William Harris1,2,3,4

#1554, b. 17 July 1665, d. 19 February 1751/52
FatherDaniel Harris b. c 1626, d. 30 Nov 1701
MotherMary Weld b. 1 Jul 1629, d. 5 Sep 1711

Spouse

Martha Collins b. 3 Mar 1666/67, d. 14 Aug 1750
Children

BMDB

     William Harris was born at Middletown, Middlesex, Conn, on 17 July 1665.5 He married in Middletown, Middlesex, Conn, on 8 January 1689/90 Martha Collins, daughter of Samuel Collins and Mary Marvin.6 He died at Middletown, Middlesex, Conn, on 19 February 1751/52 at age 86.7 He was buried at Old Farm Hill Cemetery Middletown, Middlesex, Conn, on 21 February 1751/52.8

Other Events

     Patience Harris and William Harris were first cousins. Patience married Daniel Markham, a nephew of Deacon Edward Collins; and William married Martha Collins, a granddaughter of Deacon Edward Collins.

Time Line

Birth1665, Middletown, Middlesex, Conn5
Marriage1690, Middletown, Middlesex, ConnMartha Collins6
Birth of Daughter1692, Middletown, Middlesex, ConnMary Harris6
Birth of Daughter1695, Middletown, Middlesex, ConnSibbill Harris6
Birth of Son1697, Middletown, Middlesex, ConnWilliam Harris6
Birth of Daughter1701, Middletown, Middlesex, ConnPrudence Harris6
Death of Son1740, Middletown, Middlesex, ConnWilliam Harris9
Death of Wife1750, Middletown, Middlesex, ConnMartha Collins7
Death1752, Middletown, Middlesex, Conn7
Burial1752, Old Farm Hill Cemetery Middletown, Middlesex, Conn8
ChartsDescendants of Thomas Harris
Descendants of Edward Marvin
Descendants of Joseph Weld
Deacon's Descendants
Edward + 2G
Edward + 3G
Edward + 4G
Edward + 5G

Flags

DD_HOH
F-A-G Memorial Found

Citations

  1. Clarence Almon Torrey, New England Marriages Prior to 1700, 3 vols. (Boston: NEHGS, 2011), 2:707.
  2. Gale Ion Harris, "The Brothers William and Daniel Harris of Middletown, Connecticut," NEHG Register 164 (2010):165-174, 281-291; 165 (2011):062-067, at 165:062-064.
  3. Donald Lines Jacobus, "Early Harris Families of Western Connecticut," The American Genealogist, 23 (1947):155.
  4. Dwight Brainerd and Donald Lines Jacobus, Ancestry of Thomas Chalmers Brainerd (Montreal: The Author, 1948, Reprinted by Higginson Book Company, Salem, Mass), 093, 152.
  5. Donald Lines Jacobus, "Middletown (Conn.) Vital Records in Land Records, Volume 1," The American Genealogist 12 (1935-36):155-170, 210-222; 13 (1936-37):032-045, at 12:211.
  6. Jacobus, "Middletown VRs" , TAG 12:157.
  7. "Charles R. Hale Collection [of Cemetery Inscriptions and Newspaper Notices of Marriages and Deaths]", (1933-34) at the Connecticut State Library, Middletown, 711-7, (346).
  8. Find A Grave Memorial.
  9. Barbour Collection, citing Vital Records of Middletown, 1:02.