Nathan Hartshorn changed his name to "Harston" before any of his children were born, although Town Clerk's office lists all his children born as "Hartshorn." Nathan married for the second time at Gill, Mass. Sept. 1, 1838 to Tamma Temple. Married the third time at Montague, Mass.,Dec. 6, 1860, to Mrs. Nancy Coon Shed, Nathan's 5th Great Grandfather was Thomas Hartshorn, I. Thomas Hartshorn, the founder of the family of the name in America, settled in Reading in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. His original farm has been occupied continuously by lineal descendants to the present time. Thomas was born in England in 1614. The Hartshorns in England took their name from an ancient parish of this name in Litchfield diocese, Derby County. It is believed that the parish was named from its geographical resemblance to a hart's horn. The family was well established, as the records show, as far back as the thirteenth century. Henry de Hartishorn and others are mentioned as residing in Derby County. They bore arms. The coat of arms contains three buck's heads and the crest is a buck's head. The design obviously refers to the name's significance. Thomas Hartshorn took the freeman's oath at Reading May 10, 1648. He was a prominent citizen, serving his fellow colonist as selectmen(?) and in other positions of trust and honor. He was married to Susannah, she died March 18, 1659/60. Nathan died of old age, per vital records of Montague Massachusetts at age 90.
Nathan Hartshorn changed his name to "Harston" before any of his children were born, although Town Clerk's office lists all his children born as "Hartshorn." Nathan married for the second time at Gill, Mass. Sept. 1, 1838 to Tamma Temple. Married the third time at Montague, Mass.,Dec. 6, 1860, to Mrs. Nancy Coon Shed, Nathan's 5th Great Grandfather was Thomas Hartshorn, I. Thomas Hartshorn, the founder of the family of the name in America, settled in Reading in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. His original farm has been occupied continuously by lineal descendants to the present time. Thomas was born in England in 1614. The Hartshorns in England took their name from an ancient parish of this name in Litchfield diocese, Derby County. It is believed that the parish was named from its geographical resemblance to a hart's horn. The family was well established, as the records show, as far back as the thirteenth century. Henry de Hartishorn and others are mentioned as residing in Derby County. They bore arms. The coat of arms contains three buck's heads and the crest is a buck's head. The design obviously refers to the name's significance. Thomas Hartshorn took the freeman's oath at Reading May 10, 1648. He was a prominent citizen, serving his fellow colonist as selectmen(?) and in other positions of trust and honor. He was married to Susannah, she died March 18, 1659/60. Nathan died of old age, per vital records of Montague Massachusetts at age 90.
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