Saturday, November 12, 2011

Surname Saturday - HARWOOD (England > Massachusetts)

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It's Surname Saturday, and I'm "counting down" my Ancestral Name List each week. I am up to number 291, who is Elizabeth HARWOOD (1701-1739), one of my 6th-great-grandparents. [Note: The 6th great-grandfathers have been covered in earlier posts]

My ancestral line back through four generations of HARWOOD  families (ancestors in blue) is:

1. Randall J. Seaver

2. Frederick Walton Seaver (1911-1983)
3. Betty Virginia Carringer (1919-2002)

4. Frederick Walton Seaver (1876-1942)
5. Alma Bessie Richmond (1882-1962)

8. Frank Walton Seaver (1852-1922)
9. Hattie Louise Hildreth (1857-1920)

18. Edward Hildreth (1831-1899)
19. Sophia Newton (1834-1923)

36. Zachariah Hildreth (1783-1857)
37. Hannah Sawtell (1789-1857)

72. Zachariah Hildreth (1754-1828)
73. elizabeth Keyes (1759-1793)

144. Zachariah Hildreth (1728-1784)
145. Elizabeth Prescott (1734-1812)

 290.  Jonas Prescott, born 26 January 1703 in Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States; died 09 September 1784 in Westford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.  He was the son of 580. Jonas Prescott and 581. Thankful Wheeler.  He married  07 March 1731 in Westford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.
291.  Elizabeth Harwood, born 28 January 1701 in Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States; died 27 December 1739 in Westford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. 

Children of Jonas Prescott and Elizabeth Harwood are:  Elijah Prescott (1732-????); Elizabeth Prescott (1734-1812); Isaac Prescott (1737-????); Benjamin Prescott (1739-????).

582.  Nathaniel Harwood, born 01 October 1669 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States; died 30 August 1751 in Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.   He married before 1696 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.
583.  Mary Barron, born 01 March 1673 in Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States; died 10 October 1758 in Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.  She was the daughter of 1166. Moses Barron and 1167. Mary Learned.

Children of Nathaniel Harwood and Mary Barron are:  Mary Harwood (1696-????); Hannah Harwood (1698-????); Elizabeth Harwood (1701-1739); Rachel Harwood (1703-1784); Sarah Harwood (1707-????); Jonathan Harwood (1710-1784); Susanna Harwood (1713-????).

1164.  Nathaniel Harwood, born about 1640 in England; died 07 February 1716 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.   He married  before 1665 in Massachusetts, United States.
1165.  Elizabeth, born about 1639 in England, died 25 April 1715 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.

Children of Nathaniel Harwood and Elizabeth are:  William Harwood (1665-1740); Elizabeth Harwood (1667-????); Nathaniel Harwood (1669-1751); Peter Harwood (1671-1740); John Harwood (1674-????); Mary Harwood (1676-????).

2328.  Mr. Harwood, born in England, probably died in England.  He married in England.
2329.  Unknown, born in England; perhaps died in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.

Children of Mr. and Mrs. Harwood are:  John Harwood (1625-????); Thomas Harwood (1627-1708); Hannah Harwood (1632-????); Sarah Harwood (1635-????); Nathaniel Harwood (1640-1716);  Robert Harwood (1644-1678).

The English origins and descendants of Nathaniel Harwood of Concord MA are listed, very sketchily, in a book by:

Watson H. Harwood, MD, A Genealogical Hhistory of the Concord Harwoods, Descendants of Nathaniel Harwood, son of John Harwood of London, England, Volume III, (Chasm Falls NY : 1912).

A more recent treatment of the possible English ancestry and the family of the first Nathaniel Harwood is in:

2) Dean Crawford Smith, edited by Melinde Lutz Sanborn, The Ancestry of Eva Belle Kempton, 1878-1908: Part III: The Ancestry of Henry Clay Bartlett, 1832-1892 (Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004), pages 290-297.

The latter work disagrees with the Harwood book as to Nathaniel Harwood's parents and earlier generations.  From reviewing the information available, I think the Dean Smith book is probably correct.

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