Reuben Harriman (1725 - 1808)

Born 5 Nov 1725 in Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Mehitable (Putnam) Harriman — married 24 Jun 1747 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts

Husband of Ruth Shepard — married 14 Oct 1790 in Goffstown, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States

Descendants

Died 12 Apr 1808 at age 82 in Hampstead, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, USA

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Biography

Reuben Harriman was born in Haverhill, Massachusetts on Nov 5, 1725. He was son of Joseph Harriman and Lydia Eaton. ^[1]

He was a soldier in the Revolutionary War, and enlisted in a company to go on expedition "on foot" to Rhode Island. ^[2]

Reuben Harriman and Mehitable Putnam married in Plaistown, New Hampshire in 1747. ^[3] It is also listed in Salem, Massachusetts. ^[4]

They moved to Hampstead, New Hampshire soon after their marrage and settled on the farm originally purchased by Reuben's grandfather Nathanial Harriman. ^[2]

Mehitable was admitted to the church from Danvers, Massachusetts on Nov 1754. ^[2]

The old farm remained in the family and when it was sold in 1861 "the burial lot at the southerly corner" was reserved for the family. In this lot are buried Reuben and Mehitable and "their colored servant Philo". ^[2]

Reuben died April 12, 1808 in Hampstead. ^[5]

Their children were all born in Hampstead, New Hampshire and nearly all moved to northern New Hampshire of Vermont. ^[2]

Slaves

• Philo

Sources

1. ↑ https://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Essex/Haverhill/aBirthsH.shtml
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4} A memorial of the town of Hampstead, New Hampshire by Noyes, Harriette Eliza. Boston, G. B. Reed, 1903. Pages358-359
3. ↑ "New Hampshire Marriage Records, 1637-1947", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FL69-6NJ : 1 August 2022), Reuben Harriman and Mehetable Putnam, 1747.
4. ↑ "Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V589-PNB : 29 December 2022), Reuben Herriman, 1747.
5. ↑ "New Hampshire Death Records, 1654-1947," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FS28-SVM : 23 February 2021), Reuben Harriman, 12 Apr 1808; citing Hampstead, Bureau Vital Records and Health Statistics, Concord; FHL microfilm 1,001,085.

[1] "New Hampshire Marriage Records, 1637-1947," database with images, FamilySearch : 12 December 2014, Ruben Harriman and Ruth Shepard, 16 Oct 1785; citing Goffstown, , New Hampshire, Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics, Concord; FHL microfilm 1,001,267.