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Daniell HARRIS
and
Mary WELD

Daniell HARRIS b. abt 1617 in Hatherup Gloucestershire, England, the Son of Thomas HARRIS and Elizabeth HILLS, and married 26 October 1648, in Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts, Mary WELD daughter of Joseph WELD and Elizabeth SHATSWELL. She was born 11 November 1627, in Sudbury Suffolk, England and died 5 Sep. 1711, in Middletown Middlesex, Connecticut. Daniell died 30 November 1701 in Middletown, Middlesex, Massachusetts.

Genealogical Dictionary of New England Settlers
Volume 2 page 366

Harris,

DANIEL, Rowley 1643, perhaps br. of Anthony, m. Mary, d. of Joseph Weld of Roxbury rem. a. 1652, to Middletown, there in 1660 was appro. to keep an inn, a lieut. in 1661, and capt. after, had large fam. Of his ds. Mary, b. 2 Apr. 1651, at Rowley, m. 26 Oct. 1669, Isaac Johnson, Jr. of Roxbury; Eliz. 22 Mar. 1660, m. John Hunnewell; Sarah, 17 Feb. 1661, d. soon; Sarah, again, 3 Sept. 1663, m. Samuel Bidwell; Hannah, 11 Feb. 1670, m. first, a Cook, and, next, 5 June 1714, a Sprague. The s. were Daniel, b. 15 July 1653; Joseph, 12 Feb. 1655; Thomas, 20 May 1657; William, 17 July 1665; and John, 4 Jan. 1668. He d. last of Nov. 1701, and in his will, of 1699, names all the ch. as liv. except d. Bidwell wh. he refers to as d. and Joseph, prob. d. His wid...

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Thomas HARRIS

ORIGIN: Hatherup, Gloucestershire (or vicinity)
MIGRATION: 1630
FIRST RESIDENCE: Winnissimmett
OCCUPATION: Ferryman. On 18 May 1631 "Tho[mas] Will[ia]ms hath undertaken to set up a ferry betwixt Winnettsem[e]t & Charlton, for which he is to have after 3d. a person, & from Winnettsem[e]t to Boston 4d. a person" [MBCR 1:87].
FREEMANSHIP: Requested October 1630 (as "Thomas Will[ia]ms alias Harris") and admitted 18 May 1631 (as "Thomas Williams") [MBCR 1:80, 366].
OFFICES: Coroner's jury, 18 September 1630 on the body of William Bateman (as "Thomas Williams") [MBCR 1:78].
ESTATE: Thomas Harris died before land records were maintained, and left no will. He does not appear in the lists of early Charlestown residents, or in Boston records, so it is likely that he supported himself solely by his ferrying operations. Examination of the land records of WILLIAM STITSON might show that some land was earlier held by Thomas Harris.
BIRTH: Born about 1590 in or near Hatherup, Gloucestershire, son of William and Agnes (Mason) Harris [Bethia Harris Anc 5].
DEATH: Prior to 1634, when Stitson took over the ferry between Boston and Winnissimmet.
MARRIAGE: By about 1613 Elizabeth _____. She married (2) WILLIAM STITSON, who took over the ferry operation. Her death is given as 16 February 1669/70, aged 93 [ChVR 1:73]; she was more likely a decade younger.
CHILDREN: 

   i ANNA,    b. about 1613
             (d. Reading 7 September 1697, aged 84);
              m. by 1635 Elias Maverick, son of Rev. JOHN MAVERICK.
  ii JOHN,    b. say 1616;
              m. (1) by about 1645 Bridget _____ (eldest child b. by
                                   about 1645 [Bethia Harris Anc 10-11]);
              m. (2) Rowley 24 October 1677 Elizabeth (Rowlandson) Wells;
              m. (3) Alice _____, who survived him [Bethia Harris Anc 10].
 iii THOMAS,  b. about 1618 (deposed aged about forty in 1658
                            [EQC 2:113]);
              m. Ipswich 15 November 1647 Martha Lake [Bethia Harris Anc
                                          56].
  iv WILLIAM, b. say 1620;
              m. (1) by 1645 Edith _____ (first child b. Rowley 1 July
                             1645);
              m. (2) by Lydia (Wright) Smith, daughter of Thomas Wright
                        and widow of Joseph Smith [TAG 23:153;
                        Manwaring 1:233].
   v ANTHONY, b. say 1622;
              m. by 1651 Elizabeth _____, who survived him
                         and was named in his 1651 will
                         [Bethia Harris Anc 8, citing MPR Case #10479].
  vi DANIEL,  b. say 1626;
              m. by 1651 Mary Weld (first child b. Rowley 2 April 1651),
                         daughter of Joseph Weld (on 19 May 1652
                         "Daniell Harris and Mary my wife, one of the
                         daughters of Captain Joseph Weld of Roxbury
                         ... late deceased" sold to John Weld land that
                         had been bequeathed to her by "her said father
                         Joseph Weld" [SLR 1:260; Parker-Ruggles 500-01;
                         Brainerd Anc 153, 155, 296-97; TAG 23:154]).
ASSOCIATIONS: Nephew Richard Iles also resided at Winnissimmet.
COMMENTS: Three documents are critical for defining this family: the 1639 will of Richard Iles of Winnissimmet; the 1680 deposition of William Stitson; and the will of William Stitson. Iles was nephew of Thomas Harris, and may have come with him in 1630; in his will he names his cousins Thomas Harris, William Harris, Anthony Harris, John Harris, Anne Maverick and Daniel Harris, giving 20s. to each, and also a coverlet to "my aunt for her pains and her love" [NEHGR 2:102-03]. (A discussion of this will by T. W. Harris is helpful, but must be used with care [NEHGR 3:218-21].) On 15 June 1680, Deacon William Stitson testified that Thomas Harris kept the ferry from Boston to Winnissimmet and Charlestown forty-nine years ago, and that he married Harris's widow [Middlesex County Court Records, 1671-1680, p. 297]. In his will of 2 April 1688 William Stitson bequeathed to "John Harris, Thomas Harris, William Harris, Daniel Harris, and Anna Maverick, relict widow of Elias Maverick, deceased, the children of my first wife" [MPR Case #21376]. In some early records, Thomas uses the double name "Williams alias Harris" or simply the surname "Williams." The reason for this is not known, and his descendants used only Harris, the ancestral surname. No records of Thomas Harris in England have been found other than the mention in his father's 1599 will. Since the Winthrop Fleet was assembled mostly from East Anglia and London, one would expect to find evidence of the marriage of Thomas and the baptisms of his children in these areas rather than in Gloucestershire. Davis suggests, however, that Harris came on the Lyon, which sailed from Bristol and not from London. (The only reliable account of this family is in Walter Goodwin Davis, The Ancestry of Bethia Harris ... [Portland, Maine, 1934], pp. 3-34.)

CHIDREN of Daniell HARRIS and Mary WELD:


    1. RACHEL    b:        1649; Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts
 +  2. MARY      b:  2 Apr 1651; Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts.
                md: 26 Dec 1669; Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut.
                                 Isack JOHNSON
                 d:  1 Aug 1740; Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut.
    3. DANIEL    b: 15 Jul 1653; Rowley Essex, Massachusetts.
                 d: 18 Oct 1735, Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut.
    4. JOSEPH    b: 12 Feb 1655; Rowley Essex, Massachusetts.
                 d:        1698;
    5: THOMAS    b: 20 May 1657; Rowley Essex, Massachusetts.
                 d: 22 Aug 1700; Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut.
    6. ELIZABETH b: 22 Mar 1660; Rowley Essex, Massachusetts.
                md:            ; , , . 
                                 John HUNNEWELL
                 d:        1700; 
    7: SARA      b: 17 Feb 1661; Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut.
                 d. 15 Mar 1662, Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut.
    8: SARA      b:  3 Sep 1663; Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut.
                md:            ; , , Connecticut.
                                 Samuel BIDWELL
                 d:        1696; Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut.
    9. WILLIAM   b: 17 Jul 1665; Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut.
                 d: 19 Feb 1751; Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut.
   10. JOHN      b:  4 Jan 1668; Middletown Middlesex, Connecticut.
                 d: 29 Nov 1754; Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut.
   11. HANNAH    b: 11 Feb 1670; Middletown, Middlesex, Massachusetts.
                md:            ; , , Connecticut.
                                 Mr. COOK
                md:  5 Jun 1714; , , Connecticut.
                                 Mr. SPRAGUE
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