Person:Agnes Harris (2)

m. 18 Jan 1586/87
  1. George Harris1588/89 - 1635
  2. Agnes Harris1590/91 - 1593
  3. Priscilla Harris1592 - 1651
  4. Joan Harris1595 - Bef 1647
  5. John Harris1597 - Bef 1628/29
  6. Philip Harris1599 - 1599/00
  7. Phillipa Harris1600 - 1682
  8. Elizabeth Harris1602 - 1635
  9. Agnes Harris1604 - Aft 1680
  10. Mayor Richard Harris1608 - 1664/65
  11. Mary Harris1609/10 - Aft 1669
m. Bef 1633
  1. Elizabeth SpencerEst 1633 - Aft 1690/91
  2. Sarah SpencerCal 1635 - 1691
  3. Samuel SpencerEst 1639 - Est 1716
m. 11 Dec 1645
  1. Richard Edwards1647 - 1718
Facts and Events
Name[1] Agnes Harris
Gender Female
Christening[1][2][3] 6 Apr 1604 Barnstaple, Devon, England
Marriage Bef 1633 to Lieutenant William Spencer
Marriage 11 Dec 1645 Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United Statesto William Edwards
Death[4] Aft 1680 Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States

Named in her mother Elizabeth’s will, as well as that of her sister Priscilla in 1651 and her brother Richard in 1665 (all proven at Canterbury). Agnes was the sister of Richard Harris, mayor of Barnstaple as had been Bartholomew Harris, their father.

References
  1. 1.0 1.1 William Spencer, in Anderson, Robert Charles. The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995)
    3:1724.

    Agnes Harris, baptized Barnstaple, Devonshire, 6 April 1604, daughter of Bartholomew and Elizabeth (Collamore) Harris. She married (2) Hartford 11 December 1645 William Edwards [TAG 63:33-45].

  2. Richardson, Douglas C. (Douglas Charles). The English Origin of Agnes Harris, of Hartford, Conn: Wife of William1 Spencer and William1 Edwards. American Genealogist (D.L. Jacobus). (Jan 1988)
    68:41.

    "Agnes (Harris) bp. (Barnstaple) 6 April 1604; living Hartford, Conn., 1680; m. (1) prob. Cambridge (then 'Newe Towne'), Mass., William Spencer; m. (2) Hartford, Conn., 11 Dec. 1645 William Edwards, b. 1618."

  3. Wainwright, Thomas. Parish register of baptisms, marriages, and burials 1538 A.D. to 1812 A.D. (Exeter: James G. Commin, 1903).
  4. Jacobus, Donald Lines, and Edgar Francis Waterman. Hale, House and Related Families, Mainly of the Connecticut River Valley. (Hartford: The Connecticut Historical Society, 1952)
    527.