Moses Harrington, Jr

Son of John.

Married to Martha ???

• Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Jun 15 2016, 5:08:20 UTC

American Revolution Biography about Caleb Harrington As written in 2013……..Larry Logan Member since 1988 In accordance with the Committee of Study Caleb Harrington was a member of Captain Parker’s Company. Born October 27th 1751, 23 years of age when on Lexington green, the first time Caleb shows up under military affairs was the roll of Officers and Soldiers of Captain Parker’s Company in 1775. I have not found any listings for military prior to this date, most likely his age of 23 was a factor, but it was not unheard of younger men served as needed.

He paraded on the green with the rest of the company for the last year, and probably since his 16th year he has been training with the minutemen. On April 19th Capt. Parker had some seventy men on or near the common, this number constituted one tenth of Lexington’s entire population and half the adult male population. Father Moses Harrington Jr. first m. Martha (un-known) was added to the church June 2, 1734. She died 1737, then m. Sarah Frost in 1738, she was born Jan 2, 1718/19 in Cambridge, Ma., and died May 12th, 1759 in Lexington, Ma. We learn by tradition that he had several children, though the records are silent upon the subject (she may have died during childbirth) It is said that he had Moses, Betsey, and Caleb, the latte of whom was the Caleb Harrington who was killed on the common on the 19th of April, 1775. He is said to have been about twenty-five years of age at the time of his death. Other siblings Sarah, d. as infant, Moses, 2nd d. young in 1749 age 8, Sarah also died in 1749 age 4. (Not uncommon to have named more then one child same name after death of first.)

Betsey, b.1746, married first, Ebenezer White, and, second Thomas Cutler. Betsey,(Elizabeth) d. Sept. 21st, 1834 at age of 36. Moses then married Deborah Winship Jun 23rd, 1760, daughter of William & Thankful Wyeth. She was born Dec. 27, 1719 and d. Oct. 21, 1790. Moses, 3rd b.1749 and died 1821and had several children; it looks like this siblings family of Caleb were mostly very poor and some ended up in poor houses! Father, Moses Harrington Jr. never served as one of Lexington’s selectmen or any other town office Moses Jr. died Jan. 11th, 1787. Grandparents; John & Elizabeth Cutter Great-grandparents; John & Hannah Winter They were the descendants of Robert Harrington org. born in Somerset, England and died in Watertown in 1707 Caleb Harrington acquired a way to rent a sizable piece of land in Waltham on the Lexington line in 1771 at the age of 19 years old. Most likely he may have worked for Uriah Cutting as a teenager, which may have not been to far from his family’s home or farm.