There was a Hart family in the Hebron Lutheran Church. Moses Hart was confirmed in 1782 at the age of 17. At this time, the language was still German, so it appears very likely that there was a Hart family who was German.
Michael Thomas is said to have married, as his second wife, Eve Susannah Margaret Hart. Michael was the youngest son of the 1717 immigrants, John and Ann Mary (Blankenbaker) Thomas, a German couple. Michael was born about 1720.
At the Christmas service at Hebron in 1775, Valentine Hart and his wife, Anna Maria, attended. They sat next to Christopher Moyer and his wife, Catharina, and Peter Clore and his wife, Mary. They also attended the 25th Sunday after Trinity in 1782. They sat next to Carl Wrede (Frady) and his wife, Barbara. Elizabetha Hart was also present, next to Valentine and Anne Mary. Christian Reiner and his wife, Elizabeth, were next.
In 1769, Ephraim Hart was a witness for the will of Robert Slaughter, but this may be a different family. In the 1787 personal property tax list for Culpeper County, there are no Harts.
Michael Thomas, shortly before the Revolution, moved to southwest Pennsylvania (thought to be a part of Virginia at the time). If the Hart and Thomas families were traveling together, this might be an area where the Hart family would be found.
Because there are more mysteries than known facts about the Harts at the Hebron Church, I would like to learn more if anyone can add to the scanty information above.
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