Jane Harris

Female1682–

Brief Life History of Jane

When Jane Harris was born in 1682, in Isle of Wight, Virginia, British Colonial America, her father, William Harris, was 5 and her mother, Rebecca Nee, was 11679.

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William Harris
1677–1740
Rebecca Nee
1670–
Ann Harris
1682–
Jane Harris
1682–
Anna Harris
1684–
Sally Harris
1703–
Rebecca Harris
1705–1753

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    1775

    Age 93

    "Patrick Henry made his ""Give me Liberty or Give me Death"" speech in Richmond Virginia."

    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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