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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Parents and Siblings
1677–1740 Male
1670– Female
Siblings (5)
1682– Female
1682– Female
1684– Female
1703– Female
1705–1753 Female
World Events (1)
1775
Age 93
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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