In 1724, David's father John died, and David chose his elder brother John to be his guardian. [4] His brother John died in 1733, and 17 year old David next chose his brother Joseph to be his guardian. [5]
↑Guardianship: Essex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1638-1881.Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives.) Case 12314, page 5
https://www.americanancestors.org/DB515/i/13767/12314-co5/30211706
↑Guardianship: Essex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1638-1881.Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives.) Case 12300, page 3
https://www.americanancestors.org/DB515/i/13767/12300-co3/30211460
↑Marriage: "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29P-9KY9 : 3 November 2017), David Harraden and Elisabeth Davis, 24 May 1739; citing Marriage, Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 864,861.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with David by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with David:
Harridan-2 and Harraden-26 appear to represent the same person because: All primary sources found so far spell David's surname Harraden as opposed to Harridan. Marriage records/spouses match, as do details of his daughter Elizabeth.