Edward Harrington (abt. 1594 - abt. 1653)

Born about 1594 in Bath, Somerset, England

Husband of Elizabeth (Peare) Harrington — married 1619 in England

Descendants

Died about 1653 at about age 59 in Northampton County, Virginia

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Biography

Edward Harrington was a Virginia colonist.

Note: Not the same man as Edward who died in Jamestown in 1607.^[1]

Birth

1593, Bath, Somerset, England^[2]

1590, Bath, Somerset, England^[3]

Event

Arrival 1643, Virginia

Residence

1651, Virginia Colony^[4]

Death

1653, Northhampton, Virginia^[5]

Will

Will: 1653 Northampton Co VA. Edward Harrington (1594-1653) mentions three children in his will^[6]

1. Mary (1616-?)^[7]
2. William (1620-?)
3. Thomas (1625-1713)

All of the children were born in Northampton County, Virginia. Edward arrived in Virginia with Captain Samuel Mathews, Esq.

He married an unknown person in 1619 in Northampton County, Virginia.

He signed the "Faith to England" in 1651 with Francis Flood, John Coulson and Richard Hill, Samuel Jones, Thomas Savage and Wm. Luddington.

Research Notes

Detached parents John Harington and Mary Elizabeth Rogers. They are probably the parents of the Edward who died in Jamestown August 1607.

From this newspaper article on Jamestown archaeological dig that uncovered grave with two bodies, believed to be Edward Harrington & George Walker, said by Percy to have been buried together on the same day, "A Grave Story, Part 2 | Talking bones," by Diane Tennant, The Virginian-Pilot, Nov. 27, 2006:

An Edward Harrington was christened Oct. 1, 1582, in Huntingdonshire, making him 24 on Aug. 24, 1607. A George Walker was christened Dec. 24, 1567, in Staffordshire, making him 39 in 1607. Although the names were so common in England that there remains some doubt as to exact identity, those two fit the ages as estimated from the bones, and they fit the eyewitness report of Percy : "The four and twentieth day, died Edward Harrington and George Walker, and were buried the same day."

(Probably the other Edward was marked as a Baron.) The Harrington family apparently lost the title of "Baron" before Edward was born, so "Baron" was removed from the suffix field for this profile.

"On the death of the 5th baron in 1458, the barony was inherited by the heir to the barony of Bonville, with which title it merged in 1461, until both baronies were forfeited in 1554."^[8]

Sources

1. ↑ Edward, died August 24, 1607. multiple references, including page 5, Jamestown Percy Observations: "Observations Gathered out of a Discourse of the Plantation of the Southern Colony in Virginia by the English, 1606. Written by that honorable Gentleman, Master George Percy. * London: 1608. Excerpts. (pdf posted by National Humanities Center, American Beginnings: The European Presence in North America, 1492–1690. "Jamestown: 1607, The First Months.")
2. ↑ Record ID Number: MH:IF1126825
3. ↑ Record ID Number: MH:IF1126824
4. ↑ Virginia Census, 1607-1890. Ron V. Jackson, Accelerated Indexing Systems, comp. (Ancestry Online publication, 1999; APID 1,3578::33983561). Original data - Compiled and digitized by Mr. Jackson and AIS from microfilmed schedules of the U.S. Federal Decennial Census, territorial/state censuses, and/or census substitutes.
5. ↑ Record ID Number: MH:IF1125736
6. ↑ see this page for an image & transcript
7. ↑ see also this GenForum post
8. ↑ Wikipedia: Baron Harington

• Villilo (Vallillo) family tree, My Heritage May 31 2009
• Ancestral File, LDS. Data as of 5 January 1998.
• Harrington McLaurin Ancestry link
• S719074680: Gale Research, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s (Ancestry Online publication, 2009; APID 1,7486::0). Original data - Filby, P. William, ed.. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s. Farmington Hills, MI, USA: Gale Research, 2009.