John Harmon (1716 - aft. 1800)

Born 1716 in Wells, York, Maine

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Hasty) Harmon — married 2 Dec 1742 in Scarborough, Maine

Husband of Elizabeth (Hoyt) Harmon — married about 1760 in Scarborough, Maine

Descendants

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Biography

His second wife, whom he married May 30, 1754, was Abigail (Tibbets) Foss, widow of Joseph Foss. She died December 24, 1759.

"His third wife was Elizabeth (Hoyt) Harmon, daughter of John and Lettice (Hasty) Hoyt and the widow of his cousin William Harmon. Following this marriage, in the April term of York Court, 1761, John Harmon was indicted for the extraordinary crime of marrying his deceased wife's niece, "for that the said John did at Scarboro aforesaid sometime in the month of July last wickedly presume to marry one Elizabeth Harmon of the same Scarboro, his first wife's sister's daughter...against the peace in evil example to others." No record of a trial is found, and the case, possibly the result of some local jealousy or long forgotten quarrel, was apparently not pressed.

Harmon lived in Scarborough as a yeoman until 1779, when, after selling his land on Harmon's Lane and his share in the Vaughan mill to George Moses, he purchased from John and Jane Stewart a farm of one hundred acres on Sebago Lake at Pearsontown or Standish Neck, known as lot 46 in the town plan. He had previously sold his land on the county road in Scarborough and other mill shares to William Hasty, his brother-in-law, in 1750 and 1763.

The Harmon family were the first permanent settlers in this newly opened district, and it seems certain that the passed the first years of their residence in a log cabin on the shore of the lake. The cabin and the house that replaced it have now disappeared, but houses built by John Harmon's sons and gransdsons still stand within the bounds of the original farm. Both John Harmon and his wife were living in 1799, when she was received into full communion at the First Church in Standish." .... New England Halls and Ladds

-JOHN HARMON (Samuel, John), b. 1716, in Wells, Me., m. 1st, Dec. 2, 1742, Mary Hasty, dau. of Daniel Hasty, who came from Ireland with wife and children in 1731. Mary d. Dec. 10, 1753, and he m. 2d, May 30, 1754, Abigail Foss, who d. Dec. 29, 1759, and he m. 3d, Abigail Hoyt. [ Elizabeth Hoyt] He was the first Harmon to settle in Standish, Me., having lived there some years prior to his death, which occured prob. after 1800.

Children by Mary Hasty : Abigail, bp. Jan. 8, 1744, d. young. Mary, b. - , d. Jan. 12, 1747. Daniel, b. April 13, 1747, m. int. Mar. 19, 1768, Sarah York. John S., b. May 10, 1749, m. July 12, 1792, Eleanor Roberts. Mary, b. May 24, 1751, m. Nov. 15, 1773, Benjamin Foss. Abigail, b. Nov. 1, 1753, d. young.

Children by Abigail Foss: William, b. 1758, m. 1st. - , Abigail Moulton, m. 2d. Mar. 23, 1833, Mehitable Brackett, in Gorham. Josiah, b. Nov. 5, 1759,im. int. Sept. 27, 1785, Anna Moulton, sister of Abigail.

Children by Abigail Hoyt[Elizabeth Hoyt]:

Benjamin, b. 1762. He d. unmarried in Standish, Me.

Rufus, b. - , m. Mar. 14, 1798, Eunice Sawyer.

Elliot, b. Mar. 7, 1766, m. Sept. 24, 1789, Hannah Plummer.

Samuel? (of Livermore, Me.) Dodavah C. ? (of Livermore, Me.)

Anne, b. - , m. Feb. 7, 1805, John Haskell ( ?). He was b. 1784, a son of John (William, Thomas) and Mary (Paine) Haskell, who were m. int. Feb. 10, 1781. His father, John Haskell, was a Revolutionary soldier and took part in the seige of Boston, in 1776. [page 13]

The Harmon Genealogy, Comprising All Branches in New England By Artemas Canfield Harmon

Name

Name: John /Harmon/^[1]

Sources

• The Harmon genealogy, comprising all branches in New England by Harmon, A. C. (Artemas Canfield) https://archive.org/details/harmongenealogyc00harm/page/12/mode/2up?q=Hoyt&view=theater

http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=jonesneh&id=I1642

http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=SHOW&db=jonesneh&surname=Harmon%2C+John

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