William Harris1,2,3

#2003, b. 20 May 1697, d. 15 June 1740
FatherWilliam Harris b. 17 Jul 1665, d. 19 Feb 1751/52
MotherMartha Collins b. 3 Mar 1666/67, d. 14 Aug 1750

Spouse

Elizabeth Johnson b. 12 Dec 1699, d. 12 Mar 1777

BMDB

     William Harris was born at Middletown, Middlesex, Conn, on 20 May 1697.4 He was baptized on 23 May 1697 at Middletown, Middlesex, Conn.5 He married Elizabeth Johnson, daughter of Joseph Johnson and Elizabeth Blake, on 2 February 1720/21 at Middletown, Middlesex, Conn; This was her first marriage. Her second married name was Doolittle.6 He died at Middletown, Middlesex, Conn, on 15 June 1740 at age 43.6 He was buried at Old Farm Hill Cemetery Middletown, Middlesex, Conn, on 17 June 1740.7,8

Time Line

Birth1697, Middletown, Middlesex, Conn4
Baptism1697, Middletown, Middlesex, Conn5
Marriage1721, Middletown, Middlesex, ConnElizabeth Johnson6
Death1740, Middletown, Middlesex, Conn6
Burial1740, Old Farm Hill Cemetery Middletown, Middlesex, Conn7,8
ChartsDescendants of Thomas Harris
Descendants of Edward Marvin
Descendants of Joseph Weld
Deacon's Descendants
Edward + 3G
Edward + 4G
Edward + 5G

Flags

F-A-G Memorial Found

Citations

  1. 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 165:063.
  2. Donald Lines Jacobus, "Early Harris Families of Western Connecticut," The American Genealogist, 23 (1947):157.
  3. Dwight Brainerd and Donald Lines Jacobus, Ancestry of Thomas Chalmers Brainerd (Montreal: The Author, 1948, Reprinted by Higginson Book Company, Salem, Mass), 152.
  4. 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 12:157.
  5. Records of First Church of Christ, Congregational, Middletown, Connecticut, 1668-1870 (n.p.: n.pub.), 50.
  6. Barbour Collection, citing Vital Records of Middletown, 1:02.
  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 (343).
  8. Find A Grave Memorial.