Bridget (Angier) Harris
Privacy Level: Open (White)

Bridget (Angier) Harris (abt. 1626 - bef. 1672)

Bridget Harris formerly Angier
Born about in Dedham, Essex, Englandmap
Ancestors ancestors
Daughter of [uncertain] and [uncertain]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of — married before 1643 (to before 4 Aug 1672) in Rowley, Massachusetts Bay Colonymap [uncertain]
Descendants descendants
Died before before about age 46 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts Baymap
Problems/Questions Profile managers: S Willson private message [send private message] and Jonathon Myers private message [send private message]
Profile last modified | Created 1 Mar 2011
This page has been accessed 2,699 times.
Flag of England
Bridget (Angier) Harris migrated from England to American Colonies.
Flag of American Colonies

Biography

She is an ancestor of President Franklin Pierce[1]

She married John Harris around 1643-1644. She is buried in Rowley, Mass.[2][3]

Bridge died on 4 August 1672 in Rowley, Massachusetts, United States.[4]

Research Notes

  • In this source, Bridget is listed as "possibly a daughter of Edmund and Bridget (Rogers) Angier of Wiston Co., Suffolk, and a niece of Rev Nathaniel Rogers of Ipswich who, in 1655, left legacies of 20 shillings apiece 'to the children of my Cousin John Harris of Rowley, vis Elizabeth, Nathaniel, John and Mary'"[5]
  • Marriage to John Harris by 1643, possibly in Rowley, MA: [6]
  • Children with John Harris: Ezekiel, Nathaniel, John, Mary, Thomas, Timothy. John Harris' second wife and widow was named Alice: [7] NOTE: Alice was actually John Harris' 3rd wife. See source on John Harris profile
  • Marriage of son, Nathaniel, shows Bridget and John Harris as parents: [8]
  • Lists 3 sons born in Rowley, MA. John, born 1649; Thomas, 1651; Timothy, 1657: [9]
  • Bridget was almost certainly the daughter of Edmund and Bridget (Rogers) Angier. The will of Dorothy Rogers of Dedham in the County of Essex, widow, dated 16 April 1640 mentions Abigail, Bridget and Martha, daughters of late husband (John Rogers), the four children of daughter (assumed to be Bridget) Angier: John, Samuel, Bridget and Mary.[10]

Sources

  1. Roberts, Gary Boyd; Ancestors of American Presidents
  2. Blodgette, George B. Early Settlers of Rowley, Massachusetts, Newcomb & Gauss Co., Salem, Mass., 1933.
  3. Davis, Walter Goodwin The Ancestry of Bethia Harris 1748-1833, Southworth Press, Portland, Maine, 1934.
  4. Death: "Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988"
    Original data: Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook)
    Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 2495 #80964480 (accessed 8 August 2023)
    Bridge Harris death 4 Aug 1672 in Rowley, Massachusetts, USA.
  5. Davis, page 10
  6. New England Marriages to 1700. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015. Reference Volume 2, page 704
  7. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1847-. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2013.) Reference Volume 2, page 219
  8. "The Hazen Family" The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1847-. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2013.) Reference Volume 33, page 230
  9. Bradford, Referend James History of Rowley published 1840. Reference page 443
  10. Waters, Henry F.Genealogical gleanings in England. [Parts I-xxiii,xxv, published 1901. Reference page 222
  • Henry F. Waters, Genealogical Gleanings in England, Genealogical Publishing Co., I and II, 1981.
  • Harris, Gale Ion. The Brothers William2 and Daniel2 Harris of Middletown, Connecticut, The New England Historical & Genealogical Register (NEHGS, Boston, Mass., 2010) Vol. 164, WN 655, Page 166.




Is Bridget your ancestor? Please don't go away!
 star icon Login to collaborate or comment, or
 star icon contact private message private message a profile manager, or
 star icon ask our community of genealogists a question.
Sponsored Search by Ancestry.com

DNA
No known carriers of Bridget's DNA have taken a DNA test.

Have you taken a DNA test? If so, login to add it. If not, see our friends at Ancestry DNA.

Images: 1
Bridget Harris
Bridget Harris



Comments: 10

Leave a message for others who see this profile.
There are no comments yet.
Login to post a comment.
Bridget Angier (1607-1672) and Bridget (Angier) Harris (abt.1626-bef.1672) appear to possibly be duplicates based on same father's name and death date/place. There are birth date issues between them.
posted by S (Hill) Willson
Potential issue with merge of Unknown-211777 and Angier-10. The daughter on -211777 was born before Angier-10 by decades and the daughter's birth seems to jibe with sources in her profile. We could be looking at a different person. Suggest more research.
posted by S (Hill) Willson
Unknown-211777 and Angier-10 appear to represent the same person because: Same person.
posted by Ken Broughton
Angier-10 and Unknown-211777 are not ready to be merged because: Further research indicates there may be two different John Harris. One did not marry a Bridget; the other did, based on NEHGR, Torrey, etc. Additional research is required to determine the parentage of the Bridget Angier that married a John Harris.
posted by S (Hill) Willson
changed marriage to date shown in Torrey for first child birth of John Harris and wife Bridget "[Angier]?"
posted by S (Hill) Willson
The child Bridget Harris-165 has a birth date before the spouse on this profile. Something is wrong.
posted by S (Hill) Willson
Please be certain the merge goes in the correct direction. It is presently set up to go into LNAB Unknown.
posted by S (Hill) Willson
Angier-10 and Unknown-211777 appear to represent the same person because: They are both married to John Harris. May need more research before merge.
posted by Linda Plummer
New information obtained from NEHGR Vol 168; January 2014; Whole Number 669, p25; Michael Johnson Wood "The Earliest Shermans of Dedham Essex" gives the birthdate of her father Edmund as 1612. This source also does not mention a third wife named Bridget Rogers. The parents of Bridget Angiers need to be looked at.
posted by J. (Pearson) Salsbery
It appears that article is discussing a different Edmund Angier (1610-1691), son of John.
posted by S (Hill) Willson

A  >  Angier  |  H  >  Harris  >  Bridget (Angier) Harris

Categories: US President Direct Ancestor