When Robert Harris was born on 21 November 1783, in Truro, Halifax, Nova Scotia, British North America, his father, Dr. John Harris, was 44 and his mother, Elizabeth Scott, was 40. He married Hannah Hoar on 30 January 1806, in Nova Scotia, British North America. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Colchester, Nova Scotia, Canada in 1783. He died on 26 December 1812, at the age of 29, and was buried in Nova Scotia, Canada.
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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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