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The Hargest Family of Baltimore

Updated February 1, 2011
James Theodore Hargest

845 Kellogg Road

Lutherville,Maryland 21093

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James Hargest (1770-1843) married Hannah Evans (1781-1838) in Herefordshire, England on June 28, 1804 before emigrating to Baltimore before October, 1804. (Also, Hannah's brother, Thomas Evans, emigrated to Baltimore with the couple.)James and Hannah Hargest had nine children; John (1805-1823), James (1807-1828), Mary (1808-1880), Elizabeth (1811-1832), Hannah Ann (1813-1854), Jane(1814-1847), William Evans (1820-1871), Ann M. (abt.1818-before 1843) and Thomas (1823-1905).James Hargest had a family farm in Baltimore, Maryland located at North Avenue and Harford Road.
James and John both died young. Mary married a John Jones and had several children. She later separated from John Jones but retained her property and custody of the two children. Mary's daughter, Hannah Ann, married a John Wesley Disney and had three children. Elizabeth Hargest married a John Ogier in Baltimore and had two sons before her death in 1832; James Hargest Ogier (1830-1885) and John Stewart Ogier (1832-1926). James Hargest Ogier emigrated to San Jose, Cailfornia married, developed a fruit farm, and had eight children. John Stewart Ogier remained in Baltimore, married a Mary Elizabeth Burgan and had fourteen children.Jane Hargest married a Samuel Walker (1808-1865) and had two children; Virginia Hughlett Walker and John Hargest Walker. Virginia Walker married a Joshua Whitaker and moved to Harford County. After Jane's death, Samuel Walker married her sister Hannah Ann Hargest and had three additional children; Hannah Evans Walker, William Harding Walker, and Jane Walker. There are no known third generation descendants of Samuel Walker and Hannah Ann Hargest. William Evans Hargest married a Rachel Taylor in Baltimore and settled in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. They had eight children including three sons; Thomas Sewell Hargest, John James Hargest, and Jefferson Hargest. Thomas Hargest, youngest child of James and Hannah Evans Hargest, married an Urith Ann Leach, and had ten children. Thomas remained in Baltimore on the Hargest farm property.
Currently, descendants of James and Hannah Evans Hargest live throughout the United States. I am continuing to research the following surnames associated with the Hargest family; Ogier, Walker, Robb, Evans, Brandt, Woollen, Leach, and Nicholson.

Family Photos

  • Hargest farmhouse (296 KB)
    This house was located near Harford Road and North Avenue in Baltimore City. During the Civil War, Union soldiers camped on the property.
  • Hargest Baltimore Album Quilt (854 KB)
    This quilt was purchased by the International Institute for Quilt Study at University of Nebraska, in 2005. This quilt was made by the Hargest and Evans families in before 1843. The quilt has forty-nine squares each with a family name.
  • Hargest/Robb house (1482 KB)
    This house was most likely the first house Hannah and James Hargest occupied in 1804 in Baltimore. The house was later passed down to the Robb family who were Thomas Hargest descendants. Two of Thomas Hargest's daughters married Robb brothers.
  • Thomas Hargest (1823-1905) (35 KB)
    Thomas Hargest was the youngest child of Hannah Ann Evans Hargest and James Hargest.
  • The family of James Hargest Ogier 1889. (388 KB)
    James Hargest was a grandson of James Hargest. He emigrated to San Jose, California and was a successful farmer. He died on a return trip to Baltimore in 1885.
  • Urith Ann Leach Hargest (684 KB)
    Urith Ann Leach was the wife of Thomas Hargest in Baltimore. Thomas and Urith Ann had ten children. She is believed to be a descendant of John Eager Howard.
  • James Hargest Ogier (77 KB)
    James Hargest Ogier was a successful San Jose, California farmer.
  • Hannah Evans Hargest's birthplace - Herefordshire (1001 KB)
    Hannah Evans Hargest (B. 1783)and Thomas Evans birthplace in Herefordshire England.
  • Thomas Hargest of Harrisburg, PA (612 KB)
    Thomas S. Hargest was a son of William Evans Hargest and Rachel Taylor Hargest. He was a well known lawyer and judge.
 

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