William Harris1,2,3,4,5
#2251, b. circa 1620, d. before 1688
| Father | Thomas Harris b. c 1590, d. b 1634 |
| Mother | Elizabeth (?) b. c 1588, d. 16 Feb 1669/70 |
Spouse | Edith Dorney b. c 1620 |
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BMDB
William Harris was born circa 1620 at England.6,3 He married Edith Dorney before 1642.7 William Harris died before 1688.Other Events
In 1630 William Harris and his parents emigrated from England to Winnissimmett (Chelsea), Suffolk, Mass.8 His estate was probated on 7 November 1719 at Middletown, Middlesex, Conn.9| Charts | Descendants of Thomas Harris Pedigree of Edward Collins Whitmore Pedigree of Frank Farnsworth Starr |
Citations
- James Savage, A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England, 4 vols. (Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1860-1862), 2:365.
- Clarence Almon Torrey, New England Marriages Prior to 1700, 3 vols. (Boston: NEHGS, 2011), 2:707.
- 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 164:166.
- Dwight Brainerd and Donald Lines Jacobus, Ancestry of Thomas Chalmers Brainerd (Montreal: The Author, 1948, Reprinted by Higginson Book Company, Salem, Mass), 156.
- R W. Bacon, "In-Depth First Settler Profile: William Harris (1650) / Edith (______) Harris", Society of Middletown First Settlers Descendants (2007).
- Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633, 3 vols. (Boston: NEHGS, 1996), 2:865.
- Harris, "The Harris Brothers" , Register, 164:167.
- Anderson, GMB, 2:864.
- Charles Williams Manwaring, A Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records, 3 vols. (Hartford: RS Peck & Company, 1904-1906), 2:396.