James
Harris
Born about in Hopewell, Cumberland, New Jersey
Ancestors 
Son of Samuel Harris
and Susannah (Mayhew) Harris
Brother of
John Mayhew Harris, Samuel Harris III, Hannah Susannah (Harris) Wible, Ruth (Harris) Vantreese, Jonathan Harris, Dorothy (Harris) Youtsler and Anna (Harris) Goforth
Husband of
Nancy Ann (Giles) Harris
— married
31 May 1792 in Nelson County, VA
Descendants 
Father of
Ruth Harris
Died about
at about age 58
in Grayson County, KY
Profile last modified
| Created 17 Dec 2016
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Biography
Grayson County, Kentucky : 29 May 1804: First Meeting of Beaver Dam Baptist Church, Grayson Co., Kentucky.
Founding Members: James and Nancy Ann (Giles) Harris and John Mayhew and Mary Polly (Patrick) Harris __________
Information from Jimmy Harris 24 April 2003 from Harris Surname Forum
James Harris 1757-1815 born New Jersey and died in Grayson County, Kentucky.
James was married twice: 1st Lydia Mellon 27 July 1790 Nelson County, Kentcuky 2nd Ann Giles married 20 May 1792 (actually 31 May 1792)
This James Harris was brother to Samuel Harris, Jr who married Rachel Case. _________
Information below was gathered from "Wilson Wile Research" https://wcbeta.rootsweb.com/trees/112706/I122/james-harris/individual
Note: He married Lydia Malen on July 29, 1790, Nelson Co KY. James Harris, 400 acres on Cedar Creek just north of Elizabethtown in 1784 at this �time it was still Jefferson County. 1783 James enters 150 acres on Bear Creek just a few miles southeast of Litchfield, which is in Grayson Cty today. Nelson County Marriage Register (actual) Harris James Lydia Malin 29 July 1790 Wm Taylor Harris James Ann Giles 31 May 1802 Wm Taylor George Rogers Clark and His Men Military Records 1778-1784 Compiiled by Margery Heberling Harding page 25 A Pay Role of Capt. Wm Harrods Company of Militia in the county of Kentucky on Duty from the 27th of May to the 8th day of December 1779. Wiliiam Harrod Capt James Harris Sargt Sanuel Harris Soldier Mathew Harris Stephen Harriss page 115 A Pay Roll of a Company of Jefferson County Militia Comandd by John Vantrees March 20-8 April 1782 John Mahard Harris Stehen Harris page 170 A Pay Roll of Jefferson County Militia under- On actual Service in Repeling an Invasion of the Enemy Indians on an expedition against the Enemy under Genl/ George Rogers Clark October 21-26 November 1782 John Vertress Capt Mayhew Harris Saml Harris Stephen Harris Wm Chinowith
Sources
- Stanton H(arris) Nash Family: Research by Stanton H. Nash circa 2003 ; [Ancestry.com] accessed 1 May 2020, James Harris and Lydia Malen : no listing for 2nd wife.
Harris Family Forum; Genealogy.com, Jimmy Harris, 24 April 2003.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with James by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with James:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with James by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with James:
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~3.12%
William White
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A808378 [compare]
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~1.56%
Robin White :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A978977 [compare], Ancestry member RobinPoindexter64
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~1.56%
Mitch White :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A180709 [compare], Ancestry member mpwhite73
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~0.78%
~1.56%
SA (Reed) Asher :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A377056 [compare], Ancestry member SharonAsher2
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~0.78%
~3.12%
Joy Goodwin :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A554408 [compare], Ancestry member JoyDD
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Rejected matches › James Henry Harris Jr (abt.1758-bef.1816)
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Harris-56637 and Harris-22632 could be the same individual. However, there are some inconsistencies between these two profiles, and they make me wonder if there could have been two men named James Harris who arrived in then-Jefferson County, Kentucky, at similar dates.
If there are active Harris researchers working on these lines, I would greatly appreciate it if you could compare the two profiles and see if you have good evidence to support one interpretation or the other. My reasons for thinking these could be two different men are spelled on in the Research Notes for Harris-56637. I would love to collaborate with the research on this family. Thank you for your help!
edited by Jacqueline McDowell