Sandy, always good to put it out there..might help someone Pat In a message dated 8/29/2012 8:56:28 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, sandyhart@mac.com writes: Pat, I could repeat the results of my research on Dr Ephraim Drake Harris (s/o the Ephraim m Peggy Foote), if you think it's relevant to the current discussion. On Aug 29, 2012, at 5:10 PM, PatCLARE@aol.com wrote: > Ephraim Drake Harris m Margaret Foote is a tested Harris 8 DNA line. > Because of the closeness of the Foote marriages, I am going to predict that > James Harris m Milly Foote and probably Joshua Harris m Elizabeth Foote are > also DNA Harris 8. > > > > > > Milly and Margaret Foote are daughters of William Foote /Elizabeth > Barker. > > Another daughter Elizabeth Foote was also married to a Harris, probably > Joshua Harris who lives in the same census area as Ephraim and James, and > that Harris named his own son (another) Ephraim Drake Harris b ca 1816. > > Pat Harris . > > notes: > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > > > > William Foote (d. Bef. August 21, 1834) > William Foote died Bef. August 21, 1834 in Iredell Co., NC. He married > Elizabeth Barker on May 16, 1785 in Warren Co., NC, daughter of John Barker > and Elizabeth Gilliam. > > > > Notes for William Foote: > > > WILL > William Foote, D. 21 Apr 1829, Prb. 21 Aug 1834. "Of Surry County". > > Sons: Henry & William share tract I live on, > > my son John Having had his part of land. Negro property (Fortune's children > had after I lent her > > to my daug. Rebecca Steelman excepted) divide to children namely: > > ****************************Betsy Harris's part to her son Ephraim D. > Harris at her death; > > Milly Harris's two children to have 1 share; > > John foot; > > Peggy Harris, > > Henry Foot & > > Caty (Caly?) Calloway's children, but should the 4th share that will come > to Caty's children be in personal property the said Caty to have use of it > during her life, if money, her to have the interest only. > > The children of Fortune I leave to the children of my decd daughter > Rebecca. > > Grandson: William Foot, son of John, Negro boy Mose. > > Execs: Sons Henry & Ephraim. > > Wit: T. Wright, Charles Steelman, Jurat. > > Source: Iredell County, North Carolina Will Abstracts 1788-1845, By > Schneider, p. 91. > > > > > > > Pat Harris > > > > > In a message dated 8/29/2012 7:26:22 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, > barebear@insightbb.com writes: > > Source: Harris & Allied Families of Kentucky (Online) > Ancestors "Lost & Found: Department > Part 2: North Carolina Marriages > SURRY COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA > > ************* > Groom: James Harris > Bride: Milly Foot(e) >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > Bond Date: December 9, 1813 > Bond # 000144947 > County: Surry County > Record # 01 096 > Bondsman: Ephraim D. Harris > *************** > Groom: Ephraim D. Harris > Bride: Peggy Foot(e) >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > Bond Date: November 17, 1814 > Bond # 000144240 > County: Surry County > Record # 01 096 > Bondsman: John Foote > ************** > Groom: Daniel Adams > Bride: Elizabeth Harris > Bond Date: april 20, 1796 > Bond # 000142881 > County: Surry County > Record # 01 001 > Bondsman: Thomas Cummins; Abram Adams > ************** > Groom: Archebald (Archibald) Harris > Bride: Keturah Mosby > Bond Date: September 17, 1808 > Bond # 000144935 > County: Surry County > Record: 01 096 > Bondsman: M. D. Kimbrough > *************** > > Any information concerning any of these four couples is appreciated. > Please respond through HH so that others may be helped. > I suspect that at least one of these couples is a part of Group 6, Harris > Y-DNA Family Study, but have not been able to prove it. > (Line of Robert Harris of Ware Creek, New Kent County, Virginia) > > Ira L. Harris III > Member, Group 6, Harris Y-DNA Family Study > > > > > ------------------------------- > 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 > > > ------------------------------- > 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 ------------------------------- 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

Dr. Ephraim Drake Harris was the first husband of my GG Grandfather's (Benjamin Wesley Hunt) 2nd wife (Sarah Ann Hardin). NOTE: I am the daughter, sister, and cousin of yDNA Group 30 Harrises. My association with Ephraim Drake Harris, probably yDNA Group 8, is distant, by marriage and on my mother's side. Timeline: 1816 - Born, probably in Surry Co, NC to Ephraim and Margaret (Foote) Harris bef 1836 - married first wife Mary Moore Clement 1836 - Surry County, NC rec/d land from his father-in-law, Johnson CLEMENT bef 1845 - Daughter Mary Moore Clement Harris. she was raised by her maternal grandparents after her mother died. She married John Taylor and had 10 children with him. 1841 - Had son, Morgan C (think this DoB is off and that he was born a few years earlier) bef 1845 - first wife, Mary Moore Clement died in Missouri bef 1845 - Ephraim moved to Johnson Co, MO with his son, Morgan C. 1845 - married Martha E Smith in Johnson Co, MO btwn 1846-51 - Postmaster of Basin Knob, Johnson Co, MO bef 1850 - second wife, Martha E Smith died (probably without having any children) 1850 - Living with his son by first marriage, Morgan C, in District 16, Cass Co, MO btwn 1850-1853 - Married Sarah Hardin in Missouri or on their way west. Sarah Ann Hardin was born on Jul 22, 1828 in Oldham, KY. She was the daughter of Henry Hardin, Jr. (1801-1859) and Mary (Polly) Phillips (1803-1866). [NOTE: another of their daughters, Irene Francis (1822-1891) married William H Rogers and were the adoptive parents of my GGrandfather James Taylor Rogers (ne Taylor Logan) 1853 - Ephraim immigrated west in the wagon train of Col James Hardin’s (Sarah's brother) 1854 - Daughter Sarah Hennie born in Oregon 1855 - Settled in Mendocino Co, CA 1860 - Son Ephraim Drake born in Mendocino Co on Feb 19th 1860 - Moved to Analy, Sonoma, CA with Sarah, their children Sarah and Ephrain, Jr and Sarah's mother, Mary Hardin 1865 - Ephraim died in Santa Rosa, Sonoma Co, CA on Nov 21st. He was buried in the Santa Rosa Rural Cemetery near his 3rd wife (Sarah), her 2nd husband (Benjamin Wesley Hunt), daughter (Sarah Henne), and Benjamin Wesley Hunt’s first wife Elizabeth Yates Sullivan. 1868 - Ephraim's daughter Sarah died on Mar 27th in Sebastopol in Sonoma Co, CA. She was buried in the Santa Rosa Rural Cemetery near her father. 1882 - Ephraim's son Ephraim Drake Harris, Jr married Sarah A Crommett on Oct 11. They lived in Oakland, CA and had two children: Maude Ethel (1883-1953) and Drake Edwin (d 1967) 1915 - His 3rd wife, Sarah Hardin Harris Hunt died on Aug 8, 1915 in Santa Rosa, Sonoma Co, CA. She was buried in the Santa Rosa Rural Cemetery, sharing a gravestone with her 2nd husband, Benjamin Wesley Hunt. Her epitaph read: Sarah A Hunt/Born July 22 1828/A member of the M. E. Church South/Died Aug 8, 1915