Brief Life History of Anna
When Anna Harris was born on 17 October 1730, in Norwich, New London, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America, her father, Gibson Harris, was 36 and her mother, Phebe Denison, was 34. She married Captain Joseph Babcock on 6 September 1757, in Westerly, Kings, Rhode Island, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. She died on 14 June 1805, in Leyden, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in West Leyden Cemetery, Leyden, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States.
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- Ann Harris, "Connecticut, Births and Christenings, 1649-1906"
- Anna Babcock, "Find A Grave Index"
- Mayflower Index #16668, Kennan Family book pg. 107, DAR #27964 #7
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1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1783
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1788 · The First Presidential Election
The First Presidential election was held in the newly created United States of America. Under the Articles of Confederation, the executive branch of the country was not set up for an individual to help lead the nation. So, under the United States Constitution they position was put in. Because of his prominent roles during the Revolutionary War, George Washington was voted in unanimously as the First President of the United States.
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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