William Harmon^{[1, 2]}

1699 - 1766  (67 years)

• Name	William Harmon
  Birth	25 Feb 1698/9	Wells, York, Massachusetts Bay, British America   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Baptism	21 Sep 1718	Wells, York, Massachusetts Bay, British America   [2]
  	Church: First Church
  Relationship	Oct 1721  [1]
  	"Sometime in October last past, I waked in the night and found the clothes pulled off me, and felt somebody on the bed, which by the effect must be a man, and likewise felt him go off the bed, & heard him go away and go upstairs and go to bed; & the second night after the person came again, and I waked as before in the night; and felt sombody on the bed again, upon which I waked my sister that lay with me who felt him likewise, and when he felt himself discovered he went off the bed as before; after which my sister and my self got up and went to the door of the house.... This is the truth of what I know of the matter, and I hope your hounors will judge charitably of me though I have been unaccountably ensnared by the villany of him that dars't not bring his actions to the light."
  Deposition	26 Feb 1721/2
  	say to Mary Littlefield when she desired him to Claim or Condemn her, that he was sorry for what he had done; with that the said Mason asked him whether he had ever approached the said Mary's bedroom when she was abed and asleep and he said yes he had; then she asked him whether ever he had had Carnal Copulation with her, and he said yes he had, then Mason said "what and she not know anything of it?" and he said yes he believed she never knew anything of it...
  Indicted	May 1722  [1]
  	charge of carnal copulation
  Court	2 Oct 1722
  	"is bound over to the Court upon suspicion of committing carnal copulation with Mary the daughter of David Littlefield"
  	He was acquitted of all responsibility after paying costs of court.
  Death	30 Dec 1766	Scarborough, Cumberland, Massachusetts Bay, British America   [1, 2]
  Person ID	I5777	Duane's Ancestors
  Last Modified	2 Feb 2020

  
  

  Family	Mary Littlefield,   b. 1707, Wells, York, Massachusetts Bay, British America   [1]
  Children	+ 1. Ithamar Littlefield, Sr.,   b. Abt Jun 1722, Wells, York, Massachusetts Bay, British America d. Aft 1790, Sanford, York, Massachusetts, United States (Age ~ 69 years)
  Family ID	F1865	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	4 Apr 2020

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 25 Feb 1698/9 - Wells, York, Massachusetts Bay, British America Baptism - Church: First Church - 21 Sep 1718 - Wells, York, Massachusetts Bay, British America Death - 30 Dec 1766 - Scarborough, Cumberland, Massachusetts Bay, British America  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  1.  [S988] Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire, 311, 00218.  2.  [S144] Mass & Maine Families, Vol. 2, 151, 00368.