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86. SYLVIA5 HARRIS (SAMUEL4, SAMUEL3, ISAAC2, ARTHUR1)768,769 was born 1760 in Kingston or Duxbury, Plymouth, Co., Mass.. She married JOHN WRIGHT770,771 in Halifax, Nova Scotia772. He was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
     
Children of SYLVIA HARRIS and JOHN WRIGHT are:
  i.   STANLEY6 WRIGHT772,773.
  ii.   JOHN WRIGHT773.
  iii.   BETSY WRIGHT773.
  iv.   SALLY WRIGHT773.
  v.   SOPHIA WRIGHT773.
  vi.   ANN WRIGHT773.
  vii.   HARRIET WRIGHT773.


87. SAMUEL5 HARRIS (SAMUEL4, SAMUEL3, ISAAC2, ARTHUR1)774,775,776,777 was born Apr 21, 1763 in Mount Pleasant, Bridgetown, Nova Scotia778, and died Nov 08, 1834 in Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia779,780. He married ELIZABETH EVANS JEFFERSON780,781,782,783 Jan 04, 1798 in Nova Scotia784,785, daughter of ROBERT JEFFERSON and ELIZABETH EVANS. She was born Apr 28, 1779 in Annapolis, Nova Scotia, and died Jul 29, 1845 in Annapolis, Nova Scotia786.

Notes for SAMUEL HARRIS:
Samuel Harris was born April 21, 1763 at Mount Pleasant, Nova Scotia and married Elizabeth Evans Jefferson (1779-1845) on June 4, 1798. It is said that when Samuel Harris was about 16 years old he called on Robert Jefferson, with whom he was only slightly acquainted. Jefferson placed his infant daughter Elizabeth in Samuel's arms with the words, "Here is a wife for you". About 19 years later Samuel did marry Elizabeth.

Elizabeth Evans Jefferson was the daughter of Elizabeth Evans and Robert Jefferson. Her grandfather, Henry Evans, was born December 19, 1725 "of respectable and influential parents in Carnarvon, Wales". He emigrated to Massachusetts and married Elizabeth, daughter of Captain David Baldwin and his wife Abigail Capen. Henry obtained a grant to settle immigrants in Nova Scotia and chartered the Charming Molly on 5 May 1760 to convey the settlers to Annapolis Valley. The first group landed June 25 and other groups followed in that year and in 1761. Henry and Elizabeth Evans, and their daughter Elizabeth (b 1756) came with one of the groups and settled at Round Hill. Henry Evans died November 2, 1782.

Some say that Elizabeth Jefferson was related, apparently, to Thomas Jefferson, the President of the United States of America.

Robert Jefferson was born in 1750 and emigrated from Hull, England in 1770. He landed in Halifax but soon moved on to Round Hill where he obtained employment with Harry Evans. Eighteen months later he married Henry's daughter, Elizabeth. The speculation on the link between Robert Jefferson and Thomas Jefferson is presented below.

The Thomas Jefferson Connection

Robert Jefferson was born in 1750 and emigrated from Hull, England in 1770. He landed in Halifax but soon moved on to Round Hill where he obtained employment with Harry Evans. Eighteen months later he married Henry's daughter, Elizabeth.

According to the notes of Mary Ann Harris (1806-1889), who was a sister to Robert Jefferson Harris (grandson of Robert), Robert Jefferson was the son of Stephen Jefferson, who was a brother of Thomas Jefferson, father of President Thomas Jefferson of the United States. Robert Jefferson's uncle Thomas took money which his father had made by selling his estate in Yorkshire and eloped to America with Jane Randolph, a young lady from London. In America he changed his name to Peter. Their son Thomas, later President, was born 2 April 1743. The President seldom alluded to his family and was shy in writing of family matters. This connection has not been definitely established.

Thomas Jefferson wrote his own autobiography on January 6, 1821 and included only a brief reference to his roots:

"The tradition of my father's family was, that their ancestor came to this country from Wales, and from near the mountain of Snowdon, the highest in Great Britain. ... The first particular information I have of any ancestor was of my grandfather..... He had three sons; Thomas who died young, Field who settled on the waters of Roanoke and left numerous descendants, and Peter, my father, who settled in the lands I still own..... He was born February 29, 1707/8, and intermarried 1739, with Jane Randolph, of the age of 19, daughter of Isham Randolph, one of the seven sons of that name and family, settled at Dungeoness in Goochland. They trace their pedigree far back in England and Scotland, to which let every one ascribe the faith and merit he chooses."

"My father's education had been quite neglected; but being of a strong mind, sound judgment, and eager after information, he read much and improved himself, insomuch that he was chosen, with Josua Fry, ..... To continue the boundary line between Virginia and North Carolina ..... and to make the first map of Virginia. .... He died August 17th, 1757, leaving my mother a widow, who lived till 1776, with six daughters and two sons, myself the elder." Selected notes from The Autobiography of Thomas Jefferson from The Life and Selected Writings of Thomas Jefferson, Edited by Adrienne Koch and William Peden, Random House, New York, 1993.

Not a word about his father being first known as Thomas, or changing his name. He doesn't even give us his grandfather's name. One is left to speculate.

Information from other histories of Thomas Jefferson, found in the FamilyTree Maker material, provides no links to our family. This leaves me with little evidence to confirm this link.

Elizabeth and Samuel Harris had eleven children. Their fourth son was our ancestor Robert Jefferson Harris.


More About SAMUEL HARRIS:
Burial: Dugway Road Cemetery786

More About ELIZABETH EVANS JEFFERSON:
Burial: Dugway Road Cemetery786
     
Children of SAMUEL HARRIS and ELIZABETH JEFFERSON are:
  i.   ELIZABETH JEFFERSON6 HARRIS787,788,789, b. Dec 12, 1798, Annapolis, Nova Scotia; d. Apr 25, 1855790.
  More About ELIZABETH JEFFERSON HARRIS:
Burial: Rugway Road Cemetery790
  ii.   HENRY J. HARRIS791,792, b. Sep 11, 1800, Annapolis, Nova Scotia; d. Jul 27, 1839793.
  More About HENRY J. HARRIS:
Burial: Rugway Road Cemetery793
  iii.   STEPHEN HARRIS794,795, b. Abt. Oct 1802, Annapolis, Nova Scotia796; d. Sep 02, 1803, Annapolis, Nova Scotia796.
  More About STEPHEN HARRIS:
Burial: Rugway Road Cemetery796
  iv.   SARAH J. HARRIS797,798, b. Aug 06, 1804, Annapolis, Nova Scotia; d. Jun 22, 1846.
  v.   MARY ANN HARRIS799,800, b. Jul 14, 1806, Annapolis, Nova Scotia; d. Nov 25, 1889, Annapolis, Nova Scotia.
  vi.   JOSIAH HARRIS801,802,803, b. Sep 19, 1808, Annapolis, Nova Scotia; d. Jul 27, 1822, Annapolis, Nova Scotia804.
  More About JOSIAH HARRIS:
Burial: Rugway Road Cemetery804
  vii.   HENRIETTA HARRIS805,806, b. Mar 26, 1811, Annapolis, Nova Scotia; d. Jan 09, 1876, Annapolis, Nova Scotia807.
  More About HENRIETTA HARRIS:
Burial: Rugway Road Cemetery807
140. viii.   ROBERT JEFFERSON HARRIS, b. May 18, 1813, Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia; d. Nov 20, 1888.
  ix.   SAMUEL HARRIS808,809, b. Apr 16, 1815, Annapolis, Nova Scotia; d. Apr 29, 1877.
141. x.   JOHN HARRIS, b. Feb 03, 1818, Annapolis, Nova Scotia.
142. xi.   WILLIAM HARRIS, b. Apr 21, 1820, Annapolis, Nova Scotia; d. Jul 27, 1863, Iona, Ontario.


88. BENJAMIN5 HARRIS (SAMUEL4, SAMUEL3, ISAAC2, ARTHUR1)810,811 was born 1764 in Annapolis, Nova Scotia. He married RACHEL BALCOM812,813, daughter of SILAS BALCOM and SUSAN. She was born Abt. 1775.
     
Children of BENJAMIN HARRIS and RACHEL BALCOM are:
  i.   THOMAS6 HARRIS814,815, b. Bef. Sep 23, 1789; m. LEAPHY ROOP816,817.
  ii.   SYLVIA HARRIS818,819, b. Jul 16, 1794, Clements, Annapolis, Nova Scotia820; d. Oct 15, 1849820; m. JAMES MANNING POTTER821, Nov 03, 1825, Clements, Annapolis, Nova Scotia821,822; b. Apr 07, 1802.
  iii.   FREDERIC HARRIS823,824, b. Abt. 1797; d. Abt. 1828.
  iv.   CHRISTOPHER PRINCE HARRIS825,826, b. Abt. 1800.
  v.   JAMES STANLEY HARRIS827,828, b. Oct 25, 1803; m. LOUISE ANN WILSON829, Nov 08, 1836829.
  vi.   MARY EMMA HARRIS829,830, b. Aft. 1803; m. ? ELLIOTT831.


89. CHRISTOPHER PRINCE5 HARRIS (SAMUEL4, SAMUEL3, ISAAC2, ARTHUR1)831,832,833 was born Aug 08, 1767 in Annapolis, Nova Scotia, and died 1853834. He married ELIZABETH SPURR835,836,837 Jul 25, 1791 in Digby, Nova Scotia838, daughter of ABRAM SPURR and MARY LECAIN. She died 1862839.
     
Children of CHRISTOPHER HARRIS and ELIZABETH SPURR are:
143. i.   ROBERT LAIDLEY6 HARRIS, b. Jun 09, 1792.
  ii.   MARY AMELIA HARRIS840,841,842, b. Jun 25, 1794; m. ANDREW HENNIGAR843,844, Feb 19, 1824, Perhaps Bear River, Nova Scotia845,846.
144. iii.   JANE ELIZABETH HARRIS, b. Dec 23, 1796, Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia; d. Aug 01, 1882, Nova Scotia.
  iv.   ANN HARRIS847,848, b. Sep 20, 1799; m. THOMAS P. WILLIAMS849, Nov 25, 1825849.
  v.   ELIZABETH HARRIS849,850, b. Feb 09, 1802; d. Oct 19, 1808.
145. vi.   MICHAEL SPURR HARRIS, b. Sep 22, 1804.
  vii.   GEORGE DAVIS HARRIS851,852, b. May 20, 1808; m. SOPHIA H. M. RUPERT853, Jul 27, 1832853.
  viii.   EDMUND REECE HARRIS853,854, b. Jan 23, 1811; m. SUSAN SAUNDERS855, Dec 23, 1840.
  ix.   ELIZABETH MARIA HARRIS855,856, b. Sep 07, 1814; m. WILLIAM SHORT857; b. Plymouth, England.
  More About WILLIAM SHORT:
Community: Plymouth, England
146. x.   BENJAMIN JAMES HARRIS, b. Mar 02, 1817, Hillsburgh, Digby Co., Nova Scotia; d. Mar 17, 1896, Bear River, Annapolis Co., Nova Scotia.


90. JUDITH5 SHAW (SARAH4 PACKARD, MARY3 HARRIS, ISAAC2, ARTHUR1)858,859 was born May 30, 1749 in East Bridgewater, Plymouth, Mass., and died Aft. 1795 in Otsego, New York. She married JOHN EDSON859 May 03, 1770 in Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., Mass.859, son of JOSEPH EDSON and ABIGAIL FORREST. He was born May 20, 1748 in East Bridgewater, Plymouth, Mass., and died 1814 in Milford, NY.
     
Children of JUDITH SHAW and JOHN EDSON are:
  i.   ISAAC6 EDSON859, b. 1770.
  ii.   MARTHA EDSON859, b. 1772.
  iii.   MARY EDSON859, b. 1772.
  iv.   HANNAH EDSON859, b. 1774; d. Bef. 1784.
  v.   SARAH EDSON859, b. 1776.
  vi.   RUTH EDSON859, b. 1778.
  vii.   ISAIAH EDSON859, b. 1781.
  viii.   SILVIA EDSON859, b. 1782.
  ix.   HANNAH EDSON859, b. 1784.
  x.   NEHEMIAH EDSON859, b. 1784.
147. xi.   JACOB EDSON, b. Nov 02, 1786, Bridgewater, Mass.; d. Feb 1870.
  xii.   JOSEPH EDSON859, b. 1792.
  xiii.   JAMES EDSON859, b. 1795.

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