When Samuel Harris was born on 11 November 1811, in Georgia, United States, his father, David Harris Senior, was 51 and his mother, Hannah Smith, was 28. He married Caroline G. Shipp on 13 March 1834, in Newton, Georgia, United States. They were the parents of at least 9 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in District 420, Newton, Georgia, United States in 1840 and Walton, Georgia, United States in 1850.
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War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
Historical Boundaries: 1818: Walton, Georgia, United States
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
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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