There are several John Harrises in Ipswich based on deed activity, and more in other towns in Essex county.
*John Harris Sen'r, deputy sheriff, locksmith and gunsmith, d. 15 Sep 1714 in his 64th year (born about 1651), had a wife Esther.
*Sgt John Harris, d. 1732, a. 82 y, born about 1650), had a wife Grace (not, as Hammatt suggests, the same man who m. Elizabeth Wells)
*John Harris 3d, later Jr., fisherman, had a wife Mary (this John Harris) and son Thomas
*John Harris who had a wife Mary, possibly a barber, brother of Samuel Harris of Marblehead, and son of John Harris Sen'r (Hammatt shows no son John but one is named in the will).
*John Harris who had a wife Elizabeth Cowes, probably son of this John Harris, d. 1736 as Capt. John Harris.
It is possible there are others (one John Harris had a wife Margaret, one m. 1700 Susanna Wardwell, some are called husbandman, etc.)
Below are deeds that appear to probably belong to the fisherman John who had a wife Mary.
Vol. 14, p. 263 [blank] Oct 1697: John Wainwright of Ipswich with consent of Elizabeth his now wife for £50 conveys to John Harris of Ipswich fisherman a dwelling house & land adjoining in Ipswich bounded by widdow Wood [and others].
Vol. 16, p. 11 26 May 1696: Zacheus Newmarsh of Ipswich yeoman for £20 conveys to John Harris of Ipswich fisherman a parcel of land being part of a house lott that was formerly Baker Woodes of Ipswich bounded by Mr ffrancis Wainwright Sen'r of Ipwich, land of Obadia Wood [and others]. Also signed by Phebe Penuell (not mentioned in deed) who acknowledged in 1702 as Phebe Chapman formerly Penuell.
Vol. 23, p. 226 17 Dec 1711: John harris of Ipswich fisherman [and Mary his wife]for £9-5-0 conveys to Mr Andrew Birdley of Ipswich all his right to commonage in Ipswich, namely his division on Jeffereys Neck #172, his division on [Crosses?] Banks #153, and his division at Chebacco Woods not yet drawn.
Vol. 37, p. 77 1 Jan 1710/11: John Harris 3 of Ipswich fisherman for £29 mortgages to Francis Wainwright of Ipswich Merch't a dwelling house & land in Ipswich bounded on land formerly Obediah Woods Dece'd [see 14:263 above, also 43:260 below.]
Vol. 43, p. 260 19 Nov 1723: John Harriss Jun'r of Ipswich Fisherman in consideration that my son Thomas Harriss Jun'r of Ipswich Fisherman took up & answered to Stepehn Minott of Marblehead merchant & one of the executors of the will of Coll'o Francis Wainwright late of Ipswich dece'd a deed of mortgage which I John Harriss made to him, freely give to my son Thomas Harris a house with land in Ipswich bounded on land formerly Obadiah Woods dec'd [and others} about 3/4 acre but understood that John and "his now wife" have possession & improvement of one half of the above during their natural lives.
