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Jeremiah Harris

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Jeremiah Harris

Birth
Fairfield Township, Cumberland County, New Jersey, USA
Death
23 Jan 1812 (aged 63–64)
Fairfield Township, Cumberland County, New Jersey, USA
Burial
Fairton, Cumberland County, New Jersey, USA Add to Map
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"Jeremiah Harris b 1748; d. intestate 23 Jan 1812 and was buried in the "old Stone" Chyd near Fairton, in Fairfield Twp; mar 1st Rachel Dare who d 20 Nov 1788 in 39th yr, dau of William and Freelove (Preston) Dare; mar 2nd Jane ------who d 09 Apr 1795 in 35th yr; mar 3rd 15 July 1795 Rhoda Fithian; mar 4th 30 Aug 1797 Susannah widow of Burgin Bateman and she d 27 July 1808 in 51st yr; mar 5th 16 Jan 1809 Ruth Dubois of Salem Co., who survived him.

He had issue: Elizabeth, Abigail, Jeremiah, Mary, and Rachel Harris;
his heirs living in 1812 were: Jane, Reuben, Jeremiah, and Abigail Harris, and Aaron Bateman. His gravestone states that Jeremiah Harris was an Elder of Fairfield Presb Ch last 22 yrs."

Source: Harris of Cumberland County, New Jersey by Walter Lee Sheppard, Jr. and Lewis D Cook:Publications of the Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania:December 1949,Vol. XVII, No. 2.

Information courtesy of Mark Maxwell.
"Jeremiah Harris b 1748; d. intestate 23 Jan 1812 and was buried in the "old Stone" Chyd near Fairton, in Fairfield Twp; mar 1st Rachel Dare who d 20 Nov 1788 in 39th yr, dau of William and Freelove (Preston) Dare; mar 2nd Jane ------who d 09 Apr 1795 in 35th yr; mar 3rd 15 July 1795 Rhoda Fithian; mar 4th 30 Aug 1797 Susannah widow of Burgin Bateman and she d 27 July 1808 in 51st yr; mar 5th 16 Jan 1809 Ruth Dubois of Salem Co., who survived him.

He had issue: Elizabeth, Abigail, Jeremiah, Mary, and Rachel Harris;
his heirs living in 1812 were: Jane, Reuben, Jeremiah, and Abigail Harris, and Aaron Bateman. His gravestone states that Jeremiah Harris was an Elder of Fairfield Presb Ch last 22 yrs."

Source: Harris of Cumberland County, New Jersey by Walter Lee Sheppard, Jr. and Lewis D Cook:Publications of the Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania:December 1949,Vol. XVII, No. 2.

Information courtesy of Mark Maxwell.

Inscription

who departed this life
in the 64th year of his age
having been for the last 22
years of his life an Elder of
the Church in this place.



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