Source: Representative Men and Old Families of Rhode Island, J H Beers and Co, Chicago, 1908, Volume 1, page 468
"Josiah Harrington, sone of John, received by deed from his father, June 8, 1729, 140 acres of land. His will, made May 7, 1785, was proved Feb 12, 1787."
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Johnson, Harrington and Allied Familes, compiled by Mrs. Clarke H. Johnson, The American Historical Society, New York, 1933, p 39:
Josiah Herenden is listed in the Rhode Island Military Census of 1777, as of Scituate, "60 years up". The name of the wife of Josiah Herenden is not on record, but he probably married Elizabeth Bennett.
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Source: Rhode Island Freemen, 1747-1755, A Census of Registered Voters, compiled by Bruce C MacGunnigle, Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1982, p 28, lists Josiah, Scituate 1748
