A G ENERAL H IST O RY U OF T HE <4. Ha rrin t n e w lf 55 o , D o e d . g T re maine Fa milies WITH A GENEALOGI CAL RECORD OF 1 64 3 TO 1 93 8 CHARLES T REMAINE HARRINGT ON PRINTED FOR T HE AUTHOR By T HE GRAPHIC PRESS N w n e to , M assachusetts 1 938 DEDI CATED MY SI ST E R ANNIE E . HARRINGTON CONTENT S Coat of Arms Part I Hi storical and Biological The Harringtons of Nov a Scotia Generation T wo from Stephen of Rhode Generation Three Daniel Harrington The Fourth Generation Ma c Don ald .D. Dr. Alexander , M Robert Nesbit Henry Generation Five Aaron Dewolf Harrington Edward Henry Harrington Charles Fortnu m Harrington Ann ie Eliza Harrington Beane Family Baker Family e Charles Tremain Harrington , Compiler William Pooley Harrington Family Eugene Henry Fortn u m Harrington Mary Dana Hierlihy William Moore Harrington Stephen Harris Harrington Family Clement Hubert Harrington Family Charles Kendall Harrington e Name Generation Five Contents The Tremaine Family History My Mother’ s Family : ! ohn Lewis Tremaine Archibald Dodd A PPENDI X I ’ Peter G. Baker s Own Story of His Emigration America Rev . C K Harrington , An Appreciation By MARY HI NK LEY BE ARI NG R ev . r a C K Harrington , An App eci tion By CHAR LES B . TENNY Derivation of Some Village Names N . E . ew Song, in a light vein to A H APPENDI X II My Father’ s Home and Some Land Holdings ILLUSTRATIONS Page COAT-OF-ARMS Fronti rp i ece VI I CHARLES TREMAINE HARRINGTON Opposite 1 STEPHEN HARRINGTON ’ S GRAVE Opposite 4 DR . ALEX ANDER MCDONALD Opposite 1 3 ROBERT N . HENRY Opposite 1 5 AARON D . HARRINGTON Opposite 2O AARON HARRINGTON ’ S HOME Opposite 26 CHARLES FORTNUM HARRINGTON Opposi te 29 MRS . CHARLES F . HARRINGTON Opposite 30 ANNIE ELI! A HARRINGTON Opposite 3 2 HARRY F . HARRINGTON Opposi te 4 7 MARY DANA HIERLIHY Opposite 53 STEPHEN HARRINGTON Opposi te 59 CLEMENT HARRINGTON Opposi te 6 1 REV. CHARLES K . HARRINGTON Opposite 64 JOHN LEWIS TREMAINE Opposite 80 MRS . JOHN LEWIS TREMAINE Opposite 8 2 JUDGE B. E . TREMAINE Opposite 84 P. C . BAKER Opposite 9 1 THE OLD HOME IN ARI CHAT—BUILT 1 839 Opposite 1 23 BIRTH PLACE OF GRANDAD AND UNCLE CHARLES Opposite 1 24 COAT OF ARMS 1 6 Creation , 1 1 . Tinctu re . Sable . Fret . Argent . Silver . ’ . The Crest A lion s head, erased . Having a torn edge The sable and fret argent born by the name of Harrington , a bearing so excellent, that it is generally known by the ’ ” name of Harrington s Knot . The fret, represents a fi shing net in allusion to the name which is derived from the seaport of Harrington (Herring town) Cumberland . Explanation , Fret, a charge consisting of two narrow bandlets placed in saltire and interlaced with a mascle . The mascle is simply lozen a e or ou t . a g with its center voided cut , The bars , fi saltire, derived from a leaping bar . Argent signi es silver or white . ‘ ’ m firmo fir The otto is nodo , in a m knot . H i stori c a l and Biologic a l PREFACE T o many of my friends I am indebted for the compilation of what I am afraid will prove to be a very ineffi cient and . I n unreliable work inquiries among the present generation , own even regarding their families, dates are very uncertain and I had to enroll many guesses . It has been my object to trace only the Harrington family as far back as the gran tee who firs t settled in Nova Scotia . The Harringtons settled in the United States and claiming lineage from the descendants ’ ‘ u e l z of Q e n E i abeth s godson and his family, claiming coat of arms and motto as rightfully theirs to retain has gone to infin ite pains and expense with the result that all the Har — ri n gton s in America and there are thousands of them r an have one pa ent, d that one points to Richard Harrington an emigrant of 1 64 3 who is buried in a cemetery at Water town , Massachusetts . As these claims all have been definitely settled to the author’ s own satisfaction and which I am not prepared to dispute I accept them also as the descendants of my great n fi f m who gra dfather, Stephen Harrington , the rst o the fa ily tl . S of set ed at Kentville, N ., and from whom the many that province claim kinship . The constant emigration from Nova Scotia to the United States has depleted the Harrington name and population as well as the female unions which has u caused tter obliteration , so only in the families can the r u n fi forme s r ame, used only as a rst or middle name, keep the remembrance of the family in existence . From the genealogical library in Boston and especially ’ “ ’ S ” from Dr. Eaton s History of King s County, N . have I cribbed much . T o the descendants who comprise the present generation and who have contributed their family data and history I acknowledge my obligation with thanks and grati tu de . My one object in the collection of family data is to ’ t the have my la e sister, Annie E . Harrington s name in roll of antecedents where it rightfully belongs and to let the present generation of associate families trace more easily their union with the past . Space is too small to name the u who h e n merous frie nds so kindly ave he lped m , so without — — excep t ion only as men t1oned throughout the text I have to keep all donors anonymous . CHARL E S T . HARRI NGT O N . CHARLES T REMAINE HARR INGT ON (Comp iler) T he H a rri n gton s of Nov a Scoti a When Benj amin w as about fifteen years old he embraced th the Baptist fai , then under ban in Massachusetts . His u ncle remonstrated wi th him wi thout the desired effect and “ fin ally punished him severely, believing that He that d . spareth the ro , hateth his son The inheren t courage of o f conviction characteristic his ances tors, and a promi ne nt an d distinctive quali ty in the descendants at the presen t not to r . fi l time, was be conque ed As a na resort his u ncle to t fl i tied him a pos and administered a ogg ng, threaten ing to tu rn him over to the authorities if he persisted in his t hereti cal opinion . As soon as possible hereafter, Benjamin B escaped, stealing away penniless and alone wi th his ible, 3. fi h s line, and a few articles in a handkerchief. He relied on the belief that the God whom he worshipped would care for him and help him to reach the Roger William settlement in r f t sa fety. His trusting faith was rewarded when, hung y, oo r e f m sore and weak f om continu d strain , he ell in with a fa ily . of Quakers named White, traveling toward the same goal e They welcom d him to then midst, and gave of their simple he fare, caring for him in his enfeebled condition until he t em came strong enough to assist them, when he repaid h in labor. Whenever i t became necessary to unload the wagon in order to make further progress he would carry household chattels upon his back. This was no easy task especially a t when crossing swollen streams and ravines . However, him t t times a more pleasing task befell , ha of carrying t Elizabeth, the oldest daughter, through wa er and over rough places . The acquaintance thus begun with Elizabeth ripened R into love and soon after their arrival in Providence, hode 1 4 the Island, about 6 3 , she became his wife and ultimately mother of nine children . For more than forty years Benjamin Harrington played R se his part as a citizen of Providence, hode Island, rai d a 2 Genealogi ca l Record of family,accumulated property and left record that compared favorablywith those of his contemporaries . He was a close fr : iend and partisan of Roger Williams, which is evid enced ’ by mention in several of Williams letters extant and by the intermarriage of the grand child ren . That he was not an educated man is shown by the fact that his signature was m m or t ade by a ark, which probably accounts f the varie y of f Hearn on spellings o the name, ranging from Herendeen and d H r n ll a w to e e d e , as the more or less le rned clerks wrote do n the name in legal pap ers frequently in early Providence court f 1 63 records . when he was given his first allotment o land, in 8 when he was admitted as a Freeman, at least four times when w a u v t e was he s chosen for j ry ser i ce, and many imes wh n he a party to land deed s. m m r m and m So e were in Ada s, Massachuse tts, fo a ti e so e 4 B m . A e m in ennington, Ver ont few of th men of this fa ily f u ‘ R R n a r C o ght in the evolutionary War from e sel e ounty, “ New York and not long after the war they were found N w scattered over West Central e York State, including John .