Robert
Hanna
Birth:
1738 in Northern Ireland
Death:
1786 in Hempfield Twp., Westmoreland, PA
Note: He came to America and settled in Cumberland Co., Pa. later he removed
to Hempfield Twp., Westmoreland Co. where he died. We find them settled in
Hempfield Twp., 1769-1770. Along with his cousin, John Hanna (1740-1800) and
a number of other kinsmen, he founded Hannastown. The county seat of
Westmoreland Co. was established at Robert Hanna's little settlement and it
was there that the first Pennsylvania Court west of the mountains was held
April 13, 1773. Unfortunately Hannastown was burnt by the Indians and their
British Allies, July 13, 1782. A number of the inhabitants were slain and
others carried to British Canada as prisoners; among them being Robert's
wife Elisabeth, and their daughter Jane. They were released by the British
in Montreal, Canada, December 1792
(this may be a typo as the year was 1782)
and returned home. Church Presbyterian. Occupation: Farming and Merchant.
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Mother: Mrs. (Hanna)
Marriage
Elizabeth Kelly
Children of Robert Hanna and Elizabeth Kelly Hanna:
1. Susanna Hanna - From Robert Hanna’s will, we know that Susanna is their youngest daughter and she was not yet 18 when he died.
2. Margaret Hanna - Some sources say she “died young” but according to Robert Hanna’s will she was still alive in1875.
3. Jane Hanna b: 1764 ; d.1816 Many historical writers and sources refer to her as “Jennet” or “Jeanette”. Although we, today, know that “Jean” and “Jane” were interchangeable names. M. David Hammond
4. Elizabeth Hanna b: 1773
More Genealogy about The Hammond Family
Below is from:
The
National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution Volume 14
page 287
Mrs. Jane Dean Hammond
Boyd.
DAR ID Number: 13766
Born in Pennsylvania.
Wife of Coleman Boyd.
Descendant of Lieut.
David Hammond, of Pennsylvania.
Daughter of David Steitz
Hammond and Emily Bishop, his wife.
Granddaughter of Robert Hanna Hammond and Eliza Clark,
his wife.
Gr.-granddaughter of David Hammond and Jane Hanna, his
wife.
David
Hammond, (1747-1801), entered the Continental Line as
sergeant in Capt. James Parr's company and was promoted to lieutenant. He
was at the battles of Long [p.287] Island, Brandywine, Paoli,
Germantown, and was wounded in an attack on the block house, Tom's river,
near Bergen, July 19, 1780. He served to the close of the war and became a
member of the Cincinnati. The certificate is now in the possession of a
descendant and namesake. He was born in Northumberland county and is buried
there in the Chillisquaque graveyard.
Also Nos. 8864, 9831, 11747.
Children of Jane Hanna and Lt. David Hammond
1. Elisabeth
Hammond
b: 1786
2. Mary Hammond
3. Grace Hammond
4. Robert
Hanna Hammond
b: 1791
5.
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HAMMOND, Robert Hanna, (1791
- 1847)
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HAMMOND, Robert Hanna, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Milton, Northumberland County, Pa., April 28, 1791; attended the academies at Milton; engaged in mercantile pursuits; member of the State militia, with the rank of brigadier general; enlisted in the United States Army as a lieutenant in 1817; resigned and returned to Milton, Pa.; was register and recorder of Northumberland County; postmaster of Milton 1833-1837; elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-fifth and Twenty-sixth Congresses (March 4, 1837-March 3, 1841); reentered the Army and was commissioned paymaster during the Mexican War; was wounded and ordered home on sick leave; died at sea before reaching port on June 2, 1847; interment in Milton Cemetery, Milton, Pa.
