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Job Harrington, I

Male Abt 1695 - 1777  (~ 82 years)


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  • Name Job Harrington 
    Suffix I 
    Born Abt 1695 
    Gender Male 
    Died 1777 
    Person ID I12274  Sorensen-Remington Family Tree
    Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 

    Family 1 Lydia Fones,   b. 1697,   d. 14 Jan 1718/19  (Age 22 years) 
    Married Abt 1717  RI Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 
    Family ID F04776  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Alice Wightman,   b. 16 Oct 1702,   d. Abt 1729  (Age 26 years) 
    Married 8 Jun 1722  Kingstowne, RI Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Notes 
    • 1722, June 8: Alice, a daughter of John and Jane Bentley) Wightman married Job Harrington.
      "Contributions to the History of the Whiteman or Wightman Family" by James Pierce Root; II:371 from "Genealogies of Rhode Island Families: from Rhode Island Periodicals" Indexed by Robert and Catherine Barnes; The Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc.; Baltimore, Maryland; 1983 (974.5 RI/Genealogies SCGS)
    Children 
     1. Job Harrington, II,   b. Abt 1723,   d. Bef 29 Nov 1815  (Age ~ 92 years)
     2. Lydia Harrington,   b. Abt 1725,   d. Aft 16 Nov 1775  (Age ~ 50 years)
     3. Ebenezer Harrington,   b. Abt 1728,   d. Aft 16 Nov 1775  (Age ~ 47 years)
    Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 
    Family ID F04777  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 3 Elizabeth Unknown,   b. Abt 1710,   d. Bef 16 Nov 1775  (Age ~ 65 years) 
    Married 4 Jul 1731 
    Children 
     1. Alice Harrington,   b. Abt 8 Oct 1732,   d. Aft 16 Nov 1775  (Age ~ 43 years)
     2. Elizabeth Harrington,   b. 25 Mar 1734,   d. Aft 16 Nov 1775  (Age > 41 years)
     3. Sarah Harrington,   b. 13 Aug 1736,   d. Aft 16 Nov 1775  (Age > 39 years)
     4. Henry Harrington,   b. 27 Sep 1738,   d. Aft 16 Nov 1775  (Age > 37 years)
     5. Audary Harrington,   b. 2 Sep 1740,   d. Aft 16 Nov 1775  (Age > 35 years)
     6. Christopher Harrington,   b. 12 Aug 1742,   d. Aft 16 Nov 1775  (Age > 33 years)
     7. Mercy Harrington,   b. 8 Jun 1744,   d. Aft 16 Nov 1775  (Age > 31 years)
     8. Ruth Harrington,   b. 11 Jun 1747,   d. Aft 16 Nov 1775  (Age > 28 years)
    Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 
    Family ID F04783  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Job's name is spelled as Job Herrington in the Exeter town records. He is mentioned in the records many times, such as during the years 1743, 1745, 1746, 1758, 1762, 1767, and 1772. He is called Capt. Job. Herrington at least once. His son is referred to as Job Herrington, Jr.

      His will, dated 16 Nov 1775 at Exeter, RI, identifies him as aged, and a yeoman. Some genealogies give his birth date as 16 Oct 1701, in Kingstown, RI. This may be accurate, but needs verification.

      I have made an assumption that the same Job Herrington/Harrington married Lydia Fones, Alice Wightman/Whitman, and Elizabeth (unknown). This is a reasonable assumption because Lydia, who married Job Herrington, died very young. Also, one of Job's daughters was named Lydia, and it was customary to name a child after a deceased spouse. I don't know whether any one of the children was born to the first wife, but it seems unlikely, since Lydia Wilcox is mentioned as a granddaughter in the will of John Wightman, and also Job, Jr. had a son named Whitman. Consequently, I have estimated the children's birth years as if they all were born of Alice & Elizabeth. (needs more research)

      Job's ancestral line may come from James Hearnden/Herrington, b.c.1592, who came to America from England. However, a notation in an Arnold manuscript says, "Job Harrington from England settled in Exeter, RI; he had a son Job and grandson Whitman Harrington." An alternative view has this Job's parents as Job b.1683 & Martha (Weeden) Harrington; the father Job was supposedly the third son of Joseph & Sarah Harrington; and Joseph was a son of Benjamin b.c.1618, d.1687, a "religious refugee" who came to RI from MA, and who married Elizabeth White, d/o of William & Elizabeth White of Boston. This Benjamin had 6 sons, including Joseph; the 4th son was John, known as "John of Scituate," who lived near Bennett Hill in Scituate, RI. (see James N. Arnold's manuscript notebooks titled "Family Notes" at the Knight Memorial Library, Elmwood Ave., Providence, RI)

  • Sources 
    1. [S012872] Contributions to the History of the Whiteman or Wightman Family; II:371 from "Genealogies of Rhode Island Families from RI Periodicals", James Pierce Root, (The Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc.; Baltimore, Maryland; 1983 (974.5 RI/Genealogies SCGS)).

    2. [S012704] Family Notes, James N. Arnold, (unpublished manuscripts).