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- RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. Today's Hampden County of Massachusetts was originally Middlesex County until it was split off in 1662 and named Hampshire County. Hampden County was formed from Hampshire County in 1812.
2. Per 16 Feb 2002 website: <http://www.gencircles.com/users/cherylbills/1/data/7>:
"Nathaniel Harmon (Footnotes 10 7 9)
Birth: 13 Mar 1654 in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts (1 2)
Death: 2 May 1712 in Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut (3)
Father:John Harmon; Mother:Elizabeth
Text: Nathaniel herman s. of John herman borne the 13 of ye 1 mon. 1654.
LDS Baptism: 21 Aug 1894
LDS Endowment: 29 Oct 1921 (4)
LDS Sealing Child: 31 Oct 1923
Ear Mark for Cattle: Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut (5 6)
Text: Nath Harmon entered his ear mark Feb 25, 1683 which is a crop on ye off ear & a slit down ye middle of ye near ear. (7 8). Text: Nathaniel and Joseph Harmon were the first settlers of Suffield, CT, which was a part of old Hampshire County in Massachusetts until 1749. The Selectmen of Springfield granted them 30 acres of land and 6 acres or more of wet meadow in Suffield, or Stony River, as the tract was first designated. Joseph and Nathaniel, the brothers, were partners with William Pynchon in the fur business. They were noted hunters and trappers and in the dense wilderness about Suffield secured many fine beaver and bear skins which they sold to Maj. Pynchon of Springfield for a good price. In the annals of Suffield, it is related that they were paid bounty at least twice for killing wolves. They gathered furs on the routes east and west of Suffield and took them to Pynchon's warehouse at Warehouse Point, the property, and upon the death of their brother, Samuel, in 1677, became possessors of his Suffield properties. The brothers had large families of children and their descendants are many and include some of the most prominent people of the name throughout the country. From Joseph are descended Israel Harmon of Springfield and George A. Harmon of Suffield among others. As has been said, from Nathaniel, Gov. Harmon is descended. From Nathaniel also comes Mrs. Grover Cleveland whose mother was a Harmon. Nathaniel Harmon was born in Springfield March 13, 1654. He married Mary Skinner in 1685 and they had 10 children. She died in 1711 and he the year following. The sons of Nathaniel Harmon, as well as Nathaniel himself are buried in Suffield, together with many later members of the family, and one of the places of interest to Gov. Harmon on the occasion of his visit to Suffield in 1877 was the old Suffield Cemetery. (9 10 11).
Spouse: Mary Skinner (12 13); MARRIAGE: 19 Nov 1685 in Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut; LDS Sealing Spouse: 17 May 1922.
Children:
Nathaniel Harmon, Ebenezer Harmon, Mary Harmon, Elizabeth Harmon, Ann Harmon, Samuel Harmon, Sarah Harmon, Ruth Harmon, John Harmon, Benjamin Harmon.
Footnote sources:
1. Title: New England Historic Genealogical Register (NEHGR) Page: 143.
2. Note: March is the first month according to calendar in use at that time. Photocopy in NatSr 005
3. Title: Probate Record
4. Title: TIB Index Bureau Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Publication: Temple Records Page: Nat Sr002; TIB # 23,103; BK 2K; pg. 839.
5. Title: Suffield Ear Marks Call Number: 1,317,067
6. Note: Photocopy in Cheryl Bills files NatSr 003.
7. Title: Harmon Family in New England Author: Judson Harmon, Governor of Ohio Publication: This is a newspaper article when he was running for President of the USA Call Number: john003.
8. Note: Keep in mind this was written for political purposes.
9. Title: Dow, Brown and Allied Families Author: Dow, Harriet B. Publication: The American Historical Company, Inc. New York. 1929 Call Number: John013 Page: pg. 156-157 Text: Nathaniel Harmon and his brothers, Samuel and Joseph, were first settlers of Suffield, Connecticut, and were associated with Major Pynchon, son of William Pynchon, who was the founder of Springfield, Massachusetts, in an extensive fur trade. They accumulated property and upon the death of Samuel, Nathaniel and Joseph became possessors of his Suffield property. Although Nathaniel was not qualified voter, when the town of Suffield was organized, he constantly held some town office. In 1724-25, he was a fence viewer, in 1729-30, a tything-man, and in 1731-32 constable. He had a house lot on High Street and a farm on the Northampton Road. His children became pioneers at West Suffield.
10. Title: Commemorative Biographical Record of Hartford County, Connecticut Author: Hartford County Call Number: US/CAN 974.62 D3c pt. 1 Page: pg. 993.
11. Note: Tells of fur trade. See biographical notes.
12. Title: Connecticut, Suffield. Births, Marriages, Deaths Call Number: 1,317,067 Page: pg. 12-13 Text: Nathaniel Harmon and Mary Skinner were joined in marriage November the 19th, 1685. Nathanie.
13. Title: Suffield Marriages Call Number: 0,014,766 Page: pg. 123 photocopy in Nat Sr 004 Text: Nathaniel Harman married Mary Skinner Nov. 19th, 1685."
3. Suffield was previously part of Massachusetts before statelines were adjusted in Connecticut.
4. The book "The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography," v. 13, p. 279, entry for Judson Harmon (b. 1846): "His first American ancestor was Francis Harmon, who emigrated from England to Boston, Mass., in 1636; his son John, was one of the founders of Springfield, Mass., and Suffield, Conn.; his son Nathaniel, married Mary Skinner; their son Samuel, married
Deborah Winchell (etc.)"
BURIAL:
1. From the Internet 6 Jul 2008 at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~kathycamp/Inscriptions/Page043.htm: Suffield, Hartford County, ConnecticutHeadstone Inscriptions 1660-1937. This list of inscriptions, town of Suffield, was copied in 1934, under the auspices of the F.E.R.A. and the W.P.A. sponsored by the Connecticut State Library, as compiled under the supervision of Charles R. Hale, State Military Necrologist, assisted by Miss Mary H. Babin, Secretary. Hartford, Connecticut, December 1937. Inscriptions, 125-3 West Suffield Cemetery, buried next to each other:
Harmon John born England 1617, died Springfield, Massachusetts 1661.
Harmon Joseph 1st born Springfield, Massachusetts 1646, died Suffield, Connecticut 1729 *First Settlers Suffield.
Harmon Nathaniel born Springfield Massachusetts 1653, died Suffield, Connecticut 1685 *First Settlers Suffield."
[KP note: there is a conflict between this cemetery record and the 1712 date I have for his death per the above notes.]
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