Harsen Family Blog
Harsen's Island and Beyond
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I am a direct descendant of Jacob Harsen, the progenitor of the Harsen family of Harsen’s Island, and write about interesting aspects of the family’s history.
tl;dr-putting my English degree to actual use :)
-Mr. Harsen
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Introduction Brenda L. Williams’ blog TappingRoots (Dec. 30, 2019) presented “Lost in Translation: Frances Harsen, an Indian Woman” as a narrative of injustice and gendered exclusion. The post describes Frances, wife of Jacob Harsen II, as a Native woman marginalized by both the probate court and her husband’s relatives after his death in 1843. While Williams’ account draws on…
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The Origins of the Harsen Family Surname The Evolution of the Harsen Name: From the Hassing Line of Hesse to New Amsterdam Introduction The Harsen surname—best known today through Harsen’s Island in Michigan—has ancient European roots stretching back more than a millennium. The name evolved from Hassing, a Hessian-Frankish patronymic, to Harsen, a Dutch colonial…
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