5.6.b. New England Connections
Roger Harlakenden has for a long time been of interest to me as he relates to what I believe to be a connection between him and the Goulding Family of Massachusetts, and possibly to Rev. Thomas “of the Great Migration” Goulding, a man whose existence is still under investigation.
Roger Harlakenden the elder was born in 1540 in England and he died in 1603 in Earles Colne, Essex, England. He actually purchased Earles Colne from the De Vere Family of Essex and to the Earl of Oxford, so that undoubtedly links him to the Golding Family of Essex and presumably to Arthur “the Translator” Golding. His grandson Roger Harlakenden was the son of Richard Thomas Harlakenden, the son of Roger Harlakenden and Elizabeth Hardres. Lt. Colonel Roger “the immigrant” Harlakenden died in 1638 in Cambridge, Massachusetts and he immigrated in 1635 on the ship “Defense” with his sister Mabel and his wife Elizabeth (Bosseman). His sister Mabel married John Haynes, who eventually became the Governor of Connecticut and Massachusetts.
Roger “the elder” Harlakenden
Roger “the elder” Harlakenden was the son of Thomas Harlakenden of Warhorn in Kent, England and Mary Loudenoys, the daughter of Richard Loudenovs and Catherine Fienes. He was born in 1540 (1) in Kent, England and he died on 21 January 1603 in Earls Colne, Essex, England. He married Elizabeth Hardres and their children were Richard, Mabel, Thomas and Roger (2). Their son Roger died young but Mabel and Thomas left heirs.
Roger was a Justice of the Peace for Essex from 1594-1602. His children with Elizabeth Hardres were: (3)
1. Roger 1583 died young
2. Richard 1568-1631 m Margaret Hubert
3. Thomas 1568-1648 m Dorothy Cheney of Drainton (parents of Dorothy 1st wife of Samuel Symonds later Deputy Governor of Massachusetts,son of Richard Symonds & Elizabeth Plume of Great Yeldham
4. Mabell 1616 m Clement Stoner- Their descendants emigrated to America.
Roger Harlakenden’s mother Mary Loudenoyes had a somewhat illustrious pedigree through the line of her mother Catherine Fienes. A publication called “The Hyde Genealogy” gives the following information:
“28 Gen Thomas Fienes, eldest son of Sir Thomas Fienes and Alice Fitz Hugh became Lord Dacre of the South upon the death of his grandfather, Richard Fienes, the seventh Lord Dacre of Gillesland in 1484. He married Anne Bouchier, daughter of Sir Humphrey Bouchier and granddaughter of John Boucher, lord of Berners. Thomas Fienes, Lord Dacre of the South d in 1534.
27 Gen CATHERINE FIENES, his daughter, m Richard Loudenoys of Briade in Sussex and had two children, Robert and Mary.
28 Gen MARY LOUDENOYS (1 p. 147), their daughter m Thomas Harlakeden, son of John Harlakenden of Warhorn in Kent and had three sons John, William and Roger.
29 Gen ROGER HARLAKENDEN, their third son b about 1535 m Elizabeth Hardres, daughter of Thomas Hardres, Esq and settled at Kenardiston in Kent and had three sons and one daughter: Roger, Richard, Thomas and Mabel b 1558. About 1583 Roger Harlakenden purchased of the EARL OF OXFORD the park and manor of Earls Colne in Essex where he died 21 Jan 1603. “
Roger “the elder” Harlakenden died in 1602 and the inscription on his tomb reads: (2)
"Heere lyeth Roger Harlakenden of Earles Coln in the county of Essex esq descended of the ancient familie of Harlakenden in Woodchurch in the county of Kent the cheif house whereof was auncientlie called the Burrows of Harlakenden Al the den of Harlakenden and is now commonlie called olde Harlakenden.
Who married
1. Elizabeth ((born 1539-1602) daughter of Thomas Hardres (and Mary Oxenden) of Hardres in the county of Kent esq and had issue by her - Roger, Richard, Thomas, Mabell.
2. Elizabeth Blatchenden
3. Jane Kelton widdowe, daughter of Sir Thomas Jocelin knight
4. Anne Dewhurst, widdowe, daughter of ..........
and had no issue by any of these.
He died the XXL day of Januarie AD 1602 and Anno reigne Elizabeth LXLX"
His will was probated on 13 May 1603. This is recorded both in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills, 1384-1858 and in the UK Extracted Probate Records, 1269-1975. (5) As is usual with documents of this age, the text is nearly impossible to read.
His son was Richard Harlakenden
Richard Harlakenden, son of Roger Harlakenden and Elizabeth Hadres was born on 26 July 1568 in Earls Colne in Essex, England and he died on 22 August 1631 in Earls Colne. The Hyde Genealogy (or The Descendants, in the Female as well as the Male Lines from William Hyde, p 1170 gives the following information about him:
"30 Gen - Richard Harlakenden, his second son (of Roger Harlakenden) and probably his heir married Margaret Hobard, the daughter of Edward Hobart and had four sons: Richard b 1602, George who died in 1610, Roger, baptized 1 Oct. 1611 who came to America in 1635 and George 2nd born in 1616 and three daughters, among whom was Mabel b in 1614 in Earls Colne. Richard Harlakenden died 24 August 1631.
In addition, there is information about his daughter Mabel on the same source:
"31 Gen Mabel Harlakenden, one of the daughters of Richard was born on 27 Sept 1614. She came to Cambridge, Mass with her brother Roger and his family in October of 1635 in the ship "Defence". About 1636 she became the second wife of Governor John Haynes of Cambridge, Mass. who was of Copford Hall in Essex, England and came to Cambridge, Mass. on 3 September 1633 with the REV. THOMAS HOOKER, in the "Griffin" and was made governor there in 1635. In May 1637 he removed with his family to Hartford, Conn. He was elected the first governor of that colony in April 1639 and died 1 March 1654. He had by Mabel Harlakenden, his second wife, five children: John Haynes, Ruth Haynes, Joseph Haynes, Roger Haynes and Mabel Haynes." (6)
Richard Harlakenden married Margaret Huberd on 11 Feb 1592 in Earls Colne, Essex, England. (7) Both of their children migrated to Massachusetts. Their son was Lt. Colonel Roger Harlakenden and he immigrated with his sister Mabel and wife and was the man who mentioned both “Prentice and Goldinge” in his 1638 will.
Lt. Colonel Roger Harlakenden
Roger Harlakenden knew two men named Goldinge and Prentice, because they are mentioned in his will, probated in 1638. Lt. Colonel Roger Harlakenden, the son of Richard Harlakenden and Margaret Huberd was born on 1 Oct 1611 in Earl's Colne, Essex, England and he died in October of 1638 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts. (8)
His Find a Grave record gives the following information about him:
"Baptized Earl's Colne, Essex, 1 October 1611, son of Richard Harlakenden and his wife Margaret Hubert. Magistrate from Earl's Colne, Essex who came to Massachusetts Bay in 1635 on the "Defence" & settled in Cambridge. (On 4 July 1635, "Roger Harlakenden," aged 23, "Eliza[beth] his wife," aged 18, and "Mable his sister," along with eight servants, were enrolled at London as passengers for New England on the Defence. Died in Cambridge [blank] October 1638 (after the 26th of the month, when he was chosen selectman).
MARRIAGES: (1) By 1634 Emelen _____. She was buried at Earl's Colne, Essex, on 18 August 1634.
(2) Earl's Colne, Essex, 4 June 1635 Elizabeth Bosville. She married (2) by 1640 HERBERT PELHAM {1639, Cambridge}
Mabel Harlackenden (sister of Roger Harlackenden) sailed with him to New England in 1635, and married (1) about 1636 JOHN HAYNES {1633, Cambridge} and married (2) New Haven 17 November 1654 Samuel Eaton. Dorothy Harlackenden (cousin of Roger Harlackenden) married at Great Yeldham, Essex, on 2 April 1617 SAMUEL SYMONDS {1637, Ipswich}.
On 2 January 1636/7, land was granted in Cambridge to "Mr. Richard Harlackingden" (brother of Roger Harlackenden) "upon condition he sendeth over his man," but he never fulfilled the condition." (9)
On 4 July 1635 he departed England with his sister Mabel and his wife Elizabeth in the ship "Defence de London" with Thomas Bostocke as the Captain. They were headed for New England. (10)
Roger Harlakenden, aged 23, took the oath of allegiance and supremacy
Traveling with him were:
Eliza, his wife age 18
Mabel his sister, age 21
Servants:
Anne Wood age 23
Samuell Shepherd age 22
Joseph Cocke age 27
George Cocke age 25
William French age 30
Elisa, wife of William French, age 32
Robert, a man servant
Sarra Simes, age 30
According to most references, Roger Harlakenden was a protector of Rev. Thomas Shepard, also of Earl's Colne who according to Savage eventually settled in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Rev. Shepard was escaping religious persecution headed for the most part by Bishop Laud. See Gaulding Origins: Reverend Robert Peck and the Bacon Family of Massachusetts and also Gaulding Origins: Rev. Thomas Shepard
Emigrants from England to New England (11)
Shepard, Rev. Thomas of Earl’s Colne to Charlestown, Massachusetts
Roger Harlakenden of Earl’s Colne on the ship “Defence” to Cambridge, Massachusetts
A more complete narrative of his voyage to America is recorded in the New England, The Great Migration and The Great Migration Begins, 1620-1635, beginning on page 221.
"ROGER HARLAKENDEN (12)
Origin: Earl's Colne, Essex
Migration: 1635 on the "Defence"
First Residence: Cambridge
He was a Magistrate, a member of Cambridge church prior to 3 March 1635/6 and was a freeman on 3 March 1635/6. He held several offices and was appointed Lt. Colonel for the Middlesex regiment on 13 December 1636. He was admitted to Gray's Inn 6 March 1627. He held property.
"In his undated will, Roger Harlackenden, late of Earlescolne in the county of Essex in the Rhelm of England, Gent. now of Newtowne in the Massachusetts Baye" bequeathed "all that my lands and tenements the appurtenances commonly called Colne Park or the little lodge now in the tenure of _- March, Thomas Hales and the widow Waford together with one parcel of meadow called Hunwicke's Meadow lying in Earles Colne or elsewhere in the County of Essex in the hands of Godfrey Bosville, Richard Harlakenden, Henerye Darby, Nathaniell Bacon, Esqrs. to such uses as are hereafter limited & expressed...to my eldest son & his heirs forever if I shall have such issue by Elizabeth my now wife.. moreover if I have no issue male lawfully begotten then I give to my daughter Elizabeth all that my land abovesaid performing the conditions before mentioned, furthermore,... to Elizabeth my wife all that my house and land lately purchased of Thomas Dudley, Esq in Newtowne...to Mr. Shepard our pastor forty pounds and to our elders that which is in their hands and to the poor brethren of our congregation twenty pounds...to my cousin Sarah five pounds, to John Bridge 5 pounds, to Anna my maidservant forty shillings, to Mary my maid thirty shillings, to GOLDINGE and THOMAS PRENTISE thirty shillings apiece, my brother RICHARD HARLAKENDEN, Esq and my brother John Haynes, executors and my well beloved wife and John Bridge to be executors, equally to be joined with them.
Roger Harlakenden died after October 26, 1638 because he was chosen as a selectman on that date. Smallpox was the cause of his death. His first wife was Emelen, whom he married in Earl's Colne because she is buried there. They were only married for a year. Elizabeth Bosville was his second wife and after his death she married Herbert Pelham by 1640. With Elizabeth he had two daughters named Elizabeth b 1636 and Margaret born 1638.
Roger Harlakenden's will is undated, but we may approximate the time when it was written. He and his wife were expecting a second child and were clearly hoping that it would be a son. In the event the child was a daughter, born in September 1638. Thus the will was probably written during the summer of 1638."
Mabel Harlackenden, the sister of Lt. Col. Roger Harlakenden sailed with him to New England and a year after their arrival married John Haynes, the Governor of Connecticut and Massachusetts. Dorothy Harlackenden, a cousin of Roger Harlackenden married at Greak Yeldham, Essex, England on 2 April 1617 to Samuel Symonds. (12)
Of the two men named in the will, only one is fully named. He was Thomas Prentice. It is possible that he was Captain Thomas “Trooper” Prentice who married Grace Bull and had a daughter named Grace, but I don’t know for sure. The other man is identified merely as “Goldinge”. If he was living in Massachusetts in 1638, who was he? See Captain Thomas “Trooper” Prentice for an analysis of Captain Prentice.
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