Alfred Haggard

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Alfred married Letitica Mason 20 Feb 1813, Roane County, Tennessee U.S.A.. Letitica was born Abt 1793, Roane County, Tennessee U.S.A.; died Aft 1840, Izard County, Arkansas U.S.A.. [Group Sheet]

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

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Granville married Mary Mrs. Granville Haggard Bef 1749, Virginia. Mary was born Abt 1730, Virginia; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

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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.)

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

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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.

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