Took oath of allegiance in 1682 was a freeman in 1708
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Source: The Early Records of the Town of Providence (in 23 vols) printed under authority of the City Council of Providence, Snow and Farnham City Printers, Providence, RI, 1892,
Vol 4, p 55: last munday in may 1682 list of names "took theire Engagements of Eleageance" lists John Hernton
Vol 9, p 201: October 22, 1685 John Hearnton brought in a woolfs head which he killed.
Vol9, p 191: In August 1687 John Hearnton killed an old woolfe
Vol 17, p 126: August 1688 John Hearnton listed in head of household tax list
Vol 9, p 191: May 15, 1694 John Hearnton of Providence took up a stray horse, bay color, branded with S in the right shoulder, slit in the right ear, a gelding, brought to the towne council May 20, 1694
vol 9, p 131: December 28, 1727 Jonathan Fisk and John Hernden appraise a stray horse branded near the shoulder with M M
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Spource: Eddy, Ruth Story Devereux, The Ancestry and descendants of John Hearndon of Scituate, RI together with a Supplement including some of the descendants of four of his brothers Benjamin, Joseph, William and Thomas. (Providence, RI, the author. 1944)
"Since John had a son named Josiah, which is not a Harrington name, it is possible that his wife was a Bennett or a Wilkinson. Both families were close to the Harringtons and the name Josiah was common in those two families. (Eddy, p. 38). Some say his wife was Lydia Cranston, but I am told this has been disproved."
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Source: Representative Men and Old Families of Rhode Island, J H Beers and Co, Chicago, 1908, Volume 1, page 450
Lists the children of Governor John Cranston and his wife Mary Clarke. There is no Lydia in the list. Therefore it appears that Lydia, wife of John, was not Lydia Cranston, daughter of John and Mary.
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Rhode Island Court Records, Records of the Court of Trials of the Colony of Providence Plantations 1647-1662, in two volumes, Rhode Island Historical Society, Providence 1920
Vol 2, p 87: October 22, 1669 Newport John Horndell listed as a constable of Newport.
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Source: Tax Lists of the Town of Providence during the Administration of Sir Edmund Andros and his Council 1686-1689, compiled by Edward Field, Providence, Howard W Preston, 1895, p 38 List of all males 16 years of age and upwards residing in Providence August 1688 and liable for a poll tax, lists John Hernden
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Source: Representative Men and Old Families of Rhode Island, J H Beers and Co, Chicago, 1908, Volume 1, page 468
"John Hearnden, or Harrington, sone of Benjamin, resided for a time in Providence, but later settled in the town of Scituate, now Foster, in the Moosup Valley, and his was said to have been the first house in the present town of Foster. When he came to Foster there were but tow or three other houses standing from the Providence River to the Connecticut line. He held a grant of 960 acres of land, and built his house on the north end of his claim on a rocky knoll, overlooking the entire grant to the southward. He died in 1736. John Hearnden took the oath of allegiance in May, 1682, and his name appears frequently as deeding land to his sons, John, Josiah, Amos, Jonathan and Stephen.
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Source Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island, John Osborne Austin, Genealogical Publishing Co, 1978, p 96:
May 1682 He took oath of allegiance
September 1, 1687 on tax list
1688 ratable estate, 2 cows, yearling, horse, mare, 25 acres of woodland.
June 16, 1713 on Tax list
June 8, 1729 He deeded eldest son John, for love, 140 acres in Westquadnoid and on the same date he deeded second son Josiah, 140 acres and fifth sone Stephen, 120 acres.
August 9, 1731 He deeded to third son Amos for love, 150 acres in Westquadnoid.
June 28, 1736, Scituate. He deeded son Jonathan, for love, all homestead where I dwell in western part of Scituate, containing 120 acres.