Born before in North Benfleet, Essex, England
Ancestors 
Daughter of John Lake
and Margaret (Reade) Lake
Sister of
John Lake, Thomas Lake, Richard Lake, Hannah (Lake) Gallup, Elizabeth Lake, Samuell Lake and Elizabeth Lake
Wife of
Thomas Harris Jr.
— married
15 Nov 1647 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Descendants 
Mother of
Thomas Harris, Martha Harris, John Harris, Elizabeth (Harris) Gallup, Margaret Harris, Mary Harris, William Harris and Ebenezer Harris Sr.
Died after
after age 71
in Ipswich, Essex, Province of Massachusetts Bay
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Biography
Martha (Lake) Harris immigrated to New England as a child during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640).
Martha Lake was christened 20 JUL 1624 in North Benfleet, Essex, England. She was the daughter of John Lake and Margaret Reade. She married Thomas Harris 15 November 1647 at Ipswich, Massachusetts Bay Colony. She was living in 1696.[1]
From Walter Goodwin Davis, The Ancestry of Bethia Harris (1934) p. 56: [2]
vi. Martha, bapt. at North Benfleet July 20, 1624; migrated with her mother to New England; living in 1687, when her husband made his will; m. at Ipswich Nov. 15, 1647, Thomas Harris of Ipswich, son of Thomas Williams alias Harris of Winnisimet and Elizabeth, his wife.
Children
- Thomas Harris
- Martha Harris
- John Harris
- Elizabeth Harris
- Margaret Harris
- Mary Harris
- William Harris
- Ebenezer Harris
Research notes
FindAGrave gives without source 5 April 1700 as the date of death.[3]
Sources
- ↑ Harris, Gale Ion. The Brothers William2 and Daniel2 Harris of Middletown, Connecticut, The New England Historical & Genealogical Register (NEHGS, Boston, Mass., 2010) Vol. 164, WN 655, Page 166.
- ↑ Walter Goodwin Davis, The Ancestry of Bethia Harris, 1748-1833, Wife of Dudley Wildes of Topsfield, Massachusetts (Portland, Me., The Southworth Press, 1934), available for free at https://archive.org/details/ancestryofbethia00davi/page/56/mode/2up
- ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #102109299 (FaG memorial only - not a burial record).
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