Brief Life History of Hannah
When Hannah Harris was born in 1725, in Kennett Township, Chester, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America, her father, Evan Harris, was 39 and her mother, Elizabeth Underwood, was 33. She married James Chalfant on 18 February 1744, in New Garden MM, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 4 daughters. She died in 1770, in Chester, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America, at the age of 45.
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- Hannah Harry, "Pennsylvania, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Marriage Records, 1512-1989"
- Hannah Harry in entry for James Chalfant, "Pennsylvania, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Marriage Records, 1512-1989"
- Hannah Harris, "Pennsylvania, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Marriage Records, 1512-1989"
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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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