. The Jerseyman. nue to preach one-third of his time at the Stone Meeting Housein Kingwood agreeably to an order of lastmeeting. Rev. John Hanna was a son of JohnHanna and Jane Andre, his wife, who im-migrated from Ireland in 1731. He wasborn at sea during the voyage of his par-ents. He received his early education, hisdescendants say, at the Log College at Ne-shaminy, Bucks Co., Pa. He taught schoolwhen a young man at Lamington, Som< rsetCo., X. J., where he became acquainted withMiss Mary, daughter of Rev. James McCrea,whom he afterwards married. She was ,1sister of Miss Jane McCrea. who
. The Jerseyman. nue to preach one-third of his time at the Stone Meeting Housein Kingwood agreeably to an order of lastmeeting. Rev. John Hanna was a son of JohnHanna and Jane Andre, his wife, who im-migrated from Ireland in 1731. He wasborn at sea during the voyage of his par-ents. He received his early education, hisdescendants say, at the Log College at Ne-shaminy, Bucks Co., Pa. He taught schoolwhen a young man at Lamington, Som< rsetCo., X. J., where he became acquainted withMiss Mary, daughter of Rev. James McCrea,whom he afterwards married. She was ,1sister of Miss Jane McCrea. who was bru-tallv murdered near Port Edward. N. V., bv IS THE JERSEYMAN. the savages connected with Burgoynesarmy. He graduated at Princeton Collegein 1755. His study of theology, it is saidby his descendants, was directed by theTennents—probably by Rev. Gilbert Ten-nent. He was licensed by the Presbyteryof New Brunswick in its session at NassauHall, May 8, 1760, and ordained at theBethlehem Church, April 29, 1731—1801. In 1763 he purchased r45 acres of land inand near Pittstown, of Abraham Bonnel,which he occupied till 1774, when he con-veyed it to Dr. John Rockhill. He livedduring the 10 years he spent in Pittstown ina house which stood on the north side of theroad, on the slight elevation halfway be-tween Mrs. Potts house and that of DavidConover, formerly Capt. Win. P. 1774 he removed to a house about a mileeast of Everittstown. known later as theresidence of Amos Opdyke, and at presentof Sylvester H. Wright. His wife, Mary,died at this place in 1780 of small-pox, andwas buried in a private burying-ground onthe farm. He was elected Moderator of the Presby-tery at its meeting at Trenton, April 4, 1772,and chosen Commissioner to the GeneralAssembly at the meeting at Newton, April29, 1790. He died Nov. 23, 1801, aged 70years. His remains were buried in the oldcemetery of the Bethlehem Presbyterian Church. A horizontal marble slab markshis grave. He was a ma
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