Stephen Harding, Sr.

Richard Harding came to America with his wife and infant son in August, 1623. The family landed at Weymouth Landing, MA. He settled in Braintree, MA where son, Stephen Harding the1st was born in 1623. At his death in 1657 he left a second wife, Elizabeth Adams, and three children: John, Stephen (b abt 1623), and Lydia (by his 2nd wife), b abt 1632.

Stephen Harding the 1st settled in Providence, RI where he married Bridget Estance in 1648. They joined the Baptist Church. They had 7 children: Sarah, John, Stephen, Abraham the 1st, Priscilla, Mary and Mercy.

Sources

• https://archive.org/details/fourcenturiesofh00hard/page/10

see at Hathitrust

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info from Hardings in America

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Alabama, Surname Files Expanded, 1702–1981 Ancestry.com Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. 1,61266::0 Alabama Department of Archives and History; Montgomery, AL; Alabama Surname Files; Box or Film Number: M85.0147 1,61266::178069

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Alabama, Surname Files Expanded, 1702–1981 Ancestry.com Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. 1,61266::0 Alabama Department of Archives and History; Montgomery, AL; Alabama Surname Files; Box or Film Number: M85.0147 1,61266::178069

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U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s Ancestry.com Ancestry.com Operations, Inc 1,7486::0 Place: Providence, Rhode Island; Year: 1620-1650; Page Number: 22 1,7486::3598364

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Index of the Rolls of Honor (Ancestor's Index) in the Lineage Books of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Vol. IV 1,48100::0