Nathaniel HARRINGTON

Father: Caleb HARRINGTON
Mother: Sally PERRY

Family 1: Diana EDMUNDS

(1) Oakes, Rensselaer Allston, "Genealogical and family history of the county of Jefferson, New York, Volume I." New York and Chicago: Lewis Publishing Co., 1905. Pages 178-179.

  1. Sally HARRINGTON
  2. Betsey HARRINGTON
  3. Eri HARRINGTON
  4. Electa HARRINGTON
  5. Ruth HARRINGTON
  6. Riley HARRINGTON
  7. Nathaniel HARRINGTON
  8. Harry HARRINGTON
  9. Benjamin Franklin HARRINGTON
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                    _Nathaniel HARRINGTON_|
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 _Caleb HARRINGTON_|
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Notes

Updated October 25, 2022. Compiled by Howder (www.howderfamily.com) from the following source(s):

(1) 1810 United States Census for New York, Jefferson Co., Rodman.

- Name: Nathaniel HARRINGTON
- Free White Male 0 to 9: 1
- Free White Male 16 to 25: 1
- Free White Female 0 to 9: 1
- Free White Female 16 to 25: 1
- Number of Household Members Under 16: 2
- Number of Household Members: 4

(2) New York, U.S., War of 1812 Payroll Abstracts for New York State Militia via Ancestry.com

- Name: HARRINGTON, Nathaniel
- Rank: Priv.
- Organization: Capt. Isaiah POST Co. of Col. Amaziah TUCKER 76 Regiment
- Paid from July 28, 1814 to Aug. 21, 1814; $6.45
- Remarks: Jefferson. S. EDMONDS P.M. Vou. 331. N.

(2) New York, U.S., Military Equipment Claims, War of 1812 via Ancestry.com

- Name: Nathaniel HARRINGTON
- Residence: Rodman, New York
- Allowed Amount: $56.00
- Page number: No.: 1,947
- Type of Claimant: APPLICANT
- Title: Index of Awards on Claims of the Soldiers of the War of 1812

(3) 1820 United States Census for New York, Jefferson Co., Rodman Town; August 7, 1820.

- Name: Nathaniel HARRINGTON
- Free White Persons - Males - Under 10: 1
- Free White Persons - Males - 16 thru 25: 2
- Free White Persons - Males - 26 thru 44: 1
- Free White Persons - Females - Under 10: 3
- Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 15: 1
- Free White Persons - Females - 16 thru 25: 1
- Free White Persons - Females - 26 thru 44: 2
- Number of Persons - Engaged in Agriculture: 3
- Free White Persons - Under 16: 5
- Free White Persons - Over 25: 3
- Total Free White Persons: 11
- Total All Persons - White, Slaves, Colored, Other: 11

(4) 1830 United States Census for New York, Jefferson Co., Rodman, page 169.

- Name of Head of Family: Nathaniel HARRINGTON
- Free White Persons - Males - Under 5: 2
- Free White Persons - Males - 5 thru 9: 2
- Free White Persons - Males - 15 thru 19: 1
- Free White Persons - Males - 40 thru 49: 1
- Free White Persons - Females - 15 thru 19: 1
- Free White Persons - Females - 20 thru 29: 2
- Free White Persons - Females - 40 thru 49: 1
- Free White Persons - Under 20: 6
- Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 4
- Total Free White Persons: 10
- Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored): 10

(5) 1840 United States Census for New York, Jefferson Co., Town of Rodman.

- Name of Head of Household: Nathaniel HARRINGTON
- Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 14: 1
- Free White Persons - Males - 15 thru 19: 1
- Free White Persons - Males - 20 thru 29: 1
- Free White Persons - Males - 50 thru 59: 1
- Free White Persons - Females - 15 thru 19: 1
- Free White Persons - Females - 20 thru 29: 1
- Free White Persons - Females - 60 thru 69: 1
- Persons Employed in Agriculture: 2
- Free White Persons - Under 20: 3
- Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 2
- Total Free White Persons: 7
- Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves: 7

(6) 1850 United States Census for New York, Jefferson Co., Rodman: Pages 907-908; July 31, 1850.

Nathaniel HARRINGTON is head of household, married to Dianna [EDMUNDS] HARRINGTON. He is 65 years old, born in Vermont and is a farmer with real estate value at $8,475. Children in the household are Harry (age 27; laborer) and Benjamin F. (age 23; laborer). There are also additional (unrelated?) laborers on the farm.

(7) 1850 United States Agricultural Census for New York, Jefferson Co., Rodman: Pages 765; July 31, 1850.

- Name of Owner: Nathaniel HERRINGTON
- Acres (improved): 238
- Acres (unimproved): 65
- Cash Value: $8,475
- Value of Implements: $150
- Horses: 9
- Milch Cows: 6
- Working Oxen: 2
- Other Cattle: 45
- Sheep: 25
- Swine: 16
- Value of Live Stock: $1,545
- Wheat (bushels): 64
- Indian Corn (bushels): 800
- Oaths (bushels): 150

(8) 1855 New York State Census for Jefferson Co., Town of Rodman: June 23, 1855.

Nathaniel HARRINGTON is head of household, married to Betsey [unknown maiden name; has lived in Rodman for 1 year] HARRINGTON. Nathaniel is 70 years old, born in Vermont and has lived in Rodman for 49 years. He is a farmer. The house is of framed construction and is valued at $1,500. His son Benjamin F. HARRINGTON (age 26, b. Jefferson Co., a farmer) resides in the household as does Lenette HARRINGTON (Benjamin's wife?) and Ward HARRINGTON (Benjamin's son).

(9) 1860 United States Census for New York, Jefferson Co., Rodman (Rodman Post Office): Page 117, July 23, 1860.

Nathaniel HERINGTON is head of household, married to Betsey [unknown maiden name, age 56] HERINGTON. He is 76 years old, born in Vermont and is a farmer with real estate valued at $4,585 and personal estate valued at $761. His son B. F. HERINGTON lives in the adjacent household with wife Jenett and child L. F. HERINGTON.

(10) 1870 United States Census for New York, Jefferson Co., Town of Rodman (Rodman Post Office): Page 26; August 10, 1870.

Nathaniel HARRINGTON is head of household, married to Sally [unknown maiden name, age 65] HARRINGTON. He is 85 years old and born in Vermont. They are in a separate household but on the same property as his son Frank HARRINGTON (age 43, a farmer) and family (wife Janette, children Ellano and Charles), on a particularly valuable piece of real estate valued at $14,000. [NOTE: The date used for the Census was June 1, 1870, so even though Nathaniel HARRINGTON has passed away before the census taker came to the household, he was still recorded since he was alive on June 1]

(11) Find a Grave

- Name: Nathaniel HARRINGTON Sr.
- Birth: 14 Mar 1785
- Death: 4 Jun 1870 (aged 85)
- Burial: Adams State Road Cemetery; Honeyville, Jefferson County, New York, USA
- Memorial ID: 65485887

(12) Everts, L.H. and Holcomb, J.M., "History of Jefferson County, New York with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers", Philadelphia: L. H. Everts and Co., 1878. Pages 493-494.

"Nathaniel, the father of Harry, was born in Vermont in 1785. In the year 1800, at the age of twenty-one, he penetrated into the wilds of of Jefferson County in quest of game, and was engaged for several years in hunting, fishing, etc. During this time he selected a fine spot for his future home in the present town of Rodman. In the year 1808 he was married to Miss Diana EDMUNDS, daughter of Judge EDMUNDS, of Jefferson County. Soon after his marriage he built a log house on his location, and commenced clearing up the farmon which he ever afterwards resided. He at first owned 100 acres, but by subsequent purchases he increased it to 300 acres. He became the father of of nine children named as follows: Sally, Betsey, Electa, Ruth, Eri, Riley, Nathaniel, Harry, and Franklin. Of these, three sons and two daughters are at this time living and have families. Mr. Nathaniel HARRINGTON died, at the advanced age of eighty-five year, in 1870. His wife died at the age of sixty-four."

(13) Oakes, Rensselaer Allston, "Genealogical and family history of the county of Jefferson, New York, Volume I." New York and Chicago: Lewis Publishing Co., 1905. Pages 178-179.

"Nathanial HARRINGTON, father of Benjamin F[ranklin] HARRINGTON, was born in Clarendon, Vermont, March 14, 1785. During the early years of the nineteenth century, he penetrated into the wilds of Jefferson county, New York, in quest of game, and was engaged for several years in hunting and fishing, and during this time he selected a spot for his future home in the present town of Rodman. In 1806 he located on the land, which is still in the possession of the family, then consisting one one hundred acres, to which he afterwards added until his possessions amounted to about two hundred and seventy acres. He cleared the farm, which was then in a state of complete wilderness, and during all this period experienced the privations incident to a pioneer life. He made his way home from Rome to this section of the state by means of marked trees, and for several years was about the only settler. He was successful in his operations; was recognized as a man of means in his day, and was always a firm champion of the rights of the people. He served several years as county commissioner, filling the duties with promptness and efficiency. In early manhood he cast his vote with the Democratic party, but later transferred his allegiance to the opposing faction, the Republican party. He served in the War of 1812, participating at the battle of Sacketts Harbor, and while he was preparing for his service his wife was moulding bullets; he was one of the pensioners of that war. For over thirty years he was an active member and a liberal contributor to the State Road Baptist church, of Adams."

"Nathanial HARRINGTON married Diana EDMONDS, July 4, 1808. She was born in 1789, a daughter of Eliphalet EDMONDS, a native of Vermont, whence he migrated to the vicinity of Boonville, New York, later coming to Jefferson county, where he served as judge of the county for many years. Nine children were the issue of this marriage, eight of whom attained years of maturity, namely: Sally, born in 1809, became the wife of Howard BEARD, a cooper of Rodman, later a merchant, and for several years a justice of the peace. Betsey, born October 24, 1810, became the wife of Daniel FOX, second, a carpenter of Adams Center. Eri, born April 1, 1813, a resident of Adams, New York, having attained the advanced age of ninety-one years. Electa, born April 23, 1815, became the wife of Volney AYERS, a farmer of Adams. Riley, born September 27, 1820, a farmer, died December 30, 1862. Nathaniel, born August 5, 1822, died at the age of twenty-two years. Harry, born September 16, 1824, a farmer of Rodman, and Benjamin F. mentioned herinafter ['born on the farm in Rodman, where he now resides, May 18, 1827']. The father of these children died June 4, 1870; he survived his wife many years, her death occurring June 4, 1854."

(14) JEFFERSON COUNTY NEW YORK, JEFFERSON COUNTY MIGRATIONS, Migrations Part 61 via Jefferson County, New York NYGenWeb.

"NATHANIEL HARRINGTON, one of the sons, No. 3 above [ed., son of Caleb HARRINGTON and Sally PERRY, grandson of Nathaniel HARRINGTON], and father of HARRY HARRINGTON, was born in Vermont in 1785. In 1800 at the age of 21 he moved to Jefferson County..."

(15) "Nathaniel Harrington House in Rodman": Watertown (NY) Daily Times; November 29, 1952.

"Seven miles from this city on the Dry Hill road is this large farm house, the upright and lower part of the east wing of which are said to have been built in 1816 by Nathaniel HARRINGTON, a pioneer Rodman settler. Modern­izations and additions have destroyed its original simple beauty, but it bears the distinction of never having been out of possession of the Harington family in its 136 years and to have been lived in by five generations of Harring­tons. With its 255 acres and herd of 60 thoroughbred Holstein cattle it is now owned by Mr. and Mrs. Frank E. HARRINGTON and occupied by them and their son, Hollis Ed­win HARRINGTON..."

"Born at Clarendon, Vt., March 14, 1785, son of Caleb and Sally Perry HARRINGTON, Nathaniel HARRINGTON used to come to hunt and fish in the wilderness of Jefferson county early in the last century. As a result, in 1806 he se­lected the section in which he wanted to settle down, served in the War of 1812 battle of Sackets Harbor and on Feb. 12, 1814 bought from Caleb and Sarah HARRINGTON for $500 the 93-acre and ten rods parcel of land which formed the nucleus of this farm and upon which this house is said to have been built two years later. On May 12, 1815 he purchased 74.9 acres from HARISON + HOFFMAN, and on Jan. 28, 1819 two parcels of 50 and 35.25 acres plus from Benjamin and Azubah FASSETT. In politics he was first a Democrat, later years served as county commissioner."

"In coming to this section he followed a line of marked trees up from Rome. On July 4, 1808 he married Diana, daughter of Eliphalet EDMONDS, also a Vermont native who came first to Boonville and then to this county. Mrs. Diana EDMONDS HARRINGTON died on June 4, 1854 and her husband on June 4, 1870. Next in line of owner­ship of the farm was their son, Benjamin Franklin HARRINGTON, born May 18, 1827... On Jan. 22, 1852 he married Miss Jennette A. Sweet. His death occurred June 3, 1920 and the third HARRINGTON then to come into possession of the farm was his son, Ellano. Ellano, son of Benjamin F. and Jennette SWEET HARRINGTON, was born Jan. 15, 1855 and died on March 26, 1923, but on Oct. 16, 1920 he and his wife, Susan P. HARRINGTON conveyed the homestead farm to their son and daughter-in-law, Frank E. and Ruth W. BIRD HARRINGTON, the present owners."