Daniel Harris1,2,3,4,5,6,7

#1564, b. circa 1626, d. 30 November 1701
FatherThomas Harris b. c 1590, d. b 1634
MotherElizabeth (?) b. c 1588, d. 16 Feb 1669/70

Spouse

Mary Weld b. 1 Jul 1629, d. 5 Sep 1711
Children

BMDB

     Daniel Harris was born circa 1626 at England.8 He married in Mass circa 1649 Mary Weld, daughter of Joseph Weld and Elizabeth Wise.9 Daniel Harris died on 30 November 1701 at Middletown, Middlesex, Conn; Barbour gives year in error as 1761.10,11

Other Events

     In 1630 Daniel Harris and his parents emigrated from England to Winnissimmett (Chelsea), Suffolk, Mass.12 His estate was probated on 19 December 1701 at Middletown, Middlesex, Conn.13

Time Line

Birthc 1626, England8
Emigration1630, Winnissimmett (Chelsea), Suffolk, MassThomas Harris12
Marriagec 1649, MassMary Weld9
Birth of Son1665, Middletown, Middlesex, ConnWilliam Harris11
Birth of Son1668, Middletown, Middlesex, ConnJohn Harris10,11
Death1701, Middletown, Middlesex, Conn10,11
Probate1701, Middletown, Middlesex, Conn13
ChartsDescendants of Thomas Harris
Descendants of Joseph Weld

Flags

Probate Found
Middletown First Settler

Citations

  1. James Savage, A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England, 4 vols. (Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1860-1862), 2:360.
  2. Clarence Almon Torrey, New England Marriages Prior to 1700, 3 vols. (Boston: NEHGS, 2011), 2:703.
  3. Meredith B. Colket, Jr, Founders of Early American Families, 2nd rev. ed. (Cleveland: Order of the Founders and Patriots of America, 2002), 150.
  4. 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 164:281.
  5. Donald Lines Jacobus, "Early Harris Families of Western Connecticut," The American Genealogist, 23 (1947):154.
  6. R W. Bacon, "In-Depth First Settler Profile: Daniel Harris (1653) / Mary (Weld) Harris", Society of Middletown First Settlers Descendants (2007).
  7. Dwight Brainerd and Donald Lines Jacobus, Ancestry of Thomas Chalmers Brainerd (Montreal: The Author, 1948, Reprinted by Higginson Book Company, Salem, Mass), 155.
  8. Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633, 3 vols. (Boston: NEHGS, 1996), 2:865.
  9. Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, 7 vols., (Boston: NEHGS, 1999-2011), 7:286.
  10. Barbour Collection, citing Vital Records of Middletown, LR1:21.
  11. 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.
  12. Anderson, GMB, 2:864.
  13. Charles Williams Manwaring, A Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records, 3 vols. (Hartford: RS Peck & Company, 1904-1906), 2:072.