Born in Fitzwilliam, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of John Whitney
and Mary (Jones) Whitney
Sister of
Nathan Whitney, Mary (Whitney) Harris, Lucy Whitney, Sally (Whitney) Farrar, John Whitney, Sofirah (Whitney) Dexter and Luke Whitney
Wife of
Luke Harris
— married
6 Apr 1817 in Fitzwilliam, Cheshire New Hampshire, United States
Descendants 
Mother of
Isaiah T. Harris
Died
at age 65
in Nelson, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 30 Jan 2019
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Biography
Betsy was born in 1792. He is the son of John Whitney and Mary Jones. Betsy married Luke Harris who was previously married to Betsy's older sister Mary Whitney who died in 1816. [1]
She married Luke Harris on 6 April 1817 at Fitzwilliam, Cheshire, New Hampshire.[2]
She and Luke appeared on the census of 13 Sep. 1850 at Richmond, Cheshire, New Hampshire.[3]
She died in 1858 and is buried in Nelson, New Hampshire. [4]
Census
13 Sep. 1850
Richmond, Cheshire, New Hampshire
- Luke Harris Male 59 b. NH farmer.
- Betsey Harris Female 58 b. NH
- Isaiah T Harris Male 20 b. NH. farmer.
- Caroline E Harris Female 17 b. NH.
- Francis L Whitney Male 10 b. NH[3]
Sources
- ↑ The history of Fitzwilliam, New Hampshire, from 1752-1887 by Norton, John F., Burr Printing House, New York, 1888. (P. 770)
- ↑ "New Hampshire Marriages, 1720-1920," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FDV9-G2C : 10 February 2018), Luke Harris and Betsy Whitney, 06 Apr 1817; citing reference ; FHL microfilm 15,357.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWZD-GH3 : 12 April 2016), Isaiah T Harris in household of Luke Harris, Richmond, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States; citing family 859, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
- ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 14 December 2020), memorial page for Betsy Whitney Harris (1793–3 Jul 1858),Find A Grave: Memorial #175560937, citing Nelson Cemetery, Nelson, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, USA ; Maintained by A Helper (contributor 47928886).
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Betsy 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 Betsy:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Betsy 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 Betsy:
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~1.56%
Elizabeth (Scalf) Flower
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch QT8109846 [compare], Ancestry member elizabethflower_1
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~1.56%
~6.25%
Sherry Pratt :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch ZG4468157 [compare], Ancestry member sherrypratt60
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