Martha Harding

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Martha Harding, a widow, who settled in Plymouth Massachusetts as early as 1632 and is mentioned further as the wife of Joseph Harding below. I Joseph Harding the immigrant ancestor of this line came to Maine it is believed as early as 1623 in the company of Governor Gorges and when the colony was abandoned took refuge at Plymouth. He may have died however before the family removed to Plymouth for we find that his widow Martha Harding was taxed at Plymouth January 2 1632-33. The inventory of her goods was made by James Hurst, Francis Cook, and John Doane and amounted to the value of twenty pounds eighteen shillings and six pence. She died in 1633 leaving her son Joseph to the care of John Doane who was probably her brother.

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' Married: Joseph Harding Sr. in 1624 in Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, Colonial America'

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It is assumed that the Deacon John Doane was Martha's brother. No strong documentation proves this however the Deacon John Doane administered her will and took ownership of her two children at the time of her death.
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• Martha Doane Harding
• Birth: 1600 Shropshire, England
• Death: 1633 Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA
• Family links:
• Parents:
• John Doane (1575 - 1629)
• Lydia Doane (1578 - ____)
• Sibling:
• Martha Doane Harding (1600 - 1633)
• Anna Doane Twining (1600 - 1680)*
• Burial: Unknown
• Find A Grave Memorial# 60407903
• From: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=60407903 ____________________
• Plymouth Colony, its history & people, 1620-1691 By Eugene Aubrey Stratton
• http://books.google.com/books?id=17zCU76ZtH0C&pg=PA367&lpg=PA367&dq...
• Pg. 297
• HARDING, MARTHA - Widow Harding was on the 25 March 1633 tax list for the minimum amount, nine shillings. Martha Harding died before 28 October 1633 and John Doane presented her inventory and was administrator on behalf of her son (PCR 1:18) Her inventory was valued at a little over L20, and among her debts were L20 to three of her husband's brothers in England. It was noted that she died without a will, leaving one son to the custody of Mr. John Doane (MD 1:82-83), and Dawes-Gates 2:302 gives good reason to think that she may have been Doane's sister. Her son, Joseph Harding, later married Bethiah Cooke (PCR 8:27), daughter of Josiah Cooke, q.v. There were other Hardings in the area, such as the John Harding on the 1643 ATBA for Duxbury; the Phebe Harding who married John Browne on 26 march 1634 PCR 1:26); and the Winifred Harding who married Thomas Whitton on 22 November 1639 (PCR 1:134); but no relationship is known with Martha Harding. _________________
• The Doane family: 1. Deacon John Doane, of Plymouth, 2. Doctor John Done, of Maryland, and their descendants. With notes upon English families of the same name (1902)
• http://archive.org/details/doanefamily1deac00doan
• http://archive.org/stream/doanefamily1deac00doan#page/5/mode/1up
• [Oct. 28, 1633] At this Court John Done presented an inventory of the goods and chattels of Martha Harding deceased, who in behalf of her son was allowed the administracon of the said Martha.
• — Ply. Col. Rec. Vol. i, p. 18.
• Note. The widow Martha Harding was taxed in Plymouth in 1632, and was living there in March, 1633. It has been suggested that she was a sister of Mr. John Doane. Martha Harding's inventory was presented Oct. 28, 1633. It states that she died without will, leaving a son in the custody of Mr. John Done, in behalf of whom Mr. Done is allowed to administer. Her estate amounted to £20. 18.s 6. Her debts to £33. 9s 1. John Done charges her estate with £9. 9.s 1 money lent to, or paid out for Martha Harding. Phoebe Harding married John Brown, Jr., of Duxbury, Mar. 26, 1634. Winnifred Harding married Thomas Whitten in 1639. John Harding was probably the "Capt. Harding" sent to treat with the Narragansetts in 1645. In 1652, Joseph Harding of Eastham was presented to the Grand Enquest, "for carrying an Indian's gun into the smith's to bee mended in his uncle's name." Would John Doane have paid out over nine pounds for the widow Harding, if she was not a relative? Unless a relative, would Martha Harding have left a son to the custody of John Doane when she evidently had other children in Plymouth grown to manhood and womanhood? _________________________________ https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Doane-85

'Martha (Doane) Harding (bef. 1600 - 1633)

Martha Harding formerly Doane

Born before 1600 in Somerset, England

Daughter of John (Doane) Done Jr and [mother unknown]

Sister of Anne (Doane) Twining

Wife of Joseph Harding — married 1624 in Hingham,Plymouth,Massachusetts,USA

DESCENDANTS

Mother of John Harding and Joseph Harding

Died 8 Oct 1633 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts

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John Doane is her likely brother.

Biography

Martha died in 1633 in Plymouth and left an estate worth only £20. 18s. 6d. She left the care of her young son Joseph to her brother John Doane who also probably took care of John as well. [1]

“A true Inventory of the goods & Chattels of Martha Harding deceased… by James Hurst ffr Cooke & John Done… the 28th Octobr Ano Reg Domini Carol 8th [1633]...

Impr. 2 Gownes.................................................02 10 00 It 1 Coate & Apron.............................................01 08 00 It a pcell of smale [ ].......................................02 08 00 It a glasse............................................................00 01 00 It 2 p of sheets....................................................00 16 00 It 2 aprons...........................................................00 04 00 It 2 pillow beers..................................................00 03 00 It 9 napkins & a smalle cloak............................00 05 00 It 5 towels............................................................00 02 00 It a [ ].................................................................00 06 00 It a kettle & a skellet...........................................01 01 00 It a fire [ ] & [ ]...............................................00 01 06 It a cloake............................................................00 05 00 It [ ]...................................................................00 09 00 It 3 [ ].................................................................00 05 00 It 1 [ ].................................................................00 01 06 It a peere.............................................................00 12 00 It Joyners tooles w other [ ]...........................00 13 00 It a little kettle & an old pan & [ ]....................00 06 06 It corne.................................................................01 05 00 It a sow 20s/ swine [ ].......................................06 00 00 It a sow.................................................................02 10 00 Summe.................................................................20 18 06 Martha Harding debits

To mr Done [ ] & disbursed for [ ] the sum of.09 09 01 It owing to divers psons in [ ] or smale pcells.04 00 00 It more to per usbands [ ] in Engl to owe eight pounds :to another 9£ to brother 3£ Suma............................................................20 00 00… This Martha Harding dyed w/out a will leaving one son in the custody of Mr John Done the administrator of the said Martha… [2]

The “Suma” at the end of the tabulation concerns the debts which she still owed from her husband. It appears that she owed £33.9s.1d. so her estate was insolvent. Given the joyners tools in the inventory I suspect that was her husbands trade. Why were they so much in debt? It doesn’t appear that they owned any property to explain the debt. They owed money to folks in England. Was this for their transportation over here? Some of the debt seems to be to his brother in England. Too bad they didn’t write down their names and where they lived! Joseph and Martha both died so young… leaving two little boys orphans… a sad story and one I would love to know more about.

Much of this document is difficult to read. I am usually quite good at deciphering 17th century hand writing, however, this one is a challenge! So, I've uploaded the original record… have a go at it! If anyone can figure out the rest of the document, let us know as perhaps it will fill in some holes in the information on this family.

Birth

Birth: Date: ABT 1600 SDATE 1 JUL 1600 Place: Of Somerset, Somersetshire, England Death

Death: Date: 1633 SDATE 1 JUL 1633 Place: Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts Burial

Burial: Date: BEF 28 OCT 1633 SDATE 27 OCT 1633

Name

Name: Martha /Doan/ Source: #S214 Page: Tree #0946 Data: Text: Date of Import: Aug 24, 1998 http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=6676093&pid=... Birth

Birth: Date: 1600 Source: #S214 Page: Tree #0946 Data: Text: Date of Import: Aug 24, 1998 http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=6676093&pid=...

Death: Date: 1633 Place: PLYMOUTH PLYMOUTH MASS. Source: #S214 Page: Tree #0946 Data: Text: Date of Import: Aug 24, 1998 http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=6676093&pid=... Marriage

Husband: Joseph Harding Wife: Martha Doan Child: UNKNOWN John Relationship to Father: Natural Relationship to Mother: Natural Child: UNKNOWN Joseph Relationship to Father: Natural Relationship to Mother: Natural Marriage: Date: 1624 Place: PLYMOUTH PLYMOUTH MASS. Source: #S214 Page: Tree #0946 Data: Text: Date of Import: Aug 24, 1998

Sources

Source S214 Author: Brøderbund Software, Inc. Title: LDS Website - www.familysearch.com Publication: Name: Release date: January 12, 1997; NOTECustomer pedigree. Family Archive CD http://www.oakbaydesigns.com/Maine/1harding.htm This reference, above, gives some credence to her connections, given a will of her husband.

[S1052] Family of John Perkins, online. [S187] VR of Massachusetts (published).

Martha Doane 1 b. circa 1600, d. before 28 October 1633d. b 28 Oct 1633|p391.htm#i9767|John Doane|b. c 1575d. date unknown|p391.htm#i9764|Lydia (?)|b. c 1575d. date unknown|p391.htm#i9765|||||||||||||');"3 Generation Pedigree Martha Doane was born circa 1600 in Somerset, England.1 She was the daughter of John Doane and Lydia (?).1 She died before 28 October 1633 in Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.2 Citations [S383] Roger Courser, "Thomas, Wilbur and Courser Families", Sep. 24, 2002. [S64] The Great Migration.

More About Martha Doane: Ancestral File Number: 1T4P-D4. Burial: Bef. 28 Oct 1633 Record Change: 03 Sep 2005

More About Martha Doane and Joseph Harding: Marriage: 1624, Of, Somerset, Somersetshire, England.

Children of Martha Doane and Joseph Harding are:

+Joseph Harding, b. 1624, Of Somerset, Somersetshire, England, d. 1685, Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts.

Martha (Doane) Harding migrated to New England during the Puritan Great Migration (1620-1640). Join: Puritan Great Migration Project Discuss: PGM Biography[3]

Born by 1612 and possibly much earlier, she arrived in Massachusetts, probably already a widow, in 1632. She was on the Plymouth tax list of 25 Mar 1633. She was dead by 28 October 1633 when an inventory of her estate was taken. "The estate showed disbursements to 'her husband's brothers in England, to one eight pounds to another nine pounds to another three pounds'; "This Martha Harding died without will leaving one son in the custody of Mr. John Done the administrator of the said Martha...: [MD 1:83, citing PCPR 1:9]."

"It is likely that Martha harding was sister to John Doane, who administered her estate and took her son, Joseph, into his household after her death. Joseph Harding was complained of on 3 June 1652 for 'carrying an Indian's gun unto the smith to be mended in his uncle's name.", and it is assumed by some that the uncle mentioned here would be John Doane.

There were others by the name of Harding in early Plymouth, but with no obvious connection to Martha Harding:

John, b by 1627 (in Duxbury section of 1643 Plymouth list of men able to bear arms [PCR 8:190]); Phebe who married 26 March 1633 John Brown [PCR 1:26]; and Winifred who married 22 Nov 1639 Thomas Whiton [PCR 1:134] Child:

Joseph, b by 1632; m in Eastham 4 Apr 1660 Bethiah Cook, daughter of Josias Cooke. "[Oct. 28, 1633] At this Court John Done presented an inventory of the goods and chattels of Martha Harding deceased, who in be- half of her son was allowed the administracon of the said Martha. — Ply. Col. Rec. Vol. i, p. 18.

Note. The widow Martha Harding was taxed in Plymouth in 1632, and was living there in March, 1633. It has been suggested that she was a sister of Mr. John Doane. Martha Harding's inventory was presented Oct. 28, 1633. It states that she died without will, leaving a son in the custody of Mr. John Done, in behalf of whom Mr. Done is allowed to administer. Her estate amoiinted to £20. 18. s 6. Her debts to £33. 9 s 1. John Done charges her estate with £9. 9. s 1 money lent to, or paid out for Martha Harding. Phoebe Harding married John Brown, Jr., of Duxbury, Mar. 26, 1634. Winnifred Harding married Thomas Whitten in 1639. John Harding was probably the " Capt. Harding " sent to treat with the Narragansetts ml 645. In 1652, Joseph Harding of Eastham was presented to the Grand Enquest, " for carrying an Indian's gun into the smith's to bee mended in his uncle's name." Would John Doane have paid out over nine pounds for the widow Harding, if she was not a relative? Unless a relative, would Martha Hard- ing have left a son to the custody of John Doane when she evidently had other children in Plymouth grown to manhood and womanhood? "

Sources

↑ The Hardings in America- A Genealogical Register of the Descendants of John Harding, of England, Born A.D.1567- Wilbur J. Harding, Harding Printing Co., Keystone, Iowa, 1925- pp.21-2 ↑ Plymouth Colony Probate Records- Vol. I, fol. 4 ↑ Robert Charles Anderson, Great Migration Begins, Boston, MA: 1995, pp 854-855 https://archive.org/stream/doanefamily1deac00doan/doanefamily1deac0... (Early in the document, section "5") Name

Name: Martha /Harding/ Source: #S98 Page: Vol. 4, Page 1921

Note

Note: @N19@ @N19@ NOTE “Martha Harding, widow, the immigrant ancestor, was in Plymouth as early as 1632. She died in 1633, leaving her son Joseph to the care of John Doane, probably her brother. It is believed that her husband came to Maine in 1623 with Governor Gorges, and when the colony was abandoned he took refuge at Plymouth, but he may have died before his family removed to Plymouth. It appears that the widow had previously committed her elder son, John, to the care of John Doane. Children: John; Phebe, married, 1634, [to] John Brown; WInifred, married, 1639, [to] Thomas Whiton; Joseph, mentioned below. Joseph Harding, son of Martha Harding, was born about 1635. He was given into the care of Deacon John Doane by his mother, and lived with his guardian during his minority, at Duxbury and Eastham, Massachusetts. About 1650 he came to Braintree, taking possession apparently of lands inherited from his father and from time to time his name is found in the probate records from 1650 to 1660. He maried, April 4, 1660, Bethia, daughter of Josiah and Elizabeth (King) Cook, of Eastham, formerly of Plymouth, and grantee of Little Compton, Rhode Island. Joseph settled early at Eastham.” Source: #S98 Page: Vol. 4, Page 1921 @S98@ SOUR Type: Book Text: Cutter, William Richard. Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of the State of Massachusetts, Volumes 1-4, published online by Google Books, 2006 (http://books.google.com/books?id=kmujIJi3_FkC&printsec=frontcover&s...); original publisher: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, New York, 1910. User ID

User ID: DC5EE068749744FCA4112547105D73360486 Sources

Source S98 Type: Book Text: Cutter, William Richard. Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of the State of Massachusetts, Volumes 1-4, published online by Google Books, 2006 (http://books.google.com/books?id=kmujIJi3_FkC&printsec=frontcover&s...); original publisher: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, New York, 1910. Prob. sister of Deacon John Doane

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Our Harding Family: A Record of the Family and Descendants of Samuel Harding, and of Love Mayhew Harding- . of Braintree to Boston, and the assignment of Brain- tree's lands to others had deprived them, Second Generation in America - John Harding, of Joseph and Martha (Doane) Harding, arried son m H urst..."- https://www.myheritage.com/research/record-66813-13/our-harding-fam...

Doane Family (1902)-was a sister of Mr. John Doane. MarthaHarding's inventory was presented Oct. 28, 1633. It states that she died without will, leaving a son In the custody of Mr. John Done, in behalf of whom Mr. Done is allowed...— https://www.myheritage.com/research/record-58549-39/doane-family-19...

'History of Barnstable County, Massachusetts, 1620,1637-1686,1890 (1890)-'various build, and passing a large portion of this long period of ser- _J MarthaHarding, who survived him and was administrator of his estate. Doane, of John G. and o-reat-arranddaughter of Thomas — https://www.myheritage.com/research/record-60511-806/history-of-bar...

Name: Martha J. Doane, Volume: 44,Page Number: 202,Reference:Genealogy of Jos. Bartlett of Newton, Ms. By Aldis Everard Hibner. Rutland, Vt, 1934. (11, 291, 78p.):277

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