of the Hart family, a family very numerous, honorable, and highly distinguished for piety, industry, and patriotism. Rev. Dr. Smalley settled in 1758 in New Britain, then a parish of Farmington, had his congregation largely composed of Stanleys and Harts, and used to say he looked to Harts for grace, and Stanleys for money -- probably the saying was more appropriate then, than it would be now, a century later. It is thought the Hart family were formerly rather above a medium size, dark complexioned, with dark hair and eyes; this, however, would not be true in all cases. It has been said of the Harts, that they were domestic, had a great love of home, seldom wandered far for a settlement in life; that they were, on the contrary, more inclined to be clanish. This may be true of former generations, perhaps, but would not apply to the present. They now scatter far and wide, from Saybrook in Connecticut, to the Pacific coast, and are found in all intermediate places, states, and some in the British possessions. I have attempted to locate them all, and give the avocation of each male head of a family, but have failed too often for want of information. The patriotism of the family is proved by the great number found in the ranks of the armies of 1775, 1812, and 1861, either as officers or privates. I have found Over two hundred and fifty names of Harts as soldiers, and many are doubtless omitted from the list for want of information. The learned professions are well represented, especially clergymen and physicians, but lawyers and authors are not numerous. I have gathered them in groups in the introduction to the history of the family, that the reader may see a kind of summary at a glance.

In the construction of this pedigree I have followed the plan of numbering used in my former published works, which in their use have proved satisfactory. I refer to my History of New Britain, published in 1867, and my Andrews Memorial, published in 1873. The index used in the Andrews and Hart memorials is unlike any other ever published (it is thought), saving much waste of time to the reader and much perplexity of mind. The peculiarity referred to is this: after a person has a number prefixed to his or her name, the father's and grandfather's name follows, or is annexed, so that a person knowing father and grandfather will find his or her history without a mistake or delay; thus the labor of finding one's own name in a list of fifty to one hundred similar names is greatly facilitated. Jn addition to those already mentioned as helps, I am under obligations to Col. William Seward Gridley, of Jackson, Mich., who is preparing a Gridley pedigree; to Dr. D. Williams Patterson, of Newark Valley, N. Y., who is an expert in pedigree hunting; and last, but not least, to Rev. James