Born about in Elizabeth, Essex, New Jersey
Ancestors 
Son of John Wright Harding V
and Sarah Mary (Moss) Harding
Brother of
Mary Mollie (Harding) Hardin, Elexious Harding, John Harding Jr., Thomas H. Harding, Eden Harding, Robert Harding and Lydia Harding
Husband of
Elizabeth (Payne) Hardin
— married
about 9 Oct 1769 in Union County, New Jersey
Descendants 
Father of
Margaret Hardin, Sarah Nancy (Hardin) Hofius, Prudence Payne (Harding) Rutherford, John C Hardin, Abraham (Hardin) Harding, Abel (Hardin) Harding, Elizabeth (Hardin) Butler, Asa Hardin, Nancy (Hardin) White, Rebecca (Hardin) Puryear, Stephen Fisher Hardin and Mary (Hardin) Butler
Died about
at about age 66
in Green, Kentucky
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Biography
Stephen (Harding) Hardin is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A050321.
Stephen Harding or Hardin was born circa 1749 in Essex County, New Jersey. In his youth, he joined the Monongalia militia during the American Revolutionary War. This Revolutionary War military service was in the state of Virginia.[1]
After the Revolutionary war, Stephen Harding lived in that portion of North Carolina that later became Tennessee for a time before migrating westward into Green County, Kentucky.[2]
Will and Probate Information
The will of Stephen "Hardin" can be found in the Green County Will Book 1, pages 140 and 141. The original will books have been scanned at the Family History Library.[3] His signature on the will is spelled "Harding," but the will is in the will book under "Hardin."
Green County KY Will
Will Book 1796-1824, Page 140
Will of Stephen Hardin
Signed 25 Feb 1815
Probated 25 Mar 1816
My Wife: Elizabeth
My Sons: Asa, Stephen, John C., Abraham
My Daughters: Margaret, Prudence, Elizabeth, Mary, Rebecca
My Grand-daughters: Elizabeth, Nancy and Susannah Hoves
Witnesses: Lewis Webb, Aaron
Sources
- ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed January 28, 2021), "Record of Stephen Harding", Ancestor # A050321.
- ↑ More Sources are needed for this.
- ↑ "Kentucky Probate Records, 1727-1990," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GPQ9-VSP?cc=1875188&wc=37RY-N3X%3A173389101%2C174069201 : 20 May 2014), Green > Will records, 1793-1813, Vol. 1 > image 72 of 192; county courthouses, Kentucky.
See also:
- https://www.geni.com/people/Stephen-Harding-Sr/6000000003986341370
- Source: S-1322671932 Repository: #R-1567708299 Title: U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 Author: Yates Publishing Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Stephen by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Stephen by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
- Kenneth Harding
:
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 111 markers, haplogroup R-M7550, FTDNA kit #469689, MitoYDNA ID T15035 [compare] - Kevin Harding :
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 67 markers, haplogroup R-M269, FTDNA kit #869762
- Jake Harding :
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 111 markers, haplogroup R-FGC46210, FTDNA kit #207883
- Roger Harding :
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 67 markers, haplogroup R-M269, FTDNA kit #216575
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~1.56%
~6.25%
Ruth (Frazier) Nibling :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A436421 [compare], Ancestry member OFrazier17
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~1.56%
Sissie (Davis) Nunnelley :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A926806 [compare], Ancestry member katherynhoward
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~0.78%
~3.12%
Jessica Burg :
23andMe, GEDmatch ZJ6768092 [compare]
+
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch KM2501906 [compare], Ancestry member rowan924
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~0.78%
~1.56%
Brenda (Hays) Culp :
23andMe, GEDmatch D008594 [compare]
+
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member BCulp38
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~0.78%
Danny Humphress :
23andMe
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~0.78%
Dale Gorham :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A956632 [compare], Ancestry member BamaDale
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~0.78%
~3.12%
Edie (Nibling) Kohutek :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A346257 [compare], Ancestry member estric7
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~0.78%
Gretchen Lilly :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #296802
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~0.78%
Stanley Cooper :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #975894
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~0.39%
~1.56%
Jeffrey McCoy :
23andMe, GEDmatch CE3692196 [compare]
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AncestryDNA, Ancestry member itsjammer1
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Bee (Siegel) Dalton
David Lewis Jr.
Hardin-1056 and Harding-1464 appear to represent the same person because: Same person
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by David Lewis Jr.
Bee (Siegel) Dalton
Previous ancestors surname is HARDING. Stephen and his descendants dropped the G and went by HARDIN
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by Bee (Siegel) Dalton
Rejected matches › Stephen Harding Jr (1749-1816)
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