John Harraden (1663 - 1724)

Born 7 Aug 1663 in Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts

Husband of Sarah (Giddings) Harraden — married 7 Feb 1694 in Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 11 Nov 1724 at age 61 in Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts

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Biography

John Harraden (also written Harradine & Haraden) was born on August 7, 1663, in Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts.^[1][2]. He was the son of Edward and Sarah (Unknown) Harraden. John married Sarah Giddings on February 7, 1694, in Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts^[3]. They had 10 children. John passed away on November 11, 1724, in Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts^[4].

The Québec Expedition

In 1709 Capt. John Harraden was in the service of the Massachusetts Bay Colony as master of one of the sloops sent to take a ship off Nahant that was supposedly a French privateer. In 1711 he was the pilot of the Montague in the expedition against New France and was paid by the General Court in 1714. HMS Montague was a frigate of 60 guns and commanded by Sir George Walton.^[5] The ship was first launched in 1654 and was a 52 gun speaker-class frigate built for Cromwell’s navy at Portsmouth and had a major rebuild in 1698 and again in 1716 before being scrapped in 1749… a long life for a 4th rate ship of the line. A ship of this class weighed 900 tons, was 144’ in length and had a beam of 38’.

HMS Montague

During the expedition to Québec the Montagu captured two ships; however, the venture ended up being a disaster. The plan was originally proposed in 1708 by the administration of Robert Harley and was the beginning of a major shift in military policy focusing on naval superiority. Admiral Hovenden Walker and General John Hill were in charge of the expedition and arrived in Boston on 24 June 1711 and disembarked at Noddle’s Island with a force described as “the most formidable that had ever crossed the Atlantic under the English flag”, the number of military personnel outnumbering the number of folks living in Boston at the time.

The British arrived in Boston expecting to be fully provisioned there, but due to the secret nature of the expedition, the authorities in Boston were totally unprepared and the government in Massachusetts had to scramble to find enough supplies to last them three months. Laws had to be passed to keep merchants from price gouging. Laws also had to be passed to keep the locals from harbouring deserters from the fleet. Desertion was a major issue as the quality of life in Boston was much better than what those sailors and soldiers were used to. The Admiral also had problems finding experienced pilots and charts of the lower St. Lawrence.

On 30 July 1711 the fleet left Boston and consisted of nine ships of war, two bomb vessels, 60 transports and tenders, 7,500 soldiers and 6,000 sailors. They reached Nova Scotia by Aug. 3rd and on the 18th were about to enter the St. Lawrence River when the wind began to blow and the fleet had to seek shelter in Gaspé Bay. On the 20th the wind shifted and then died down and the whole area became thick-a-fog. On 22 Aug. 1711 the fleet was lost in the fog and about 20 miles north of where it should have been and caught in the strong currents.

The Admiral had been asleep in his quarters and Capt. Goddard insisted that he come on deck. The ships were being driven towards the lee shore and they had to beat against the wind to escape. The Montagu and the Windsor ended up anchoring for the night surrounded by breakers. Seven transports and one storeship were wrecked at Pointe aux Anglais with the loss of 850 soldiers and sailors and was considered one of the worst naval disasters in the history of the Royal Navy.

Admiral Walker heard throughout the night the sounds of distress from the foundering ships and at times when the fog lifted he could see in the distance his ships being ground against the rocks. One New Englander wrote that he could “hear the shrieks of the sinking, drowning, departing souls”.

At about 0200 the wind subsided and shifted to the northwest and the remainder of the fleet was able to sail away from the shore. Over the next three days the fleet searched for survivors and a war council was held on 25 Aug. and “by reason of the Ignorance of the Pilots abord the Men of War” the expedition was aborted.

Samuel Vetch never trusted the French pilot stating that he was “not only an ignorant, pretending, idle, drunken Fellow but he is come upon no good Design” and he openly blamed the Admiral: “The late disaster cannot, in my humble opinion, be anyways imputed to the difficulty of navigation, but to the wrong course we steered, which most unavoidably carried up upon the north shore”.

The fleet then sailed to Sydney, NS on 4 Sept. where the war council talked about attacking the French at Placentia, Newfoundland, however, given the lateness of the season, lack of supplies to last the winter and the rumors of strong defences at Placentia, the council decided against it.

During this time Francis Nicholson was leading a land expedition to Québec and was near Lake George when he heard about the disaster and the aborted mission. It is said that he was so angry about the situation the he tore off his wig and threw it to the ground.

Things continued to go badly for Admiral Walker. He had written to New York and requested that the HMS Feversham and any available supply ships join him, however, the Feversham, Joseph, Mary and Nepture had all been wrecked off Cape Breton on 7 October with 100 men lost.

The fleet returned to Portsmouth on 10 Oct. and Walker’s flagship, the Edgar, blew up a few days later due to the improper handling of gunpower and the Admiral lost a number of his important papers including Sir William Phips’ journal.

After his return Sir. George returned to England where he was appointed Commander-in-Chief of the navy yard in Portsmouth. Admiral Walker was stripped of his rank in 1715 and died in 1728.

The English blamed the New Englanders for the disaster and the New Englanders blamed the English. Relations between the folks in the Old and New World were not particularly cordial even at this point in time. One of General Hill’s officers wrote of the “ill Nature and Sowerness of these People, whose Government, Doctrine, and Manners, whose Hypocracy and canting, are unsupportable… and unless they were brought under firmer control would grow more still and disobedient every Day”. Little did he know what would happen 60 years later.^[6]

1711 Québec Expedition- The Red Dot Shows the Site of the Wreck of the English Fleet

"Pirates of the Caribbean"

On 14 April 1724 John Harraden’s sloop the Squirrel of Annisquam, commanded by his son Andrew was on a fishing voyage and was captured by the pirates. Andrew and his mates later managed to overwhelm the pirates.

In 1723 Capt. John Phillips the notorious pirate came to New England and during their first year of raiding took 34 ships which they looted, killing or mistreating the crew. Phillips was a ship’s carpenter by trade and on a voyage from England to Newfoundland in 1721 he ship was captured by the pirate Thomas Anstis and joined the crew. In Apr. 1722 Capt. Anstis send Phillips and some others ashore on Tobago to careen a captured frigate, however, a British warship arrived and Anstis had to flee leaving Phillips and his mates on the island. They made their way back to Bristol, however, on 29 Aug. 1722 he and four mates found themselves back in Newfoundland and seized a schooner belonging to William Minott of Petty Harbour and named her Revenge. They made their way to the Caribbean capturing ships on the way and added a new quartermaster from one of these prizes who had been a crewman of Blackbeard. Phillips and his crew of 11 pirates then headed north and by April 1723 they were at Cape Sable, NS and they started their looting in the New England area.^[7] The interesting thing is that Capt. Phillips’ Pirate Code is almost complete:

"I. Every Man Shall obey civil Command; the Captain shall have one full Share and a half of all Prizes; the Master, Carpenter, Boatswain and Gunner shall have one Share and quarter.

II. If any Man shall offer to run away, or keep any Secret from the Company, he shall be marooned with one Bottle of Powder, one Bottle of Water, one small Arm, and Shot.

III. If any Man shall steal any Thing in the Company, or game, to the Value of a Piece of Eight, he shall be marooned or shot.

Pieces of Eight

IV. If any time we shall meet another Marooner that Man shall sign his Articles without the Consent of our Company, shall suffer such Punishment as the Captain and Company shall think fit.

V. That Man that shall strike another whilst these Articles are in force, shall receive Moses’s Law (that is, 40 Stripes lacking one) on the bare Back.

VI. That Man that shall snap his Arms, or smoke Tobacco in the Hold, without a Cap to his Pipe, or carry a Candle lighted without a Lanthorn, shall suffer the same Punishment as in the former Article.

VII. That Man shall not keep his Arms clean, fit for an Engagement, or neglect his Business, shall be cut off from his Share, and suffer such other Punishment as the Captain and the Company shall think fit.

VIII. If any Man shall lose a Joint in time of an Engagement, shall have 400 Pieces of Eight ; if a Limb, 800.

IX. If at any time you meet with a prudent Woman, that Man that offers to meddle with her, without her Consent, shall suffer present Death."^[8]

Nice guys... although they did provide disability insurance.

On 14 April 1724 John’s sloop the Squirrel of Annisquam, commanded by his son Andrew was on a fishing voyage and was captured by the pirates. The Squirrel was a fine, new ship so Phillips abandoned his old boat and appropriated the new one and her crew. The ship had been sent to sea so hastily that it wasn’t finished inside and Andrew had the tools on board to finish the work when conditions weren’t good for fishing.

Phillips forced Andrew and his crew to finish the work on the ship. During this time one of the crew, Edward Cheeseman, planned to recapture the vessel. On the 17th the pirates spent most of the day celebrating their recent captures and were deep in their cups. Capt. Phillips ordered Cheeseman, one of the carpenters, to bring the tools on deck so they could get to work the next morning. He also ordered the crew to take observations of the sun at noon to determine their position. At dawn the carpenters started working, but the pirates were sleeping it off. By midday the pirates stumbled out of their cabin to take readings. The ship was under full sail and moving at a good clip with one of the captives, an Indian names Isaac Lassen, at the helm. All at once Cheeseman seized John Nott, one of the pirates who was on deck and threw him overboard, Fillimore picked up a broad axe and struck the boatswain named Burrell over the head and killed him. Alerted by the commotion on deck, Phillips came out of his cabin and Isaac jumped at him, grabbed his arm and Andrew killed him with his adze, and two of the French captives jumped James Sparks, the pirate gunner and threw him overboard. With most of the pirates now dead, the remaining pirate crew was outnumbered and surrendered.

Capt. Andrew sailed home to Annisquam with the heads of Phillips and Burrell fixed to the mast head of the ship arriving on May 5th. Several prisoners were brought in, however, at their trial in Boston it was decided that they were forced to join Phillips’ crew and were released. Four were found guilty of piracy and hung on what has been called ever since Hangman’s Island in the Annisquam River. Andrew turned in the pirate flag to the Massachusetts authorities as well.

The General Court gave Andrew, Cheeseman and Philmore £42 each and £32 was give to each of five others involved in the recapture of the Squirrel. Capt. Andrew received and additional £20 to pay the expense in bringing the sloop and the pirates from Gloucester to Boston.

Capt. Phillips' "Jolly Roger"

Poor Andrew married the month after his adventure and died in Dec. He had a son born after his death who also died, before he reached his second birthday. His widow went on to marry Deacon William Parsons. ^[9]

John's Probate Records

From the information in John’s probate records below it is clear that Capt. John was a cod fisherman and a whaler, although I have to wonder why he had so much cash… ran a mortgage company on the side perhaps? Or… was this some money from pirating??? Also, enjoy the creative spelling... and be sure to have a go at the words I couldn't figure out

"Glocester January 28th: 1724… Thomas Rigs, Thomas Bray, and James Lane were appointed… to apprize the Estate of Capt: John Harradin late of said Glocester Decd Intestate… we have a prised ye… estate of Capt John Haraden… November the Leaventh 1724.

To Wearing appearle of all sorts..................010-08-00
To bibbles and books of all sorts.................002-05-00
To Cash...........................................................253-00-00
To silver money..............................................001-13-00
To bonds and notes of hands......................084-00-00
The bed in the Lower Room with the
furniture..........................................................010-10-00
The bed in the East Chamber with its
furniture..........................................................009-00-00
To a bed in the west Chamber with its
furniture..........................................................007-00-00
To another in the Same Chamr: with its
furniture..........................................................005-10-00
To three pare of Sheets................................005-06-00
To table Linnens of all sorts.........................001-10-00
To armor.........................................................002-00-00
To thirteen puter plates................................000-19-06
To seven puter platters.................................002-00-00
To six puter pots and tankard......................001-00-00
To seven puter Basens..................................000-17-00
To sundry puter things..................................000-10-00
To trammels and Candlesticks.....................000-15-00
To Brass Vessells of all sorts.........................003-03-00
To all sorts of Iron vessels............................001-07-00
To all Sorts of Iron youtallsels......................004-00-00
To three pare of Stillards..............................001-00-00
To ould Iron one hundred and half.............001-17-06
To a parsell of wool.......................................000-12-00
To Indian Corn................................................010-10-00
To knives.........................................................000-12-00
To Scring Glass and Spectatles....................000-10-00
To Eight Glass Botles.....................................000-07-00
To Cod hooks and neales..............................001-00-00
To Lines and twine.........................................001-02-06
To morter and punch bowle.........................000-18-00
To Earthen ware.............................................000-16-00
.........................................................................423-08-06

To one Chest of Drawers..............................004-00-00
Square table...................................................001-00-00
To one Cobard................................................000-18-00
To one Chest..................................................000-10-00
To two Chests..................................................000- 8-00
To six black Cherse........................................001-10-00
To Sixwhite Cheres........................................000-09-00
To twelve ould Cheres...................................001-00-00
To one Lucking Glass.....................................000-06-00
To one new table...........................................001-00-00
To one Wheel and peare of Carts................000-07-06
To sadle and pilline........................................000-12-00
To Wooding ware...........................................000-02-00
To talloe..........................................................000-13-05
To two Tables.................................................000-08-00
To Dry Cask.....................................................002-00-00
To Rum and Malasses...................................004-19-09
To one new Crosscutt Saw...........................001-00-00
To five bags....................................................000-10-00
To one small trunk........................................000-09-00
To small Boxes...............................................000-02-06
To Six books of a Count and money Scales.000-05-00
To two Cord of old wood..............................000-18-00
To two Swine..................................................001-10-00
To one thousand of boards..........................004-00-00
To an ould hay boat all to pieces.................001-00-00
To two Cows...................................................008-00-00
To one Cannoe...............................................002-00-00
To thirteen sheep..........................................005-04-00
To one pear of snow shoes..........................000-02-00
To nine Hoxheads of salt..............................009-00-00
To Scale beame and half hundred...............002-00-00
To one Sloop named the squirle as she is
found...............................................................160-00-00
To two ould Sales ..........................................004-00-00
To one ould Cunnoe......................................000-10-00
To fleak stull...................................................001-10-00
To Greese.......................................................000-05-00
To Whale tacking............................................001-00-00
.........................................................................223-04-02

Reyall estate
To one Dwelling house and Barne and ware house
and three small Warves and Eight acers of and a
halfe of upland to Gether with three acers of salt
marsh in Chebockker River so Called and two tack
Lots Lying in annasquame the Second Lott and
Eighty four in number and Apprised at four hundred
and fourty Eight pounds...............................448-00-00
And Allso Eighteen acers of upland Lying near
Hoxton Cove...................................................090-00-00
To one Lott Lying on Chebackker side number
Sixteen.............................................................011-00-00
.........................................................................549-00-00
.........................................................................423-08-06
.........................................................................223-04-02
The Sum total..............................................1195=12=-8

No: 1:
A Count of pasahal estat of John haradon desplased to each numbr

To one aight of the sheep...............................20-00-00
To armar...........................................................02-00-00
To one curnu [canoe]......................................02-00-00
To 10 bushels of engon [Indian] corn...........02-00-00
To one olde gunlowe.......................................01-00-00
To one squar tabel...........................................01-00-00
To 6 whit chears...............................................00-04-00
To 7 puter platers............................................02-00-00
To Cash..............................................................25-16-03
...........................................................................£56=5=3

No:2:
To one aight of the sheep...............................20-00-00
To 2 swine 30/ to one tabel/ 1 /....................02-10-00
To 6 black chears nu 1/10 & Lines & twine...02-12-00
To one box of huckes [hooks] & nales & 4 [  ? ] of
nu huckes..........................................................01-00-00
To table lenen of all soughtes [sorts]............01-10-00
To 3 par of old sheates....................................03-06-00
To Cash..............................................................25-06-09
.........................................................................£56=05=03

No 3
To one aight of the sheep...............................20-00-00
To 20 busels of engon corn............................04-00-00
To one wheal pan of [  ? ].............................00-07-06
To one sadel pelyon [pillion] [  ? ] tray half
bushel................................................................00-14-00
To 23 pound of tallow 13/5 & 2 old tables / 8 /..01-01-05
To one Croscut saw / 1 / & 5 bages...............01-10-00
To one small trunck 1 woodden box 1 tun
box.....................................................................00-06-06
To 6 luckes of a Count & maney seals...........00-05-00
To 2 Cord of wood...........................................00-18-00
To 6 puter plates & tankerd 7 puter basons.01-17-00
To Cash..............................................................25-05-10
.........................................................................£56=05=03

No: 4 :
To one aight of the sheep...............................20-00-00
To 2 old sails.....................................................04-00-00
To 10 busels of engon Corn............................02-00-00
To one old & nu & old flack stuff...................02-00-00
To greese & whall [  ? ] & Lance...................01-05-00
To several puter thinges.................................00-10-00
To arthan vesels & Candel steeckes..............00-15-00
To knives and pasal of wool...........................01-04-00
To Cash..............................................................24-11-03
..........................................................................£56=05-03

No: 5 :
To one aight of the sheep...............................20-00-00
To 3 par of stelyardes & howlton ware.........01-16-00
To one mortar & punch bowl.........................00-18-00
To 8 glas botetels.............................................00-07-00
To one scriing glas & speecktals....................00-10-00
To tramals & iron eutelsels.............................04-00-00
To 13 puter platers..........................................00-19-06
To old Cask one old setel one gar?................02-00-00
To Cash..............................................................25-14-04
..........................................................................£56-05-03

No: 6 :
To one aight of the sheep...............................20-00-00
To one thousand of bordes............................04-00-00
To fish [  ? ] beem & half hundred...............02-00-00
To one par of snow shues one hundred old
[  ? ]..................................................................01-19-06
To all soughtes of oyrn vesels........................01-07-00
To 12 old Chears..............................................01-00-00
To Cash..............................................................25-18-04
..........................................................................£56=05-03

No: 7:
To one aight of the sheep...............................20-00-00
To bibels & boockes of all soughtes..............02-05-00
To silvar cash....................................................01-13-00
To one bead, blanket, 1 rug 1 [  ? ] cortens 1 bolster
& par of sheetes & bolster case.....................07-00-00
To Cash..............................................................25-07-03
...........................................................................£56-05-03

No: 8 :
To one aight of the sheep...............................20-00-00
To one bed & bolster 2 [  ? ] case bedsted & cord
1 par of sheetes...............................................05-10-00
To 10 bushels of engon corn..........................02-00-00
To bras vesels of all soughtes........................03-03-00
To cash..............................................................25-12-03
.........................................................................£56=05=03

No: 9:
To waring aparal..............................................10-08-00
To one bed & bolster 1 par of [  ? ] 2 par sheates
one blanket bedsted cord curtens in [  ? ].10-10-00
To 2 cowes........................................................08-00-00
To one cubord 2 chestes & one chest with a
drow..................................................................01-16-00
To one lucking glas..........................................00-06-00
To cash..............................................................25-05-03
.........................................................................£56=05=03

No : 10 :
To one bead in East Chammar 2 [  ? ] 1 bolstar 2
coverlides 1 par of shates bedsted & cord
curtens..............................................................09-00-00
To one chest of drawes...................................04-00-00
To 13 sheep......................................................05-04-00
To 9 hogd of salt..............................................09-00-00
To rumb & malases.........................................04-19-09
To cash..............................................................24-01-06
.........................................................................£56=05=03

No. Nine & Tenn: [  ? ] to John Harriden
No. Eight to: Sarah
Seven to Mary
Six: to Thomas
Five to Jean
Four to Joseph
Three to Jonath.
Two to Daved
One to Andrews Widow if he hath an heir

Glostar February 16. 1724/5 - Jane
When resevd of brother John Haraden admenestration evary purtecklar that is Contained in number 5 to one aight of the vesal & 3 par of stelyardes & howlton ware one mortar & punch bowl & 8 glas botels & [  ? ] glas speckt to tramals in eutensels & 13 putar plates & old Cask [  ? ]
Cash.............................................................£25= 14= 09
sad goodes which fell to me by my father Cap John Haraden desest
I: say reseved pur me
Jean haraden
Som total £56-05-03
Philip Stanwwod

Gloster February 16. 1724/5 - mary - no- 7
Then reseved of brother John Haraden Admonestator Evary purticklar that is Contained in number seven to aight of vessel
To bibal & bookes of all soughtes [?sorts] selvar
cash-.....................................................................1- 13- 0
& one bead & blanket & rug & sut of curtens &
bolster & one par of sheates & bolster case &
Cash...................................................................25-07-03
Sad geuoodes which fell to me by my father Cap
John Haraden desest I say reseved pur me
Mary Davis
Some total £56=05s-03d
Philip Stanwood

Gloster February 16. 1724/5 - Sarah - no.- 8
Then reseved of brother John Haraden, Admenatrator every purteckler that is menchened in nombar 8 which fell to me by deviesone to one aight to one bad & bolster 2 ceuartenes bolster case bedsted & Cord 1 par of sheates & 10 busls of engon [Indian] Corn & brase vesels of al soughtes & Cash............25- 12- 3

The total sad gwoodes which fell to me by mi father Cap John Haraden desest I say reseved pur me
The som total £56=05s=03d
Sarah Stanwood
The mark of X abigil mans

Gloster February 16: 1724/5 - Thomas - No.- 6
Then reseved of brother John Haraden admenastrater the goodes & money which fell to me by miy father Cap John Haraden desest to one aight of the slup [sloop] & thousand of bordes & scale beeme & half hundred & snowe shues To hundred & half of old irne & irne vesels & 12 old chears to cash- 25-18-9 said gwoodes which fell to me by my father I: say pur me the sumb total- 56=05=03 Thomas haraden
George Wallace

March the 12th. 1725 - Mr John Haraden Dr
To Cutting of two pr of Grave stones for his Father
& Mother...........................................................£4:-
P Nathl Emmons

John Harraden admr on the Estate of Father Capt. John Harraden Late of Glocester Decd, his accot of admn on sd Estat Exhibited to the Honble John Appleton Esq. Judge of the Probate this 12th of Sept. 1725

The sd Estate is Cred viz
By Reall Estate as P Inventory.....................£549
By Common Rights...........................................36
By Personall Ditto as P Ditto.......................£646.12.8
By Cash..............................................................27.16.8
By John Wells £10 Benja Harraden.................32.16.5
By Edward Harraden £22.19 John Harraden.25.19
By sundry small things sold................................3.19.
.........................................................................£737.3.9
By Income of ye Real Estate for ys year............5
.........................................................................£742.3.9

[  ? ] Prayes allowance viz
To John Bootman 70/ Abigall Cuddings 87/6..£7..14.6
To Robt Rust 100/ Wm Tyler? £8.5.5..............£13..5.5
To Thos Chote £6..8..11 Ebenr Davis 96/6.......11..5.8
To Marke Haskall [  ? ] Jos Whiston 25/............2..5.9
To Samll Sargant 24/7 Nehemiah Adams 12/..1.16.7
To David Plummer 7/6 To Nathll Emons? 80.....4..7.6
To sundry small Debts a pr. Accot on file.........9..17..-
...........................................................................£50.15.5

Charges viz
To ye [  ? ] of ye Personall [  ? ]...................£4.19
To John Robard 3/ Jos Haskall 30/..................3.-
To Sundry small Debts.......................................1. 10. –
............................................................................£9. 9. -
To funeral charges...........................................32. 9. 3
To 2 [  ? ] to ye office & expenc....................£-. 15. –
To ye admr for time & trouble.........................5. –
...........................................................................£5. 15. –
.........................................................................£98.8.8 To stating Heir 5/ allo Do. 5 [  ? ] Do. 5/ Rcvd 4
Quetus 4/.............................................................£1. 3. –
John Haraden admr

............................................................................£99.11.8
Personall Crdt:..................................................742..3..9
Debt....................................................................99..11..8
Ballc..................................................................642..12.1

Among all ye Children of ye Decd a double portion to ye eldest son viz.

To John Harraden - Eldest son - 2 shares or Double-
....................................................................£128..10..5
To Andw Harradens Heirs..........1 Do..........64..5..2 ½
To Thomas Harraden.. 2 Son.....1 Do......... 64..5..2 ½
To Joseph Harraden.....3 Son......1 Do.........64..5..2 ½
To Jonathn ------..........4 Son......1 Do.........64..5..2 ½
David Harrad.................5 Son......1 Do.........64..5..2 ½
Sarah Harraden alias Stanwood.1 Do.........64..5..2 ½
Mary Davis.....................................1 Do.........64..5..2 ½
Jean Harraden...............................1 Do.........64..5..2 ½
Sept 12th. 1725….......................................£642..12..1

To Messrs: John Davis. Isaac Eveleth. Samuell Sargant. Joseph York and Abraham Sawyer all freeholders… Do… Impower you to be a committee to make a true and Just apprizement of all the Reall Estate of Capt. John Harraden Late of Glocester Decsd Intestate… Then take a view of said Estate wither itt Will admit of a Division… without Prejudice to or Spoiling of the whole. If so Divide itt into as many Parts as itt will bare to and among ye Interesed Not exceeding Nine Parts and Setting out Each of your Divisions… and Numbring of them… this 29th Day of October… 1725…
John Appleton

Glocester November ye 12: 1725 Then Receved of John Haraden administratr to the Estate of Capt John Haraden Late of glocester deceast In full for the part of the personal estate of the abovesaid Capt haraden that fell to the heirs of Andrew Haraden late of glocester deceast as also twenty six po0und two shillings and six penc that was due from the Estate of the abovesaid Capt Haraden to the Estate of Andrew Haraden late of glocester Deceast as abovesaid
Pr me Mary haradin

Glocester Decmr 15th 1726…
To the Homsted being a Dwelling hous barn wave
house whorffes with about 8 acars of Land
at......................................................................410-00-00
To 28 acars of Land at Hogsskin Cove at....160-00-00
To one wood Lott No 102 on the Cape.......022-00-00
To a Chebaco Lott so Called No 16..............010-00-00
To 3 acars of salt marsh on Chebaco side..030-00-00
To two lots of thatch bank one at £10 the other
at £6.................................................................016-00-00
..........................................................................648-00-00

And having taken a view of sd Esteat Have agreed to divide sd Esteat unto the two eldest sons: in order not to spoile the whol: in maner following:

First to mr John Harenden the eldest son of the
Decst the dwelling hous barn ware housing
whorffes with about 8 acars of land being the
homsted: excepting one acar of sd eaigh accars of
the westwardly cornor of sd homested laid out to
Thomas Harenden with a peace of land of 60 feet
sqare upon the rever bank to buld a whorff if
ocation: be: [  ? ] the prevelege of a cart way from
the acar of land to the peace of land of sixty foot
square and the liberty of a way threw the homestead
by the rever bank [  ? ] the way is now mad sure
of at.................................................................370-00-00

At the time aforesd divided and set of to Thomas
Harenden the 2nd son of the aforesd Decest aboute
one acar of land on the westwardly cornor of the
Homsted thus bounded southwestwardly and
norwestwardly on the Rever… with the revelege of
a cart way threw part of the homested from sd acar
of land to the southerly side of sd homested
between the two warehouses: as allso a peace of
land at the Rever bank by the warehouses of sixty
foot sqare to buld a whorff upon… bounded… by mr
John Harendens new whorff… upon the Rever
bank… with the prevelige of a way threw sd
homsted nere the Rever bank where the way is now
made use of at.................................................40-00-00

As allso about 14 acars of land at hogsskin cove
being the other half of the 28 acars before
mentioned: thus bounded… by land of mr Samll
Sargents… John Harendens… at....................80-00-00
..........................................................................120-00-00

As allso about 3 acars of salt marsh on Chebaco
side at................................................................30-00-00
And two thatch lotts........................................16-00-00
And one wood Lott on the cape No 102.......22-00-00
And one Chebaco Lott so called No 16.........10-00-00
As allso aboute 14 acars of land at Hogsskin Cove
being one half the 28 acars: the southwardly half:
thus bounded… on land of Mr Samll Sargents and
partly on the wood lots: and… on land of Leut John
Davieses and partly on land formaly Benjamin
harendens and partly on the way that leads into sd
Harenden land…noat there is an open way
Reserved threw sd land to the wood lotts three
poles wide..........................................................80-00-00

A true account of sondry small detes paid not having Reseptly
To Cash paid to mr Joseph Davis for shues....0- 05- 0
To Cash paid to mr Joseph Allan......................0- 15- 8
To Cash paid to m Benjaman Davis.................0- 16- 8
To Cash paid at [ ] & a set [  ? ] at [  ? ] Sargants
and swaring of the aprisars & my time...........0- 10- 9
To 1 day for me & my hors aftar bonds men.0- 07- 0
To Cash paid at the owfis for bond..................0- 07- 6
To 4 times to the owfis / 10 / [  ? ] time &
expences..............................................................2- 00- 0

To sondrey thinges for my fathars famaly in his Lifetime delevared to him

To 2 hanchits at 8/6...........................................00-17-0
To cash paid at the owfes for swaring of prisar &
comeshon............................................................00- 6- 0
To 48 ½ pound of suger at 10d........................02-00-5
To Cash paid to the owfis recording of the
envatory............................................................00-10-00
To cash paid to mr Herrack............................00-05-00
To Cash paid to mr John Soyar.......................00-06-00
To Cash paid at the owfis for recording of each
nombar...................................................................10-00
John Haraden admenestrater........................09=17=00

Credt to the estat of Cap John Haraden desest

To cash taken from the estate for the funeral 27-16-3
Credit by John Wells...........................................10-00-0
To cred for [  ? ].................................................00-07-0
To Cred for 50 pound of talar...........................01-05-0
To Credet for [  ? ] money...............................00-18-0
To Credet for 3 galans of malases.................00-09-00
To Cred 300 bordes.........................................01-00-00
To Cash due by me one my fathars boock...03-00-00
To Credet for a Comman Right......................36-00-00
To Credeet by Edward haraden for sondry pur
boock.................................................................22-19-00
To Credet by benjaman Haraden for sondrys pur
boock.................................................................22-16-05
All this must be aded to the estate............£126-10-8

A tru lesst of the resaightes & theiar nombars

No. 1: mr John butman...................................03=10-00
No 2: mrs Abgal Giddons................................4- 07- 06
No 3: mr Robert Rust.......................................5- 00- 00
No 4: mr William Tyler.....................................8- 05- 05
No 5: mr Thomas Choat..................................6- 08- 11
No 6 mr Ebnezer Davis....................................4- 16- 09
No 7 mr mark Haskell......................................0- 10- 00
No 8 mr Joseph Whiston.................................1- 15- 09
No 9 mr Samuell Sargant................................1- 04- 07
No 10 nehemiar Addams................................0- 12- 00
No 11 mr david plumar...................................0- 07- 06
No 12 mr nathl Emmas...................................4- 00- 00

The funerl Charges of Cap John Haraden desest

To a not of sondres at Salem & expences at the
same time...........................................................27-16-3
To cash paid for a murss at my fathars deth..01-11-0
To cash paid to docktar Halle at Nubary.........01-01-0
To one par of gloufes [gloves] bought sence the
funeral.................................................................00-05-0
To cash paid for wine at the funeral................01-08-0
To cash paid for frave diging............................00-08-0
........................................................................... £32=9=3

At the time aforesd an acount of what land mr
John Harenden hath Recd more then his Gust part
in the Esteat of the sd Deccst his part: being 2/9 the
whol 528 pound
Two shares is...........................................................144
Remains du from sd John Harenden....................384

To make up the Rest of the Childrens portions being 72 pound to each share

Du to Sarah Stanwood....................................72-00-00
Du to mary Davis.............................................72-00-00
Du to Jean Harenden.......................................72-00-00
Du to Joseph Harenden...................................72-00-00
Du to Jonathan Harenden...............................72-00-00
Du to David Harenden from his brother mr John
Harenden..........................................................24-00-00
And du to David Harenden from his brother Thomas
Harenen............................................................48-00-00
.........................................................................432-00-00

John Davis
Samll Sargant
Joseph York
Isaac Eveleth

Essex June 5th: 1727 accepted & allowd
Abraham Sawyer

Resd of my Brother John Haraden administrator to the Estate of my Father Capt John Haraden Late of gloster dest Intestat the sum of sixtey fore poundes five shilinges & two pence in bills of Creditt & household goods and alls seventy two poundes bills of Creditt ye same being in full of my Parte and Proposhon of my sd Fathers Reall and personal Estate as Settled by the Judge of Probats and I do here by for my selfe and heires and assigns doe forever acquit and discharge my sd Brother John Haraden as admr to sd estate as witness ny hand this seventeth day of June 1727
Jean haraden

Resvd of my Brother John Haraden administrator to the Estate of my Father Capt John Haraden late of glosester Desd Intestat the sum of sixtey fore poundes five shilinges & two pens in bills of credit & house hold goodes seventy two poundes Bills of Credity ye sume being in full of my Part and Proposhon of my Father Reall and Personal Estate as Setled by the Judge of Probat and I do here by for my selfe and Heirs executors administraters or asignes for ever acquit and discharge my sd Brother John haraden administrator to sd estate as Witness [  ? ]
This 29 day of January 1727/8
Sarah Stanwood
Philip Stanwood

Reseved of my Brother John Haraden administrator to the Estate of my Father Cap John Haraden Late of gloster Desest in testat the sum of Sixtey fore poundes five shilinges and two pens in Bills of Credit and house holde goodes Seventey two poundes Bills of Credit ye sum being in full of my part and proposhon of my fathers Reall and pessnal Estate as settled by the Judg of Probat and I do hereby for my selfe and heirs Executors administrators and assigns for ever acquit and discharge my sd Brother John Haraden s administrator to sd Estate as Witness ouer hands this 29 day of January 1727/8
Mary Daves
James Davis

Res of my Brother Mr John Haraden admenestor to
the Estate of my father Cap John Haraden Late of
Gloceester desest Intestate the sum of..............64- 5- 2

In Bills of Credit and household goods and also 72 [  ? ] Bills of Credity ye Sume being in full of my part [  ? ] Preportion of my sd fathers Real and parsonall Estat as settled by the Judge of probates and I due heir by for my selfe and hairs and assignes for Ever acquit and Dishacrg my sd Brother John Haraden as administrator to sd Estate as witness my hand this 4 day of February: 1731/2
Joseph Haraden
Thomas Haraden
Jonathan Haraden

I the subscriber Joseph Harraden of glocester in ye county of Essex guardian to David Harradin a minor son of Capt John Harraden late of glocestr Decsd Intestate do hereby acknowledge that I have recd of Mrs Eliza Harraden admnx to the Estate of her Husband Thomas Harraden late of glocester aforsd Decd Intestate the sum of sixty Eight pounds wch is the Principall and Interest which her sd Husband was to pay to the sd David Harraden as his proporsionalle part of ye Reall Estate of ye sd Capt John Harraden wch was settd upon ye sd Thos. Harraden as by ye [  ? ] of the Court of Probate appears as witness my hand this 31 of Augst 1734
Jonathan Haraden, Joseph Haraden
Martha haraden, Garden to David Haraden"^[10]

Most secondary sources state that Sarah Harraden, wife of Philip Stanwood was the daughter of Edward Harraden Jr., however, Sarah, daughter of Edward, married Jethro Wheeler in 1717 and both Sarah and Jethro were mentioned in the settlement of Edward’s estate in 1736. Sarah and Philip Stanwood were clearly mentioned in the above probate records of Capt. John Harraden who died in 1724.

Children

John Harradan (Haraden) and Sarah Giddings married Feb. 7, 1693-4 in Gloucester.^[11] They had the following children (all children born in Gloucester):

1. John- b. 11 Nov. 1695 Gloucester, bpt. 2 May 1703 Gloucester, m. 25 Dec. 1718 Gloucester, Martha Coit (m.2. 3 Oct. 1734 Gloucester, Jedidiah Davis), d. 15 June 1733 Gloucester. John became a very successful fisherman and at his death owned three sloops, including the Squirrel. He also must have been a whaler as his inventory included whale irons and lances. He also owned two slaves, Bristow and Ruth.^[12]
2. Sarah- b. 13 May 1698 Gloucester, m. 18 Dec. 1718 Gloucester, Philip Stanwood (b. 10 Mar. 1689/0 Gloucester, m.2. 20 Jan. 1735/6 Gloucester, Lydia Davis (m.1. 20 Sept. 1722 Gloucester, John Mogridge, 3. 1756 Samuel Hodgkins, d. 13 Apr. 1789 Gloucester), before 1756), d. 23 Dec. 1732 Gloucester.^[13]
3. Mary- b. 14 Mar. 1699/00 Gloucester, m. 24 Dec. 1719 Gloucester, James Davis.^[14]
4. Andrew- b. 11 July 1702 Gloucester, m. 17 Sept. 1724 Gloucester, Mary Davis (m.2. 15 Mar. 1726/7 William Parsons), d. 12 Dec. 1724 Gloucester.^[15]
5. Thomas- b. 27 June 1704, bpt. 10 Sept. 1704 Gloucester, int. 4 Nov. 1727 Gloucester, Elizabeth Eveleth of Ipswich (m.2. 18 Nov. 1736 Gloucester, Joseph Low), d.c.1733.^[16]
6. . Jean- b. 29 Aug. 1706 Gloucester^[17]
7. Job- b. 24 Mar. 1708/9, d. 28 Apr. 1709 Gloucester.^[18]
8. Joseph- b. 3 Nov. 1710, bpt. 4 Feb. 1710/1 Gloucester, int. 16 Feb.^[19] 1729/0 Gloucester, Jane Stevens, m. 6 Jan. 1731/2 Joanna Emerson of Newbury, m. 2 May 1735 widow Hannah Whitridge, d. 1751 Gloucester. Joseph’s son Jonathan was a privateer during the Revolutionary War and two destroyers of the USN have been named for him: USS Haraden.
9. Jonathan- b. 28 Sept. 1712, bpt. 7 Dec. 1712 Gloucester.^[20]
10. David- b. & bpt. 22 Apr. 1716, m. 24 May 1739 Gloucester, Elizabeth Davis. David and Elizabeth’s son David Jr. became profoundly deaf in his old age and on Sunday he sat IN the pulpit with the minister “that he might lose nothing that fell from his lips in the exercises of the sanctuary”. David Jr.’s son Thomas settled in Boston and had a daughter who married Jonas Chickering the famous piano manufacturer.^[21][22]

Death

Captain John Harraden died Nov. 11, 1724, at about 60 years.^[23]

Sources

1. ↑ Gloucester births: John, s. Edward and Sara, Aug. 7, 1663. http://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Essex/Gloucester/Images/Gloucester_B324.shtml
2. ↑ Topsfield Historical Society, Vital Records of Gloucester, Massachusetts to the end of the Year 1849 Volume I.- Births (Topsfield, Mass. 1917) (Records are also available at ma-vitalrecords.org) p. 324
3. ↑ The Essex institute, Vital Records of Gloucester, Massachusetts to the end of the Year 1849 Volume II Marriages (Salem, Mass. 1923) (Records are also available at ma-vitalrecords.org) p. 259
4. ↑ The Essex Institute, Vital Records of Gloucester , Massachusetts to the end of the Year 1849 Volume III Deaths (Topsfield, Massachusetts 1924) (Records are also available at ma-vitalrecords.org) p. 159
5. ↑ History of the Town of Gloucester- John Babson, Procter Bros., Gloucester, 1860- p. 98
6. ↑ | Wikipedia Article on the Québec Expedition-
7. ↑ | Wikipedia Article on Pirate John Phillips
8. ↑ | Wikipedia Article on the Pirate Code
9. ↑ History of Gloucester- James Pringle, Gloucester, 1892- pp. 56-7 also History of the Town of Gloucester- John Babson, Procter Bros., Gloucester, 1860- pp. 286-9; A Long Shadow of Doubt: Pirates and Captives in Atlantic History- Gregory Flemming, American Ancestors- Vol. 16, pp. 28-9 (Fall 2015)
10. ↑ Essex County Registry of Probate- Docket No. 12306
11. ↑ Gloucester marriages: John, and Sarah Giddings, Feb. 7, 1693-4. http://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Essex/Gloucester/Images/Gloucester_M259.shtml
12. ↑ Gloucester births: John, s. John and Sarah, Nov. 11, 1695. http://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Essex/Gloucester/Images/Gloucester_B322.shtml
13. ↑ Gloucester births: Sarah, d. John and Sarah, May 13, 1698. http://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Essex/Gloucester/Images/Gloucester_B323.shtml
14. ↑ Gloucester births: Mary, d. John and Sarah, Mar. 14, 1699-1700. http://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Essex/Gloucester/Images/Gloucester_B322.shtml
15. ↑ Gloucester births: http://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Essex/Gloucester/Images/Gloucester_B322.shtml Andrew, s. John and Sarah, July 11, 1702.
16. ↑ Gloucester births: Thomas, s. John and Sarah, June 27, 1704. http://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Essex/Gloucester/Images/Gloucester_B323.shtml
17. ↑ Gloucester births: Jean, d. Capt. John and Sarah, Aug. 29, 1706. http://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Essex/Gloucester/Images/Gloucester_B322.shtml
18. ↑ Gloucester births: Job, s. John and Sarah, Mar. 24, 1708-9. http://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Essex/Gloucester/Images/Gloucester_B322.shtml
19. ↑ Gloucester births: Joseph, s. Capt. John and Sarah, Nov. 3, 1710. http://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Essex/Gloucester/Images/Gloucester_B322.shtml
20. ↑ Gloucester births: Jonathan, s. Capt. John and Sarah, Sept. 28, 1712. http://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Essex/Gloucester/Images/Gloucester_B322.shtml
21. ↑ Notes and Additions to the History of Gloucester- John Babson, M.V.H. Perley, Gloucester, 1876- p. 33
22. ↑ Gloucester births: David, s. Capt. John and Sarah, Apr. 22, 1716. http://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Essex/Gloucester/Images/Gloucester_B323.shtml
23. ↑ Gloucester deaths: John, Capt., Nov. 11, 1724, a. abt. 60 y. [in his 62d y. GR1] http://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Essex/Gloucester/Images/Gloucester_D159.shtml