Leonard Harriman was a weaver, thus our selection of the loom as a symbol of his occupation and family

An Association of the Descendants of Leonard Harriman of Rowley, Massachusetts,
and
John Harriman of New Haven, Connecticut,
Who were Born in England and Emigrated To Massachusetts circa 1638

MEMBERSHIP AND DUES
The membership year is July 1 through June 30. A membership gives you one copy of each newsletter published during the year, the right to vote at annual meetings, notices of all meetings, the opportunity to purchase some publications at reduced prices, access to our on-line database and family historians and copies of other important materials and documents.
ANNUAL MEETING
An annual meeting (our Reunion) is held each year, generally in September and in New England. This is a very casual yet informative social get-together which may include reports and updates from outside experts, genealogical researchers, displays of and talks about members’ memorabilia, etc.
NEWSLETTER
Published normally three times yearly and mailed to each member, the Newsletter reports on all the meetings, contains stories and articles about Harriman ancestors and descendants, provides a forum for queries and responses to individual searches for ancestors, reports on the current advances of the continuing research in progress of the Harriman lineage, and accepts and publishes ideas, input and articles submitted by members.
WEBSITE
www.harriman-family.org is the website of the Association and contains notices of upcoming events, ordering information for our publications, an index and complete table of contents to all of the issues of the newsletter, and a descendancy chart of current members.
ONLINE-DATABASE
Members have access to our on-line database on our website containing the results of our research and showing all known lines from our immigrant ancestors.

Harriman Family Association

Founded in 1987

The PURPOSE of the Association is:

  1. To promote interest in the genealogical and historical background of families surnamed HARRIMAN (and all derivatives) who are descendants of Leonard of Rowley, Massachusetts., and John of New Haven, Connecticut, members of Ezekiel Rogers Company, founders of Rowley, Massachusetts.
  2. To research and document information pertaining to the HARRIMAN families from all authoritative sources for publication, to publish the results of our research, and to make copies available to members, historical societies, and libraries.
  3. To discover, collect and preserve records, vital statistics, documents and newsworthy items which distinguish members of the past and present generations.
  4. To educate the membership and the interested public through presentation of papers, addresses, records and articles of interest on the lives and times of the past and present generations.
  5. To encourage and develop contact among all members of the HARRIMAN and allied families.
  6. To fund outside research and to contribute funds to worthwhile projects relating to the Harriman ancestry.

HARRIMAN FAMILY ASSOCIATION ACCOMPLISHMENTS

  1. The creation and placement of a memorial stone in July 1991, in the Rowley Cemetery, Rowley, Massachusetts, to honor Leonard and Margaret Harriman;
  2. Lois Ware Thurston’s two books “Research in Progress” and Harriman History: Feudalism to Freedom;
  3. Financial donations to the stained glass window of Rowley Parish Church in Little Weighton, England commemorating Ezekiel Rogers of St. Peter’s Church of Rowley, England;
  4. Donations toward a stone marker at the grave of Asa5 Harriman, progenitor of many, including former Treasurer Leland Lowell of Bucksport, Maine, who located the burial location of Asa5 and spearheaded an effort to get the Prospect Ferry Cemetery cleaned up and restored;
  5. The informative Harriman Family Association web site on the Internet: www.harriman-family.org;
  6. The Harriman Family Newsletter;
  7. The Harriman database and research into the lines of all of the descendants of Leonard and John, containing over 80,000 names;
  8. A Y-DNA study of Harriman descendants;
  9. Investigations of the origin of Harriman/–Herriman/Harryman lines not known to be connected to Leonard and John.
  10. Digitized and transcribed the Civil War diary of David Harriman.