John Harwood was a citizen of London, England, and belonged to a family that it would appear had long been settled in London. It is thought that he never came to America, or if he came, returned later to England and died in London. There was a John Harwood who with Dorothy, his wife, was a resident of London at that time. His will was dated Feb. 16, 1653, and proved Feb. 8, 1654, showing that he died between the two dates. In the will he mentions only two sons, Nathaniel and John, and a daughter Anne. His wife Dorothy, proved the will and had under it a tenement in Cranley, Surrey. We have not, of course, positive proof that John Harwood, who was father to the brothers and sister who settled in New England, was the same as the one who died in 1654, but it seems very probable that he was the same, as the time and place and names all favor such a conclusion.
