Henry HAIT

Family/Spouse: Ann KNAPP. Ann was born on 9 Mar 1781 in Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut; died in 28 or 29 Jun 1859 in Coram, Suffolk Co., New York; was buried in Coram Baptist Church Cemetery, Coram, Suffolk County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Lorina B. HAIT was born on 12 Jun 1802 in Stamford, Fairfield Co., Connecticut.
2. Aaron HAIT was born in 17 Nov 1803 or 3 Sep 1808; died in 10 Apr 1843 or 1848 in Thompson, Sullivan Co., New York; was buried in North Settlement Cemetery, Sullivan Co., New York.

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The New York Genealogical and Biographical Register:

Aaron Hait was listed on a revolutionary War militia pay roll dated 20 March 1777 in Greenwich, Connecticut. He had served nineteen days in the 9th Connecticut Militia, Captain Charles Smith's Company, Col. John Mead's Regiment, under the command of General Wooster, and was discharged 28 November 1776. Aaron's father and brother, David and Frederick Hait, and his brother-in-law Gideon Palmer, married to Aaron's sister Mary, also served in the 9th regiment. Gideon, like Aaron, enlisted in Greenwich on the same day, and served in the same company. Other men associated with the David Hait family also served in this unit: Benjamin Brush was ensign, John Todd was drummer, and Jacob White was a fellow private. Captain Charles Smith was "of Stanwich", in Greenwich just over the town line from the Long Ridge area where the Haits resided.

An unpublished and undocumented family history written by Henry Hait's granddaughter-in-law says of Aaron only that he "was a sailor in the English navy." No contemporary evidence regarding this alleged British service has been located, though his patriotic service seems to contradict this tradition.

Aaron married Lorina/Lorinah BRUSH in 1777. Lorina/Lorinah (daughter of Benjamin BRUSH and ? STRONG) was born in abt. 1755/56; died on 21 Feb 1810; was buried in Pound Ridge Cemetery, Pound Ridge, Westchester Co., New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Fact: Daughter of Benjamin Brush and (?) Strong