Ebenezer Harmon

1657 - 1660  (2 years)

• Name	Ebenezer Harmon
  Born	12 Aug 1657	Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States
  Christened	Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States
  Gender	Male
  Died	7 Apr 1660	Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States
  Person ID	I2415	Petersen-de Lanskoy
  Last Modified	27 May 2021

  
  

  Father	John Harmon,   b. 1617, , , England ,   d. 7/07 Mar 1660/1, Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States  (Age 44 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth,   b. From 1609 to 1617, , , England ,   d. 16 May 1699, Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States  (Age ~ 90 years)
  Married	Abt 1640	of Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States
  Family ID	F1193	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  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/31>: "Ebenezer Harmon Birth: 12 Aug 1657 in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts Death: 7 Aug 1660 in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts (Footnote 1) [Kerry's note: this should be Apr.] Father:John Harmon; Mother:Elizabeth LDS Sealing Child: 31 Oct 1923 Notes Individual: Artemus Harmon book p. 159: 'He drowned in ye mill brook 7th of ye 2 mon 1660, aged 2 yrs, 8 mos.' Footnote sources: 1. Title: Colonial Justice in Western Massachusetts: The Pynchon Court Records 1639-1702 Author: Smith, Joseph H. Publication: Massachusetts. Harvard University Press Page: John 031 Text: 1660: 7 Apr. Little Ebenezer, age three, drowned in "ye brook by ye mill stream ye 7th of ye 2 mon, 1660." "This day the youngest child of John Herman, called Ebenezer, was found dead in the brook in Nathaneell Prichard's yard; concerning whose death there was a search and inquiry made by a jury of 12 men of this town of Springfield how the said child came to its end. The jurors were: Thomas Cooper, William Branch, William Warrener, Thomas Stebbin, Thomas Noble, John Stewart, Samuell Marshfield, Henry Burt, Benjamin Parsons, Abell Wright, Richard Sikes, John Clarke - whose return upon oath before the Commissioners Elizur Holyoke and Mr. Samuel Chapin, was that according to the best light they could have in the case they judge the child to be drowned in the brooke through its own weakness without the hand of any other person being a ny occasion or cause thereof.' Date: 7 Apr 1660."