Brief Life History of Samuel
Samuel Harris Junior was born on 24 November 1772, in Rowan, North Carolina, United States as the son of Samuel Harris Sr. and Rebecca Morrison. He married Sarah Province on 2 September 1795, in Madison, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He died on 5 April 1846, in Rockville, Parke, Indiana, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Rockville Cemetery, Rockville, Parke, Indiana, United States.
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- Legacy NFS Source: Samuel Harris - Published information: birth-name: Samuel Harris
- Samuel Harris, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
- Samuel Harris, "Find A Grave Index"
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1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1776
North Carolina is the 12th state.
1794 · Creating the Eleventh Amendment
The Eleventh Amendment restricts the ability of any people to start a lawsuit against the states in federal court.
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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