John Harmon (1680 - 1754)

Born 1680 in York, York, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Mehitable (Parker) Harmon — married 1707 in York, York, Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died 1754 at about age 74 in Sanford, York, Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

He's Capt. of 6th Company, 1st. Regiment, for the Lewisburg expedition by Col. William Pepperell, Feb 5, 1744. Deacon and Elder in his church at York.

All were alive when the Indians struck York in 1692. The Harmon’s were young boys, and Moulton about 6. The Harmon garrison was one of five to survive the 1692 raid. Johnson and Jeremiah were active during Queen Anne’s War. Jeremiah Moulton is listed as a sergeant, and I believe made Lt. By the end of the war. Johnson Harmon helped repulse "fifty canoos" of Indians at Winter Harbor (Biddeford). Johnson was captured in 1710 and spent time in Quebec. In the summer of 1711 Harmon was allowed to return to effect an exchange with an Ensign Beauvenire de Vercheres captured at Haverhill in 1708. ^[1]

1722 Account "Capt. Harmon who was now in Kennebeck, went up the river with a detachment of thirty-four men, and seeing some fires, went ashore in the night, where he came on eleven canoes. The Indians were lying around the fire, and so wearied, by much dancing the day before, upon the success that they had, that they stumbled over them, as they lay asleep. Reports were various as to the number of Indians that were then slain; some say eighteen; others not so many; however, they brought away fifteen guns; and at a little distance, found the hand of an Englishman laid on the stump of a tree, and his body mangled after a barbarous manner; having his tongue, nose, and private parts cut off. They brought away the body, and gave it a decent burial. It was found to be the body of Moses Eaton of Salisbury" - ^[2]

Dummer’s War found the Harmon’s and Moulton in their prime, leading many scouts and patrols. Johnson and Jeremiah were both captains in the raid on Norridgewock in 1724. Jeremiah led the attack on the actual village while Johnson swept through the cornfields. Johnson was promoted Lt. Col. for his part. By 1745, Johnson Harmon was 70 years old and yet still applied to take part in the Louisbourg Expedition. John Harmon, at age 65, commanded the Snowshoe Company in York, and Jeremiah Moulton commanded a regiment at the siege. A letter survives written to William Pepperrell by Dr. Alexander Bulman of York, Maine, February 4, 1745 in which Bulman says, "I tho't it might not be agreeable to let you know that agreeable to the late proclamation, this day several companies of the town were called together, (except one), and there was considerable readiness in many to enlist; and as I was informed 17 of Capt. Harmon's snowshoe men have already entered their names enlisted." ^[3]

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Capt. John Harman Biography

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Sources

• S-2097513046 Repository: #R-2142878651 Title: Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=12028456&pid=3632
• Repository: R-2142878651 Name: Ancestry.com Address: http://www.Ancestry.com Note:

1. ↑ http://www.snowshoemen.com/History.htm
2. ↑ "Penhallow's Indian Wars, p. 87, (originally published 1726) Kraus Reprint 1969, NY
3. ↑ ....Contributed by Steven Eames, PhD

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Karen Johnson for creating WikiTree profile Harmon-1744 through the import of Karen Parkins Family Tree (1).ged on Apr 11, 2013.

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