Sampson HARRINTON & Mary BALLOU

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Sampson HARRINGTON
Mary BALLOU

Husband: Sampson HARRINGTON
Birth: 16 Mar 1759, Gloucester, Providence Co., RI
Death: 1 Jun 1852, Noyan, Missisquoi Co., QC
Father: Thomas HARRINGTON
Mother: Freelove __?__

Marriage: presumably in RI
Transhumance: by 1800, in Canada

Wife: Mary "Polly" BALLOU — some say she is Cilvina / Sylvina / Sylvia, but that appears to be her sister
Birth: of RI

Children:

— in the 1790 census:
1. (Son A) HARRINGTON, b. 1774-90
2. (Daughter A) HARRINGTON, b. bef. 1790
3. (Daughter B) HARRINGTON, b. bef. 1790

— said to be:
4. Elisha W. HARRINGTON, b. 12 Jan 1795
5. John Christopher HARRINGTON, b. 1797
6. Sylvina HARRINGTON, b. 17 Oct 1798
7. Mark T. HARRINGTON, b. 1799
8. Moses HARRINGTON, b. ca. 1800
9. Eliza HARRINGTON

Keywords for search engines: Canada, CAN, Quebec; USA, US, United States, Rhode Island

Sources:

1. Marriage Record:

2. Census Index: Colonial America, 1607-1789 (Broderbund CD-310):

1788 Herinton, Sampson VT Bennington & Rutland Cos. Dorset & Danby p. 30

3. Census Index: U.S. Selected Counties, 1790 (Broderbund CD-311):

1790 HARRINGTON, Samson VT Rutland Co. p. 38 01-01-03-00-00

These data indicate:

Gender and Type Age Class Therefore Born Individuals Inferred

free white males 16 or over in or bef. 1774 = Sampson

free white males 15 or under 1774-1790 = Son A

free white females all ages in or bef. 1790 = Mary
= Daughter A
= Daughter B

4. Census Index: U.S. Selected Counties, 1800 (Broderbund CD-312): not found.

5. J.C. Williams. 1869. The History and Map of Danby, Vermont. McLean & Robbins, Rutland, VT (online at GenealogyLibrary.com):

p. 157 HARRINGTON, THOMAS, SEN, from Gloucester, R.I., in 1780... He died leaving seven children... Sampson m. Polly Ballou, of Rhode Island, and removed to Canada where his descendants now live.

6. LDS. Family Search: Internet Genealogy Service: AF - Ancestral File (online at FamilySearch.org).

7. WorldConnect / Ancestry World Trees (online at RootsWeb.com/Ancestry.com).

8. Messages at the Harrington Surname Board (online at RootsWeb.com/Ancestry.com).

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