Joseph Hadden of the Ballygawley Presbyterian congregation married Hanna Armstrong of the Carland Presbyterian congregation of County Tyrone in 1793 at Carland Presbyterian Church. Judging by their marriage date, Joseph was probably born in the 1760s, and no later than about 1773 (to be at least age 20 when he married). Hanna came from Crosscavanagh, in what was originally Donaghmore parish, now Pomeroy parish, where her Armstrong family had lived for generations.

Joseph Hadden and John Hadden were counted at Golan/Goland townland in Carnteel parish in the Freeholders records of 1795. DNA matches and family documents suggest that they were brothers, or very close kin, such as first cousins.

In the Irish Flax Growers/Spinning Wheel List of 1796, there were only 3 Haddens registered as flax growers in County Tyrone, all in Aghaloo parish: Joseph, John and Archibald.

Note that Aghaloo and Carnteel parishes were often written as one location in early records, such as in the 1766 Religious Census, where inhabitants were enumerated in the "Parishes Aghalow & Carnteel," as a single location. The Hadden men counted in 1766, all Protestant, were: Andrew Haddin, James Hadin, John Haddin, Robt. Hadden and Thomas Haddin.

Moving forward to the flax growers of 1796, the Hadden men were:

Archibald Hadden - growing 1 rood of flax, received 1 spinning wheel

John Hadden - growing 2 roods of flax, received 2 spinning wheels

Joseph Hadden - growing 1 rood of flax, received 1 spinning wheel

Joseph and John Hadden were counted again at Goland in the Tithe Applotments of 1827. Joseph also had a home in Ballygawley village for a time, since his son David was born there in 1809. His other known/identified children with wife Hanna Armstrong were Anne Jane (eldest daughter, sometimes called Nancy), Archibald, Joseph, and Elizabeth/Eliza Jane, all born between about 1794 and 1812.

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Joseph Hadden probably died about 1831, when the lease of his Goland farm on the Moore estate was renewed by "Joseph Hadden." I think this was his son of that name, and the farm was being passed on to the next generation. Both Joseph senior and his wife Hanna were definitely deceased by 1866, when their son David, who had emigrated to the USA and settled in New Orleans, visited Ireland.

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Most of the early Hadden burial plots at Ballygawley Presbyterian Church cemetery are unmarked. One or two communal family graves have "Hadden" on the curbing or on a single marker, and later burials have standard/modern markers. Before Ballygawley's cemetery was established, the Hadden family buried their loved ones at Aghaloo and Ballynasaggart, as did their relatives and neighbors. Aghaloo's lovely ancient cemetery stands on a hill with a spectacular view of southern County Tyrone.

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I'll add more to this biography shortly, and if you're researching the Haddens, Armstrongs and related families of County Tyrone, I'll be glad to correspond with you.

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