Anna (Harris) Maverick (bef. 1614 - 1697)

Born before 28 Feb 1614 in Newnham, Gloucestershire, England

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Descendants

Died 7 Sep 1697 after age 83 in Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

Anna (Harris) Maverick immigrated to New England as a child during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640).

Anna Harris,^[1] daughter of Thomas Harris (b 1590) and Elizabeth __________ (d 1669); wife of Elias Maverick.^[2][3]

Birth:

• baptized "28 February 1613/4 Anna fil Thome Harris" at Newnham, Gloucestershire, England^[4]

Married Elias Maverick (1604-1684)^[2] about 1635

Children:

1. Abigail Maverick Clarke Balch (1637-1690)
2. Elizabeth Maverick Johnson (1639-1673)
3. Sara(h) Maverick Walton (1640-1714)

Death:

• 7 September 1697, "84yrs.", Reading, Middlesex County, Massachusetts^[2]

Burial: Old Burying Ground, Wakefield, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA

Inscription:

HERE LYETH BURIED

Ye BODY OF

ANNA MAVERRECK

Ye WIFE OF

ELIAS MAVERRECK

AGED 84 YEARS

DIED SEPTEMBER Ye 7th

Sources

1. ↑ Gary Boyd Roberts, Ancestors of American Presidents, (2009) Page 449
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 13 January 2021), memorial page for Anna Harris Maverick (1613–7 Sep 1697), Find A Grave: Memorial #22254692, citing Old Burying Ground, Wakefield, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by Guiding Light (contributor 46492737) .
3. ↑ Tombstone and inscription posted in Find a Grave confirm husband's name but do not mention her maiden name or her parents. The Find a Grave memorial for Thomas Harris (Find A Grave: Memorial #35677907) includes a photograph of half a tombstone, which states his name. Text includes sources and names: Thomas Harris (b 1590) "Married by about 1613 Elizabeth _____. She married (2) WILLIAM STITSON". Text for the Find a Grave memorial for his wife Elizabeth (Find A Grave: Memorial #73183889) has Anna Maverick first in the list of their children, citing Anderson's Great Migration Begins. [Note: Birth order has been reconsidered in NEHGR 176 (2022) with the discovery of baptisms of the children of Thomas Harris]
4. ↑ Randy A. West, NEHGR 176 (Fall 2022): 364, 367, citing Newnham, Gloucestershire, parish register, 1547–1678 [Gloucestershire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538–1813, online at Ancestry.com, image 35].

• TAG Whole No 78 Vol XX No 2 Oct 1943 p. 85
• Cook, R. B. (2007). All of the Above I. United States: Nativa Publishing. page 184. Google Book
• We Relate: Elias Maverick and Anna Harris
• LDS: Reference: 4VVB-8C and 7TT5-PT
• Ancestry Profile
• Gary Boyd Roberts, Ancestors of American Presidents, (New England Historic Genealogical Society : Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA : 2009)
• Harris, Gale Ion. The Brothers William² and Daniel² Harris of Middletown, Connecticut, NEHGR (NEHGS, Boston, Mass., 2010) Vol. 164, WN 655, Page 166.
• Trask, Mr. Wm. B., Abstracts of The Earliest Wills Upon Record in The County of Suffolk, MS, NEHGR (NEHGS, Boston, Mass., 1848) Vol. 2, Page 102.

• The will of Richard HIlls*, deceased the 29 (8mo) 1639 [*written Eles, and then corrected to Hills, see Page 218.]
• "I give to my Cosin Tho. Harris 20s. - To William Harris 20s. - To Anthony Harris 20s. - To Jo Harris 20s. - To my Cosin Anne Maverick 20s. - To my Cosin Daniel Harris 20s."
• "ffurther I give to my two little Cosins, John & Abigale Maverick, five shillings p peice."

• Randy A. West, "The English Origin of Thomas¹ Harris of Winnisimmet (Chelsea), Massachusetts" New England Historical and Genealogical Register 176 (Fall 2022): 364-368.