Some Descendants of Samuel Harding (Joseph, Joseph) and Elizabeth Eldred of Eastham

1. Nicholas Harding was born on 24 Jun 1708 in Eastham. [Ref, 3;231] He was baptised on 29 Sep 1717 in the First Parish in Brewster. [Ref, 5;17]
2. Samuel Harding was born on 21 Dec 1709 in Eastham. [Ref, 3;231] He was baptised on 29 Sep 1717 in the First Parish in Brewster. [Ref, 5;17] He married Content James of Hingham after 4 Jun 1739 (int.) in Eastham. [Ref, 29;148, eds. give Content's last name] She may be the Content Harding who married Ebenezer Higgins on 25 Dec [1769-1771?] in Eastham. [Ref, 32;167]
   1. Thankful Harding was born on 25 Jun 1741 in Eastham. [Ref, 16;70] She may be the Thankful who married Richard Paine on 15 Nov 1762 in Eastham. [Ref, 32;160]
   2. Elizabeth Harding was born on 8 Aug 1743 in Eastham. [Ref, 16;70] She may be the Elizabeth who married Simon Newcomb on 10 Apr 1767 in Eastham. [Ref, 32;162]
   3. Lusia Harding was born on 7 May 1746 in Eastham. [Ref, 16;70]
   4. Rebecca Harding was born on 29 Nov 1748 in Eastham. [Ref, 16;70] She may be the Rebecca who married Elijah Knowles on 2 Apr 1774 in Eastham. [Ref, 32;172]
   5. Samual Harding was born on 16 Aug 1751 in Eastham. [Ref, 16;70] He married Eunice Huston on 5 Aug 1790. [Ref, p. 558] She was the daughter of Simon Huston. [Ref, p. 558]
      Samuel came to Gorham from Eastham. [Ref, p. 558] He spent thirty years as a mariner. [Ref, p. 558] He learned the trade of blacksmith from Richard Paine, who had married his sister Thankful. [Ref, p. 558] He bought a farm in Buxton, near Gorham Village. [Ref, p. 558]
      1. Simon Harding was born in Buxton. [Ref, p. 558] He drowned on 8 Oct 1825 at Stroudwater. [Ref, p. 558] He married Eliza Paine. [Ref, p. 558] She was the daughter of William and Hannah Paine of Gorham. [Ref, p. 558] She married second Stephen A. Patrick of Buxton. [Ref, p. 558]
         1. William Harding was born on 8 Jul 1822. He died in the army in Washington. [Ref, p. 558]
         2. Samuel Harding was born on 15 Apr 1824. [Ref, p. 558] He died on 20 Jul 1899. [Ref, p. 558] He married Joanna Brown in 1846. [Ref, p. 558]
            1. Edwin S. Harding married Mary A. Lombard. [Ref, p. 558]
            2. Charles B. Harding [Ref, p. 558]
      2. Samuel Harding was born in Buxton. [Ref, p. 558]
      3. Eunice Harding was born in Buxton. [Ref, p. 558]
      4. Mary Harding was born in Buxton. [Ref, p. 558]
         
   6. Barnabas Harding was born on 13 May 1755 in Eastham. [Ref, 16;70]
3. John Harding was born on 4 Nov 1711 in Eastham. [Ref, 3;231] He must have died by 7 Jul 1713.
4. John Harding was born on 7 Jul 1713 in Eastham. [Ref, 3;231] He was baptised on 29 Sep 1717 in the First Parish in Brewster. [Ref, 5;17] He may be the John Harding who married Thankful Rich on 26 Jun 1735 in Eastham. [Ref, 17;97]
   This is the John who is said to have gone to Gorham, Maine. He was collector of the province taxes for several years. [Ref, p. 550] He was a member of Capt. Woodman's company of provincials in the Northern Army in the French and Indian War. [Ref, p. 550] The John who married Thankful Rich and went to Gorham had the following children:
   1. Zephaniah Harding was born in 1737. [Ref, p. 551] He died on 13 Feb 1807. [Ref, p. 554] He married first Mary Davis in Nov 1759. [Ref, p. 551] Mary was the daughter of Capt. Simon Davis of Barnstable. [Ref, p. 553] She died on 27 Oct 1770, age 30. [Ref, p. 554] He married second Lucy Harding in Jan 1773. [Ref, p. 554] Lucy was the sister of Capt. Samuel Harding of Buxton. [Ref, p. 554] She died on 15 Jul 1828, age 83. [Ref, p. 554]
      1. Priscilla Harding was born on 16 Dec 1760. [Ref, p. 553] She married John Lombard, Jr. on 13 Aug 1780. [Ref, p. 553]
      2. Thankful Harding was born on 14 Jan 1763. [Ref, p. 553] She died on 2 Jun 1843 in Gorham, unmarried. [Ref, p. 553]
      3. Nicholas Harding was born on 28 Feb 1765. [Ref, p. 553] He died on 16 Mar 1837. [Ref, p. 555] He married first Miriam Bacon on 14 Jun 1789. [Ref, p. 553] She died on 27 Jul 1818, age 53. [Ref, p. 555] She was the daughter of Joseph and Miriam Bacon. [Ref, p. 554] He married second Annah Bacon. [Ref, p. 553] Annah was the sister of his first wife. [Ref, p. 555] She died on 14 Feb 1861, age 93. [Ref, p. 555]
         1. Alexander Harding was born on 12 Jan 1790. [Ref, p. 554] He died on 8 Oct 1862, age 72. [Ref, p. 556a] He married Roxanna (Adams) Smith on 33 May 1831. [Ref, p. 554] She was the daughter of William Adams and the wife of Elliot Smith. [Ref, p. 556a] She died on 19 Jan 1873, age 69. [Ref, p. 556a]
            1. Robert B. Harding was born on 12 Jun 1833. [Ref, p. 556a] He married Nancy Lewis on 24 Feb 1852. [Ref, p. 556a] She died on 9 Nov 1868, age 31. [Ref, p. 556a]
            • Alexander Harding married Emma Bean of Buxton.
            2. Truman W. Harding was born on 16 Jul 1835. [Ref, p. 556a] He died young. [Ref, p. 556a]
            3. Angelina T. Harding was born on 1 Apr 1839. [Ref, p. 556a] She married John Wallace. [Ref, p. 556a]
            4. Frances E. Harding was born on 2 Jan 1844. [Ref, p. 556a] She married Joseph Baker of Portland on 30 Aug 1859. [Ref, p. 556a]
            5. Eliza E. Harding was born on 17 Mar 1847. [Ref, p. 556a] She probably died on 27 Aug 1853. [Ref, p. 556a]
         2. Edward Harding was born on 28 Jan 1792. [Ref, p. 554] He died young. [Ref, p. 554]
         3. Polly Harding was born on 31 Aug 1794. [Ref, p. 554] She died on 4 Dec 1868 in S. Paris. [Ref, p. 554] She married Joseph Rice of Buxton on 20 Nov 1817. [Ref, p. 554]
         4. Peggy Harding was born on 17 Dec 1797. [Ref, p. 555] She married Horton Adams of Buxton on 22 Feb 1826. [Ref, p. 555]
         5. Robert Harding was born on 11 Apr 1800. [Ref, p. 555] He died unmarried. [Ref, p. 555]
         6. Col. William B. Harding was born on 23 Jul 1802. [Ref, p. 555] He died on 21 Sep 1859. [Ref, p. 556a] He married Mary Ann Edwards on 21 Dec 1826. [Ref, p. 555] She was the daughter of Samuel Edwards. [Ref, p. 556a] She died on 1 Dec 1881. [Ref, p. 556a]
            William was a colonel in the militia. [Ref, p. 556a]
            1. Martha E. Harding was born on 21 Jan 1828. [Ref, p. 556a] She married as his second wife William W. Lowe of Buckfield. [Ref, p. 556a]
            2. Mary C. Harding was born on 23 May 1832. [Ref, p. 556a] She died in Mar 1858. [Ref, p. 556a] She married William W. Lowe of Buckfield. [Ref, p. 556a]
            3. Roscoe G. Harding was born on 10 Jul 1834. [Ref, p. 556a] He married Mary Elizabeth Higgins of Thorndike on 4 Mar 1857. [Ref, p. 556a] She was the daughter of William F. Higgins. [Ref, p. 556a]
               Roscoe represented Gorham in the legislature. [Ref, p. 556a]
               
         7. Capt. Charles Harding was born on 15 Jan 1805. [Ref, p. 555] He died on 25 May 1886. [Ref, p. 556a] He married Eliza Ann Bailey in Jun 1833. [Ref, p. 555] She was the daughter of Levi and Mary Bailey. [Ref, p. 556a] She died in 1894. [Ref, p. 556a]
            1. Emeline Harding was born on 25 Dec 1833. [Ref, p. 556a] She married Edwin F. Elder. [Ref, p. 556a]
            2. Miriam R. Harding was born on 28 Jun 1836. [Ref, p. 556a] She married John C. Summersides on 2 Sep 1855. [Ref, p. 556a]
            3. Charles G. Harding was born on 23 Jun 1838. [Ref, p. 556a] He died on 1 Feb 1854. [Ref, p. 556a]
            4. Edward Harding was born on 10 Jan 1841. [Ref, p. 556a] He married first Iza A. Carlton of Pelham, New Hampshire. [Ref, p. 556a] She died on 15 Jan 1872. [Ref, p. 556a] He married second Sarah Putnam of Salem, Massachusetts. [Ref, p. 556a]
               Edward was a state senator and represented Gorham in the legislature. [Ref, p. 556a]
               
            5. Caroline Harding was born on 10 Nov 1843. [Ref, p. 556a] She married Levi Hall. [Ref, p. 556a]
            6. George B. Harding was born on 22 Jan 1846. [Ref, p. 556a] He died on 9 Nov 1895. [Ref, p. 556a] He married Ella F. Lowe. [Ref, p. 556a]
               George lived in Chelsea, Massachusetts. [Ref, p. 556a]
               
            7. Walter Harding was born on 28 Jan 1849. [Ref, p. 556a] He married Etta Packard. [Ref, p. 556a]
            8. May Harding was born on May 1853. [Ref, p. 556a] She died young. [Ref, p. 556a]
         8. Lucy Harding was born on 15 Jul 1808. [Ref, p. 555] She married Holmes Thomas on 11 May 1826. [Ref, p. 555]
         9. Lieut. Col. Colman Harding was born on 17 Dec 1811. [Ref, p. 555] He died on 15 Jul 1855. [Ref, p. 557a] He married Angelina (Tukesbury) Chadwell in 1842. [Ref, p. 555] She died on 6 Aug 1900. [Ref, p. 557a]
            Colman was a lieutenant colonel in the Civil War. [Ref, p. 557a]
            1. Margaret Eleanor Harding [Ref, p. 557a]
            2. Francis Colman Harding married Annie Chambers. [Ref, p. 557a]
               
      4. Barnabas Harding was born on 5 Jul 1767. [Ref, p. 553] He died in 1809 in Portland. [Ref, p. 553] He married Mehitable Jordan. [Ref, p. 553] Mehitable was the daughter of Dr. Clement and Sally (Gray) (Dunham) Jordan of Portland. [Ref, p. 553] She died in 1807 in Portland. [Ref, p. 553]
         1. Achsah Harding was born on 6 Feb 1799. [Ref, p. 553] She died in 1811. [Ref, p. 553]
         2. Joseph Davis Harding was born on 20 Feb 1801. [Ref, p. 553] He died in 1811. [Ref, p. 553]
         3. Sally Gray Harding was born on 24 Jan 1803. [Ref, p. 553] She died in 1812. [Ref, p. 553]
         4. Edward P. Harding was born on 6 Feb 1807. [Ref, p. 553]
      5. John Harding was born on 16 Dec 1769. [Ref, p. 553]
      6. Mary Harding (daughter of Lucy) died young. [Ref, p. 554]
      7. Lucy Harding was born on 5 Oct 1774. [Ref, p. 554] She married Elias Fogg of Buxton on 29 Sep 1799. [Ref, p. 554]
      8. Content Harding was born on 24 Apr 1776. [Ref, p. 554] She married Daniel Meserve of Scaroboro on 11 Dec 1796. [Ref, p. 554]
      9. Elizabeth Harding was born on 4 Feb 1778. [Ref, p. 554] She died in Gorham, unmarried. [Ref, p. 554]
      10. Zephaniah Harding was born on 17 Feb 1780. [Ref, p. 554]
      11. Samuel Harding was born on 16 Dec 1783. [Ref, p. 554]
      12. Joseph Harding was born on 18 Dec 1785. [Ref, p. 554] He died on 8 Feb 1845, age 59. [Ref, p. 555] He married Louisa Bryant on 8 Nov 1821. [Ref, p. 554] She died on 4 Jun 1875, age 71. [Ref, p. 555]
          1. Rebecca Harding was born on 22 Aug 1822. [Ref, p. 555] She married Samuel Cressey in Jun 1847. [Ref, p. 555]
          2. Lucy Harding was born on 30 Mar 1824. [Ref, p. 555] She died young. [Ref, p. 555]
          3. Eunice Harding was born on 1 Aug 1826. [Ref, p. 555] She married Charles Whitney on 21 Jan 1844. [Ref, p. 555]
          4. Lucy Harding was born on 26 Jun 1827. [Ref, p. 555] She married William Prince of Yarmouth. [Ref, p. 555]
          5. Mary Harding was born on 15 Mar 1829. [Ref, p. 555] She died on 3 Jan 1899. [Ref, p. 555] She married Albion Paine of Massachusetts. [Ref, p. 555]
          6. Unknown Infant Harding was born in Feb 1831. [Ref, p. 555] He/she died young. [Ref, p. 555]
          7. Samuel F. Harding was born on 9 Jun 1833. [Ref, p. 555] He went west. [Ref, p. 555]
          8. Josiah Harding was born on 25 Sep 1835. [Ref, p. 555] He died on 6 May 1842. [Ref, p. 555]
          9. Edward Harding was born on 24 Dec 1837. [Ref, p. 555] He died on 6 May 1842. [Ref, p. 555]
          10. Frederick Harding was born on 13 Mar 1840. [Ref, p. 555] He died on 6 May 1842. [Ref, p. 555] It seems strange that three children would have died on the same day. If not an error this suggests an accident, rather than an epidemic.
          11. Josiah Harding was born on 6 Jun 1843. [Ref, p. 555]
   2. Nicholas Harding was born in 1739. [Ref, p. 551] He died about 1759 in the army at Lake George. [Ref, p. 551]
   3. Anna Harding was born in 1747. [Ref, p. 551] She married Timothy Hamblen on 14 Sep 1769. [Ref, p. 551]
   4. John Harding was born in 1748. [Ref, p. 551] He died on 20 Jan 1818. [Ref, p. 554] He married Abigail Harding [Ref, p. 551] on 13 Sep 1777. [Ref, p. 557a] She was the daughter of Seth and Elizabeth Harding. [Ref, p. 554] She died on 2 Oct 1820, age 73. [Ref, p. 554]
      John was "very religious and eccentric". [Ref, p. 554]
      1. Nicholas Harding was born on 3 Jan 1779. [Ref, p. 554] He died on 14 Apr 1829, unmarried. [Ref, p. 554]
      2. Elizabeth Harding was born on 30 Mar 1781. [Ref, p. 554] She died on _ Mar 1864, unmarried. [Ref, p. 554]
      3. John Harding was born on 15 Feb 1783. [Ref, p. 554] He died on 6 Jan 1855, unmarried. [Ref, p. 554]
      4. Abigail Harding was born on 8 Mar 1785. [Ref, p. 554] She died on 1 May 1842, unmarried. [Ref, p. 554]
      5. Seth Harding was born on 23 Jul 1787. [Ref, p. 554] He died on 2 Nov 1831, unmarried. [Ref, p. 554]
      6. Anna Harding was born on 10 Dec 1789. [Ref, p. 554] She died on 26 Jul 1865, unmarried. [Ref, p. 554]
      7. William Harding was born on 28 Nov 1792. [Ref, p. 554] He died on 28 Jun 1796. [Ref, p. 554]
      8. Salome Harding was born on 28 Dec 1794. [Ref, p. 554] She died in Aug 1796. [Ref, p. 554]
      9. Joseph Harding was born on 17 Jun 1797. [Ref, p. 554] He died on 8 Feb 1878. [Ref, p. 554] He married Lydian Varey of Windham in 1843. [Ref, p. 554]
      10. Hannah Harding was born on 22 Jun 1800. [Ref, p. 554] She died on 27 Dec 1838, unmarried. [Ref, p. 554]
          
   5. Mary Harding was born in 1750. [Ref, p. 551] She married John Butterfield. [Ref, p. 551]
   6. Thankful Harding was born in 1752. [Ref, p. 551] She married William Murch on 20 Jan 1774. [Ref, p. 551]
      
5. Zephaniah Harding was born on 11 May 1715 in Eastham. [Ref, 3;231] He was baptised on 29 Sep 1717 in the First Parish in Brewster. [Ref, 5;17]
6. Elizabeth Harding was born on 9 May 1717 in Eastham. [Ref, 3;231] She was baptised on 29 Sep 1717 in the First Parish in Brewster. [Ref, 5;17] She may be the Elizabeth Harding who married Lemuel Rich on 14 Mar 1734 in Eastham. [Ref, 17;97] Or, she may be the Elizabeth who married Samuel Higgens after 12 Mar 1739/40 (int.) in Eastham. [Ref, 29;149]
7. Joseph Harding was born on 19 May 1719 in Eastham. [Ref, 3;231] He died on 6 Feb 1771, age 52, and is buried in the Duck Creek Cemetery in Wellfleet. [Ref, 11;143] He married Eunice Newcomb on 22 Apr 1740 in Eastham. [Ref, 19;104]
   1. Jase [Jesse?] Harding was born on 13 Nov 1741 in Eastham. [Ref, 20;106] I conjecture that this Jesse is the Jesse Harding of Wellfleet who married first Jerusha Unknown. [Ref, p. 558] She died on 27 May 1774, age 37. [Ref, p. 558] Jesse married second Elizabeth Alden on 2 Mar 1777. [Ref, p. 558] Elizabeth was the daughter of Austin Alden of Gorham. [Ref, p. 558]
      Jesse was a whaler in Wellfleet. [Ref, p. 558] He moved to Gorham in 1769. [Ref, p. 558] He later moved to Hampden. . [Ref, p. 558]
      1. Elizabeth Harding was born on 17 Jan. 1778. [Ref, p. 558] She married John Pumroy. [Ref, p. 558]
      2. Jesse Harding was born on 21 Sep 1779. [Ref, p. 558] He died in Dec 1781 in Gorham. [Ref, p. 558]
      3. Samuel Harding was born on 14 Jul 1781. [Ref, p. 558]
      4. Austin Harding was born in May 1784 in Hampden. [Ref, p. 558]
      5. Eunice Harding was born on 3 Oct1788 in Hampden. [Ref, p. 558]
      6. Salome Harding was born on 26 Jun 1790 in Hampden. [Ref, p. 558]
      7. Josiah Harding was born on 21 Jan 1794 in Hampden. [Ref, p. 558]
   2. Hannah Harding was born on 11 Feb 1744 in Eastham. [Ref, 20;106] She might be the Hannah who married Thomas Holbrook after 13 Feb 1761 (int.) in Eastham [Ref, 27;123]
   3. Capt. Samuel Harding was born on 18 Aug 1745 in Eastham. [Ref, 20;106] He died at sea on 17 Jun 1789. [Ref, p. 557a] Samuel of Wellfleet married Martha Brown on 6 Oct 1767 in Eastham. [Ref, 32;162] She was the sister of Sylvanus and Samuel Brown and came from Eastham. [Ref, p. 557a] She died on 21 Jan 1826 in West Gorham. [Ref, p. 557a]
      Capt. Samuel Harding and his brother Simon came from Eastham. [Ref, p. 557a] Samuel settled on a farm at West Gorham. [Ref, p. 557a]
      1. Hannah Harding was born on 28 Sep 1775. [Ref, p. 557a] She married James Lewis on 24 Sep 1793. [Ref, p. 557a]
      2. Rebecca Harding was born on 5 Jul 1777. [Ref, p. 557a] She died young.
   4. Joseph Harding was born on 28 Oct 1747 in Eastham. [Ref, 20;106]
   5. Joshua Harding was born on 23 Mar 1750 in Eastham. [Ref, 20;106]
   6. Solomon Harding was born on 31 May 1752 in Eastham. [Ref, 16;79]
   7. Simon Harding was born on 17 Jul 1754 in Eastham. [Ref, 16;79] He married Elizabeth Cressey in Jan 1775. [Ref, p. 558] She was the daughter of John and Deborah Cressey. [Ref, p. 558] She died on 17 Feb 1823, age 66. [Ref, p. 558]
      Simon, the brother of Samuel, settled in Gorham and later moved to Baldwin. [Ref, p. 558]
      1. Noah Harding was born on 27 Nov 1777 in Gorham. [Ref, p. 558]
   8. John Harding was born on 26 Oct 1756 in Eastham. [Ref, 16;79]
8. Martha Harding (supposed daughter) married Samuel Brown after 25 Apr 1741 (int.) in Eastham. [Ref, 29;149]
9. Barnabas Harding (supposed son) married Ruth Atwood on 23 Feb 1748/9 in Eastham. [Ref, 24;111] He married second Elizabeth Snow before 2 May 1768. [Ref, 17;90]
   1. Timothy Harding was born on 2 May 1768 in Eastham. [Ref, 17;90]
10. Mary Harding (supposed daughter) married Nathaniel Snow on 25 Apr 1745 in Eastham. [Ref, 24;110]
11. Seth Harding (supposed son) married Elizabeth Willcut on 29 Nov 1746 (int.) in Eastham. [Ref, 29;151] (Or perhaps she married Seth Harding (b. 1721) or perhaps this Seth is Seth Harding (b. 1721))
    Seth went to Gorham, Maine. [Ref, p. 557a] He was a private in Capt. McLellan's company in the Penobscot Expedition. [Ref, p. 557a]
    1. Elizabeth Harding was born about 1751. [Ref, p. 557a] She died on 26 Apr 1841 in Alfred. [Ref, p. 557a] She married Josiah Whitney on 16 Sep 1775. [Ref, p. 557a]
       Elizabeth joined the Shakers. [Ref, p. 557a]
       
    2. Samuel Harding was born on 15 Jul 1754. [Ref, p. 557a] He probably married Susanna Freeman after 2 May 1781 (int.). [Ref, p. 557a]
       Samuel joined the Shakers. [Ref, p. 557a]
       
    3. Abigail Harding was born on 14 Jul 1756. [Ref, p. 557a] She married John Harding on 13 Sep 1777. [Ref, p. 557a]
    4. Martha Harding was born on 14 Jul 1759. [Ref, p. 557a] She married Jeremiah Towle on 20 Jan 1791. [Ref, p. 557a]
    5. Seth Harding was born on 3 Feb 1763. [Ref, p. 557a] He died on 4 Jan 1839 in Gorham, unmarried. [Ref, p. 557a]