Matthews Harrington and Ruth Crane

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Husband Matthews Harrington ¹

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           Born: 17 Apr 1782 - Rutland Co, VT 1
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         Father: Israel Harrington (1734-1825) 1
         Mother: Mehittebel [Unk] (1739-1798) 1

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   Other Spouse: Elizabeth Spry (1786-1845) 1 - 1802 1

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Wife Ruth Crane ²

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         Father: Elihu Crane (      -      ) 2
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   Other Spouse: [Unk] Pomeroy (      -      ) 2

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Children

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General Notes: Husband - Matthews Harrington

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He settled in Springfield Township, Erie County, Pennsylvania, in the year 1799, and soon moved to Conneaut Township.

He left his native state at the age of sixteen years, and worked by the month on a farm in the state of New York for two years. Subsequently, after many adventures, he bought a claim in Springfield, which he afterward sold, and bought land of H. J. Huidekuper, where Cherry Hill later stood. Besides this, he bought from time to time in other localities and states about 1,500 acres of land. His first regular house was made of logs, with puncheon floor, and, in the absence of nails, was covered with shakes held fast by weight poles. About the year 1820, he built a large frame barn that was still standing at Cherry Hill sixty-five years later, the timbers of which were very large, and in 1829, he built a large frame house, which was burned in 1841.
He was a soldier of the War of 1812.

1 Editor, History of Erie County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner, Beers & Co., 1884), BS 18.

2 Editor, History of Erie County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner, Beers & Co., 1884), BS 19.