Samuel Harmon

Samuel, Joseph, and Nathaniel Harmon were three brothers and "mighty hunters." Together they had roamed over the present limits of Suffield, pursuing their calling, and ten years before the town was settled had endeavored to procure a grant of it. They lived in Springfield, where Samuel died 7 Sept., 1677. Joseph, Sr., was born at Springfield, 1647, and married Hannah Filley of Windsor, Ct., in 1673. She died at Suffield in 1729, and he in October the same year. The three brothers were the first settlers in the town, and the ancestors of that large family of Harmons who have been identified for more then two centuries with Suffield. Joseph, Sr., was a man very prominent in town affairs, holding for years the office of selectman besides minor positions. He was the captain of Suffield militia company in 1708, a position of much importance in early days in view of the constant Indian troubles. His son Joesph married Elizabeth Granger. While not as prominent as his father, Joseph, Jr., took much interest in town matters, and for neraly a quarter of a century occupied various town offices, finally being elected as selectman in 1702-3.