18th Century Forebears -
John Harland (b.1784)
HARLAND
sp: UNKNOWN
+-John HARLAND (b.1784 - Maytown Bessbrook Co. Armagh; d.1876)
sp: Mary LEADLIE (b .circa 1798; d.1860)
|-Thomas HARLAND (b.1819 - Co. Armagh, Ireland; d.26 Aug 1885)
| sp: Margaret HERDMAN (m.29 Sep 1852; d.Jan 1863)
| |-John HARLAND (b.25 May 1854; d.15 Mar 1948)
sp: UNKNOWN
+-John HARLAND (b.1784 - Maytown Bessbrook Co. Armagh; d.1876)
sp: Mary LEADLIE (b .circa 1798; d.1860)
|-Thomas HARLAND (b.1819 - Co. Armagh, Ireland; d.26 Aug 1885)
| sp: Margaret HERDMAN (m.29 Sep 1852; d.Jan 1863)
| |-John HARLAND (b.25 May 1854; d.15 Mar 1948)
| | sp: Emma Gaynor WELLS (b. 1 Jul 1853 - Dublin; m.23 Apr 1880; d.22 Jan 1890)
| | sp: Elizabeth THORNTON (b. 16 Jun 1884 - Portadown; m. 2 Apr 1891; d.17 Jun 1955)
| |-Robert HARLAND (b.1855 - ? Maytown, Bessbrook, Co. Armagh; d.1861)
| |-Mary ("Minnie") HARLAND (b.1857 - ? Maytown, Bessbrook, Co. Armagh; d.1878)
| |-Agnes Isabella Wallace HARLAND (b. 24 Jan 1860; d.1860)
| sp: Sara HERDMAN (b.Derrydrummuck, Loughbrickland,Co Down; m. 25 Apr 1863; d. 25 Aug 1892)
| |-Agnes HARLAND (b .7 Nov 1863 - Bessbrook)
| | sp: ? CHAMBERS
| |-Margaret HARLAND (b. 26 Apr 1865 - Bessbrook; d.Aug 1936)
| |-Thomas HARLAND (b.29 Mar 1870 - Bessbrook)
| | sp: Bessie BROOKS
| +-Mary HARLAND
|-Margaret Jane HARLAND (b. circa 1822)
| sp: Alexander CLEMENTS (b .Markethill, Co. .Armagh; m .8 Jun 1844)
+-John HARLAND (b.1826)
| | sp: ? CHAMBERS
| |-Margaret HARLAND (b. 26 Apr 1865 - Bessbrook; d.Aug 1936)
| |-Thomas HARLAND (b.29 Mar 1870 - Bessbrook)
| | sp: Bessie BROOKS
| +-Mary HARLAND
|-Margaret Jane HARLAND (b. circa 1822)
| sp: Alexander CLEMENTS (b .Markethill, Co. .Armagh; m .8 Jun 1844)
+-John HARLAND (b.1826)
This Irish sept of the Harland clan has kept family records that date back to 1784, in the form of two family bibles. Click on the links in the portion of the family tree below to find out more about the earliest known forebears, John and Thomas.