______________________________
|
_John DAVIDSON ______|
| (1853 - ....) m 1873|
| |______________________________
|
|
|--Lawson DAVIDSON
| (1880 - ....)
| _William MCCONNELL ___________+
| | (1826 - 1856) m 1847
|_Anna M. MCCONNELL __|
(1856 - ....) m 1873|
|_Ann Martha "Anna" HENDERSON _+
(1822 - ....) m 1847
[51025]
[S5233]
1880 Census, Perry, Tuscarawas Co., OH
[51026]
[S5233]
1880 Census, Perry, Tuscarawas Co., OH
[106549]
[S3631]
Illinois Marriage Index.
_Joseph HARDING _____+
| (1582 - 1630) m 1624
_Joseph HARDING _____|
| (1629 - ....) m 1660|
| |_Martha DOANE _______
| (.... - 1633) m 1624
|
|--Amaziah HARDING
| (1671 - 1734)
| _Josiah COOKE _______
| | (1610 - 1673) m 1635
|_Bethia COOK ________|
(1639 - ....) m 1660|
|_Elizabeth RING _____+
(1612 - 1687) m 1635
[35714]
In most families, if you research enough ancestors, you are likely to find a
few "skeletons in the closet." With Amaziah Harding and Hannah Rogers we have
one of those skeletons. After raising nine children and 40 years of marriage,
at the age of 63, Amaziah killed his wife, Hannah Rogers. The original
Barnstable court records of the trial were destroyed in a fire, but a copy of
the deposition made by Mary Freeman survived in the Massachusetts Archives.
From this deposition we have a first hand account by a witness who came to see
Amaziah Harding within an hour of Hannah Rogers death.
From STC Vol. 259; Doc #37237 p. 55, Deposition by Mary Freeman and Hannah
Freeman.
"Mary Freeman of Lawful age to give Evidence testifies [Information?] came
hastily on or about the eighteen day of July 1733 and Informed me that my
neighbor Maziah Hardings wife was Dead it being something surprising to me to
hear so for I was informed by his son Corneilis less than one hour before that
shee was well & in health whereupon I went immediately with my Daughter In Law
Hannah Freeman to sd Maziah Hardings house & when I came there I met with sd
Maziah Harding at the Door of his house I then asked him if his wife was Dead.
He answered yes & he was glad of it whereupon I went in to sd Hardings house &
there I saw his wives Dead body lay on a bed wrapped up in bed clothes & when
I looked on her I saw a [proof?] on her cheek & on her throat & lip that the
blood was jelled which seemed to me to be occasioned by some bruise or hurt.
Then I asked sd Harding how his wife came so suddenly to her end whether he
took notice shee had not been well. He answered shee was as well as shee used
to be for ought hee knew & he sd shee had drunk her fill of Rum and sat on the
Door sill & he laid on the bed & fell asleep & when he awoke he called for her
but shee gave him no answer. Then he rose and went into the other Room and
found her Dead on the bed. I took notice that sd Harding was in a strange
frame and seemed to be disguised with Drink and often Repeated these words [to
wit?]. Harding is a man shirt or no shirt every inch of him & he often
Declared he was glad his wife was Dead. I reproved him and tould him I was
sorry to hear him say so & asked him why he was glad of it. & sd Harding
Replyed & sd because shee had been a Plague to him for above these twenty
years past & he hoped now he should git somebody to keep his house clean &
look after his things and many such like expressions. & sd Harding further
sd his wife was now gone to paradise among the Royal breed & would be clothed
in Robes of glory and many such like expressions. & then sd Harding was very
urgent with me to help clean linen to bury his wife in & he would pay me for
it & was very desirous that I would lay out his wife & sd he would help me to
do it urging shee might be buried with all speed fore he sd shee was covered
with lice, Rags & dirt. I told him I would not meddle with her nor advise any
others till a Jurie had past upon her. Whereupon the sd Harding Replied & sd
a Jurie, then sd he there will arise a Cursed Damnd Mobb & seemed to bee then
something surprised & uneasy & [disembled?] and sd there was no occasion of a
Jurie for others he named had died suddenly & no Jurie on them. Then I told
him there was not the like occasion of a Jurie for others he named had died
when several were present. Then he seemed to be more Restless in his mind &
sd this id the fruite of mens wives taking their Neighbours parts against
their husbands which has brought it to this & uttered many sensurious
Reflections on his neighbors.
Mary Freeman
"Hannah Freeman of full age being present at the time & place above ad &
hearing & seeing as above expressed testifies to the truth of all the above
written except only the last paragraph that Relates to Reflecting on his
neighbors."
Hannah Freeman
"Barnstable ss. In Eastham the 30th day of March 1734 then the above Mary
Freeman & Hannah Freeman being examined concerning the premises then gave
their Oathes to the truth of the above written as they have Respectively
exprest."
Before Me Joseph Doane Justice Peace
Wworn to in his Majestys Courte of Assises
at Barnstable May 1734
Attr T. Tyler Clerk
Dominy Rec [?] Harding
Order for Hardings Execution ordered
STC Record Book 1733-86:81 (front & back)
"The Jurors of our Lord the King upon their oath present That Maziah Harding
of Eastham in the County of Barnstable aforesd Yeoman not having the fear of
God before his Eyes but being instigated by the Devil with force and arms and
of his malice forethought on the Eighteenth Day of July last at Eastham
aforesd and assault on the Body of Hannah his then wife and in the Kings peace
then being did make and then and there With force as aforesd then and there
Feloniously twisted the neck of the said Hannah and Dislocated the same, of
which the said Hannah then Instantly dyed so that the said Maziah Harding of
his malice prepense as aforesd Feloniously murdered the said Hannah his wife
Contrary to the Peace of our sd Lord the King his Crown and Dignity, and the
Law in that case made and provided Upon which Indictment the said Maziah
Harding being arraigned at the Barr pleaded not Guilty, and for trial put
himself upon God & Countrey, a Jury being sworn to try the issue between our
Sovereign Lord the King and the Prisioners Defense went out to Consider
thereof and returned their Verdict therein upon oath that is to say that the
said Maziah Harding is Guilty. Its therefore Considered and Ordered by the
court That the said Maziah Harding shall suffer the pains of death."
He was sentenced to the gallows and executed in the town of Barnstable on
June 5, 1734.
[35712]
[S3204]
Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, Vol. 2, pp. 155-167.
[35713]
[S3204]
Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, Vol. 2, pp. 155-167.
[103533]
[S3204]
Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, Vol. 2, pp. 155-167.
__
|
_J. MCCONNELL _______|
| (1805 - ....) |
| |__
|
|
|--_____ MCCONNELL
| (1841 - ....)
| __
| |
|______ MCCONNELL ____|
(1816 - ....) |
|__
[77253]
[S9803]
1850 Census, Erin, Washington Co., WI
[77254]
[S9803]
1850 Census, Erin, Washington Co., WI
_Archibald MCCONNELL ____________+
| (1795 - 1847) m 1820
_John Newton MCCONNELL _|
| (1837 - 1905) m 1867 |
| |_Eliza Marshall "Betsy" HOUSTON _+
| (1799 - 1884) m 1820
|
|--Annie Laurie MCCONNELL
| (1873 - 1950)
| _________________________________
| |
|_Martha Caroline ROUTH _|
(1848 - ....) m 1867 |
|_________________________________
[68712]
[S8678]
1880 Census, Benton Twp, Dallas Co., MO
[68714]
[S8678]
1880 Census, Benton Twp, Dallas Co., MO
_William MCCONNELL __+
| (1764 - 1835) m 1789
_David Addison MCCONNELL _|
| (1791 - 1876) m 1812 |
| |_Rachel ADAMS _______+
| (1773 - 1850) m 1789
|
|--David Addison MCCONNELL
| (1831 - 1883)
| _David SCROGS _______
| |
|_Jane SCROGGS ____________|
(1792 - 1876) m 1812 |
|_Martha MOORE _______
[69324]
[S8786]
1860 Census, Tennessee Valley, Macon Co., NC
[69321]
[S6988]
Ancestry Family Trees
[69322]
[S8786]
1860 Census, Tennessee Valley, Macon Co., NC
[69323]
[S6988]
Ancestry Family Trees
[105875]
[S6988]
Ancestry Family Trees
_Robert MCCONNELL ___+
| (1802 - 1863) m 1825
_Robert C. MCCONNELL _|
| (1839 - ....) m 1861 |
| |_Abigail BURWELL ____
| (1805 - 1843) m 1825
|
|--Elizabeth MCCONNELL
| (1869 - 1880)
| _John COOPER ________
| | (1799 - ....)
|_Tirzah E. COOPER ____|
(1843 - ....) m 1861 |
|_Elizabeth _____ ____
[42873]
[S3919]
1870 Census, Harrison Twp, Henry Co., IN
[42874]
[S3919]
1870 Census, Harrison Twp, Henry Co., IN
[42875]
[S3920]
1880 Census, Augusta Twp, Butler Co., KS
__
|
_Bernard "Barney" MCCONNELL _|
| (1833 - ....) |
| |__
|
|
|--Ellen MCCONNELL
| (1860 - ....)
| __
| |
|_Ellen _____ ________________|
(1835 - ....) |
|__
[94145]
[S13685]
1870 Census, Philadelphia , Philadelphia Co., PA
[94146]
[S13685]
1870 Census, Philadelphia , Philadelphia Co., PA
_Samuel MCCONNELL ___
|
_Joshua Samuel MCCONNELL _|
| (1811 - 1870) m 1836 |
| |_Unknown ____________
|
|
|--Emma S. MCCONNELL
| (1852 - ....)
| _____________________
| |
|_Lydia "Liddie" FREES ____|
(1815 - ....) m 1836 |
|_____________________
[48090]
[S4586]
1860 Census, Good Hope Twp, Hocking Co., OH
[48091]
[S4586]
1860 Census, Good Hope Twp, Hocking Co., OH
[48092]
[S11488]
1900 Census, Carbon Hill, Hocking Co., OH
_Thomas MCCONNELL ___
| (1695 - 1754)
_Samuel "Major" MCCONNELL _|
| (1739 - 1817) |
| |_Mary _____ _________
| (1698 - ....)
|
|--Samuel MCCONNELL
| (1775 - 1853)
| _____________________
| |
|_Ann CUNNINGHAM ___________|
(1756 - 1839) |
|_____________________
[72615]
1810 Census, Pembroke, Rockingham Co., NH
1 M 26-44 (Samuel), 1 M 0-10.
1 F 26-44.
1820 Census, Pembroke, Rockingham Co., NY
1 M 26-44 (Samuel), 1 M 16-25, 1 M 10-15, 1 M 0-10 (John K).
1 F 26-44, 1 F 0-10.
1830 Census, Pembroke, Merrimack Co., NY
1 M 50-59 (Samuel), 1 M 20-29, 1 M 15-19 (John K), 1 M 0-5.
1 F 40-49, 1 F 15-19, 1 F 10-14.
1840 Census, Pembroke, Merrimack Co., NY
1 M 60-69 (Samuel), 1 M 20-29 (John K), 1 M 15-19, 1 M 10-14, 1 M 5-9.
1 F 60-69, 1 F 20-29.
[72614]
[S9294]
1850 Census, Pembroke, Merrimack Co., NH
[72606]
[S9294]
1850 Census, Pembroke, Merrimack Co., NH
[72607]
[S6988]
Ancestry Family Trees
[72608]
[S6219]
1810 Census, Pembroke, Rockingham Co., NH
[72609]
[S10680]
1820 Census, Pembroke, Rockingham Co., NH
[72610]
[S10682]
1830 Census, Pembroke, Rockingham Co., NH
[72611]
[S10681]
1840 Census, Pembroke, Rockingham Co., NH
[72612]
[S9294]
1850 Census, Pembroke, Merrimack Co., NH
[72613]
[S6988]
Ancestry Family Trees
[106669]
[S6988]
Ancestry Family Trees
_William Patterson ROBINSON _
| (1752 - 1796) m 1780
_David ROBISON _______|
| (1793 - 1870) m 1821 |
| |_Marjory RUSSELL ____________
| (1760 - ....) m 1780
|
|--John M. ROBISON
| (1824 - 1880)
| _John "Captain" MCCONNELL ___+
| | (1746 - 1817) m 1785
|_Elizabeth MCCONNELL _|
(1797 - 1874) m 1821 |
|_Mary DAWSON ________________+
(1760 - 1845) m 1785
[91738]
[S13070]
1860 Census, Dubuque, Dubuque Co., IA
[91733]
[S12922]
1850 Census, Wooster, Wayne Co., OH
[91734]
[S12922]
1850 Census, Wooster, Wayne Co., OH
[91735]
[S13070]
1860 Census, Dubuque, Dubuque Co., IA
[91736]
[S13069]
1870 Census, Dubuque, Dubuque Co., IA
[91737]
[S13067]
1880 Census, Dubuque, Dubuque Co., IA
[107632]
[S11305]
Ohio County Marriages, 1789 to 1994
_____________________
|
_Howard RUARK ________|
| (1849 - 1896) m 1878 |
| |_____________________
|
|
|--Elizabeth RUARK
| (1880 - ....)
| _David SPRINGER _____
| | (1823 - ....)
|_Sarah Jane SPRINGER _|
(1847 - ....) m 1878 |
|_Lydia _____ ________
(1827 - ....)
[90286]
[S12521]
1880 Census, Warren Twp, Marion Co., IN
[90287]
[S12521]
1880 Census, Warren Twp, Marion Co., IN
[107431]
[S6071]
Indiana Marriages, 1780 to1992
[31098]
[S2578]
1850 Census, Mesopotamia Twp, Trumbull Co., OH
[31099]
[S2578]
1850 Census, Mesopotamia Twp, Trumbull Co., OH