Benjamin Harmon (1744 - 1806)

Born 26 Jul 1744 in Scarborough, Cumberland, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah (Hill) Harmon — married 20 Nov 1777 in Machias, Lincoln, District of Maine, Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died 18 Jul 1806 at age 61 in Machias, Washington, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Lieutenant Benjamin Harmon served with Massachusetts Navy during the American Revolution.

Benjamin Harmon is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A050772.

Benjamin Harmon was born, July 28, 1744, at Scarborough, District of Maine, Massachusetts Bay Colony, and baptized there, 15 Oct 1752, the son of Capt. Nathaniel Harmon and Hannah Goodale; died at Machias, Maine, 18 Jul 1806, ae 56y, and buried in Marshfield, Maine. He married at Machias, 20 Nov 1777, Sarah Hill, born c1761 (from age at death), probably in that part of Biddeford later set off as Saco, the daughter of Japhet Hill and Hannah Knight, and baptized at Scarborough, 12 May 1763, with her sister, Abigail; died at Machias, 19 Apr 1824, ae 64y, and was buried with her husband at Marshfield. In his will, Benjamin mentioned his wife and all of his children (Washington County Probate 3:354). ^{[1] [2]}

Benjamin served as a Navy Officer and was a Second Lieutenant on the Navy Vessel Neshquoit, which guarded the Machias Harbor. He enlisted in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, serving with Captain Stephen Smith, under the command of Colonel Benjamin Foster. ^{[3] [4]}

Benjamin is honored for his service by the Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution as Ancestor #A050772. Application for membership in the Society has been made by the descendants of his sons, Benjamin F. Harmon, who married Lavinia Hanscom; Nathaniel Harmon, who married Lydia McAllister; Japhet Harmon, who married Betsey Getchell; Stephen Harmon, who married Miss Susanna Rideout; and of his daughter, Phebe, who married John Seavey

Sources

U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900/Source number: 414.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: GMF 'Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the Revolutionary War, Vol. 7, p. 300 North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000, Book Title: Lineage Book : NSDAR : Volume 147 : 1919 U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current/ Death Place/ Machias, Washington County, Maine, United States of America/ Cemetery Harmon Cemetery Burial Place/ Marshfield, Washington County, Maine, United States of America.

1. ↑ Joseph Crook Anderson II, ed., Maine Families in 1790 (Maine Genealogical Society, Picton Press, Rockport, ME), Vol. 3, p. 121 and Vol 8, p. 220.
2. ↑ George W. Drisko, Narrative of the Town of Machias, The Old and the New, The Early and the Late (Press of The Republican, Machias, ME, 1904), p. 452
3. ↑ Drisko, op. cit., pp, 69-70
4. ↑ Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the Revolutionary War, Vol. 7, p. 300