Deacon Thomas Harding

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• Married: 11 Mar 1716, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; (1) Hannah Hill, the daughter of Deacon Samuel and Hannah (Twitchell) Hill. She was born on 21 March 1692/93 in Medfield, Massachusetts. She died on Tuesday 15 September 1739 in Medway, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. Hannah Harding (1719-1781) 2. Thomas Harding (1722-____) 3. Joshua Harding (1726-1797) 4. Dorothy Harding (1729-1796) 5. Elijah Harding (1730-1790) 6. Preserved Harding (1734-1734)
• Will: 19 Dec 1718, Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; He is mentioned in the will of his father.
• Married: 23 Dec 1742, Wrentham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; (2) Judith Day, the daughter of Ralph and Mary Day. She was born on 11 May 1709 in Wrentham, Massachusetts. After Thomnas' death, on 10 January 1757 Judith, at age 47, married (2) Deacon Ebenezer Corbin, at age 50, son of Jabez Corbin, in Woodstock, Connecticut. She died on Thursday 17 May 1792 in Wrentham, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. Judith Harding (1744-1756) 2. Ralph Harding (1748-1756)

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Harding (1979) also gives the date of 21 March 1716 for their marriage.

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• Will: 27 Mar 1670, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; He was mentioned in the will of John Frairy.
• Offices Held: 23 Nov 1713, Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; He was a member of the first town committee.
• Offices Held: 1715 to 1716, Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; He was a Selectman.
• Offices Held: 1717, Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; He was the Town Moderator.
• Will: 19 Dec 1718, Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; He mentions his wife, Sarah, and his children: Thomas, John, Mehitable, Sarah, and Samuel.
• Probate/Proved: 19 Nov 1734, Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts
• Inventory: 4 Apr 1735, Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; Abraham's estate was inventoried and valued at £1,923 6/9.

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Birth:
He was born posthumously, his father having died four months earlier His birth date was recorded as 15 (6) 1655.

Abraham married Mary Mason on 26 Apr 1677 in Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. Mary (daughter of Thomas Mason and Margare Partridge) was born on 8 Feb 1657/58 in Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; died on 27 Sep 1731 in Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Her birth date was recorded as 8 (12) 1657.

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• Will: 1 Sep 1631, Boreham, Essex, England; He is mentioned in his father's will.
• Immigration: Abt 1634
• Residence: 1638, Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; Abraham Harding was admitted as a Dedham resident.
• Occupation: say 1639, Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; He was a leather-dresser and a glover.
• Moved to: 1642, Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts
• Freeman: May 1645, Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts
• Moved to: 1650, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts
• Deed: 2 Mar 1653, Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; Abraham Harding deeded land to Thomas Holbrook of Weymouth.
• Inventory: 6 Apr 1655, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts; Abraham's estate was inventoried and valued at £322 9/. The inventory was recorded as 6 (2) 1655.
• Probate/Proved: 24 Apr 1655, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts; His estate was probated in County Court via a nuncupative will.

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He died suddenly.

His death date was recorded as "22 (1) 1654".

Abraham married Elizabeth. Elizabeth was born about 1622 in England; died on 31 Jan 1678/79 in Weymouth, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Religion: 24 Apr 1639, Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; Elizabeth joined the Dedham Church.
• Will: 27 Mar 1670, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; She was mentioned in the will of John Frairy, her husband.
• History: 1676, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; During King Philip's War, they throw a silver platter into a well to save it. It was later inscribed with their names and is in the possession of a descendant.
• History: 1678; She gave five shillings for the building of Harvard College.
• Will: 20 Nov 1678, Weymouth, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; She mentioned her daughter, Prudence Frairy.
• Probate/Proved: 31 Jan 1678/79, Weymouth, Norfolk County, Massachusetts
• Complier's Note: 1995; Jameson (1886), Johnson (1975), and Adams (1898) give her last name as "Adams." Many have thought it was "Thaxter" and she was the daughter of Thomas Thaxter. Both are incorrect.

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It was the first marriage for both Abraham and Elizabeth.

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• Moved to: 1652, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts

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Died:
He was by Indians during the attack on Medfield, near the spring in the meadow opposite his house, which was burnt.

Thomas married Margare Partridge on 23 Apr 1653 in Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. Margare was born in 1628 in England; died on 7 Feb 1710/11 in Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Will: 1695, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts
• Complier's Note: 1999; Partridge (1903) gave an ancestry with John and Jane (Hagg) Partridge as ancestors. This ancestry has been greatly copied. Partridge (1999) has disproved this ancestry.

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Their marriage date was recorded as 23 (2) 1653.

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• Will: 6 Feb 1606, Little Baddow, Essex, England; He was mentioned in the will of his wife's father.; : Church of the Virgin Mary
• Will: 1 Sep 1631, Boreham, Essex, England; He mentions his wife, Anne, and his children: Marie, Robert, Abraham, Anne, and Elizabeth.
• Probate/Proved: 17 Jan 1631/32, Essex, England; : Archdeaconry of Essex

John married Mary Green on 26 Jun 1600 in Little Baddow, Essex, England. Mary (daughter of John Greene and unknown wife) was born about 1580 in England; died about 1628 in England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Will: 6 Feb 1606, Little Baddow, Essex, England; She was mentioned in the will of her father.; : Church of the Virgin Mary

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• Proprietor: 29 Nov 1639, Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts
• Moved to: 24 Nov 1640; He sold lands in Roxbury and removed to Dedham, Massachusetts.

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The date was recorded as 29 (9) 1639.

Robert married Elizabeth. Elizabeth died in Apr 1637 in Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts; was buried in Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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