_Joseph HARDING _
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|_Elizabeth RING _
From STC Vol. 259; Doc #37237 p. 55, Deposition by Mary Freeman and Hannah
Freeman.
"Mary Freeman of Lawful age to give Evidence testifies [Information?] came
hastily on or about the eighteen day of July 1733 and Informed me that my
neighbor Maziah Hardings wife was Dead it being something surprising to me to
hear so for I was informed by his son Corneilis less than one hour before that
shee was well & in health whereupon I went immediately with my Daughter In Law
Hannah Freeman to sd Maziah Hardings house & when I came there I met with sd
Maziah Harding at the Door of his house I then asked him if his wife was Dead.
He answered yes & he was glad of it whereupon I went in to sd Hardings house &
there I saw his wives Dead body lay on a bed wrapped up in bed clothes & when
I looked on her I saw a [proof?] on her cheek & on her throat & lip that the
blood was jelled which seemed to me to be occasioned by some bruise or hurt.
Then I asked sd Harding how his wife came so suddenly to her end whether he
took notice shee had not been well. He answered shee was as well as shee used
to be for ought hee knew & he sd shee had drunk her fill of Rum and sat on the
Door sill & he laid on the bed & fell asleep & when he awoke he called for her
but shee gave him no answer. Then he rose and went into the other Room and
found her Dead on the bed. I took notice that sd Harding was in a strange
frame and seemed to be disguised with Drink and often Repeated these words [to
wit?]. Harding is a man shirt or no shirt every inch of him & he often
Declared he was glad his wife was Dead. I reproved him and tould him I was
sorry to hear him say so & asked him why he was glad of it. & sd Harding
Replyed & sd because shee had been a Plague to him for above these twenty
years past & he hoped now he should git somebody to keep his house clean &
look after his things and many such like expressions. & sd Harding further
sd his wife was now gone to paradise among the Royal breed & would be clothed
in Robes of glory and many such like expressions. & then sd Harding was very
urgent with me to help clean linen to bury his wife in & he would pay me for
it & was very desirous that I would lay out his wife & sd he would help me to
do it urging shee might be buried with all speed fore he sd shee was covered
with lice, Rags & dirt. I told him I would not meddle with her nor advise any
others till a Jurie had past upon her. Whereupon the sd Harding Replied & sd
a Jurie, then sd he there will arise a Cursed Damnd Mobb & seemed to bee then
something surprised & uneasy & [disembled?] and sd there was no occasion of a
Jurie for others he named had died suddenly & no Jurie on them. Then I told
him there was not the like occasion of a Jurie for others he named had died
when several were present. Then he seemed to be more Restless in his mind &
sd this id the fruite of mens wives taking their Neighbours parts against
their husbands which has brought it to this & uttered many sensurious
Reflections on his neighbors.
Mary Freeman
"Hannah Freeman of full age being present at the time & place above ad &
hearing & seeing as above expressed testifies to the truth of all the above
written except only the last paragraph that Relates to Reflecting on his
neighbors."
Hannah Freeman
"Barnstable ss. In Eastham the 30th day of March 1734 then the above Mary
Freeman & Hannah Freeman being examined concerning the premises then gave
their Oathes to the truth of the above written as they have Respectively
exprest."
Before Me Joseph Doane Justice Peace
Wworn to in his Majestys Courte of Assises
at Barnstable May 1734
Attr T. Tyler Clerk
Dominy Rec [?] Harding
Order for Hardings Execution ordered
STC Record Book 1733-86:81 (front & back)
"The Jurors of our Lord the King upon their oath present That Maziah Harding
of Eastham in the County of Barnstable aforesd Yeoman not having the fear of
God before his Eyes but being instigated by the Devil with force and arms and
of his malice forethought on the Eighteenth Day of July last at Eastham
aforesd and assault on the Body of Hannah his then wife and in the Kings peace
then being did make and then and there With force as aforesd then and there
Feloniously twisted the neck of the said Hannah and Dislocated the same, of
which the said Hannah then Instantly dyed so that the said Maziah Harding of
his malice prepense as aforesd Feloniously murdered the said Hannah his wife
Contrary to the Peace of our sd Lord the King his Crown and Dignity, and the
Law in that case made and provided Upon which Indictment the said Maziah
Harding being arraigned at the Barr pleaded not Guilty, and for trial put
himself upon God & Countrey, a Jury being sworn to try the issue between our
Sovereign Lord the King and the Prisioners Defense went out to Consider
thereof and returned their Verdict therein upon oath that is to say that the
said Maziah Harding is Guilty. Itfs therefore Considered and Ordered by the
court That the said Maziah Harding shall suffer the pains of death."
He was sentenced to the gallows and executed in the town of Barnstable on
June 5, 1734.
_Cecil Norris KEE _______
_Larry Eugene KEE ________|
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| _Guy Clifford LITEHISER _
|_Patricia Joan LITEHISER _|
|_Helen Dorothy EMMONS ___
!Karen's address, as of July 1990 is,
!Miss Karen M. Kee
1515 2nd Avenue West
Seattle, Washington 98119 phone (206) 284-1023
!Karen, did help her sister Susan by baby sitting for Andrew part time and
she worked part time as a Checker for PRICE SAVERS. She now works in managment
at Price Savers,located in the north end of Seattle. Phone (206) 362-7032
!A WEDDING IS PLANNED:
On sister Deann's Wedding day.
Later in the afternoon, at the Wedding reception, which was at the Community
Center in the Ballard district of Seattle, Troy Molder caught the Brides
Garter, and Karen Kee, caught the Brides Buquet. The home vidio cameraman,
asked Karen & Troy to pose for pictures, for being the lucky couple, and while
posing for the cameraman, Troy on bended knee, asked for Karen's hand in
marriage. Karen being the bright child that she is said, YES, but of course
that meant that at some point Troy must have said yes. I think they are both
bright.
!The wedding has been tentativley set for February 16, 1991 at the Four Square
Church in Portland, Oregon.
!ADVANCE KNOWLEDGE:
Troy had a few days earlier called Karen's parents, to ask their permission to
ask Karen for her hand in marriage. He had also asked that it be kept secret
from Karen until the proper time to ask her, and he had said something about
asking her at his birthday. Troy really surprised everyone.
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!SOURCE:
Helen MAY (REED) Murphy
1942 NE 6th
Bend, OR 97701 Phone (503) 382-2387
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