Individual Details
Robert HARRINGTON
(1616 - 17 May 1707)
This line is shown as not proven in a "royal descendancy" book that I copies a long time ago. I have the page copied (page 27) but not the reference. The book is from the Delta Family History Library. Allyson Wood It continues: 6. This Robert Harrington (b. 1616 md Susannah George) 7. Ann Clinton (b. 1596; md John Harrington) 8. Thomas Clinton (b. 1571; md. Elizabeth Knyvett) 9. Catherine Hastings (b. 1542; md. Henry Clinton) 10. Catherine Pole (b. abt 1511; md. Francis Hastings) 11. Henry Pole (b. abt 1490; md. Jane Neville) 12. Margaret Plantagenet (b. 1469-70; md. Richard Pole 13. George Plantagenet (b. 1449; md. Isabel Neville 14. Richard Plantagenet md. Cecily Neville
(#2, cht. 101) (#3, cht. 101) Sources other than Archive and Temple Records: Harrington Family Genealogical Gazetteer, by George H. Harrington, pp. 240, 258. (SL Gen Lib. Film #1009) Charles Norman Harrington, p. 8 in SL Gen. Lib) Burkes, Peerages of the British Isles, pp 438, 442. (SL Gen Lib ref. 942 D22 bug) Ancestry and Descenants of William Harrington, Herrington, by Byron M. Herrington, pp 5-6. (SL Gen Lib ref 929.273.H237 ha)
"Royal? page 43
Robert did not arrive in Boston until 1634. He may have remained with his grandmother, Mary Rogers Harington, whose death occured in that year. He settled in Watertown, Mass., married Sarah George and had a family of ten boys and three girls.....
One recent genealogy questions whether Robert was a son of John and Ann. However, there is a family tradition in the writer's line (Benjamin) that three brothers came to Boston. The descendants of Robert and Benjamin called each other cousins in the earlier generations.
Captain Henry Harrington of Exeter, Rhode Island, and later of White Creek, New York, always claimed that Jonathan Harrington, who was killed in the Battle of Lexington, was his cousin. This Jonathan Harringon was definately a descendant of Robert of Watertown while Captain Henry was a descendant of Benjamin of Rhode Island.
All of the above claims are based on tradition and circumstantial evidence. No prrof is offered.
Now let us look briefly at the evidence against the claimed Harrington royal ancestry. The distinguished genealogist Frederick Lewis Weis, in his book "Early Generations of the Family of Robert Harrington" (p. 10), states,: "Genealogisits have frequently grouped Robert, Benjamin and Abraham, together as three brothers. However, there is no least scrap of evidence that such was the case. It has frequently been said that they were the children of John and Elizabeth (Clinton) Harrington, for which there is even less foundation." Dr. Weis goes on to say that if a member of the distinguished Harington or Clinton (Fiennes) families had come to New England in the early days, he or she would have been instantly well known. Such was the cse with three daughters of Thomas Clinton (Fiennes) and Elizabeth Knyvett, Arbella, Susan and Frances -- who are KNOWN to have come to New England. Dr. Weis continues: "Neither John Harington nor Elizabeth (Ann) Clinton are so much as mentioned by Pope in his ...st of 'Gentle' Pioneers of Massachusetts, whom he would not, - indeed could not have omitted, had John Harrington and Elizabeth (Ann) Clinton been the persons of the distinguished lineage as claimed." Dr. Weis believed that the Robert Harrington who came (page 44) to Massachusetts as an orphan in 1634 was the same person as Rober Herrington, chr. 1 Oc 1616 at Southwold, Suffolk, Eng., son of Robert Herrington and Joan Jentilman, who had been married 7 Mr 1613. Joan Jentilman married (2) 25 July 1622, John Younges. Joan died in 1630, and her son Robert then came to Watertown as an orphan in 1634, the reasoning goes.
All of the above conflicting claims can be very confusing to the amateur (and sometimes even the professional) genealogiest, who has no idea what authority to believe or how to go about establishing any proof, especially when so little concrete infromation is available. If one is forced to pick an authority, he would probably do well to join with Dr. Weis in declaring the line to be very improbable. But Dr. Weis offers no conclusive proof that the line is wrong.
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(#2, cht. 101) (#3, cht. 101) Sources other than Archive and Temple Records: Harrington Family Genealogical Gazetteer, by George H. Harrington, pp. 240, 258. (SL Gen Lib. Film #1009) Charles Norman Harrington, p. 8 in SL Gen. Lib) Burkes, Peerages of the British Isles, pp 438, 442. (SL Gen Lib ref. 942 D22 bug) Ancestry and Descenants of William Harrington, Herrington, by Byron M. Herrington, pp 5-6. (SL Gen Lib ref 929.273.H237 ha)
"Royal? page 43
Robert did not arrive in Boston until 1634. He may have remained with his grandmother, Mary Rogers Harington, whose death occured in that year. He settled in Watertown, Mass., married Sarah George and had a family of ten boys and three girls.....
One recent genealogy questions whether Robert was a son of John and Ann. However, there is a family tradition in the writer's line (Benjamin) that three brothers came to Boston. The descendants of Robert and Benjamin called each other cousins in the earlier generations.
Captain Henry Harrington of Exeter, Rhode Island, and later of White Creek, New York, always claimed that Jonathan Harrington, who was killed in the Battle of Lexington, was his cousin. This Jonathan Harringon was definately a descendant of Robert of Watertown while Captain Henry was a descendant of Benjamin of Rhode Island.
All of the above claims are based on tradition and circumstantial evidence. No prrof is offered.
Now let us look briefly at the evidence against the claimed Harrington royal ancestry. The distinguished genealogist Frederick Lewis Weis, in his book "Early Generations of the Family of Robert Harrington" (p. 10), states,: "Genealogisits have frequently grouped Robert, Benjamin and Abraham, together as three brothers. However, there is no least scrap of evidence that such was the case. It has frequently been said that they were the children of John and Elizabeth (Clinton) Harrington, for which there is even less foundation." Dr. Weis goes on to say that if a member of the distinguished Harington or Clinton (Fiennes) families had come to New England in the early days, he or she would have been instantly well known. Such was the cse with three daughters of Thomas Clinton (Fiennes) and Elizabeth Knyvett, Arbella, Susan and Frances -- who are KNOWN to have come to New England. Dr. Weis continues: "Neither John Harington nor Elizabeth (Ann) Clinton are so much as mentioned by Pope in his ...st of 'Gentle' Pioneers of Massachusetts, whom he would not, - indeed could not have omitted, had John Harrington and Elizabeth (Ann) Clinton been the persons of the distinguished lineage as claimed." Dr. Weis believed that the Robert Harrington who came (page 44) to Massachusetts as an orphan in 1634 was the same person as Rober Herrington, chr. 1 Oc 1616 at Southwold, Suffolk, Eng., son of Robert Herrington and Joan Jentilman, who had been married 7 Mr 1613. Joan Jentilman married (2) 25 July 1622, John Younges. Joan died in 1630, and her son Robert then came to Watertown as an orphan in 1634, the reasoning goes.
All of the above conflicting claims can be very confusing to the amateur (and sometimes even the professional) genealogiest, who has no idea what authority to believe or how to go about establishing any proof, especially when so little concrete infromation is available. If one is forced to pick an authority, he would probably do well to join with Dr. Weis in declaring the line to be very improbable. But Dr. Weis offers no conclusive proof that the line is wrong.
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Events
| Birth | 1616 | ||||
| Christen | 1 Oct 1616 | Southwald, Suffolk, England | |||
| Marriage | 1 Oct 1646 | Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States - Susannah GEORGE | |||
| Death | 17 May 1707 | Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States | |||
| Burial | 17 May 1707 | Arlington St C, Watertown, Massachusetts, United States | |||
| Marriage | Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States - Living | ||||
| Ancestral File Number | 577H-B5 | ||||
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Families
| Spouse | Susannah GEORGE (1622 - 1694) |
| Child | Susanna HARRINGTON (1649 - 1705) |
| Child | John HARRINGTON (1651 - 1741) |
| Child | Robert HARRINGTON (1653 - 1676) |
| Child | George HARRINGTON (1655 - 1675) |
| Child | Daniel HARRINGTON (1657 - 1728) |
| Child | Joseph HARRINGTON (1659 - 1690) |
| Child | Benjamin HARRINGTON (1661 - 1754) |
| Child | Mary HARRINGTON (1663 - 1716) |
| Child | Thomas HARRINGTON (1665 - 1712) |
| Child | Samuel HARRINGTON (1666 - 1712) |
| Child | Edward HARRINGTON (1669 - 1736) |
| Child | Sarah HARRINGTON (1670 - 1710) |
| Child | David HARRINGTON (1673 - 1710) |
| Spouse | Living |