WHERE WE CAME FROM

A large number of Harman's were of Tribes from the Danube and Rhine Rivers. America offered an assylum from the torture of religious freedom. Some Harman's came to America via England, some directly from Germany and Holland. They settled in the Carolina's, Virginia, and New York; but most settled in Pennsylvania.

The Patrich of our family starts with Johannes Jacob HARMAN was born in 1693 in Mittelfranken, Wuerttemberg, Rupprechtstegen, Germany. He married CATHERINA ; she was born in 1693. Johannes Jacob HARMAN and CATHERINA had the following children:


i. Jacob HARMAN was born in 1750 in Berks Co. PA. He died in 1809.

ii. David HERMANN was born before 1750 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA. He married Elizabeth HAHN on 01 Jan 1773 in Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA. He died in Feb 1834 in Columbiana County, Ohio.

iii. Anna Margaretha HARMAN was born on 07 Nov 1753 in Heidelberg, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA. She married John Nicolas HOFFMAN on 22 Apr 1772. She died on 09 Jan 1826 in Lykens, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA.

iv. Daniel HARMAN was born before 1755 in Lancaster County, Pa. Daniel Harman was listed as a Private in Captain Albright Deibler's Company, Associator's and Militia, Fourth Battalion of Lancaster CountyMilitia , of Colonel James Burd, Esq. Regiment at the Battle of Long Island, along with his brother Jacob. Info. from PA Archives Fifth Series.

v. John HARMAN (OUR DIRECT ANCESTOR) was born on 09 May 1758 in Bermudian, York County, Pennsylvania, USA. He died after 1815 in Lykens Twp, Daughin, Pennsylvania, USA.

vi. Frederick HARMAN was born before 1770. Sex: Male.

vii. Solomon HARMAN was born in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA. Salomon (sic) Harman was listed as a Private 6th class in Captain Martin Weaver's 7th Company, 5th Battalion of the Lancaster County Pennsylvania Militia, according to the True List, dated 25 June, 1782 (published A(5)VII, 504-505) Solomon Harman was listed as a Private 6th class in Captain Martin Weaver's 7th Company, 10th Battalion of the Lancaster County Pennsylvania Militia, according to C/R (1777-1780), no date.