Martha

• Preferred Name: Martha ^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]}
  
• Gender: F
  
• Residence: in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA at LATI: N1.8833 LONG: E70.6333 with note: GEDCOM data
  
• Departure: 1632
  
• Death: 28 OCT 1633 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States at LATI: N1.8833 LONG: E70.6333
  
• FSID: L71H-547
  
• Birth: 1604 in England with note: Note: the attached findagrave memorial estimates her birth as 1612 which would be about right if she were married in 1632 as suggested by some. However, it is more likely that she was married about 1624.
  
• Burial: OCT 1633 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America at LATI: N1.8833 LONG: E70.6333
  
• Notes:

  === Life Sketch ===
  
  “Widow Harding” was assessed 9s in the tax list for Plymouth on 25 Mar. 1633.(3) Martha died in 1633 in Plymouth and left an estate worth only £20. 18s. 6d. She left the care of her young son Joseph to Dea. John Done who also probably took care of John as well:
  
  “John Done presented an inventory of the goods & chattels of Martha Harding, deceased, who, in the behalf of her son, was allowed the administrator of the said Martha.” (1)
  
  “A true Inventory of the goods & Chattels of Martha Harding deceased… by James Hurst ffr Cooke & John Done… the 28th Octobr Ano Reg Domini Carol 8th [1633]…
  Impr. 2 Gownes 02 10 00
  It 1 Coate & Apron 01 08 00
  It a pcell of smale [ ] 02 08 00
  It a glasse 00 01 00
  It 2 p of sheets 00 16 00
  It 2 aprons 00 04 00
  It 2 pillow beers 00 03 00
  It 9 napkins & a smalle cloak 00 05 00
  It 5 towels 00 02 00
  It a [ ] 00 06 00
  It a kettle & a skellet 01 01 00
  It a fire [ ] & [ ] 00 01 06
  It a cloake 00 05 00
  It [ ] 00 09 00
  It 3 [ ] 00 05 00
  It 1 [ ] 00 01 06
  It a peere 00 12 00
  It Joyners tooles w other [ ] 00 13 00
  It a little kettle & an old pan & [ ] 00 06 06
  It corne 01 05 00
  It a sow 20s/ swine [ ] 06 00 00
  It a sow 02 10 00
  Summe 20 18 06
  Martha Harding debits
  To mr Done [ ] & disbursed for [ ] the sum of 09 09 01
  It owing to divers psons in [ ] or smale pcells 04 00 00
  It more to per usbands brothers in Engl to one eight pounds to another
  9£ to another 3£ Suma 20 00 00…
  
  This Martha Harding dyed w/out a will leaving one son in the custody of Mr John Done the administrator of the said Martha… (2)
  
  The “Suma” at the end of the tabulation concerns the debts which she still owed from her husband. It appears that she owed £33.9s.1d. so her estate was insolvent. Given the joyners tools in the inventory I suspect that was her husbands trade. Why were they so much in debt? It doesn’t appear that they owned any property to explain the debt. They owed money to folks in England. Was this for their transportation over here? Some of the debt seems to be to his brother in England. Too bad they didn’t write down their names and where they lived! Joseph and Martha both died so young… leaving two little boys orphans… a sad story and one I would love to know more about.
  Much of this document is difficult to read. I am usually quite good at deciphering 17th century hand writing, however, this one is a challenge! So I've uploaded the original record… have a go at it! If anyone can figure out the rest of the document, let me know as perhaps it will fill in some holes in the information on this family.
  
  Issue-
  
  • I. John- b.c.1625, m. _____ Hurst
  • II. JOSEPH- b. 1629 Plymouth, m. 4 Apr. 1660 Eastham, BETHIA COOKE (b.c.1640, d. 17 Oct 1673 Eastham), d. 31 May 1687 Eastham
  
  Ref:
  
  (1) The Hardings in America- A Genealogical Register of the Descendants of John Harding, of England, Born A.D.1567- Wilbur J. Harding, Harding Printing Co., Keystone, Iowa, 1925- pp.21-2 quoting Plymouth Colony Records- Vol. I, p. 18
  (2) Plymouth Colony Probate Records- Vol. I, fol. 4
  (3) Plymouth Colony Records- Vol. I, p. 11
  
  John Doane born abt 1590 died 1685 per inventory of his estate , at best, could be Martha's brother.....NOT father. Dates prevent this connection
  
  Martha Doane Harding
  BIRTH 1612
  Shropshire, England
  DEATH 28 Oct 1633 (aged 20–21)
  Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA
  BURIAL Unknown
  MEMORIAL ID 34694507 · View Source
  
  MEMORIAL
  PHOTOS 1
  FLOWERS 24
  Born by about 1612, based on estimated date of marriage (and probably some years earlier). Came to Plymouth Colony with her infant son in 1632. Died in Plymouth between 25 March 1633 (tax assessment) and 28 October 1633 (administration of estate).
  Married by about 1632 _____ Harding, who presumably died in England before his widow and son sailed for New England.
  Their only known child: JOSEPH, b. by 1632; m. Eastham 4 April 1660 Bethiah Cooke, daughter of JOSIAS COOKE .
  It is likely that Martha Harding was sister to JOHN DOANE , who administered her estate and took her son, Joseph, into his household after her death. Joseph Harding was complained of on 3 June 1652 for "carrying an Indian's gun unto the smith to be mended in his uncle's name," and it is assumed by some that the uncle mentioned here would be JOHN DOANE .
  Source: Anderson's Great Migration Study Project
  
  Family Members
  Parents
  John Done
  1575–1629
  
  Dorothy Wilbraham Doane
  unknown–1635
  
  Siblings
  Photo
  John Doane
  1590–1685
  
  Anna Doane Twining
  1600–1680
  
  Half Siblings
  Photo
  Mary Done Crewe
  1604–1690
  
  Children
  Joseph Harding
  1629–1685
  
  === 1. Records of Gerald Faerber, glfaerber@ ===
  1. Records of Gerald Faerber, glfaerber@yahoo.com; jerry.faerber@lumileds.com.
  
  === Source ===
  Several Ancient Puritans by Rev Abner Morse v IV, p 9 Harding
  
  === proof of argument sometimes must be used ===
  Martha DOANE taxed at Plymouth 1632-3, died in 1633 in Plymouth, had brother John who cared for her sons Joseph & John
  
  Spouse: Joseph HARDIN, died 1630, in Maine with Gorges as early as 1623, when settlement abandoned went to Plymouth, Braintree, Cape Cod (If married 1624 Duxbury per NE Marriages then some children could not be Martha's)
  
  Children: John; Joseph born circa 1630-2, of Braintree & Eastham, married Bethia Cook daughter of Josiah; Phoebe married John Brown 1634; Winifred married Thomas Whiton 1639;
  
  The Great Migration Begins: ASSOCIATIONS: MARTHA HARDING ORIGIN: Unknown MIGRATION: 1632 FIRST RESIDENCE: Plymouth ESTATE: 'Widow Harding' was assessed 9s. in the Plymouth tax list of 25 March 1633 [PCR 1:11]. On 28 October 1633 'John Done presented an inventory of the goods & chattels of Martha Harding, deceased, who, in the behalf of her son, was allowed the administrator of the said Martha' [PCR 1:18]. The inventory totalled £20 18s. 6d. and included no real estate [MD 1:82-3, citing PCPR I :8]. The estate showed disbursements to 'her husband's brothers in England, to one eight pounds to another nine pounds to another three pounds"; "This Martha Harding died without will leaving one son in the custody of Mr. Joh Done the administrator of the said Martha..." [MD I :83, citing PCPR 1:9). BIRTH: By about 1612 based on estimated date of marriage (and probably some years earlier). DEATH: Plymouth berween 25 March 1633 (tax assessment) and 28 October 1633 (administration ofestate). MARRIAGE: By about 1632 Harding, who presumably died in England before his widow and son sailed for New England. CHILD: 1 JOSEPH, b . by 1632; m. Eastham 4 April 1660 Bethiah Cooke [PCR 8:27], daughter ofJOSIAS COOKE It is likely that Martha Harding was sister to JOHN DOANE, who administered her estate and took her son, Joseph, into his household after her death. Joseph Harding was complained of on 3 June 1652 for "carrying an Indian's gun unto the smith to be mended in his uncle's name" [PCR 3: I 0], and it is assumed by some that the uncle mentioned here would be JOHN DOANE. COMMENTS: There were others by the name of Harding in early Plymouth, but with no obvious connection to Martha Harding: John. b. by 1627 (in Duxbury section of 1643 Plymouth list of men able to bear arms [PCR 8: 190]); Phebe who married 26 March 1633 John Brown [PCR 1:26]; and Winifred who married 22 November 1639 Thomas Whiton [PCR 1:134].
  
  Gen Reg of the First Settlers of NE; HARDING, JOHN, MA, freeman 1640, may have been the representative of Medfield in 1689.
  
  Families of Robinson Ancestors (1957): After the DeGorges party arrived in America, there were listed among the passengers, Richard Harding and infant son, John Harding and two young sons, and Joseph Harding. These three brothers, Richard, John and Joseph, were cousins of Lady Georges. //P// The children of John Harding were: Richard b. circa 1580 d. circa 1657, married (2) Elizabeth Adams. Joseph died 1630 m. 1624 Martha Doane.
  
  Genealogical and personal history of the Allegheny Valley ..., Volume 3: There were in Massachusetts before the year 1650 six immigrants of the name of Harding. Abraham who left many descendants in Medford and the vicinity. George of Salem nothing more being known of him. John of Weymouth. Robert of Boston. Elizabeth who settled in Boston, and Martha Harding a widow who settled in Plymouth Massachusetts as early as 1632 and is mentioned further as the wife of Joseph Harding below. I Joseph Harding the immigrant ancestor of this line came to Maine it is believed as early as 1623 in the company of Governor Gorges and when the colony was abandoned took refuge at Plymouth. He may have died however before the family removed to Plymouth for we find that his widow Martha Harding was taxed at Plymouth January 2 1632-33. The inventory of her goods was made by James Hurst, Francis Cook, and John Doane and amounted to the value of twenty pounds eighteen shillings and six pence. She died in 1633 leaving her son Joseph to the care of John Doane who was probably her brother, her elder son John having been committed to his care prior to her death. The sons returned to Braintree Massachusetts afterward to take possession of their father's land in that place. Children of Joseph and Martha Harding: John of previous mention, Phoebe married John Brown, Winifred married Thomas Whiton, Joseph mentioned below. II Joseph 2 son of Joseph 1 and Martha Doane Harding was born about the year 1630 and lived during his youth with Deacon John Doane of Eastham Massachusetts to whose care he had been consigned by his widowed mother who was probably a sister, removed to Braintree circa 1650, married Bethia Cook.
  
  === !From Harold Cook group sheets, Joseph H ===
  !From Harold Cook group sheets, Joseph Harding was raised by John Doane.
  
  === !See notes for her father. The FGRA shee ===
  !See notes for her father. The FGRA sheet gives her birth about 1600, Engl, married 1624 Joseph Harding, died 1633. "The Doane Family" says "[Oct 28, 1633] At this Court John Done presented an inventory of the goods and chattels of Martha Harding, deceased, who in behalf of her son was allowed the administracon of the said Martha. (Plymouth Colony Records Vol. 1, p. 18.) Note. The widow Martha Harding was taxed in Plymouth in 1632, and was living there in March, 1633. It has been suggested that she was a sister of Mr. John Doane. Martha Harding's inventory was presened Oct. 28, 1633. It states she died without will, leaving a son in the custody of Mr. John Done, in behalf of whom Mr. Done is allowed to administer. ..... John Done charge her estate with L9.9.1 money lent to, or paid out for Martha Harding. ... Would John Doane have paid out over nine pounds for the widow Harding, if she was not a relative: Unless a relative, would Martha Harding have left a son to the custody of John Doane when she evidently had other children in Plymouth grown to manhood and womanhood?" This doesn't seem enough proof to conclude that Martha was his sister. The author quotes another record of his having another child, daughter of Peter Brown, in his custody until she reach the age of 17 at which time she chose her uncle John Brown as guardian. But the author doesn't suggest that this child's mother was John Doane's sister. Both records are from "Plymouth Colony Records" vol. 1 pg 18 with another concerning Mary Brown from vol. 2 pg 76. LDS proxy temple ordinances for Martha are from the FGRA sheet of her parents except sealing of marriage is from the LDS IGI.
  
  === ! SOURCE: The Harding Genealogy, by Alf ===
  ! SOURCE: The Harding Genealogy, by Alfred A. Doane, Everett, Mass. Film No. 1,398,561 at Family History Library, Salt Lake City, UT, reprinted from the Yarmouth Herald, Oct. 25, 1910. There seems to be some doubt as to the existence of son, John Harding, per the following in The Great Migration Begins, 1620-1633, NEHGS, Boston, MA, Vol. II, p. 854: Martha (Doane) Harding, sister of John Doane: BIRTH: By about 1612 based on estimated date of marriage (and probably some years earlier). DEATH: Plymouth between 25 March 1633 (tax assessment) and 28 October 1633 (administration of estate). MARRIAGE: By about 1632_____Harding, who presumably died in England before his widow and son sailed for New England. CHILD: 1. Joseph, b. by 1632; m. Eastham 4 April 1660 Bethiah Cooke [PCR 8:27], daughter of JOSIAS COOKE. It is likely that Martha Harding was sister to JOHN DOANE, who administrated her estate and took her son, Joseph, into his household after her death, p. 855.
  
  === KERRY LEWIS !B4 B21 P73 !AM PUB F VOL 24 ===
  KERRY LEWIS !B4 B21 P73 !AM PUB F VOL 24 P124 !SAVAGES GEN DICT VOL 2 P82-3 !MORSE'S GEN REG VOL 4 (1864)

• m. 1623 in Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, British Colonial America

1. John Harding Jr, b. 13 MAY 1624 in Somerset, England     d. 31 OCT 1682 in Eastham, Plymouth Colony, British Colonial America

1. Title: The genealogy of the descendants of several ancient Puritans
   Author: texts The genealogy of the descendants of several ancient Puritans ... by Morse, Abner, 1793-1865; McCabe, Clara J; McCabe, Dorothy Publication date 1857 Page 9
   Publication: Name: https://archive.org/details/genealogyofdesce04mors/page/n23/mode/2up;
   Note: II. Joseph (?) Harding left a widow Martha Harding, who d. at Plymouth in 1633, leaving only personal property in Plym. Jurisdiction inventoried Oct. 8 of that year, by James Hurst, Francis Cook, and John Doane, at £20:18:6, and a young son, Joseph, to the care of John Doane, to whom she is supposed to have previously committed an elder son John. If her husband came with Gov. Gorges in 1623 (?) he was probably one of the company who, on being abandoned by him. removed to P., or his family after his death did so, where his widow was taxed 9s. Jan. 2, 1632-3, when the tax lists begin. Dea. John D., probably her brother, who had been an assistant, afterwards removed from Plym. to Duxbury, and in 1644 to Eastham, taking her sons with him. Here they completed their minority, when they returned to Braintree, not to become proprietors of the town, but to occupy their patrimonial estate, of which, neither the ignoring of the claims of Gorges, nor the grant of Braintree to Boston, and the assignment of her lands to others, had deprived them. 1. Joseph1 (?) and Martha Harding of Braintree (?) and Plymouth, had, 4. 2. I. John,2 b. about 1624-7, "able to bear arms, 1643.” 8. 3. II. Joseph,2 b. about 1629; m. Bethiah Cook.
   Page: Same name and family
   
2. Title: The Hardings in America
   Author: Harding, Wilbur Judd, 1868-. The Hardings In America: a Genealogical Register of the Descendants of John Harding, of England, Born A. D., 1567. Keystone, Ia.: The Harding Printing Co., 1925. Page 21-2
   Publication: Name: https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89065907198&view=1up&seq=29&size=125;
   Note: JOSEPH HARDING JOSEPH HARDING of Braintree, as his name appears on the records, was probably a mariner, engaged in fishing, and after his marriage in 1624 to Martha Doane of Plymouth, he removed to Cape Cod. So far as the records reveal he was the father of but two children: John , born about 1625 . Joseph , born in 1629. Joseph Harding died in 1630 and left a widow, Martha , who died at Plymouth in 1633 , leaving only personal property in that jurisdiction inventoried 28 Oct. of that year by James Hurse , Francis Cook and John Doane at £20:18:6, and a young son, Joseph, to the care of her brother, John Doane, to whom she undoubtedly previously committed the care of the elder son John . Joseph Harding was a member of the Gov. Gorges party which was abandoned by him and he removed to Plymouth. His sons completed their minority at Duxbury and Eastham, returning then to Braintree to occupy their patrimonial estate, of which neither the ignoring of their claims by Gorges nor the grant of Braintree to Boston and the assignment of her lands to others had deprived them. John, the elder brother, married ________ Hurst and had a daughter Sarah who married John Tower, and a son John who removed to Bridgewater about 1707 . Joseph, the younger son, married Bethiah Cook April 4, 1660. Over 700 direct descendants of the two brothers had been definitely traced as early as 1862, the greater portion of them from Joseph and Bethiah Harding.
   Page: Same name and family
   
3. Title: Our Harding family: a record of the family and descendants of Samuel Harding whose ancestor was Joseph Harding
   Author: Our Harding family : a record of the family and descendants of Samuel Harding whose ancestor was Joseph Harding Page 6
   Publication: Name: https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/18645/images/dvm_GenMono004070-00009-0?ssrc=&backlabel=Return&pId=8;
   Note: Information on the descendants of Joseph and Martha Harding, first generation in the USA.
   Page: Same name and family
   
4. Title: Widow Martha Harding (possibly a Doane) in "The Great Migration Begins," v. 2, G–O, 854. Husband's given name not proven and relationship to John Doane is speculative
   Author: Robert Charles Anderson, "The Great Migration Begins," v. 2, G–O, 854.
   Publication: Name: https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/2496/42521_b158319-00179?pid=57784&backurl=https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?_phsrc%3DbAc5%26_phstart%3DsuccessSource%26usePUBJs%3Dtrue%26indiv%3D1%26db%3DGreatMigration%26gss%3Dangs-d%26new%3D1%26rank%3D1%26msT%3D1%26gsfn%3Dmartha%26gsfn_x%3DNN%26gsln%3DHarding%26gsln_x%3DNN%26MSAV%3D1%26uidh%3D5v2%26pcat%3D40%26fh%3D0%26h%3D57784%26recoff%3D4%25205%252016%26ml_rpos%3D1&treeid=&personid=&hintid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=bAc5&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true#?imageId=42521_b158319-00179;
   Note: She was the widow Martha Harding when on 28 Oct 1633 "John Done presented an inventory of the goods & chattels of Martha Harding, deceased, who, in the behalf of her son Joseph was allowed the administrator of the aid Martha." Apparently her husband was also deceased and perhaps had not come to Plymouth. Her place of birth and origin is not known
   
5. Title: Our Harding family : a record of the family and descendants of Samuel Harding whose ancestor was Joseph Harding
   Author: Our Harding family : a record of the family and descendants of Samuel Harding whose ancestor was Joseph Harding Page 5
   Publication: Name: https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/18645/images/dvm_GenMono004070-00008-0?ssrc=&backlabel=Return&pId=8;
   Note: Information on Joseph and Martha (Doane) Harding and their two sons, John and Joseph.
   Page: Same name and family
   
6. Title: Martha Doane Harding, "Find A Grave Index"
   Author: "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVK9-2QNN : 24 May 2022), Martha Doane Harding, ; Burial, , ; citing record ID 34694507, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
   Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVK9-2QNN;
   Note: There is no documentary evidence that Martha’s maiden name was Doane.
   
7. Title: Great Migration shows the known relationship of Mrs. Martha Harding. John Doane helped her settle her husband's estate but no relationship was given in the record. Please read the Great Migration source below. There is no proof Martha was a Doane