Person:Deborah Harkness (1)

From "A collection of articles about the early history of Peru, NY" by J Warren Harkness: Early Settlers of Hallock Hill: David and Daniel Harkness [This appears to be written probably about 1899] [1]

This Adam Harkness had two sons and two daughters who came to live in (old) Peru besides about as many who did not.

Deborah Harkness, another sister of David and Daniel, came to Peru a few years later, and afterward become the second wife of Stephen Keese, whose daughter Elizabeth married Benjamin Smith and was the mother of Stephen Keese Smith, who still lives in Peru.

1. ↑ Friends Records at East Hoosuck (Adams), MA, in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society)
   71:365.

   Deborah Harkness Born 2nd ye 5th mo 1772 at Smithfield

2.   Arnold, James N. Vital Record of Rhode Island, 1636–1850: First series, births, marriages and deaths. A family register for the people. (Narragansett Hist. Publ. Co., 1891)
   7:189.

   Harkness, Deborah of Adam and Thankful, [b. ] Smithfield, 2d 3m 1772. [2 Mar 1772]