Thomas Harris (1710 - 1783)

Born Nov 1710 in Fairfield, Salem County, New Jersey

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah (Dayton) Harris — married before 1730 in Fairfield, New Jersey

Husband of Susanna (Fox) Harris — married about 1774 in Fairfield, Cumberland, New Jersey

Descendants

Died 27 Apr 1783 at age 72 in Fairfield, Cumberland, New Jersey

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Biography

Capt Thomas Harris, son of Thomas and Anna Harris of Fairfield, Salem (later Cumberland), New Jersey, was born iin Nov 1710.^[1]

Thomas Harris married twice.^[1] His first wife, Sarah Dayton, was daughter of Ephraim Dayton of Fairfield, New Jersey.^[1] All thirteen of Thomas Harris' children were from his first marriage, to Sarah Dayton.^[1] Sarah (Dayton) Harris died 2 April 1774.^[1]

Capt Thomas Harris married second, as her third husband Susannah (Elmer) Wescott.^[1]

Thomas served as Captain in New Jersey militia.^[1]

Will - Death - Burial

Capt Thomas Harris died testate 27 April 1783, age 72 years and 5 months.^[1] He was buried in the Presbyterian churchyard near Fairton, New Jersey (a town just south of Fairfield and the Cohansey River).^[1]

Relationships are named by Thomas in his will:

In his will, dated 6 Feb 1781, he refers to himself as Thomas Harris of Fairfield, Cumberland County, New Jersey.^[2] In his will Thomas names his wife Susanna, and "oldest son") Ephraim, other sons Ameriah, and James, daughters Ruth Bower, Sarah Clark, Abigail Stratton, Barshaba Brooks, and Judeth Harris.^[2] Thomas also names a grandson who is underage, Isaac Harris, whose father evidently died and whose mother, evidently remarried, is named Ruth Lawrence.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8} Part I: The Family of Thomas Harris of Fairfield, PGM Vol 17, pp 81-82
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Calendar of New Jersey Will, Administrations, Etc., Vol VI, 1781 - 1785, page 179 - 180, Probate of Thomas Harris

• Calendar of New Jersey Will, Administrations, Etc., database online at Archive.org, editor Elmer T. Hutchinson, (Trenton, New Jersey, 1939), Archives of the state of New Jersey XXXV First series; v. 1-42, database online, Vol VI, 1781 - 1785, page 179 - 180, Probate of Thomas Harris

• Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine. Philadelphia, PA: Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania, 1895–. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011.) Part I: The Family of Thomas Harris of Fairfield, PGM Vol 17, pp 81-82

• Seversmith, Herbert Furman. Colonial Families of Long Island, New York and Connecticut (Washington, D.C., 1939) Vol. 2, Page 898