Harriet "Hettie" (Green) Casey

Parents unidentified. Not the daughter of William Green, Jr. & Mary Green.

Harriet Green

• Born about 1700 - location unknown
• Died 1786 in Whitmire, Newberry County, South Carolina, USA
• Parents unknown
• Wife of Abner Brooks Casey — married 1725 in Baltimore, Baltimore County, Maryland
• Mother of Jesse Bartholemew Casey, John Casey, Nancy Casey, Benjamin Casey, Moses Casey, James Casey, Sarah Casey, Randolph Casey Sr., Aaron Casey, Levi Garrett Casey and Christopher Casey

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Biography

From Wales or Baltimore.

She and her husband Abner Brooks Casey were buried on land owned by Abner or one of the Casey sons in a family cemetery. The cemetery is lost now along with all the souls buried there.

Harriet Casey's death date varies from one source to another, but is believed to be between 1786 and 1790.

From https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/146709667/harriet-casey

Harriet Green Casey BIRTH 1700 Wales DEATH 1786 (aged 85–86) Whitmire, Newberry County, South Carolina, USA BURIAL Casey Family Cemetery Whitmire, Newberry County, South Carolina, USA MEMORIAL ID 146709667 · View Source

MEMORIAL PHOTOS 0 FLOWERS 3 She and her husband Abner Brooks Casey were buried on land owned by Abner or one of the Casey sons in a family cemetery. The cemetery is lost now along with all the souls buried there.

Harriet Casey's death date varies from one source to another, bt is believed to be between 1786 and 1790.

Family Members Spouse Abner Brooks Casey 1700–1796

Children Photo Levi Garrett Casey 1752–1807

Photo Christopher Casey 1755–1840

From https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Green-6499
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Harriet Green was first added here as born abt 1701 in Baltimore County, Maryland with no source and the wrong parents. An alternative birth of 1700 in Wales has a less than recommended source [1]

We know nothing about Harriet's parents.

This is not a reliable source, but a family tree on familysearch.org had her parents as William H. Green & Desire Bacon, but they were married in 1708 in Bedfordshire, England, so seems doubtful to be her parents.[2]
Or she was born about 1705-10. (She was married about 1725, and her first child was born about 1726. Her last child was born about 1751-55)

This is a shot in the dark, but looking through Maryland birth/marriage record (at familysearch.org), there is a marriage who could possibly be her parents:
Richard Greene & Margery (Margaret?) Standbridge, m Apr 17, 1704, St. James Parish, Anne Arundel County, MD [3]

(This is the earliest Green man in the records. Anne Arundel County is next to Baltimore, and Harriet's 3rd child, Benjamin was born in Anne Arundel. There were other Green families there. But she didn't name a son Richard.)

There was no birth record for Harriet there.

Her marriage to Abner Brooks Casey in 1725 in Baltimore, Maryland (Harriet Green Birth 1700 \ Spouse Abner Casey Birth 1700 in Ir; Marriage: 1725 in Maryland) also has a less than recommended source; not found in Barnes, Maryland Marriages. [4]

From “History of Jefferson County, Illinois”, p143-4:

“The Casey family was and is the most numerous, perhaps, as well as the most prominent, of all the pioneer families of Jefferson County. Abner Casey, the progenitor of the family in America, was born in the County Tyrone, Ireland, and there, upon arriving at the years of maturity, married a Welsh lady, who, like himself, possessed great physical and mental powers. [This seems to indicate that Abner & Harriet married in Ireland, but this seems unlikely. Why would a "Welsh lady" be in Ireland?]

"They emigrated to American somewhere about the middle of the eighteenth century and settled in Virginia, close neighbors to Edmond Randolph. Their children were all born while they lived on the Roanoke, and were Levi, Randolph and a daughter -- Randolph being named for their illustrious neighbor.” (presumably who they named their son Randolph for.""[The Randolphs were a prominent family in Virginia. However, the famous Edmund Randolph was born in 1753, several years after Randolph Casey was born in 1737. Edmund’s father was John Randolph, a cousin of Thomas Jefferson. John was a Loyalist but his son Edmund was a patriot. John’s father, also John Randolph died in 1737, so perhaps that was who Randolph Casey was named for.']'

“The family moved to South Carolina about the year 1760, located near Spartansburg, where they lived until after the close of the Revoluntionary war. They were stanch patriots and bore an active and honorable part in the war for liberty and independence...”

Moved to Spartanburg Co, SC about 1760.

From “A History of Newberry County, SC” (Vol 1, 1749-1860, by Thomas H. Pope) --
p. 62 - “First grand jury drawn consisted of . . . Abner Casey . . .”
p. 65 - list of justices of peace 1791-1800 included Abner Casey

SC State Records -- 1770, Apr 18 - Abner Casey, plat for 100 acres in Berkley County, (Broad River, Enoree River, Saluda River)[5]

Harriet Casey is said to have died in 1751; alternative death is 1786 in Whitmire, Newberry District, South Carolina where she supposedly was buried in the Casey Family Cemetery (no longer extant) in Whitemire, Newberry District, South Carolina -- FAG.

The bounty maps show Abner to have land just south of Whitemire and it supposedly contains a lost Casey family cemetery on it with Abner and Harriet buried there. Levi owned land just SE of Abner's and some say the Casey cemetery was located there. Other brothers, John, Jesse & Randolph, also owned land in the same vicinity.

Harriet and Abner's children have been extensively researched and books written about their descendants. But little is known of their beginnings.

Abner & Harriet had 8 sons and 2 daughters between the years of 1726 and 1755.

Children

1. Jesse Bartholemew Casey, b abt 1726, prob Baltimore, MD; m Phoebe ?; d 1811 SC
2. John Casey, b abt 1727, prob Baltimore, MD; m Isabella Allison; d aft 1816, Spartansburg, SC
3. Benjamin Casey b Jan 27, 1731, Anne Arundel Co, MD; m Julia Carson 1753 Va; d Apr 14, 1779, Frederick Co, Va.
4. James Casey, b abt 1733, Roanoke Valley, Va; m Nancy ?; in Rev. War; d Berkeley (now Spartanburg) Co, SC.
5. Moses Casey, b abt 1735, Roanoke Valley, Va; m Abigail Pennington bef 1762 SC; Capt. in Rev. War; d SC
6. Sarah Casey, b abt 1736, Roanoke Valley, Va; m Philip Trapnal (There seems to be proof that the Casey who m Philip Trapnal was Nancy, the daug of Peter not Abner. But that girl is 40 years younger, b 1785, m 1806, Mercer Co, Ky).[6]
7. Randolph Casey Sr, b abt 1737, Roanoke Valley, VA; m Charity Pennington abt 1766; d bef Nov 1814, Smith (now Macon) Co, Tn
8. Christopher Casey, b abt 1740, Roanoke Valley, Va; m Sarah Smith; Lt. in Rev. War; d Aug 2, 1840, prob Cole Co, MO
9. Aaron Casey
10. Levi Garrett Casey, b 1749, maybe SC; m Elizabeth Duckett; Br.Gen. in Rev. War; served in Congress; d 1807, Washington, D.C.
11. Nancy Casey, b abt 1751; m Aaron? Pickett

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Harriet Casey. [7]

Born 1700 Wales[8]

Died 1786 Whitmire, Newberry County, South Carolina, USA. [9]

Buried Whitmire, Newberry County, South Carolina, USA. [10]

Sources

1. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/146709667?search=true
2. ↑ https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LCFX-CBP
3. ↑ Greene marriage - https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4JM-W4X
4. ↑ Yates Publishing. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 [database on-line]. Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004. Original data: records extracted from a variety of sources including family group sheets and ...
5. ↑ Colonial Plat Books S213184, Vol 14, page 22, item 2
6. http://www.archivesindex.sc.gov/ - search “Casey, Abner”
7. ↑ m to Philip Trapnal - https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Nancy_Casey_%2814%29
8. ↑ Source: #S1658353318
9. ↑ Source: #S1658353318
10. ↑ Source: #S1658353318
11. ↑ Source: #S1658353318 See also:
12. Ancestry Family Trees [online] Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.
13. http://www.genealogy.com/ftm/r/e/n/Tonya-A-Rench-IL/GENE1-0001.html (date of marriage and date Abner came to America conflict.)
14. Source: S1658353318 Repository: #R1650475949 U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.
15. Repository: R1650475949 Ancestry.com