Brief Life History of Campbell
When Campbell Harris was born on 2 May 1781, in East Whiteland Township, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, William Harris, was 23 and his mother, Mary Elizabeth Campbell, was 29. He married Jane Lee in 1808. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 5 daughters. He died on 17 May 1853, in Geneseo, Geneseo, Livingston, New York, United States, at the age of 72.
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- Unknown in entry for Francis Lee Kanis, "New York, New York City Municipal Deaths, 1795-1949"
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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.
1789
The Town of Geneseo was established in 1789, before the formation of Livingston County in 1821.
1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.
While the growth of the new nation was exponential, the United States didn’t have permanent location to house the Government. The First capital was temporary in New York City but by the second term of George Washington the Capital moved to Philadelphia for the following 10 years. Ultimately during the Presidency of John Adams, the Capital found a permanent home in the District of Columbia.
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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