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    James Haggard

    Male 1678 - 1770  (92 years)


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    • Name James Haggard  [1
      Born 1678  England Find all individuals with events at this location 
      Gender Male 
      Died 1770 
      Notes 
      • 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.)
      Person ID I6450  Devin Timber | David Devin Pedigree
      Last Modified 21 Mar 2010 

      Father Anthony Haggard,   b. 1656, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1755, Albermarle County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 99 years) 
      Mother Frances,   b. Bef 1657, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Albermarle County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
      Married 1677  Westmoreland County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
      Family ID F2350  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

      Family 1 Elizabeth Gentry,   b. 29 Aug 1687, Saint Peter's Parish, New Kent, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1765, Alabama Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years) 
      Married 1707  Overwharton, Stafford, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
      Children 
      +1. Granville Haggard,   b. Abt 1728, Overwharton, Stafford, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Powell's Valley, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location
       2. James Haggard,   b. 1709, Overwharton Parish, Staffford, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1743, Prince William County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age > 35 years)
       3. Richard Haggard,   b. 1711, Overwharton, Stafford, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1762, Fredericksville Parish, Louisa, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age > 52 years)
       4. William Haggard,   b. 1712, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Overwharton, Stafford, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location
       5. John Haggard,   b. Overwharton, Stafford, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Fredericksville, Louisa, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location
       6. Mary Haggard,   b. 1715, Overwharton, Stafford, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location
       7. Frank French Haggard,   b. 1716, Overwharton, Stafford, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location
       8. Nathanial Haggard
       9. Edmund Haggard,   b. Overwharton, Stafford, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1811, Madison County, Kentucky U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location
       10. Zachariah Thomas Haggard,   b. 1730, Overwharton, Stafford, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Nov 1760, Southwest Territories, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 30 years)
      Last Modified 21 Mar 2010 
      Family ID F2348  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

      Family 2 Mabel Gentry,   b. 13 Dec 1702, New Kent County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 1787, Parson County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years) 
      Married Aft 1765 
      Last Modified 21 Mar 2010 
      Family ID F2353  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    • Sources 
      1. [S62980] Friscia, David M., David Friscia, friscia.rootsweb.com viewed 04.Sep.2005.
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