Some Descendants of Nathaniel Harding (Joseph, Joseph) and Hannah Collins of Truro

  1. Thankful Harding was born on 3 Apr 1703 in Eastham. [JCE, 151;7] She was baptised on 1 Nov 1713 in Truro. [TMCR, 9;55] She married Humphrey Purrinton on 25 Jun 1724 [PPP, p. 418-9] in Truro. [MVRT] Humphrey was the son of Hezekiah and Mary (Seammon) Purrington. [PPP, p. 418-9] He was born on 31 Jan 1703 in Kittery. [PPP, p. 418-9]
    Humphrey and Thankful moved to Bath, Maine. [PPP, p. 418-9]
  2. Nathaniel Harding was born about 1706. He was baptised on 1 Nov 1713 in Truro. [TMCR, 9;55] He died on 1 Mar 1747/8, age 42, and is buried in the Old North Cemetery in Truro. [ONCT, 13;104] Nathaniel of Truro married Mercy Purrinton of Truro on 28 Jan 1730/1 in Truro. [MVRT] Mercy died on 29 Jan 1761, age 50. [KFE, 80;17] She married second Paul Knowles. [KFE, 80;17]
    Nathaniel Harding, Jr. and Mercy were admitted to the church in Truro on 1 Apr 1733. [TMCR, 10;42]
    1. Dea. Ephraim Harding was born on 5 Dec 1731 in Truro. [MVRT] He was baptised on 22 Apr 1733 in Truro. [TMCR, 10;42] He died on 30 Oct 1821, age 89, and is buried in the Old North Cemetery in Truro. [ONCT, 13;103] He married Sarah Collins on 19 Dec 1751 in Truro. [MVRT] She died on 20 Jan 1821, age 87, and is buried in the Old North Cemetery in Truro. [ONCT, 13;104]
      1. Richard Collins Harding was born on 6 Jul 1752 in Truro. [MVRT] He married Bethiah Unknown. She died in Mar 1779, age 23, and is buried along with her infant in the Old North Cemetery in Truro. [ONCT, 13;103]
      2. Ephraim Harding was born on 12 May 1754 in Truro. [MVRT] He died on 20 Apr 1763 [MVRT] , age nine, and is buried in the Old North Cemetery in Truro. [ONCT, 13;103]
      3. Nathaniel Harding was born on 7 Apr 1756 in Truro. [MVRT]
      4. Sarah Lombard Harding was born on 7 Jun 1758 in Truro. [MVRT]
      5. Mercy Harding was born on 3 Aug 1759 in Truro. [MVRT]
      6. Jesse Harding was born on 24 Sep 1761 in Truro. [MVRT]
      7. Ephraim Harding was born on 4 Jun 1764 in Truro. [MVRT]
      8. Benjamin Harding was born on 14 Dec 1765 in Truro. [MVRT] He died on 28 Mar 1818, age 52 years and three months, and is buried in the Old North Cemetery in Truro. [ONCT, 13;103] He may be the Benjamin who married Phebe Unknown. She was born about 1771. She died on 8 Sep 1841, age 70 years and nine months, and is buried in the Old North Cemetery in Truro. [ONCT, 13;104]
        1. Unknown Son Harding died on 11 Oct 1800, age 12 days, and is buried in the Old North Cemetery in Truro. [ONCT, 13;104]
      9. Elizabeth Harding was born on 17 Oct 1767 in Truro. [MVRT]
      10. Jedidiah Harding was born on 8 Sep 1769 in Truro. [MVRT]
      11. Hannah Harding was born on 6 Mar 1771 in Truro. [MVRT] She died on 28 Sep 1850, age 76 years and six months, and is buried in the Old North Cemetery in Truro. [ONCT, 13;104]
    2. Mercy Harding was born on 22 Oct 1733 in Truro. [MVRT] She married Paul Knowles on 12 Dec 1751 in Truro. [MVRT]
    3. Jesse Harding was born on 27 Mar 1736 in Truro. [MVRT] He was baptised on 23 May 1736 in Truro. [TMCR, 10;151] He married Hannah Cobb on 18 Oct 1762 in Truro. [ONCT, 13;104][MVRT] She died on 21 Apr 1766, age 29, and is buried in the Old North Cemetery in Truro. [ONCT, 13;104]
    4. Nathaniel Harding was born on 19 May 1738 in Truro. [MVRT] He was baptised in Jul 1738 in Truro. [TMCR, 11;20]
    5. Elizabeth Harding was born on 9 Jul 1740 in Truro. [MVRT] She was baptised on 17 Aug 1740 in Truro. [TMCR, 11;21]
    6. Hezekiel Harding was born on 15 May 1745 in Truro. [MVRT] He married Eunice Freeman on 1 Dec 1768 in Truro. [MVRT]
    7. Nehemiah Harding married Sarah Lombard on 22 Mar 1770 in Truro. [MVRT][LLF, p. 861] Sarah was the daughter of James and Elizabeth Lumbert. [LLF, p. 861]
      1. Sarah Harding died on 29 Mar 1773, age 14 months, and is buried in the Old North Cemetery in Truro. [ONCT, 13;104]
      2. Nehemiah Harding (possible son) was born about 1775. He died on 27 Apr 1794, age 19, and is buried in the Old North Cemetery in Truro. [ONCT, 13;104]
  3. David Harding was baptised on 1 Nov 1713 in Truro. [TMCR, 9;55] David of Truro married Joanna Treat of Truro on 1 Feb 1732/3 in Truro. [MVRT]. Joanna, the daughter of Samuel and Joanna (Vickery) Treat, was born on 16 Jun 1713 and died on 2 Aug 1742. [AWA, p. 3.10] She married second Nathaniel Atwood of Truro on 13 Feb 1737/8 in Truro. [MVRT][AWA, p. 3.10]
    Joanna Harding owned the covenant at the church in Truro on 11 Jul 1736. [TMCR, 10;150]
    1. David Harding, son of Joanna, was baptised on 11 Jul 1736 in Truro. [TMCR, 10;151]
    2. Betty Harding, daughter of Joanna, was baptised on 11 Jul 1736 in Truro. [TMCR, 10;151]
  4. Jonathan Harding was baptised on 1 Nov 1713 in Truro. [TMCR, 9;55] He died on 26 Jun 1752, age 41, and is buried in the Old North Cemetery in Truro. [ONCT, 12;1-2] He may be the Jonathan who married Huldah Unknown. Huldah died on 27 Apr 1748, age 36, and is buried in the Old North Cemetery in Truro. [ONCT, 13;104] He married second Abigail Treat on 13 Oct 1748 in Eastham. [VREO, 24;111]
    Jonathan and Huldah owned the covenant at the church in Truro on 13 May 1739. [TMCR, 11;19]
    1. Hannah Harding was born on 1 May 1737 in Truro. [MVRT] She was baptised on 20 May 1739 in Truro. [TMCR, 11;20]
    2. Priscilla Harding was born in Feb 1738/9 in Truro. [MVRT] She was baptised on 20 May 1739 in Truro. [TMCR, 11;20] She died on 26 Sep 1758 and is buried in the Old North Cemetery in Truro. [ONCT, 13;104]
    3. Huldah Harding was born on 16 Aug 1742 in Truro. [MVRT]
    4. Martha Harding was born on 14 Apr 1745 in Truro. [MVRT]
    5. Jonathan Harding was born on 25 Feb 1746/7 in Truro. [MVRT] married Ruth Unknown. She died on 29 Apr 1800, age 46, and is buried in the Old North Cemetery in Truro. [ONCT, 13;104]
      1. Reuben Harding was born about 1776. He died on 17 Mar 1800, age 24, and is buried in the Old North Cemetery in Truro. [ONCT, 13;104]
      2. Capt. Jonathan Harding was born about 1778. He died in 1809, age 31, in St. Peters, Martinique. [ONCT, 13;104]
      3. Capt. Jeremiah Harding (possible son) was born about 1779. He died on 12 Sep 1804, age 25, and is buried in the Old North Cemetery in Truro. [ONCT, 13;104]
      4. Nehemiah Harding was born about 1786. He drowned at sea on 25 Aug 1812, age 26. [ONCT, 13;104]
      5. Jemima Harding was born about 1792. She died on 2 May 1800 and is buried in the Old North Cemetery in Truro. [ONCT, 13;104]
      6. Nathaniel Harding was born about 1798. He died on 29 Apr 1820, age 22, and is buried in the Old North Cemetery in Truro. [ONCT, 13;104]
    6. Reuben Harding was born on 1 Nov 1750 in Truro. [MVRT]
    7. Abigail Harding was born on 29 Dec N. S. 1752 in Truro. [MVRT] She is probably the Abigail who married Isaac Rich on 24 May 1773 in Truro. [MVRT]
  5. Bethiah Harding was born on 17 Jun 1714 in Truro. [MVRT] Bethia of Truro married John Lumbert of Truro on 7 Apr 1737 in Truro. [MVRT]
  6. Hannah Harding was baptised on 20 Sep 1719 in Truro. [TMCR, 9;57] She married Gamaliel Smith on 28 May 1741 in Truro. [MVRT]
  7. Lot Harding (possible son) was born about 1721. He died on 29 Oct 1802, age 81, and is buried in the Old North Cemetery in Truro. [ONCT, 13;104] He married Tamsin Unknown. She died on 18 Sep 1793, age 70, and is buried in the Old North Cemetery in Truro. [ONCT, 13;104]
    1. Esther Harding was born on 25 Dec 1748 in Truro. [MVRT] She died at about two in Truro. [MVRT]
    2. Tamsin Harding was born on 22 Apr 1750 in Truro. [MVRT] She married Anthony Snow on 17 Oct 1771 in Truro. [MVRT]
    3. Esther Harding was born on 2 Apr 1752 in Truro. [MVRT]
    4. Hannah Harding was born on 25 May 1754 in Truro. [MVRT] She may be the Hannah who married John Collins on 23 Sep 1773 in Truro. [MVRT]
    5. Mercy Harding was born on 15 Aug 1756 in Truro. [MVRT]
    6. Huldah Harding was born on 16 Aug 1758 in Truro. [MVRT]
    7. Sarah Harding was born on 27 Jul 1760 in Truro. [MVRT]
    8. Martha Harding was born on 27 Jul 1764 in Truro. [MVRT]
    9. Betty Harding was born on 31 Jul 1766 in Truro. [MVRT]
    10. Nathaniel Harding was born on 7 Mar 1769 in Truro. [MVRT] He died at sea in 1794, age 26. [ONCT, 13;104]
    11. Lot Harding was born on 31 Aug 1771 in Truro. [MVRT]
      1. Jeremiah Harding (possible son) married Mary Unknown. She died on 19 Aug 1829, age 25, and is buried in the Old North Cemetery in Truro. [ONCT, 13;104]
  8. Ruth Harding (possible daughter) married David Dyer on 17 Feb 1742 in Truro. [MVRT]
  9. Martha Harding was born on 27 Aug 1726 in Truro. [MVRT] She died on 23 Oct 1726 in Eastham. [BME, 9;176]
  10. Sarah Harding was born on 6 Jul 1728 in Truro. [MVRT] She was baptised on 11 Aug 1728 in Truro. [TMCR, 9;244] She married Benjamin Atkins on 8 Nov 1750 in Truro. [MVRT]
  11. James Harding was born on 27 Aug 1730 in Truro. [MVRT] He was baptised on 11 Oct 1730 in Truro. [TMCR, 9;245]
  12. Ann Harding was born on 23 Apr 1733 in Truro. [MVRT] She was baptised on 10 Jun 1733 in Truro. [TMCR, 10;42] She married Judah Dyer on 6 Aug 1752 in Truro. [MVRT]
  13. Mary Harding was born on 15 Apr 1735 in Truro. [MVRT] She was baptised on 8 Jun 1735 in Truro. [TMCR, 10;151] She married Joshua Knowles of Eastham on 23 May 1754 in Truro. [MVRT]

Who is the Martha Harding who married Joshua Atkins, Sr. on 7 Aug 1746 in Truro? [MVRT]

Who is the Hannah Harding who married John Merrick on 17 Dec 1746 in Truro? [MVRT]

Who is the Abigail Harding who married Zaccheus Rich on 4 Aug 1757 in Truro. [MVRT]

References

AWA Atwood, Elijah Francis, Ye Atte Wode Annals, Sisseton, SD, Atwood Pub. Co., 1928.
TMCR Bowman, George Ernest, "Truro, Mass., Church Records," Mayflower Descendant 9, 1907, 53-59, 244-5; 10, 1908, 42, 149-151; 11, 1909, 19-20; 15, 1913, 17-18.
JCE Collins, Stanley Newcomb, "Joseph Collins of Eastham and Three Generations of his Descendants," New England Historical and Genealogical Register 151, 1997, 3 - 30.
KFE Libby, Charles Thornton, "The Knowles Family of Eastham, Mass.," New England Historical and Genealogical Register 79, 1925, 379-392, 286-297; 80, 1926, 6-24.
MVRT New England Historic Genealogical Society, Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850, town of Truro, online database, AmericanAncestors.org, 2001-2010.
LLF Otis, Amos, The Lumbert or Lumbard Family, C. W. Swift, Yarmouthport, 1914, reprinted in Leonard H. Smith, Jr., ed., Cape Cod Library of Local History and Genealogy, v. 1, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, c. 1992.
PPP Rich, Evelyn, Puddington - Purrington - Purinton, C. W. Swift, Yarmouthport, 1917, reprinted in Leonard H. Smith, Jr., ed., Cape Cod Library of Local History and Genealogy, v. 1, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, c. 1992.
VREO Smith, Leonard H. and Norma H. Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 1993.
BME Smith, Stanley, "Bill of Mortality in the South Parish of Eastham," Mayflower Descendant 7, 1905, 184-7.
ONCT Smith, Stanley, "Records from the Old North Cemetery, Truro, Mass," Mayflower Descendant 12, 1910, 1-6; 13, 103-4.