John Harding

John was born on October 9th, 1673.¹   John's father was Joseph Harding and his mother was Bethiah Cooke.  His maternal grandparents were Josiah Cooke and Elizabeth Ring. He had four brothers and two sisters, named Joseph, Josiah, Maziah, Joshua, Martha and Mary.  He was the second youngest of the seven children.  He died at the age of 24 in 1697.¹