Family of: Hans Jost Hite (Heydt - German spelling)


This lineage is based on material research by my grandfather. After several years of working on this, he was contacted by a distant cousin who was also researching the Hite family line. They compared notes and traced the family line back to the first Hites (Hans Jost Hite) who came from Germany.

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Children:
  1. Magdelena Hite (m. Jacob Chrisman in 1731-32?)
  2. John Hite, Sr.
  3. Jacob Hite
  4. Anna Maria Hite (b. 172__? / d. ??)
  5. Mary Hite
  6. Joseph P. Hite (b. 17__? / d. ca 1779)
  7. William Hite (no information)
  8. Isaac Hite, Sr.
Notes:

Jost Hite lived in Straburg, Alsace before coming to America in about 1710. He brought sixteen other families with him to Kingston, New York, on his own ship, "The Swift." His wife's mother, Catherine Blanchan, was the daughter of Matthew and Magdelena Jorisse Blanchan. They were Huguenot refugees who fled from France's religious oppression. They reportedly went to Mannheim, Germany, later embarking from there to America. Their daughter, Catherine was married in 1655. If that date is correct, then Catherine Blanchan and Louis DuBois were married when they arrived in America, possibly accompanying her parents to New York in 1660. Matthew Blanchan was credited with founding the town of Hurley, New York (possibly the present day New Hurley?).

Jost Hite and his wife Anna Maria DuBois moved to Germantown, Pennsylvania in about 1716 and stayed until 1732. Much of this information was obtained from "The American Compendium of Genealogy" and compiled for these notes by Kathrine Reynolds McGraw of Alabama in 1984.

Family of: John Hite, Sr. Children:
  1. Anna Maria Hite (b. December 25, 1738 in Frederick Co., VA)
  2. Rebecca Hite
  3. John Hite, Jr. (b. June 28, 1751 in Frederick Co., VA)
  4. Eleanor Hite (b. November 5, 1749 in Frederick Co., VA)
Notes:

John Hite, Sr. is listed in early colonial records as Captain, but he later earned the rank of colonel in the colonial militia.

Family of: Jacob Hite Children:
  1. Alexander Hite
Notes:
Family of: Mary Hite Children:
  1. John Jacob Bowman (no information)
  2. Abraham Bowman (colonel in the American Revolution)
  3. Joseph Bowman (member of the Lewis & Clark Expedition)
  4. Isaac Bowman (member of the Lewis & Clark Expedition)
  5. Mary Bowman
  6. George Bowman, Jr. (colonel in the American Revolution)
Notes:

George Bowman, Sr. had previously been married to Mary's sister, Anna Maria, before she died. It is unknown which children came from which mother.


Family of: Isaac Hite, Sr. Children:
  1. Mary Hite (d. 1789 in Frederick Co., VA / m. ___ McDonald)
  2. Ann Hite (d. after 1788 / m. ___ Buckhannon)
  3. Rebecca Hite (d. after 1788 / m. William A. Booth)
  4. Eleanor Hite (d. prior to 1788 / m. ___ Williams (Long?))
  5. Isaac Hite, Jr.
  6. Sarah Hite


Family of: Rebecca Hite Children:
  1. John Smith (no information)
  2. Elizabeth Hite Smith
  3. Charles Smith, Jr. (no information)
  4. Sarah Smith (no information)
Notes:

Charles Smith, Sr. was an officer with the colonial forces and was with George Washington at "Great Meadows" when the defeat of British General Braddock occurred on July 9, 1755. Charles Smith, Sr. lost his left hand at "Great Meadows."

Family of: Alexander Hite Children:
    (w/1st)
  1. Maria (b. 1770)
  2. Frederick (b. 1774)
  3. Jacob (b. 1778)
    (w/2nd)
  1. Margaret (b. 1784 in Shenandoah Co., Virginia)
  2. Catherine (b. 1793 in Shenandoah Co., Virginia)
  3. Anna (b. 1794 in Shenandoah Co., Virginia)
  4. David (b. 1798 in Shenandoah Co., Virginia)

Family of: Mary Bowman Children:


Family of: Isaac Hite, Jr. Children:

Notes:

James and Dolly Madison spent two weeks of their honeymoon in the home of Isaac and Nelly.

Family of: Sarah Hite Children:
  1. ___(daughter) Clark
Notes:

Colonel Clark was a brother of William Clark, of the Lewis & Clark Expedition, and of George Rogers Clark, explorer and Indian fighter.

Family of: ____ (daughter) Clark Children:
  1. ___ Temple (m. ___ Winburn of Mississippi)
  2. Sarah Temple (m. Lewis W. Lee)
  3. Ellen E. Temple (m. Josiah Newman of Mississippi)
  4. Jonathan Clark Temple (d. ca 1850 at Federal Grove)
  5. Dr. Robert Temple (d. in Hernando, Mississippi)
  6. John B. Temple (m. ___ Bibb, d/o Richard Bibb, Jr.)
  7. Rev. James N. Temple (Methodist minister)
  8. Anne E. Temple (m. Rev. Beckett - Columbia, Tennessee)
  9. Lucy Croghan Temple (Hon. R.C. Bowling of Russellville, Kentucky)
Family of: Elizabeth Hite Smith Children:
  1. Rebecca S. Morton
  2. Charles Smith Morton
  3. George Washington Morton (b. ca 178__?
  4. John Hite Morton
  5. Elizabeth Hite Morton (b. 178_? / never married)
  6. Joseph Morton (b. 178_? / died in early childhood)
  7. William Raglan Morton
  8. Frances "Fannie" Terrell Morton
  9. Sarah "Sallie" Morton (b. 179_? / d. in Lexington, Kentucky)
  10. Elijah Morton
  11. Abraham Bowman Morton (b. 1798 / d. 1863 / m. Martha Fletcher)
  12. Ketturah "Kitty" Morton (b. 1800? / m. Benjamin Vance on July 26, 1820)
  13. Gabriel J. Morton
  14. Mary "Polly" Morton
Family of: Rebecca S. Morton Children:
  1. Jefferson Haden
  2. Nancy F. Haden (b. 1804-08? / m. August 2, 1824, Logan Co., Kentucky)
  3. William Morton Haden
  4. Emily W. Haden (b. 1811 in Logan Co., KY / m. Joseph Rogers on Sept. 2, 1828)
  5. Eliza H. Haden
  6. Harriett S. R. Haden (b. 1812 in Logan Co., KY / m. Richard Cook)
  7. Mary M. Haden (b. 1814 in Logan Co., KY / m. James Madison Develin)
  8. James Haden (b. 1816 in Logan Co., KY)
Family of: Charles Smith Morton Children:
  1. Susan Morton (m. Dr. A. Ferguson)
Family of: John Hite Morton Children:
  1. Eliza Morton (m. Joseph Sanders Morris)
  2. John P. Morton (b. March 4, 1907 / m. Harriet Griswold)
  3. Jane Morton (no information)
  4. George Terrell Morton (m. Isabella Henry)
  5. William Morton (no information)
  6. Henry Clay Morton (m. [1st] __ Blackburn [2nd] Mary Quigley)\
  7. Ellen Morton (m. Wats ? Cox of New Orleans, La)
  8. Rebecca Morton (m. Abraham G. Munn)
  9. Margaret Morton (m. Henry A. Griswold)
Family of: William Raglan Morton Children:
    (w/1st)
  1. Mary Morton
  2. Elizabeth Smith Morton
  3. Sarah Morton
  4. William Morton (died in infancy)
  5. Gabriello Morton
    (w/2nd)
  1. John Bradford Morton
Family of: Frances "Fannie" Terrell Morton Children:
  1. Nancy Caldwell
  2. Elizabeth Smith Morton Caldwell
  3. William Morton Fletcher Caldwell (b. 1815 / d. 1889 / m. Susan Harrison)
  4. Daniel Duverney (b/ August 13, 1817 / d. September 22, 1820)
  5. George Ann Caldwell (b. April 2, 1819 / d. August 2, 1835)
  6. Frances Ellen Caldwell (b. February 23, 1822 / d. August 16, 1835)
  7. John Andrews Caldwell (b. March 6, 1825 / d. August 18, 1826)
  8. Andrew Peter Acres Caldwell (b. November 29, 1826 / d. August 11, 1835)
Notes:

George Ann Caldwell died during cholera epidemic after administering to those with cholera. Her sister, Frances Ellen also died during that time. It is possible (based on dates of death) that Andrew also died of cholera.

Family of: Elijah Morton Children:
  1. William Morton (b. 1822-24?)
Notes:

William Morton called himself "Bill Texas" to distinguish himself from other William Mortons. He married an Irish school teacher who was actually born in Ireland. After his death, she returned to Ireland with their daughter [name unknown].

Family of: Gabriel J. Morton Children:
  1. Thomas W. Morton
  2. Ann Eliza Morton (b. 1826 / m. December 15, 1846 to William F. Norton)
  3. Carrie Morton (b. June 25, 1829 / d. March 2, 1864 / never married)
Family of: Mary "Polly" Morton Children:
Notes:

John Barner married Polly after his first wife died in approximately 1830. There is reason to believe they had one son and one daughter, names unknown.

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