Overton Harris, Sr

Family

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1. Overton Harris was born ABT 1730 in Hanover County, Virginia. He married Anne Nelson.

	  Child of Overton Harris and Anne Nelson is:

*+ 2 i. Frances Harris was born ABT 1768 in Hanover County, Virginia.

From https://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=hom42&id=I28901

1. Overton Harris (William Harris Jr4, William Harris3, Robert The Immigrant Harris2, William Harris1) was born 1726 in Hanover Co. VA. He married Ann Nelson 1752, daughter of Edward Nelson and Mary Garland. She was born 1731.

	  Children of Overton Harris and Ann Nelson are:

* + 2 i. William Overton Harris was born 13 Jan 1753, and died 26 Jan 1802 in Cedar Hill, Hanover Co. Va.

• + 3 ii. Nelson Harris was born 1757.
• + 4 iii. John Overton Harris was born 1760 in Hanover Co. VA.
• + 5 iv. Temperance Harris

Origins

From http://nelson-dna-project.tripod.com/docs2/Nelson_Of_Hanover.pdf Page 9

DISCUSSION:

A letter to Mrs. Charles E. Dille, 2601 Park Avenue, Cairo, Illinois, dated 1 August 1929 from Professor W. E. Dickinson, University of West Virginia, Morgantown, West VA, charts the HARRIS PEDIGREE as follows: I

CAPTAIN WILLIAM HARRIS married ca 1695 TEMPERANCE OVERTON, born 2 March 1679; died 9 Feb 1710 - ISSUE: -

vii.. WILLIAM HARRIS JUNIOR, born 1707 - married Henrietta and had issue

• a. JOHN HARRIS
• b. WILLIAM OVERTON HARRIS, b 1730, d 1789; married 1752 ANN (NANCY) NELSON, b 1731; dau of EDWARD NELSON, immigrant
• c. FREDERICK HARRIS, m a cousin, ELIZA TERRELL -9 and had issue:
• d. KEZIAH HARRIS, m 1750 JAMES NELSON (1723-1803) son of EDWARD NELSON, an immigrant
• e. ANN HARRIS m WILLIAM DAY
• f. TEMPERANCE HARRIS - m SAMUEL BAKER

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From http://nelson-dna-project.tripod.com/docs2/Nelson_Of_Hanover.pdf

WILLIAM HARRIS JUNIOR, son of WILLIAM AND TEMPERANCE (OVERTON) HARRIS, born before 1710; married (probably ______ BURNETT?) (Ref: History of Louisa Co by Malcolm H. Harris, p 349)

Ibid, page 224 -

WILLIAM OVERTON HARRIS (born 1730) married ANN (NANCY) NELSON, born 1731, daughter of EDWARD and MARY (GARLAND) NELSON; (Ref; 26 T p 272; 27 T p 37) - Vestry Book of St Peter's Parish, New Kent Co, VA (1684-1786) by VA State Library, page 360

Father listed in the militia of the Saponi held lands serving under Col Williiam Eatong of Tabb Creek, Granville/Gates, NC. Mother was Saponi.

Overton Harris

• Birth: 1726 - "The Forks", Hanover Co.,Virginia, United States
• Death: 1789 - Cedar Hill,St. Martin Parish,Hanover, Virginia, United States
• Wife: Ann Nancy Nelson
• Children: Nelson Harris, William Overton Harris, Martha Overton Lipscomb (born Harris), Jemima Coleman (born Harris), Mary Edward (born Harris), Temperance Overton Goodwin (born Harris)
• Reference: FamilySearch Family Tree - SmartCopy: Aug 23 2021, 21:11:32 UTC