Jacob Harris (1751 - 1835)

Born 10 Nov 1751 in Alloways Creek, Salem, New Jersey

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah (Stretch) Harris — married about 1784 in Salem County, New Jersey

Descendants

Died 1 Apr 1835 at age 83 in Clark County, Ohio, United States

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Biography

"Jacob, the third son of Abraham Harris, was born in 1751.

Jacob was a weaver by trade and a Baptist by religious profession." ^[1]

Wounded at the Battle of Quinton's Bridge

Private Jacob Harris served with 2nd Battalion (Eastern), Salem County Militia, New Jersey Militia during the American Revolution.

Jacob Harris is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A051623.

Jacob served under Captain Smith, Colonel John Holmes Holmes-15503, and Benj Holmes 2nd New Jersey.

"He was at the Battle of Quinton's Bridge, was severely wounded, and was left on the field by the enemy for dead. ^[1] "After great suffering, he recovered and lived to old age." ^[1]

"He and his family went to the state of Ohio in 1807." ^[1] His children were as follows: ^[1]

Elisha

Isaac

Sarah

Hannah

Sophia

Achsah

Rebecca Harris."

Research Notes

Jacob Harris is a Puritan Great Migration Descendant

Jacob Harris is the gr-gr-gr-grandson of Rev. Thomas James, Sr., whose immigrant profile is found in Anderson's Great Migration begins^[2]

Jacob Harris is a Magna Carta Surety Baron Descendant

Jacob Harris is descended from Saher de Quincy, Magna Carta Surety Baron, as shown in Richardson's Magna Carta Ancestry, documented from Saher de Quincy to Thomas James, Sr.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4} Biographical, genealogical and descriptive history of the First Congressional District of New Jersey
2. ↑ The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III, THOMAS JAMES - page 1072
3. ↑ Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, Vol I, page 347iiia

• 1830 US Census; Census Place: Harmony, Clark, Ohio; Page: 108; NARA Series: M19; Roll Number: 128; Family History Film: 0337939. Ancestry.com. 1830 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. (Accessed 7 July 2014), (Provo, Utah, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010).

• Ancestry.com. U.S., Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files, 1800-1900, [database on-line]. (accessed 7 July 2014), (Provo, Utah, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010). Archive Publication Number: M804, Archive Roll Number: 1199, Total Pages in Packet: 6

• Biographical, genealogical and descriptive history of the First Congressional District of New Jersey, [database on-line], at Archive.org, Original data: Biographical, genealogical and descriptive history of the First Congressional District of New Jersey. (New York: Lewis Publishing Co., 1900), Vol. I, page 216.

• Harris of Cumberland County, New Jersey, by Walter Lee Sheppard, Jr. and Lewis D. Cook, Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine. Philadelphia, PA: Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania, 1895–. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011.) Vol 17, p 97

• The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III, THOMAS JAMES, page 1072 (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2010), (Originally Published as: New England Historic Genealogical Society. Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III, 3 vols., 1995). Thomas James is a Puritan Great Migration ancestor of Jacob Harris. Thomas James is Jacob's great-great-great-grandfather.

• Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, (2011), Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, Royal Ancestry series, 2nd edition, 4 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham, (Salt Lake City, Utah: the author, 2011), volume I, page 347iiia - from Saher de Quincy to Thomas James, Sr.

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