Hackney Family Tree

The Indians abruptly disappeared from the Valley in 1754. With hearts stung by continued British dishonesty, goaded by seemingly friendly French who were engaged in a world war against the British Empire, the Indians returned for sporadic raids. General Braddock's defeat at Fort Duquesne did not make the Valley's inhabitants feel more secure. In the spring a war party of Indians came to Frederick, crossing the mountains at Mills Gap. They killed Patrick KELLY and his wife. Families who heard the news ran for John EVANS's fort near Martinsburg. Polly MARTIN, on her way to Strodes, met "little Joe Hackney, who told her that everybody had already gone to the fort, but she would not pay attention to him." She was captured by the Indians (she returned several years later). After a whole day and night crowded into the fort, with no visible activity outside, a party of men decided to go and collect Patrick KELLY's body to give it a decent Christian burial. While they were away the Indians attacked the fort. John EVANS's wife grabbed a gun and handed one to any woman who thought she could shoot. Those who couldn't fire were set to work loading guns to hand to others. She reportedly said, "You, little Joe Hackney, get that drum, and beat 'to arms' on it. Beat as loud as ever you can. Then everybody fire. Make it sound like a lot of men."[32] No Quaker "white feather" here.

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Joseph Hackney, Jr., b. 25 Apr. 1743 NS in New Castle; d. 10 Feb. 1817 in Frederick Co., Va., and bur. in Friends cemetery, Greene Springs, Frederick Co.; m. 20/7m/1768 Martha McCOOL.

Joseph Hackney, Jr.3 was born in New Castle County, in what is now the state of Delaware, on 25/3m March? May? 1743. He died 10 Second Month [February] 1817 in Frederick County, Virginia, and is buried in Green Springs Friends burial ground in Berkeley County, West Virginia. Joseph married 20 Seventh Month [July] 1768 Martha McCOOL or McCoole, the daughter of James and Ann (WRIGHT) McCool. Martha was born 31 Twelfth Month [December?] 1750 NS in New Castle County or else was born 28 February 1749/50? OS in New Castle County. She died 1 November 1843 in Frederick County, Virginia, and is buried at Hopewell Meeting. [See an explanation of Old Style dates.]

Joseph had moved west with a certificate of removal dated Tenth Month 1760 (he would have been seventeen years old that year) from New Castle County to Frederick County.[21]

Joseph and Martha were married in the Back Creek meeting house, Frederick County. This meeting house was said to have been somewhere around Gainsville on current route 532, northwest of Winchester. Back Creek was a preparative meeting under Hopewell Monthly Meeting. The marriage certificate for Joseph and Martha noted that the fathers of both bride and groom were deceased. Charity's mother Ann was now married to Thomas PUGH and both of them signed the certificate, along with Jesse, Elizabeth, and Job Pugh, perhaps children of Thomas. Martha's brothers John and James M'COOLE [spelling was not consistent] also signed, as did Joseph's brother Aaron and Aaron's second wife Hannah Hackney. In all, thirty four Friends signed the certificate as witnesses. No Baldwins signed.[22]

Joseph was an active member of Hopewell Meeting. At one time or another he served as an Overseer and Trustee. He was one of the men who had the care of the graveyard. As increasing numbers of Friends moved into the area, there was a need for additional meetings. Joseph was among those appointed in Eleventh Month 1782 to attend the opening worship at Westland Preparative Meeting. In First Month 1783 he went with three others to see if Monongahela was ready to have a meeting. In Eighth Month 1785 he and a small group visited Berkeley and recommended that a meeting be established there (Bullskin). In Twelfth Month 1796 Hopewell Friends reconsidered a request by Friends in the vicinity of Joseph Hackney's and approved that they hold a meeting there during the winter season when it was difficult to travel down off the ridge to Hopewell. They apparently already had a school there, because the following autumn they again requested permission to have a meeting in their school house for Friends "on or near the Ridge near Joseph Hackney's". It was about two miles northwest of Hopewell in the village of White Hall. By 1813 this meeting was called Lower Ridge while one near William Lupton was called "Upper Ridge". By 1817 it was reported that the building was becoming dilapidated.[23]

Friends who were married under the care of the meeting had their certificates signed as witnesses by all who were present. Obviously Friends attended marriages of their own relatives. Martha and Joseph signed the certificate of Martha's brother, John M'COOLE and Eleanor LEWIS, daughter of Henry and Mary, on 14/3m/1771 at the "dwelling house" of Owen ROGERS in Hampshire County, Va. Joseph and Martha and their children Aaron and Hannah signed the certificate of Thomas ELLIS and their niece Margaret REES, daughter of Morris Rees (who had married Sarah Hackney), 21/10m/1772.[24]

Their son Aaron Hackney married Hannah BOND, daughter of Joseph and Eleanor (dec'd) on 13/9m/1798 at Hopewell. Witnesses signing included: Joseph and Martha, Joseph Hackney Jr, Charity SIDWELL, Ann ANTRIM, Mary Hackney, Rachel Hackney, Richard Sidwell, Martha Hackney, John Antrim, Ann McCoole, Katherine McCoole, Jesse WRIGHT, Mary GRIFFITH, and a lot of relatively recently married young people for a total of 63 signatures.[25]

Joseph and Martha's daughter Rachel and John GRIFFITH Junr. were married on 15/4m/1801 "at the Lower Ridge". Their certificate was signed by Joseph, Mary, Hannah, Aaron, Joseph Jr., Ann Antrim, James, Martha, Asa HOGE, Richard Sidwell, John Antrim, John Wright, Morris Rees, Cate McCoole, Marth [sic] MORGAN, John Antrim, Phebe BALDWIN, and Lewis McCoole, among others.[26]

Their son Joseph Hackney Junr. and Lydia SIDWELL, daughter of Samuel (dec'd) and Sarah, were married on 12/6m/1805 "at meeting and schoolhouse near Joseph Hackney's" signed by Joseph and Martha, Sarah Sidwell, Aron [sic] Hackney, Richard Sidwell, John Griffith Jur., Rachel Griffith, Sarah MILLER, Mary Hackney, Martha Hackney, John Griffith, John and Susannah WRIGHT.[27]

Daughter Mary Hackney married Levi SMITH, son of Joseph and Rachel (dec'd) on 21/9m/1826 at Hopewell. As Joseph was now deceased, the certificate was signed by Aaron, Joseph [Jr] Hackney, Rachel Griffith, John Griffith Jr, Susanna Wright, David Wright, Ruth REES, Thamasin SIDWELL, Jos. W. Hackney, Mary Ann Hackney, Martha SMITH, Martha Ann Griffith, Mary S. Hackney, Lydia Hackney, Eleanor W. Hackney, Aaron H. Griffith, James H. Griffith, Aaron H. Hackney, Martha MORGAN, Lydia ROSS , and Harriet Hackney, among others.[28]

Joseph and Martha were both recorded as elders. Among their other responsibilities for the care of the spiritual life of the meeting, elders were expected to attend many of the marriages held under the care of the meeting. A careful study of the signatures on these certificates gives clues as to both the social and relationship fabric of the meeting community, but also the obligations and responsibilities of the weightier Friends.

In 1800 they requested and received a minute from Hopewell to attend Yearly Meeting at New Garden, North Carolina, and, if way opened, some of their relatives in the South.[29]

Our Friend, Joseph Hackney, and wife informs that himself and wife have a prospect of attending the next Yearly Meeting at New Garden in North Carolina, and if way opens to visit some of their relatives in the South, which being considered is concurred with, they being Elders in good esteem amongst us, the clerk is directed to furnish them with a copy of this minute.
By mid-century, the Shenandoah Valley boasted a ferry across the Shenandoah near the Potomac, an iron furnace at Old Bloomery, and they had sufficient hemp, furs, and whiskey to export down the rivers or over the mountains. Estate inventories began to list imported luxury items such as china teacups, looking glasses, and silver spoons.[30] Our Joseph was a miller and a farmer.[31] He didn't get in at the very beginning of settlement, but with his family arrived at about the equivalent of the second generation. There was still plenty of opportunity, but the worst of the hardships were past. Or so it seemed.

The Indians abruptly disappeared from the Valley in 1754. With hearts stung by continued British dishonesty, goaded by seemingly friendly French who were engaged in a world war against the British Empire, the Indians returned for sporadic raids. General Braddock's defeat at Fort Duquesne did not make the Valley's inhabitants feel more secure. In the spring a war party of Indians came to Frederick, crossing the mountains at Mills Gap. They killed Patrick KELLY and his wife. Families who heard the news ran for John EVANS's fort near Martinsburg. Polly MARTIN, on her way to Strodes, met "little Joe Hackney, who told her that everybody had already gone to the fort, but she would not pay attention to him." She was captured by the Indians (she returned several years later). After a whole day and night crowded into the fort, with no visible activity outside, a party of men decided to go and collect Patrick KELLY's body to give it a decent Christian burial. While they were away the Indians attacked the fort. John EVANS's wife grabbed a gun and handed one to any woman who thought she could shoot. Those who couldn't fire were set to work loading guns to hand to others. She reportedly said, "You, little Joe Hackney, get that drum, and beat 'to arms' on it. Beat as loud as ever you can. Then everybody fire. Make it sound like a lot of men."[32] No Quaker "white feather" here.

George WASHINGTON was given command of the frontier, but without adequate supplies of any sort. He was finally permitted to draft men, and his first call netted 246, including seven Quakers who quietly informed him they were unable to fight. Washington was advised by Governor DINWIDDIE to make them work on constructing the fort, or confine them on bread and water. The Friends refused to work, and sat in the broiling July sun, meekly and stubbornly surviving on bread and water. Washington wrote in disgust, they chose "rather to be whipped to death than to lend assistance on anything of self-defense." He finally discharged them to the custody of friends.[33]

Slavery arrived after the peace of 1763, brought mostly by wealthy English. By this time many Friends had come to realize the sinfulness of enslaving fellow humans. In 1758 Philadelphia Yearly Meeting.[34]

Smallpox broke out in the Valley in 1771, but authorities refused to permit the risky innovation of innoculation.[35]

When the Revolution began, a contingent of volunteers from the Valley joined Washington at Boston. After the battle of Germantown, several hundred Hessian prisoners were quartered in Winchester. They were set to work to build stone houses and walls, and they also left the Hessian fly.[36] After the battle of Cowpens, there were 1,600 prisoners in the Valley.[37] During the war consistent Friends refused to bear arms or assist others in fighting. Some Friends, along with the ones exiled from Philadelphia, remained in custody in Winchester. Efforts to release them under bond failed when they refused conscientiously to swear. Their property was confiscated, but they did not bend. Finally Alexander White was paid £100 to go to Philadelphia and negotiate their freedom; his success relieved everyone.[38]

The war was followed by a period of instability and hardship: inflation, interstate duties, mounting debt, and high taxes.[39] With the new Federal Constitution trade revived, the natural agricultural richness of the Valley recovered, and prosperity seemed possible again.[40]

Another glimpse into the kind of participation in community life that was taken for granted was being called to serve on various juries. Joseph Hackney (it may have been Joseph, Jr.?) served on a coroner's jury that determined the cause of death of William STROTHER to be "by natural causes".[41]

Joseph died 10 February 1817, and was buried in the Green Springs Friends burying ground. Alternatively he died in 1826. Martha died a quarter century later, on 1 November 1843, and was buried at Hopewell meeting grounds.[42]

Children of Joseph and Martha (McCool) Hackney

Ann Hackney4, b. 23 Nov. 1769 at Green Springs, Frederick Co., Va.; d. 3 Mar. 1848 in Warren, Oh; bur. Miami Cemetery, Corwin, Warren Co [sic?] Ohio; m. 7/5m/1792 John ANTRIM.[43]

Joseph Hackney, Jr., b. 15 July 1770 in Frederick Co., Va.; d. Aug. 1846 in Vermillion, Ill.; m. 12/6m/1805 Lydia SIDWELL, daughter of Samuel and Sarah at the meeting and school house near Joseph Hackney's. He may be the one referred to in Hinshaw who was rec by sert from NDMM to PMM 27/1m/1823; but this one may be the one who d. 26/3m/1833 at the age of 43. On 3 Nov. 1806 Joseph (either this man or his father or a cousin? bought a tract from James BUTTERFIELD; he sold it the next year to Aaron Hackney. On 9 Aug. 1811 John DILLON (who removed to Ohio) conveyed 494 acres that was adjacent to John GRIFFITH's and William LYNN's land, to Aaron, Joseph, and James Hackney. Joseph Hackney, Thomas WRIGHT, Josiah FAWCETT, and John BOND were appointed 6/8m/1829 by Hopewell MM to look into the state of Smith Creek meeting house and lot, apparently no longer in use, and Benjamin ALLEN wanting to be repaid for money spent on acquiring a title to the property. Four years later three of the committee reported back (not Joseph H or Josiah F). Joseph's 5 children are listed in the Hopewell mtg history, 471.[44]
a) Aaron H. b. 18/12m/1816; d. 18/1m/1870; bur. Hopewell; m. Sarah HETERICK, daughter of Robert and Mary; had 6 children (listed in Hopewell Friends History, 471).
b) Lydia, d. 19/1m/1888; bur. Hopewell;
c) Sarah Ellen, d. 29/12m/1891; bur. Hopewell
d) Rebecca Jane, d. 22/3m/1910; bur. Hopewell
e) Joseph, b. 22/11m/1821; d. 8/3m/1901; bur. Hopewell

Charity Hackney, b. 2 Nov. 1771 in Hopewell, Prince George's Co., [sic?] Va.; d. 26 June 1800, Frederick Co., Va.; m. at Hopewell on 14/4m/1791 Richard SIDWELL, son of Hugh and Ann (Haines; dec'd).[45]

Aaron Hackney, b. 10 Nov. 1773 in Back Creek, Frederick Co., Va.; d. Sept. 1853 in Blackford, Ind.; m. at Hopewell 13/9m/1798 Hannah BOND, daughter of Joseph and Eleanor. After his father's death Aaron was named a trustee for the Lower Ridge meeting property (consisting mostly, I think, a school house).[46]

Mary Hackney, b. 24 Apr. 1776 in Frederick Co., Va.; d. 1865; m. 21/9m/1826 Levi SMITH.[47]

Rachel Hackney, b. 6 Dec. 1780 in Frederick Co., Va.; d. 20 Mar. 1863 in Frederick Co., Va.; m. 15/4m/1801 John GRIFFITH.

James Hackney, b. 24 Feb. 1783 in Frederick Co., Va.; d. Mar. 1832 in Frederick Co., Va.; m. 2/2m/1807 Jane BOYD. Probably this James was disowned 2/2m/1807 "Married contrary to discipline". If that is the correct date for the disownment, then the marriage would have been earlier—or vice versa, this is the date of the marriage and the disownment would have been later.[48]

Lydia Hackney, b. 10 Nov. 1784 in Frederick Co., Va.; m. Benjamin TANQUARY. Disowned 9/5m/1822 "Married contrary to discipline".[49]

Hugh Hackney, b. in Frederick Co., Va.

Mary Ann Hackney, b. in Frederick Co., Va. [not in Harlan] perhaps m 14 Dec. 1826 James W. TRIMBLE.

Sallie Hackney, b. 22 Feb. 1794 in Frederick Co., Va.; d. 1800 in Frederick Co., Va.

Martha Hackney, b. 24 Dec. 1796 in Frederick Co., Va.; d. 14 Mar. 1869 in Clinton, Oh; bur. Harveysburg, Massie Twp., Warren Co. [sic] Oh.; m. 1809 Robert A. DANIELS; rem to Clinton Co, Ohio in 1838.

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