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Elizabeth — Knyvett, Henry. Henry (son of Knyvett, H. and Pickering, Ann) was born 1539, England; died 11 May 1587, England. [Group Sheet]

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Elizabeth married Clinton, Thomas 21 Sep 1594, England. Thomas (son of Clinton, Earl and Hastings, Catherine) was born 1568, England; died 15 Jan 1618, England. [Group Sheet]

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Anne married Harrington, John James 1613, St. Botolph's Parish, London, London, England. John (son of Harrington, Sir Knight John and Rogers, Mary Elizabeth) was born 1584, Bath (Englbell), Somerset, England; died 25 Dec 1630, Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, America; was buried 1630, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. [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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• Baptism: 1624, Bath, Somerset, England, United Kingdom
• 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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Abraham married Cutter, Rebecca 1649/1650, Cambridge, MA, New England. Rebecca died 1697, Cambridge, MA, New England. [Group Sheet]

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Notes:

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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Notes:

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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