Christina (Westfall) Harris (abt.1766-1786)

Christina Harris formerly Westfall

Born about 1766 in South Branch, Hampshire, Colony of Virginia

Ancestors

Daughter of George Westfall and [mother unknown]

Sister of Mary (Westfall) Bodkins, Elizabeth Westfall and Sarah (Westfall) Badgley

Wife of Simeon Harris — married 20 Dec 1784 (to Oct 1786) in Harrison, West Virginia, United States

Descendants

Mother of William Harris and Nancy Ann Lowe (Harris) LeMasters

Died 24 Oct 1786 at about age 20 in Harrison, Virginia, United States

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Christina (Westfall) Harris lived in Virginia.

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Biography

Christina (Westfall) Harris lived in Appalachia, in Virginia.

Christina (her name is sometimes misspelled Christian in records) was born about 1766 to parents George Westfall (also spelled Westvaal) and Elizabeth (Unknown) Westfall- her surname thought to be Reeves.

Christina was the first wife of Rev. Simeon Harris. They married in 1784 in Harrison County, West Virginia. They had at least one child together, a daughter Nancy (b. 1785), before she died October 1786.

She passed away in Harrison County, Virginia.

Marriage

20 December 1784

Death

24 October 1786

Sources

History of Harrison County" by Henry Haymond, 1910

"West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FRDJ-6P6 : 11 February 2018), Simen Harris and Christian Westfall, 20 Dec 1784; citing Harrison Co, West Virginia, v 1 p 1, county clerks, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 847,273.

West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970, database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2ZX-CZJT : 22 July 2021), Simon Harris and Christina Westfall, 20 Dec 1784; citing Marriage, Harrison, West Virginia, United States, county clerks, West Virginia; FHL microfilm .

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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Christina 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 Christina: