Mehitable Sackett

John Harris was born on August 8, 1658, in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, the son of John Harris, Sr. and Hannah (Briggs) Harris.

John Harris married by 26 Feb 1691/2 Mehitable Danks, daughter of Robert and Elizabeth (Swift) (Webb) Danks.[1]

John and Mehitable had (probably) four children -

1. John Harris b. Northampton, Massachusetts in 1696,
2. Mary Harris "the Indian captive",
3. Philip Harris of Simsbury, Connecticut, and a
4. Thomas Harris who lived at Saybrook in the 1730s.[1]

Death

John Harris died between 1696 and 1702, probably near Springfield, Massachusetts.[1]

His Widow

Mehitable married as her second husband John Sackett II on 17 May 1703 at Westfield, Massachusetts.

"John, son of John and Abigail Hannum Sackett was born in Northampton, Massachusetts, November 4, 1660, died December 20, 1745. He was very much thought of in the town and was prominent in the various movements undertaken for its development. He was well over eighty years of age when he died and he had seen Westfield grow from a mere wilderness to a considerable and thriving community. He married (first) December 1, 1686, Deborah daughter of William and Margaret Filley, of WIndsor, Connecticut. His children by his first wife were John, Abigail, Daniel, David, Benjamin and Deborah." From Family History of Southern New York, Vol 1, Southern New York Family Histories, Page 43

References

• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Harris-3728
• Harris, Gale Ion. William¹ and Mary Briggs of Boston and The Connecticut Valley, The New England Historical & Genealogical Register (NEHGS, Boston, Mass., 1997) Vol. 151, Page 92. d. "before April 1702, leaving a daughter Sarah, named in his stepfather's claim of that date to their Lyme common land." Citing NYGBR, 124 [1993]:65
• Enigmas #26 - Early Harrises of Wethersfield, Connecticut: Analysis of a Tradition], by Gale Ion Harris, TAG Vol 83 (2008-9), page 256 AmericanAncestors
• https://sackettfamily.info/g3/p3361.htm
• https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Mehitable_Danks_%281%29
• The Sacketts of America, their ancestors and descendants, 1630-1907; by Weygant, Charles H., 1839-1909. Publication date 1907. Page 24. < Archive.Org >

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