Brief Life History of Ruth
Ruth Harris was born in 1779, in Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. She married Paul Thurston Carlton on 1 March 1812, in New Hampshire, United States. She died in 1866, at the age of 87.
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Family Time Line
Sources (2)
- Ruth Harris, "New Hampshire Marriage Records, 1637-1947"
- Ruth Harris, "New Hampshire Marriages, 1720-1920"
Spouse and Children
1793–1812 Male
1779–1866 Female
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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