First Revolutionary War Discovery

Mary Polly Runyon Hatfield

Mary Polly was the wife of Preacher Anse (Anderson C.) Hatfield - mentioned on earlier pages.  But, she has some interesting ancestry of her own to discuss!  So, let's get to it!

Mary Polly was born Jan 25, 1839 in Kentucky to Adron Runyon and Jane "Jennie" Maynard.  She was the 7th child of a total of 14.  Yeah, you read that right - FOURTEEN children!  Of course, in those days, that wasn't uncommon.  Many families had many children because unfortunately, you were never quite sure how many would live to adulthood.

Mary Polly's Dad, Adron, was born June 14, 1801 in Tazewell County, Virginia.  He married Jane "Jennie" on Dec 23, 1824 in Pike County, Kentucky.  In July of 1859, he went bear hunting and upon returning home (I don't think he got a bear, at least not that day!) complained of severe stomach pains and shortly after, died.  It could have been appendicitis, but nothing is verified.

Adron was the son of John G. Runyon and Elizabeth Runner Runyon.  John G. Runyon is interesting because he actually fought in the Revolutionary War - alongside his father (Isaac Runyon) and several brothers.  John G. was born about 1761 in Maryland, and died in 1840 in Pikeville, Pike, Kentucky age 79 years.  He has some interesting history too, which I have documents on to post at a later date.  :) 

But, what I'm really trying to trace back to on this post is we hit the 1500s in our ancestry line.  That is NOT an easy task to do - and a lot of these ancestors have interesting stories.  But, I've been at this for hours now, and I'm tired and starting to see double.  So, to make it clear, I'm just going to do the line from our earliest known ancestor down - and I can post their individual stories and documents and pictures later.

1.  Henrick Hageman b. 1595 Elburg, Gelderland, Holland d. 1637 age 42 years Vorchten, Holland.  m. Unknown.

     2.  Adriaen Hageman b. 1625 Vorchten Heerde Municipality, Gelderland, Netherlands d. 1672 age 47 years, Flatbush, Long Island, New York.  Emigrated from Holland to New Netherlands in 1650.  m. Catherina/Catherine Margetts Mar 7, 1649 Sloten, Amsterdam, Holland.

** and another aside- Catherine Margetts dad, Joseph Margetts (my 11th Great Grandfather) is the one buried under the slabs in the Noordkerken (North Church) in Amsterdam, Holland.  People have been walking on the graves for hundreds of years - seriously - creepy.

 NoorderKerk in Amsterdam, Holland

 - looks peaceful, eh?

But inside - people walk on the graves....

Yeah, there are people buried under these slabs that make up the floor.  Um...

          *Now, it gets tricky here, because Adriaen has two sons that have grandchildren that marry later on - ew, I know!  But, they are at least 2nd cousins (and not 1st!).  In this time period, people were living in villages and would often marry the same families over and over (think brothers and sisters marrying brothers and sisters of other families, repeatedly) - and sometimes, within their own family.  This particular family was also of the religion Dutch Reformed, which was very strict and required that you only marry others in the same religion.  So, it made it slim pickins for our ancestors - and they did the best they could!

          3.  Hendricus "Hendrick" Hageman b. Apr 13, 1649 Netherlands d. 1732 age 82 years New York.  m. Adriaentje Bloetgoet Apr 26, 1685 Flatbush, Long Island, New York.  Adriaentje dates unknown.

               4.  Adriaen Hegeman (yep, another one, but not a Jr.) b. Mar 4, 1686 New York d. Aug 8, 1754 age 68 years, Six-Mile Run, Somerset, New York. m. Maria Van Der Vliet May 1, 1713 Flatbush, Long Island, New York.  Maria b. 1685 Flatbush, Long Island, New York, d. 1740 age 55 years, unknown place.

                    5.  Mary Hageman b. unknown d. unknown.  (But, what I DO know about her is that she married her 2nd cousin Adrian Hegeman - yet ANOTHER one - and had at least a daughter together!)  Her husband, Adrian Hegeman is the son of Dollius Hageman and Geertruy/Gertrude.  Dollius is the son of Denuyse/Dennis Hageman and Grace Lucretia Dollen.  And Denuyse is the brother of good old #3 up there, Hendricus.  So, I don't have any dates for Mary Hageman and Adrian Hegeman - 2nd cousins extrordinairre, but they led to our #6 down below.

                           6.  Geertje/Charity Hageman b. 1740 Hopewell, Hunterdon, New Jersey d. 1819 Pike County, Kentucky. m. Isaac Runyon 1754.  Isaac b. 1738 Middlesex County, New Jersey d. 1820 age 82 years, place unknown.

                                7.   John G. Runyon b. abt 1761 Maryland, d. 1840 age 79 years, Pikeville, Pike, Kentucky, m. Elizabeth Runner d. unknown, Elizabeth b. 1761 Montgomery County, Virigina, d. 1849 age 88 years Pike County, Kentucky.

                                      8.  Adron Runyon b. 14 Jun 1801 Tazewell County, Virginia, d. 14 Jul 1859 age 58 years, Pond Creek, Pike, Kentucky, m. Jane "Jennie" Maynard 23 Dec. 1824 Pike County, Kentucky, Jane "Jennie" b. 25 Feb 1810 Pike County, Kentucky, d. 30 May 1880 age 70 years.

                                            9.  Mary Polly Runyon b. 25 Jan 1839 Kentucky, d. 15 Mar 1920 age 81 years, m. Preacher Anderson C. "Preacher Anse" Hatfield 2 Aug 1855 Pike County, Kentucky, Preacher Anderson b. 25 Sep 1835 Kentucky, d. 6 Mar 1920 age 84 years, Kentucky.

                                                  10.  Anderson "Bud" B. Hatfield b. 6 May 1878 Pike County, Kentucky, d. 19 Mar 1926 age 47 years, Pike County, Kentucky, m. Malissa Q. Alley 2 Jul 1896 Mingo County, West Virginia, Malissa Q. b. 4 Mar 1874 Logan County, West Virginia, d. 13 Jun 1913 age 39 years Mingo County, West Virginia.

                                                        11.  Thomas Carl Hatfield b. 13 Feb 1902 Kentucky, d. 2 Feb 1972 age 69 years, Kentucky, m. Thelma Irene Adams d. unknown, Thelma Irene b. 7 May 1904 Kentucky, d. 7 Jan 1934 age 29 years, Boyd County, Kentucky.

                                                              12.  Juanita "Pat" Kathleen Hatfield b. 26 Jan 1927 Catlettsburg, Boyd, Kentucky, d. 10 Feb 2000 age 73 years, Urbana, Wabash, Indiana, m. Victor Bernard Lehman Sr. 18 Dec 1950, Victor Bernard b. 2 Aug 1927 Evansville, Vanderburgh, Indiana.



Yeah, I know this isn't a "direct line" list that follows one surname or side - but this Mary Polly Runyon has some seriously interesting ancestors - which are our ancestors too obviously - and I wanted to chart it out a bit.

One day, I will make an entire genealogy chart that takes up like 1500 pages, but today is not that day, lol.

Much love, Anita :)