Jeremiah Harrington (1742 - 1818)

Born 19 Apr 1742 in Lexington, Middlesex, Massachusetts

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah (Locke) Harrington — married 21 Dec 1769 in Lexington, Middlesex, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 11 Dec 1818 at age 76 in Lexington, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Descendant of Robert Harrington.

Jeremiah Harrington was a Massachusettsan.

Jeremiah Harrington served with Middlesex County Militia, Massachusetts Militia during the American Revolution.

Jeremiah Harrington is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A051427.

Genealogically Defined

Jeremiah Harrington^[1]was born on April 19, 1742 ^[1][2], in Lexington, Middlesex, Massachusetts. He was the third son of Henry and Sarah (Laughton) Harrington^[1]. In Lexington, on December 21, 1769^[3][4], he married Sarah Locke^[5], daughter of Joseph and Sarah ( ) Locke^[6][7]. They lived in Lexington, Massachusetts, and had 4 children^[5][4]:

1. Joseph, b. February 16, 1770^[8]
2. Benjamin, b. May 4, 1772^[8]
3. Sally, b. October 3, 1774 (no record of birth found)
4. Jonathan (probably named for Jeremiah's brother, who died on Lexington Common on April 19, 1775), b. October 27, 1777^[8]

Jeremiah served in the French War in 1762^[5][4], and was a member of Captain John Parker's Company of Minute Men^[9]. He was not present when the Company met the British on the Common on April 19, 1775. Jeremiah is a D.A.R. Patriot Ancestor (DAR #A051427). He died December 11, 1818^[5][4]in Lexington, Middlesex, Massachusetts.

4th generation Descendant of Robert Harrington of Watertown
4th generation Descendant of Richard Cutter of Cambridge
5th generation Descendant of James Cutler of Lexington

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Hudson, Charles, History of the Town of Lexington, Vol. II - Genealogies (Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 1915) (Free e-book) p. 275-276
2. ↑ Weis, Frederick Lewis, Th.D., Early Generations of the Family of Robert Harrington of Watertown, Massachusetts 1634 and Some of His Descendants (Worcester, Massachusetts: Privately Printed 1958)(Also available at Ancestry.com) p. 41
3. ↑ Lexington, Mass. Record of Births, Marriages, and Deaths to January 1, 1898 Part I & II (Wright & Potter Printing Company, Boston 1898)(Free e-book) (Records are also available at ma-vitalrecords.org) p. 120
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3} Weis, Frederick Lewis, Th.D., Early Generations of the Family of Robert Harrington of Watertown, Massachusetts 1634 and Some of His Descendants (Worcester, Massachusetts: Privately Printed 1958)(Also available at Ancestry.com) p. 80
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3} Hudson, Charles, History of the Town of Lexington, Vol. II - Genealogies (Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 1915) (Free e-book) p. 278
6. ↑ Lexington, Mass. Record of Births, Marriages, and Deaths to January 1, 1898 Part I & II (Wright & Potter Printing Company, Boston 1898)(Free e-book) (Records are also available at ma-vitalrecords.org) p. 42
7. ↑ Locke, John Goodwin, Book of the Lockes A Genealogical and Historical Record of the Descendants of William Locke, of Woburn ( James Munroe and Company, Boston and Cambridge, 1853)(Free e-book) p. 47
8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1 8.2} Lexington, Mass. Record of Births, Marriages, and Deaths to January 1, 1898 Part I & II (Wright & Potter Printing Company, Boston 1898)(Free e-book) (Records are also available at ma-vitalrecords.org) p. 33
9. ↑ Coburn, Frank Warren, The Battle on Lexington Common, April 19, 1775 (Lexington, Mass., U.S.A. Published by the author, 1921) (Free e-book) p. 31

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Bob Keniston for creating WikiTree profile Harrington-2201 through the import of L Harrington - Anc 2013-08-22.ged on Aug 23, 2013. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by Bob and others.