Zachariah
(Zechariah)
Harwood
Born in Hardwick, Worcester, Massachusetts
Ancestors 
Son of Benjamin Harwood
and Bridget (Brown) Harwood
Brother of
Peter Harwood, Eleazer Harwood, Mary Harwood, Abigail (Harwood) Whipple and Hepsibah (Harwood) Smedley
Husband of
Lovina (Rice) Harwood
— married
30 Apr 1767 in Hardwick, Worcester, Massachusetts
Descendants 
Father of
John Harwood, Silas Harwood, Perez Harwood, Abel Harwood, Oliver Harwood, Joseph Harwood, Pamelia Harwood, Heman Harwood, Zechariah Harwood, Lovina (Harwood) Denie, Hiram Harwood and Nathan Harwood
Died
at age 79
in Bennington, Bennington, Vermont, USA
Profile last modified
| Created 2 Nov 2011
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Biography
Zechariah Harwood served with Civil Service, Vermont Republic during the American Revolution.
Zechariah Harwood is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A052345.
"Zechariah himself fought in the battle of Bennington, Vt 16 August 1777. [1]
He had charge of a pest-house at Bennington, where persons suffering from small pox were isolated from the community. He seemed to have a peculiar skill in the management of this dreaded disease." [2]
Sources
- ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #22440202
- ↑ harwoodhistory.com #133 [1]
See also: DAR Patriot A052345 https://services.dar.org/Public/DAR_Research/search_adb/default.cfm accessed 2 June 2020.
- "United States Rosters of Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG2M-YT9G : 1 March 2021), Zachariah Harwood, 24 Oct 1764; citing Military Service, , Citing various published state rosters, United States; FHL microfilm 101711097. (Citing early Bennington Militia, 1764)
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Zechariah 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 Zechariah:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Zechariah 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 Zechariah:
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~0.78%
Albert Cary
:
MyHeritage DNA
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~0.39%
Anonymous Peterson :
23andMe, GEDmatch M462300 [compare]
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