Listers, After receiving the 12-marker results from the Harris dna project, I am led to ask-- do any of you southern Harris descendants know of a line that migrated through PA on their way west?? Dp any New England Harris descendants know of a line that migrated west to PA, perhaps moving onward and westward still? We await results from the upgrade to 25 markers, and that may help us somewhat. I was quite surprised to find perfect matches with 12 markers to Harris males with obvious southern roots... Virginia, etc. Very interesting! One line with which we would like to compare/contrast dna results, is that of THomas Harris b. 1618 Gloucester, England, d. 1687 Ipswich, Essex, MA. who married Martha LAKE b. 1623 North Benfleet, Essex, England. He was son of Thomas Harris/Elizabeth HILLS (Gloucestershire, England). Branches of the 'tree' would have closely related dna, and I imagine it would be feasible to sort them out, eventually. If anyone is of this NE line, or knows of a line moving westward through PA, please let me know. Thank you! regards Holly

My HARRIS family has been such a brick wall. All I have are teasing references to the Harris family being "fine old New England stock." The census and some of the biographies are consistent that Daniel (or was it John) Harris was born in Massachusetts and he married a woman who was born in Pennsylvania. Her name may have been Mercy BOKER, or then again Rebecca BOOHER. Daniel Mathias "D.M." HARRIS, the son of the couple who were born in Massachusetts and Pennsylvania, was born in Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio in 1821 (just after the census was taken), and one of the stories said that his parents "died within a month of each other when he was 9." Presumably that was in 1830, just before the census was taken. I found a Harris family in 1820 in Dayton that could be his - if his father is named Isaac. He was apparently handed around to various families (Dayton? Indiana) until he was old enough to strike out on his own (13? 15?). After that he is pretty well documented. I would like to know who else is researching Harris in New England, Pennsylvania, and definitely in Dayton, Ohio! Diane Hettrick, Seattle dhettrick@earthlink.net On Sep 7, 2004, at 5:23 PM, Holly Jagger wrote: > Listers, > After receiving the 12-marker results from the Harris dna project, I > am led > to ask-- do any of you southern Harris descendants know of a line that > migrated through PA on their way west?? > > Do any New England Harris descendants know of a line that migrated > west to > PA, perhaps moving onward and westward still? >