Isaac Harris (abt. 1740 - 1808)

Born about 1740 in Piscataway, Middlesex County, New Jersey

Ancestors

Died 24 Apr 1808 at about age 68 in Daretown, Upper Pittsgrove Township, Salem, New Jersey, United States [uncertain]

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Biography

Isaac Harris is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A051608.

Isaac Harris is an NSSAR Patriot Ancestor.
NSSAR Ancestor #: P-175819
Rank: Surgeon

Name

Isaac /Harris/^[1]

Birth

about 1711, Piscataway, Middlesex County, New Jersey, US^[1]

Death

24 APR 1808, Daretown, Salem County, New Jersey, US^[1]

Marriage of Parents

William Harris and Elizabeth Mersey Olden married 1710, Essex County, New Jersey, US^[1]

• Child: Elijah Harris
• Child: Elizabeth Harris
• Child: Isaac Harris
• Child: Jacob Harris
• Child: James Harris
• Child: Mary Harris
• Child: Mersey Harris
• Child: John Harris
• Child: Rachel Harris
• Child: Samuel Harris
• Child: Sarah Harris
• Child: Thomas Harris
• Child: William Harris
• Child: Benjamin Harris
• Child:^[2]

Research Notes

DAR records show that Isaac Harris, a "Physician or Surgeon", was born in 1741 in East Jersey, New Jersey and died 24 April 1808 in Pittsgrove, New Jersey.^[3] SAR lists him as a surgeon, with the same birth/death information, and notes that he was at the Battle of White Plains, New York, on 28 October 1776.^[4]

His residences, as listed by the DAR, included Middlesex County and Salem County, New Jersey.^[3]

He married twice - (1) Margaret Pierson, (2) Sarah Moore - and had at least five children:^[3][5]

• Isaac Harris^[4]
• Israel Harris, married Aletta Schenck^[3]
• Ann Harris, married Mr. Laycock^[3]
• Mary Harris, married William Booth^[3]
• William Harris, married Maria Loder^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} Records for Nathaniel Manning, Peter James Harriss. Ancestry Public Member Trees, database online, 2006. Repository: HR-1005-BGR.
2. ↑ Child's name not included in GEDcom import.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6} Dr. Isaac Harris, DAR Patriot Ancestor #A051608 (accessed 1 February 2024).
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Isaac Harris, NSSAR Patriot Ancestor #P-175819 (accessed 1 February 2024).
5. ↑ DAR, which listed four children, includes only children with descendants who joined the DAR based on their relationship through that child to the Patriot Ancestor. SAR had the same four children, plus Isaac.

Harris-14360 was created by Jane Naus through the import of Harriss-Naus-Cotton-Haefele-Ancestors-Descendants_2014-12-22.ged on Dec 22, 2014.