"His [John Harman's] great-grandson, Reuben,....was born at Sunderland *, Massachusetts, or perhaps at Springfield *, on February 18, 1714, and married Eunice Parsons, of Suffield, Connecticut, August 25, 1739. In 1759, he sold his real estate in Suffield, and, in 1776, became a large land owner in Rupert, Vermont. In 1779, he bought 170 acres in Rutland, the latter State, to which town he soon afterward removed, and where he held the offices of Selectman and Justice of the Peace in 1780. In June of that year, the records show that he conveyed ninety acres of land in Rutland to each of his sons, Oliver and Reuben, Jr.,... Reuben, Sr., died in Rutland, Vermont, in September, 1794, his widow surviving him until November 18, 1803, expiring at the age of eighty-six years, both greatly regretted."
