Brief Life History of Ebenezer
When Ebenezer Harris was born on 21 November 1738, in New London, New London, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America, his father, Gibson Harris, was 44 and his mother, Phebe Denison, was 42. He married Miriam Smith on 26 November 1772, in Sheffield, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Litchfield, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States in 1790. He died on 13 March 1823, in Canaan, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Root Cemetery, Canaan, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States.
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- Ebenezer Harriss, "United States Census, 1790"
- Capt. Ebenezer Harris, "Connecticut Deaths and Burials, 1772-1934", 1823
- Ebenezer Harris, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
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1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1779
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1783 · A Free America
The Revolutionary War ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris which gave the new nation boundries on which they could expand and trade with other countries without any problems.
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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