 1609 - 1682
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| Name |
William Harris [1] |
| Born |
1609 |
probably, Kent, England  [2] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Died |
20 Feb 1682 |
London, Middlesex, England |
| Notes |
- William was born in 1609, came to Boston in the ship "Lyon," with his brother Thomas Harris and Roger Williams, and was one of the six persons who arrived in 1636 at Providence as founders of that place. He moved to the Pawtuxet Purchase, now Warwick, in 1638, and was one of the thirty-nine signers of the compact for good government in 1640. A man of marked, positive character, he became antagonistic to Roger Williams, but was popular in the colony, and filled many important posts of honor and trust. He was commissioner in 1660, 1662-63; deputy in 1665-66 and 1672-73; assistant from 1666 to 1670, and from 1673 to 1676; a member of the town council from 1670 to 1677, and general solicitor in 1671. He made a voyage to England in 1677, in the interest of himself and friends, in the settlement of disputes regarding the proprietorship of lands in Pawtuxet. He subsequently made three other voyages, and on the fourth, in 1679, was taken prisoner by a barbary corsair and carried to Algiers, where he was sold as a slave in the market, February 4, 1680. Subsequently he was ransomed at a cost of twelve hundred dollars, and traveled through France and Spain, reaching London only three days before his death, in 1681. His wife Susanna survived him until the next year.
!New England Families Genealogical and Memorial: Third Series, Volume IV
Mr. Harris was a strange man, and nothing but strange things could be expected from him. He was taken captive on a voyage to England by an Algerian pirate. He was ransomed after a year and went to England, where he died.
!Record of the Borden Family
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| Person ID |
I27156 |
Bryant |
| Last Modified |
24 Jun 2006 |
| Family |
Susannah, b. Abt 1614, England , d. Abt 1682, Providence, Providence Co, Rhode Island |
| Married |
Abt 1630 |
| Children |
| | 1. Mary Harris, b. Abt 1630, probably, Providence, Providence Co, Rhode Island , d. 22 Mar 1718, Providence, Providence Co, Rhode Island |
| | 2. Howlong Harris, b. Abt 1632, probably, Providence, Providence Co, Rhode Island , d. 19 Nov 1708, Providence, Providence Co, Rhode Island |
| | 3. Andrew Harris, b. 1635, Providence, Providence Co, Rhode Island , d. 01 May 1686, Providence, Providence Co, Rhode Island |
| | 4. Susannah Harris, b. 1642, Providence, Providence Co, Rhode Island , d. 1677, Providence, Providence Co, Rhode Island |
| | 5. Toleration Harris, b. 1645, Providence, Providence Co, Rhode Island |
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| Family ID |
F2350 |
Group Sheet |
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| Sources |
- [S274] Ancestral File (R), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, (Copyright (c) 1987, June 1998, data as of 5 January 1998).
- [S141] IGI, LDS.
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