The Harlan DNA Project shows a genealogy that goes back 5 more generations in England than the genealogy that we have known. The family book showed George Harlan b 1650 as our oldest known ancestor.
Harlan
- Henry Harland b 1522 England - William Frank Harlin Jr. [alison.dinardo AT earthlink.net]
- Robert Harland b 1546 England m Beatrice Ireland
- James Harland b 1580 England m Maude Ireland
- William Harland b 1594 England m Deborah Seamon
- James Harland b 1625 England m Rebecca Kirke
- George Harland b 1650 Durham, England m Elizabeth Duck +3
- Aaron Harland b 24 Oct 1685 Donnahlong, Down, Ireland m Sarah Heald +8
George Harlan #3; Aaron Harlan #8; George Harlan # 37; George Harlan #180; Moses Harlan #676;
Moses Harlan 1786-1842Moses Harlan served with Abraham Lincoln in the Illinois Legislature in 1838-40 representing Peoria County, Illinois. Lincoln and Harlan were members of the Whig Party and often but not always voted together.The Harlan family in America was founded by George and Michael Harlan, Quakers who came to Pennsylvania in 1687 from England. The family history was compiled in the "History and Genealogy of the Harlan Family," by Alpheus H. Harlan in 1914. On page 224, it states that:“Moses Harlan (#676), son of George (#180), farmer (Friend or Quaker), born in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, in 1786; died in Peoria, Ill., 1842, and is buried there in the cemetery at Radnor Township, Peoria County, Ill. He was married near Ridgeville, Warren County, Ohio, in 1813 to Ann Jennings, daughter of John and Sarah (Hopkins) Jennings, who was born in 1791 and died in 1824. She is buried in Friends burying ground, Miami Meeting House.Moses was descended from George Harlan #3; Aaron Harlan #8; George Harlan # 37; George Harlan #180; Moses Harlan #676; Lewis Harlan, Marion Harlan, Pearl Harlan Hullinger