Harrington, Robert II^[1]

1616 - 1707  (90 years)

• Name	Harrington, Robert
  Suffix	II
  Born	1 Oct 1616	somerset England
  Gender	Male
  Baptism	1 Oct 1616	Southwald, Suffolk, England
  Immigration	10 Apr 1634	To New England from England
  Occupation	1642	Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, America
  	Proprietor
  Membership	1652	Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, America
  	Captain Hugh Mason's Watertown Train Band
  Election	1679/1700	Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, America
  	Selectman
  Land	Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, America
  	Sixteen lots of land amounting to 642 1/2 acres
  Occupation	Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, America
  	Mill owner and miller
  Religion	Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, America
  	First Church
  _FSFTID	97YK-5MS
  _UID	4D7E815145BC564FB5C2DF0E5D5653FBA85D
  Died	17 May 1707	Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America
  Buried	17 May 1707	Old Burying Place, Plot: 98, Arlington St. and, Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America
  Person ID	I8105	NewFranceGenealogy
  Last Modified	4 May 2017

  
  

  Father	Harrington, John James,   b. 1584, Bath (Englbell), Somerset, England ,   d. 25 Dec 1630, Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, America  (Age 46 years)
  Mother	Clinton, Anne Fiennes,   b. 1595, Newcastle, Upon Tyne, Northumberland, England ,   d. 25 Dec 1632, Charlestown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States  (Age 37 years)
  Married	1613	St. Botolph's Parish, London, London, England
  Family ID	F2734	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	George, Susanna,   d. 6 Jul 1694, Watertown, MA, New England   [1]
  Married	1 Oct 1647	Watertown, MA, New England
  _STAT	MARRIED
  _UID	F9A66E7ABF3CDE49A5FA6FFB2B35B32BF0A0
  Children	1. Harrington, Benjamin   2. Harrington, Samuel   3. Harrington, Thomas   4. Harrington, Edward   5. Harrington, Mary   6. Harrington, Sarah   7. Harrington, Susanna,   b. 18 Aug 1649, Watertown, MA, New England   8. Harrington, John,   b. 24 Aug 1651, Watertown, MA, New England   9. Harrington, Robert,   b. 30 Jun 1653, Watertown, MA, New England   10. Harrington, George,   b. 24 Nov 1655, Watertown, MA, New England   11. Harrington, Daniel,   b. 1 Nov 1657, Watertown, MA, New England   12. Harrington, Joseph,   b. 28 Dec 1659, Watertown, MA, New England
  Last Modified	27 May 2017
  Family ID	F3367	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Robert is considered the father of the Harrington lines in America. Though this Harrington is often considered to be a brother of Benjamin Hearnden of Rhode Island this compiler does not think so. In the book Early Generations of the Family of Robert Harington it lists his parentage as coming from Southwold, Suffolk Co., England. This differs from our origins of coming from Somerset Co., England. Besides that his lines remained mainly in Watertown, while ours were in Charlestown, Wilmington and Rhode Island. So, in short Robert is placed here as a speculative line and though considered the father of the Harrington lines, he probably does not have a relationship to the Harnden lines. Though there are these notes: John Harington, son of Sir John Harington, and Mary Rogers, was born about 1584. He married Ann Clinton, daughter of the Earl of Lincoln, an influential Puritan who was very active in aiding that Sect in settling Boston after 1628. Ann was born in Newcastle, England, in 1596, one of a family of seventeen children. John and Ann came to Boston in 1630. He was drowned in the harbor soon after their arrival, leaving Ann a widow. Robert did not arrive in Boston until 1634. He may have remained with his grandmother, Mary Rogers Harington, whose death occurred in that year. He settled in Watertown, Mass., married Sarah George and had a family of ten boys and three girls. Abraham married Rebecca Cutter and remained near Boston. His line ?daughtered out? leaving no male descendants to carry on the family name. Rebecca married John Watson. One recent genealogy questions whether Robert was a son of John and Ann. However, here is a family tradition in the writer?s line that three brothers came to Boston. The descendants of Robert and Benjamin called each other cousins in the earlier generation. Captain Henry Harrington of Exeter, Rhode Island, and later of White Creek, New York, always claimed that Jonathan Harrington, who was killed in the Battle of Lexington, was his cousin. This Jonathan Harrington was definitely a descendant of Robert of Watertown while Captain Henry was a descendant of Benjamin of Rhode Island.

  
  

• Sources

  [S80] Douglas Wilmot Harnden Ancestors, Daniel Harnden, (daniel_harnden@yahoo.com) (Reliability: 2), 2 May 2009. This Harnden line is proven back to Richard b. 1648 beyond that it's speculative.