Person:William Harris (14)

NOT PROVEN

I include these records, although there is no factual reference to indicate they are correct becuase 1) the place Boston is correct for the family; 2) birth dates for the children are plausible; 3) the second record deals with a merchant, the occupation of at least one of the Harris brothers.

From Savage's Genealogical Dictionary

WILLIAM, Boston, by w[ife]. Hannah had William, b[orn]. 25 Mar. 1672, d[ied]. at 16 y[ea]rs.; John, Nov. 1673, d[ied]. next y[ea]r. Hannah; Hezekiah; both d[ied]. young; Elizabeth 11 Sept. 1680; Mercy, 26 July 1682; Hezekiah, again, 8 Apr. 1684; John, 9 Aug 1686; and Samuel, 23 Oct. 1688.

WILLIAM, Boston, merch[ant]. d[ied]. bef[ore]. 29 Apr. 1684, leav[ing]. William, b[orn]. of first w[ife]. and sec[ond]. w[ife]. Susan, who d[ied]. 1702, in her will giv[ing]. prop[erty]. to s[on].-in-law WILLIAM, whom I presume to be the merch[ant]. that was saved in the earthquake that swallowed up Port Royal 1692, wh[o]. m[arried]. 11 Apr. 1695, Sarah, d[aughter]. of Richard Crisp, and one of the found[ers]. of Brattle str[eet]. ch[urch]. and d[ied]. 22 Sept. 1721. His wid[ow]. m[arried]. 5 Apr. foll[owing]. Presid[ent]. Leverett; and 15 July 1725, John Clark; and 6 May 1731, Rev. Benjamin Colman, and surv[ived]. him.

1. ↑ Savage, James. A 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 Register. (Boston: Little, Brown, and Co, 1860-1862)
   Vol. 2, p. 365-366.