The story of my Harrington family begins (my current knowledge of it!) in Bedford Falls, NC in the year 1740 with Thomas Harrington and his wife Sarah Shipman. My branch of this very large family continues on with son Jacob and his wife, Elizabeth "Betsy" Potter who moved to Clay county, Missouri in the early 1800s. Their son, William Harrington is my great great grandfather. William married Nancy Jane Hall on Oct. 27, 1839 in Buchannan county, MO. They were blessed with four children, three daughters and a son before her untimely death about 1851. One of their daughters was Susan Jane Harrington, my great grandmother. William went on to marry two more times and fathered several more children before his death in 1880. Susan married Nehemiah Hart in 1871. They lived for a time in Missouri prior to moving on to Southeast Nebraska where they settled first in Johnson county at a small township known as Sterling before moving on to locate on a farm near Liberty in neighboring Gage county. Here they raised their children and lived out the remainder of their years. Susan's cousin, Vardemon Harringon and his wife, Margaret Hannah Hart (Nehemiah's sister) moved on to Nebraska shortly after Susan and Nehemiah settling in Sterling. Nehemiah's and Margaret's brother, Elisha Truman also made the move from Missouri to Nebraska settling for some time in Sterling before moving further into Western Nebraska. Susan and Nehemiah's son, Thomas Earl, is my grandfather. I have much, much, information on the Harrington family and would enjoy meeting and sharing with other members of this family. If you think you MIGHT be a part of it please contact me as I have only been able to give a tiny, tiny, glimpse here. You might check my Harrington files on line at the "Family Tree Maker" site accessed from the from page. However, even those files contain only a small portion.
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