Captain Robert Harding

Other Events and Attributes:

• Immigration: 12 Jun 1630; He landed at Cape Ann, Massachusetts with Governor John Winthrop on board the ship, Arbella.
• Religion: 27 Aug 1630, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts; Robert Harding joined the First Church Boston.
• Freeman: 18 May 1631, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
• Married: 18 May 1631, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts; (1) Phillippa ______. She was born about 1609 in England. She arrived on 12 June 1630 at Cape Ann, Massachusetts with Governor John Winthrop on board the ship, Arbella. She joined the First Church, Boston on 1631/32. On 1 July 1639 in Boston, Massachusetts, Phillippa was disciplined by the church of Boston for her defense of Anne Hutchinson.
• Will: 1 Sep 1631, Boreham, Essex, England; He is mentioned in his father's will.
• Offices Held: 1634, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts; He was a member of the first Board of Selectman. He again served between 1636 and 1640.
• Military: 1637, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts; He was one of the signers of the original roll of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery company, although he had been disarmed shortly before by order of the General Court for his heterodoxy which he seems to have recanted.
• Moved to: 1638, Newport, Newport County, Rhode Island; He removed because of his Anabaptist views.
• Offices Held: 1641, Rhode Island; He was one of the assistants to Governor William Coddington.
• Married: 17 Oct 1645, Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut; (2) Esther Willis, the daughter of George and Mary Willis. She was born about 1615 in England. She lived in 1645 in Hartford, Connecticut. She died circa 1647 in England.
• Moved to: Nov 1646, London, England; His wife, Esther, accompanied him.
• Married: 1649; (3) unknown wife. Robert remarried a third time, but we have no record of whom nor when.
• Occupation: 1651, London, England; He was a merchant.
• Legal: 22 Nov 1654, London, England; He petitioned to the Massachusetts General Court. This is the last record of him.

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