We can now trace our ancestral lines much further back in history. Our Harlan genealogy had begun with William Harland #1 b.1594, of Bishophrick, Bainbridge, Durham, England, d. 29 Jul 1651, Sunderland, Durham, England. But genealogists continue to research and publish their findings on the internet. Our Harlan line now goes five more generations back before we run out of information on our Harlan name line.
Henry Harland abt 1522, d abt 1580 Sutton Hall - Sutton Hall and Huby, in the North Riding of Yorkshire: a portion of the property was in the family before the Restoration, and another granted to Captain Richard Harland for his services in the royalist army at the battle of Marston Moor. Also the Middleton estate near Darlington, in the county of Durham, which has been possessed for some time by the family. COAT OF ARMS: Argent on a bend between two cottizes three stag's heads caboshed azure CREST: A sea horse ppr. holding between his hoofs a stag's head caboshed az. charged with an escallop, for HARLAND
Robert Harland , b. 1546, of Bishophrick, Bainbridge, Durham, England
James Harland , b. 1570, Bishophrick, Bainbridge, Durham, England, d. Abt 1615, Bishophrick, Bainbridge, Durham
William Harland , b. 1594, of Bishophrick, Bainbridge, Durham, England
, d. 29 Jul 1651, , Sunderland, Durham, England
Info on this site William Harland
But following other lines back gets us to famous people. Wealthy people and nobles had more children than other people, and set them up in life. Their children had more healthy children who survived, and so on. Eventually most people are connected to famous people.
So are the descendants of the Harlan, as shown on the listing below. We descend from famous Charlemagne and a number of other famous and infamous Kings, Queens, Counts and Barons.
And that will buy you a cup of coffee if you have the coin. Still, it is fun to check it out.
Charlemagne Carolingians, Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire b 2 Apr 0742
Rotrud Carolingians, Princess of the Holy Roman Empire b Aug 774 d 810
Roricon II du Maine, 0808 Count of Maine
Blichilde de Maine, Countess of Poitiers B 832
Count Ranulph II de Poitiers, King of Aquitaine B 850 d 890
Adelaide Carolingians, Princess of the Franks Abt 0866 d 935
Viscount Cadelon II d'Aubnay, b. 0935, of, St. Martin d'Aubigny, Nord, France
Niel Albini, Jr. b. Abt 0970, , St. Martin d'Aubigny, Nord, France
Adèle de Belvoir, b. Abt 1014, of Belvoir Castle, Belvoir, Leicester, England
William II d'Aubigny, Earl of Arundel, b. Abt 1102, of, Buckenham, Norfolk, England, d. 11 Oct 1157, Waverly Abbey, Waverley, Surrey, Englan
Ralph de Albini, Viscount of Petherton, b. Abt 1134, of, South Petherton, Somerset, England, d. Abt 1192, Acre, Hazafon, Israel, Palestine
Ralph de Aubigny, b. Abt 1173, of South Ingelby, Saxelby, Lincoln, England, d. Abt 1220
Ralph de Albini, b. Abt 1214, of South Ingelby, Saxelby, Lincoln, England, d. Bef 25 Jan 1291-1292
Viscount Elias d'Aubeney, b.1264, of, Jersey Island, Channel Islands, England
Alianora d'Aubeney abt 1300 Jersey Island, Channel Islands, England
Edmund Hussey Abt 1320 of, Holbrook, Somerset, England
Joan Hussey 1338 Holbrook, Somerset, England
Sir. Walter Hungerford, Baron, b. 22 Jun 1378, , Farleigh Hungerford, Somerset, England, d. 9 Aug 1449, Cathedral, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England 
(Age 71 years)
(Age 71 years)
John Hungerford, b. Abt 1421, , Farleigh Hungerford, Somerset, England
Anne Hungerford, b. Abt 1478, of, Newbury, Berkshire, England
Edward Langley, b. 1522, of, Sandy, Bedford, England
Thomas Langley 1548 Sandy, Bedfordshire, England
Anne Langley 27 Mar 1676 Sandy, Bedfordshire, England, died 30 Jul 1677 Salem Essex, MA,
Elizabeth Seaman 1603 West Ely, Cambridge, England marries William Harland William Harland #1 b. 1594, of Bishophrick, Bainbridge, Durham, England, d. 29 Jul 1651, , Sunderland, Durham, England
George Harlan #3 b 11 Mar 1649, christened 11 Jan 1650 Monkwearmouth, Bishophrick, Bainbridge, Durham, England, died July 1714 Centre Memorial Cemetery, Chester, Chester, Pennsylvania - Our First American Harlan ancestor
Aaron Harlan #8;
George Harlan # 37;
George Harlan #180
Moses Harlan #676 b Fayette County, Pennsylvania, in 1786; died in Peoria, Ill., 1842) mosesharlan.blogspot.com
Pearl Harlan Hullinger June 28,1895 Prole Warren County Iowa, d Jan 20, 1993 hullingerheritage.blogspot.com
Clif Harlan b July 3, 1920 Vivian, Lyman County, South Dakota clifhullinger.blogspot.com clifhullinger.blogspot.com
We should not get to uppity, however. The funny article below illustrates how all people of European descent are likely descended from Charlemagne.
Wow, do I ever have a lot of cousins. According to Graham Coop, everyone in Europe today is descended from Charlemagne. Which either means I’m special and so is everyone else, or we’re all just normal. National Geographic wrote an article about the results of the Coop study in more easily readable verbiage, here. The Coop team also wrote a nontechnical FAQ, here.
In 2002, Steven Olson wrote this verbiage in the Atlantic magazine about the work of statistician Joseph Chang:
The most recent common ancestor of every European today (except for recent immigrants to the Continent) was someone who lived in Europe in the surprisingly recent past—only about 600 years ago. In other words, all Europeans alive today have among their ancestors the same man or woman who lived around 1400. Before that date, according to Chang’s model, the number of ancestors common to all Europeans today increased, until, about a thousand years ago, a peculiar situation prevailed: 20 percent of the adult Europeans alive in 1000 would turn out to be the ancestors of no one living today (that is, they had no children or all their descendants eventually died childless); each of the remaining 80 percent would turn out to be a direct ancestor of every European living today.
Now, granted, Charlemagne was indeed prolific, siring 18 known children. I guess I’m just lucky in that I descend from two known children, one who was the King of Italy and one who was the King of France. I must tell you, all this king stuff sounds very surreal to me.
Click to read the full article by one of my favorite authors Roberta Estes.
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