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Mary — . Unknown [Group Sheet]

Mary married Harrington, Sir Knight John 6 Sep 1583, Cannington, Somerset, England. John (son of Harrington, Sir John and Markham, Isabella) was born 1561, Rutlandshire, Somerset, England; died 20 Nov 1612, Kelston Manor, Somerset, England. [Group Sheet]

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• Baptism: Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
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• Will: 21 Apr 1654

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John, with his wife, Ann (Clinton), and two young sons, and evidently a daughter, Rebecca, later of husband, John Watson, sailed from England for America, arriving in Boston Harbor about 1630. John, the head of the family, was drowned in Boston Harbor soon after their arrival, and before 1640, the year in which the Massachusetts Colony law was passed requiring registration of vital statistics under penalty of twenty shillings. His death seems not to be of record. The younger son, Abraham, of wife, Rebecca Cutter, and the daughter, Rebecca of husband, John Watson, both settled in Charleston, Mass., where there is record of both marriages and their deaths, together with the death of the mother, and these deaths show the relationship between the mother and the two children. The date of the birth of Abraham is indicated in his desposition under date of April 15, 1673. He was ten years old at the time of the arrival of the family at Boston in 1630 and about 12 years was then the age of his brother, Benjamin, who went into Rhode Island with Roger Williams and was among the first settlers in that Colony. He settled in Providence, R.I., where he took the oath of allegiance on Nov. 19, 1645. He married Elizabeth White, daughter of William and Elizabeth White of Boston. They reared a family of nine children whose names, together with those of both parents, appear on many pages of the public records of Providence.

When John Harrington arrived in Boston Harbor in about 1630, with his wife and two young sons, Abraham, then aged 10 years, and Benjamin, then aged about 12 years, there was another Harrington boy, Robert, still in England, and who came to America some four years later in 1634, on the ship "Elizabeth," when he was 18 years old, probably at the expiration of a contract of apprenticeship. He disembarked at the same harbor in Boston, and settled in Watertown, Mass., a neighboring town to Charleston, and we find his name there on a list of land proprietors as early as 1642, and where, in 1649, he married Susannah George. It is thought that this Robert Harrington, and a brother of Abraham of Charleston, Mass., and Benjamin of Providence, R.I.


As a side note early records indicate that a Thomas Hernden arrived in Boston in 1635. I don't know of any relationships to this man, but he's placed here as a future reference.

As another side note Richard Harrington arrived in 1643.

Other notes:

Sir John and Mary Rogers had nine children whom they raised as strict
Puritans. At least three of these sons named in various sources as
John, James, and Henry. One of these was a younger son, called John
by Cutler and other New England authorities, who was the first of
the family to arrive in the New World. However, Ian Crimble states
that John was the oldest son who married Dioness Ley and remained
in England. Since the son who came to America was drowned in Boston
Harbor in 1630 before any vital records were kept there, and since
the later burial records refer to his wife, Ann Clinton, as Widow
Errington, no certain proof is available. At least he was a younger
son of Sir John Harington according to public records and family
traditions.

Ann Harington died in Charleston, Mass., in 1663. Her tombstone is
the oldest in nearby Auburn Cemetery.

Even more notes:

(1) Hamden is a town in New Haven County, Connecticut, United States. The town's nickname is "The Land of the Sleeping Giant".



Hamden was originally settled by Puritans as part of the town of New Haven. The land was purchased by Theophilus Eaton and Reverend John Davenport in 1638 from the local Quinnipiack Native American tribe. It remained a part of New Haven until 1786 when 1,400 local residents incorporated themselves as a separate town. It is named after the English statesman John Hampden.



(2) John Hampden (circa 1595?1643) was an English politician, the eldest son of William Hampden, of Hampden House, Great Hampden in Buckinghamshire, a descendant of a very ancient family of that county, said to have been established there before the Norman conquest, and of Elizabeth, second daughter of Sir Henry Cromwell, and aunt of Oliver Cromwell. The town of Hamden, Connecticut is named in his honor. Also, Hampden-Sydney College in Virginia is named in his honor and that of Algernon Sydney, another English patriot.



(3) Edward Winslow (1595?1655) was an American Pilgrim leader on the Mayflower. He served as the governor of Plymouth Colony in 1633, 1636, and finally in 1644.



He was born in Droitwich, Worcestershire, England, on October 18, [[1595]. In 1617 he removed to Leiden, united with John Robinson's church there, and in 1620 was one of the "pilgrims" who immigrated to New England on the Mayflower and founded the Plymouth colony.



His first wife was Elizabeth (Barker) Winslow, whom he married in May 1618 at Leiden. She accompanied him on the Mayflower, and died soon after their arrival in Plymouth. Also accompanying Winslow were his children, George Soule, a teacher for the children, and Elias Story, a servant. Winslow remarried in May 1621 to Mrs Susannah (---) White, the mother of Peregrine White (1620-1704). This was the first marriage in the New England Colonies. Winslow later founded what would become Marshfield in the Plymouth Colony where he lived on an estate he called Careswell.



Winslow was delegated by his associates to treat with the Indians in the vicinity and succeeded in winning the friendship of their chief, Massasoit (c. 1580-1661). He was one of the assistants from 1624 to 1647, except in 1633-1634, 1636-1637 and 1644-1645, when he was governor of the colony. He was also, in 1643, one of the commissioners of the United Colonies of New England. On several occasions he was sent to England to look after the interests of Plymouth and Massachusetts Bay Colony, and defend these colonies from the attacks of such men as John Lyford, Thomas Morton and Samuel Gorton. He left on his last mission as the agent of Massachusetts Bay, in October 1646, and spent nine years in England, where he held a minor office under Cromwell, and in 1654, was made a member of the commission appointed to determine the value of certain English ships destroyed by Denmark.



(4) Peregrine White (November 20, 1620-July 20, 1704) was the first English child born to the Pilgrims in the New World. He was born in Provincetown Harbor to William and Susanna White, before the passengers of the Mayflower had decided where they would settle. His name means "one who journeys to foreign lands," or, more simply, it is a French and Middle English word for "pilgrim." Soon after the landing, his father died, and his mother remarried to Edward Winslow. It was the first wedding in the New World. Winslow later adopted Peregrine and made him an heir.



White's name appears frequently in the records of the colonists. He was an esteemed member of the community as the first child born in New England. He later became a citizen of the settlement of Marshfield, Massachusetts, and held some minor civil and military offices.



White died in 1704 at the age of eighty-three.



(5) Massasoit Sachem or Ousamequin (c.1581-1661), was the sachem, or leader, of the Pokanoket, and "Massasoit" of the Wampanoag Confederacy. The term Massasoit actually means Great Sachem.



Massasoit (Ousamequin) was born circa 1581[1] in Montaup, a Pokanoket village at the site of today's Warren and Bristol, Rhode Island. He held the allegiance of seven lesser Wampanoag sachems. Massasoit visited Plymouth in 1621 and negotiated a treaty guaranteeing the English their security in exchange for their alliance against the Narragansett. Massasoit actively sought the alliance since two significant outbreaks of smallpox brought by the English had devastated the Wampanoag during the previous six years.



He was commonly known as Massasoit, but he was called by many other names, including: Ousamequin, Woosamequin, Asuhmequin, Oosamequen, Osamekin, Owsamequin, Owsamequine, and Ussamequen.



(6) The Wampanoag (Wôpanâak in the Wampanoag language) are a Native American tribe. In 1600 they lived in southeastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island, in an area also encompassing Martha's Vineyard, Nantucket and the Elizabeth Islands. Their population numbered about 12,000.



Wampanoag leaders included Squanto, Samoset, Metacomet (King Philip), and Massasoit. Modern Thanksgiving traditions are based on the Wampanoags' interaction with the Pilgrims.



All of the previous is from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia online.



So, what do these 6 facts have to do with the Harnden family?



Well, let?s start with John Hampden. He was a central figure at the start of the ?English Revolution? or ?English Civil War?. He was also granted land in Connecticut by Robert Rich, 2nd Earl of Warwick in 1629. However, no one has been able to prove that John Hampden ever set foot in the New World. I believe Hamden, Connecticut is named as it is because of this ?Land Grant?. But, even the researchers of the John Hampden Society deny that John ever traveled to the Colonies. They believe as I do, that John was considered somewhat of a hero for the Americans, and as such many early historians tried to attach him to the history of the New World, in more ways than which he belonged.





Here is what a researcher at the John Hampden Society Annual Dinner had to say on the matter:



"The Society?s Annual Dinner, held this year on 24th June, was as enjoyable and entertaining as ever. Around 30 members and guests sat down to a meal that was well up to the Spread Eagle Hotel?s usual high standard, and were entertained and in-formed by a fascinating talk by Dr Maija Jansson.



Making a welcome return after being guest speaker two years ago, Dr Jansson, who is Director of the Center for Parliamentary History at the University of Yale and a Vice-President of the Society, spoke on the intriguing subject, The Multiple Mr Hampdens.


Described by Dr Jansson in an earlier letter to the Society as ?some myths demythologized?, this was an in-depth look at a couple of persistent stories concerning the Patriot. The first was about the ?Master John Hampden, a gentleman of London? who, according to Edward Winslow, Governor of Massachusetts, wintered in the North American colony in 1623.



He may well have been the ?John Holmeden, gentleman?, whose name appeared on the passenger list of the Supply, which sailed from Bristol to Berkeley, Virginia in September 1620. This mysterious gentlemen, whose name became corrupted to ?Hamden? or ?Hamdin?, later left the Berkeley colony and may have been Winslow?s guest.



Dr Jansson also dealt with the story that Hampden and Oliver Cromwell had tried to emigrate to the New World in 1638, which she believes was started by Americans who revered Hampden as a hero.



Dr Jansson pointed out that it was only after his involvement with Ship Money that John Hampden became famous enough for the North American to seek to identify him with these two names. She demonstrated by listing her meticulous research that both these stories are fallacious."





So, why am I mentioning John Hampden here, if he?s not a Harnden and never set foot in the New World?



Well, many early historians corrupted the name John Harnden and linked it to the English Patriot John Hampden. Amongst these early historians are William Bradford, Rev. Thomas Prince, Thomas Hutchinson and Richard Mather. (A side note here; Richard Mather was the grandfather of Cotton Mather. Cotton Mather wrote of the Harnden Massacre in his diary. He had met with the family about a month or two, before they were killed.)



These early historians recite their stories from the writings of Edward Winslow. Edward himself wrote his own stories of his adventures in the New World. Unfortunately, as is so common with our surname it was corrupted by these historians. That is except in the story written by the witness himself. Edward Winslow writes our name properly as Harnden when discussing his adventure with John Harnden.



Good Newes from New England



Written by Mayflower passenger Edward Winslow, Good Newes from New England was published in London in 1624. It is a journal of events that occurred between 1622 and 1623 at Plymouth Colony. It includes information about Tisquantum's death (November 1622), the sickness of Massasoit, Thomas Weston's Wessagussett Colony, and much more.



Chapter 4



?During the time that the Captain was at Manomet, news came to Plymouth, that Massasoit was like to die, and that at the same time there was a Dutch ship driven so high on the shore by stress of weather, right before his dwelling, that till the tides increased, she could not be got off. Now it being a commendable manner of the Indians, when any (especially of note) are dangerously sick, for all that profess friendship to them, to visit them in their extremity, either in their persons, or else to send some acceptable persons to them, therefore it was thought meet (being a good and warrantable action) that as we had ever professed friendship, so we should now maintain the same, by observing this their laudable custom: and the rather, because we desired to have some conference with the Dutch, not knowing when we should have so fit an opportunity. To that end my self having formerly been there, and understanding in some measure the Dutch tongue, the Governor again laid this service upon my self, and fitted me with some cordials to administer to him, having one Master John Harnden a Gentleman of London (who then wintered with us, and desired much to see the Country) for my Consort, and Hobomok for our guide. So we set forward, and lodged the first night at Nemasket, where we had friendly entertainment.



The next day about one of the clock, we came to a ferry in Corbatant's Country, where upon discharge of my piece, divers Indians came to us from a house not far off. There they told us, that Massasoit was dead, and that day buried, and that the Dutch would be gone before we could get thither, having hove off their ship already. This news struck us blank: but especially Hobomok, who desired we might return with all speed. I told him I would first think of it, considering now that he being dead, Corbitant was the most like to succeed him, and that we were not above three miles from Mattapuyst his dwelling place, although he were but a hollow hearted friend towards us, I thought no time so fit as this, to enter into more friendly terms with him, and the rest of the Sachems thereabout, hoping (through the blessing of God) it would be a means in that unsettled state, to settle their affections towards us, and though it were somewhat dangerous, in respect of our personal safety, because my self and Hobomok had been employed upon a service against him, which he might now fitly revenge, yet esteeming it the best means, leaving the event to God in his mercy, I resolved to put it in practice, if Master Harnden and Hobomok durst attempt it with me, whom I found willing to that or any other course might tend to, the general good. So we went towards Mattapayst. In the way, Hobomok manifesting a troubled spirit, brake forth into these speeches, Neen womasu Sagimus, neen womasu Sagimus, etc. My loving Sachem, my loving Sachem, Many have I known, but never any like thee: And turning him to me said; Whilest I lived, I should never see his like amongst the Indians, saying, he was no liar, he was not bloody and quell like other Indians; In anger and passion he was soon reclaimed, easy to be reconciled towards such as had offended him, ruled by reason in such measure, as he would not scorn the advice of mean men, and that he governed his men better with few strokes than others did with many; truly loving where he loved; yea he feared we had not a faithful friend left among the Indians, strewing how he oft-times restrained their malice, etc. continuing a long speech with such signs of lamentation and unfeigned sorrow, as it would have made the hardest heart relent.



At length we came to Mattapuyst, and went to the Sachem Comaco (for so they call the Sachems place, though they call an ordinary house Witeo) but Corbitant the Sachem was not at home, but at Pokanoket, which was some five or six miles off; the Squa-sachem (for so they call the Sachems wife) gave us friendly entertainment. Here we inquired again concerning Massasoit, they thought him dead, but knew no certainty; whereupon I hired one to go with all expedition to Pokanoket, that we might know the certainty thereof, and withal to acquaint Corbitant with our there being. About half an hour before?Sun-setting, the messenger returned, and told us that he was not yet dead, though there was no hope we should find him living. Upon this we were much revived, and set forward with all speed, though it was late within night ere we got thither. About two of the clock that afternoon the Dutchmen departed, so that in that respect our journey was frustrate.



When we came thither, we found the house so full of men, as we could scarce get in, though they used their best diligence to make way for us. There were they in the midst of their charms for him, making such a hellish noise, as it distempered us that were well, and therefore unlike to ease him that was sick. About him were six or eight women, who chafed his arms, legs; and thighs, to keep heat in him; when they had made an end of their charming, one told him that his friends the English were come to see him; (having understanding left, but his sight was wholly gone) he asked who was come, they told him Winsnow (for they cannot pronounce the letter 1, but ordinarily n in the place thereof) he desired to speak with me; when I came to him, and they told him of it, he put forth his hand to me, which I took; then he said twice, though very inwardly, keen Winsnow, which is to say, Art thou Winslow? I answered ahhe, that is, yes; then he doubled these words, Matta neen wonckanet namen Winsnow; that is to say, O Winslow I shall never see thee again.



Then I called Hobomok and desired him to tell Massasoit, that the Governor hearing of his sickness was sorry for the same, and though by reason of many businesses he could not come himself, yet he sent me with such things for him as he thought most likely to doe him good in this his extremity and whereof if he pleased to take, I would presently give him; which he desired, and having a confection of many comfortable conserves, etc. on the point of my knife, I gave him some, which I could scarce get through his teeth; when it was dissolved in his mouth, he swallowed the juice of it, whereat those that were about him much rejoiced, saying, he had not swallowed any thing in two days before. Then I desired to see his mouth, which was exceedingly furred, and his tongue swelled in such manner, as it was not possible for him to eat such meat as they had, his passage being stops up: then I washed his mouth, and scraped his tongue, and got abundance of corruption out of the same. After which, I gave him more of the confection, which e swallowed with more readiness; then he desiring to drink, I dissolved some of it in water, and gave him thereof: within half an hour this wrought a great alteration in him in the eyes of all that beheld him; presently after his sight began to come to him, which gave him and us good encouragement. In the mean time I inquired how he slept, and when he went to the stool? They said he slept not in two days before, and had not had a stool in five; then I gave him more, and told him of a mishap we had by the way in breaking a bottle of drink, which the Governor also sent him, saying, if he would send any of his men to Patuxet, I would send for more of the same, also for chickens to make him broth, and for other things which I knew were good for him, and would stay the return of the messenger if he desired. This he took marvelous kindly, and appointed some who were ready to go by two of the clock in the morning, against which time I made ready a letter, declaring therein our good success, the state of his body, etc. desiring to send me such things as I sent for, and such physic as the Surgeon durst administer to him.



He requested me that the day following, I would take my Piece, and kill him some Fowl, and make him some English pottage, such as he had eaten at Plymouth, which I promised: after his stomach coming to him, I must needs make him some without Fowl, before I went abroad, which somewhat troubled me, being unaccustomed and unacquainted in such businesses, especially having nothing to make it comfortable, my Consort being as ignorant as my self; but being we must doe somewhat, I caused a woman to bruise some come, and take the flower from it, and set over the grit or broken come in a pipkin (for they have earthen pots of all sizes.) When the day broke, we went out (it being now March) to seek herbs, but could not find any but strawberry leaves, of which I gathered a handful and put into the same, and because I had nothing to relish it, I went forth again, and pulled up a sassafras root, and sliced a piece thereof, and boiled it till it had a good relish, and then took it out again. The broth being boiled, I strained it through my handkerchief, and gave him at least a pint, which he drank, and liked it very well. After this his sight mended more and more, also he had three moderate stools, and took some rest. Insomuch as we with admiration blessed God for giving his blessing to such raw and ignorant means, making no doubt of his recovery, himself and all of them acknowledging us the instruments of his preservation.



That morning he caused me to spend in going from one to another amongst those that were sick in the Town, requesting me to wash their mouths also, and give to each of them some of the same I gave him, saying, they were good folk. This pains I took with willingness, though it were much offensive to me, not being accustomed with such poisonous savors. After dinner he desired me to get him a Goose or Duck, and make him some pottage therewith, with as much speed as I could: so I took a man with me, and made a shot at a couple of Ducks, some six score paces off, and killed one, at which he wondered: so we returned forthwith, and dressed it, making more broth therewith, which he much desired; never did I see a man so low brought, recover in that measure in so short a time. The Fowl being extraordinary fat, I told Hobomok I must take off the top thereof, saying it would make him very sick again if he did eat it; this he acquainted Massasoit therewith, who would not be persuaded to it, though I pressed it very much, strewing the strength thereof, and the weakness of his stomach, which could not possibly bear it. Notwithstanding he made a gross meal of it, and ate as much as would well have satisfied a man in health. About an hour after he began to be very sick, and straining very much, cast up the broth again, and in overstraining himself, began to bleed at the nose, and so continued the space of four hours; then they all wished he had. been ruled, concluding now he would die, which we much feared also. They asked me what I thought of him; I answered, his case was desperate, yet it might be it would save his life: for if it ceased in time, he would forthwith sleep and take rest, which was the principal thing he wanted. Not long after his blood stained, and he slept at least six or eight hours; when he awaked I washed his face, and bathed and suppled his beard and nose with a linen cloth: but on a sudden he chops his nose in the water, and drew up some therein, and sent it forth again with such violence, as he began to bleed afresh, then they thought there was no hope, but we perceived it was but the tenderness of his nostril, and therefore told them I thought it would stay presently, as indeed it did.



The messengers were now returned, but finding his stomach come to him, he would not have the chickens killed, but kept them for breed. Neither durst we give him any physic which was then sent, because his body was so much altered since our instructions, neither saw we any need, not doubting now of his recovery, if he were careful. Many whilest we were there came to see him, some by their report from a place not less than an hundred miles. To all that came, one of his chief men related the manner of his sickness, how near he was spent, how amongst others his friends the English came to see him, and how suddenly they recovered him to this strength they saw, he being now able to sit upright of himself.



The day before our coming, another Sachem being there, told him, that now he might see how hollow-hearted the English were, saying if we had been such friends in deed, as we were in show, we would have visited him in this his sickness, using many arguments to withdraw his affections, and to persuade him to give way to some things against us, which were motioned to him not long before: but upon this his recovery, he brake forth into these speeches; Now I see the English are my friends and love me, and whilest I live I will never forget this kindness they have showed meet Whilest we were there, our entertainment exceeded all other strangers. Divers other things were worthy the noting, but I fear I have been too tedious.



At our coming away, he called Hobomok to him, and privately (none hearing save two or three other of his Pnieses, who are of his Council) revealed the plot of the Massacheuseucks before spoken of, against Master Weston's Colony, and so against us, saying that the people of Nauset, Paomet, Succonet Mattachiest, Manomet, Agoweywam, and the Isle of Capawack, were joined with them; himself also in his sickness was earnestly solicited, but he would neither join therein, nor give way to any of his. Therefore as we respected the lives of our Countrymen, and our own after safety, he advised us to kill the men of Massachusetts, who were the authors of this intended mischief. And whereas we were wont to say, we would not strike a stroke till they first begun; if said he upon this intelligence, they make that answer, tell them, when their Countrymen at Wessagussett are killed, they being not able to defend themselves, that then it will be too late to recover their lives, nay through the multitude of adversaries they shall with great difficulty preserve their own, and therefore he counseled without delay to take away the principals, and then the plot would cease. With this he charged him thoroughly to acquaint me by the way, that I might inform the Governor thereof at my first coming home. Being fitted for our return, we took out leave of him, who returned many thanks to our Governor, and also to our selves for our labor and love: the like did all that were about him. So we departed.



That night through the earnest request of Corbitant, who till now remained at Sawcaans or Pokanoket, we lodged with him at Mattaiuyst. By the way I had much conference with him; so likewise at his house, he being a notable politician, yet full of merry jests and squibs, and never better pleased than when the like are returned again upon him. Amongst other things he asked me, If in case he were thus dangerously sick, as Massasoit had been, and should send word thereof to Patuxet for Maskiet, that is, Physic, whether then Mr. Governor would send it? And if he would, whether I would come therewith to him? To both which I answered yea, whereat he gave me many joyful thanks. After that, being at his house he demanded further, how we durst being but two come so far into the Country? I answered, where was true love there was no fear, and my heart was so upright towards them that for mine own part I was fearless to come amongst them. But, said he, if your love be such, and it bring forth such fruits, how cometh it to pass, that when we come to Patuxet, you stand upon your guard, with the mouths of your pieces presented towards us ? Whereunto I answered, it was the most honorable and respective entertainment we could give them; it being an order amongst us so to receive our best respected friends: and as it was used on the Land, so the ships observed it also at Sea, which Hobomok knew, and had scene observed. But shaking the head he answered, that he liked not such salutations.



Further, observing us to crave a blessing on our meat before we did eat, and after to give thanks for the same, he asked us what was the meaning of that ordinary custom? Hereupon I took occasion to tell them of Gods works of Creation, and Preservation, of his Laws and Ordinances, especially of the ten Commandments, all which they hearkened unto with great attention, and liked well of: only the seventh Commandment they excepted against, thinking there were many inconveniences in it, that a man should be tied to one woman: about which we reasoned a good time. Also I told them that whatsoever good things we had, we received from God, as the Author and giver thereof, and therefore- craved his blessing upon that we had, and were about to eat, that it might nourish and strengthen our bodies, and having eaten sufficient, being satisfied therewith, we again returned thanks to the same our God for that our refreshing, etc. This all of them concluded to be very well, and said, they believed almost all the same things, and that the same power that we called God, they called Kiehtan. Much profitable conference was occasioned hereby, which would be too tedious to relate, yet was no less delightful to them, then comfortable to us. Here we remained only that night, but never had better entertainment amongst any of them.



The day following, in our journey, Hobomok told me of the private conference he had with Massasoit, and how he charged him perfectly to acquaint me therewith (as I showed before) which having done, he used many arguments himself to move us hereunto; That night we lodged at Nemasket, and the day following about the mid way between it and home, we met two Indians, who told us that Captain Standish was that day gone to the Massachusetts: but contrary winces again drive him back, so that we found him at home; where the Indian of Paomet still was, being very importunate that the Captain should take the first opportunity of a faire wind to go with him, but their secret and villainous purposes being through Gods mercy now made known, the Governor caused Captain Standish to send him away without any distaste or manifestation of anger, that we might the better effect and bring to pass that which should be thought most necessary.?



Nathaniel Philbrick also used our spelling of the name in the book ?Mayflower? when he wrote the following:



?A John Harnden, a gentleman, from London, was wintering (1623) in the colony.?



What do we know about Edward Winslow?



Edward came to the New World on the Mayflower. He came over with his wife Elizabeth Barker and 2 sons as mentioned above. But, they fail to mention his daughter Elizabeth, whom is mentioned in his will.



?I Edward Winslowe of London. Esquior. being now bound in a voyage to sea in the service of the comon welth do make publish & declare this to be my last will & testamt touching the disposing of my estate. ffirst I doe give will devise & bequeath all my lands & stock in New England & all my possibilities & porcons in future allotmts & divicons to Josia my onely sonne & his heires, hee allowing to my wife a full third parte thereof for her life Also. I give to the poore of the Church of Plymouth in new England Tenn pounds. & to the poore of marshfielde where the chiefest of my estate lyes Tenn poundes., Also I give my lynnen wch I carry wth me to sea to my daughter Elizabeth & the rest of my goods wch I carry wth mee I give to my sonn Josias hee giving to each of my brothers a suite of apparell & I make my said son Josias my executor of this my will, and Colonell venables my overseer of my goods in the voyage & my fower frends Dr Edmond Wilson; mr John Arthur, Mr James Sherley & Mr Richard ffloyde, overseers for the rest of my prsonall estate in England.?



witness my hand & Seale the Eighteenth day of December In the yeare of our Lord God one Thousand Six hundred fifty & ffower.



Sealed & subscribed
in the presence of Jon Hooper
Gerald Usher servant to Hen: Colbron
pr me Edw: Winslow



We also know from the above, that Edward?s wife Elizabeth Barker died soon after their arrival in Plymouth. We also know that a William White died shortly after arriving leaving his widow Susannah and some White children.



It?s recorded that Edward married Susannah and it was the first marriage in the New England Colonies. Also, Edward adopted the White children.



Elizabeth White the daughter of William White, should be of great interest to any Harnden researchers. For it was an Elizabeth White the daughter of William White, whom married Benjamin Hearnden. Benjamin Hearnden b. 1618 was the brother of our Richard Harnden b. 1615. Benjamin was not very law abiding and was chased out of Lynn, Massachusetts around or just before 1647 (where the Harnden Line of the family was so prevalent) and settled in Rhode Island. Many of his descendants now bear the name Herringten and Harrington.



There is a lot of debate on the proper origins of the White and Harrington families, but this is a link that could prove valuable in researching this story.



If Benjamin Hearnden married the Elizabeth White who?s step-father was Edward Winslow, then there would certainly have been a relationship with Winslow and the Harnden family. If nothing else Winslow had a relationship to the White family, and the Harndens had a relationship to them as well.



So, who was this John Harnden mentioned in Winslow?s story?



Benjamin Hearnden b. 1618 had a number of siblings. Four brothers and a sister to be exact. Richard Harnden b. 1615, Robert Harrington b. 1616, John Harndel b. 1619, Abraham Harrington b. 1620 and Rebecca Harrington b. 1622.



All of these children were fathered by John (Harrington) Hearnden. John was born in 1584 in Bath (Englbell), Somerset, England. He married Ann Clinton in 1613 in St. Botolph's Parish, London, England and died about 1631 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts by drowning in the Boston Harbor.



Harrington family tradition holds that John (Harrington) Hearnden brought some of the family over in 1630. And that later in 1634 Robert "Harrington" came over on the ship "Elizabeth ?. There is no record in the passenger list for the ?Elizabeth? to suggest a man with a name close to resembling Robert Harrington. However, in the Winthrop Fleet which sailed in 1630. There is a Robert Harding. If this is the same man and he came over later then the rest of the family, it could place John (Harrington) Hearnden and family in the New World early enough to have gone with Winslow. So, I suggest this may have been the John Harnden in question, a gentleman, from London, whence he wed his bride, but a mere 10 years earlier.



All this is speculative at best, but does make some good points. It should only be used as a tool in your research, and not taken entirely as fact. I add it here, because I think it may have relevance to our family and the early history of our Country. I mean look this indirectly connects us to the first marriage, first birth and first Thanksgiving in America.

John married Clinton, Anne Fiennes 1613, St. Botolph's Parish, London, London, England. Anne (daughter of Clinton, Thomas and Knyvett, Elizabeth) was born 1595, Newcastle, Upon Tyne, Northumberland, England; died 25 Dec 1632, Charlestown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States; was buried Dec 1632, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet]

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Frances married Egerton, Ralph 21 Dec 1606, Richmond, Surry, England. [Group Sheet]

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Notes:

A Richard Harrington arrived in Charlestown, Massachusetts in 1643. He took the Freeman's Oath on 26 May 1647. This Richard was also Baptized in 1626 at St. Botolph's, London, England. Could this be the same man? As he's not connected in any of the well documented Harrington lines.

Richard is mentioned by the Harrington lines but over looked, as the following shows:

The Harrington Family in America Pg. 6

"Mr. Bond mentioned the name of Richard Harrington who lived there as early as 1643, and says that he has failed to discover any record of the marriage of Richard Harrington, or that he left any children him surviving. It may, therefore, be taken as reasonably certain that the Harrington family of America started with Robert Harrington of Watertown as the original ancestor."

The inability to find a marriage record could be explained by the fact that Richard was married in England. And, if he is the father of our lines he certainly didn't use the proper spelling of Harrington. Mr. Bond also wouldn't have found any records of surviving children either as they would have already adopted what has come to be our surname of Harnden.

Information on the names and dates are from the LDS and Chester H. Darr (August 1997)

Richard — Adams, Mary Elizabeth. Mary was born 1607, England. [Group Sheet]

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• 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
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• 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

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.

Robert married George, Susanna 1 Oct 1647, Watertown, MA, New England. Susanna died 6 Jul 1694, Watertown, MA, New England. [Group Sheet]

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• Immigration: 1662, Providence, Providence, RI

Notes:

The following is from the Genealogical dictionary of New England Settlers:

Volume 2
page 357
Harndale, Horndel, or Harndel, Benjamin, Lynn 1647, as giv. by Farmer, was, I suspect, Harnden, wh. spread at Reading, where BENJAMIN, JOHN, RICHARD, and WILLIAM, perhaps f. and three s. are call. early sett. and Richard was freem. 1691. JOHN, Neport, with wh. my little acquaint. is deriv. from his will of 9 Feb. 1685, wh. ment. d. Mary, w. of John Stanton, and her ch. Robert, Benjamin, Mary, and Hannah; and d. Rebecca, w. of Hugh Moshier. Perhaps he was of New Haven 1644.

Source Info. Savage, James. A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England Showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before May, 1692, - Vol. I-IV (4). Boston, 1860-1862.

This very source has caused a great deal of debate over the years regarding the parentage of our Richard Harnden b. 1648. People have used it on both the Harrington side and the Harnden side to prove relationships. You see it's the one source that states a relationship to our Wilmington area Harndens and the Hearnden, Harndel and Harrington lines of Rhode Island and Connecticut.


The numerous descendants of this man in Rhode Island now bear the name of Harrington.
per Boston Evening Transcript, 2 Nov 1910.

The descendants of this man also bore the surnames of Herringten, Herrington, Hernden, Harndine, Hereden, Herendine, Harndel, Harndell, Harnden, Errington and Arnold just to name a few other variations. One other variation is Herendeen which one branch of the family still keeps.

Several of Benjamins children settled in Moosup Valley, Connecticut.

The following information is from Dennis Karcher's website:

It should be under William White, but I put it here to show the relationships with Benjamin...


The information for this chapter comes solely from Dorothy (Bennett) Inderkum of Sacramento, California. Her principle sources were a typescript at the New England Historic Genealogical Society, "The William White Line" by Winifred (Lovering) Holman and various records of Suffolk County, Massachusetts. This William White should not be confused with the one of Mayflower fame. However, it's interesting to note that anyone descended from Samuel and Sarah (Harrington) Bennett, including the compiler, is descended from William White in two ways through both the Bennett and Harrington families. See those chapters for more information.

William(1) White was born about 1600 and died in Boston, possibly on 30 October 1673 and certainly before the end of that year. (Suffolk Probate Records) William married Elizabeth; she probably died in Boston on 23 December 1690 (Hartford Times, 5 November 1949).

William was a bricklayer by trade and worked at the Iron Works in Lynn, Massachusetts at one point. His work took him to other locations in New England as well. In February 1655 he was at Warwick, Rhode Island. He was granted a house lot adjoining his son-in-law "Benjamine Herndell" [Benjamin Harrington] on 17 October 1656. That same year, he had supervised the bricklaying at Winthrop's stronghold on Fisher's Island and had been in Providence, Rhode Island. On 27 February 1657, William was granted a share for his "meddow" near another son-in-law, Thomas Walling. He was settled in Boston again by 16 October 1662. He bought a house on town land from Nathaniel Woodward, for which he had to pay rent to the town. (Suffolk Deeds, 7:110) This land was later granted to William on 14 March 1669/70. (Boston Record Commissioners, 7th Report, p. 53, 1881)

Apparently the relationships within the family were not always smooth. On 17 February 1659, Benjamin Hearnden [Benjamin Harrington] became involved with the law in regard to his "breach of peace and fright, Comitted [sic] on the family of William White, of this Towne." In a separate incident, William's daughter, Margaret, already married to Robert Colwell, ran away with her married neighbor, Thomas Walling; both deserted their families. Colwell secured his divorce 2 July 1667; Margaret had returned to Boston and was ordered to be publicly whipped 15 stripes and was fined ?? in October 1666. Colwell went to Long Island, Walling also obtained a divorce and he married Margaret in 1669. After his death in 1674, her third husband, Daniel Abbott, took her to court. Apparently they reconciled, she was named in his will.

William White made his will 13 October 1673. His wife was to have?

"all my vissable estate so long as she was a widow and to have her thirds if she remarried; two Sonnes Isaacke & Cornelius White; two sonnes & 1 daughter Susanna Waggett, wife of Thomas Waggett after the decease of wife; to son William White 5 shillings... to other 3 daughters, Elyzabeth Harnden, wife of Benjamyne... Margaret Wallen, wife of Thomas Wallen, and Usrulla Bennett, the wife of John Bennett each 4 shillings."
The will was proved 31 January 1673/4. From the probate records, William may have died on 30 October 1673.

On 28 Dec 1676, William's widow signed her mark to the following:

"Elizabeth White of Boston, relict of William White late of Boston, deeded for love etc. to her Son Cornelius White that part of land which his father (bequeathed to him) excepting the house where in I dwell which is his after my decease and which I reserve to my Selfe during my life." (Suffolk Deeds, 12:325)

Benjamin probably left Massachusetts, because he was asked to. When you look at his court records he doesn't appear to have been a nice guy.

The following is from "The Hearnden Line", compiled for Mrs. J.M. Morrison, 1944, by Winifred (Lovering) Holman, S.B.; F.A.S.G., Lexington, Massachusetts. A copy is available at the Library of The New England Historic Genealogical Society in Boston, Massachusetts:

Benjamin was probably living in Essex County, Massachusetts in December 1647 when he was presented in Lynn for beating his wife, as witnessed by Ezekiel Gilbert and Henry Collins. Apparently, Elizabeth was not free from scandal herself. She was presented for stealing clothes from Mary Pray and was ordered to make double restitution. (Essex Court Files, 1:133,137)

Benjamin first appears in Providence, Rhode Island in 1651 when he had a privilege of 25 acres for which he paid and received quittance in March. He was taxed 4 shillings in June of 1652. On 27 October 1656, Providence.

"ordered yt William White be accomodated with a house Lot adjoining to Benjamin Herndell his house lot and further according to convenience Ordered yt inlargeing of Benjamine Herndell his lot." (Early Providence Records, hereinafter EPR)

On 17 February 1659, Benjamin was brought into court by a bond to answer to "the breach of peace and fright comitted on the family of william white, of this Towne." William White was also bonded to appear at the next town court in Providence to prosecute Benjamin. (EPR, 15:75-76)

William White of Boston, bricklayer, with consent of wife of Elizabeth, for sterling, "payd by Elizabeth the wife of Benjamin Herenden of providence" confirmed to Benjamin land, dwelling house, and other housing in Providence on 16 October 1662. (EPR, 4:9-10)

In his Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island, Austin states that Benjamin's will was presented for probate 4 April 1688 and an inventory of goods and property totalling ?? was taken on 27 May 1687 without citing a source.

On 20 October 1688, "Elizabeth, now wife of Richard Pray, deeded to her son, Isaac Hearnden, the homestead, houses, orchard, etc. which were givenher, for life, by the will of her= late husband, dated 1 Feb 1686[/87], of which she was named executrix. (EPR, 5:34-37)

It was suggested in an unidentified manuscript at The New England Historic Genealogical Society, that Isaac may have been the youngest child and perhaps this deed was a gift from Elizabeth to get Isaac started in married life. Isaac must have deeded this land back to his mother, because on 13 December 1701 she sold to Joseph Whipple of Providence her "dwelling house and all land thereunto lieing and adjoyneing (part belonged to husband Benjamin Hearnden and to my father William White)..." which was to revert to son Isaac Hearnden upon Elizabeth's decease, but which she had purchased by a deed from Isaac. (EPR, 4:219).

This is supported by the Holman manuscript which indicates that on 10 February 1689, "Isaac Hearnden of Providence for a valuable consideration... also for the duty of Naturall love & affection I beare unto my deare Mother Elizabeth Prey... (home stall & house)..."; it not clear what is the source of this record. Whatever the case in these confusing purchases, on 9 June 1701 Elizabeth had made it very clear who owned what: "Whereas there is a fame gone abroad that there is Some person or persons intending to purchase the house & land to it adjoyneing which lieth in ye Towne of Providence... which formerly belonged unto Benjamin Hearnden Senr of said Providence (deceased) and to purchase it of Isaac Hearnden hath no Right... to ye said house, nor inn or to any of the said lands, neither by Reversion nor any other wayes; But all the Right... to the said house & lands wholy belongeth unto me Elizabeth Prey (widow), formerly Elizabeth Hearnden; as may appeare by a deede under the said Isaac Hearnden his hand & seal, and I the said Elizabeth Prey, Doe therefore by these presents forbid all & Every person or persons whome so ever; for Bargaineing or purchaseing the said house and lands, or any part hereof, of the said Isaac Hearnden: 9 June 1701 Elizabeth Prey formerly Elizabeth Hearnden." (EPR, 5:256)

SURNAME: Also shown as Harnden

DEATH: Also shown as Died Bet Feb 1686 - 17 Mar 1687

Benjamin married White, Elizabeth Bef Dec 1647, MA, New England. Elizabeth (daughter of White, William and Elizabeth) was born Abt 1630, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts; died 13 Dec 1701, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, USA. [Group Sheet]

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Notes:

"John Harndel, was a juryman at Newport RI in 1673, according to Austin's Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island which goes on to give the following item: '1678 June 12 A very great hurt having been done to a small child by fast riding; it was enacted by the Assembly that any person presuming to ride a horse at a gallop, &c., in any street between the house that lately John Harndel lived in, and the house where Thomas Clifton lives, shall for the offence pay 5s. fine.' This is certainly one of the first laws against speeding in New England! John Harndel's will, dated 9 Feb 1685 and proved 22 Apr 1698, says, 'To daughter Rebecca, wife of Hugh Mosher, of Portsmouth, a good ewe sheep.' Austin gives his date of death as 6 Feb 1687. It seems a long time between that and the probate." (Bonnie Hubbard)

The following is from STAGECOACH and TAVERN DAYS:

CHAPTER XVI.
THE ROMANCE OF THE ROAD

THE traveller In the old stage-coach was not tantalized by the fleeting half-glimpse of places which we gain in railroad travel to-day. He had ample time to view any unusual or beautiful spot as he passed, he had leisure to make inquiry did he so desire, he had also many minutes, nay hours, to hear any traveller's tale that could be told him by a fellow-journeyer or by the driver. This last-named companion, going over the stage road day after day, talking constantly, querying frequently, grew deeply versed in its lore, its history. He knew the gossip, too, of each house he passed, he knew the traditions and tales of each locality; hence in his company every mile of the road had some point of deep interest.

Roger Mowry's Tavern was the first one established in the town of Providence. It escaped destruction in King Philip's War, when nearly all the town was burned, and stood till the present day. When a coach started out from that old tavern, it passed the burying ground and a dense growth of barberry bushes which grew along the roadside. There seems to have been, in many places, a suspicion of uncanny reputation connected with barberry bushes. In one spot a dense group of bushes was said to harbor a vast snake; in another it shaded an Indian's grave; a third concealed a ghost. The barberry was not a native of America; it is an immigrant, and has the further ill name of blasting any wheat near which it is planted. The grewsome growth of barberry bushes near Mowry's Tavern was the scene of the first serious crime of the settlement of Providence Plantations. The town carpenter, a thrifty and much respected young man named Clauson, much beloved by Roger Williams, was found dying one winter morning in 1660 near "a clump of barberry bushes" at the parting of the paths "near Roger Mowry's Tavern." His head was cloven open with an axe, and the dying man accused a neighbor named Herndon of being the instigator of the crime; and with a spirit never learned from his old master, the gentle Williams, he left a terrible curse upon the children and children's children of John Herndon, that they should ever "be marked with split chins and be haunted by barberry bushes." An Indian named Wanmanitt was arrested for having done this terrible deed, and was locked up in the Mowry Tavern. He was probably executed for it, though the town records only contain a preliminary story of his trial. With bills for interpreters and for a boat and guard and powder and shot and liquor, all to go with the prisoner to Newport jail, the Indian murderer vanishes down the bay out of history. John Herndon lived on peacefully for many years, branded, doubtless, in the minds of many; but there is no record that the futile imprecation of the dying man ever was fulfilled.



The following is from The history of the state of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations:


Vol. 3 Chapter XLI. Some Rhode Island Landmarks

The Roger Mowry Tavern - Roger Mowry came from Salem prior to 1650, and in May, 1655, he was granted a license to keep a house of entertainment in Providense. The "ordinarie's brew" may have been sipped too often or too long; for in the course of the next half-dozen years the assembly decreed that "no howse of entertainment shall suffer any person to tipple after 9 of the clock at night, except they give a satisfactory reason to the Constable or magistrate." The penalty for disobeying this decree was of five shillings for the tavern-keeper and two shillings and sixpence for the person who "tippled."

Events of interest cluster about the old tavern. When John Clawson, a Dutch carpenter, was found dying one cold December morning in 1661 from a blow dealt by a broad-axe, at once his murderer was sought, and finally Waumanitt, an Indian, was charged with the crime and taken prisoner. There was apparently much difficulty in disposing of him. The charge for irons which the local blacksmith forged was considerable for a colony where shillings were scarce, and there was no prison in Providence to hold the captive. So he was removed to Roger Mowry's Tavern, and there kept until other disposition was made of him, Though exactly what was done is not recorded. It is stated that he was sent to Newport, and that Landlord Mowry presented his bill for housing Waumanitt. The tale went that Clawson, the slain man, had quarreled violently with a neighbor, and that it was this neighbor, Hearndon by name, who killed Clawson, by whom he was recognized. It was said that Clawson roused sufficiently before he died to pronounce a curse against the Hearndons, - that he hoped they would bear split chins and be haunted for the rest of their natural lives by barberry-bushes (near a clump of these bushes Clawson was slain); and it is said that split chins for generations marked the Hearndons.

John — Susanna. [Group Sheet]

John — Rebecca. [Group Sheet]

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FamilySearch showed this additional information:
Death - Date: 1680 Place: Cambidge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, America

Rebecca married Watson, John 1648, Cambridge, Middlesex, MA. John was born 1619; died 1711, Cambridge, Middlesex, MA. [Group Sheet]

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Edward is placed here as a speculative line. I don't personally believe he is part of our family, but a number of his family records get crossed over with ours due to the closeness of the name.

He is here strictly as a reference for further study.

Some history on Edward:

Edward Harraden's family lived at Lobster Cove. Edward is recorded as
an Emigrant from Petworth, Sussex, England (or Edburton) to Gloucester, Massachusetts. He was at Gloucester in 1656, Ipswich in 1650. By wife Sarah he had Elizabeth (married Thomas Prince), Edward, b. 1650 (married Hasell), Andrew b. 1659, Ann b. 1661, Joseph b. 1668, Sarah b. 1670 died 1672, Benjamin b. 1671. Probably this family was perpet. next generation at Salem. Administration of his estate was given to his widow and son Edward.

Edward bought all the real estate owned by Robert Dutch on Planter's
neck, and was the first permanent settler in that part of the town. He undoubtedly resided and did business at Squam point. He had several sons and daughters, and his descendants were quite numerous. Jonathan removed in early life to Salem, and in the Revolutionary War was lieutenant of the "Tyrannicide," and afterward commanded a privateer.

Sources: History of the Town and City of Gloucester, Massachusetts,
Pages 38, 45, Author: James R. Pringle, Call Number: F74.G5P7.
Topographical Dictionary of New England, Emigrants from England to
New England, Pages 171-2.
The First Settlers of New England, Surnames, Page 135.
Guide to the Early Settlers of America, Page 237.
Ancestral Heads of New England Families, Page 108.
Pioneers of Massachusetts, Page 213.

See how he comes from a different area of England also?

Edward married Haskell, Sarah Abt 1647, Gloucester, Essex Co, MA, USA. Sarah was born Abt 1630, Gloucester, Essex Co, MA, New England; died 1699. [Group Sheet]

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Notes:

This Richard Harnden is often accredited with being the father of the earliest known North American Harnden family lines.

Richard spent most of his life in Reading, Mass. However, for some years after his marriage, he is believed to have been living in Boston. By 1682 he was certainly back in Reading. According to newspaper articles in Wilmington, Massachusetts. He spent some time in Rhode Island giving greater creedance to the fact that Benjamin Hearnden and John Harndel were close relatives to our lines.

At one time Richard Harnden owned land from the Ipswich River at Jenkin's Bridge running north along Lubbers brook and what is now Woburn Street to Nod. (Jenkin's bridge is over the Ipswich River at Laurens Carter crossing - Woburn St. - Wilmington).

Richard took the Freeman's Oath on 18 April 1691.

This is an interesting source. I don't know where it actually belongs or if it even relates to our family. But, there seems to be a close relationship to the name and dates of our Richard.

The following is from The Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire:

Capt. Richard(9), Black Point, Scarboro, the Ind. killer, pilot and military leader. Aged 31 in Aug. 1676. Poss. going to Scarb. when his mo. remar, he began in Philip's War the service which contin. until death 6 Oct. 1703, when he and his men from Black Point garri. were cut off by the Ind. Called Corp. in Aug. 1677, Ensign 1680, com. Lieut. by Andros 2 July 1687, signed as Capt. 24 June 1693. App. a fisherman early, he was at a Marblehead stage from Black Point in 1672, and m. a York girl (Ct. 31 Mar. 1674) Elizabeth Stover (Sylvester), of famous ancestry thru her mo. Elizabeth (Norton). All records of him are at Scarb. until 1690, except witn. Mar. 1680-1 at York, where his w. prob. was liv.; she depos. in June 1737, Â84, bet. 40 and 50 yrs. since liv. with her husb. Hunnewell in a stone ho. of Geo. Norton's; depos. again 8 Aug. 1738, Â85, ab. 64 yrs. past liv. in Scarb. He was contin. as Constable at Scarb. 1680; Gr. j. 1683, 1687-8, 1696; Selectm. 1685, 1686, 1688; Comr. Scarb. 1688. Lists 83, 236, 237ab, 238a, 32, 34, 35, 36, 37, 96. In 1690 at Saco Riv. he was shot thru the thigh. In 1692, late of Winter Harb. or Black Point, he deeded fa.'s est. to br. John, and ack. deed in Salis., his fam. there in 1693. Of York, a good pilot, ready for service, Aug. 1695; there in Mar. 1696-7 he ptn. for relief, wounded several times in arms and incap. of servile labor. Bet. 5 Sept.Â-14 Oct. 1700 he was at Scarb. witn. possession to Mr. Vaughan; app. liv. there 20 Nov. 1702, and drove cattle eastward by Wells on Sunday in Jan. 1702-3. As wid. Elizabeth H., she was pd. in Mar. 1703-4 for a steer, and for disbursem. by her husb. in bldg. the fort; m. 2d Jeremiah Walford, 3d 1733-34 Capt. John Downing(2). Ch: Roger, b. Â1675, bp. at Salis. with two foll. 15 Oct. 1693. John, pd. July 1703 for 1150 lbs. beef furnished at Casco; served under Capt. Harraden in expdn. to Bay of Fundy Apr.Â-Aug. 1704. Elizabeth, m. by 1702 Capt. Benj. Hammond of Rochester, Mass. In 1730-1 she ptn. as Capt. Rich. H.'s dau. 8 ch., incl. Israel and Roger. Patience, m. 29 Sept. 1696 John Hathaway of Dartmouth. 10 ch. incl. Richard and Hunnewell. Their fa. and mo. Walford deeded to two sons-in-law 1 June 1722. See (4), (8).

It should be noted that this excerpt may actually pertain to a member of the Harraden family, but I'm not sure.

Richard married Andrews, Mary 24 Oct 1666, Reading (Lynn), Middlesex, MA. Mary was born 1649; died , Reading (Lynn), Middlesex, MA. [Group Sheet]

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Mary — Bemis. [Group Sheet]

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Sarah — Winship. [Group Sheet]

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Susanna — Beers. [Group Sheet]

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Joseph — Ward, Joanna. [Group Sheet]

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Benjamin married Wells, Lydia Abt 1676, Providence, Providence, RI, New England. Lydia died 14 Jun 1710, Providence, Providence, RI, New England. [Group Sheet]

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Alice married Brown, Daniel 25 Dec 1669, Providence, RI, New England. Daniel died 29 Sep 1710. [Group Sheet]

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Joseph married Tillinghast, Sarah 1671. [Group Sheet]

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Sarah married Whipple, David 15 May 1675, Providence, RI, USA. David was born 1656; died Dec 1710. [Group Sheet]

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Mary married Edmonds, Andrew 14 Oct 1675, Providence, RI, USA. Andrew was born 1639; died 13 Aug 1695, Swansea, MA. [Group Sheet]

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William — Deliverance. [Group Sheet]

William married Esther Abt 1680, RI, USA; divorced Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

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Isaac2 Harrington (Benjamin1) was born probably at Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island in the 1660s and died at Norwich, New London County, Connecticut in 1727. He married Sarah, who died at Norwich in 1744. Soon after selling his home place back to his mother, Isaac bought 50 acres eight miles outside of Providence on the southern side of Westquadomsett Brook, near the Pawtucket River from Rebecca Whipple. Later, on 31 March 1696, he sold 50 acres of this plot with a house to Samuel Wilkinson. (EPR, XIV:271). Apparently, Isaac had settled near his older brother in the Westquadomsett section and probably went on to Norwich, Connecticut in 1696. He was a weaver by trade and Norwich may have afforded him greater economic opportunities.

On 7 January 1724 in Providence, the following was witnessed, etc.: "Isaac Hearnden of Norwich, CT., yeoman, ...to Robert Currie of Providence... all my right of and to the Commonage 7 undivided lands... which appertaineth to me by the last will... of my father Benjamin Hernden and again repeated & confirmed by a deed made unto me by my Honored deceased mother." Isaac made his will 3 September 1727 and it was proved 16 August 1728. It reads as follows:

"Will of Isaac Herington of Norwich, New London Co., Conn."

"Dated 3 Sept 1727."

"Isaac, very sick & weak in body but of perfect mind & memory, etc... Debts and funeral charges to be paid by the Executrix... Bequeathes to Sarah, dearly beloved wife, my Dwelling hous or housing in sd Norwich and Ten Acres of Land Where ye sd hous stands to be laide in such form as She my sd Wife so causes With all ye privilegs thereon or thereunto belonging to be hur own for Ever and at hur own Disposing And allso I give unto my sd wife all my moveable Estate Both Within Doars and Without to be hur own for Ever and at hur own Dispos - and the improvement of Sum of my other Lands During life as hereafter Exprest..."
"to my Grandaughter - Unis Bennett - my daughter Sarah dcd-s youngest Daughter fourty shillings mony to be paid by my Executorix heareafter named When She arives to ye age at Eightene years..."
"Appoints well beloved wife Sarah Sole Executorix"
Isaac signed his mark to this document and it was witnessed by John Bennett, Josiah Harrington, and John Crery. (New London County Wills, 6:3-4)

Isaac married Sarah Abt 1686, Providence, RI, New England. [Group Sheet]

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John married Cranston, Lydia 28 Mar 1687, Providence, RI, New England. [Group Sheet]

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Thomas married Hannah 1685. [Group Sheet]

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aka Harndel

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Rebeccah was actually the daughter of John's wife Rebeccah. Her father was actually Richard Maxson. It would seem John adopted her or at least raised her as his own. She also had a brother named John Maxson. This John Maxson married a Mary Mosher. Mary was the sister of Hugh Mosher.

Rebeccah married Moshier, Hugh 1644. [Group Sheet]

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Mary married Stanton, Capt. John 1667. John was born Aug 1645. [Group Sheet]

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Elizabeth married Prince, Thomas Jr 27 Sep 1676, Gloucester, Essex Co, MA, USA. Thomas was born 24 Dec 1650, Gloucester, Essex Co, MA, New England; died 11 Jan 1705. [Group Sheet]

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HARRADEN, HARRADIN, or HARRENDINE, BENJAMIN, Gloucester, youngest s. of the first Edward, m. 15 Jan. 1696, Deborah Norwood, d. 3 Feb. 1725, leav. s. Caleb, Joseph, and Ebenezer, but had others wh. d. young. EDWARD, Gloucester 1658, may have been of Ipswich in 1651, by w. Sarah had Andrew, b. 13 Jan. 1659; Ann, 2 Mar. 1661; John, 1663; Thomas, 1665; Joseph, 18 Aug. 1668; Sarah, 30 July 1670, d. at two yrs.; and Benjamin, 11 Sept. 1671. He d. 17 May 1683, and his wid. d. 4 Mar. 1691. EDWARD, Gloucester, s. of the preced. m. 5 Feb. 1684, Sarah, d. of the first William Haskell, and sec. w. in 1693, Hannah York; by the two hav. eighteen ch. not nam. in Babson. JOHN, Gloucester, br. of the preced. m. Sarah Giddings of Ipswich, whose f. is not kn. had sev. ch. of wh. Andrew alone is nam. by Babson, as d. one mo. aft. his f. and his w. d. a. two yrs. bef. her h. wh. d. 11 Nov. 1724. JOSEPH, Gloucester, br. of the preced. had two ws. but ch. is not ment. and he d. 10 May 1716. Prob. this fam. was perpet. in the next generat. at Salem. A doctor H. there in 1689 is ment. by Felt.