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

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

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

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

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