HARRRIS ANNEX

 

Henry Benjamin Harris, III Pedigree

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Origin of the surname “Harris:”

 

 

Generation

 

8  

 

7   William Harris, Jr.

 

1. Biographical notes:

 

Born 1735.  Died 1792.

 

2. Wife: Elizabeth Ann Walleston

 

Born 1724.  Died .

 

3. Children:

 

a. Jacob Harris: See generation 6, below.

 

6   Jacob Harris

 

1. Biographical notes:

 

Born 1767.  Died 1834.

 

2. Wife: Melvina Hartville

 

Born 1768.  Died .

 

3. Children:

 

a. James Franklin Harris: See generation 5, below.

 

5   James Franklin Harris

 

1. Biographical notes:

 

Born 1808.  Died 1879.

 

2. Wife: Sarah Briley

 

Born 1818.  Died 1888.

 

3. Children:

 

a. Henry Clay Harris: See generation 4, below.

 

4   Henry Clay Harris

 

1. Biographical notes:

 

Born 28 March 1844 in Pitt County, North Carolina.  Died there 26 March 1913; interred Harris-Albritton Cemetery, Greenville, Pitt County, North Carolina.

 

2. Wife: Henrietta Louisa Albritton

 

Born 20 January 1839 in Pactolus Township, Pitt County, North Carolina.  Died 8 January 1918 in Pitt County, North Carolina; interred with Henry.

 

3. Children: (order uncertain)

 

a. Martha Ann Harris: Born 11 February 1868 in Pitt County, North Carolina.  Died 27 September 1956 in Plymouth Township, Washington County, North Carolina; interred there.

 

b. James Samuel Harris: Born 28 March 1869 in Pitt County, North Carolina.  Died 21 February 1956 in Greenville Township, Pitt County, North Carolina; interred there in Greenwood Cemetery.

 

c. Henry Benjamin Harris, I: See generation 3, below.

 

d. Jane Lou Harris: Born 19 July 1873 in North Carolina.  Died 14 January 1962 in Williamston Township, Martin County, North Carolina.

 

e. Joseph Fenner Harris: Born 15 April 1875 in Pitt County, North Carolina.  Died 24 May 1947 in Nansemond Township, Suffolk County, Virginia.

 

f. George Hendrix Harris: Born 27 March 1876 in Pitt County, North Carolina.  Died there 17 March 1963; interred there in Pinewood Cemetery.

 

g. William Robert Harris: Born 22 June 1879 in Pitt County, North Carolina.  Died there 29 July 1963; interred there.

 

3   Henry Benjamin Harris, I

 

1. Biographical notes:

 

Born 12 December 1872 in Pitt County, North Carolina.  Died 10 June 1958 in Greenville Township, Pitt County, North Carolina; interred there.

 

1930 US Census: Henry Harris, age 57 (b. NC; parents b. NC) and employed as a farmer, was heading a household in Partolus Township, Pitt County, North Carolina.  He married 1st at age 38.  The household also included his wife, Nellie Harris, age 42 (b. NC; parents b. NC), who married 1st at age 21; daughter, Mattie Harris, age 19 (b. NC) and single; daughter, Blanche Harris, age 17 (b. NC) and single; daughter, Minnie Harris, age 15 (b. NC) and single; daughter, Katie Harris, age 13 (b. NC); daughter, Louise Harris, age 11 (b. NC); daughter, Martha Harris, age 8 (b. NC); son, Henry Harris, Jr., age 3 years and 4 months (b. NC); and mother, Sadie Aris?, age 67 (b. NC; parents b. NC) and widowed.

 

2. Wife: Nellie Magnolia Ayers

 

Born 24 January 1888 in Martin County, North Carolina.  Died there 31 August 1974; interred with Henry.  Married Henry Benjamin Harris, I on 1 September 1909 in Pitt County, North Carolina.

 

3. Children: (order uncertain)

 

a. Mattie Lee Harris: Born 2 January 1911 in North Carolina.  Died 16 August 2000; interred Pinewood Cemetery, Greenville, Pitt County, North Carolina.

 

b. Blanche Harris: Born 30 October 1912 in Pitt County, North Carolina.  Died 15 August 2010 in North Carolina; interred Greenville, Pitt County, North Carolina.

 

c. Minnie Harris: Born 8 October 1914 in Greenville Township, Pitt County, North Carolina.  Died there 11 May 2007; interred Bethel Town Cemetery, Bethel, Pitt County, North Carolina.

 

d. Katie Mae Harris: Born 12 November 1916 in Pitt County, North Carolina.  Died 11 July 2009 in Columbia Township, Richland County, South Carolina; interred Pinewood Cemetery, Greenville, Pitt County, North Carolina.

 

e. Henrietta Louise Harris: Born 3 April 1919 in Pitt County, North Carolina.  Died 2016.

 

f. Martha Ann Harris: Born 22 April 1921 in Pitt County, North Carolina.  Died there 27 February 2015; interred Greenwood Cemetery, Greenville, Pitt County, North Carolina.

 

g. Nellie Ray Harris: Born 29 November 1923 in Pitt County, North Carolina.  Died 29 February 1924 in Pactolus Township, Pitt County, North Carolina; interred Greenville Township, Pitt County, North Carolina.

 

h. Henry Benjamin Harris, II: See generation 2, below.

 

2   Henry Benjamin Harris, II

 

1. Biographical notes:

 

Born 18 October 1926 (per Pitt Co. birth records) in Greenville Township, Pitt County, North Carolina.  Died 18 August 1959 in Greenville Township, Pitt County, North Carolina; interred there in Greenwood Cemetery.

 

2. Wife #1: Verna Elizabeth Jones

 

a. Biographical notes:

 

Born about 1936.  Died .  At age 22 married Henry B. Harris, age 31, on 30 April 1958 in Carolina Township, Pitt County, North Carolina.

 

b. Children: (perhaps others)

 

(1. Henry Benjamin Harris, III: See generation 1, below.

 

3. Wife #2: Betty Jean James

 

Born about 1936; daughter of Johnnie R. and Mae Lee (?) James.  At age 22 married, as his 2nd wife, Henry B. Harris, age 31, on 30 April 1958 (license issued same day) in Carolina Township, Pitt County, North Carolina.

 

1   Henry Benjamin Harris, III:

   "Benny"

 

Born 1951 in Greenville Township, Pitt County, North Carolina.  Married (1st) Lila Ruth Wingate (subsequently divorced) and had at least the following son:

 

a. Henry Benjamin Harris, IV: Born 1979 in Pitt County, North Carolina.

 

Henry Benjamin Harris, III married 2nd, as her 3rd husband, Jami Lynn (Biles)(Degges) Weil, descendant # 1.3.4 of generation 12 of the Descendants of John Addison Biles.

 

See Jami's page for More Info

 

 

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