John Hart (soldier)
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| death_place = Portsmouth, New Hampshire, U.S
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Colonel John Hart (July 8, 1706 – October 30, 1777) was a militia officer during King George's War and the French and Indian War from the Province of New Hampshire.
Biography
Hart was born in Dover, New Hampshire, to Mary Evans and Captain Samual Hart. He was married three times, to Mary Dennett, Abigal Landale and Sara Savill. Hart served in the New Hampshire Militia during the capture of Fortress Louisbourg from the French in 1745 by a force made up of militia from the New England colonies supported by the Royal Navy and commanded by William Pepperrell.
During the French and Indian War, Hart was promoted to colonel{{Cite book |last=Farmer |first=John |url=https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/A_Catechism_of_the_History_of_New_Hampsh/qW8UAAAAYAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22john%20hart%22%20new%20hampshire%20french%20indian%20colonel&pg=PA59&printsec=frontcover |title=A Catechism of the History of New-Hampshire: From Its First Settlement to the Present Period |date=1830 |publisher=Hoag and Atwood |pages=59 |language=en}} and commanded a battalion of the New Hampshire Provincial Regiment{{Cite book |last= |first= |url=https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/History_of_Concord_New_Hampshire/6MGWj2dQmGEC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22john%20hart%22%20new%20hampshire%20french%20indian%20colonel&pg=PA231&printsec=frontcover |title=History of Concord, New Hampshire: From the Original Grant in Seventeen Hundred and Twenty-five to the Opening of the Twentieth Century |last2= |first2= |date=1896 |publisher=Rumford Press |others=Concord (N H. ) City History Commission |editor-last=Lyford |editor-first=James Otis |pages=231 |language=en}} that was with General Jeffery Amhearst that again captured Fortress Louisbourg in 1758. Hart's Location, New Hampshire, is named for Colonel John Hart;{{Cite web |date=June 2024 |orig-date=Community Response Received 5/9/2022 |title=Hart's Location |url=https://www2.nhes.nh.gov/GraniteStats/SessionServlet?page=Community.jsp&SID=1&city=000210&cityName=Hart%27s%20Location#:~:text=Origin%3A%20This%20long%2C%20narrow%20piece,to%20Thomas%20Chadbourne%20of%20Portsmouth. |website=Economic & Labor Market Information Bureau, NH Employment Security}} this land was granted to him for his service during the French and Indian War.
He had at least two sons, Captain Thomas Hart and Benjamin Hart.{{Cite book |url=https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/The_New_England_Historical_Genealogical/kbs-AAAAYAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&printsec=frontcover&bsq=%22john%20hart%22 |title=The New England Historical & Genealogical Register and Antiquarian Journal |date=1869 |publisher=S.G. Drake |pages=203 |language=en}}
Hart died aged 71, at his house in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. In 1753, Hart sold to the city of Portsmouth the land for the North Cemetery where William Whipple, John Langdon and John Hart himself are all buried.{{Cite web |title=North Cemetery |url=https://www.cityofportsmouth.com/city/north-cemetery |access-date=2024-11-14 |website=City of Portsmouth |language=en}}
See also
- Nathaniel Meserve, New Hampshire Colonel of the same era, whom Hart's men previously served under
References
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External links
- New Hampshire historical marker no. 114: North Cemetery
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Category:People of New Hampshire in the French and Indian War
Category:People from Portsmouth, New Hampshire
Category:People from colonial New Hampshire
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