"Mary4 (Hopkins) … m. (1) Capt. Joseph4 Harris, … son of Daniel Harris, Jr.3 of Middletown, Connecticut, … and Abigail Barnes. … that this union was prior to 4 February 1723 is shown by a petition to the Hartford Court bearing that date, in which Thomas Hopkins asks the setting aside of lands purchased by him from Mary Harris and Anna Hopkins, heirs of Joseph Hopkins. (Hartford Probate Records, pp. 8, 38.)"