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George Harrington (1655 - 1676)

George Harrington
Born in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusettsmap
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Died at age 20 in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusettsmap
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Biography

Descendant
Descendant of Robert Harrington.

George Harrington[1] was born on November 24, 1655, in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts[2][3]. He was the son of Robert and Susanna (George) Harrington[4][5]. George, serving as a soldier in Captain Wadsworth’s Company of Watertown, was a victim of an Indian massacre on February 10, 1676, in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts[6].

1st generation Descendant of Robert Harrington of Watertown

Sources

  1. Bond, Henry, M.D Genealogies of the Families and Descendants of the Early Settlers of Watertown, Massachusetts, Including Waltham and Weston (Boston: Little, Brown & Company 1855) (Free e-book) p. 273
  2. Watertown Records Comprising the First and Second Books of Town Proceedings with the Land Grants and Possessions also the Proprietors' Book also the First Book and Supplement of Births Deaths and Marriage (Prepared for Publication by the Historical Society)(Watertown Mass Press of Fred G Barker 1894)(Free e-book)(Records are also available at ma-vitalrcords.org) p. 18
  3. Watertown Records Comprising the Third Book of Town Proceedings and the Second Book of Births Deaths and Marriages to the end of 1737 also Plan and Register of Burials in Arlington Street Burying Ground (Prepared for Publication by the Historical Society)(Watertown Mass Press of Fred G Barker 1900)(Free e-book)(Records are also available at ma-vitalrcords.org) p. 2
  4. Hudson, Charles, History of the Town of Lexington, Vol. II - Genealogies (Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 1915) (Free e-book) p. 272
  5. Weis, Frederick Lewis, Th.D., Early Generations of the Family of Robert Harrington of Watertown, Massachusetts 1634 and Some of His Descendants (Worcester, Massachusetts: Privately Printed 1958)(Also available at Ancestry.com) p. 16
  6. Birth, Marriage and Death Register, Church Records and Epitaphs of Lancaster, Massachusetts 1643-1850 (Lancaster 1890)(Free e-book)(Records are also available at ma-vitalrecords.org) p. 16




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