HARRRIS ANNEX
Henry Benjamin Harris, III Pedigree
(Start at generation 1, below.)
WORKING DRAFT
Last Change: 9 April 2023
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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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