Androscoggin County ME Archives History - Books .....Harmon Family 1899 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/me/mefiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00001.html#0000031 November 24, 2008, 11:40 pm Book Title: History Of Durham, Maine HARMON. John Harmon,* a soldier in 1675, was in Wells, Me., in 1681, and had wife Sarah and eight children, of whom the second son, Samuel, was born 15 June 1686 and married, 19 March 1707 Mercy Stimpson. They moved to Scarboro' about 1728. Their son John was born about 1718 and m. (1) 2 Dec. 1742, Mary Hasty of Scarboro'. *For information about the early history of this family I am indebted ro Rev. George M. Bodge of Leominster, Mass., who is preparing A Genealogy of the Harmon Family. Daniel, son of John and Mary (Hasty) Harmon was born in Scarborough 17 April 1747. He was a Revolutionary soldier. Married Sarah York of Cape Elizabeth. The intentions were recorded 19 Mch. 1768. They lived for some time in Standish, where ten children were born. He moved to Durham before 1794 and died there 22 Aug. 1806. His wife died 28 Oct. 1832. Both united with the Cong. Ch. in Standish 4 Feb. 1775. They had, FRANCIS. See below. ROBERT. Unknown. SUSANNAH m. 18 Jan. 1798 Moses Roberts. LYDIA m. 18 Mch. 1801 Aaron Davis. DANIEL. See below. JOHN b. 14 Mch. 1782. See below. HANNAH m. 4 Sept. 1814 Rufus Warren. Francis, son of Daniel and Sarah (York) Harmon, was born in Standish 1 June 1772. Came to Durham with his parents; m. (1) 15 Oct. 1797 Susannah, dau. of O. Israel Bagley. She was born in Royalsborough 9 Mch. 1777 and died 5 June 1798, leaving one son. O. ISRAEL BAGLEY HARMON b. 7 Mch. 1798; died 1820. Francis Harmon m. (2) 18 Oct. 1798 Betsey Dyer who was born 15 Oct. 1776 and died 26 Feb. 1807, leaving four children. BENJAMIN b. 20 Nov. 1799; m. a Miss Brett; died in Ill. SUSANNAH b. 5 Oct. 1801; m. 14 Mch. 1825 David Rogers of Raymond. LORING b. 9 Nov. 1803; m. — Oct. 1828 Eunice Douglas; d. s. p. in Dover, Me. FRANCIS JR. b. 18 Jan. 1806. See p. 196. Francis Harmon m. (3) 28 Sept. 1807 Leah Beal of Hingham, Mass., who was born 2 Jan. 1779 and died 18 Oct. 1829, leaving four ch. BETSEY DYER b. 19 July 1808; d. 16 Aug. 1810. WILLIAM LORING b. 3 Dec. 1309. M. D. at Bowdoin Coll. 1835. Practiced in Durham, Lynn, Mass., and N. Y. City. A dau. Geraldine m. Albion Strout. A son Fred is a lawyer in Ill. JOSEPH BEAL b. 8 Oct. 1811; went to Ill. EMILY KING b. 30 Aug. 1817; m. 13 Oct. 1836, Daniel Newell. Francis Harmon m. (4) 1830 Sally Dyer of Portland. She died Nov. 1845. He died 1 June 1862 in Durham. He was a carpenter by trade, a man of piety, kindness and generosity. Francis Harmon Jr. b. 18 Jan. 1806; m 24 Nov. 1831 Huldah Douglas, dau. of Paul and Nancy (Warren) Douglas, born in Brunswick 4 Feb. 1800 and died in Auburn 4 Feb. 1869. He died 4 Jan. 1870. Their children were all born in Durham. SARAH E. b. 25 Nov. 1833; d. 29 May 1853. ESTHER COLLINS b. 25 Aug. 1835; d. 24 May 1855. EDWARD F. b. 5 June 1837; m. 16 July 1872 Jennie S. Rich of Auburn. He resided in San Francisco, Cal., where he died 4 Oct. 1875. GEORGE HARRISON b. 18 May 1839; m. 14 March 1871 Orphia L. Vickery of Auburn, where he resides. FRANCES ELLEN b. 21 April 1841; m. 11 Feb. 1869 Thomas Wheaton. They live in Oakland, Cal. HENRIETTA LOUISA b. 26 Feb. 1843; m. 24 Sept. 1867 Frank E. Young of Auburn. She died 10 June 1876. Daniel Harmon Jr. b. 9 Feb. 1778 and d. 26 Nov. 1848; m. 27 Sept. 1798 Mary True. She was born in Salisbury, Mass. 28 Oct. 1781 and died in Durham, 3 June 1821. He was a soldier in the War of 1812, a leading Methodist, Trial Justice, Representative, and held many town offices. They had nine children. AARON b. 20 Jan. 1799; d. in Washington, D. C, 1870. MARY b. 25 Sept. 1802; m. 22 June 1828 Jesse Hayes of New Gloucester. Prof. B. F. Hayes of Cobb Divinity School is a son. WILLIAM b. 12 Feb. 1804; d. 9 Oct. 1806. REBECCA TRUE b. 17 May 1806; m. 30 Nov. 1826 Charles Cobb of New Gloucester. He was Clerk of Courts in Portland many years. She m. (2) May, 1861, the Rev. Charles W. Morse and died in Evanstown, Ill., 23 Oct. 1883. WILLIAM TRUE b. 23 Oct. 1808; d. 26 Dec. 1830. Unm. DANIEL 3d b. 7 April 1811; d. 10 June 1862 in Oshkosh, Wis. LORENZO Dow b. 19 April 1814; m. Mary Stevens of Portland; d. in Washington 1890. ZEBULON KING b. 11 Nov. 1816. See http://files.usgwarchives.net/me/cumberland/bios/harmon10nbs.txt ALLEN COBB b. 4 Aug. 1819; d. in Alexandria, Va., 1891. Daniel Harmon m. (2) 19 Oct. 1821 Sally S. Cobb of Westboro, Mass. She was born 6 Mch. 1790 and died 24 Aug. 1827. They had two children. CHARLES COBB b. 5 Aug. 1822. Lawyer. Clerk of Courts in Portland; d. 1856. JOSIAH COBB b. Sept. 1823; d. 1824. David Harmon m. (3) 26 Feb. 1828 Mary Hayes of New Gloucester. She was born 30 June 1792 and died 15 April 1868. Three ch. SALLY COBB b. 4 Feb. 1831; d. 5 Oct. 1835. JOHN HAYES b. 29 Jan. 1832; d. in Hardingsburg, Ky., 28 Oct. 1898. ORIN b. 25 Dec. 1835; d. in Hardingsburg, Ky., 10 Nov. 1888. John, son of Daniel and Sarah (York) Harmon, was born 14 Mch. 1782, in Standish. He married (1) Eliza Riggs who was born in Portland 19 Sept. 1784. He moved to Portland after the birth of his third child and thence to Boston. By his second marriage there were children whose names are unknown. LOUISA b. 10 Nov. 1805; d. 24 Aug. 1806. JANE E. b. 8 Feb. 1807; m. Dea. E. P. Tobie of Lewiston. LOUISA b. 24 May 1808. JOHN JR. lived in Cape Elizabeth and later in Durham on road leading to No. Pownal. Additional Comments: Part of Chapter XII. GENEALOGICAL NOTES Extracted from: HISTORY OF DURHAM, MAINE WITH GENEALOGICAL NOTES. BY EVERETT S. STACKPOLE. PUBLISHED BY VOTE OF TOWN. LEWISTON: PRESS OF LEWISTON JOURNAL COMPANY. 1899. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/me/androscoggin/history/1899/historyo/harmonfa67nms.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mefiles/ File size: 6.4 Kb