Obedience (Hutchins) Harding (1744 - 1805)

Born 3 Dec 1744 in Henrico, Colony of Virginia, America

Ancestors

Wife of William Harding — married 14 Oct 1773 in Goochland, Virginia

Descendants

Died 1805 at about age 60 in Surry, North Carolina, United States

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Biography

Obedience was born about 1744 in Henrico, Colony of Virginia, America. She married William Harding on 14 October 1773 in St James Northam Parish, Goochland, Virginia.^[1] Obedience died in 1805 and was buried in Surry, North Carolina, United States.^[2]

Spouse:

• William Harding (1750 - 1797)

Children

* Rene Harding (1774 - 1811)

* Jesse Harding (1775 - 1793)

* Elizabeth Harding (1778 - 1840)

* Thomas Harding (1781 - 1810)

* Sarah Harding Patterson (1783 - 1857)

* Jane Harding Shugart (1784 - 1854)

Notes

Records of Deep Creek Friends Meeting, in W.W. Hinshaw, American Quaker Genealogy, vol 1, page 986: 1796, 2, 6. Obedience received certificate from Cedar Creek Monthly Meeting, Hanover Co., VA dated 1795. 1776, 3, 9. Cedar Creek MM: "The friends appointed to visit Obedience Harding have not had an opportunity with her, but one of them rendered an account to the meeting which he received from a friend of the particular meeting to which she did belong, of her orderly life, etc. It appears satisfactory." (Hinshaw, Vol. 6, 244) 1801, 10,3 - Deep Creek MM - 3 Friends appointed to visit Obedience Harding. Holding slaves. 1801, 11, 7. Deep Creek MM - Obedience Harding dismissed.

Power of Attorney to son, Thomas Harding, to dispose of her property in Surry, stated she was a resident of Cumberland County, KY, Deed Book A. pp. 158-159, Surry County, NC, and also a Power of Attorney from Obedience Hutchens to son-in-law, Eli Shugart, Deed Book A. pp.160-161, dated January 27, 1807, Surry County, NC. < Hutchins-Hutchens, by Rita H. Townsend, p. 24.>

< Descendants of Dr. Rene La Force (revised 3/20/2000) byFrances H. Casstevens, found at http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com, same as above.>

< The Encyclopedia of Quaker Genealogy, 1750-1930; Encyclopedia of Quaker Genealogy, Vol VI, Cedar Creek Monthly Meeting, page 244> Obedience Harding "received by request" March 9, 1778. Obedience Harding "granted certificate" Deep Creek Monthly Meeting,Surry Co., NC.

DM LeForce, who wrote the material on Find a Grave, said that he "Had her in William C. Patterson Cemetery, Siloam, Surry County, North Carolina, USA but per Robert Carter #46599530 she's not buried here. He claims "she's probably buried at the old Patterson cemetery in Boonville, Yadkin County, NC but in an unmarked grave. I've surveyed that cemetery as well and there is no stone for her".

Per phutch #47770371 "according to Rita Townsend's book on the Descendants of Strangeman HutchIns, Biddy took one slave and moved to Cumberland County, KY, to be close to her youngest daughter Jane. Ms. Townsend reports her death at about 1805 and burial in Kentucky or Surry County, NC".

Sources

1. ↑ Marriage: "Virginia, U.S., Select Marriages, 1785-1940"
   Original data: Virginia, Marriages, 1785-1940. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013; FHL Film Number: 975.5 V2D
   Ancestry Record 60214 #3298668 (accessed 21 February 2024)
   Bidy Houchins marriage to Will. Hardine on 14 Oct 1773 in St James Northam Parish, Goochland, Virginia.
2. ↑ Burial: "Global, Find a Grave® Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current"
   Find A Grave: Memorial #54641381
   Ancestry Record 60541 #820139 (accessed 21 February 2024)
   Obedience Harding burial (died in 1805). Born on 3 Dec 1744.

• Admittance: "U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935"
  Guilford College; Greensboro, North Carolina
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 2189 #3335953 (accessed 21 February 2024)
  Name: Obedience Harding; Event Type: Admittance; Residence Date: 2 Jan 1795; Residence Date on Image: 2 1795 First; Residence Place: Yadkin, North Carolina; Monthly Meeting: Deep Creek Monthly Meeting; Yearly Meeting: North Carolina Yearly Meeting; Meeting State: North Carolina; Meeting County: Yadkin.

• Crider, Gussie (Waymire), and E. C. Crider. Four Generations of the Family of Strangeman Hutchins reprinted in the book The Story of Jacob Hutchins of Athol, Massachusetts, Revolutionary Soldier: And Accounts of Other Hutchins Who Served in the Revolutionary War. by Jack Randolph Hutchins, Rockville, MD: Hutchins, 1976.

• Descendants of Thomas Harding of Tuckahoe Creek, Henrico Co.,VA by Frances H. Casstevens, at http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com