The Evolution of Research on the Daniel Haston Family Three Stages of Haston Research Seven Inaccuracies in Haston Genealogies If It Ain't Documented, it Ain't History I don't know when members of the Daniel Haston FAMILY began to develop an interest in discovering the historical story of Daniel Haston's life...
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Haston Family Mini-Reunions
Let Us Help You Organize & Promote Your Haston Mini-Reunion As I got older, the reunions became rarer and much smaller in attendance. The older folks who did all of the organizing were passing away, and the younger family members were not interested in keeping these gathering going. By the...
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Slicker War in Missouri
The Slicker War of Missouri And the Family of Isham Bradley, Friend of the Haston Family "Isham Hobbs was a noted character, and probably the worst desperado ever on the borders." Isham Hobbs (probably born in White County, TN) was the namesake grandson of Isham Bradley, a very close friend...
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Haston FAMILY Highlights of 2022
Looking Back at our 2022 Daniel Haston Family Association Highlights 1. July 22-23 Haston Family Reunion Our first-ever Daniel Haston Family Association all-Hastons reunion was a remarkable success. About 150 registered from 17 states--all across the USA. Saturday was an unusually hot and humid day, even for July in Tennessee,...
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Help Finding Your Place in the Daniel Haston Family
Help Tracing You Back to Daniel Haston If you are a "Haston" or related to a Haston, chances are you are a member of the Daniel Haston FAMILY, that is scattered in all or most all of the United States. I have to add the "chances are" caveat because there...
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The Message of the 1706 Hiestand Coat of Arms
The Message Behind the 1706 Hiestand Coat of Arms Augmentation of arms is a term describing an addition to a coat of arms at a later date, after the original coat of arms was created. Historically, augmentations were issued by a monarch as either a mere mark of favor or...
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Frühe Schweizer Täufer Hiestand im deutschen Rheinland
Frühe Schweizer Täufer Hiestand im Deutschen Rheinland Co-Autoren: Dr. Peter Ziegler (Zürich, Schweiz) und Dr. Wayne Haston (Pennsylvania, USA)(Einschließlich bedeutender Forschungsdaten von Kent Douglas Hiestand) Serie: Frühe Schweizer Hiestand Hiestand 1401 Herkunft und Bedeutung des Familiennamens Schweizer Familien Hiestand und ihre Höfe im 15. Jahrhundert Ueli Hiestands Höfe Beichlen und Himmeri...
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Swiss Anabaptist Hiestands to the Rhineland and Beyond
Swiss Anabaptist Hiestands to the Rhineland and Beyond Co-authors: Dr. Peter Ziegler (Zürich, Switzerland) and Dr. Wayne Haston (Pennsylvania, USA)(Including significant research data from Kent Douglas Hiestand) "Early Swiss Hiestands" Series Hiestand - 1401 Origin & Meaning of the Family Name Swiss Hiestand Families and Farms in the 1400s Ueli...
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400 Years of Swiss Hiestand Comrades in a Richterswil Land Cooperative
Centuries of Swiss Hiestands in a Land Cooperative Dr. Peter Ziegler (Zürich, Switzerland) and Dr. Wayne Haston (Pennsylvania, USA), Co-Authors(Including significant research data from Kent Douglas Hiestand) "Early Swiss Hiestands" Series Hiestand - 1401 Origin & Meaning of the Family Name Swiss Hiestand Families and Farms in the 1400s Ueli...
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Louise Haston Rice – Jesse Haston Family Historian
Louise Haston Rice - Jesse Haston Family Historian I cannot remember when I did not love history and genealogy. As a young girl of 10 or 12, I started collecting information about my family. Louise Haston Rice Louise loved her family, life on the farm, and entertaining. She was active...
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The 1706 Hiestand Coat of Arms
Hiestand Coat of Arms The clenched fists are a clue that this shield was not created by or for an Anabaptist, but by a Swiss Hiestand who had not joined that movement. However, he may have been sympathetic to and protective of neighbors and relatives who were Anabaptists. Dr. Peter Ziegler...
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Book Review – The Story of the Daniel Haston Family
Book Review - The Story of the Daniel Haston Family By Joanne Hess Siegrist - Historian, Author, Lancaster County, PA Tour Guide For More Information and to Order the Book If you appreciated this article, please share it with others who might also enjoy it. Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email Print...
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Timeline of Daniel Haston’s Life
Timeline of Daniel Haston's Life - c. 1750-1826 The first 30 or so years of Daniel Hiestand's life were spent in Virginia. The next (approximately) 20 years were spent in western North Carolina, the "Overmountain" area that became Upper East Tennessee. He spent about 10 years in Knox County, western...
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Jahrhunderte Schweizer Hiestands in einer Landgenossenschaft
Jahrhunderte Schweizer Hiestands in einer Landgenossenschaft Co-Autoren: Dr. Peter Ziegler und Dr. Wayne Haston Serie: Frühe Schweizer Hiestand Die Links werden aktiviert und veröffentlicht am17.9.2022, 1.10.2022, 15.10.2022, 29.10.2022, 12.11.2022, 26.11.2022, 10.12.2022. Hiestand 1401 Herkunft und Bedeutung des Familiennamens Schweizer Familien Hiestand und ihre Höfe im 15. Jahrhundert Ueli Hiestands Höfe...
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1840-1866 – Hastons in Van Buren County, TN Court Minutes
1840-1866 - Hastons in Van Buren County, TN County Court Minutes Early Hastons in the County Court - Mostly for Good, But Sometimes for Bad1,538 Haston References    Search Within This Page   [search-in-place-form in_current_page="1"] April 1840 - May 1855 Van Buren County, TN County Court Minutes (From TSLA - Van...
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Help Support the Daniel Haston Family Association
Donations to the Daniel Haston Family Association Making a Donation Contact us if you have trouble making a donation: Info@DanielHaston.blog[give_form id="28579"]Click on the "Donate Now" button.Choose a donation amount.Choose to, or not to, "Make this donation every month."Click on the "Continue" button.Fill-in the "Who's giving today" information.Choose to, or not...
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Schönau – A Swiss “Nest of Anabaptists” Including Hiestands
Hidden Away in a Tiny Nook of Canton Zürich, Switzerland Dr. Peter Ziegler (Zürich, Switzerland) and Dr. Wayne Haston (Pennsylvania, USA), Co-Authors(Including significant research data from Kent Douglas Hiestand) "Early Swiss Hiestands" Series Hiestand - 1401 Origin & Meaning of the Family Name Swiss Hiestand Families and Farms in the...
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Van Buren County, TN Circuit Court Minutes
1840-1872 - Hastons Van Buren County, TN - Early Circuit Court Minutes Early Hastons in the Circuit Court - Mostly for Good, But Sometimes for Bad 850 Haston References Search Within This Page [search-in-place-form in_current_page="1"] Volume A - August 1840 - January 1850 Year of 1840 Year...
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Isham S. Haston Homeplace
"The Homeplace" The Isham S. Haston Family By Andrew LaRoweI am just old enough to have had the opportunity to know someone that was born on a farm in Tennessee in 1881. Della Myrtle Haston was my great-grandmother. She came to Winston Salem, North Carolina to live with her daughter,...
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Haston – Robert (“Bob”) Weldon
1923 - 2001 Robert "Bob" Weldon Haston Rank and Branch of Military Major in the U.S. Army Air Corps (and the Air Force, after it was created in 1947) Years of Service 1941 - 1957 Locations of Training, Deployment, and Service Aviation Cadet Training, Twin Engine Flying School, B-17 Transition...
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