A Maine Family's History - Smith / Glidden Surnames

Herenden / Harrington

Herenden, Harrington, Herrington, Herendeen

Richard HARRINGTON

Children: Hannah; Ebenezer? born 3/126/1743 Lexington

Hannah HERENDEN born 5/15/1741 Smithfield Providence RI died 5/8-11/1836 Calais Washington ME christened 6/10/1814 St. Stephen Charlotte NB

Spouse: Jones DYER born 3/13/1736-7 Bristol Bristol RI, christened 3/12/1816 St. Stephen Charlotte NB, died after 11/28/1826 Calais Washington ME, settled in Scarborough ME in early 1760s, one of original grantees of Machias ME, Revolutionary Vet, with brother [son?], James, first permanent resident of Calais (Daniel Hill was first settler arriving 1/1/1784 but did not stay), built the first frame house approximately 2 miles below Calais where a small stream flows into the St. Croix River; married 9/27/1761 Smithfield Providence RI

Children: Abigail born circa 1779 christened 9/22/1802 Calais died 12/29/1837 Calais, age 58 per Calais Gazette, married Thomas Hill, a sea captain, after 1790 son of Daniel Hill and Elizabeth Holmes; Martha (Patty) born after 1761 died 1817 had illegitimate child by ? Thompson later married Henry Knight; James born between 1761-5 died between 1798-1800 Spragues Falls married Martha Bailey Calais between 1784-5 daughter of Nathaniel Bailey and Martha Emery, their son Samuel in War of 1812; Mary Jones born circa 1766 Calais ME or N.B. died 1856 St. Stephen NB married (1) Ananiah Bohanon (2) William Jackson, a United Empire Loyalist, before 1790; Stephen born between 1770-5 Machias died after 6/28/1819 married Margaret ? circa 1790; Jones Esq. born 1776 Machias died 1860 Calais, buried Block 49, lot 1, married (1) Lydia Knight daughter of Capt. Jonathan Knight and Mary Atkins (2) Sylvia ? married before 5/1845; owned sloops Challenge & Pilgrim; Nathan born circa 1790 Calais married ? Dyer; John born circa 1770 died before 2/5/1818 Calais; Nancy born circa 1783 died 1852 married Thomas Millbury

Proceedings of the Fitchburg Historical Society and papers ..., Volume 4: 66. Ebenezer Harrington served in Capt John Fuller's company eight months in siege of Boston 1775. In 1777 he enlisted into the Continental army and served three years in Col Timothy Bigelow's regiment. He was a son of Richard and Abigail (Hammond) Harrington, born in Lexington March 16 1743. He came to Fitchburg in 1764, married November 26 1767 Martha Witt a daughter of Isaiah Witt. At close of the war he removed to Westmoreland NH.

GENEALOGIES OF THE FAMILIES AND DESCENDANTS of the Early SETTLERS OF WATERTOWN MASSACHUSETTS: Richard Harrington of Lex m in Newton Oct 28 1731 his cousin Abigail Hammond See Thomas Hammond 52 Part II

Source: Joseph Pehoushek joepeh@sunline.net