« Reply #2 on: Monday 09 January 12 23:47 GMT (UK) »
Thanks for your help.
I have seen other variations on the spelling of HARDING, such as HARDEN, HARDIN, HARDEN but not in this case, although given how names were mistranscribed it could be a distinct possibility.
He was serving at the time of marriage in 1798 and his second child was born in Exeter in 1807 which I think is the base for the Devon Militia so perhaps he was still serving in 1807.
He was from Harpford, his other children were born there. His wife Charity died in Harpford in 1825. I don't really know anything else about him.
Thanks again
Researching-Schofield, Wood, Dent, Jackson, Dickinson, Gray, Windross, Gelderd, Lightfoot, Stockdale in Yorkshire, Harding in Devon, Sturley in Pembrokeshire, Price & Parry in Liverpool & North Wales, Butler, Laverty, Brennan, Doyle, Ferns in Liverpool & Ireland, Drysdale, Hunter, Dewar, Abercrombie, Hunter in Scotland