Barbara Harvard

Active in church affairs, Robert Harvard held many posts at the Saint Saviour's Church including Vestryman, Warden, Overseer of the Poor, and Governor of the Saint Saviour's Grammar School. Robert Harvard married Barbara Destyn on June 26, 1600, but the marriage was short-lived; Barbara Harvard died of the plague in September 1603. Mother of Marye (1601-1625)

1. Harvard family. The John Harvard family collection, 1577, 1622, and 1828-2007. HUG 1447, Harvard University Archives.