Captain Robert Harding

1607 -

• Name	Robert Harding
  Christening	2 Aug 1607	Little Baddow, Essex, England   [1, 2]
  Agency: Church of the Virgin Mary
  Immigration	12 Jun 1630 (~ 22 years)  [2]
  He landed at Cape Ann, Massachusetts with Governor John Winthrop on board the ship, Arbella.
  Religion	27 Aug 1630 (~ 23 years)	Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [2]
  Robert Harding joined the First Church Boston.
  Freeman	18 May 1631 (~ 23 years)	Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [2, 3, 4]
  Married	18 May 1631 (~ 23 years)	Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [1, 2, 3]
  (1) Phillippa ______. She was born about 1609 in England. She arrived on 12 June 1630 at Cape Ann, Massachusetts with Governor John Winthrop on board the ship, Arbella. She joined the First Church, Boston on 1631/32. On 1 July 1639 in Boston, Massachusetts, Phillippa was disciplined by the church of Boston for her defense of Anne Hutchinson.
  Will	1 Sep 1631 (~ 24 years)	Boreham, Essex, England   [2, 4]
  He is mentioned in his father's will.
  Offices Held	1634 (~ 26 years)	Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [2, 4]
  He was a member of the first Board of Selectman. He again served between 1636 and 1640.
  Military	1637 (~ 29 years)	Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [2]
  He was one of the signers of the original roll of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery company, although he had been disarmed shortly before by order of the General Court for his heterodoxy which he seems to have recanted.
  Moved to	1638 (~ 30 years)	Newport, Newport County, Rhode Island, U.S.A.   [2, 3, 4]
  He removed because of his Anabaptist views.
  Offices Held	1641 (~ 33 years)	Rhode Island   [2]
  He was one of the assistants to Governor William Coddington.
  Married	17 Oct 1645 (~ 38 years)	Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut, U.S.A.   [1, 2, 4, 5]
  (2) Esther Willis, the daughter of George and Mary Willis. She was born about 1615 in England. She lived in 1645 in Hartford, Connecticut. She died circa 1647 in England.
  Moved to	Nov 1646 (~ 39 years)	London, England   [2, 5]
  His wife, Esther, accompanied him.
  Married	1649 (~ 41 years)  [4]
  (3) unknown wife. Robert remarried a third time, but we have no record of whom nor when.
  Occupation	1651 (~ 43 years)	London, England   [2]
  He was a merchant.
  Legal	22 Nov 1654 (~ 47 years)	London, England   [2]
  He petitioned to the Massachusetts General Court. This is the last record of him.
  Siblings	5 brothers and 5 sisters
  1. John Harding,   c. 2 Feb 1600/01, Little Baddow, Essex, England d. 18 Feb 1600/01, Little Baddow, Essex, England  (Age ~ 0 years)   2. Marie Harding,   c. 2 Feb 1601/02, Little Baddow, Essex, England   3. Martha Harding,   b. 1604, Little Baddow, Essex, England bur. 6 May 1604, Little Baddow, Essex, England  (Age ~ 0 years)   4. John Harding,   c. 19 May 1605, Little Baddow, Essex, England bur. 1 Apr 1625, Little Baddow, Essex, England  (Age ~ 19 years)   5. Captain Robert Harding,   c. 2 Aug 1607, Little Baddow, Essex, England   6. Anne Harding,   b. Abt Jul 1610, Little Baddow, Essex, England d. 10 Oct 1680, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 70 years)   7. Thomas Harding,   c. 8 Jul 1611, Little Baddow, Essex, England   8. Philippa Harding,   c. 30 Nov 1612, Little Baddow, Essex, England   9. Jonathan Harding,   c. 12 Apr 1617, Little Baddow, Essex, England bur. 13 Apr 1617, Little Baddow, Essex, England  (Age ~ 0 years) + 10. Abraham Harding,   c. 20 Apr 1619, Little Baddow, Essex, England d. 22 Mar 1654/55, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age ~ 35 years) ▻ Elizabeth   11. Elizabeth Harding,   c. 18 Mar 1622/23, Boreham, Essex, England d. Aug 1672, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age ~ 49 years)
  Half siblings	1 half brother (family of John Harding and "Unknown")
  1. John Harding,   c. 6 Jun 1630, Boreham, Essex, England bur. 8 Aug 1630, Boreham, Essex, England  (Age ~ 0 years)
  Patriarch & Matriarch	John Harding   (Grandfather)  unknown wife  (Grandmother)
  Person ID, Branch	I19783
  Last Modified	25 May 2019

  
  

  Father	John Harding   bur. 22 Nov 1631, Boreham, Essex, England
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Mary Green,   b. Abt 1580, England d. Abt 1628, England (Age 48 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Family ID	F361	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Pedigree

  ← Click to display 1Captain Robert Harding(1607 – ) 2John Harding( – 1631) 4John Harding 5Juliana( – 1593) 3Mary Green(Abt 1580 – Abt 1628) 6John Greene(Abt 1560 – 1606) 7unknown wife

  
  

• Event Map		Christening - 2 Aug 1607 - Little Baddow, Essex, England Religion - 27 Aug 1630 - Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Freeman - 18 May 1631 - Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Married - 18 May 1631 - Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Will - 1 Sep 1631 - Boreham, Essex, England Offices Held - 1634 - Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Military - 1637 - Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Moved to - 1638 - Newport, Newport County, Rhode Island, U.S.A. Offices Held - 1641 - Rhode Island Married - 17 Oct 1645 - Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut, U.S.A. Moved to - Nov 1646 - London, England Occupation - 1651 - London, England Legal - 22 Nov 1654 - London, England  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources 🟢 Primary Evidence 🟡 Secondary Evidence 🟠 Tertiary Evidence 🔴 Unreliable Evidence

  [S94] Muse, Jeanne. Family Group Sheets of the Ancestry of Jeanne Muse, (Asheville, North Carolina: manuscript, 20 August 1995). [S83] Harding, Glen F. A Record of the Ancestry, Family and Descendants of Abraham Harding, (Ogden, Utah: Glen F. Harding M.D., 1979). [S72] Pope, Charles Henry, The Pioneers of Massachusetts , (Boston: Charles H. Pope, 1900). [S1072] McCracken, George E. "John Harding of Boreham, Essex", (New Haven, Connecticut: The American Genealogist, Volume 34, July 1958). [S108] Talcott, Mary Kingsbury. "The Wyllys Family of Connecticut" , (Boston: The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, volume XXXVII, 1883).