Born in Plainfield, Windham, Connecticut
Ancestors 
Daughter of Ebenezer Harris Sr.
and Rebecca (Clarke) Harris
Sister of
Thomas Harris, Ebenezer Harris, Sarah Harris [half], Christobel (Harris) Parke [half], Ann Harris [half], Ebenezer Harris Jr. [half], Elizabeth Harris [half], Daniel Harris [half], Peter Harris [half], Mary Harris [half] and Nathan Harris [half]
Wife of
Ebenezer Dow
— married
29 Dec 1720 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Died
at age 94
in Voluntown, New London, Connecticut, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 18 Jan 2012
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Biography
Martha Harris was born on 26 Nov 1696 in Plainfield, Connecticut to parents Ebenezer Harris and Rebecca Clarke. She married Ebenezer Dow on 29 Dec 1720 in Voluntown, Connecticut. Children: Hannah, Daniel, Nathan, Mary, Rebecca, Aaron, Ebenezer, Aaron, Benjamin, Nathan. She died on 4 Jan 1791 in Voluntown, Connecticut.
Sources
- Connecticut Town Birth Records, pre-1870
- Connecticut Town Marriage Records, pre-1870
- Connecticut Town Death Records, Pre-1870
- Connecticut Church Record Abstracts
- American Genealogical Biographical Index
- Smith, Philip M., Queries And Answers, The American Genealogist (Barrington, RI, 1936) Vol. 13, Page 268.
- Connecticut: Vital Records (The Barbour Collection), 1630-1870 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011.) From original typescripts, Lucius Barnes Barbour Collection, 1928. https://www.americanancestors.org/DB414/rd/13221/30/234923469
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Martha by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Martha:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Martha by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Martha:
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~0.39%
Kathie (Parks) Forbes
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A340796 [compare], Ancestry member kathieforbes1
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~0.39%
Patricia M.d. :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A587891 [compare], Ancestry member PATDOW65
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~0.39%
Russell Butler :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch BU4764983 [compare], yourDNAportal RUS142f35e3, Ancestry member rpbcjb83
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~0.39%
Lane Pitcher :
AncestryDNA
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~0.39%
Lana (Pitcher) Sigler :
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~0.39%
Francis X Giardiello :
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Harris-8663 and Harris-4897 appear to represent the same person because: Duplicate
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