, of Sussex Co. Fellowbondsmen - William Case and John Holmes; both of said Co. Lib. 39, p 406.
1801, Dec 4. Renunciation by James Hanna, eldest son of said Rev. John Hanna; being a resident of another state. File 1962J.John Andre Hanna ;

John Andre Hanna

Andre Hanna

Born 1731

At Seamap

Son of John Hanna and Jane (Andre) Hanna

John was a son of John Hanna (1700 Ulster, Monaghan, Ireland- 13 August 1770 W Nantmeal, Chester, Pennsylvania) and Jane Andre (1700 Ireland- 01 DEC 1774 W Nantmeal, Chester, Pennsylvania

Brother of James Hanna, William Troy Hanna, Robert Hanna, Agnes Bell (Hanna) Culbertson, Elisabeth (Hanna) McCool and Margaret (Hanna) Gault

MARRIAGE:

Husband of Martha (Doak) Hanna —

John was a Presbyterian clergyman and physician in Hunterdon Co, New Jersey. A Princeton grad A.B. 1755. Wife was Mary McCrae daughter of Rev. James McCrea the Scotch divine, pastor of the Presbyterian Church at Lamington, Somerset, New Jersey

Reverend John Hanna was born midocean in 1731, as his parents came from north of Ireland and settled first in Bucks county, and then Chester county, Pennsylvania. At one point, he taught school in the log school house near the home of Reverend James McCrea, at Burnt Mills, Somerset county, New Jersey. He later married the Reverend's daughter, Mary, who was one of his pupils.

Marriage Two:

1759, Mary McCrea married Reverend John Hanna, son of John Hanna and Jane (Andre) Hanna in Lamington, Bedminster, New Jersey.

Mary and James were the parents of thirteen children, six of whom died in infancy.

Those children known to grow up were:

James Hanna, who graduated at Princeton, in 1777, married Mary Harris Stewart, daughter of John and Hannah Stewart of Newtown. Moved to Frankfort, Kentucky

John Andre Hanna, born 1761, died July 23, 1805, at Harrisburgh, Pa. Graduated Princeton in 1782, married Mary Read Harris, daughter of John Harris, founder of Harrisburgh, Pennsylvania

Catherine Hanna, married Dr, Samuel G. Tolbert of New York City, New York

Mary Hanna, married Dr. Holmes, of Mansfield, Sussex county, New Jersey

William R. Hannah, graduated Princeton in 1790

Sarah Hanna, adopted by her uncle, Dr. Stephen McCrea, married Colonel Josiah Payne.

Reverend John Hanna had been pastor at the Frame Meeting House, Kingwood (Mount Bethel) and the Log Meeting House in Alexandria for forty years, when he died, November 4th,1801 at age 70 in Hunterdon County, New Jersey

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Bio;

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Jonathan Robert De Mallie, Garden State Historian


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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/197705250/john_andre-hanna: accessed ), memorial page for Rev John Andre Hanna (1731–4 Nov 1801), Find a Grave Memorial ID 197705250, citing Old Bethlehem Presbyterian Churchyard, Grandin, Hunterdon County, New Jersey, USA; Maintained by RS Witwer (contributor 48434609).