Hi Andrew,
If you just downloaded and read The
Harnden Encyclopedia currently on The
Harnden Family Site, you are missing something. As the one currently posted up there is a Preliminary Draft of the First Edition from a little over 2 years ago. The completed first edition was given out during our first North American
Harnden Reunion in Aug. 2007, in Wilmington, Mass. Since, then we’ve had large discussions pertaining to the early Canadian Migration. For years the family has relied on ‘The
Harnden Family Tree Book’ written in Canada in the 1980’s. About a year ago, we had some in depth discussions about the incongruities in it.
1. I find it arrogant and presumptuous to exclude William from the family tree. He was mentioned by our elders, and about 10 generations have been documented in regards to him. Now, I can’t say for certain that William was the twin of Sarah, but this is the way our elders have documented it. There were several Williams in the family at this same period in history, so it is possible that he is confused with one of the others. But, you will find that about 62 of the current
Harnden researchers are descended from him. And, I think at least one of them would have argued his place in history if they had an issue with it. I do find it interesting though that Ziba had a documented son named William supposedly born in 1814, but it’s documented that he married a Julia. After further review of the databases, I see that this William (1780) that didn’t exist, was YOUR direct ancestor. If he didn’t exist, I guess you’re not a
Harnden?
In your post you say Sarah was the daughter of William I assume you meant she was the daughter of Samuel?
Ziba married a woman named Mary born in 1782 as far as I can tell, because she was living with son Orbin according to the Census records of 1851. I’ve never held to the legend that Ziba married his Niece. I think it’s possible she lived with him to assist with the household though. As far as Pettibone’s Birth date I’ve seen 2 dates for her one is 10 Jun 1818 and the other is 17 Oct 1817. I site 3 individual sources for the dates; Jean Carmean, Glenna Reshikoff and Mary Chung.
2. What do you base the 1808 date on? The earliest records I’ve found on the
Harnden family in Canada is around 1812. Through military service and land records:
Joshua
Harnden served in 1812 in The First Regiment Northumberland Militia.
The next earliest records to be found on the family are from 1813. All of our family members served in The First Regiment Northumberland Militia of Canada.
Private Luther
Harnden served as early as May 25, 1813.
Corporal Zaddock J. Harnden served as early as July 25, 1813.
These other family members served as early as October 8, 1813:
Harnden
EddyZiba
HarndenJoshua Russ
On the other side of the border during 1812/13. Orbin (1785) was serving as a Private in the 23rd Regiment (Cook's),
New York Militia.
"Samuel (1751) is given credit as the patriarch of the Canadian lines."
So, by 1813 the following members of the family were in Canada.
Joshua
Harnden (1771) (Samuel's brother)
Luther
Harnden (1782) (Samuel's son)
Zaddock J. Harnden (1779) (Samuel's son)
Ziba
Harnden (1778) (Samuel's son)
Harnden
Eddy (1796) (Allen Eddy's son, his mother was a female
Harnden believed to be fathered by Samuel, she was born in 1776 and died in 1807, there is no known first name for her)
The next wave of immigrants would probably have been Pliny (1793) (Samuel's Nephew through his brother John) and Orbin (1785) (Samuel's son) this happened around 1820.
Pliny (1793) settled in Clarke, Durham County, Ontario, Canada.
Orbin (1785) settled in Sidney, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada.
According to land records Zaddock J. Harnden (1779) and Ziba
Harnden (1778) puchased their land in
Haldimand, Northumberland, Ontario, Canada in 1826.
I think I have all of Ziba’s children born around 1814 on being born in Canada.
3. You’re confusing the Orbin Harndens you can see a large discussion on this on the family site:
http://www.myfamily.com/exec?c=content&htx=view&site...and
http://www.myfamily.com/exec?c=content&htx=view&site...3.Yes, Orbin (1806 son of Ziba) would be the grandson of Samuel. He married Ellen McMann (1825) and their first child was born in ABT 1845. Orbin (1785 son of Samuel) married Esther (1788) and I don’t find any “proven” children for them.
If you want to track the
Harnden Canadians you can’t start with Samuel you have to start with his father Jonathan.
Here are a few of the migration generations as I have them right now:
1. SGT Jonathan
Harnden was born 15 May 1733 in Wilmington, Middlesex,
Massachusetts. He died 30 Jul 1813 in
Granville,
Washington,
New York and was buried in Lee-Oatman Cemetery, S. Granville,
Washington,
New York.
In Lee-Oatman Cemetery, South
Granville,
Washington,
New York, there is an unmarked grave at the side of Jonathan's grave which is thought to be his wife's grave.
As a young man, he moved to the vicinity of Hebron and Salem,
Connecticut with his parents and siblings. He was a soldier in the French and Indian War.
He served with the
Connecticut Militia that invaded Canada in 1755.
He was in Capt. Isreal Putnam's company in the campaign against the French around Lake George, Fort Edward, Fort Ticonderoga and at Crown Point. He was at Quebec in 1760 under command of Isreal Putnam.
He was also a soldier in the Revolutionary War. He saw active service as Sergeant of his company, on the march to West Chester following the "Lexington Alarm" and in the campaigns around
New York City in 1776. In these campaigns he served as Sergeant in the 5th Company, Captain Ephraim Warren, Lieutenant David Waters, 11th Regiment, Colonel Ebinezer Williams of Pomfret, Conn. Lieutenant Colonel Isreal Putnam of Pomfret, 3rd Brigadier General Gordon Saltonstall (Succeeded by Brigadier General John Tyler)
Connecticut Militia.
He was a Sergeant in one of the celebrated
Connecticut Regiments that won distinction under General Benedict Arnold at the battle of Saratoga in 1777.
After having seen Northeastern
New York during the campaigns, both in the French and Indian Wars and in the Revolutionary War, he moved to that locality in 1779, taking advantage of the "Land Grant" to Revolutionary Soldiers.
He was one of the seven original settlers at
Granville, Washington Co, (Charlotte Co. first)
New York, in 1779. He built conaucted (spelled like it is in letter.) a hotel with a large hall connected with it at
Granville. (The hotel burned down in 1930).
Jonathan owned this dance hall in
Granville,
Washington,
New York according to the Harnden/Edgecomb Manuscript.
Originally John S. Harnden, Jonathan's son supposedly died by drowning in the Niagara River according to family legend. This was suppose to have happened about 1812. However, John S. is found in
Vermont until 1830. Given the fact that Jonathan died in 1813, I suggest it was probably he who died by drowning.
Jonathan married Phebe [scrapbook].
Daniel Thomas
Harnden is the person that finally put a name to this woman, but I don't know what his source for this information is.
Jonathan and Phebe had the following children:
+ 2 M i CPT Samuel
Harnden was born 28 Jun 1751 and died after 1820.
+ 3 M ii John S. HARNDEN was born 30 Mar 1755 and died 1812.
+ 4 F iii
Harriet (Elizabeth)
Harnden was born 1760 and died 11 May 1846.
+ 5 M iv William
Harnden was born 1766.
+ 6 M v Joshua
Harnden was born 1771 and died 6 Dec 1822.
+ 7 M vi Orpha
Harnden was born 1772.
8 F vii Lovicy (Levicy)
Harnden.
Lovicy married DRAPER.
2. CPT Samuel
Harnden [scrapbook] (Jonathan ) was born 28 Jun 1751 in Wilmington, Middlesex,
Massachusetts. He died after 1820 in
Granville,
Washington,
New York.
Samuel resided in
Granville,
New York as well as Wells, Danby Corners and Warrenburg, VT.
He was a soldier in the Revolutionary War in Colonel John
Williams regiment.
The following is from:
Military minutes of the Council of Appointment of the State of
New York, 1783-1821 Vol. 1 & 2
Samuel
Harnden Sr. (1751)
1786 Ensign, Lieut. Col. Commandant Adam Martin’s Regiiment, Washington Co., NY
1789 Vice Captain, Colonel Adam Martin’s Regiment
1793 Captain, Light Infantry, Lieut. Colonel Commandant John Buck’s regiment
Johanna and Samuel married in Nathan Draper's home.
Samuel is given credit as the patriarch of the Canadian lines.
The following is from the
Harnden family tree book written in Canada in the 1980's:
'Samuel
Harnden the accredited root of our ever bearing family tree, married Johanna Draper on Feb. 15, 1776, in her home town of Killingly, Windham Co., Connecticut. Although there are no given dates, Samuel fathered two other sons, William and Orbin.
Family legend indicates that Samuel's progeny remained loyal to Britain long after the American War of Independence. Some Harndens helped protect our Canadian sovereignty during the War (1812-1814).
Already Zadock had settled in Ontario where he had died at over Ninety years of age.
A generation later, three sons of William migrated to Canada. Reportedly they came in their own barge via the Erie Canal which was completed by 1825. In time their two uncles, Orbin and Ziba, arrived to join the clan.'
It should be noted that the family actually fought each other on both sides of the War of 1812.
Samuel married Johanna DRAPER [scrapbook], daughter of Nathan DRAPER and Johanna ROBERTS (ROBARDS), on 15 Feb 1776 in Killingly, Windham,
Connecticut. Johanna was born 2 Apr 1756 in Killingly, Windham,
Connecticut.
Email received Sept. 9, 1998 from Barbara Spain,
BLBSJOS@aol.comJoyce: I received your e-mail about the Drapers, specifically, your Gideon,
and his parents, Nathan and Joanna Robards. Yes, Nathan and Joanna are my
ancestors, too. My descent is through their daughter, Joanna, who married
Samuel
Harnden.
I find it interesting that you used the spelling "Robards." I have seen that
used a couple times, but I have usually seen it spelled "Roberts." Do you
have reason to believe the name was actually "Robards?" Probably most
research we would do would list the two spellings as one family; but one never
knows for sure.
You say that you have a Nathan and a Nathan Jr. in the 1790 Census for
Washington Co., NY and you wonder if this is the Nathan who married Joanna. I
am almost certain that it is. I, too, have seen that Census, and almost all
the Drapers were in NY at that time, as was Samuel
Harnden, who my Joanna
married. You probably noticed, as I did, that in 1790, James, Nathan, and
Nathan, Jr., were all living in a row, with Nathaniel a few houses away and
Samuel
Harnden a few houses away from the Drapers. Jonathan
Harnden was
there, too. I'm not sure how Jonathan was related to my Samuel.
Another interesting piece of information is that Nathaniel Draper, son of
Nathan and Joanna, married a Hannah Roberts in 1779. She was probably related to Joanna in some way, besides the fact that Hannah was Joanna's daughter-in-law.
You ask if I can shed any light on death dates for Nathan and Joanna.
Unfortunately, I cannot. I do know that they were married on 18 January, 1748
in Killingly, CT. But their death dates and places are unknown to me.
You say your Gideon died in Union Co., Ohio. Was he buried there as well? I have recorded that Gideon, Nathan, Jr., and Ruben, all served in the Dutchess County, NY, Militia, and that their brother John served in the Albany County,
Ny, Militia. Perhaps that is something you can add to your records.
I was glad to hear from you, and I hope we can stay in touch by e-mail.
Barbara Spain
Samuel and Johanna had the following children:
+ 9 F i
Harnden was born 1776 and died 1807.
+ 10 M ii Ziba
Harnden was born 9 Feb 1778 and died 7 Dec 1835.
+ 11 M iii Zadock J. HARNDEN was born 22 May 1779 and died 17 Dec 1871.
+ 12 F iv Sarah
Harnden was born 19 Sep 1780 and died 21 May 1849.
+ 13 M v William
Harnden was born 19 Sep 1780.
+ 14 M vi Luther
Harnden was born 17 Nov 1782 and died 24 May 1876.
15 M vii Orbin (Urban) Robert
Harnden was born 1785 in
New York.
There used to be a Reuben (Erben)
Harnden born 1786 in
New York listed as the son of Samuel. We believe this is the same person.
Some people have listed an alternative name for this man as Harvey. I don't know where that comes from. Robert does make some sense, but Harvey doesn't really work.
Orbin was in the War of 1812:
He served as a Pvt. in the 23 Regiment (Cook's),
New York Militia
Orbin married Esther. Esther was born 1788.
+ 16 M viii Simon
Harnden was born 20 Apr 1788 and died 21 Jul 1826.
+ 17 M ix Samuel
Harnden Jr. was born 20 Apr 1790 and died 30 Nov 1873.
3. John S. HARNDEN (Jonathan ) was born 30 Mar 1755 in Windham,
Connecticut. He died 1812.
It should be noted that there are records of a Barichiah, John, Jonathan and Samuel residing in
Granville, Charlotte County, VT in 1781 according to the VT Early Census Index. They are all on page 34 of that Census. John may prove to be the father of some of the lines in VT and New Hampshire.
John married (1) Elizabeth. Elizabeth was born 1776 in
Massachusetts.
They had the following children:
+ 18 M i Hosea Barrachiah
Harnden was born 12 Feb 1782 and died 24 Jan 1854.
+ 19 M ii Pliny
Harnden was born 1793 and died 1872.
+ 20 M iii Benjamin
Harnden was born 1796.
+ 21 M iv Samuel
Harnden was born about 1800.
+ 22 M v James
Harnden was born 1802 and died 1870.
+ 23 M vi Eli
Harnden was born 1808.
John also married (2) Isabella
CRON. Isabella was born 1780 in Annan, Dumfrieshire, Scotland. She died 1813 in Ontario, Canada.
Letter from Stella E. Asling Riis to Florence Huff Haggerty, 4 October, 1946: Mary [Galbraith] received a grant of lot No. I in the 3rd. Con. of Blenheim as the daughter of James
CRON, a United Empire Loyalist.
James Cron's younger daughter Isabella, married John
Harnden. Mr. Harnden was a widower and had a son Plyn who was about twelve years of age at the time of his father's second marriage. Isabella told her stepson about their home in Scotland, and to Plyn we are indebted for the facts regarding the Crons - we who are descended from Isabella Cron; for my grandmother Mary, who was daughter of Isabella
CRON and her husband John
Harnden, married John
Morrow, and he is the ancestor you are wanting to know about. So I will tell you first about the Crons. Their home was Greenfield-Kirkpatrick-Fleming, two miles from Annan in the south of Scotland, not far from Gretna Green, famous for run-away marriages. Isabella
CRON like her sister Mary received a grant of two hundred acres, as the daughter of James
CRON, in Markham, and that is where Grandma
Morrow was born in the year 1813 [probably 1812]. When she was two weeks old her mother, [Isabella]
CRON Harnden, was holding her little daughter on her lap when news came that her husband had been drowned while carrying dispatches across the Niagara River. She fainted, fell forward into the fireplace [and] was burned to death. So little Mary was left an orphan at two weeks. She had a brother John who was a little older than she.
John and Isabella had the following children:
+ 24 F vii Mary Ann
Harnden was born 1812 and died 13 Feb 1886.
4. Harriet (Elizabeth)
Harnden (Jonathan ) was born 1760 in
Connecticut. She died 11 May 1846 in
Haldimand, Northumberland, Ontario, Canada.
Harriet married Nathan (Nathaniel) BRADLEY, son of George BRADLEY and Susannah PIERCE, about 1777 in
New York. Nathan was born Jul 1754 in Abington, Plymouth, MA. He died 1833 in
Haldimand, Northumberland, Ontario, Canada.
The Mass. birth records for Nathan list his birth date as July 33, 1754, so it's anyone's guess what the correct day is in July of that year.
Almost all of the Bradley lines written here come through the kindness of Linda Ueland. She sent me a very nice workbook on the Bradley family, and I transcribed a lot of it.
Additional Notes on Nathan's family are from Rosemary Channel via Linda:
Elizabeth Harden\Harnden
Source for Death: "Bradley Hollow" old church records.
Nathan Bradley - Elizabeth Harden\Harnden
"Biographical and Portrait Cyclopedia of Niagra County,
New York" Page 519, as quoted by great-grandson "The family is of English Extraction. Nathan Bradley was a native of
Connecticut and died in Canada at an advanced age."
Eddystone Church records: "Nathan and Elizabeth Bradley in the early part of the last one ___ being early in the present century moved from the states around the head of Lake Ontario, with his family in a wagon and driving his flock following the lake shore around ___ woods. And was three weeks on his journey. He settled a few miles north of his church (Eddystone) with is wife and family. They joined the church in 1802 (United) in February, age 46 and became a member. His son, William, a deacon, was one of his married sons. G. S. Bradley is a great-grandson. Mrs. Floyd, a gg grand-daughter, heirs ___ in her children, they are now members of the Sabbath school six generations in one century. Still there is but few living names on the church records. Gone, gone to be with their Lord in that beautiful land of the west."
Tradition has it that Nathan and Elizabeth Bradley came from
Illinois with first born William. They were burned out by Indians and they crossed the river carrying their young son in their arms as they waded across. They probably settled for a time in Niagra Co., NY.
Nathan and
Harriet had the following children:
+ 25 M i William
Harnden BRADLEY was born 16 May 1778 and died 7 Dec 1861.
26 F ii Cynthia BRADLEY was born about 1780 in
New York.
+ 27 M iii Lemuel H. BRADLEY was born 1782 and died 6 Jun 1865.
+ 28 M iv Oliver N. BRADLEY was born about 1784.
+ 29 F v Susanna BRADLEY was born about 1786.
+ 30 F vi Hannah (Henna) BRADLEY was born 1790.
+ 31 F vii Mary (
Polly) BRADLEY was born 4 Jun 1791 and died 9 Apr 1862.
+ 32 M viii Hamilton (Jonathan) BRADLEY was born 1795.
33 M ix Nathan BRADLEY was born 1800 in
Haldimand, Northumberland, Ontario, Canada.
Nathan married
Polly BROWN.
+ 34 M x Hiram H. BRADLEY was born 1804.
+ 35 M xi Sylvanus BRADLEY was born 22 Apr 1807 and died 23 Jun 1872.
36 M xii George K. BRADLEY was born about 1811 in
Haldimand, Northumberland, Ontario, Canada.
George married Patty MOORE.
5. William
Harnden (Jonathan ) was born 1766 in
Connecticut.
William married Elizabeth. Elizabeth was born 1766 in
Massachusetts.
They had the following children:
+ 37 M i William Harvey
Harnden was born 1795.
+ 38 M ii
Washington F. HARNDEN was born 1810.
6. Joshua
Harnden (Jonathan ) was born 1771 in Hebron, Windham,
Connecticut. He died 6 Dec 1822 in
Granville,
Washington,
New York and was buried in Lee-Oatman Cemetery, S. Granville,
Washington,
New York.
Military minutes of the Council of Appointment of the State of
New York, 1783-1821 Vol. 1 & 2.
Joshua
Harnden (1771)
1806 Adjutant, 1st Battalion 4th Regiment, Rensselaer Co., NY
1811 Paymaster, 4th Regiment of Artillery, 2nd Brigade, Rensselaer Co., NY
1814 Paymaster, 154th Regiment of Infantry, Washington Co., NY
1816 Quatermaster, 154th Regiment of Infantry, Washington Co., NY
Joshua married Lefa (Lesa) PIDGE, daughter of John PIDGE, on 9 Aug 1795 in
Granville,
Washington,
New York. Lefa was born 31 Dec 1771 in Rhode Island. She died 31 Aug 1851 in
Granville,
New York.
They had the following children:
39 F i Lovicy (Levicy)
Harnden was born 24 May 1796 in Windham,
Connecticut. She died Jan 1872 in
Granville,
Washington,
New York.
Lovicy married (1) John WHEDON on 25 Jul 1815. John was born 30 Jul 1798. He died before 1822.
Lovicy also married (2) General William COVELL on 3 Jan 1828. William was born 26 Feb 1783 in Westfield,
Washington,
New York. He died 4 Sep 1843 in South Hartford, ,
New York.
40 F ii Mary (
Polly)
Harnden was born 30 Jul 1798 in
New York. She died 25 Aug 1889.
41 F iii Filora (Phylora)
Harnden was born 26 Mar 1800. She died 9 Jan 1889 in
Barrington, ,
Illinois.
Filora married (1) Samuel WHEDON on 15 Feb 1821 in
Granville,
Washington,
New York. Samuel was born 24 Jun 1799 in West Paulet,
Vermont. He died 10 Jun 1880 in
Barrington,
Illinois.
Filora also married (2) SCOVILL.
42 M iv Infant
Harnden was born 19 May 1802. He died 22 May 1802.
43 M v Jonathan
Harnden was born 18 May 1803. He died 28 Jan 1804 and was buried in Lee-Oatman Cemetery, S. Granville,
Washington,
New York.
+ 44 F vi Laura Cecilia
Harnden was born 22 May 1805 and died 27 Mar 1892.
+ 45 M vii Joshua Streeter
Harnden was born 16 Mar 1807 and died 27 Feb 1893.
46 M viii George
Harnden was born 23 Jan 1809 in
New York. He died 19 Oct 1814 and was buried in Lee-Oatman Cemetery, S. Granville,
Washington,
New York.
47 M ix Harvey
Harnden was born 24 Jul 1815 in
New York. He died 9 Aug 1830 and was buried in Lee-Oatman Cemetery, S. Granville,
Washington,
New York.
+ 48 F x
Harriet Harnden was born 24 Jul 1815 and died 16 Feb 1894.
7. Orpha
Harnden (Jonathan ) was born 1772 in
Connecticut.
He had the following children:
49 F i Mary
Harnden was born 1799 in
New York.
9. HARNDEN (Samuel , Jonathan ) was born 1776. She died 1807.
HARNDEN married Allen
Eddy, son of William
Eddy and Elizabeth SMITH. Allen was born 16 Oct 1773 in Scituate, RI. He died Feb 1835.
They had the following children:
50 M i
Harnden Eddy was born Jul 1796. He died 23 Sep 1881 in Eddystone, Ontario, CAN and was buried in Eddystone Cemetery Near Graffton, Ontario, Canada.
Harnden
Eddy, b. about 1796, perhaps in RI; died at the age of 82 or 83 years; m. Nancy
Purdy. When he was about seven years of age his family left New England and went to
New York State and then later to
Haldimand, Ontario, where he married. He lived in Eddystone, Ontario, a town seven miles from Grafton where he was a deacon in the church.
[Eddy Family In America; page 399]
Harnden was a veteran of the War of 1812 (Canadian Side)
Muster Roll and pay list of the 1st Regiment of the Northumberland militia; October 8-13, 1813
Private 42
Eddy,
HarndenNo of days: 6
Amount of net pay sterling dollars: 0-3-0
Remarks: on command to Burlington
Harnden appears in the 1851, 1871 and 1881 Ontario Census Records.
Harnden is listed as applying in 1875 to participate in the gratuity voted by Parliament in 1875.
(Parliamentary Sessional Papers, 1876, No. 7, page 32)
He is also listed as a "Commissioner of Peace" December 13, 1858 in United Counties of Northumberland and Durham.(1803-1955)
http://www.trentu.ca/library/archives/84-020.htmAlso from the Trent Archives is a land transaction:
Eddy to
Eddy 1884 - S 1/2 of N 1/2 Lot 14 Conc. 5
Haldimand The Belden's 1878 Map Transcription shows:
EDDY, H. owned Lot 22, Conc., 3
Note you may come across the following person in your research it is not the same person:
Highland Cemetery, Highland Township, Oakland County, Michigan:
A. W. Eddy, served in the War of 1812 [Durant's Oakland County History gives the establishment of Highland Cemetery in 1849 and the first burial being that of Harden
Eddy.] This Harden
Eddy was the son of Allen W. EDDY, b. Mar. 23, 1793 in Rutland Co, VT; d. July 28, 1878 in Milford MI. His mother was Clorinda Castle...see p. 294 The
Eddy Family in America. Harden was b. June 17, 1831 and died Oct. 4, 1849.
Harnden married Nancy
Purdy, daughter of Benjamin Sr
Purdy and UNKNOWN, on 9 Apr 1815 in Eddystone, Ontario, CAN. Nancy was born 1 Jun 1797 in
New York. She died 6 Sep 1878 in Eddystone Cemetery, Eddystone, Ontario, CAN.
***Use Nancy's parental relationship with caution. A number of researchers are still trying to prove Nancy's parents.***
The IGI lists a Nancy
Purdy born 1797 in Westchester, NY daughter of Roger and Ann
Purdy. Another IGI listing shows a Nancy
Purdy born c. 1798 who married a "Harding"
Eddy. The book, "
Eddy Family in America" shows Harnden's wife as Nancy
Purdy, but no parents of Nancy are mentioned. Roger and Ann
Purdy as the parents is doubtful as this family was in Westchester after 1815. We know that a number of Purdy's from Westchester, NY went to Canada after the American Revolution. Nancy was born in 1797, the census notes she was born in the US. Harnden and his family went to Canada sometime between 1803 and 1815. A sister of Harnden's, Dorcas, married a Benjamin
Purdy, possibly a brother to Nancy. This Benjamin may be descended from Francis
Purdy through Joseph5, Obadiah and Phoebe Underhill4, Joseph3, Joseph2, Francis1. This Benjamin
Purdy and his wife, Dorcas
Eddy, shown in the 1871 census living with a Hiram and Nancy Brisbin (both born in 1830) - Nancy is probably their daughter. Was she named after Benjamin's sister Nancy? More recent information places Benjamin, b. 1792 as born in
Vermont.
A Joshua
Purdy is listed as an early settler of
Haldimand Twp. being granted land along with Bays
Eddy. A "Jos." and Caleb
Purdy are early grantees in Hamilton Twp. In the list of Residents in 1797 are listed Joseph
Purdy Lot 3 1st concession; Gilbert
Purdy Lot 4 1st concession; Gilbert
Purdy Lot 4 2nd concession; Joseph
Purdy, Jr. Lot 28 2nd concession [Taken from the Report of the Department of Public Records and Archives of Ontario 1930 and Report of the Department of Public Records and Archives of Ontario 1931. Taken from the original reports of Asa Danforth and Aaron Greeley June 17, 1797 and Sept 1, 1797.]
A Nancy P. Eddy is listed in Middlesex County,
Massachusetts Probate Index, 1871-1909 (Part A-K):
Eddy Nancy P. Providence R.I. 1879 Administration 3307
Judd Bacon believes that Nancy McLaren is the d. of Peter McLaren and Mercy?. A Peter McLaren b. c. 1750 married Mercy Buell (b. October 15, 1753 in Marlborough, Hartford Co, CT) and had at least one daughter, Mercy McLaren. Is Nancy McLaren another daughter? Mercy Buell's 2nd husband was Samuel Wright. They married in Montreal, Ontario, Canada on March 07, 1784. Mercy Buell had a brother William who was supposedly the founder of Brockville (Elizabethtown). (See: History of Leeds and Grenville Chapter XLIV page 181.) Brockville is located just across the St. Lawrence from Ogdensburg, St. Lawrence Co, NY where children of Mercy BUELL McLAREN and her second husband, Samuel WRIGHT are found. Samuel died there in 1815.
51 F ii Dorcas
Eddy was born 1799 in USA. She died 31 Mar 1876 in Eddystone, Ontario and was buried in Eddystone Cemetery.
Dorcas married Benjamin
Purdy, son of Benjamin Sr
Purdy and UNKNOWN, about 1823. Benjamin was born 1791 in USA. He died 17 Mar 1877 in Eddystone, Ontario and was buried in Eddystone Cemetery.
52 M iii Alfred
Eddy was born about 1803. He died 18 Feb 1807 in
Haldimand Twp, Northumberland County, Ontario.
10. Ziba
Harnden (Samuel , Jonathan ) was born 9 Feb 1778 in Pomfret, Windham,
Connecticut. He died 7 Dec 1835 in Halimand (Holdeman), Ontario, Canada and was buried in Fairview Cemetery, Grafton, Ontario.
The source for the following is Barbara Spain:
In 1997, Andrew Quackenbush sent Barbara Spain and Rose
Harnden a copy of Ziba's will as he read it from microfilm. He had some problem reading all of the words, it is typed here by Barbara, just as Andrew sent it to her. Andrew's source was "Wills of Northumberland County, cabinet 2, reel #547, Archives of Ontario, Toronto.
Ziba
Harnden Sr. Haldimand, District of Newcastle, yeoman
"In the name of God Amen. I Ziba
Harnden Senior, of the township of
Haldimand county of Northumberland and Province of Upper Canada Yeoman Being of sound and disposing mind and memory to make and ordain this my last will and testament in manner and form following that is to say first I wish that all my just debts funeral charges be paid and discharged by my executors herein after mentioned and named. I will and bequeath to my dear and beloved wife
Polly as long as she shall continue my widow the front end of lots no. sixteen and seventeen to the road leading three said conshion (?) cornering at the south east angles of lot no. sixteen in the first concession of
Haldimand then north sixteen degrees one hundred road to the (?) road then westwardly along the said road to the limits between lots no. seventeen and eighteen then south sixteen degrees last (?) to the Berr (?) line then north seventy (?) east to the (?) of Bisirsis and when she ceases to be my widow the above discribed land to be my son William
Harnden property to him his heirs and (?) forever and I give to my wife
Polly all the household furniture Goods and Chattels after paying my first debts to (?) of as she shall think best. 3. I give to my son Ziba
Harnden his heirs and (?) the east half north of the road of Lot No. seventeen in the first concession of
Haldimand. 4. I give to my son Orben
Harnden his heirs and (?) the west half north of the road of lot seventeen in the first concession of
Haldimand by his giving my daughter Amy one good cow and my daughter Betsey one good cow as soon as this will shall be in (?) and I bequeath to my son David
Harnden lot No. eighteen in the first concession of
Haldimand to him his heirs and (?) forever by his giving my daughter Rubey one good cow and my daughter
Polly one good cow and my daughter Hannah one good cow and my daughter Electey one good cow and my daughter Emeley one good cow and to maintain my father and mother in a good decent manner during their natural life and lastly I do make and aim and appoint Eliskiamn Barnham and James M. Rogers Esquire to be my executor to this my last will and testament in writing (?) whose (?) of I have her unto list (?) my hand and have affixed my seal at
Haldimand this first day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty one." In presence of Martin Delong, Barnard Botton, John Crony (signed ) Ziba
Harnden. Will was registered May 1, 1836, 9 a.m.
Ziba married (1) Mary. Mary was born 1782.
Mary is found living with her son Orbin in the 1851 Canadian Census.
Ziba and Mary had the following children:
53 F i Amy
Harnden was born about 1796 in
New York.
54 F ii Betsy
Harnden was born about 1798 in
New York.
55 M iii Ziba D. HARNDEN was born Bet 1800 - 1808 in
New York.
Ziba married Asenieth
Eddy, daughter of Bays Manchester
Eddy and Asenieth HONEYWELL, on 1826 in Ontario, Canada. Asenieth was born about 1806.
Ziba's marriage to Asenieth
Eddy is based on the work of Karin Corbeil. Many of the
Eddy lines were documented by her.
56 M iv Orbin
Harnden was born 1806 in
New York.
Orbin married Ellen MCMANN. Ellen was born 1825.
57 M v David
Harnden was born 1809 in
New York.
58 M vi William
Harnden was born 1814 in
New York.
William married Julia. Julia was born 1833 in
New York.
59 M vii James
Harnden [scrapbook] was born 24 Aug 1815 in Ontario, Canada. He died 13 Jan 1876 in Eddystone, Northumberland, Ontario, Canada and was buried 1876 in Eddystone Cemetery Near Graffton, Ontario, Canada.
Hello fellow
Harnden researchers:
James
Harnden, son of Ziba
Harnden, was living with his wife Olive Dewey up in
Haldimand, Ontario, where they had several children.
In the 1861 Census, James and Olive were not included in the
Haldimand Census, but Emma Richards and her new husband, Robert Boucher, were in a house and were taking care of James and Olive Harnden's six children, aged 14 down to 1. This must have been quite an undertaking for Emma, because she was only 15 years old herself!
Emma Richards Boucher's mother was Emily
Harnden, James Harnden's sister. Ziba was their father.
Anyway in 1861, James and Olive were away somewhere. By the 1871
Haldimand Census, James
Harnden is listed as "deaf and dumb."
My question is, do any of you know what happened to James to make the census taker list him this way? Was he away in 1861 because of some accident he suffered? Is that what caused him to be deaf and dumb, or did he have a stroke or something similar?
If any of you know the answer to this question, I'd greatly appreciate hearing from you. Actually, it would be nice to hear from any of you, anyway.
Barbara Spain
James married Olive DEWEY. Olive was born 26 Nov 1823. She died 2 Mar 1888.
Another death date was found for Olive that being 18 Apr 1863.
60 F viii Electa (Elizabeth)
Harnden was born 1817 in Canada. She died 31 Jan 1890 in Canada and was buried in Burial:
Harnden Cemetery: Raglan, Ontario, Canada.
Electa married John HOOKER Sr.. John was born 1813 in England. He died 13 May 1891 in Canada and was buried in
Harnden Cemetery: Raglan, Ontario Co..
61 F ix Emily
Harnden was born 9 Nov 1819 in Ontario, Canada. She died 28 Apr 1902 in Owasco,
New York and was buried in Owasco,
New York.
Emily married (1) Robert RICHARDS in Casteleton, Northumberland, Ontario, Canada. Robert was born 6 Feb 1805. He died 22 Feb 1851 and was buried in Wevertown Cemetery, Warren Co.,
New York.
Emily also married (2) Moses C. CUYKENDALL, son of Cornelius CUYKENDALL and Elizabeth CARTRIGHT, on 19 Jan 1852. Moses was born 29 Jan 1815. He died 6 Oct 1902.
62 F x Ruby
Harnden.
63 F xi
Polly (Mary)
Harnden.
64 F xii Hannah
Harnden was born 1828 in Whitby, Ontario, Canada. She died 19 Oct 1907 in Skaneateles, Onondaga,
New York and was buried 22 Oct 1907 in Owasco Rural Cemetery, Owasco,
Cayuga,
New York.
Hannah married Hugh James BLAIR. Hugh was born 1825. He died Feb 1876 in
New York.
Ziba also married (2) Mary (
Polly)
Harnden, daughter of William
Harnden. Mary was born 17 Oct 1817 in Holland, Erie,
New York. She died 18 Apr 1863 in Pomfret, Windham City,
Connecticut.
Mary (
Polly) was his niece.
11. Zadock J. HARNDEN [scrapbook] (Samuel , Jonathan ) was born 22 May 1779 in Pomfret, Windham,
Connecticut. He died 17 Dec 1871 in Salem, Ontario, Canada and was buried in Salem Cemetery, Salem, Ontario, Canada.
The following is a list of some of our
Harnden family members that served Canada during the War of 1812. You'll notice a lot of familiar names such as Drinkwater,
Eddy, Russ and of course
Harnden. These are the Canadian pay lists of the First Regiment Northumberland Militia:
Flank Companies of the First Regiment Northumberland Militia on Service in the year 1812
Private
Eddy, Allen 1812
Private
Harnden, Joshua 1812
Private Russ, James 1812
List of officers in the first Regiment of Northumberland Militia, according to seniority, 24th March 1813
Lieutenants
1.Roger Woolcut 2.Abraham Simmons 3.Elisha Jones 4. B.M. Eddys 5.John Grover 6.James Norris 7.Barnabas McKies 8.Joseph A. Keeler
Pay List for July 10, 1813
Private 23
Harnden, Luther May 25, 1813 June 24, 1813 31 6 0-15-6
Pay List for August 16, 1813
Corporal 3
Harnden, Zadock July 25 August 9 16 10 0-13-4 On command til the 9th inclusive
Pay List for October 18, 1813
Sergeant 02 Drinkwater, J.(?) October 8 October 13 6 0-8-0 on command to Burlington
Private 42
Eddy,
Harnden October 8 October 13 6 0-3-0 on command to Burlington
Private 64
Harnden, Ziba October 8 October 13 6 0-3-0 on command to
Burlington
Private 65
Harnden, Zadock October 8 October 13 6 0-3-0 on command to Burlington
Private 115 Russ, Joshua October 8 October 13 6 0-3-0 on command to
Burlington
Private 116 Russ, James October 8 October 13 6 0-3-0 on command to Burlington
I hereby certify upon honour that the true reasons are assigned in this pay list for the absence of those not present at the muster of my company and that those were actually present, or doing duty, or were sick for the period for which their pay is charged herein.
I further certify that the sum of thirty pounds, three shillings and nine pence farthing army pay, has been received by me, for the non-commissioned officers, drummers, fifers and private men of this company, as above stated.
Kingston, U.C. the 25th January, 1814
M. Peters, Lieutenant-Colonel
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Zadock married Aby (Abia) MILLINGTON [scrapbook], daughter of Samuel MILLINGTON and Christina (Chastina) THOMAS. Aby was born 17 Mar 1783 in Stafford, ,
Connecticut. She died 29 Apr 1860 in Salem, Ontario, Canada and was buried in Salem Cemetery, Salem, Ontario, Canada.
They had the following children:
65 F i Elizabeth (Betsy)
Harnden was born about 1797.
66 M ii Samuel
Harnden was born about 1802 in Johnsburg, Washington County, N.Y..
67 M iii David
Harnden [scrapbook] was born 9 Aug 1804 in Johnsburg, Washington County, N.Y.. He died 6 Jul 1854 in Twp. of Burford, Brant Co., Ontario, Canada.
David brought the family back to America in 1847.
The following is an easier to read version of David's death letter:
Canada, Burford July 6, 1854
Dianne
HarndenMadam
I am sorry to inform you of your husband's death, on the 5th ? he came into my house in the evening about 5 o'clock. Being on his way from his brother's at Percy Village to the west constant where the disceased said he lived.
Disceased said that he felt unwell and wished to stop a short time and get some feed for his colts. Disceased got still worse and I said he should have a doctor. Disceased said that he did not require a doctor expecting to recover in a short time, unto it was to late on account of the distance which I would have to send after.
The disceased departed this life about 3 o'clock on the morning of the 6th ?.
Disceased had got some money and a span of colts and I wish you to come or send after his property if you send you must send the power of attorney. I wish you to attend to it as soon as possible.
When you come to Detroit then take the Great Western Rail Road to Woodstock ? Nine miles East of that place in the Township of Burford on the Brantford Road.
Come with delay no more.
Yours Truely,
James Patterson Farmer
In Ref. to the place locations mentioned in the death letter. Our Canadian cousins offered the following:
From Mary Chung:
Percy village is now known as Warkworth. It is in Percy Twp of Northumberland County.
From Carol Teekens:
Burford township is in Brant County.
http://www.rootsweb.com/~onbrant/biosburf.htm See Ontario Gen Web for more info. Little town of Burford is between Woodstock and Brantford, Ontario.
David married (1) UNKNOWN [scrapbook]. UNKNOWN was born in
New York.
David also married (2) Diana CHURCHILL, daughter of Solomon CHURCHILL and Hannah, on 4 Jan 1828 in Pickering Twp., Canada. Diana was born 24 May 1812 in Canada. She died 19 Jul 1891 in Sheboygan Co., WI and was buried in Mt. Pleasant Cemetery.
She's buried in Mount Pleasant Cemetery under the name of Peterson- Lucy
Harnden married a Peterson also.
68 F iv Sarah (Sally)
Harnden.
69 F v Chestina
Harnden was born 1806 in
New York.
Chestina married M. Orville GILLET on 12 Jun.
70 F vi Joanna
Harnden.
71 M vii Zadock
Harnden Jr. was born 1805. He died 1880 and was buried in Salem Cemetery, Salem, Ontario, Canada.
Zadock married Sarah
Harnden on 26 May 1832 in Murray, Ontario, Canada. Sarah was born 1816. She died 9 Apr 1874 in Canada and was buried in Salem Cemetery, Salem, Ontario, Canada.
72 F viii Elizabeth
Harnden.
73 F ix Abby
Harnden was born 1812.
Abby married John GOULD, son of Isaac GOULD, on 26 May 1832 in Murry, Ontario, Canada. John was born 1808.
74 F x Sephronia
Harnden was born 17 Oct 1818 in Seymour, Ontario, Canada. She died 9 Apr 1905 in Haxton, Phillips, Colorado.
Sephronia married Orbin J. HARNDEN, son of William
Harnden, on 1836 in Ontario, Canada. Orbin was born 4 Jan 1818 in Johnsburg, Warren,
New York. He died 2 Aug 1893 in Wahoo, Saunders, Nebraska and was buried in Sunrise Cemetery.
Orbin is first found in the 1840 Census of
New York in Fallsburg, Sullivan Co. Then in 1860 in Warren Co., Ill census on their way to Nebraska from Ontario, Canada, and in 1870 in Saunders Co, Nebraska where he died.
INDEX TO MINUTES OF COMMON PLEAS
Warren County,
New York HARNDEN, URBAN 9/17 1829 page 282
75 F xi Mariah
Harnden.
76 F xii
Harriet Harnden.
12. Sarah
Harnden (Samuel , Jonathan ) was born 19 Sep 1780 in Pomfret, Windham,
Connecticut. She died 21 May 1849 in Port Byron,
Mentz,
Cayuga,
New York and was buried in (King Plot) Mount Pleasannt Cemetery, Porrt Byron,
New York.
Sarah married Maj. Amos SCOTT on 1796 to 1798 in Hebron,
Washington,
New York. Amos was born 1775 in Phillipsburg, Westchester,
New York. He died 1825 in Hebron,
Washington,
New York.
Amos belonged to McCleary's 50 Reg't,
New York Militia.
Amos and Sarah had the following children:
77 F i Laney SCOTT was born 14 Jan 1799. She died 30 Aug 1858 and was buried in Mt Pleasant Cemetary, Port Byron,
Cayuga Co., NY.
Laney married Richard KING Sr., son of Phillip KING and Hannah. Richard was born 8 Nov 1790 in Prob. Saratoga Co., NY. He died 4 Apr 1877 in Prob Cyuga Co., NY and was buried in Mt Pleasant Cemetary, Port Byron,
Cayuga Co., NY.
13. William
Harnden (Samuel , Jonathan ) was born 19 Sep 1780 in Pomfret, Windham,
Connecticut. He died in
New York?.
He had the following children:
78 M i Ebber
Harnden was born 1808.
79 M ii William
Harnden was born 29 May 1814 in Holland, Erie,
New York. He died 20 Dec 1890 in
Haldimand Twp., Northumberland, Ontario, Canada and was buried in Eddystone,
Haldimand Twp, Northumberland, Ontario, Canada.
William married (1) Margaret H. PETTIBONE, daughter of Harry PETTIBONE, on 28 Nov 1836 in
Haldimand Twp., Northumberland, Ontario, Canada. Margaret was born 10 Jun 1818 in
Haldimand, Ontario, Canada. She died 1 Aug 1855 in
Haldimand Twp., Northumberland, Ontario, Canada and was buried 4 Aug 1855 in Fairview Cemetery,
Haldimand Twp Onatario, Canada.
Another date of birth for Margaret has been listed as 17 Oct 1817 offered by Mary Chung.
William also married (2) Caroline CAMERON, daughter of Angus CAMERON and Unknown, on 15 Sep 1856 in
Haldimand Twp., Northumberland, Ontario, Canada. Caroline was born 20 Jun 1839 in
Haldimand Twp., Northumberland, Ontario, Canada. She died 19 May 1897 in
Haldimand Twp., Northumberland, Ontario, Canada and was buried in Eddystone,
Haldimand Twp, Northumberland, Ontario, Canada.
80 F iii Mary (
Polly)
Harnden was born 17 Oct 1817 in Holland, Erie,
New York. She died 18 Apr 1863 in Pomfret, Windham City,
Connecticut.
Mary (
Polly) was his niece.
Mary married Ziba
Harnden, son of CPT Samuel
Harnden and Johanna DRAPER. Ziba was born 9 Feb 1778 in Pomfret, Windham,
Connecticut. He died 7 Dec 1835 in Halimand (Holdeman), Ontario, Canada and was buried in Fairview Cemetery, Grafton, Ontario.
The source for the following is Barbara Spain:
In 1997, Andrew Quackenbush sent Barbara Spain and Rose
Harnden a copy of Ziba's will as he read it from microfilm. He had some problem reading all of the words, it is typed here by Barbara, just as Andrew sent it to her. Andrew's source was "Wills of Northumberland County, cabinet 2, reel #547, Archives of Ontario, Toronto.
Ziba
Harnden Sr. Haldimand, District of Newcastle, yeoman
"In the name of God Amen. I Ziba
Harnden Senior, of the township of
Haldimand county of Northumberland and Province of Upper Canada Yeoman Being of sound and disposing mind and memory to make and ordain this my last will and testament in manner and form following that is to say first I wish that all my just debts funeral charges be paid and discharged by my executors herein after mentioned and named. I will and bequeath to my dear and beloved wife
Polly as long as she shall continue my widow the front end of lots no. sixteen and seventeen to the road leading three said conshion (?) cornering at the south east angles of lot no. sixteen in the first concession of
Haldimand then north sixteen degrees one hundred road to the (?) road then westwardly along the said road to the limits between lots no. seventeen and eighteen then south sixteen degrees last (?) to the Berr (?) line then north seventy (?) east to the (?) of Bisirsis and when she ceases to be my widow the above discribed land to be my son William
Harnden property to him his heirs and (?) forever and I give to my wife
Polly all the household furniture Goods and Chattels after paying my first debts to (?) of as she shall think best. 3. I give to my son Ziba
Harnden his heirs and (?) the east half north of the road of Lot No. seventeen in the first concession of
Haldimand. 4. I give to my son Orben
Harnden his heirs and (?) the west half north of the road of lot seventeen in the first concession of
Haldimand by his giving my daughter Amy one good cow and my daughter Betsey one good cow as soon as this will shall be in (?) and I bequeath to my son David
Harnden lot No. eighteen in the first concession of
Haldimand to him his heirs and (?) forever by his giving my daughter Rubey one good cow and my daughter
Polly one good cow and my daughter Hannah one good cow and my daughter Electey one good cow and my daughter Emeley one good cow and to maintain my father and mother in a good decent manner during their natural life and lastly I do make and aim and appoint Eliskiamn Barnham and James M. Rogers Esquire to be my executor to this my last will and testament in writing (?) whose (?) of I have her unto list (?) my hand and have affixed my seal at
Haldimand this first day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty one." In presence of Martin Delong, Barnard Botton, John Crony (signed ) Ziba
Harnden. Will was registered May 1, 1836, 9 a.m.
81 M iv Orbin J. HARNDEN was born 4 Jan 1818 in Johnsburg, Warren,
New York. He died 2 Aug 1893 in Wahoo, Saunders, Nebraska and was buried in Sunrise Cemetery.
Orbin is first found in the 1840 Census of
New York in Fallsburg, Sullivan Co. Then in 1860 in Warren Co., Ill census on their way to Nebraska from Ontario, Canada, and in 1870 in Saunders Co, Nebraska where he died.
INDEX TO MINUTES OF COMMON PLEAS
Warren County,
New York HARNDEN, URBAN 9/17 1829 page 282
Orbin married Sephronia
Harnden, daughter of Zadock J. HARNDEN and Aby (Abia) MILLINGTON, on 1836 in Ontario, Canada. Sephronia was born 17 Oct 1818 in Seymour, Ontario, Canada. She died 9 Apr 1905 in Haxton, Phillips, Colorado.
82 M v Clinton H. HARNDEN was born 28 May 1821 in Warren Co., N. Y.. He died after 1900.
The information on Clinton's lines come from Alice Enfield.
Clinton married Mary Elizabeth RAYMOND. Mary was born 13 Feb 1824 in Warren Co., N.Y.. She died 23 Jun 1896.
From Alice Enfield:
(Research):An unknown as yet researcher has identified Mary as Mary Elizabeth Harden and gives a birth and death date and states that Mary was Clinton's cousin. I am incorporating this information into my program and will check further into it. Thus far I have found no definite proof for her death and birth dates or ancestry only what I have found on the censuses and a marriage license. The 1880 census, if correct, would place her year of birth as either 1820 or 1821 for she is 59 and Clinton would of been born either 1816 or 1817 as he is 63.
14. Luther
Harnden (Samuel , Jonathan ) was born 17 Nov 1782 in
New York. He died 24 May 1876 in Canada and was buried in
Harnden Cemetery: Raglan, Ontario Co., Ontario.
TOWNSHIP OF EAST WHITBY
The township of East Whitby is bounded on the north by the
Township of Reach, on the south, by Lake Ontario, On the east,
by the Township of Darlington, County of Durham, and on the west, by
the Township of Whitby, Ontario County. Oshawa and Columbus are its
principal Villages. Population about 3,400.
Here's some of the earliest settlers:
Harnden, Luther, senr.,Esq., 9 15 f.
Harnden, Luther, jr., 9, 15 f.
Harnden, Ralph, yeoman, 8, 14 f.
Harnden, Reuben, yeoman, 8, 14 f.
Harnden, Samuel, miller, 8, 14 f.
Luther married Sarah Ann TAYLOR. Sarah was born 1791 in
New York. She died 30 Oct 1877 in East Whitby, Ontario, Canada and was buried in
Harnden Cemetery: Raglan, Ontario Co..
They had the following children:
83 F i Tamar
Harnden was born about 1804 in
Vermont. She died Sep 1830 in Ontario, Canada.
Tamar married Benjamin Owen PRESTON, son of Benjamin P. PRESTON and Jane OWEN "Jennie", on 18 Mar 1822 in St. Peter's Church, Cobourg, Northumberland Co., Ontario. Benjamin was born 1795 in Cambridge, Washington Co., NY. He died Sep 1870 in Sherman, Huron,
Michigan.
Benjamin served as a Private in the Three Rivers Militia. He fought in the War of 1812 for Canada from Ontario. This according to Eric Jonasson, Canadian Veterans of the War of 1812, Wheatfield Press, Winnipeg, 1981.
84 M ii John
Harnden was born 1807 in U.S.A..
John married Elizabeth. Elizabeth was born 1807 in Canada.
85 F iii Eliza
Harnden was born 1808 in U.S.A..
86 M iv Luther
Harnden was born 1811 in U.S.A.. He died 25 Nov 1895 in Canada and was buried in
Harnden Cemetery: Raglan, Ontario.
Luther married Hannah Ann HARPER, daughter of John HARPER and Ann COCK, on 24 Nov 1835 in Ontario, Canada. Hannah was born 4 Jul 1813 in Luxulyan, Cornwall, England. She died 20 Sep 1883 in Whitby Twp., Ontario, Canada and was buried in
Harnden Cemetery: Raglan, Ontario.
87 M v Benjamin
Harnden was born 1815 in Ontario, Canada.
Benjamin may not be the son of Luther, but he's placed here until I have more information.
Benjamin married (1) Lydia. Lydia was born 1820 in Ontario, Canada.
The 1881 Canadian Census lists two young children with this couple I don't know if they are their children or grandchildren. Luther
Harnden Age 7 and Mary J. Harnden Age 6 both b. in Ontario, Canada
Benjamin also married (2) Amanda Smith BRIGGS, daughter of William BRIGGS and Susanna, on 15 Nov 1897 in Whitby Twp., Ontario, Canada. Amanda was born 1839.
88 M vi Ralph Henry
Harnden was born 20 Nov 1816 in Ontario, Canada. He died 18 Jan 1893 in Canada and was buried in
Harnden Cemetery: Raglan, Ontario Co..
The 1881 Canadian census lists an Evelin Beswich living with them Age 57 b. U.S.A.
Ralph married (1) Mary Jane CURTIS. Mary was born 4 Apr 1816 in
Connecticut. She died 10 Sep 1896 in Canada and was buried in
Harnden Cemetery: Raglan, Ontario Co..
Ralph also married (2) Eleanor WALDRON.
89 M vii Samuel
Harnden was born 4 Jul 1828 in
Haldimand Township, Northumberland County, Ontario, Canada. He died 3 Jan 1910 in Ontario, Canada.
Samuel married (1)
Harriet LEWIS. Harriet was born 1 May 1834. She died 6 Apr 1865.
"This Conference year we were called to suffer a very great bereavement, in the loss of our last Daughter, who was the wife of Samuel
Harnden, the mother of four children. Harriet (for this was her name) was born the 1st day of May A.D. 1834...she became so debilitated by consumption, that she could not attend the public means of grace. Under that dreadful disease she continued to sink from the month of September A.D. 1864, to the sixth day of April A.D. 1865."
From: "The North American" Book and Job Office, Main St., 1865 [
New York Public Library Call # AN (Lewis)] Page: p. 180
Samuel also married (2) Olive Fidilia FENNELL, daughter of Abel FENNELL and Jane Ginny HUBBELL, on 27 Jun 1869 in Ontario, Canada. Olive was born 12 Sep 1829 in
Haldimand Twp., Northumberland Co., Ontario Canada. She died 20 Jun 1885.
90 M viii Rueben
Harnden was born 1829 in Ontario, Canada.
Reuben is listed here as a son of Luther because he was noted as such on Luther's death certificate. The Ruben of East Whitby noted might have been his brother, but I don't think so.
91 F ix Margaret A. HARNDEN was born 1831 in Canada.
92 M x Jonathan
Harnden was born 1832 in Canada.
Jonathan married (1) Emily PETTIT, daughter of S. PETTIT and Ann, on 8 Dec 1858 in Prince Albert, Ontario, Canada. Emily was born 1842.
Jonathan also married (2) Clara CASTER, daughter of Benjamin Van Lorovin CASTER and Jane GALOWAY, on 5 Sep 1891 in Ontario, Canada. Clara was born 1843 in Kingston, Ontairo, Canada.
16. Simon
Harnden (Samuel , Jonathan ) was born 20 Apr 1788 in
New York. He died 21 Jul 1826 in Victory,
Cayuga,
New York and was buried 1826 in Victory Village Cemetery,
New York.
Simon married Amelia. Amelia died after 1850.
They had the following children:
93 F i Semira
Harnden was born about 1815 in
New York. She died 8 Nov 1895 in Syracuse, Onondaga,
New York.
Semira married George W. HYATT on 3 Jan 1836 in Auburn,
New York.
94 M ii Daniel DeWitt
Harnden was born 31 Jan 1820 in Victory,
Cayuga,
New York. He died 7 May 1907 in Waverly,
New York.
Daniel married Martha Jane SAYRE, daughter of Nathan Harlow SAYRE and Jane TALFORD, on 1844. Martha was born 1820. She died 1900.
95 F iii Emily
Harnden was born about 1823 in
New York.
96 M iv David
Harnden was born Feb 1825 in
New York.
David married Helen. Helen was born 1825 in
New York.
17. Samuel
Harnden Jr. (Samuel , Jonathan ) was born 20 Apr 1790 in
Granville,
Washington,
New York. He died 30 Nov 1873 in Port Byron,
Mentz,
Cayuga,
New York and was buried in Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Port Byron,
Cayuga,
New York.
The following about Samuel is from Ken Harnden:
In 1816 he was constable in the Town of
Mentz,
Cayuga Co., NY
In March 1837 was constable of the Town of
Mentz,
Cayuga Co., NY and served as president in 1839, 1842 and 1843.
From History of Cayuga County,
New York by Elliot G Storke.
From Geraldine Oakley's book:
"Charlotte Peacock Mahagan remembers that she was taught that Samuel's father was also named Samuel. He was the son of Samuel
Harnden of Johnsburg in present day Warren Co., NY, but which
was in Washington Co., NY until 1810 when Warren Co., NY was formed.
He operated the Lock Store on the original Erie Canal in Port Byron at one time, and had a livery business there. The store was operated only while the canal ran through the village of Port Byron, not after the canal bed was moved north of the village. The NY census of 1855 says he had lived in Port Byron for 43 years, so he would have arrived there about 1812. He was usually described as a harness maker and shoe maker, probably taught the trade by his father who was a shoemaker and harness maker, and a trade which Samuel Jr taught to his sons.
Two account books from his businesses remain. One is from the store
and the other reflects his business as a shoemaker. These are held in
1999 by Geraldine Oakley."
Samuel married (1) Asenath HIGLEY, daughter of Seth HIGLEY and Lucy HOLCOMBE, on 1814 in
Cayuga,
New York. Asenath was born 15 Mar 1791 in Ballston, Saratoga,
New York. She died Bet. 1821 - 1830.
Notes for Asenath from Ken Harnden:
Geraldine Oakley's book:
"Her parents were Seth Higley and Lucy Holcombe, daughter of Lord and Lady Holcombe of England and their children were Samuel, Seba, Enos, Prilla, Desire, Asenath and Minerva. Seth Higley was born 29 Oct 1746, married in 1768, enlisted in War of the Revolution in 1776 in the 18th regiment under Lt. Job Case. He settled in Port Byron, NY in 1779 and died there in 1829. Information about Asenath and her parents, their children and Samuel and Asenath's children was
obtained from a typed sheet found in family papers that had been owned by Marjorie Peacock Lockwood and had originated with Hazel Lane
Harnden. In 1999 that paper is owned by Geraldine Lockwood Oakley."
Samuel and Asenath had the following children:
97 F i Lucy Ann
Harnden was born about 1815. She died before 1880.
Lucy married Joseph COULTER. Joseph was born 1808 in New Jeresy. He died after 1880.
98 M ii Enos Higley
Harnden [scrapbook] was born 2 Sep 1816 in Port Byron,
Mentz,
Cayuga,
New York. He died 26 Mar 1890 in Samaria, Monroe,
Michigan and was buried in Highland Cemtery, Ypsilanti, MI.
Enos is found in Browntown, Wayne Co., MI in 1860 and Bedford, Monroe,
Michigan in 1880.
Enos married (1) Charlotte KENT on 1837 in Port Byron,
Mentz,
Cayuga,
New York. Charlotte died 1849.
Enos also married (2) Lucy JONES on 8 Dec 1850 in Cuyahoga, Ohio. Lucy was born 1836 in
New York. She was buried in Highland Cemetery, Ypsilanti, MI.
Notes for LUCY JONES from Ken Harnden:
Lucy was of Cleveland OH at the time of her marriage.
99 M iii Simon
Harnden was born 3 Oct 1818 in
Cayuga,
New York. He died 14 Oct 1901 in Allegan Twp. Allegan,
Michigan and was buried in Hudson Corners Cemetery, Allegan Co., MI.
Notes for SIMON
Harnden from Ken Harnden:
Some researchers state that Simon had a daughter Laura Cecilia, but there have been no facts found to support this.
"Simon
Harnden, a farmer on section 7, Allegan Township, Allegan
County, is the possessor of forty acres of good land. He came to
Michigan in 1852, and stopped for a short time in Ionia County; he lived in Hillsdale County two years and then came to this county, living in Pine Plains for awhile and, in 1866, came to this township and purchased his present farm. He was born in Cayuga County, NY, 3 October 1818. Samuel and Asenath (Highley)
Harnden, natives of
New York, were the parents of our subject. The father was a boot and shoemaker and lived and died in
New York. He was a Democrat in politics, held the office of Postmaster, and was, in religion, a member of the Univeralist Church. He was the parent of five children. Enos and our subject are now living.
Simon
Harnden received his education in his native county and
learned the trade of a shoemaker which he followed for a number of years in the East and also since coming to
Michigan. He was Trustee of the village of Port Byron, in his native county. He was married, in 1841, to Maretta Harrington, the daughter of Ebenezer and Emily (Mentor) Harrington, natives of
Massachusetts. Mr. Harrington was a carriagemaker, and later in life removed to Cayuga County, NY, where he followed his trade until death. His good wife bore him five children: Almira (Mrs. Harnden) and Calista (Mrs. Storey) are now living. He was a Whig in politics.
Our subject and his wife are the happy parents of eight children,
all living, whose record is as follows: Almira, now Mrs. George
Whitney, is the mother of two children, Laura and Glenn; Romain married Mary Peet and is the father of two sons, Lester and Clarence; Lucy married Robert McQueen and they have eight children, John, Willie, Alice, James, Grover, Nellie, Martin and Charles; Sophia, Mrs. Howard Powers, has become the mother of two daughters, Belle and Minn; Lester married Carrie Rich, and two children have been born to them, Rich, and Elma; Alice, Mrs. Bliss, has two children, Roy and Rhoda; Charles is in the grocery business at Battle Creek, his brother-in-law, Mr. Bliss being his partner, under the firm name of Bliss & Harnden; Emily, Mrs. August Swedberg, is the mother of one child, Alice. Mr. Swedberg is an editor at Battle Creek. Mr
Harnden, of whom we write, has a fine home with all modern conveniences and does a general farming business on his place,
in which he is quite successful. He belongs to the Democratic party."
Portrait and Biographical Record of Kalamazoo, Allegan and Van Buren
Counties,
Michigan, 1892.
Almira Harrington, sister of Marietta, also married a
Harnden. Who?
Simon was a trustee of the Village of Port Byron, NY in May 1844.
"Simon and Mrs Marietta
Harnden were admitted by profession to
Congregational Church in 1861."
Sketches of Early Homes, Churches Schools and Residents of Allegan,
Michigan. 1954
The following land purchase is from Ancestry.com:
HARNDEN, SIMON
Land Office: KALAMAZOO Sequence #: 1
Document Number: 27169 Total Acres: 240
Misc. Doc. Nr.: Signature: Yes
Canceled Document: No Issue Date: December 15, 1856
Mineral Rights Reserved: No Metes and Bounds: No
Survey Date: Statutory Reference: 3 Stat. 566
Multiple Warantee Names: No Act or Treaty: April 24, 1820
Multiple Patentee Names: No Entry Classification: Sale-Cash Entries
Simon is found in the following Census Records:
1850 in
Mentz,
Cayuga Co., NY
1860 in Allegan Twp., Allegan Co., MI
1870 in Allegan Twp., Allegan Co., MI
1880 in Allegan Twp., Allegan Co., MI
1900 in Allegan Twp., Allegan Co., MI
Simon married Marrieta HARRINGTON, daughter of Ebenezer HARRINGTON and Emily MENTOR, on 4 Jul 1841. Marrieta was born 5 Jul 1823 in
New York. She died 7 Jun 1898 in Battle Creek, Calhoun,
Michigan and was buried in Hudson Corners Cemetery, Allegan Co., MI.
100 F iv Abigail
Harnden "Abbie" was born 23 Oct 1821 in
New York. She died 11 Aug 1869 and was buried in Pine Street Cemetery, Port Byron,
Cayuga Co., NY.
Abbie married Jerome B. MAIN, son of Frederick MAIN and Damarius SCOVILLE, on 1835. Jerome was born 10 May 1814 in
Connecticut. He died 2 Feb 1873.
101 F v Sarah
Harnden was born 1814 in
New York. She died 3 Mar 1874.
Sarah may have married a second time to Charles H. Griggs.
There is a Sarah
Harnden in Springbrook Cemetery in
Cayuga Co., N.Y.
(1875-1949) wife of Griggs (1865-1951)
Notes for SARAH
Harnden from Ken Harnden:
Could this be Sally Ann listed by Susette Newberry?
If so, she died 3 Mar 1874.
Geraldine Oakley's book:
"In some records she is called Sally Ann
Harnden. She was alive at the time of her grandfather, Seth Higley's death in Sept 1830."
Sarah married Joel P. MILLINER. Joel was born 1812 in Cortland Co.,
New York. He died 1886 in Adams Basin, Monroe,
New York.
Samuel also married (2) Desiree after 1821.
Notes for Desiree from Ken Harnden:
Geraldine Oakley's book:
"According to family tradition, she was an older sister of Asenath Higley, who was Samuel's first wife. This is doubtful, since Desire Higley seems to have been married to another person at that time. They did not have any children."
Samuel also married (3) Laura Cecilia
Harnden, daughter of Joshua
Harnden and Lefa (Lesa) PIDGE, on 9 May 1837 in
Granville,
Washington,
New York. Laura was born 22 May 1805 in
Granville,
Washington,
New York. She died 27 Mar 1892 in Port Byron,
Mentz,
Cayuga,
New York and was buried in Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, Port Byron,
Cayuga Co., NY.
Notes for Laura from Ken Harnden:
Laura was born a
Harnden, and married her first cousin. This was
always mentioned in conversations about Laura and Samuel by their
descendants.
She was called Laurie or Lorie.
Geraldine Oakley's book:
"Family history is that Laura packed up her
worldly goods in a wooden chest and left home in
Granville, went south to the Albany area, and took a packet boat on the Erie Canal west to Port Byron. The chest that she used is now held by Geraldine Oakley. Eventually, she married Samuel, and stayed in Port Byron for the remainder of her life. According to census she must have arrived in Port Byron about 1837. She had 3 sons that did not live before her son Jonathan was born. Franklin was born 5 June 1838 and died 6 Oct 1839. An infant was born 9 Mar 1840 and died in Sept of that year. A third infant was born 27 Aug 1841 and died on 18 Sep 1841. These births are reflected in the 1865 census report.
Samuel and Laura had the following children:
102 M vi Jonathan C. HARNDEN was born 24 Jun 1845 in Port Byron,
Mentz,
Cayuga,
New York. He died 26 Jan 1936 in Port Byron,
Mentz,
Cayuga,
New York and was buried in Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, Port Byron,
Cayuga Co., NY.
Notes for JONATHON C
Harnden from Ken Harnden:
He was a watch and clock maker by trade, and was caretaker of the clock in the spire of the Presbyterian Church in Port Byron for more than 50 years; he was paid for his care of the clock by the Village of Port Byron.
Jonathan married Martha Delphene YOUNG on 5 Feb 1877 in Cuyahoga,
New York. Martha was born 21 Mar 1853 in Auburn,
Cayuga,
New York. She died 12 Sep 1910 in Port Byron,
Mentz,
Cayuga,
New York and was buried in Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, Port Byron,
Cayuga Co., NY.
18. Hosea Barrachiah
Harnden "Kia" (John S. , Jonathan ) was born 12 Feb 1782 in
Granville,
Washington,
New York. He died 24 Jan 1854 in Sandusky TWP, Crawford County, Ohio.
Hosea is another one of those who's name gets all mixed up and has several variations. He has been listed as Hosea, Barrachiah and Kiah, just to name a few. I think his name was probably something like Hezekiah. In later years I think he got tired of people messing up his name and settled on Hosea.
Military minutes of the Council of Appointment of the State of
New York, 1783-1821 Vol. 1 & 2.
Hosea (Kiah) Barrachiah
Harnden (1782)
1809-1812 Paymaster, 2nd Battalion, 4th Regiment of Artillery, Washington Co., NY
From Jean Carmean:
I ran across this information in my online travels>
OHIO STATEWIDE FILES - Know your Ohio: Norwich --Part 3-- Norwich Settlement--
During the summer of 1817, Hosea
Harnden began life on lot thirty-seven, section two, later owned by John S. Hester...
NORWICH TOWNSHIP Early Beginnings
http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohhuron/townorwich.html...The first school house was built in the spring of 1819 on the east bank of Slate run. This cabin was quite primitive, built of logs, and covered with elm bark. It measured twelve by sixteen feet in size. It had neither floor, windows or desks. A row of split oak benches served for seating, and the unchinked spaces between the logs served as windows. Miss Aurilla Lindsey taught the first term of school in the summer of 1819. Her pupils were: Phoebe Chapman; Mrs. Martha Cook (the new bride); her two sisters, Eleanor and Betsey Fletcher; Sabin Kellogg; Louisa Ellis; Mansfield and Brazilda Cook; and Hosea and Drazilla
Harnden. The school was supported by subscription, and proved so expensive that no attempt was made to build another until 1824.
Kia married Mary HARRINGTON. Mary was born 1786 in
Massachusetts. She was buried in Wales Corner Cemetery, Clyde, Ohio.
They had the following children:
103 M i Hosea
Harnden was born 1804 in
