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Ahab Harrington was born on 11 Dec 1756 and married Phebe Harrington on 28 Jan 1782 in Danby, VT. Phebe was born on 08 Oct 1762 and may have been the daughter of Thomas and Freelove Harrington of Danby. Ahab and Phebe later lived in Farmington, Ontario County, NY.
Ahab Harrington has a Revolutionary War Pension file # W16598. This file contains amongst other things a statement by Phebe Harrington as the widow. This statement reads:
Sate of New York
Ontario County
On the sixteenth day of August in the year Eighteen hundred & thirty six, personally appeared before the Court of Common pleas of the County of Ontario Phebe Harrington a Resident of the town of Manchester in the County of Ontario & State of New York aged Seventy three years. Who being duly sworn according to Law doth on her oath make the following declaration in Order to Obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed July 4th 1836-That she is the widow of Ahab Harrington who was a private soldier in the Army of the United States in the War of the revolution that she does not know to what Corps or regiment he belonged but to the best of her recollection he served about three months after the twenty Eighth day of January Seventeen hundred & Eighty two-She further declares that she was married to the said Ahab Harrington on the twenty eighth day of January in the year Seventeen hundred & Eighty two in Danby State of Vermont by Elder Eastman a Baptist Clergyman that her husband the said Ahab Harrington died on the 9th day of September in the year Eighteen hundred & twenty four and at the time of his death was a Pensioner of the United States and that she has remained a Widow ever since that Period as well more fully appear by reference to the Proof hereunto Annexed
Sworn to and subscribed on the day & year
above written
her
Sworn before me in open Phoebe X Harrington
Court this Sixteenth day of mark
August 1836 … clerk
Of said Court
“Annexed” to this is a record of birth dates:
Ahab Harrington was Born December the 11 Day 1756
Phebe Harrington was Born October the 8 Day 1762
This is the record of our children Ages
Caleb Harrington was Born January the 24 Day 1783
George Harrington was Born October the 6 Day 1785
Abel Harrington was Born on Monday February the 22 Day 1790
Nathan Harrington was Born on Thursday October the 18 Day 1792
Sarepta Harrington was Born on Tuesday the 10 day of November 1795
James Harrington was Born on Thursday the 19 day of July 1798
James Harrington was born on Friday August the 27 1802
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