Asa Hatton

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate death: Abt 1830
• Alternate death: 1830, New Albany, Floyd, Indiana
• Alternate death: Bef 1840

Notes:

"Asa and Susan Hatton migrated to Martin Co., Ind. near Loogootee prior to 1820. Fourteen children were born to this union, all settling in Brown, Bartholomew, Floyd and Jackson Counties, Indiana." [Hatton Families by Reeve & Reeve, citation details below]

Family/Spouse: Susan Damrell. Susan was born in Virginia; died in Audrain County, Missouri. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Ephraim Hatton was born about 1809 in Virginia; died after 1850.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate death: 30 Oct 1839, Prichard, Wayne, Virginia (now West Virginia)

Notes:

We know of no evidence that he had, as a middle name, "David."

According to family legend, young Samuel Hatton was excited when all the bells in London rang on his eleventh birthday. Informed that they were ringing to mark the accession of George III, Samuel made a slighting remark about the new king, which caused his master (he was apprenticed to a paper-hanger) to flog him for his temerity. Stung by this, he ran away, leaving his widowed mother and his siblings, and went to Ireland, where he managed to find work, and eventually emigrated to Virginia.

Other unproven assertions scattered around the internet are that he was born at Stony Stafford, Buckinghamshire (probably a corruption of Stony Stratford, now part of Milton Keynes) and that his father owned a brewery on "Hop Alley in London", which doesn't appear to have actually existed.

What is known is that he served under Capt. William Hoffner in the 1st Virginia, commanded by George Gibson, from 1 Mar 1777 to 6 Sep 1780. Contrary to many claims, he was not present at the British surrender at Yorktown. Following the war, he and his family lived in Washington County, Maryland, Hampshire County, Virginia (now West Virginia), and ultimately, sometime between 1803 and 1810, settled in the Big Sandy River valley near Huntington, Virginia (now West Virginia), where he received a grant of 100 acres at Round Bottom (now Prichard) in Wayne County. Among the sons that came with him to the Big Sandy River valley were Samuel Jr., Philip, Elijah, Jonah, William, David, and Asa. Many Hatton descendants still live in that part of West Virginia, near the Kentucky and Ohio borders.

Regarding that roadside marker, a 2009 series of forum posts chronicling one man's attempt to visit every marker in West Virginia on his motorcycle includes this one in which he visits the Samuel Hatton marker, installed just the previous year. "There was a fellow rider (Sean) pulled off by the marker enjoying a cigar break. When I mentioned what I was doing, he told me that Samuel Hatton was his Great-Great-Great-Great-Great Grandfather." The post includes a snapshot of Sean at the marker, looking just like an amiable biker dude. Whoever he is, Sean is TNH's sixth cousin, so hello, Sean.

Samuel married Rosanna Queen about 1767 in Loudoun County, Virginia. Rosanna (daughter of John Queen and Mary Butler) was born in of Loudoun County, Virginia; died before 1803 in Hampshire County, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Also called John MacQueen. His birthplace is also known as Piscataway Parish.

John married Mary Butler. Mary died before 1803. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

On 10 May 1725, Christopher Edelen and Thomas Athey were bondsmen for Jane MacQueen, administrator of Timothy MacQueen.

Timothy married Jane. Jane died after 10 May 1725. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]