Brief Life History of Josiah
When Josiah Harris was born in 1775, in Rockbridge, Virginia, United States, his father, Captain James Harris, was 35 and his mother, Mary Ann McKinney, was 34. He married Margaret Peggy Kirkham on 3 August 1799, in Glasgow, Barren, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. He died in 1810, in Barren, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 35, and was buried in Barren, Kentucky, United States.
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- Legacy NFS Source: Joseph Harris - birth: 1775; Rockbridge, Virginia, United States
- Josiah Harris, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
- Josiah Harris in entry for Jas Harris and Maria Martin, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940"
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1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1780 · Richmond Becomes the Capital
On April 18, 1780 Richmond became the capital of Virginia. It was the temporary capital from 1780-1788.
1786 · Shays' Rebellion
Caused by war veteran Daniel Shays, Shays' Rebellion was to protest economic and civil rights injustices that he and other farmers were seeing after the Revolutionary War. Because of the Rebellion it opened the eyes of the governing officials that the Articles of Confederation needed a reform. The Rebellion served as a guardrail when helping reform the United States Constitution.
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.
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