THE HARRIS FAMILY
THE HARRIS FAMILY The founder of the Harris family in America was Robert Harris, a Welsh emigrant, born 1630 and who came to America and the Virginia colony about 1651. He married Mrs. Mary Rice (born 1657 or 1660) daughter of William Claiborne and Elizabeth Buller. Claiborne was secretary of the Colony, 1625 to 1635; Treasurer, 1642 to 1660 surveyor-general in 1625 and commander of several expeditions against the Indians. He died in 1676. Robert Harris died in 17-0 leaving one son, William Harris. William Harris married Temperance Overton, daughter of Wm. Overton and Mary Walters. She was born 2 Mar 1679, and died 19 Feb 171-. Overton was the son of Col. Robert Overton, one of Cromwell's Ironsides, who died in England after the fall of the Commonwealth. Wm. Overton was a wealthy tobacco planter in Hanover. Temperance Overton Harris was buried at "Cedar Hill" in Hanover and her tombstone can still be found. She married Harris about 1695. Their children were: married Mourning Glenn Robert Elizabeth George John Benjamin married William Overton, probably a cousin. Jemima married Ann _____________________ . Edward David Major Robert Harris of the above children was born in Hanover 1696 and died in Albemarle County in 1765. His will was proven in Albemarle, 8 Aug 1765. He made his home in Hanover until 1742 when he was appointed by the king as surveyor of Louisa County, which at that time was being cut off from Hanover. He was a member of the House of Burgesses from Hanover at the time but he resigned his seat and settled in the new county of Louisa. Later, he moved in to Albemarle and owned a large tract of land at Brown's Cove. The witnesses to his will were Daniel Maupin, John Maupin, John Maupin, Jr., William Maupin and Connerly Mullins. He married Mourning Glenn (17-2-1776), 30 Jan 1720. The children Ann Christopher Tyree Mary
of Major Robert Harris and Mourning Glenn were: Married John Dabney m. Mary Dabney; second, Agnes McCord m. ______ Chapman; second, ______Simpson m. James Harris. Their Children were: a. Mourning, m. Cornelius Maupin (20) b. Thomas, m. Susan Dabney. Children: 1. William, m. daughter of Daniel Maupin (19)
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Mourning Lucy Sarah Robert Rachael William
Frances
2. Jarratt, wife unknown. Children: I. Nancy, m. Thomas Maupin (43). II. Mary Virginia, m. Arthur Maupin (44a) III. Larkin Harris of Monroe Co. MO. 3. Betsy, married Bernard Maupin, son of Cornelius (20). married John Jouett married William Shelton Married Johne Rodes married Lucretia Brown married Wi IIi am Dalton married ____________ Mitchell; second, _________ Thompson; third, Hannah Jameson, who survived him and married Saddler Daniel Maupin. born 27 Jan 1746, m. Joel Crawford.
Christopher Harris, the son of Major Robert Harris, was born in Hanover Co. or the new county of Louisa, 3 Feb 1725. On 22 Feb 1745, he married Mary Dabney, daughter of Cornelius Dabney and Sarah, his wife. He married second, Agnes McCord, (21 Dec 1740- ) daughter of Johannes McCord (born 1685) and his wife, Isabel, born 1698. McCord's will was probated in Albemarle in 1764 and one of the witnesses was Gabriel Maupin (6). Christopher Harris died in Madison County, KY, in 1794. His will was probated 4 Mar 1794. He was a member of the company of men who defended Boonesborough against the Indians and British during the Revolution. His children by Mary Dabney were: Dabney Sarah
Robert Tyree Elizabeth Mourning Christopher Mary
b. 15 Dec 1745; moved to Surrey Co., NC b. 11 Jan 1747; m. James Martin. Their son, William, (1765-1841) married Winifred Gentry. See Gentry Family. Mary Martin, daughter of this marriage, married Garland Maupin (60), and another daughter, Elizabeth, married Elias Simms. See James G. Maupin (87). b. 24 Aug 1749; m. Nancy Grubbs. married Foster Jones married Elizabeth Grubbs married George Jones
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