Born about in Virginia
Ancestors 
Daughter of George Walton
and Elizabeth (Rowe) Walton
Wife of
Nathan Harris
— married
5 Nov 1741 in Brunswick County, Virginia
Descendants 
Mother of
Howell Harris, Walton Harris, Martha Patsy (Harris) Strickland, Catherine (Harris) Coleman, Nathan Harris, Isaac Harris, David Harris, Elias Harris and Elizabeth (Harris) Allen
Died
at about age 92
in Greensville County, Virginia, United States
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Biography
Catherine Walton, daughter of Captain George Walton and his wife Elizabeth (Rowe),[1] was born in Virginia around 1720 (1718 also given as a birth year, with birth county as either King William or Brunswick;[1] one reference had her birth location as "of Hanover"[2]). She married Nathan Harris[3] on November 5, 1741 in Brunswick County, Virginia.[4] (See her husband's profile for information about their children.)
Catherine (Walton) Harris died 30 June 1812 in Greensville County, Virginia.[1]
Will
Will of Catherine Harris. Greensville Co., VA, WB 2, pp. 297-299, written 23 Apr 1810, proved 8 Mar 1813 (after the depositions of Benja. Putney & Catha. Putney on 6 Mar 1813). Digital image at Ancestry.com - https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/62347/images/007645042_00515?ssrc=&backlabel=Return
• my three daughters namely Jane Williams, Betsey Pennington and Anna Patrick
• (Kinchen? Hinchen?) Webb who married my grand daughter Patsey Harris
• my great grand daughter (the youngest daughter of Anna Hawkins by her husband Hawkins) and the grand daughter of my son Isaac Harris
• Elias Harris my great grand son. “I appoint my grand son Benjamin Harris his guardian for the above purpose.”
• my two great grand sons James & Richard Harris (who are brothers to the above named Elias Harris) … “the money to be put into the hads of Benjamin Harris above mentioned…”
• the surviving daughters of my son Gideon deceased
• the surviving children of my son David Harris deceased
• Exrs: my friend Colo. Charles Harris of Northampton in North Carolina who is uncle to two of the legatees, Benja. (Gowing?) who married my grand daughter Caty Harris
• Wit: Edward Dromgoole, Benjamin Putney, Catharine Putney, Sally Eaves
Research Notes
Leads
- from Rootsweb: Catherine Walton Harris (will written 1810 in Greensville Co., Va)
- DAR records
- Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed June 11, 2015), "Record of Nathan Harris", Ancestor # A051791.
- http://heathcock.org/genealogy/ps11/ps11_289.html
- GenConnect (suggestion from HARRIS-VA Mailing List)
DNA
- Paternal and maternal relationships are suggested by a 28.5 cM match between Paul Leonard Gilbert GEDMATCH A057114 and Arthur H Sims GEDMATCH M693205. Their Most Recent Common Ancestors are George James Walton and Elizabeth Scott Rowe. Relationships also suggested by a 23.9 cM match between Douglass Gilbert GEDMATCH A371231 and Arthur H Sims GEDMATCH M693205, with the same MRCA.
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Rootsweb post by Paul Tobler, “Harris of VA,” 18 Dec 2001. (Rootsweb page not found, but it's available via archive.org's WayBack Machine.)
- ↑ actually, it was "of Hanover, Virginia, USA"
- "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch : modified 04 September 2017, 23:14), entry for Catherine Walton (PID); contributed by various users.
- ↑ Biography of George Walton (c1690-1764), "In Grateful Remembrance - Biographies of Our Ancestors" (The National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in the State of Alabama: 2008), submitted by descendant Mrs. James Wallace Tidmore, Jr. (Anne Branch Henry), page 234 of 261, accessed 19 March 2021.
- ↑ Marriage Records of Brunswick County, Virginia, 1730-1852, citing Order Book II, available online through Google books (accessed May 30, 2014)
- Paul Tobler's Rootsweb post, “Harris of VA,” 18 Dec 2001, detailed the ancestors of Howell J. Harris (that information has been incorporated in the appropriate profiles).
Acknowledgments
- The WikiTree profile Walton-239 was created through the import of Holman Family Tree.ged on 06 March 2011. Source citation was S-1024580409: Ancestry Family Trees (Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members).
- The WikiTree profile Walton-1817 (1720-1812) was entered by Marie Chantigny on 21 Nov 13.
- The WikiTree profile Walton-2899 was created on June 10, 2015 by Butch Lesley.
- Diane (Hedge) Wichard uploaded a gedcom 16 May 2018 for this person that cited Ancestry Family Trees (Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members): 1, 2
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so... the birth date change to 20 June may have been a misreading of the death date? The 1737 marriage date is contradicted by the published records of Brunswick County that has 5 Nov. 1741 (from Order Book II).