Brief Life History of Wooten
When Wooten Harris was born in March 1759, in Meherrin District, Brunswick, Virginia, British Colonial America, his father, Isaac Harris, was 30 and his mother, Mrs. Isaac Harris, was 27. He married Frances Jane Adams on 6 January 1784, in Rutherfordton Township, Rutherford, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Morgan Township, Rutherford, North Carolina, United States in 1800 and Jackson, Tennessee, United States in 1820. He died on 11 February 1840, in Hurricane Township, Fayette, Illinois, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Harris Cemetery, Bingham, Fayette, Illinois, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (11)
- Wooton Harris, "United States Census, 1790"
- Wooten Harris, "Find A Grave Index"
- Illinois Probate Records, 1819-1988; https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939K-YM3S-6D?cc=1834344&wc=SF2S-BZS%3A162589501%2C162632901
Spouse and Children
1759–1840 Male
1765–1843 Female
Children (10)
1784–1840 Male
1784–1860 Male
1785–1838 Male
1786–1863 Female
1788–1855 Female
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Parents and Siblings
1729–1777 Male
1733–1777 Female
Siblings (8)
1754–1811 Male
1757–1797 Male
1759–1840 Male
1762–1834 Male
1765–1828 Female
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World Events (8)
1775
Age 16
1776
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1781 · The First Constitution
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Name Meaning
English (southern England and south Wales): from the personal name Harry + genitival -s. This surname is also established in Ireland, taken there principally during the Plantation of Ulster. However, in some cases, particularly in families coming from County Mayo, Harris can be an Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hEarchadha. This surname is also very common among African Americans.
American shortened and altered form of Greek surnames begining with Cha(r)-, such as Chasandrinos (variant of Kassandrinos, a habitational name from the Kassandra peninsula of Chalkidiki), and various patronymics from the personal name Charalampos (see Charos ). In North America, the surname Harris may possibly also originate from a transferred use of the Greek personal (given) name Charis or Harris (shortened forms of Charalampos) as a surname (i.e. as a replacement of the original surname).
Americanized form of various like-sounding Jewish surnames.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Story Highlight
Genealogy Letter to William Jasper Harris from his Uncle Benjamin F. Harris
22 April 1858, about his great-grandfather, Benjamin Harris, Upper Alton, Illinois: "...Your great grandfather was a Virginian by birth, and was born about the year 1760 or thereabouts, Benjamin Harr …
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