Person:James Harris (7)

Watchers
Lt. James Harris
m. 1666
  1. Sarah Harris1667/68 -
  2. Mary HarrisAbt 1669 - 1670
  3. Deborah Harris1670 -
  4. James Harris1673 - 1757
  5. Margaret Harris1674/75 - Bef 1683
  6. Mary Harris1676/77 - Bef 1686
  7. Elizabeth Harris1678 -
  8. Asa Harris1680 - 1715
  9. Hannah Harris1682 -
  10. Ephraim Harris1684 - Bef 1688
  11. Mary Harris1686 -
  12. Ephraim Harris1688 -
Facts and Events
Name[1][2][3][4][5][6][7] Lt. James Harris
Gender Male
Birth? 1640 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts
Alt Birth? England
Marriage 1666 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusettsto Sarah _____
Other? Abt 1690 New London, ConnecticutResided
Death[8] 4 Jun 1714 New London, Connecticut
Will? 30 Sep 1715 Proved At New London
Other? Boston, Suffolk, MassachusettsResided
Other? Maybe From EnglandEmigrated

Seven of their children were baptized at the Old South Meeting House, Boston, in 1683.

From Savage's Genealogical Dictionary


JAMES, Boston, by w[ife]. Sarah had Sarah, b[orn]. 2 Mar. 1668; James, 4 Apr. 1673; Margaret, 16 Jan. 1674, d[ied]. soon; Mary, 3 Feb. 1677; Deborah; Elizabeth; Asa, 10 Nov. 1680; Hannah, 22 Apr. 1682; all bapt[ized]. 1683; Ephraim, 17 Dec. 1684; Mary, again, 11 Oct. 1686; Ephraim, again, 11 July 1688; and, perhaps by ano[ther]. w[ife]. James.

Eight of this name had, in 1828, been gr[aduated]. at Harv[ard]. and none at Yale, four at Dart[mouth]. sixteen at the other N[ew]. E[ngland]. and N[ew]. J[ersey]. coll[eges]. as Farmer found.

From Joshua Hempstead's Diary


June 9, 1714, Old James Harris died at New London.

References
  1. E. Glenn Denison, Josphine Middleton Peck and Donald L. Jacobus. Denison Genealogy - Ancestors and Descendants of Captain George Denison. (Pequot Press, Inc. Stonington, Ct.).
  2. John Denison Baldwin and William Clift. DENISON: A Record of the Descendants of Captain George Denison of Stonington, CT. (Tyler & Seagrave 1881).
  3. George Burlingame Denison. DENISON: A Record of the Descendants of Samuel Denison. (Muscatine, Iowa 1884).
  4. Nathaniel Harris Morgan. HARRIS: James Harris of New London, Conn and His Descendants from 1640 to 1878, A History of.
  5. New England Historic Genealogical Society. NEHGS Register
    October 1951 "Harrises in Boston before 1700", page 246.
  6. Researcher.

    Elaine Tillquist Pavone, Jerald Chittenden

  7. James Savage, Former President of the Massachusetts Historical Society and Editor of Winthrop's History of New England. Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England, Showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before May 1692, on the Basis of Farmer's. (1860-62 and Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD, 1965; Corrected electronic version copyright Robert Kraft, July 1994)
    Vol. 2, p. 361, 366.
  8. Jesus Christ Church of Latter Day Saints. Family History Library
    AFN 11Q3-522.