Joseph Hanes

	United Empire Loyalist Ancestry Rod A. MacDonald, Ed.D. Niagara Falls, Ont. Canada
Last Updated: Thursday, 30 July 2009

Joseph Hanes (10 Sep 1726 - 21 Jan 1802)

Joseph Hanes was born 10 Sep 1726 in Bavaria. He emigrated to the United States prior to the Revolutionary War. During the Revolutionary War he joined the British Military (King's Royal Rangers of New York) and fought against local militias during the War. At the close of the War he moved to the Montreal area then to Eastern Ontario. His daughter Eve married Capt. Asahel Wright in Cornwall, Ont. She later applied for, and was granted, land as a first generation descendant of a U.E.L. Here is her land petition of 7 June 1798 showing she was the daughter of Joseph Hanes U.E. (petition).

Line of Descent from Joseph Hanes

1^st Generation              Joseph Hanes U.E.L. (1726 - 1802)

2^nd Generation                     Eva Hanes =m= Asahel Wright Sr.

3^rd Generation                             Asahel Wright Jr. =m= Eleanor Carpenter

4^th Generation                                                   Isaiah Wright =m= Eliza Keays

5^th Generation                    Manuel Milks (Mylks) =m= Emily Wright

6^th Generation                                                  Leonard Mylks =m= Cassie Shaw

7^th Generation                         Charles MacDonald =m= C. Lenore Mylks

8^th Generation                                             Roderick A. MacDonald

Loyalist Intro Asahel Wright Benjamin Kilbourn Joseph White