Building a USPS (Snail Mail) List for Occasional Mailings Related to the History and Heritage of Daniel Haston & Haston Family Events If your current surname (or the surname of a friend or relative who is related to the pioneer Daniel Haston family) is not spelled "Haston" or "Hastain" (example,...

DNA - An Introduction by Darvin Martin, Scientist & Genealogist View the June 7, 2021 Zoom Session with the Daniel Haston Family Association View Another Video: Darvin Martin Teaching the Basics of DNA Summary of the Q&A in the Video What are the main tests you can take to learn...

Thomas Archer - an Eccentric Man from Guilford County, NC Who Ended Up With 640 Acres from Military Bounty Land Warrant #2344 This is #3 in a sequence of 3 articles.  You should read the first two articles before reading this one. 1. "Daniel Haston" Rev War Land Grant 2....

17a - The "Guilford County Four" And the Epicenter of 1785 Land Fraud - James Glasgow's "Fairfield" Plantation This is #2 in a sequence of 3 articles.  You should read the first article before reading this one. 1. "Daniel Haston" Rev War Land Grant 3. Thomas Archer - the Man...

The "Daniel Haston" Rev War Land Grant Legal or Fraudulent? 640 acres in Houston County, TN (west of Nashville) were granted to Thomas Archer, based on Revolutionary War Land Grant #2344.  The right to the land was originally issued to a "Daniel Haston."  But was the name Daniel Haston just...

03 - Hiestand Bakery Bistro & Shop in Zurich, Switzerland --Here's where we will eat lunch on Friday, June 16, 2023 - on our Hiestand-Haston Family Heritage Tour to Switzerland and the Rhineland of Germany.-- View the Menu Options Alfred (Fredy) Hiestand comes from Hiestand family, which is the honorable...

02 - Rhine Falls at Schaffhausen, Switzerland https://youtu.be/IWVG_ctdGWYThe Rhine Falls in Switzerland  is the most powerful waterfall in all of Europe.  You will see, not only the Rhine Falls in Switzerland, but the awesome landscape and villages that surround the Rhine River.The Rhine River Falls is on a stretch of...

01 - The Black Forest of Southwest Germany - First Evening Stop on Our Hiestand-Haston Family Heritage Tour to Switzerland and the Rhineland of Germany - The Black Forest is Known for its Awesome Beauty Our first evening will be spent in the Black Forest, along our way from Frankfort...

"Bud" (Clarence E.) Haston, Jr. Awarded the Gold Star Honor In WWII - An Honor Nobody Wants to Win - Thanks to Chuck Haston of McMinnville, TN for sharing this information with us.  Chuck's father (Judge Charles D. Haston) is Bud Haston's kid brother."Bud" Haston (Clarence Eugene Haston, Jr.) grew...

16 - Can I Get Into the DAR or SAR through Daniel Haston? The centennial of the signing of the Declaration of Independence in 1876 renewed a fervor to honor our country’s Revolutionary War patriots. In the year of that centennial, the Society of Cincinnati (Ohio) launched The Sons of...

15 - Henry Hiestand's Estate Settled and the Family Parts Ways Daniel's Mother & Father Die in 1777 and 1779 Peter Hiessandt, Sr.'s, (older brother of Daniel) Bible record was written in the old German script, but transcribed later by descendants.  Peter recorded some very helpful information about his mother...

Hiestand-Haston Family Heritage Tour June 14-27, 2023 - Switzerland & Rhineland of Germany Photo above: The "village" of Richterswil in Canton Zürich, Switzerland - where our Hiestand-Haston ancestors lived centuries ago. Download the Questions and Answers Document A Tour with Double-Value Scenic Value The "scenic value" of this tour alone...

Ruth Haston Norwood May 15, 1929 - April 3, 2021 A Daniel Haston History Hall of Famer Daniel was my gggg grandfather. David my ggg, Isaac [Isaac T.] my gg, Wm Carroll (not David's son) my g grandfather, Wm Isaac my grandfather. Ruth Haston Norwood (January 19, 2001) When I...

14 - Daniel & Christina Nave Hiestand/Haston Newlyweds in Fort Valley, VA Daniel and Christina lived on Passage Creek for the first ten years or so of their marriage.  Their little kids (three whose names are unknown, but David and Joseph Haston for sure) would have played in this creek...

13 - Our Daniel Hiestand Married Christina Nave In Shenandoah County, Virginia View Larger Version of this Image I think we can safely say it's fact that our Daniel Hiestand/Haston married Christina Nave on September 28, 1773, or at least was issued a marriage bond on that date.  But two...

12 - Hiestand Land in "The Fort" - Fort Valley, Virginia Seven Bends of North Shenandoah River, near Woodstock, VA with Fort Valley in the Massanutten Mountain behind (east of) the river.Photo Above - Looking SoutheastForeground = Seven bends of North Fork Shenandoah River (near Woodstock, VA) on the west...

One of the Most Heroic Units in the Mexican War I have no photo of him.  I have no details of his specific activities during his year of service in the Mexican War.  He was only a private.  He was only a volunteer, not a member of the Regular Army. ...

11 - The Henry Hiestand Family in Virginia When Henry Hiestand and his wife (name unknown) moved their family to Virginia, they probably already had four or five children who had been born back in Lancaster County, PA--Barbara (c. 1734), Jacob (c. 1736), Peter (c. 1738), and maybe Abraham (c....

10 - Indian Attacks Around Our Hiestands in Pennsylvania and Virginia Memorial for Rev. John Roads - Mennonist & wife and six children massacred here by Indians, August 1764 As a kid, cowboys and Indians was just a fun game we played.  And the battles between Indians and American pioneers...

One Family - Many H-Surname Spellings Colonel Howard H. Hasting, Sr. - a 1950s--early 1980s Haston family researcher - opened his research report on the family of Daniel Haston with this question: What is the name of this family?  He then proceeded to reference several different ways our H-surname has been...