Robert Harris b. 1696 St Peters Par, New Kent County, Virginia, USA d. 8 Aug 1765 Brown's Cove, Albemarle County, VA: My Family History

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1696 - 1765 (69 years)

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Name	Robert Harris
Birth	1696	St Peters Par, New Kent County, Virginia, USA
Christening	St Peters Par, New Kent County, Virginia, USA
Gender	Male
Occupation	1736/1744	House of Burgesses
Will	18 Jun 1765
Death	8 Aug 1765	Brown's Cove, Albemarle County, VA
Person ID	I10533	Bob Juch's Tree
Last Modified	31 Dec 2022

Father	William Harris, b. 1672, New Kent County, Virginia, USA d. 1720 (Age 48 years)
Relationship	natural
Mother	Temperance Overton, b. 2 Mar 1678, Pamunkey River, Blisland Par., New Kent County, VA d. 19 Feb 1715, Hanove County, Virginia, USA (Age 36 years)
Relationship	natural
Marriage	24 Dec 1695	St Peter's Church, Hanover, VA
Family ID	F4119	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Mourning Glenn, b. 1702, Albemarle County, Virginia, USA d. 1776, Albemarle County, Virginia, USA (Age 74 years)

Marriage 30 Jan 1719/20 Hanover County, Virginia, USA

Children

	1. Anne Harris, b. 31 Mar 1724, Virginia, USA d. Aft 1770, Bedford County, VA (Age > 47 years) [natural]
	2. Christopher Harris, b. 17 Feb 1724/25, Hanover County, Virginia, USA d. 3 Feb 1794, Madison County, KY (Age 68 years) [natural]
	3. Rachel Harris, b. 24 Jun 1744 d. 1745/1838 (Age 93 years) [natural]
	4. Elizabeth Frances Harris, b. 27 Jan 1745/46, Albemarle County, Virginia, USA d. 1788, Albemarle County, Virginia, USA (Age 41 years) [natural]
	5. William Harris, b. 15 Nov 1752, Albemarle County, Virginia, USA d. 20 May 1846, Albemarle County, Virginia, USA (Age 93 years) [natural]
	6. Tyree Harris, b. 8 Apr 1728, Virginia, USA d. 1729/1818, Caswell County, North Carolina, USA (Age 89 years) [natural]
	7. Mourning Glenn Harris, b. 27 Mar 1732 d. Between 1805 / 1808 (Age 75 years) [natural]
	8. Lucy Harris, b. 12 Apr 1734 d. 1803 (Age 68 years) [natural]
	9. Sarah Harris, b. 24 May 1736, Hanover County, Virginia, USA d. 31 Jan 1803, Albemarle County, Virginia, USA (Age 66 years) [natural]
	10. Robert Harris, b. 8 Mar 1740/41 d. 1796, Surry County, NC (Age 54 years) [natural]
	11. Susan Harris, b. 1751 [natural]
	12. Frances Elizabeth Harris, b. 4 Jul 1738, Albemarle County, Virginia, USA d. 1788, Albemarle County, Virginia, USA (Age 49 years) [natural]
	13. Mary Harris, b. 10 Feb 1729, Albemarle County, Virginia, USA d. 1819, Albemarle County, Virginia, USA (Age 89 years) [natural]

Family ID F4092 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 31 Dec 2022

Event Map

Marriage - 30 Jan 1719/20 - Hanover County, Virginia, USA

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Notes

Member of Va. House of Burgesses from Hanover until 1742, when he was appointed by the King as surveyor of the new Co. of Louisa. Late he moved to Albemarle Co. where he owned a large estate at Browns Cove. He was a vestryman of Fredericksville Parish for a number of years before his death.

Lived at Brown's Cove on Doyle's River, halfway between Stanardsville and Waynesboro, VA on Skyline Drive; see Harriston, north of Waynesboro on Highway 340. Bought property in 1750. Copy of his will is in HISTORY ANDGENEALOGIES, W. Harris Miller, p. 267. It was dated June 18, 1765.