Ancestry of Josiah Harlan
 
compiled by William Addams Reitwiesner
 
 

The following material on the immediate ancestry of Josiah Harlan, the historical original of Kipling's The man who would be King, should not be considered either exhaustive or authoritative, but rather as a first draft.  
 
 
 
 
 

William Addams Reitwiesner
 
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Ancestry of Josiah Harlan
1 Josiah Harlan, Prince of Ghor [in Afghanistan], b. Newlin Township, Chester Co., Pa., 12 June 1799, d. San Francisco, Cal., ... 1871
PARENTS
2 Joshua Harlan, b. Londonderry, Chester Co., Pa., 7 July 1757, d. Philadelphia, Pa., 29 Nov. 1839  
m. Woodbury Monthly Meeting, N. J., 20 Dec. 1782
3 Sarah Hinchman, b. Burlington Co., N. J., ... 1761, d. Philadelphia, Pa., 22 Apr. 1812
GRANDPARENTS
4 Joel Harlan, b. Newlin Township, Chester Co., Pa., 10 Nov. 1724, d. Newlin Township, Chester Co., Pa., 3 Sept. 1796  
m. Kennett Meeting, Chester Co., Pa., 16 Oct. 1746
5 Hannah Wickersham, b. East Marlborough Township, Chester Co., Pa., 5 May 1723, d. Newlin Township, Chester Co., Pa., 15 Dec. 1811
6 James Hinchman, b. Burlington Co., N. J., ... [ca. 1730], d. ...  
m. ... , N. J., 11 Apr. 1752
7 Sarah Bickham, b. Greenwich Township, Gloucester Co., N. J., 6 Nov. 1726, d. Gloucester Co., N. J., 4 Nov. 1793
GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
8 George Harlan, b. New Castle Co., Del., 3 Oct. 1690, d. West Bradford Township, Chester Co., Pa., ... 1732  
m. Kennet Monthly Meeting, Chester Co., Pa., ... Dec. 1715
9 Mary Baily, b. Chester Co., Pa., 10 Nov. 1688, d. West Bradford Township, Chester Co., Pa., ... Sept. 1741
10 Thomas Wickersham, b. ... , co. Sussex, 19 July 1691, d. ... 1726  
m.
11 Abigail Johnson, b. East Marlborough Township, Chester Co., Pa., ... [ca. 1704], d. East Marlborough Township, Chester Co., Pa., ... 1758
12 Joseph Hinchman, b. Flushing, L. I., N. Y., ... [ca. 1691], d. Newton Township, Gloucester Co., N. J., 4 Jan. 1730/1  
m.
13 Phoebe Champion, b. ... 1694, d. ...
14 Richard Bickham, b. ... [ca. 1698], d. Gloucester Co., N. J., 14 July 1740  
m. Haddonfield Monthly Meeting, Gloucester Co., N. J., ... March 1725
15 Mary Wood, b. ... , d. ...
GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
16 Michael Harlan, b. ... [ca. 1660], d. London Grove, Chester Co., Pa., ... June 1729  
m. Newark Monthly Meeting, New Castle Co., Del., ... Jan. 1689/90
17 Dinah Dixon, b. ... 1668, d. ...
18 Joel Baily, b. Bromham, co. Wilts, 15 Jan. 1657/8, d. East Marlborough Township, Chester Co., Pa., ... 1732  
m. Chester Co., Pa., 11 Feb. 1686/7
19 Ann Short, b. Bromhill, co. Wilts, 20 Jan. 1657/8, d. East Marlborough Township, Chester Co., Pa., 9 Dec. 1731
20 Thomas Wickersham, b. Bolney, co. Surrey, 1 Jan. 1660, d. Kennet Square, Chester Co., Pa., 6 June 1730  
m. Hurstperpont, co. Surrey, 19 Sept. 1685
21 Ann Grover, b. ... , co. Sussex, 27 Apr. 1668, d. ... , co. Sussex, 24 Aug. 1697
22 Robert Johnson, b. ... , Ireland, ... [ca. 1665], d. New Garden, Chester Co., Pa., ... 1732  
m.
23 Margaret Berthwaite, b. ... , d. ...
24 John Hinchman, b. Flushing, L. I., N. Y., ... 1665, d. Newton Township, Gloucester Co., N. J., 15 Oct. 1721  
m.
25 Sarah Harrison, b. ... , d. Newton Township, Gloucester Co., N. J., ... [before 1754]
26 John Champion, b. ... , d. ...  
m. ... [ca. 1673]
27 Sarah Williams, b. ... [ca. 1653], d. Cooper's Creek, Waterford Township, N. J., ... Apr. 1718
GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
32 James Harland, b. ... 1625, d. ... 1676  
m. ... 1644
33 Rebecca Kirk, b. ... 1627, d. ... 1668
34 Henry Dixon, b. Sego Parish, co. Armagh, ... 1633, d. New Castle Co., Del., ...  
m. ... 1660
35 Rose Harlan, b. ... [ca. 1637], d. ...
36 Daniel Baylie, b. ... , d. ...  
m.
37 Mary ... , b. ... , d. ...
38 Adam Short, b. ... , d. ...  
m.
39 Miriam Ingram, b. ... , d. ...
40 John Wickersham, b. ... , d. ...  
m.
41 Elizabeth ... , b. ... , d. ...
42 John Grover, b. ... , d. ...  
m.
43 Ann Killingbeck, b. Hurstperpont, co. Sussex, 27 Apr. 1668, d. ...
48 John Hinchman, b. ... [ca. 1642], d. Boston, Mass., ... 1699  
m. Boston, Mass., 10 Aug. 1660
49 Elizabeth Emmons, b. Boston, Mass., ... 1642, d. ...
50 Samuel Harrison, b. ... , d. Gloucester Co., N. J., 1704  
m.
51 Sarah Hunt, b. ... 1670, d. ... 1744
52 Thomas Champion, b. ... , d. ...  
m.
53 Frances Jaycocks, b. ... [ca. 1620], d. Hempstead, Queens Co., N. Y., July 1686
54 Robert Williams, b. ... 1622, d. ... 1680  
m. ... [ca. 1648]
55 Sarah Washburn, b. Bengeworth, co. Worcester, 26 March 1626, d. Hempstead, L. I., N. Y., ... [ca. 1694]
GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
64 William Harland, b. ... [ca. 1597], d. ... [ca. 1651]  
m.
65 Deborah ... , b. ... [ca. 1603], d. ...
72 Thomas Baily, b. ... , d. ...  
m.
73 Ann ... , b. ... , d. ...
86 Edward Killingbeck, b. ... , d. ...  
m.
87 Elizabeth Wales, b. ... , d. ...
96 Edmund Hinchman, b. ... , d. Chelmsford, Mass., 27 Oct. 1668  
m.
97 Elizabeth Platt, b. ... , d. ...
98 Thomas Emmons, b. ... , d. Boston, Mass., 11 May 1664  
m.
99 Martha Thomson, b. ... , d. Boston, Mass., ... 1666
100 Thomas Harrison, b. ... , d. ...  
m.
101 Katherine Bradshaw, b. ... , d. ...
102 William Hunt, b. ... , d. ...  
m.
103 ... , b. ... , d. ...
110 William Washburn, b. Bengeworth, co. Worcester, 9 Nov. 1601, d. Hempstead, L. I., N. Y., 30 Oct. 1658  
m. Bengeworth, co. Worcester, ... 1621,
111 Jane Whitehead, b. Bengeworth, co. Worcester, ... 1603, d. Hempstead, L. I., N. Y., ...
GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
144 William Bayly, b. ... , d. ...  
m.
145 Mary Fisher, b. ... , d. ...
192 Thomas Hinchman, b. ... , d. ...  
m.
193 Anne Griffith, b. ... , d. ...
GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
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EXTRACTS from the U.S. FEDERAL DECENNIAL CENSUS
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
NOTES
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
SOURCES CONSULTED AND CITED
 
 
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William Addams Reitwiesner
 
wargs@wargs.com