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- RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. Today's Hampden County of Massachusetts was originally Middlesex County until it was split off in 1662 and named Hampshire County. Hampden County was formed from Hampshire County in 1812.
2. Per 16 Feb 2002 website: <http://www.gencircles.com/users/cherylbills/1/data/2>:
"Joseph Harmon (Footnote 5)
Birth: 4 Jan 1646/1647 in Springfield, Hampden,Massachusetts
Death: 28 Oct 1729 in Southfield, Berkshire, Massachusetts
Father:John Harmon
Mother: Elizabeth
Ancestral File #: 8PGX-BQ
LDS Baptism: 7 Jun 1910
LDS Endowment: 29 Apr 1921LDS
Sealing Child: 22 Nov 1944 SLAKE
Land Transactions: Dec 1664 Springfield,Hampden,Massachusetts (1 2)
Ear Mark for Cattle: Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut (3 4). Text: Joseph Harmon entered his ear mark February 25, 1683 which is a slit down ye top of ye off ear. (5 6)
Spouses: Hannah Philly (Wife) (1) MARRIAGE: 22 Jan 1673/1674 in Southfield,, Massachusetts
Children:
Hannah Harmon
John Harmon
Samuel Harmon
Elizabeth Harmon
Joseph Harmon
Sarah Harmon
Samuel Harmon
Ebenezer Harmon
Mary Harmon
Nathaniel Harmon
Notes Individual: Artemus Harmon book p. 159. Ancestral File lists his wife as three different persons, each spelled differently: Hannah Philly; Hannah Philley; and Hannah Fille. Each of these names is one and the same person with variant spellings. Genealogical and Family History of Western New York Vol 2. Film 6,046,620 "Joseph, third son of John and Elizabeth Harmon, was born in Springfield, Massachusetts, "11 mon. 4 day 1646," and died in Suffield, Connecticut, October 28, 1729, aged nearly eighty-three years. In December 1664, upon the request of Anthony Dorchester, there was granted by the town of Springfield to his own and to his wife's sons thirty acres of land each. Joseph was one of those who received one of these portions of thirty acres. In 1675 Samuel and Joseph Harmon were two of several persons desiring grants of land at, towards or about Stony River on the west side of the great river toward Windsor; and the selectmen granted to the Harmons, "30 acres of land apiece there and six acres of wet meadow." Joseph Harmon's place in the church was "in ye south side at ye upper end of the Backer seate" in 1662-63. In 1670 Samuel and Joseph Harmon were required to furnish one load as their part of the minister's wood. Samuel and Joseph Harmon seem to have been successful hunters; on the town books, among similar entries of date January 11, 1668, are the following: "To Samuel and Joseph Harmon for killing 6 wolves this Summer past 3 pounds." December 1670, "To Samuel and J. Harmon for killing 4 wolves 2 pounds." January 14, 1670, the settlement of Suffield, Connecticut, was begun by the grants of land to Samuel and Joseph Harmon, Benjamin Parsons and others, says Burt in his "History of Springfield." D. W. Norton in his "Statement at the Bi-Centennial Celebration of the Town of Suffield October 12, 1870, states that the settlement of the town was begun in 1670." John Lewis, Esq., at the same place says, "Unfortunately, no documents have yet been discovered, that definately state the time, place, and circumstance of the first settlement of Suffield... While it is quite certain that the Harmons were the pioneers of the town, and that they came here in 1670, the exact date of the settlement is not known. In 1669, the selectmen of Springfield assumed authority to form and direct the settlement of Springfield. They made several grants of land, and among others to Samuel and Joseph Harmon, who it is thought in the following summer, took up their abode on the Northampton road, in the vicinity of Stony Brook." This was about one mile west of High Street to West Suffield. Joseph Harmon married Hannah Philley, or Fille, in Southfield, Massachusetts, now Suffield, Connecticut, January 22, 1674. She was born in Windsor, Connecticut July 3, 1653, and died in Suffield August 28, 1729, aged 76. They had ten Children. This history continues with Nathaniel, their tenth child.
Footnote Sources:
1. Title: Genealogical and Family History of Western New York Vol 2 Call Number: Film 60446620 Page: pg. 981; john005.
2. Note: land in Springfield and Stony River (Suffield).
3. Title: Suffield Ear Marks Call Number: 1,317,067.
4. Note: Photocopy in Cheryl Bills files NatSr 003.
5. Title: Harmon Family in New England Author: Judson Harmon, Governor of Ohio Publication: This is a newspaper article when he was running for President of the USA Call Number: john003.
6. Note: See actual text under Nathaniel Harmon."
3. Henry R. Stiles, "The History and Genealogies of Ancient Windsor, Connecticut," 1892, v. 2, p. 250: "William Filley, m. Margaret ___, 2 Sep 1642 (O.C.R.); she adm. to Windsor church, 17 Jul 1751; he adm. to 'ch. communion, 8 Mar 1673.' - (O.C.R.); those marked thus (*) bp. 3 Aug 1651. - O.C.R.:
A. Samuel, * b. 24 Sep 1643.
B. John, * b. 15 Dec 1645; (Sheldon's 'Doct. Hist. Suff.' says he m. Abigail {prob. dau. Abraham} Dyble of Suffield, 1 Feb 1681, and d. there, 1690, leaving three daus., since when the name is extinct upon Suff.
Record.)
C. Mary *.
D. Elizabeth *, b. 4 Mar 1650; m. David Winchel, 1669.
E. Hannah, bp. 3 Jul 1653; (prob. the H. who {acc. to Sheldon's 'Doc. Hist. Suff.'} m. Joseph Harmon of Suffield {b. Springfield, 1647}, at Windsor 1673, and had 3 children; she d. at Suffield 28 Aug 1729; he d. 28 Oct 1729.)
F. Abigail, b. 21, bp. 22 (another entry in O.C.R. says 28) Aug 1658.
G. Deborah, b. 21 Mar, bp. 24 Nov 1661; prob. the D. who m. John Sackett of Wethersfield 1 Dec 1686. - Col. Rec.
H. William, b. 7 Mar, bp. 12 Nov 1664/5."
MARRIAGE:
1. Ancestry.com's "Early Massachusetts Marriages Prior to 1800," v. III, p. 125, Springfield:
"Joseph Harman of Southfield (?) and Hannah Philly of Windsor, Jan. 22, 1673."
"David Lumbard of Springfield and Margerett Philly of Windsor, April 7, 1675."
BURIAL:
1. From the Internet 6 Jul 2008 at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~kathycamp/Inscriptions/Page043.htm: Suffield, Hartford County, Connecticut Headstone Inscriptions 1660-1937. This list of inscriptions, town of Suffield, was copied in 1934, under the auspices of the F.E.R.A. and the W.P.A. sponsored by the Connecticut State Library, as compiled under the supervision of Charles R. Hale, State Military Necrologist, assisted by Miss Mary H. Babin, Secretary. Hartford, Connecticut, December 1937. Inscriptions, 125-3 West Suffield Cemetery, buried next to each other:
Harmon John born England 1617, died Springfield, Massachusetts 1661.
Harmon Joseph 1st born Springfield, Massachusetts 1646, died Suffield, Connecticut 1729 *First Settlers Suffield.
Harmon Nathaniel born Springfield Massachusetts 1653, died Suffield, Connecticut 1685 *First Settlers Suffield."
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