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Thomas Harris (1664 - 1747)

Thomas Harris
Born in Charlestown, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colonymap
Son of and
Brother of [half], , , and
Husband of — married 25 Feb 1686 in Charlestown, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colonymap
Descendants descendants
Father of , , and
Died at age 83 in Charlestown, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colonymap
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Biography

Birth

Born: 18 Mar 1664 in Charlestown, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony.

Marriages and Children

Married: 1st - Hepzibah Crosswell on 25 February 1686 in Charlestown, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony.[1][2] They had 10 children. Hepzibah died on 3 December 1717 (or 1718).
Married: 2nd - Eleanor Miller on 26 August 1719 in Charlestown.[3] They had 1 child. Eleanor died 8 September 1734 in Charlestown.
Married: 3rd - Mary Dana on 24 April 1735 in Cambridge, Massachusetts.[4] They had no children.
Children of Thomas Harris Jr and Hepzibah Crosswell:
  1. Thomas Harris. Born on 13 November 1686.
  2. Hepzibah Harris. Born on 7 September 1689.
  3. William Harris. Born on 27 May 1692.
  4. Silence Harris. Born on 8 February 1694.
  5. Ebenezer Harris. Born on 11 June 1698.
  6. William Harris. Born on 29 October 1700.
  7. John Harris. Born on 23 June 1704.
  8. Abigail Harris. Born on 16 September 1705.
  9. Rachel Harris. Baptized on 9 June 1706.
  10. Elizabeth Harris. Born on 11 November 1707.
Child of Thomas Harris Jr and Eleanor Miller:
  1. Jonathan Harris. Born on 5 July 1721.

Death

Died: 5 October 1747 in Charlestown, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony.

Thomas wrote his will on 1 February 1737. His estate passed probate on 19 October 1747.[5]

Beneficiaries:

  • my well beloved wife Mary Harris
  • Children:
  • my son Thomas
  • my son Ebenezer
  • Hepzibah Capon, wife of James Capon
  • Silence
  • Abigail Conant


Sources

  1. ↑ Marriage: "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
    citing Marriage, Charlestown, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 004198966.
    FamilySearch Record: FCSH-2YN (accessed 24 February 2023)
    FamilySearch Image: 3QS7-L9QY-H3XF Image number 00217
    Thomas Harris marriage to Hephsiba Creswel on 25 Feb 1685 in Charlestown, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony.
  2. ↑ Harris genealogy : a history of James Harris, of New London, Conn., and his descendants; from 1640 to 1878. With an appendix containing brief notices of several other early settlers of New England of the name of Harris by Morgan, Nathaniel H. (Nathaniel Harris), 1805-1881', 1878, pp 204, archive.org (accessed 24 February 2023)
  3. ↑ Marriage: "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
    citing Marriage, Charlestown, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009468.
    FamilySearch Record: FH4Z-5QN (accessed 24 February 2023)
    FamilySearch Image: 3QS7-897M-59VL-L Image number 00161
    Thomas Harris marriage to Eleanor Miller on 26 Aug 1719 in Charlestown, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States.
  4. ↑ Marriage: "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
    citing Marriage, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009680.
    FamilySearch Record: FHWJ-44V (accessed 24 February 2023)
    FamilySearch Image: 3QS7-L979-4KT Image number 00353
    Thomas Harris marriage to Mary Dana on 24 Apr 1735 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony.
  5. ↑ Probate: Middlesex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1648-1871.Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives. Digitized images provided by FamilySearch.org) Middlesex Cases 10000-11999; Case 10507 dated 1747; 6 pages. https://www.americanancestors.org/DB536/rd/14462/10507-co1/263881423
  • Harris, Gale Ion. "John1 Harris of Charlestown, Massachusetts, and North Yarmouth, Maine", (part 1) in New England Historical and Genealogical Register, volume 170. (Spring 2016): pages 152-59.




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