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Kaine Avery Aronhime was born on July 24, 2003 at Marietta, GA. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Kaine Avery Aronhime.

James Harland, Yeoman and member of the Episcopal Church, was born about the year 1625 in the "Bishoprick, nigh Durham, England," and is the earliest paternal ancestor known to the first in America bearing the name Harlan. He lived and died an Englishman, and was buried upon English soil. Tradition says that the name of his father was William. That James Harland was married according to the usages of the Established Church there is no doubt. That his children were baptized and recorded therein is fully established by the fact that the earliest record we have of his son, George, is that he was "Baptised at the Monastery of Monkwearmouth in Oald England" [Note: Monkwearmouth Monastery was founded by Benedict Biscop in the year A.D.672. It is situated in a town of the same name in the east division of Chester in County Durham and is one-half mile north of Sunderland. It receives its name from its location near the mouth of the river Wear. Burned and plundered time and again, only the tower and some detached parts of the church remain of the once celebrated monastery. In 1790 the parish registers, with the exception of some of the late records, were destroyed by fire, and it is very probable that information of untold value to us perished in the flames. Source: Harlan Family Genealogy, p. 2, Alpheus H. Harlan

James Harland, Yeoman and member of the Episcopal Church, was born about the year 1625 in the "Bishoprick, nigh Durham, England," and is the earliest paternal ancestor known to the first in America bearing the name Harlan. He lived and died an Englishman, and was buried upon English soil. Tradition says that the name of his father was William. That James Harland was married according to the usages of the Established Church there is no doubt. That his children were baptized and recorded therein is fully established by the fact that the earliest record we have of his son, George, is that he was "Baptised at the Monastery of Monkwearmouth in Oald England" [Note: Monkwearmouth Monastery was founded by Benedict Biscop in the year A.D.672. It is situated in a town of the same name in the east division of Chester in County Durham and is one-half mile north of Sunderland. It receives its name from its location near the mouth of the river Wear. Burned and plundered time and again, only the tower and some detached parts of the church remain of the once celebrated monastery. In 1790 the parish registers, with the exception of some of the late records, were destroyed by fire, and it is very probable that information of untold value to us perished in the flames. Source: Harlan Family Genealogy, p. 2, Alpheus H. Harlan

[As the Harlan's were Quakers and the custom of Quakers is to enter the month in numerical terms, prior to the English calendar year of 1752 the number of the stated month must be converted to the proper name of that month in the Old English (Julian) calendar. Prior to 1752, when the English adopted the modern Gregorian calendar, the 1st month of the year was March and 1st day of the Julian year was March 25th.] Ezekiel Harlan, eldest child of George Harlan and Elizabeth Duck, b. 6 (Aug.), 16, 1679 at Donnahlong, county Down, Ulster Province, North Ireland. He d. 4 (June), 15, 1731 in England of smallpox while attending affairs of his deceased father. He purportedly was buried at "Bunn Hill Fields" in England, but the "Harlan Genealogy" does not say where that place is, or once was. Yet, purely by a stroke of luck, see , which is also where George Fox, founder of the Society of Friends, was interred. On or soon after Jan. 13, 1700/1 Ezekiel m. 1) Mary "Bezer" under auspices of the Concord MM of Friends in Chester (now Delaware) County, PA.[1] She was the dau. of William "Bezer" of Chichester Twp, as proved in the Sept. 25, 1728 will of Philip Roman of Chichester. She purported died at Christiana Hundred, New Castle, Delaware in 1702 shortly after the birth of her only child. The only child of Ezekiel Harlan and Mary Bezer is: • i. William Harlan, b. 9 (Nov.), 1, 1702, d. Oct. 22, 1783 at West Marlborough Twp, Chester County, PA; m. 12, 14, 1721" (Feb. 14, 1721/2) at the Kennett MM of Friends, Margaret Farlow, b. Nov. 1, 1703 in Ireland and d. June 12, 1767 in West Marlborough Twp, Chester, PA. Nine children of the family. Ezekiel Harlan m. 2) 1, 13, 1705 (Mar. 13, 1705/06) Ruth Buffington under auspices of the Concord MM of Friends at Chester (now Delaware) County, PA. She was the dau. of Richard and Ann Buffington, b. in Great Marle in Buckinghamshire, England. She d. testate betw. Jan. 10, 1743/4, date of her will, and Feb. 12, 1743/4, date her will was proved. Ezekiel and Ruth lived their married lives at Kennett Twp, Chester County, PA where all their children were born. Their births are listed in the records of the Kennett MM of Friends. The Kennett Meeting House east of Kennett Square, PA, now on the National Historic Register, was erected initially in 1710-11 on land patented to Ezekiel by William Penn. The children of Ezekiel Harlan and Ruth Buffington are: • ii. Ezekiel Harlan, Jr., b. 5 (July), 19, 1707, d. on an unknown date and place, not as otherwise claimed by the Harlan Genealogy; m. 10 (Dec.), 23, 1724 under auspices of the Concord MM of Friends, Hannah Oborn, dau. of Henry Oborn and Hannah Cooke, b. 2 (Apr.) 21, 1707 at Concord Twp, Chester (now Delaware) County, PA. Seven purported children of the family, several of whom are suspect as actually being Ezekiel and Hannah's children. • iii. Mary Harlan, b. 4 (June), 12, 1709, d. 4 (June) 7, 1750 at Kennett Twp; m. 9 (Nov.), 28, 1727 at the Kennett MM of Friends, Daniel Webb. Six children of the family. Daniel d. testate at Kennett bet. Oct. 11, 1741, the date of his will, and Oct. 20, 1741, when his will was proved. Letters of admin. were given to his wife Mary and brother-in-law Ezekiel Harlan, Jr. • iv. Elizabeth Harlan, b. 5 (July), 19, 1713, d. aft. 1770; m. 6 (Aug.), 8, 1728 at Christ Church (Episcopal) in Philadelphia, PA, William White. Eight children of the family. • v. Joseph Harlan, b. 6 (Aug.), 14, 1721; m. 3 (May), 21, 1740 at the Kennett MM of Friends, Hannah Roberts. He was living in Aug., 1752 at Wilmington, DE and d. Aug. 12, 1753 at Chester County, PA. Five children of the family. • vi. Ruth Harlan, b. 1, 11, 1723 (Mar. 11, 1723/24); m. 3 (May), 28, 1740 at the Kennett MM of Friends, Daniel Leonard. Seven children of the family. • vii. Benjamin Harlan, b. 8 (Oct.), 7, 1729, d. unmarried with verbal will at sea Aug. 4, 1752 aboard the Brig "Nancy." [1] Concord Monthly Meeting, the 13th of the 11th mo. 1700 (Jan. 13, 1700/01) held at George Pearces. Ezekiel Harland & Mary Bazer Appeared [at the meeting] and laid their intention of Marriage with this meeting it being the second time. Friends finding [nothing to prevent said marriage] gave their allowance to proceed to solemnize their said intention according to the good order of truth. Robert Pyle is ordered to attend the marriage and see that things be decently managed and to make report to the next monthly meeting (no such report is entered in the next monthly meeting dated the 10th of the 12th mo. 1700 [Feb. 10, 1700/01].

Ruth Buffington was born on July 10, 1679 in Marlow, Buckinghamshire County, England United Kingdom, and died at age 64 years old in January 1744 in Kennett Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania United States. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Ruth Buffington.

Martin Utz was born at Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Martin Utz was in a relationship with Maria Barbara (Anna), and has a child Johann Diedrich Ouzts. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Martin Utz.

Maria (Anna) Barbara was born at Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Maria Barbara (Anna).

Johannes Gilbert was born at Hoffenheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Johannes Gilbert was in a relationship with Maria Catharina Ackermann, and has a child Anna Catherine 'Eva' Gilbert. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Johannes (Hanss) Gilbert.

Maria Catharina Ackermann was born at Hoffenheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Maria Catharina Ackermann.

Hannah Wilson died in 1766 at Birmingham Chester County Pennsylvania, USA. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Hannah Cook(e) Wilson.

Henry Oborn was born circa 1680 at unknown, England, and died at age 56 years old in 1736 at Delaware County Pennsylvania, USA. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Henry Oborn.

Ezekiel Harlan, Jr., eldest child of Ezekiel Harlan and his 2nd wife Ruth Buffington, b. 6 (Aug.), 17, 1707, not 6, 19, 1707 as claimed by the Harlan Genealogy, at Kennett Twp., Chester County, PA. [re: actual Kennett Friends MM Birth Record.] On 10 (Dec.), 23, 1724 at the Concord Friends MM at Chester Twp., Chester (now Delaware) County, PA, Ezekiel m. Hannah Oborn, dau. of Henry Oborn and Hannah Cooke. She was b. 2 (Apr.), 27, 1707 at Concord Twp., Chester (now Delaware) County, PA. Unfortunately, portions of the subsequent family structure in the Harlan Genealogy range from suspect to unbelievable. Harlan claimed Ezekiel died intestate before May 13, 1754 near Doe Run Village at West Marlborough Twp, Chester, PA, the date Daniel Calvert was appointed Administrator of his estate. Unfortunately, the cited probate record was the appointment of Calvert as the Administrator de bonis non [*1] of the remaining estate of Ezekiel's father not administered by Ezekiel's widowed mother Ruth, who was sole executor of her husband's estate, before her death and estate probate in 1744. More later as factual research unfolds including why Daniel Calvert versus an immediate member of the Harlan family was appointed to finalize the administration of the 1731 estate of Ezekiel Harlan, Sr. The published family structure consists of seven children, to which the writer has added additional details not included in the Harlan Genealogy: • i. Ezekiel Harlan, 3rd b. circa 1726, not 1732-1736 per the Harlan Genealogy. [more later] • ii. Susanna Harlan, b. 12, 26, 1727 [Feb. 26, 1727/8], d. Apr. 20, 1793; m. 9 (Nov.), 14, 1750 at London Grove Friends Meeting House, her cousin George Harlan, grson of Michael Harlan and Dinah Dixon. The Friends marriage certificate calls them "George Harlan son of George Harlan late of Newlin, dec'd, and Susanna Harlan daughter of Ezekiel Harlan of West Marlborough" and "having consent of parents concerned." Susanna's father Ezekiel was the first of her immediate family to sign the marriage certificate. • iii. Hannah Harlan, b. 5 (July), 17, 1730, d. Jan. 29, 1817; m. 1) 10 (Dec.), 5, 1750 at London Grove Friends Meeting House, Isaac Hayes, s. of Joseph Hayes, dec'd, b. 8, (Oct.) 26, 1727. He d. before Aug. 30, 1759 when adm. was granted to the widow Hannah. Their Friends marriage certificate calls them "Isaac Hayes son of Joseph Hayes late of East Marlborough, dec'd, and Hannah Harlan daughter of Ezekiel Harlan of West Marlborough" and "having consent of parents and relations concerned." Hannah's father Ezekiel was the first of her immediate family to sign the marriage certificate. Three children of the marriage. Hannah m. 2) Apr. 22, 1760 at Immanuel Episcopal Ch. in New Castle, Delaware, John Buller, by whom she reportedly had 10 children. He d. in 1813 and she in 1817. • iv. Ellis Harlan, b. per the Harlan Genealogy circa 1732, d. in 1815 in the Cherokee Nation, probably that part now southeast Tennessee; m. circa 1776 in the Cherokee Nation as his second "wife", Ka-Ti, the full-blood Cherokee dau. of Tsu-la (aka Kingfisher) and Nanye'hi (aka Nancy Ward), latter the last "beloved woman" of the Cherokee Tribe. Ka-ti was b. circa 1752 probably in present-day Georgia. Six children b. in either present-day southeast Tennessee or northwest Georgia. • v. Jonathan Harlan, b. per the Harlan Genealogy circa 1734; was given a personal property tax discount in 1757 by Chester County for military service during the French and Indian War, and was subsequently disowned by Friends in July 1758 for his military service as well as for excessive drinking; the Harlan Genealogy has Jonathan relocating in 1764 to North Carolina where he purportedly m. a Bathsheba Young. However, the two children detailed by the Harlan Genealogy were not born until Jonathan was purportedly 70 years old and above, which is not believable. • vi. Ruth Harlan, b. 3 (May), 10, 1737; m. according to the Harlan Genealogy in Feb. 1760, Jesse Marsh, since suggested to have been Joseph Phillips. However, the Kennett Friends MM Records clearly call her Ruth Marsh, who was married by "a Priest" with multiple visits made by men and women Friends to dissuade her from disunity with Friends' ways, and her unsatisfactory response to such visits led to her being disowned by Friends. No record has been uncovered to verify the name of her husband and no record has been found regarding her after disownment in 1760. • vii. Elizabeth Harlan, b. circa 1740; m. per the Harlan Genealogy Mar. 20, 1760 to Jonathan Hayes; no such marriage can be found, with the Kennett Friends MM Records indicating in 1762 that Elizabeth, the widow Hayes, had been married by a Priest, and had since married a second husband also by a Priest, and was referred for disownment by Friends for being out of unity. [*1] De bonis non administratis, Latin for "of goods not administered." The legal term for assets remaining in an estate after the death or removal of the estate administrator.

Hannah Oborn, dau. of Henry Oborn and Hannah Cooke, b. "2, 21, 1707" [i.e., Apr. 21] at Concord Twp., Chester (now Delaware County), PA. She d. on an unknown date believed at West Marlborough Twp., Chester County, PA. She is known to be interred at the Kennett Friends Burial Ground at Kennett Twp., Chester County, PA. On "10, 23, 1724" [i.e., Dec. 23] at the Concord MM of Friends at Chester County, Hannah m. Ezekiel Harlan, Jr., s. of Ezekiel Harlan and Ruth Buffington, b. "5, 19, 1707" [i.e., July 19] at Kennett Twp., Chester County, PA. He d. at West Marlborough Twp., Chester County prior to May 13, 1754 when administration of his estate was granted to a Daniel Calvert, whose relationship to the Harlan family, if any, has not been determined. Hannah and Ezekiel had seven children who are outlined in their father's memorial.

James Benjamin Ouzts was born on October 13, 1813 at Edgefield, SC to George Peter Ouzts and Elizabeth Harling, and had siblings Elizabeth 'Betsy' Ouzts, Jacob I Ouzts, Margaret Ouzts, Henry Ouzts, David Ouzts, John Calvin Ouzts, Martin Luther Ouzts, George Ouzts, Peter Ouzts II, Jacob Ouzts II, Abram Ouzts, Aaron Ouzts, Isaac Ouzts, and Daniel Ouzts. James Ouzts died at age 79 years old on January 16, 1893 at Edgefield, SC. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember James Benjamin Ouzts.

Daniel Ouzts was born on November 6, 1811 at Edgefield, SC, and died at age 69 years old on March 20, 1881 at Edgefield, SC. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Daniel Ouzts.

Isaac Ouzts was born on November 2, 1809 at Edgefield, SC, and died at age 79 years old on August 14, 1889 at Edgefield, SC. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Isaac Ouzts.

Aaron Ouzts was born on October 18, 1807 at Edgefield, SC, and died at age 81 years old on March 26, 1889 at Edgefield, SC. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Aaron Ouzts.

Abram Ouzts was born on October 18, 1807 at Edgefield, SC to George Peter Ouzts and Elizabeth Harling, and had siblings Elizabeth 'Betsy' Ouzts, Jacob I Ouzts, Margaret Ouzts, Henry Ouzts, David Ouzts, John Calvin Ouzts, Martin Luther Ouzts, George Ouzts, Peter Ouzts II, Jacob Ouzts II, Aaron Ouzts, Isaac Ouzts, Daniel Ouzts, and James Benjamin Ouzts. Abram Ouzts died at age 42 years old on February 16, 1850 at Edgefield, SC. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Abram Ouzts.

Jacob Ouzts II was born on October 22, 1805 at Edgefield, SC to George Peter Ouzts and Elizabeth Harling, and had siblings Elizabeth 'Betsy' Ouzts, Jacob I Ouzts, Margaret Ouzts, Henry Ouzts, David Ouzts, John Calvin Ouzts, Martin Luther Ouzts, George Ouzts, Peter Ouzts II, Abram Ouzts, Aaron Ouzts, Isaac Ouzts, Daniel Ouzts, and James Benjamin Ouzts. Jacob Ouzts died at age 78 years old on May 17, 1884 at Edgefield, SC. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Jacob Ouzts II.