Rash's Surname Index
Notes for Robert HARE
Robert Hare arrived in Philadelphia from England June 4, 1773. He was born Jan. 28, 1752, at Woolwich, in the County of Kent. His father was Richard Hare, of Limehouse, London, who was born in 1700, and was of the ancient family of Hares of Stow Bardolph, in the County of Norfolk, England. Their coat of arms were: Arms--gules, two bars and a chief indented or; crest, a demi-lion rampant, or holding a cross crosslet fitch‚e gules. Richard Hare was engaged in the business of brewing porter, and was also a justice of the peace for Middlesex, a position of no small distinction in England. Robert Hare, the founder of the family in America, in his will, proved at Philadelphia in 1811, makes mention of surviving brothers and sisters in England, and leaves them each 5 guineas to purchase mourning rings, and leaves to his eldest sister Martha "my cornelian seal set in gold." Robert Hare possessed a liberal education and brought with him œ1500 which his father had given him. Young Hare embarked as a brewer about 1774, and located at the corner of Callowhill and New Market Streets, the latter street being midway between Front and Second. For years he was in partnership with Godfrey Twells, under the name of Hare & Twells. Hare was taken up in the best society. He was one of the founders of the City Troop. At 23 he married Nov. 16, 1775, Margaret Willing, daughter of Charles Willing. She brought with her a dowry of $9000. During the Revolution Hare's sympathies were with the colonists, and when Howe occupied Philadelphia in the winter of 1778, the Hares withdrew to Westover, Va., the historic home of Colonel Wm. Byrd, his brother-in-law, where his eldest child, CHARLES WILLING HARE, was born April 23, 1778.
Margaret Willing, daughter of Charles and Anne (Shippen) Willing, born in Philadelphia, January 15, 1753, died September 21, 1816, married November 16, 1775, Robert Hare, son of Richard and Martha Hare, of Limehouse, near London, England. He was born at Woolwich, Kent county, England, January 28, 1752, and came to Pennsylvania June 4, 1773. He became a prominent business man of Philadelphia, and represented the city in the General Assembly in 1791, and later in the State Senate: was Speaker of the Senate and ex-officio Lieutenant Governor, 1796. He was one of the original organizers of the Philadelphia "First City Troop" but took no part in the military operations during the Revolutionary War. During the British occupation of Philadelphia, he and his family were exiles in Virginia, and made their residence with his brother-in-law. Colonel William Byrd, of Westover, near Winchester He was truste of University of Pennsylvania 1789-1805. He died in Germantown, Philadelphia, March 8, 1812.
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