Margaret (Haines) Harmon (abt. 1776 - aft. 1830)

Born about 1776 in Saco, York, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Wife of Dodavah Harmon — married 10 Sep 1796 in Scarborough, Cumberland, Maine, United States

Descendants

Died after 1830 after about age 54 in Maine, United States [uncertain]

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Biography

Birth

No record has been found of the birth of Margaret "Peggy" Haines, and her ancestry is unknown. 1776 is a reasonable estimate for her birth date; see the Research Note below.

Marriage

The published vital records of Scarborough, Maine, show the marriage of Dodavah Harmon and Margaret Haines at Scarborough (then in Massachusetts), on 10 Sep 1796.^[1] The 1920 Harmon genealogy gives the date as 11 Oct 1795 and says that Margaret was "of Pepperrellboro" (now the town of Saco, Maine);^[2] the earlier date may be the date of their marriage intention.

Children

Margaret married Dodivah Harmon in 1796.^[3][4] They had the following children:

1. Charlotte Harmon b. 02-02-1797^[5] d. 06-21-1810^[6] (twin sister of Louisa; died young)
2. Louisa Harmon b.02-01-1797^[7] d.07-15-1810^[8] (twin sister of Charlotte; died young)
3. Catharine Harmon b. 12-19-1799^[9] d. 08-07-1810^[10] (died young)
4. Phebe Haines Harmon b. 12-13-1800^[11] m.1827^[12]
5. George Harmon b. 03-19-1803^[13] m.1835^[14]
6. Nabby Haines Harmon b. 06-24-1805^[15]
7. Esther Dinsmore Harmon b. 02-14-1808^[16]
8. Charlotte K Harmon b. 05-24-1811^[17]
9. Louisa Harmon b. 01-07-1815^[18]
10. Catharine H Harmon b. 04-DD-1820^[19]

Death

No record has been found of the death of Margaret "Peggy" (Haines) Harmon. She was probably living in 1830; see the Research Note below. In 1850, a Margaret was living at Livermore with Granville Goding and Louisa (Harmon) Goding, Margaret's daughter, with her age shown as 75, with the last name of Goding assumed. ^[20]This could have been Margaret Harmon, with her last name interpreted incorrectly by the census taker.

Research Note

An Ancestry,com profile claims that Margaret "Peggy" (Haines) Harmon died at Livermore, Maine, on 17 Jun 1825 at the age of 50, but it cites no source,^[21] and no other record has been found of her death. In 1830, the household of Dodavah Harmon at Leeds, Maine, includes a female aged between 50 and 60.^[22] If this was Margaret "Peggy" (Haines) Harmon, it places her birth between 1770 and 1780. She married in 1796, and her last known child was born in 1820, which places her birth between about 1775 and about 1780. 1776 is thus a reasonable estimate for her birth date. (Research Note by WikiTree contributor Stu Bloom, 8 Jun 2020)

Sources

1. ↑ Transcription of the marriage record of "Dodiford Harmon & Margaret Hains," in James H. Wick. compiler, Vital Records of Scarborough, Maine' (Rockland, Me., 2011), page 141
2. ↑ Dodavah Harmon sketch, in Artemas C. Harmon, The Harmon Genealogy: Comprising All Branches in New England (Washington, D.C., 1920), pg 27
3. ↑ "Maine Marriages, 1771-1907", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4FY-NJ4 : 14 January 2020), Margaret Hanes in entry for Dodivah Harmon, 1796.
4. ↑ "Maine Deaths and Burials, 1841-1910", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F48X-T9Z : 16 January 2020), Margaret Haines in entry for Dodavah Harmon, 1832.
5. ↑ "Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2HKV-RNZ : 2 March 2021), Peggy Haines in entry for Charlotte Harmon, 01 Feb 1797; citing Livermore, , Maine, United States, multiple sources, Maine; FHL microfilm.
6. ↑ "Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2HVZ-B8K : 2 March 2021), Margaret Haines in entry for Charlotte Harmon, 21 Jun 1810; citing Leeds, , Maine, United States, multiple sources, Maine; FHL microfilm.
7. ↑ "Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F494-PL4 : 14 January 2020), Peggy Haines in entry for Lousia Harmon, 1797.
8. ↑ "Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4SJ-KL3 : 14 January 2020), Peggy in entry for Louisa Harmon, 1797.
9. ↑ "Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4SJ-KL3 : 14 January 2020), Peggy in entry for Louisa Harmon, 1797.
10. ↑ "Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4SJ-KLC : 14 January 2020), Peggy in entry for Catharine Harmon, 1799.
11. ↑ "Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2HKK-W43 : 2 March 2021), Peggy Haines in entry for Phebe Haines Harmon, 13 Dec 1800; citing Livermore, , Maine, United States, multiple sources, Maine; FHL microfilm.
12. ↑ "Maine Marriages, 1771-1907", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F463-LBH : 14 January 2020), Peggy Haines in entry for Dodavah Harmon, 1827.
13. ↑ "Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2HKK-W43 : 2 March 2021), Peggy Haines in entry for Phebe Haines Harmon, 13 Dec 1800; citing Livermore, , Maine, United States, multiple sources, Maine; FHL microfilm.
14. ↑ "Maine Marriages, 1771-1907", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F463-LY5 : 14 January 2020), Peggy Haines in entry for George Harmon, 1835.
15. ↑ "Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2HKK-W4G : 2 March 2021), Peggy Haines in entry for Nabby Haines Harmon, 24 Jun 1805; citing Leeds, , Maine, United States, multiple sources, Maine; FHL microfilm.
16. ↑ "Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2HKK-WHH : 2 March 2021), Peggy Haines in entry for Esther Dinsmore Harmon, 14 Feb 1808; citing Leeds, , Maine, United States, multiple sources, Maine; FHL microfilm.
17. ↑ "Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2HVZ-RM7 : 2 March 2021), Peggy Haines in entry for Charlotte Harmon, 24 May 1811; citing Leeds, , Maine, United States, multiple sources, Maine; FHL microfilm.
18. ↑ "Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F494-DTP : 14 January 2020), Peggy Haines in entry for Louisa 2nd Harmon, 1815.
19. ↑ "Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2HKK-ZJL : 2 March 2021), Peggy Haines in entry for Catharine Harmon 2nd, Apr 1820; citing Leeds, , Maine, United States, multiple sources, Maine; FHL microfilm.
20. ↑ Margaret Godding in the Granville Godding household, family #183, in United States Census, 1850, database with images, FamilySearch > Maine > Oxford > Livermore > image 22 of 43; citing NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
21. ↑ Ancestry Profile of Margaret "Peggy" Haines
22. ↑ Dodivah Harmon household, in United States Census, 1830, database with images, FamilySearch > Maine > Kennebec > Leeds > image 8 of 24; citing NARA microfilm publication M19, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).