I am looking for the descendants of Eli Harris who is listed in the Eastport Maine 1812 "Oath of Allegiance" hoping to find the name of his wife. Eli had emigrated from Cornwallis in Kings County Nova Scotia. I believe my GG-GM Eliza Harria was born in Nova Scotia prior to the move, but the majority of his remaining children were born in Maine. Eli was drowned at Deer Island just before his own son Eli was born in Maine in 1829. Ben MacDonald Sun City Arizona.

Ben McDonad of Sun City, AZ writes: From: "macdonab@cox.net" <macdonab@cox.net> To: harris-hunters@rootsweb.com Sent: Sunday, April 29, 2012 6:09 PM Subject: [HARRIS-HUNTERS] Eli Harris - Eastport Maine - 1812 I am looking for the descendants of Eli Harris who is listed in the Eastport Maine 1812 "Oath of Allegiance" hoping to find the name of his wife. Eli had emigrated from Cornwallis in Kings County Nova Scotia. I believe my GG-GM Eliza Harria was born in Nova Scotia prior to the move, but the majority of his remaining children were born in Maine. Eli was drowned at Deer Island just before his own son Eli was born in Maine in 1829. Ben MacDonald Sun City Arizona. Dear Ben, If you are able to get around, can you go to the Family History Center (or Library) in Mesa, AZ?.  They probably have short hours on Mondays and Fridays and Saturdays.  Use www.familysearch.org and play around with the new version, which kinda stumps me.  (It has been dumbed down, it seems, from the old version.) I know little about New England research, but ask the folks at Mesa whether they have a volunteer who knows about New England research.  Since there seems to be mobility in your family (whose family doesn't move now and then?), you might entertain the idea that your Harris person either had recent British Isles roots, or was descended from the New Englanders who were Loyalists in the American Revolution (which went on, according to DAR for about 10 years).  Some years ago, as my husband and I were exploring parts of eastern Canada adjoining the United States, I read from the AAA tour book that many of the Canadian towns in that area adjoining the United States were populated by Loyalists during the Revolution.  (I am not referring to a map, but I believe Nova Scotia is somewhat removed from that area.) The mother Eliza Harris must have been alive at the birth of the son Eli in Maine in 1829. Have you looked over the FHL catalog (online) to see whether there are films of births (church baptisms, etc.) for that area of Maine in or about 1829?  If so, do some googling for books and also try World Cat to do some exploration of what printed or filmed records there may be for Maine in that time period.  New Englanders are great record keepers, compared to Southerners!!! (Some of these volumes may have been digitized, and you may not need to leave your computer--at least for a while. Failing that baptism resource, look for the possible remarriage of the widow--most widows, who did not work away from home in those days (unless destitute), soon remarried.  So, also look for appropriate printed or online marriage records about 1829--or later.)  If you have not used google.com and google books for searching, get a neighbor in Sun City to show you how.  I bet you have some genealogically oriented neighbors!!! E.W.Wallace    ________________________________ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to HARRIS-HUNTERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message