Joan Shakespeare, married to William Hart - biography, family tree (a little, so far)
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William Hart (actor)
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William Hart was a Jacobean Actor who was the nephew of William
Shakespeare.
He was born in Warwickshire in 1600 and died probably in London in
1639. He was the son of hatter William Hart and Shakespeare's sister
Joan.
He started as a child actor and eventually joined the famous troupe
"The King's Men" - his famous uncle's troupe - in the 1630s. He never
married although he is thought to have had a by-blow child, Charles
Hart, who also became an actor.
[edit] Sonnets
It has been suggested that William Hart, who is mentioned in
Shakespeare's will, was "the sole begetter, Mr W H", to whom the
sonnets are dedicated. Since the sonnets are constantly urging the
begetter to marry and have children and even refers to him bearing the
looks of his mother; and, on the death of Shakespeare's own son,
William Hart became Shakespeare's male heir, it is tantalising to
think that the W.H. mystery is solved.
The only problem is that when the sonnets were published, Hart was
only nine years old. It is possible that the 1600 birth year is wrong
or that Shakespeare may have written the sonnets in anticipation of
Hart's coming of age, and may have had to sell the sonnets to raise
money quickly.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Hart(actor)
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Joan Shakespeare
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In 1569, John and Mary Shakespeare gave birth to another girl, and
named her after her first born sister, Joan.
Joan Shakespeare accomplished the wondrous feat of living to be
seventy-seven years old -- outliving William and all her other
siblings by decades.
Joan married William Hart the hatter and had four children but two of
them died in childhood. Her son William Hart (1600-1639) followed in
his famous uncle's footsteps and became an actor, performing with the
King's Men in the mid-1630s. His most noted role was that of
Falstaff.
William Hart never married, but the leading actor of the restoration
period, Charles Hart, is believed to have been William Hart's
illegitimate son and grandnephew to Shakespeare.
Due to the fact that Shakespeare's children and his other siblings did
not carry on the line past the seventeenth century, the descendants of
Joan Shakespeare Hart possess the only genetic link to the great
playwright. Joan Shakespeare lost her husband William a week before
she lost her brother William in 1616, and she lived the rest of her
life in Shakespeare's birthplace. Joan died in 1646, but her
descendants stayed in Stratford until 1806.
http://www.shakespeare-online.com/biography/
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Joan SHAKESPEARE
Birth: Place: < Stratford, Warwickshire, England>
Christening: 15 Apr 1569 Place:
Death: 1646 Place:
Father: John SHAKESPEARE
Mother: Mary ARDEN
m. William Henry HART
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Joan SHAKESPEARE
Christening: 15 Apr 1569 Place: Holy Trinity, Stratford upon
Avon, Warwickshire, England
Death: Nov 1646 Place: Henley-Street, Stratford upon Avon,
Warwickshire, England
Burial: 4 Nov 1646 Place: Holy Trinity Stratford upon Avon,
Warwickshire, England
Father: John SHAKESPEARE
Mother: Mary ARDEN
m. William HART
Marriage: 1599 Place: Holy Trinity, Stratford o Avon,
Warwickshire, England
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William HART
Christening: 21 Sep 1569 Place: Holy Trinity, Stratford o Avon,
Warwickshire, England
Burial: 17 Apr 1616 Place: Holy Trinity, Stratford o Avon,
Warwickshire, England
Father: John or Johannis HART
Mother: Margaret
m. Joan SHAKESPEARE
Marriage: 1599 Place: Holy Trinity, Stratford o Avon,
Warwickshire, England
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John or Johannis HART
Christening: 1534 Place: Stratford o Avon, Warwickshire,
England
Father: Richard HART
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m. Margaret
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Richard HART
Death: 27 Sep 1564 Place:
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Margaret
Christening: 1534 Place: Holy Trinity, Stratford o Avon,
Warwickshire, England
Burial: 30 May 1564 Place: Stratford o Avon, Warwickshire,
England
m. John or Johannis HART
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William HART
Christening: 28 Aug 1600 Place: Holy Trinity, Stratford o Avon,
Warwickshire, England
Death: Place: Stratford o Avon, Warwickshire, England
Burial: 29 Mar 1639 Place: Holy Trinity, Stratford o Avon,
Warwickshire, England
Father: William HART
Mother: Joan SHAKESPEARE
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lyra
Origin and Meaning of the name Hart
The name HART comes from the Old English name Heorta which means a
hart or stag as in a male deer.
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~anderton/research/hart.html
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an interesting look at some of the Harts...
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Stephen Hart was the progenitor of one of the many Hart families in
North America.
His descendants number in the millions and include many notables,
including Humphrey Bogart,
Princess Diana and her sons,
Nathan Hale, and Julie Harris, among many others.
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Quite a few 17th, 18th, and 19th century descendants are described in
Alfred Andrew's book, "Stephen Hart and his Descendants," which is
available here.
Stephen Hart
Stephen Hart was the progenitor of many descendants who now live in
all fifty of the United States, as well as Canada, South America,
Europe, and probably other parts of the world.
He was born about 1605 in England. By 1632, he had arrived in New
England on the Lyon. Four years later he was among the original
settlers of Hartford, Connecticut.
After less than 10 years in Hartford, he became one of the first
settlers of Farmington, Connecticut, where he lived the rest of his
life on one of the largest house lots in town. Harts have remained in
Farmington and Connecticut until the modern era. Many of Stephen
Hart's descendants left Farmington to settle in other parts of
Connecticut, the United States, Canada, and the world.
http://www.mv.com/ipusers/harts/family/harts/index.html
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Who Was Stephen Hart?
This is a summary of what is known about Stephen Hart, assembled from
information collected here and in other sources.
Origin: Somewhere in England, perhaps in or near Braintree, Essex Co.,
as stated in Andrews, or possibly in Ipswich, Suffolk Co., about 30
miles east of Braintree. Research by David Hart, available here,
presenting the current theories and evidence for Stephen Hart's
English origins, points to an origin in Ipswich.
The book Farmington in Connecticut, suggests that Stephen Hart may
have been involved in the weaver's trade as looms were listed in early
Hart inventories and he may have come from Essex county in England, a
center of cloth production. But, this has not been verified.
Parents: Unknown, although a number of theories have been examined and
reported. Research by David Hart available here presents much of what
is known of Stephen Hart's English origins. Information giving names
for Stephen Hart's father, found on the net and also in a few of the
family histories included here, has not been verified and should not
be considered definitive.
Migration: He arrival in Massachusetts on the ship The Lyon either on
November 2, 1631, or September 15, 1632. Research by David Hart
available here presents details and analysis.
Residence: Stephen Hart was among the original settlers of three
towns: (i) Newtowne, now called Cambridge, Massachusetts 1631 (or
1632) -1635.
(ii) Settled Hartford, CT, probably in 1635, as a member of an advance
party before the arrival of Thomas Hooker's party in 1636. He remained
there until at least 1640.
(iii) Settled in Farmington, CT some time between June 1640, when
permission to settle the plantation of Tunxis was granted, and
December 1945 when the plantation of Tunxis became the town of
Farmington. He remained in Farmington until his death. An article by
Richard Hart describes Stephen Hart's life as a settler of these three
towns.
Church Membership: Admission to Cambridge church prior to May 14th,
1634 is implied by his freemanship. He would have retained his
membership when the Cambridge church moved to Hartford. He was an
original member of the Farmington church, as he was appointed deacon
there when the church was created in 1652.
Education: He signed both his will and the copy of the Farmington land
agreement with the Tunxis Indians, providing evidence that he was able
to read and write. The inventory of his estate showed that he owned £5
worth of books, providing further evidences that he read.
Offices Held:
Deputy to Connecticut General Court for Farmington, 1647-1655, 1660.
War committee for Farmington, May 1653.
Jury Duty, 24 May 1647 20 February 1650/1, 7 December 1654, 3 March
1658/9, 5 September 1661, and 9 October 1661.
Served in Pequot War, 1637.
All from original written records.
Birth: Although Andrews gives a date of 1605, it was probably earlier
than that, based on work done by David Hart and others.
Death: in Farmington between March 16, 1682/3 (date of his will) and
March 31, 1683 (>date of the inventory of the estate). Note that these
two dates are only 15 days apart, as the old style new year began on
March 25th. There is no known marker for his grave and the location is
unknown.
Marriages: Stephen Hart had at least two wives. Some think that the
gap of seven years between the second and third children suggests the
possibility that his children were with two wives, making a total of
three wives. Others suggest that the estimated birth dates of his
children may be to early and still others claim that he may have had
another son named Stephen, who died either on board the Lyon, or
shortly after arrival in America.
Only the name of his last wife is known. He married Margaret
( ) (Smith) Nash after 1678 (death of her second husband).
She was the widow of Arthur Smith and Joseph Nash, and then Stephen
Hart, as well. She died at Farmington between February 18, 1691/2
(date of will) and March 1, 1693/4 (probate of will).
http://www.mv.com/ipusers/harts/family/harts/History/overview.html
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