Genealogy of the Marshall Family,
including Medieval and Ancient Lines

Updated: 09-30-2024.

Submitted and Maintained by Bill Marshall, bill.marshall@verizon.net.


Additions and corrections appreciated (especially with sources). My current list of sources is here. Homepage here.

Index of Medieval and Ancient Lines is here, notable people here, and Gedcom available to be downloaded.

Index of Modern Lines (immigrants to America and their descendants) is here, notable people here, and Gedcom here.


Individual Page

    Person Info
  • Name: John HARMON
  • Sex: M
  • Birth: Abt 1623 in England b
  • Death: 3 Mar 1661 in Springfield, Massachusetts d


    • Parents:
  • Father:
  • Francis HARMON Birth: Abt 1592 in England Death: After 13 Jul 1635

Family:
Marriage: Children:
  1. John HARMON Birth: 7 May 1641 in Roxbury, Massachusetts Death: 11 Feb 1712 in Springfield, Hampden Co, Massachusetts
  2. Samuel HARMON Birth: 1643 in Roxbury, Massachusetts Death: 7 Sep 1677 in Springfield, Hampden Co, Massachusetts
  3. Sarah HARMON Birth: 24 Jan 1645 in Springfield, Hampden Co, Massachusetts
  4. Joseph HARMON Birth: 4 Jan 1647 in Springfield, Hampden Co, Massachusetts Death: 28 Oct 1729 in Suffield, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts (Now Hartford Co, Connecticut)
  5. Elizabeth HARMON Birth: 22 Jan 1649 in Springfield, Hampden Co, Massachusetts Death: 7 Jun 1652 in Springfield, Hampden Co, Massachusetts
  6. Mary HARMON Birth: 12 Nov 1651 in Springfield, Hampden Co, Massachusetts
  7. Nathaniel HARMON Birth: 13 Mar 1654 in Springfield, Massachusetts Death: 2 May 1712 in Suffield, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts (Now Hartford Co, Connecticut)
  8. Ebenezer HARMON Birth: 12 Aug 1657 in Springfield, Hampden Co, Massachusetts Death: 7 Apr 1660 in Springfield, Hampden Co, Massachusetts

Bibliography
  1. Anderson, Robert Charles, The Great Migration Begins, Immigrants to New England 1620-1633. Boston, New England Historical Genealogical Society, 1995. Available at http://www.americanancestors.org/databases/great-migration-begins-immigrants-to-ne-1620-1633-vols-i-iii/image Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Anderson GreatMigrationI p[0-9]*].
  2. Anderson, Robert Charles, George F Sanborn Jr, Melinde Lutz Sanborn, The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England 1634-1635. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1999. M-LH 929.174And. Available at http://www.americanancestors.org/databases/great-migration-immigrants-to-new-england-1634-1635-volume-i-a-b/image, ..volume-ii-c-f, iii-g-h, iv-i-l, v-m-p, vi-r-s, vii-t-y. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Anderson GreatMigrationII v[1-7]p[0-9]*].
  3. Davis, Walter Goodwin, Ancestry of Lydia Harmon, 1755-1836, wife of Joseph Waterhouse of Standish, Maine. Boston, MA: Stanhope Press, 1924. G4066. Available at http://archive.org/details/ancestryoflydiah00davi Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Davis HARMON p[0-9]*].
  4. Harman, John William, HARMAN-HARMON Genealogy and Biography with Historical Notes, Parsons, WV:John William Harman, 1928. G1114. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/451292. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: HarmanJW HARMAN p[0-9]*].
  5. Harmon, Artemas C, The Harmon Genealogy comprising All Branches in New England, Washington, DC:Gibson Bros, Inc, 1920. LDS FIlm#0982478#11. Available at http://archive.org/details/harmongenealogyc00harm Information from this source tagged as [Ref: HarmonAC HARMON p[0-9]*].
  6. Pope, Charles Henry, The Pioneers of Massachusetts, a Descriptive List, Drawn from Records of the Colonies, Towns, and Churches, and other Contemporaneous Documents. Boston, MA: author, 1900. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/1400537. Reprinted Baltimore: Genealogical Pub Co, 1986. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Pope PioneersMA p[0-9][0-9a]*].
  7. Savage, James, A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England, showing three generations of those who came before May 1692, on the basis of Farmer's Register. Boston, MA: Little Brown & Co, 1860. Available at http://archive.org/details/genealogicaldic01savarich. Reprinted Baltimore, MD, Genealogical Published Co, 1965. Scanned and corrected by Robert Kraft, 1994, and available at http://www.usgennet.org/usa/topic/newengland/savage/. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Sav-age [A-Z][A-Z]* [A-Z][a-z]*].
  8. Newspaper clipping, "Harmon Family in New England", original source unknown, copy at Springfield Public Library, LDS Film#0185437#4. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/film/008203031?cat=307923 images 99-101. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: SpringfieldMA UnkNews UnkDate].
  9. Torrey, Clarence Almon, New England Marriages prior to 1700. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co, 1987. M-LH 974Tor Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Torrey NE<1700 p[0-9]*].
  10. Wahl, Doris Seymour, Descendants of John Skinner of Hartford Connecticut and his wife Mary Loomis, Niagra Falls, NY: D.S.Wahl. LDS Film#1033513#6. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Wahl SKINNER p[0-9]*].
  11. Walters, Patricia, WALTERS, HERRMANN, and other related families, notebooks of 23 volumes. SLC: GeneSocUT, 1989. Vol 15 (AUSTIN/HARMON), Film#1597566#4. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: WaltersP WALTERS HARMON-p[0-9]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
abt 1623, age 12 in 1635 [Ref: Anderson GreatMigrationII v3p225]
age 12 in 1635 [Ref: HarmonAC HARMON p19],
place:
[Ref: HarmonAC HARMON p159, WaltersP WALTERS HARMON-p1],
father:
[Ref: Anderson GreatMigrationII v3p225, HarmonAC HARMON p19, WaltersP WALTERS HARMON-p1]
Sources with Inaccurate birth and parent Information
date:
1611 [Ref: WaltersP WALTERS HARMON-p1]
abt 1617 [Ref: HarmonAC HARMON p159, Wahl SKINNER p27]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: HarmonAC HARMON p159, Wahl SKINNER p27, WaltersP WALTERS HARMON-p1]
1661 [Ref: Torrey NE<1700 p344],
place:
[Ref: HarmonAC HARMON p159, Wahl SKINNER p27, WaltersP WALTERS HARMON-p1]
Sources with Information about marriage to Elizabeth (HARMON)
date:
[Ref: HarmonAC HARMON p159, WaltersP WALTERS HARMON-p1]
before 1641 [Ref: Torrey NE<1700 p344],
place:
[Ref: HarmanJW HARMAN p19],
names:
John HARMON & Elizabeth ___ [Ref: HarmanJW HARMAN p19, HarmonAC HARMON p159, Sav-age HARMON John, Torrey NE<1700 p344, WaltersP WALTERS HARMON-p1],
child:
[Ref: Sav-age HARMON John]
Sources with Inaccurate marriage information
names:
John HARMON & Elizabeth CUMMINGS [Ref: Wahl SKINNER p27, WaltersP WALTERS HARMON-p2],
note:
patent division papers identify Elizabeth Cummings as married to John HARMON of Saco and York, Maine. [Ref: Davis HARMON p9]
Research Notes:
emigrated with father in ship "Love", Captain Joseph Lowry, arrived Jul 13 1635, aged 12. [Ref: HarmanJW HARMAN p19]

emigrated in ship "Love", Captain Joseph Young [Ref: HarmanJW HARMAN p25]

July 1635, Francis Harmon, aged 43, John Harmon, aged 12, and Sarah Harmon, aged 10, sailed in the ship, "Love," Joseph Young, Master, from London to New England. [Ref: HarmonAC HARMON p4]

no further record of this John Harmon; no evidence that the family arrived in New England [Ref: Anderson GreatMigrationII v3p225]

Dec 24 1636: contracted to become the apprentice of Francis COOKE for seven years [Ref: Anderson GreatMigrationI p470]

Boston records show he brought wife, Elizabeth, and two sons, John and Sammuel, when he came through the wilderness to Springfield from Roxbury. [Ref: SpringfieldMA UnkNews UnkDate]

1644 to Springfield [Ref: Sav-age HARMON John]

taxed in 1644 in Springfield [Ref: Pope PioneersMA p213]

Sep 24 1645: sold to Webb Adey "six acres of upland lying in the New Field on the west side of the lands of Andrew Ring" [Ref: Anderson GreatMigrationI p13]

many town offices. constable, town fence viewer, and had care of the highway. The only thing that appears against him in the town records is that he once absented himself from town meeting, for which he was fined sixpence. [Ref: SpringfieldMA UnkNews UnkDate]

Nunc. will made Mar 4 1660, bequest all to wife [Ref: Pope PioneersMA p213]



Pedigree of John HARMON
 /-----Francis HARMON
John HARMON



Descendants of John HARMON
1. John HARMON m. Elizabeth (HARMON)
m. Elizabeth (HARMON)

2nd generation

2. John HARMON m. Mary DORCHESTER
m. Mary DORCHESTER
5. Joseph HARMON m. Hannah FILLEY
m. Hannah FILLEY father: William FILLEY mother: Margaret (FILLEY)
8. Nathaniel HARMON m. Mary SKINNER
m. Mary SKINNER father: Joseph SKINNER mother: Mary FILLEY

3rd generation

13. John HARMON m. Hannah SEXTON
m. Hannah SEXTON
16. John HARMON m. Rebecca ADAMS
m. Rebecca ADAMS
19. Joseph HARMON m. Elizabeth GRANGER
m. Elizabeth GRANGER
21. Samuel HARMON m. Hannah PHELPS
m. Hannah PHELPS
22. Ebenezer HARMON m1. Clemence JUDD m2. Elizabeth GRANGER
m. Clemence JUDD
m. Elizabeth GRANGER
24. Nathaniel HARMON m1. Sarah SMITH m2. Hannah MILLER m3. Abigail JAQUISH
m. Sarah SMITH
m. Hannah MILLER
m. Abigail JAQUISH
25. Nathaniel HARMON m. Esther AUSTIN
m. Esther AUSTIN father: Anthony AUSTIN mother: Esther HUGGINS
27. Mary HARMON m. James BARLOW
m. James BARLOW father: James BARLOW mother: Sarah HUXLEY
30. Samuel HARMON m. Deborah WINCHELL
m. Deborah WINCHELL
33. John HARMON m. Mary AUSTIN
m. Mary AUSTIN father: John AUSTIN mother: Agnes KING
34. Benjamin HARMON m. Hannah JACQUES
m. Hannah JACQUES

4th generation

40. Joseph HARMON m. Sarah SOUTHWELL
m. Sarah SOUTHWELL
42. Moses HARMON m. Elizabeth NORTON
m. Elizabeth NORTON
58. Nathaniel HARMON m. Elizabeth BRIDGEMAN
m. Elizabeth BRIDGEMAN
77. Mary HARMON m. David AUSTIN
m. David AUSTIN father: John AUSTIN mother: Mary HOVEY

5th generation

103. Anan HARMON m. Sarah RAWSON
m. Sarah RAWSON
104. David Jr AUSTIN m. Sarah ATKINS
m. Sarah ATKINS
106. Mary AUSTIN m. David WARD
m. David WARD father: David WARD