Thomas was buried in the then known as "New England Town" Churchyard with a gravestone. He was the eldest son of Capt. Thomas & Sarah (Dayton) Harris of Fairfield Township, Salem County (An Act of the Legislature set off the County of Cumberland on 19JAN1747). He married Violetta Lorance (b. 1735 - d. 09NOV1760) sometime before 1754. Following Thomas' death, she married again by NJ license on 06AUG1760 as the second wife of Thomas Ogden, Sr., her late husband's uncle.
Thomas & Violetta (Lorance) Harris, Jr. had two children:
1. Thomas Harris, who died 25FEB1759, aged 5 years
2. Violetta Harris, who died 25FEB1759, aged 3 years
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Thanks to contributor T Bach for the following:
Thomas Jr. was buried in the burial ground behind the Swing Cemetery. About two hundred years later, in 1960, his gravestone was accidentally unearthed by the son of Albert Fralinger, who was working there with a bulldozer. The stone was inscribed, “Here lyes the body of Thomas Harris Jr. who departed this life Feb. 6, 1759, age 29 years.”
He had to have his leg amputated, but something went wrong and he died shortly after the operation.
Thomas & Violetta (Lorance) Harris, Jr. had two children:
1. Thomas Harris, who died 25FEB1759, aged 5 years
2. Violetta Harris, who died 25FEB1759, aged 3 years
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Thanks to contributor T Bach for the following:
Thomas Jr. was buried in the burial ground behind the Swing Cemetery. About two hundred years later, in 1960, his gravestone was accidentally unearthed by the son of Albert Fralinger, who was working there with a bulldozer. The stone was inscribed, “Here lyes the body of Thomas Harris Jr. who departed this life Feb. 6, 1759, age 29 years.”
He had to have his leg amputated, but something went wrong and he died shortly after the operation.
Thomas was buried in the then known as "New England Town" Churchyard with a gravestone. He was the eldest son of Capt. Thomas & Sarah (Dayton) Harris of Fairfield Township, Salem County (An Act of the Legislature set off the County of Cumberland on 19JAN1747). He married Violetta Lorance (b. 1735 - d. 09NOV1760) sometime before 1754. Following Thomas' death, she married again by NJ license on 06AUG1760 as the second wife of Thomas Ogden, Sr., her late husband's uncle.
Thomas & Violetta (Lorance) Harris, Jr. had two children:
1. Thomas Harris, who died 25FEB1759, aged 5 years
2. Violetta Harris, who died 25FEB1759, aged 3 years
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Thanks to contributor T Bach for the following:
Thomas Jr. was buried in the burial ground behind the Swing Cemetery. About two hundred years later, in 1960, his gravestone was accidentally unearthed by the son of Albert Fralinger, who was working there with a bulldozer. The stone was inscribed, “Here lyes the body of Thomas Harris Jr. who departed this life Feb. 6, 1759, age 29 years.”
He had to have his leg amputated, but something went wrong and he died shortly after the operation.
Thomas & Violetta (Lorance) Harris, Jr. had two children:
1. Thomas Harris, who died 25FEB1759, aged 5 years
2. Violetta Harris, who died 25FEB1759, aged 3 years
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Thanks to contributor T Bach for the following:
Thomas Jr. was buried in the burial ground behind the Swing Cemetery. About two hundred years later, in 1960, his gravestone was accidentally unearthed by the son of Albert Fralinger, who was working there with a bulldozer. The stone was inscribed, “Here lyes the body of Thomas Harris Jr. who departed this life Feb. 6, 1759, age 29 years.”
He had to have his leg amputated, but something went wrong and he died shortly after the operation.
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