Marian Sweeney (neé Hadley) had in her posession a book
"The Hadley Family:  Since 1777". 
This page represents a small portion of the book and traces her direct descent from 
the Hadleys of North Yorkshire through to her grandchildren.

This page is dedicated  to the memory of  Marian Sweeney 1920 - 2001

Click for  PDF index

Hadley is said to be a habitation name from the Old English hoed, or heathland and leah or woodland clearing. Originally, Hadleys were likely people who lived on a heath close to a wooded area.  . . . Hanks and Hodges: A Dictionary of Surnames, Oxford, 1988 The Arms of Hadley are described as “Azure, a chevron surmounted of a fesse between three annulets or” which means “a blue shield with a gold chevron with a gold horizontal bar over it between three gold rings.”  . . . A.C. Fox-Davies:  A Complete Guide to Heraldry, London, 1909 . . . Sir Bernard Burke:  The General Armory, London, 1884

St. Michael and All Angels' Church Downholme, Yorkshire

Generation Two
Henry Hadley
Baptized at Downholme, Yorkshire on April 11, 1777
Died at Verdun, Quebec on March 29, 1854
 

    At the time of their marriage in 1798, both Henry Hadley and his wife Jane Richardson  appear to have resided at Middleton Tyas, Yorkshire where they are recorded as being “both of this parish married by banns”  They resided at Middleton Tyas as well on January 2, 1803 when their second child Sarah was baptized.  By July 8, 1804 they had moved about twelve miles north to Pethraw, Cockfield, Durham where their third child Robert was baptized. The baptism records at the “Cockfield Baptisms 1813 – 1838” site of GENUKI for Durham / Cockfield at <http://www.cs.ncl.ac.uk/genuki/Transcriptions/DUR/XCOC.html> show the Hadley name spelled variously as Daniel Headley, Francis Headley, Isaac Headley and Isaac Hedly.  Henry Hadley is shown in parish records to be both a farmer and a labourer.

    The Hadley family, Henry, Jane and six surviving children, emigrated to Canada in 1817.
The following extract is from Julien Diziel, Histoire de Verdun:  “In 1839 and 1840, Henry along with his son Daniel won the first prizes at the agricultural exhibitions of Lower Canada for the fine quality of their ploughing and stock breeding.”

    By 1849, Henry Hadley owned farms in Hemmingford, Lachine and Rivière St. Pierre.

Henry married to Jane Richardson at Middleton Tyas, Yorkshire on December 1, 1798.  Jane died at Verdun, Quebec on March 15, 1847.

Henry and Jane had the following children:

• Henry Hadley of Hemmingford, Quebec. (1800 – 1864)  Henry married Mary Coulter on March 29, 1826.  Henry and Mary’s great X 2 grandson is Lloyd Charles Baskin Hadley who, along with Hadley descendants Francis McLean Williams, Donald Ives Hadley Armstrong and Alfred Beverly Ward, researched and wrote The Hadley Family:  Since 1777, pubished privately, July, 1987.

• Sarah Hadley (1803 – 1879) married Robert Cross.

• Robert Hadley (1804 – 1872) married 1st Mary Harvey; 2nd Hellen Cowan Anderson

• Jane Hadley (1806 – 1816)

• Joseph Hadley (1809 – 1868) married Ann Harland

• Francis Hadley (1811 – 1881) married Hannah Smith, sister of Mary Smith who married Daniel Hadley.

• Daniel Hadley

• Isaac Hadley (1815 – 1815) died less than 2 months of age.

• Isaac Hadley (1817 – 1887) married 1st Christiana Harvey; 2nd Mary Tollman

• Jane Hadley  (1820 – 1888) married William Gibbon

Part of North Yorkshire Note Downholme and Middleton Tyas.  Cockfield, Durham is located about 12  miles due north.

Generation Three
Daniel Hadley
Baptized at Cockfield, Durham on March 21, 1813
Died at Verdun, Quebec on July 28, 1875

The following extract is from Julien Diziel, Histoire de Verdun:

    "In 1875, Daniel is the owner of two farms in Verdun, still called Rivière St-Pierre Village. One of the farms was sold afterwards and a Hospital for mental diseases was built on it.  The other stretched out from the river to the Lachine Canal, between Pavillon Avel (Later Church Avenue) and the present Hickson Street.  Daniel was one of the founders of Rivière St-Pierre Village.  He died in an accident that occured on his estate the same year 1875.

    "His son Henry was also one of the founders of Rivière St-Pierre Village.  He was elected alderman from 1875 to 1915, except for three years.  He was mayor from 1896 to 1900.  During the smallpox epidemic that hit Verdun in 1885 one of his houses was used as the first hospital in Verdun."

Daniel married first to Mary Smith (1820 – 1856) at the Methodist Church on Mountain Street, Montreal on October 26, 1843.  Mary was a sister of Hannah Smith who married Francis Hadley.

Daniel and Mary had the following children:
 

• Henry Hadley (1844 – 1916) married 1st Harriet Ann Armstrong; 2nd Alice Ward.

• Margaret Jane Hadley (1846 – 1930). Margaret married Alfred Ward on June 17, 1873.  Margaret and Alfred’s grandson is Alfred Beverly Ward who, along with Hadley descendants Francis McLean Williams, Donald Ives Hadley Armstrong and Lloyd Charles Baskin Hadley, researched and wrote The Hadley Family:  Since 1777, pubished privately, July 1987.

• Frances Hannah Hadley (1849 – 1939) Frances married James Wilson Knox on July 27, 1875.  Frances and James’ granddaughter is Francis McLean Williams who, along with Hadley descendants Alfred Beverly Ward, Donald Ives Hadley Armstrong and Lloyd Charles Baskin Hadley, researched and wrote The Hadley Family:  Since 1777, pubished privately, July 1987.

• Mary Hadley (1852 – 1909) Mary married Dr. George Eli Armstrong on June 25, 1878.  Mary and George’s grandson is Donald Ives Hadley Armstrong who, along with Hadley descendants Lloyd Charles Baskin Hadley, Francis McLean Williams and Alfred Beverly Ward, researched and wrote The Hadley Family:  Since 1777, pubished privately, July, 1987.

• Thomas Smith Hadley (1854 – 1872)

Daniel married second to Hannah Dodd (1818 – 1874) at the Methodist Church on Mountain Street, Montreal on June 26, 1860, and they had a child:

• Daniel James Hadley

Daniel married to Harriet Armanella Robertson (1861 – 1936) on September 13, 1883 and they had the following children:

• George Ernest Hadley (1884 – 1885)

• Frederick James Hadley

• Clifford Dodd Hadley (1889 – ?) married Violet Madge Graham

• Charles Wilbert Hadley (1890 – 1891)

• Daniel James Hadley (1893 – 1977) married Edna Ellen Smith

Fredrick married to Dorothy Clara Foster (1890 – 1976) on October 7, 1914 and they had the following children:

• {Captain} James Frederick Hadley

• Marian Ruth Hadley

Photos taken October 1914

Frederick James Hadley (1886 - 1962)	Dorothy Clara Foster (1890 - 1976)

Generation Six
{Captain} James Frederick Hadley
Born on January 30, 1917 at Montreal, Quebec.
Died (killed in action) on March 22, 1945
 

James Frederick Hadley married Jacqueline LeTourneau December 27, 1940 James was a Captain in the R.C.A.F. and was shot down over Germany on March 22, 1945.

James Frederick Hadley and his Flight Crew

Marian Ruth Hadley
Born at Montreal, Quebec on March 2, 1920
Died at St. Catharines, Ontario on October 11, 2001

Marian married to Vincent Thomas Sweeney (1918 – 2000) on June 29, 1938 and they had the following children:

• Mary Patricia Sweeney who married Eugene Jerry Humenny and had children:
• Bradley John Vincent Humenny
• Brenda Lee Humenny
• Brent Eugene Humenny

• Anne Elizabeth Sweeney who married Dennis Eardley Coleman and had children:
• Susan Marie Coleman
• Louise Joanne Coleman

• Marilyn Dorothy Sweeney who married William Thomas Millar and had children:
• Barbara Diane Millar
• David Thomas Millar

• Virginia Lee Sweeney who married Bruce David Sewell.

• Barbara Joan Sweeney who married Edward Charles Warberg and had children:
• Marian Michelle Warberg
• Nicole Warberg

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