Silas
Gapson
Harris
Born in Canterbury, Windham, Connecticut
[uncertain]
Ancestors [uncertain]
Son of Silas Harris
and Mary (Gorham) Harris
Brother of
Leah (Harris) Bassford
Husband of
Elizabeth (Sawyer) Harris
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Died about
at about age 89
in Linn, Iowa, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 13 Jan 2012
This page has been accessed 334 times.
Biography
Silas Gapson Harris was born in 1762 and died in 1852. He married Elizabeth Sawyer about 1785. They had at least six children, Benjamin, Mary, George, Nancy Olive, Matilda, Silas and Henry.
Please note: According to record of birth, Silas was given the middle name of Gapson, and it is spelled this way on that record.
Sources
- WikiTree profile Harris-4869 created through the import of Baeth.GED on Jan 13, 2012 by Gary Gilham. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Gary and others.
- "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F749-DH1 : 7 January 2020), Silas Gapson Harris, 1762.
- Connecticut Town Birth Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection) Name Silas Gapson Harris, Gender Male, Birth Date 20 Aug 1762, Birth Place, Canterbury, Parent Silas Parent, Mary
- Global, Find A Grave Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/146069910
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Silas:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Silas:
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~1.56%
Katherine (Cline) Cline-Bowman
:
23andMe, GEDmatch M405030 [compare]
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~0.78%
Gary Gilham :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member wndgilham1
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~0.78%
Judy (Potvin) Sayers :
AncestryDNA
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They also list Eliza Harris as the youngest of Silas Gapson Harris' children. She was born in 1799, and died about 1871. She married John Lucas, and they had the following children: John Amos Lucas 1827-1875; Ester Lucas, b. 1828; Silas Lucas 1829-1918; Maranda Lucas 1832-1868; Benjamin Chancey Lucas 1837-1900; Nelson Dancy Lucas 1837-1890; Daniel Lucas 1841-1903.
edited by Christine (Carkin) Giles