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The United Empire Loyalists’ Association of Canada 50 Baldwin Street, Suite 202, Toronto, Ontario, M5T 1L4 Telephone (416) 591-1783 Fax (416) 591-7506 Email: [email protected]

CERTIFICATE APPLICATION BRANCH: Halifax-Dartmouth BRANCH ADDRESS: _______________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________

Applicant Title

Ms.

Name in full.

Carol Myrna Harding

January 2012

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Children (Names in Full and Birth Dates) Loyalist Ancestor Information Lieutenant Israel Harding, UEL Loyalist Ancestor Military Service (Rank & Regt. If known) Where Settled (date & Location)

Lieutenant – French & Indian War, Capt Stephen Hosmer's Company out of New Salem, CT 1755-1756 at least, 2nd & 3rd Reg’t American Revolution, CT and N.Y provinces: Civilian “auxiliary” supporter Horton, Kings County, Nova Scotia – applied for land grant fall 1783. Map A-67, 3rd Division Farm Lot - 950 acres granted Jan. 1784

2 Applicant Line of Descent From a Loyalist Ancestor Lieut. ISRAEL HARDING, U.E.L. Loyalist Ancestor

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Military Service (rank & regt if known) Where Settled (date & Location) Father Parents Mother Grand Father Parents Mother 1st Great Father Grand Parents 2nd Great Grand Parents rd

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10 Great Grand Parents

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See Page 1 Horton, Kings County, Nova Scotia, Canada

Born (year)

Married

(year)

Died (year)

Stillman Edwin “Johnny” HARDING

1909

1930

1974

Floris Vivian NICKERSON

1909

Edwin Stillman HARDING

1877

Melvina Hatfield GAVEL

1881

John Smith HARDING

1857

Elizabeth HAMILTON

1857

John Smith VanBeuren HARDING

1826

Emily GAVEL

1827

Smith Robert HARDING

1825

Elizabeth “Mary” VANBEUREN

Abt. 1800 1803

Rev. Harris HARDING

1761

1796

Mehetibel/Mehetible HARRINGTON

1778

Lieut. Israel HARDING

1733

Sarah HARRIS

1739

Capt. Stephen HARDING (mariner, farmer)

Abt 1691 1685

Sarah KNIGHT

1999 1897

1913 1974

1877

Bef. 1950 1889

1850

1911 1888 1835 Unk. 1854 1859

1759

1797 1836

1712

1750 Abt. 1759

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Parents Father

HARDING, Stillman Edwin “Johnny”

Son of

Place of Birth Married at Residence

Richfield, Digby Cty, Nova Scotia

Date

HARDING, Edwin Stillman 09 Oct 1909

Yarmouth, Yar Cty, Nova Scotia (Temple Bapt)

Date

15 Apr 1930

Richfield and Havelock, Digby Cty, Nova Scotia

Occupation

Lumber Scaler

Place of Burial Mother

Lakeside Cemetery, Havelock, NS

Death Date & Place Daughter of

07 Feb 1974

Occupation

Housewife

Date

26 Sept 1909

Death Date & Place

24 Sept 1999 in New Westminster, BC

Son of

HARDING, John Smith and Elizabeth (HAMILTON)

NICKERSON, Floris Vivian

Woods Harbor, Shelburne Cty, NS Place of Birth Lakeside Cemetery, Havelock, Digby Cty, NS Place of Burial Private Children and spouses if known

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Grandparents HARDING, Edwin Stillman Father

Digby DigbyCty NS NICKERSON, Edward James and FORBES, Eunice Lavinia

Place of Birth Married at Residence

Forest Glen, Yarmouth Cty, NS

Date

2 Apr 1877

Forest Glen, Yar Cty, NS

Date

22 Sept 1897

Richfield, Digby Cty, NS

Occupation

Woodsman/Logger

Place of Burial Mother

Forest Glen, Yar Cty, NS

Death Date & Place Daughter of

23 Nov 1913; hunting accident at Lambert Lake, ME, USA GAVEL, Enos Gardner and BRITTAIN, Anne Jane

Occupation

Housewife, Camp cook, organist Richfield, Digby Cty, NS

Date

21 Aug 1881

Forest Glen, Yar. Cty, NS

Death Date & Place

02 Oct 1974 Richfield, NS

Place of Birth Place of Burial Children and spouses if known

GAVEL, Melvina Hatfield

1. Amy Gertrude m. Claude Eugene NICKERSON; 2. Kenneth Lloyd Malcolm m. Minnie Lorenda. NICKERSON; 3. Mabel Lillian m. Walter Norman HANNA; 4. Alena Melvina m. a) Enos Patten SAUNDERS b) James Anthony GATER; 5. Stillman Edwin (above);6. Smith Enos m. Margaret V. COSSABOOM

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1st Great Grandparents HARDING, John Smith Father

HARDING, John Smith VanBeuren and Emily (GAVEL)

Place of Birth Married at

Forest Glen, Yarmouth Cty, NS

Date

1857

Forest Glen, Yarmouth Cty, NS

Date

14 Jan 1877

Residence

Forest Glen, Yar Cty, NS

Occupation

Labourer, Farmer

Place of Burial Mother

Unknown – left NS, poss. USA

Death Date & Place Daughter of

Unknown

Occupation

Housewife Forest Glen, Yarmouth Cty, NS

Date

27 Feb 1857

Forest Glen, Yar. Cty, NS

Death Date & Place

24 Apr 1889

Place of Birth Place of Burial Children and spouses if known

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Son of

HAMILTON, Elizabeth

HAMILTON, Daniel and Ann KAVANAGH

Forest Glen, Yar Cty, NS

1. Edwin Stillman (twin) m. Melvina Hatfield GAVEL; 2. Edmund S. (twin) m. Selena Mary “Lena” Melanson; 3. Amy Gertrude (died age 15 yr); 4. Emma m. Frederick Archibald SWEENEY

2nd Great Grandparents HARDING, John Smith VanBeuren Father

Son of

HARDING, Smith Robert and Elizabeth Mary (VANBEUREN)

Place of Birth Married at

Pubnico, Yarmouth Cty, NS

Date

05 Jan 1826

Tusket, Yar Cty, NS

Date

07 Apr 1850

Residence

Argyle and Forest Glen, Yar Cty, NS

Occupation

Farmer, Mariner

Place of Burial Mother

(Prob) Forest Glen Cemetery (no stone)

Death Date & Place Daughter of

29 Sept 1911 Richfield, NS

Occupation

Housewife

Place of Birth Place of Burial

Yarmouth County, NS

Date

17 Feb 1827

(Prob) Forest Glen (no stone)

Death Date & Place

05 Feb 1888 Forest Glen, Yar Cty, NS

Children and spouses if known

GAVEL, Emily

GAVEL, Andrew and Hannah CROCKER

1. Edwin; 2. Capt. Robert; 3.George S. m. Melissa SAUNDERS; 4.Charles Frank Bradford m. a. Gladys E. VICKERY b. Elizabeth J. HICKS; 5. John Smith (above); 6.Mary Elizabeth m. Nathaniel NICKERSON; 7.William Henry m. Ellenor “Nellie” BRITTAIN; 8.Sydney VanBeuren (unmarr); 9.Anna Gordon m. Harry SANBORN; 10..Jane Gray m. Andrew Augustus DURKE

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3rd Great Grandparents HARDING, Smith Robert Father

Son of

HARDING, Rev. Harris and Mehetibel HARRINGTON

Place of Birth Married at

(Yarmouth), Yarmouth Cty, NS

Date

1800

Tusket, Yarmouth Cty, Nova Scotia

Date

19 Mar 1825

Residence

Tusket, Yar Cty, NA and New York, USA

Occupation

Merchant, Trader

Place of Burial Mother

New York, USA

Death Date & Place Daughter of

1835 New York

Occupation

Housewife

Elizabeth Mary VANBEUREN

Possibly John VanBeuren and Mary VanDUSEN of Kinderhook, New York

New York 04 July 1803 Date Place of Birth Unknown Unknown Death Date Place of & Place Burial 1. John Smith VB (above); 2. Phebe Eliza m. a.Wlm HARRISON, b. James G. WILSON; 3. George Risors Children (lost at sea); 4. Francis/Franklin and spouses (d. accident on boat NY) 5. Capt Wlm. H. m. Margaret HUBBARD of Shelburne Cty, NS. if known

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4th Great Grandparents HARDING, Rev. Harris Father

Son of

HARDING, Israel, UEL Loyalist, and Sarah (HARRIS)

Place of Birth Married at Residence

Horton, Kings County, NS

Date

10 Oct 1761

Liverpool, Queens Cty, NS

Date

28 Sept 1796

Connecticut, USA and Yarmouth, Nova Scotia

Occupation

Bapt Minister over 56 years at Zion Church, YarmouthNS

Place of Burial Mother

Mountain Cemetery, Yarmouth, NS

Death Date & Place Daughter of

07 Mar 1854 Yarmouth, NS

Occupation

Pastor’s wife, Housewife

Place of Birth

Liverpool, Queens Cty, NS

Date

1778

Mountain Cemetery, Yarmouth, NS

Death Date & Place

19 Nov 1859

Place of Burial Children and spouses if known

HARRINGTON, Mehitabel/Mehetable

HARRINGTON, Benjamin and Bethiah (SMITH)

Yarmouth, Yar Cty, NS

1. James (unmarr); 2. Benjamin m. Margaret Ann HARDING (cousin) 3. Smith Robert (above) 4. Capt Lodowick (d.young, unmarr); 5. William, (d.at sea, unmarr); 6.Sarah m. Robert BROWN; 7. Mary Alice m. Thomas Dane CHIPMAN; 8.Israel m. Elizabeth FLINT; 9.Tracey Goreham m. Sarah L. COCHRAN; 10. Mehitible Mercy m. Henry LAVERS.

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5th Great Grandparents HARDING, Lieutenant Israel, UEL Father Place of Birth Married at Residence Place of Burial Mother

Son of

Son of HARDING, Capt. Stephen and Sarah Eliza (KNIGHT), of RI and CT

Warwick, Rhode Island

Date

1733

New London, Connecticut

Date

Military, Farmer.

New London, CT, Horton, Kings County, Nova Scotia, CT again, New York State, and to Horton 1783 Uncertain – prob. Horton, NS

Occupation

Military, Farmer.

Death Date & Place Daughter of

Estate Probated Horton, NS

HARRIS, Sarah

HARRIS, Major Lebbeus Esq. and Alice (RANSOM)

Occupation

Housewife

Place of Birth Place of Burial

New London, Connecticut

Date

18 Dec 1839

Hillgrove United Baptist Cemetery, (Shelburne Rd) Digby, Nova Scotia (stone gone)

Death Date & Place

26 Mar 1836. Dtr’s home, “Pleasant Valley, Digby Cty” (Hillgrove), NS

1. Rev. Harris (above)

Children 2. Israel Jr. m. Rachel FOWLER of New York; and spouses 3.Eliphal m. a) Benjamin LEE b) William ALLISON; 4. Sabra m. Charles Dewolfe, Horton; 5.Alice m. Joseph Allison Jr., Horton; 6. Mary m. Benjamin 3rd PECK, Horton (moved to Johnstown, Ohio); if known 7. Sarah m. Joseph STARRATT of Cornwallis Twnshp/Annapolis Cty, NS.

9 PROOFS OF LINEAL DESCENT List your direct line of descent, beginning with yourself, one person in each generation to your Loyalist ancestor. Lineal descent is proved by the use of documents which state the relationship of two individuals to each other. The document must state the fact to be proved: e.g. “William, THE SON of Henry Smith ...” Attach copies of your proofs to the back of the application.

1. Applicant Proof 2. Parent Proof 3. Grandparent Proof 4. 1st Great Grandparent Proof 5. 2nd Great Grandparent Proof 6. 3rd Great Grandparent Proof

Harding, Carol Myrna B/C Harding, Stillman Edwin “Johnny” B/C, M/C, D/C, (census 1911, school records 1917, obituary 1974) Harding, Edwin Stillman 1881 census (age, par.); M/C; 1911 census (B/spouse/age); D/C, NP article Harding, John Smith 1871,1881 census (B, age, par); wife’s parents FB (marriage); D: unk - bef 1951 per dtr’s delayed BC. Harding, John Smith VanBeuren “JSVB” son Sidney’s BC on NSHVS (spouse, marr, & place of birth); ship’s manifest (age); 1871, 1911 census, and 2nd marriage record (age, POB); D: funeral records, dtr’s FB) Harding, Smith Robert Yarmouth Genealogies by GS Brown: (B, par); Acadian Recorder, 19 Mar 1825: (M) Father’s pub biography by Rev John Davis: pg. 215 (D, Yr of D, Place); named in his father’s will (par)

7. 4th Great Grandparent Proof 8. 5th Great Grandparent Proof

Harding, Rev. Harris numerous historical records: Yar Genealogies (par, B,M);1838 census (residence, occupation); Simion Perkins Diary (marr); obit, headstone memorial, newspaper (D); Pub. Biography 1866 by assoc pastor, Rev John Davis “Life and Times of Harris Harding” Harding, Israel (Lieut) U.E.L. See “The Shoemaker Book” pg; Wilbur J. Harding book, “Hardings of North America” pg 35 (par, B, M, Military, etc.); land deeds, 1770 Horton census, (spouse, residence); Horton, NS probate records No.37, "Inventory of the Estate of the Late Israel Harding of Horton, Deceased" 18 Jul 1794. Also referred to in “Planters and Pioneers” by Esther Clark Wright. (D) (Much more records not directly related to lineage)