Flo and Linda and all, The following is some info I have typed up (using MSWORKS) out of the Hiatt-Hiett family Genealogy, concerning the Hiatt and Largent family. I am a descendant of John Hiatt and Margaret Stephens Edwards Hiatt through there daughter Sarah, who married George Locke. Sarah and George were my 3rd great grandparents. The Hiatt book is about 1000 pages, so there is a lot of information. Everett Locke The following is an excerpt from page 44 and 45 of The Hiatt-Hiett Genealogy and Family History by William Perry Johnson written in about 1951. This article was written to Mr. Johnson by Mr. Roger Avery Stubbs of Long Lake, Minnesota who was a great great great grandson of Margaret Largent, daughter of James and Margaret Largent. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx John Hiatt in his will, 1764, names wife Margaret, and the following children (in this order): George-"eldest son", John, William, Joseph, Catherine Harrel, Mary Edwards, Ann Harris, Margaret Craven, Evan, Jonathan, James, Timothy, Martha Hiatt, Ruth Hiatt, and Sarah Hiatt---fifteen children in all. A Deed on record in Winchester, Frederick Co., Va. (Deed Book 12, p. 646), shows that by 4 April 1767 Margaret, widow of John Hiatt, had married to James Largent of Hampshire Co., Va. The will of James Largent was dated 14 May 1810, and proven 19 April 1813, at Romney, the county seat of Hampshire Co., Va.(now W. Va) . He names wife Margery; son John--land coveyed by Enoch and Henry Enoch and James Slane; daughter Mary Slane (husband Hugh), note of James Slane given her, returned to him ; daughter Margrate. Exec., son, John, and friend John Hiet. Sec., George Sharp and Francis White. Wit., Francis, Robert N., and Sam P. white. (This John Hiet is a grandson of John and Margaret Hiatt-editor) "In 1942 Mr. Stubbs wrote: "I just received a pack of old genealogical data---musty and dusty ---which I just returned to W. Va. after spending four hours copying it. Mostly Largent data but much of interest to you." This new data discloses that John and Margaret Hiatt had a posthumous child, a daughter Phebe. Mr. Stubbs continues: "Phebe Hiett was daughter of John and Margaret Hiett but as she is not mentioned in will must have been born after he died or at least after he made the will." In speaking of Margaret, wife of John Hiatt, he writes:"Margaret, supposedly Stephens, married first to ______ Edwards, and had three children: Thomas; Nancy, married Hugh McIver, (moved to Greenbrier, river-had four daughters. Indians killed Hugh, captured Nancy--for years--she escaped but the children remained with the Indians always.); a daughter, married first _________ Dier, second _______ Craven, third Lenahan. Margaret (Stephens?) Edwards married secondly to John Hiett of Jefferson Co., a.,( now W. Va. ----editor.) he had three sons and four daughters. Right order of sons: Evan, married Sarah Smith and had five sons and six daughters; James, married _____ Pugh, and moved to Marietta (Washington Co., Ohio -- editor); Timothy, died single. Right order of daughters birth: a daughter (Ruth), married first Alexander Frier, second to _(James Shirley; a daughter (Martha) married David Caudy; a dau. m. ____ Pugh; Phebe m. John Slane. Margaret married thirdly to James Largent, and had: John, married Sarah Critton; Mary, married Hugh Slane; and Margaret, married James Slane. There is an old pioneer story in these papers about old John Hiett (above) --"Scouts brot news that there was a body of Indians coming toward the fort on Capon and Hiett gathered up his family and started in the night. He took the quinzy and died that winter.....etc." A note following the above record of the marriage of Phebe Hiatt to John Slane states: "and a grandson (I do not know his name) wrote this up." In a subsequent letter, Mr. Stubbs writes: "I do not know the author of the statement about John Hietts quinzy. The story was on a yellowed large sheet apparently taken from an account book as page 217-218 was printed in the upper corner. It was in the papers of the estate of ...Lewis Largent (b.1838; and who is written up in Miller and Maxwells West Virginia and Its People, II, 376 (pub1913)). The foregoing account of the children of Margaret (Stephens?) by each of her three husbands, since written by a grandson of John and Phebe (Hiatt) Slane and thus a great grandson of John and Margaret Hiatt, is of extreme interest and value. There is no doubt but what it is authentic and reliable, and there is further assurance from the fact that Lewis Largent, among whose papers these data were found, was himself a great grandson of Margaret through her third husband James Largent. Lewis Largent b. 1838 was a son of Jsoseph and Mary (Largent)Largent, and a grandson of Lewis and _____ (Parrish) Largent, and through his mother , a grandson of John and Sarah (Critton) Largent. The paternal great grandfather of Lewis Largent was John Largent, who is said to have come from France to Virginia in 1737. The maternal great grandfather was the James Largent who married Margaret (Stephens?) (Edwards) Hiatt, widow of John Hiatt, James being a son of John Largent; the immigrant. It is a tradition in another branch of the Largent family that their ancestor, James Largent, married first to Margaret Stephans , and secondly to _____ Hiett. From a careful study of the records, however, it appears that James Largent was married but once, the mother of his three children being Margaret (Stephens?) (Edwards) (Hiatt) Largent. ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, April 24, 1999 9:38 AM Subject: LARGENT > > Linda and All, > > My husband is related the the SLANEs. This info is from FTM CD. > > 1 John LARGENT b: AKA-Big John [L'Argent] > . + Roselle DEMOSS > . 2 James LARGENT b: 1745 d: 04 May 1810 > ..... + Margery CORBIN > . *2nd Wife of James Largent: > ..... + James LARGENT-SPOUSE m: 1765 > ..... 3 Mary LARGENT > ......... + Hugh SLANE > ..... 3 Margaret LARGENT > ......... + James SLANE > . *3rd Wife of James Largent: > ..... + Margaret STEPHENS b: Bet. 1695 - 1730 of Hampshire Co m: Bef. 04 > Apr 1769 d: Abt. 1810 Father: Evan STEPHENS > . *2nd Wife of John Largent: > . + Christina ROSS > . *3rd Wife of John Largent: > . + Sarah HENWOOD > > Flo. Day > > ========================== > [email protected] wrote: > > > > Flo, I hope you will be able to find one or more of these families in the > > index of "Pioneers of Old Frederick County,Virginia" by Cecil O'Dell. > > SUTTON > > CRITTON > > DAWSON > > LARGENT > > > > Thankyou for your time it's very appreciated. Linda > ========================== > -- > <[email protected]>