John Harmon Jr.

• BIRTH 1641 England
• DEATH 13 Feb 1712 (aged 70–71) Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA
• BURIAL Springfield Cemetery, Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA
• PLOT Willow Avenue 2-97 MEMORIAL ID 112545015

Biography

John Harmon, son of John Harmon & Elizabeth, was born about 1641. [1]John and his brother, Samuel, were born before the family's arrival in Springfield, but it is unknown, where the family was located when John and Samuel were born.

23 Dec 1659 a church seating list was made up. It was mostly the men in town except "And for order sake there were placed ... John Harmon, Samuel Harmon ... The rest of the younge persons that want years, are to sit on the other side of the alley ...[2], implying that John, Samuel and some other boys were a rowdier group.

The next seating in the records was dated 23 Feb 1662. John and Samule were seated on the south side below the pillars. Their brother Joseph was in another section of the south side.[3]

John and Samuel were each granted 40 acres of land 8 Feb 1663 [63/4][4]

John Harmon & Mary Dorchester were married Jan. 7th 1668, in Springfield, Massachusetts.[5]

John was fined 6d on 5 May 1669 for being late to the Town meeting.[6] In 1670, he and other residents were assessed wood to be part of the minister's salary.. His assessment was 1 load.[7] When wolves became a problem about 1671, he, his brothers Samuel and Joseph and some others were active in killing wolves.[8] He was chosen a fence viewer in 1675.[9]In 1679, John and two others were chosen to appraise the town's stock.[10]

It is said that John Harmon served in the King Philip's war.[11], He no doubt was part of the local trainband when Springfield was burned by the Indians.

The General Court , in obedience to a royal proclamation ordered that inhabitants take the oath of fidelity. John Harman and others took the oath on 3 Dec 1678 or 1 Jan 1679.[12]

John became a freeman of Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1690.[13][14]

"John Hermon who had bin the husband of mary Hermon was sick and died feb 13: 1711/12."[5] His wife Mary was also sick and died just a few days before he did, 7 Feb 1711/12.

John arrived Springfield 1661, resided in Springfield 51 years, until his death 1712.

Paternal Grandparents
Francis Harmon 1593-1635
Sarah Martin 1594-1635

Parents
John Harmon 1617 Shalford, England –1661 m. 1640 Dec 1 Springfield, MA
Elizabeth Southwell Harmon Cummins 1617–1699 m. 1640 Dec 1 Springfield, MA

Spouse
Mary Dorchester Harmon 1643–1712

Siblings
Joseph Harmon 1647-1729
Elizabeth Harmon 1649-1652
Mary Harmon Dorchester 1651–1736
Mary Harmon 1651–1715
Nathaniel Harmon 1654–1712
Ebenezer harmon 1657-1660
Joseph Harmon 1682-1747
Ebenezer Harmon 1688-1770
Elizabeth Harmon 1680–1724

Half Siblings
Miriam Harmon 1630-1706
Samuel Harmon 1643–1677
Samuel Harmon 1643-1677
Sarah Harmon Ferre 1644- Jan 24 Springfield, MA-1740

Children
Sarah Harmon 10/14/1669 -11/13/1673
Mary Hannah Harmon Booth 10/31/1671–1742 m. Zachariah Booth
Elizabeth Harmon 1674-1717
Sarah Harmon 2/13/1675 - abt 3/1746.
John Harmon 3/2/1678 –1742 m. Hannah Sexton
Elizabeth Harmon 12/3/1680 -____ m. Caleb Monson.

References

[1] https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Harmon-1129

[2] https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/112545015/john-harmon

[3] birth date of 09/14/1646 at Devon seen without evidence

[4] https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Harmon-1129

[5] Harmon, A. C. (Artemas Canfield). The Harmon genealogy, comprising all branches in New England. p.159. Washington, D.C.: Gibson Bros. Inc., 1920

[6] Burt, Henry M. The first century of the history of Springfield; the official records from 1636 to 1736, with an historical review and biographical mention of the founders. (Springfield, Mass., H.M. Burt, 1898) p. 126

[7] Burt [https://archive.org/details/firstcenturyofhi01spri/page/128 pp. 128, 129

[8] Burt p. 310

[9] Vital Records of Springfield, Massachusetts, to 1850. Volume One. (Clifford Stott: compiler) Boston: NEHGS, 2003. pp 22, 124.

[10] Burt [https://archive.org/details/firstcenturyofhi01spri/page 368, p. 388, p. 394, 390, 391, p. 413, 426 p. 426

[11] Suffield Historical Society Family History of John Harmon.

[12] Green, Mason Arnold. Springfield, 1636-1886 : history of town and city : including an account of the quarter-millennial celebration at Springfield, Mass., May 25 and 26, 1886. ( [Springfield, Mass.] : C.A. Nichols & Co., 1888) p. 187

[13] Savage, James. A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England Showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before May, 1692. Vol. I-IV. Boston, MA, USA: 1860-1862.

[14] Colonial justice in western Massachusetts, 1639-1702; the Pynchon court record, an original judges' diary of the administration of justice in the Springfield courts in the Massachusetts Bay Colony (Cambridge, Mass., Harvard University Press, 1961) p. 387

[15] Warren, Thomas B. Springfield Families Vol II F-O. p. 336