Simon Hadley 
Simon was born on January 30th, 1810 in Chatham County, North Carolina.1 Simon's father was Jacob Hadley and his mother was Ruth Hadley. His paternal grandparents were Joseph Hadley and Mary Cashat; his maternal grandparents were Simon Hadley and Elizabeth Thompson. He had seven brothers and six sisters, named Jonathan, Infant, Abel, Infant, Elias, William, Thomas, Mary, Eleanor, Elizabeth, Rachel, Eunice and Susanna. He was the oldest of the fourteen children. He died at the age of 87 on February 17th, 1897 in Parke County, Indiana. He was buried in Poplar Grove Cemetery, Marshall, Parke County, Indiana.1 1 General Notes
Several members of the family journeyed to the free Northwest Territory on a tour of inspection where they were impressed by the great natural resources of the new country beyond the Ohio. Returning to North Carolina, they, with hundreds of other Friends equally anxious to leave the South, sold their lands and all other possessions which could not be hauled over the rough roads to the new country.
All of the Quaker Hadleys did not leave North Carolina at the same time, but those who delayed were encouraged to join their relatives in Ohio and Indiana by the glowing reports sent them.
Four routes of travel were used by the Friends in reaching Ohio and Indiana. One was over the Kanawha road to the Falls of the Kanawha and down that river to the Ohio, which was crossed at Gallipolis. Another route was known as the Kentucky Road, which crossed the Blue Ridge Mountains at Wards Gap, across New River near Wyeth Court House, Virginia, thence by way of Abingdon, thence through the Cumberland Gap and through Kentucky to Cincinnati. A third route which was a very rough one, was by way of Poplar Camp and Flour Gap, by way of Brownville and Lexington, Kentucky, and across the Ohio at Cincinnati, Laurenceburg or Madison. The most favored route of all was by the Magadee Road over the Virginia turnpike to the Ohio at the mouth of the Kanawha.
Addison Coffin has said that the Friends who left North Carolina carried most of the money in circulation out of the state with them and that as late as 1840, notes on the Bank of Cape Fear or on the State Bank of North Carolina were considered as good as gold even in Cincinnati.
Some Friends brought slaves with them on the long overland journey and then freed them when they reached free territory.
In settling in the new country, the Hadleys seem to have been good judges of land, which was purchased in the rich bottoms and always where springs abounded. They were surrounded by forests and unsettled conditions, but they formed communities with other Friends and soon erected meeting houses and school buildings.
The Hadleys as a family seem to have had a high sense of honor, for an old saying became current in certain sections in which they lived: that the name Hadley was worth $150.00 to its possessor. Their industry was also shown by the remark sometimes heard, that if a fence was discovered bearing one rail more than was necessary, it meant the fence enclosed Hadley land.
Excerpt from a letter written by Alvis Milton Hadley to Rhoda Marshall Banta on April 14, 1936:
"I have heard my father tell many times about your grandfather Simon visiting his father Jacob after he had been away for 40 years. He had bought his ticket to Greensboro, N.C. and made his way on to his father's a distance of 40 miles, and got to the home of a Job Stuart, who he had known, and Stuart walked down with him to his boy days home to see father and mother, but Simon stopped at the Spring while Stuart went up to the house and went in, but very soon Simon came to the door and was invited in, and Stuart was talking to Jacob. The stranger not having anything to say - so Stuart asked Jacob how long it had been since he had seen his son Simon. And he told him it had been about 40 years. Then he asked Jacob if he would know him if he was to see him. Jacob told him, yes, he would know him. So at that point Stuart told him that the stranger was his son, Simon. So then there was rejoicing and tears of great joy shed by all in the home. And I never heard my father tell about it and hide his tears."
Source: Family History prepared by Carla D. Kilburn
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)
- b.1640 in King's County, Ireland d.06 Jun 1711 in County Westmeat,Ireland
- b.1675 in County Westmeath, Ireland (or Dubliln, Ire) d.17 Nov 1756 in Mill Creek, New Castle County, Delaware
- b.1640 in of Moate Mm,West Meath Co.,Ireland d.20 Apr 1710 in Moate Mm, County West Meath, Ireland
- b.6 Mar 1702/1703 in Kings Moate Monthly Meeting, Westmeath, Ireland d.20 Sep 1760 in Cane Creek Monthly Meeting, Orange Co, Nc
- b.1651 in of Moate Mm,West Meath Co.,Ireland d.~ 1731 in ,Co. West Meath,Ireland
- b.Feb 1677 in Moate Mm,Kilcleagh,Westmeath,Ireland d.18 Dec 1750 in New Garden Mm, Chester County, Pennsylvania
- b.~ 1655 in of,Westmeath,Ireland
- b.05 Oct 1745 in New Castle Co.,Delaware d.1793 in Chatham County,Nc
- b.27 Mar 1656 in ,Northampton,England d.1715/1716 in Nottingham Twnsp,Chester,Penn
- b.1689 in Bedford,Bedford,England d.07 Mar 1767 in Nottingham,Chester,Pennsylvania
- b.18 Jan 1662 in Rumbaladswick Sussex,England d.08 Aug 1679 in ,Chester,Pennsylvania.
- b.25 May 1712 in Nottingham,Chester Co., Pa d.23 May 1783 in Chatham County, North Carolina
- b.~ 1670 d.08 Jun 1695
- b.1687 in Glasgow, Scotland d.31 Jul 1749 in West Nottingham,Chester,Pennsylvania
- b.~ 1660 in Barbados, West Indies d.7 Feb 1682/1683
- b.14 Jul 1786 in Chatham County, North Carolina d.23 Dec 1873 in Parke County, Indiana
- b.~ 1745 d.~ 1790 in Orange County, North Carolina
- b.30 Jan 1810 in Chatham County, North Carolina d.17 Feb 1897 in Parke County, Indiana
- b.1675 in County Westmeath, Ireland (or Dubliln, Ire) d.17 Nov 1756 in Mill Creek, New Castle County, Delaware
- b.6 Mar 1702/1703 in Kings Moate Monthly Meeting, Westmeath, Ireland d.20 Sep 1760 in Cane Creek Monthly Meeting, Orange Co, Nc
- b.Feb 1677 in Moate Mm,Kilcleagh,Westmeath,Ireland d.18 Dec 1750 in New Garden Mm, Chester County, Pennsylvania
- b.23 May 1743 in New Castle County, Delaware d.08 Apr 1816 in Orange County, North Carolina
- b.1689 in Bedford,Bedford,England d.07 Mar 1767 in Nottingham,Chester,Pennsylvania
- b.25 May 1712 in Nottingham,Chester Co., Pa d.23 May 1783 in Chatham County, North Carolina
- b.1687 in Glasgow, Scotland d.31 Jul 1749 in West Nottingham,Chester,Pennsylvania
- b.06 Oct 1765 in Orange County, North Carolina d.03 Apr 1843 in Hendrick County, Indiana
- b.16 Apr 1681 in ,Carlow, Ireland d.13 Oct 1726 in Londongrove, Chester, Pa.
- b.25 Feb 1705/1706 in Kilconner, Carlow County, Ireland d.14 Sep 1781 in Snow Camp, Orange County, North Carolina
- b.21 Jan 1682/1683 in ,Carlow, Ireland d.> 1730 in ,Chester, Pennsylvania
- b.25 Mar 1745 in London Grove, Chester County, Pennsylvania d.15 Jul 1798 in Orange County, North Carolina
- b.1675 in County Westmeath, Ireland (or Dubliln, Ire) d.17 Nov 1756 in Mill Creek, New Castle County, Delaware
- b.06 Dec 1711 in County West Meath, Ireland d.04 Dec 1785 in Orange County, North Carolina
- b.Feb 1677 in Moate Mm,Kilcleagh,Westmeath,Ireland d.18 Dec 1750 in New Garden Mm, Chester County, Pennsylvania
- b.14 Mar 1791 in Chatham County, North Carolina d.02 Feb 1868
- b.26 Aug 1712 in Elsinbourgh, New Jersey d.1783
- b.10 Jan 1742/1743 d.WFT Est. 1790-1835
- b.25 Aug 1698 in Moate Mm,,Westmeath,Ireland d.Nov 1755 in ,New Castle,Deleware
- b.~ 1722 in New Castle County, Delaware d.WFT Est. 1719-1812
- b.1698 d.WFT Est. 1727-1794
- b.07 Aug 1771 in Orange County, North Carolina d.16 Aug 1844 in Danville, Hendrick County, Indiana
- b.01 Oct 1736 d.WFT Est. 1777-1870 in Nc
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‌Simon and Eunice were married in a religious ceremony on November 27th, 1842 in Parke County, Indiana.2
1 Desc. of Simon and Eunice.FTW
2 Hadley#1.FTW
Further sources/citations:
Hadley Family Tree.FTW, The Hadleys.FTW, DownloadHadley2.FTW, Final#2.FTW, Hadley#1.FTW, Hadley 2000.FBK.FTW
2 Hadley#1.FTW
Further sources/citations:
Hadley Family Tree.FTW, The Hadleys.FTW, DownloadHadley2.FTW, Final#2.FTW, Hadley#1.FTW, Hadley 2000.FBK.FTW
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