William Harrington was born on December 25, 1781 in Waterloo, Massachusetts. He was married to Hannah Cushing on January 21, 1808. He was a bookbinder, and in connection with his brother-in-law, Edmund Cushing, carried on an extensive business. He was an active, public-spirited citizen, interested in the welfare of town and church. He was school committee, 1818-1823; Selectman, 1820-21-22; Town Clerk, 1818; Town Treasurer, 1832-37, 38; Postmaster 1825, etc.; Justice of the Peace; Colonel of the Worcester North Regiment of Militia; was chosen Deacon of the Church July 17, 1817 and resigned November 21, 1836; was very active in the organization of the present Orthodox Church, of which he was a Deacon, 1850 to his death.

Hannah died October 13, 1811. Her gravestone was inscribed: "In the bloom of youth, and in the faithful discharge of the duties of a Child, a Wife, a Mother and a Christian. If innocence and usefulness, the love of Husband and relations, and the want on an infant orphan would have detained her, the date of her years had not been so short. But she lived long in little time, early finished her probation, retired from the temptations and sorrows of time, to the visions of happy spirits in a better world, there waiting and watching for those whom she cherished and loved in life." She had two children.

He married Mary Cushing, the sister of Hannah, on May 30, 1812. She died on December 21, 1839. He married Anna Learned on December 19, 1841.

He died on Saturday, March 21, 1868 at 10:30 PM.

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