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Where did the German Hart family come from? What is the German Hart family crest and coat of arms? When did the Hart family first arrive in the United States? Where did the various branches of the family go? What is the Hart family history?

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Spelling variations of this family name include: Hardt, Hart, Hard and others.

First found in Bavaria, where the name was anciently associated with the tribal conflicts of the area. They declared allegiances to many nobles and princes of early history, lending their influence in struggles for power and status within the region. They branched into many houses, and their contributions were sought by many leaders in their search for power. The most important of these branches was that seated at Grabenstadt who were raised to the rank of cavaliers in 1579.


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This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Hart research. Another 175 words(12 lines of text) covering the years 1762 and 1813 are included under the topic Early Hart History in all our PDF Extended History products.

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More information is included under the topic Early Hart Notables in all our PDF Extended History products.

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Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Hart Settlers in the United States in the 17th Century


  • Josyas Hart, who arrived in Virginia in 1623
  • Stephen Hart, who arrived in Cambridge, Mass in 1632
  • Edmund Hart, who landed in Weymouth, Mass in 1634
  • Eliza Hart, who arrived in Virginia in 1635
  • Chri Hart, aged 20, landed in Bermuda in 1635


Hart Settlers in the United States in the 18th Century


  • Johannes Hart, who arrived in New York in 1709
  • Simon Hart, who landed in New York in 1709
  • Barshaba Hart, who landed in New England in 1716
  • Solomon, Hart Jr., who landed in New York in 1740-1741
  • Ulerich Hart, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1740


Hart Settlers in the United States in the 19th Century


  • Hartley Hart, aged 17, arrived in New Castle, Del in 1804
  • Theodorus Hart, who landed in New York in 1809
  • Bridget Hart, who arrived in New York, NY in 1816
  • Hugh Hart, who landed in New York, NY in 1816
  • Isaac Hart, who landed in Baltimore, Md in 1817


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  • Kitty Carlisle Hart (b. 1910), American singer, actress, and spokeswoman for the arts
  • Gary Hart (b. 1936), American politician and lawyer from the state of Colorado. He has written or co-authored four novels under the pen name John Blackthorn
  • Moss Hart (1904-1961), American playwright and director of plays and musical theater. He won the 1937 Pulitzer Prize for drama for "You Can't Take It With You", and the film adaptation the next year won "Best Picture" and "Best Director" awards
  • William Surrey Hart (1862-1946), American silent film actor, screenwriter, director, and producer. He has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6363 Hollywood Blvd. and in 1975, he was inducted into the Western Performers Hall of Fame
  • Lorenz "Larry" Hart (1895-1943), American lyricist half of the famed Broadway songwriting team Rodgers and Hart
  • Wilbert Hart (b. 1947), American soul singer and writer who with his brother William formed "The Delfonics", a famous Philadelphia soul singing group, most popular in the late 1960s and early 1970s
  • Johnny Hart (1931-2007), American award winning cartoonist creator of the "B.C." comic strip with an audience of over 100,000,000 in more than 1300 newspapers
  • Marty Hart (b. 1951), American actor
  • Terry Jonathan Hart (b. 1946), former NASA Astronaut with 168 hours in space
  • Basil Henry Liddell Hart (1895-1970), English military historian who greatly influenced the development of armoured warfare in the 20th century. He was knighted in 1966

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  • The Harts of Randolph: or, Mostly Descendants of Edward and Daniel Hart, Sons of John Hart the Signer, With Some Allied Families by Katherine Hart Frame.
  • Heart (also Hart)-Diamond by Kathy Greenwood.
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  1. Bolton, Charles Knowles. Bolton's American Armory. Baltimore: Heraldic Book Company, 1964. Print.
  2. Gritzner, M. Handbuch der heraldischen Terminologie in zwölf Zungen. Nürnberg: 1890. Print.
  3. Bahlow, Hans. Mecklenburgisches Namenbüchlein Ein Führer durch Mecklenburgs Familiennamen. Rostock: Carl Hinstorffs Verlag, 1932. Print.
  4. Tobler-Meyer, Wilhelm. Familiennamen der Ostschweiz. Zürich: 1894. Print.
  5. Siebmacher, J.J. Siebmachers Wappenbuch. München, Battenberg: 1975. Print.
  6. Jones, Henry Z. Palatine Families of New York 2 Volumes. Rockland, ME: Picton Press, 2001. Print. (ISBN 978-0961388829).
  7. Haverkamp, Alfred. Medieval Germany 1056-1273 2nd edition. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1988. Print.
  8. Karlsruhe. Badisches Generallandesarchiv Baden Emigration lists 1866-1911. Salt Lake City: Microfilm of Card Index by the Genealogical Society of Utah. Print.
  9. Weis, Frederick Lewis, Walter Lee Sheppard and David Faris. Ancestral Roots of Sixty Colonists Who Came to New England Between 1623 and 1650 7th Edition. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1992. Print. (ISBN 0806313676).
  10. Kneschke, Dr. Ernest Heinrich. Neues allgemeines Deutsches Adels-Lexicon 9 Volumes New General German Aristocracy Lexicon. Leipzig: Friedrich Voigt, 1859. Print.
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The Hart Family Crest was acquired from the Houseofnames.com archives. The Hart Family Crest was drawn according to heraldic standards based on published blazons. We generally include the oldest published family crest once associated with each surname.

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