Spouse: Elizabeth Scott - (1740-1814. Died in Truro, Colchester, Nova Scotia per probate records, but cannot locate her burial site)
Known children: Thomas, Mary, William, Margaret, Elizabeth, John, Susanna, Robert.
Early settler of Pictou County, Nova Scotia
Died after a fall from his horse.
"Land agent, judge, merchant, office holder, and politician".
For bio, see http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/harris_john_1739_1802_5E.html
Spouse: Elizabeth Scott - (1740-1814. Died in Truro, Colchester, Nova Scotia per probate records, but cannot locate her burial site)
Known children: Thomas, Mary, William, Margaret, Elizabeth, John, Susanna, Robert.
Early settler of Pictou County, Nova Scotia
Died after a fall from his horse.
"Land agent, judge, merchant, office holder, and politician".
For bio, see http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/harris_john_1739_1802_5E.html
Inscription
In Memory Of
Doctor
John Harris Esq.
Who departed this life
on the 9th day of April 1802
Aged 63 years
Mourn not for me Eliza Dear
I am not dead but sleeping here
I am now, soon if you be
Prepare for Death and follow me
Gravesite Details
32 foot plot. Headstone is facing "backwards" in cemetery, as compared to his neighbours. Per Cemetery Office, Dr. Harris was the purchaser of the plot, there are no records of any one else buried in the plot other than him.
Family Members
Advertisement
Records on Ancestry
Sponsored by Ancestry
Advertisement