Third Generation
3. Thomas Harding2–3
(Michael-2, William-1) was born in Sep 1608 in Hitchin, Hertfordshire, England.1,3 Alternate: 1603-4 Whitechapel,
London He was baptized on 30 Sep 1608 in
St. Mary's Church, Hitchin, Hertfordshire, England.1 He died circa 14 Aug 1666 at the
age of 57 in Hitchin, Hertfordshire, England.1,3 Alternate: 1664-6 London, England Thomas was buried on 15 Aug 1666 in
St. Mary's Church, Hitchin, Hertfordshire, England.1
Thomas Harding Sr. is shown on at least FamilySearch family tree as Thomas
George Harding Sr.
Thomas was born to Michael Harding and Alice Hobbes in 1608. He married Agnes North in Hitchin, Hertfordshire in 1629. The couple had six children: Thomas - bap. 21May 1631, Michael - bap. 30 Jan 1632/3 - died young, Ann - bap. 5 Dec 1637, Sarah - bap. 15 Aug 1639, Mayell - 1641-1643, and William - 7 Sep 1643. Agnes died in Hitchin in 1644, a few months after the birth of son William. It would seem that the elder Harding and his four surviving children moved to London by the 1660s, since son, Thomas was married there in 1662/3.
Thomas Harding died in Hitchin and was buried at St. Mary's Church on 15 August 1666. His wife preceded him in death and was buried 2 April 1644.
Alternate birth and death entries are given for him:
(1) 1603-4 at Whitechapel, London, England.
(2) 1664 at St. Olave, Bermondsey, Southwark Burough, London, England.
(3) 27 May 1666, Whitechapel or St. Lawrence, Pountney, London, England
Thomas was born to Michael Harding and Alice Hobbes in 1608. He married Agnes North in Hitchin, Hertfordshire in 1629. The couple had six children: Thomas - bap. 21May 1631, Michael - bap. 30 Jan 1632/3 - died young, Ann - bap. 5 Dec 1637, Sarah - bap. 15 Aug 1639, Mayell - 1641-1643, and William - 7 Sep 1643. Agnes died in Hitchin in 1644, a few months after the birth of son William. It would seem that the elder Harding and his four surviving children moved to London by the 1660s, since son, Thomas was married there in 1662/3.
Thomas Harding died in Hitchin and was buried at St. Mary's Church on 15 August 1666. His wife preceded him in death and was buried 2 April 1644.
Alternate birth and death entries are given for him:
(1) 1603-4 at Whitechapel, London, England.
(2) 1664 at St. Olave, Bermondsey, Southwark Burough, London, England.
(3) 27 May 1666, Whitechapel or St. Lawrence, Pountney, London, England
Thomas Harding and Agnes North1,3 were married on 29
Apr 1629 in Hitchin, Hertfordshire, England.1–3 Agnes North1–2
was born circa 12 Nov 1609 in Hitchin, Hertfordshire, England.1,3 She died circa 1 Apr 1644 at the
age of 34 in Hitchin, Hertfordshire, England.1,3 She was buried on 2 Apr 1644 in
St. Mary's Church, Hitchin, Hertfordshire, England.1,3 Agnes was the daughter of William North and Ann Denby.
Thomas Harding and Agnes North had the following child:
4 i. Thomas Harding, born May 1631, Hitchin, Hertfordshire, England; married Eleanor Bagwell, 26 Feb
1662/3, All Hallows, London Wall, London, England; married Elizabeth
Nickolas\Nichols, 3 May 1693, Burlington Co., New Jersey; died bef 6 Oct 1708, Burlington
Co., New Jersey, British America.
Fourth Generation
4. Thomas Harding4 (Thomas-3, Michael-2,
William-1) was born in May 1631 in Hitchin, Hertfordshire, England.4–6 He was baptized on 23 May 1631
at St. Mary's Church, Hitchin, Hertfordshire, England in Hitchin,
Hertfordshire, England.6 He died before 6 Oct 1708 at the age of 77 in Burlington
Co., New Jersey, British America.4,7 Thomas Harding, according to many sources, was born
about 1635 in Bennington, Gloucestershire. More recent searches of English
parish registers have turned up a baptismal date of 23 May 1631 in Hitchin,
Hertfordshire. His parents, Thomas Sr. and Angnes North, were married at
Hitchin two years earlier. By the early 1660s, he was residing in London
following the box making trade.
There Harding married Eleanor Bagwell on 26 February 1662/3 at the Church of England, All Hallows, London Wall..
Although raised in the Church of England, Thomas became a devout and outspoken Quaker. On 26 February 1677 he purchased a 1/32 share in William Penn's West Jersey Colony from Daniel Wills of Northampton. He was one of the signers of "The Concessions and Agreements of West Jersey in America." [The document was written and signed before the colonists left England.] Later that year, on 16 August, the Hardings were among about 230 colonists who arrived at Newcastle aboard the Kent. William Penn and Henry Ballinger were also passengers.
In October, Harding became one of the founders of Burlington Township. One story has the Hardings and others settling along Rancocas Creek on land purchased from local Indians. The settlers spent the winter in wigwams and subsisted on venison and corn traded from the Indians. Another version has them settling at Wickaco in the neighborhood of Burlington.
In December of 1681, Thomas had two tracts surveyed, one for 200 acres on the Ranocas River, the other for 50 acres adjoining the land of William Evans. [He sold 150 acres of the survey to John Payne on 7 June 1690.]
Harding acquired 100 acres in West Jersey from William Biddle on 11 November 1690 and a 500 acre tract called "Two Brothers" near the head of the Fenwick River in 1691. He was recorded as being a carpenter of Philadelphia in the latter.
Thomas' will was dated 8 February 1707/8 and was inventoried on 6 October 1708. Named in the will were daughters, Mary [from his first marriage], Hope and Rebecca [from his second].
Thomas Harding was twice widowed. Eleanor died in 1692 and his second wife, Elizabeth Nichols, died in 1707.
Thomas wrote his will on 8 February 1708. His estate was probated on 6 October 1708.
Thomas Harding and his first wife, Eleanor, were interred in the Rancocas Quaker Burying in Burlington Co., New Jesey.
There Harding married Eleanor Bagwell on 26 February 1662/3 at the Church of England, All Hallows, London Wall..
Although raised in the Church of England, Thomas became a devout and outspoken Quaker. On 26 February 1677 he purchased a 1/32 share in William Penn's West Jersey Colony from Daniel Wills of Northampton. He was one of the signers of "The Concessions and Agreements of West Jersey in America." [The document was written and signed before the colonists left England.] Later that year, on 16 August, the Hardings were among about 230 colonists who arrived at Newcastle aboard the Kent. William Penn and Henry Ballinger were also passengers.
In October, Harding became one of the founders of Burlington Township. One story has the Hardings and others settling along Rancocas Creek on land purchased from local Indians. The settlers spent the winter in wigwams and subsisted on venison and corn traded from the Indians. Another version has them settling at Wickaco in the neighborhood of Burlington.
In December of 1681, Thomas had two tracts surveyed, one for 200 acres on the Ranocas River, the other for 50 acres adjoining the land of William Evans. [He sold 150 acres of the survey to John Payne on 7 June 1690.]
Harding acquired 100 acres in West Jersey from William Biddle on 11 November 1690 and a 500 acre tract called "Two Brothers" near the head of the Fenwick River in 1691. He was recorded as being a carpenter of Philadelphia in the latter.
Thomas' will was dated 8 February 1707/8 and was inventoried on 6 October 1708. Named in the will were daughters, Mary [from his first marriage], Hope and Rebecca [from his second].
Thomas Harding was twice widowed. Eleanor died in 1692 and his second wife, Elizabeth Nichols, died in 1707.
Thomas wrote his will on 8 February 1708. His estate was probated on 6 October 1708.
Thomas Harding and his first wife, Eleanor, were interred in the Rancocas Quaker Burying in Burlington Co., New Jesey.
Thomas Harding and Eleanor
Bagwell were married on 26 Feb 1662/3 in All Hallows, London Wall, London,
England.3–4,8 Eleanor Bagwell3 was born about 1639
in England.3,9 She died on 10 Jul 1692 at the
age of 53 in Burlington Co., New Jersey.3–4,10 She was buried in Friends Burial
Ground, Burlington Co., New Jersey.3,10 Eleanor was also known as Eleanor Harding.8 Eleanor was listed as Ellin in the London, All Hallows
parish marriage records. She was the daughter of Thomas Bagwell.
Thomas Harding and Eleanor Bagwell had the following
child:
5 i. Mary Harding, born 1663, England; married Henry Ballinger Sr., 4 Nov
1684, Burlington MM, Burlington Co., New Jersey; died 1739, Evesham, Burlington
Co., New Jersey.
Thomas Harding and Elizabeth
Nickolas\Nichols were married on 3 May 1693 in Burlington Co., New Jersey.4,11 Elizabeth
Nickolas\Nichols was born about 1664 in probably New Jersey.12
She died on 16 May 1707 at the age of 43 in Burlington Co., New Jersey, British
America.4
Thomas Harding and Elizabeth Nickolas\Nichols had the
following children:
i. Hope Harding was born on 11 Jun 1694.11
ii. Rebecca Harding was born on 26 Jun
1696.11
iii. Deborah Harding was born on 23 Apr
1698.11
iv. Thomas Harding was born on 16 Dec
1699.11
2. Michael Harding1 (William-1) was born
on 22 Feb 1578 in Hitchin, Hertfordshire, England.1
Michael and Alice [Hobbes] Harding were the parents of ten children: Anne
[1606-1641], Thomas [1608-1666], Joane [1610-1610], Elizabeth [1611-1645],
Willi
Willi
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