Seth Harding

Male29 August 1769–17 June 1822

Brief Life History of Seth

When Seth Harding was born on 29 August 1769, in Abington, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States, his father, John Harden IV, was 45 and his mother, Anna Harden, was 43. He married Aletheah Pool on 23 December 1792, in Abington, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He died on 17 June 1822, at the age of 52.

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Seth Harding
1769–1822
Aletheah Pool
1774–
Marriage: 23 December 1792
Walter Darwin Harden
1808–1885

Sources (4)

  • Seth Harden, "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
  • Seth Harden, "Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915"
  • Seth in entry for Walter S. Harding, "Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915"

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  • Marriage
    23 December 1792Abington, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States

    • Children (1)

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    Siblings (6)

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    World Events (8)

    1776

    Age 7

    Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.

    1776 · The Declaration to the King

    Age 7

    """At the end of the Second Continental Congress the 13 colonies came together to petition independence from King George III. With no opposing votes, the Declaration of Independence was drafted and ready for all delegates to sign on the Fourth of July 1776. While many think the Declaration was to tell the King that they were becoming independent, its true purpose was to be a formal explanation of why the Congress voted together to declare their independence from Britain. The Declaration also is home to one of the best-known sentences in the English language, stating, “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."""""""

    1786 · Shays' Rebellion

    Age 17

    Caused by war veteran Daniel Shays, Shays' Rebellion was to protest economic and civil rights injustices that he and other farmers were seeing after the Revolutionary War. Because of the Rebellion it opened the eyes of the governing officials that the Articles of Confederation needed a reform. The Rebellion served as a guardrail when helping reform the United States Constitution.

    Name Meaning

    English: from the Middle English personal name Harding (Old English Hearding, literally ‘the hard one’ a derivative of Old English heard ‘hard, harsh, strong, firm, brave’). The surname was first taken to Ireland in the 15th century, and more families of the name settled there 200 years later in Tipperary and surrounding counties.

    North German and Dutch: patronymic from a short form of any of various ancient Germanic compound personal names beginning with hard ‘hardy, brave, strong’, or a habitational name from a farm named Harding, of the same etymology.

    History: Warren Gamaliel Harding (1865–1923), the 29th president of the US, was born on a farm in OH, of English and Scottish stock on his father's side. Early American bearers of this very common name include Joseph Harding who died at Plymouth in 1633. His great-great grandson Seth was a naval officer during the American Revolution.

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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