James HARRIS
Birth:
1662
Donegal, Ireland
Death:
1730
Prob Lancaster, Pennsylvania
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Mother:
Sources:
Harris History
Notes:
There may have been a Mary Laird as a wife also.
All immigrated to Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania, early in the eighteenth century.
James Harris spent his early life in Donegal, Ulster Province, Ireland, where he married and where his children were born. He was a Presbyterian and was said to be a member of the Raphoe meeting held at Conway. It is believed that he came to Swatara Creek, Derry Township, Lancaster County, PA with his children and died there about 1730. His family was probably in close connection with the family of his brother Robert Harris, s ince their children intermarried, and family records report the close friendship between his son Judge John Harris and cousin THomas Harris who lived nearby.
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Mother:
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Sources:
Harris History
Notes:
I had this name before the Harris book.
Children
Marriage
Notes:
He had a farm on the Swartara, and that estate was divided by the Orphans Court, on Sep. 6, 1763.
This is a copy from book by Robert Stewart:"William, son of James and Mary Simpson married Catharine Wilson; emigrated from Ireland; settled at Swatara; had James, John, William who died young, Sarah, Mary and Robert."Ann, sister of William, married David Caldwell; emigrated to Pennsylvania; moved to Carolina; had a family of of children. After the death of D. Caldwell she married Robert Harris, son of Robert and Dorothy Wiley.
My death date differs with the Harris book.
Notes:
.--"Ancestors and Descendants of Robert Harris St. 1702-1788" by Mary Harris Stratton..
Ancestors & Desc. of Robert Harris Sr. 1702-1788 by Mary Harris Staratton has Caldwell info.
It is speculated that Ann Harris was the daughter of James Harris and his first wife, Mary Simpson, before they came to America between 1740/1747, and it is felt that she and her husband, David Caldwell, must have lived there or close by (Raphoe, County Donegal, Ireland). Her grandfather was Edward Harris who married Flora Douglas. She is descended from a long line of Harris' that are traced to the 1000s. The citation I have on this is: "Isaac Harris of Havana", published in 1938. From Dorothy Alford
At his death, her husband, David Caldwell, bequeathed to her allhousehold furniture, 2 cows and her horse and saddle as well as her bed as well as two negroes Nightingale and Emmy (Son William was to take care of her, and get balance of estate on her death)
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This is a copy from book by Robert Stewart:"William, son of James and Mary Simpson married Catharine Wilson; emigrated from Ireland; settled at Swatara; had James, John, William who died young, Sarah, Mary and Robert."Ann, sister of William, married David Caldwell; emigrated to Pennsylvania; moved to Carolina; had a family of of children. After the death of D. Caldwell she married Robert Harris, son of Robert and Dorothy Wiley.
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James HARRIS
Birth:
1718
Donegal, Ireland
Death:
1 Sep 1804
Prob Pennsylvania, Un ited States
Marr:
Notes:
Never married. On Dec. 20, 1801 was living with his sister-in-law, widow of his half brother, John, at Mifflintown, Mifflin County,PA.
He was a surveyor and is believed to be the author of the Mifflintown Document.
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James Harris - Blocked
James Harris
was born at Donegal, Ireland 1662.
His parents were Edward Garrus Harris and Flora Douglas.
He married Blocked .
They were the parents of 3
children:
William L. Harris
born 1701.
Ann Harris
born Abt 1715.
James Harris
born 1718.
James Harris died 1730 at Prob Lancaster, Pennsylvania .