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 1654 - 1732 (78 years)
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| Name |
Patience HARRIS [1] |
| Birth |
1654 [1] |
| Gender |
Female |
| Death |
19 Mar 1732 |
Middletown, Hartford County, Connecticut  [1] |
| Notes |
- NEHG Register 164 - Jul 2010
On 24 July 1678, "Patience the Daughter of Wm. Harris," appeared before a court in hartford "to Answer for her committing fornication." She accused John Orton "for begetting her with Child which child was born march last." Orton admitted "that he was at the house of Wm Harris & kept there sometime about the time he was charged with begetting her with child." The court ordered Patience to pay a fine of L5 and Orton, adjudged "to be the reputed father," was ordered to pay 2s. per week as maintenance for the child "till it shall attayne the age of three yeares if it shall liue so long."
The court record refers to Patience as though she were still single in March and July 1678, but Middletown vital records and land records both indicate that a few months before, on 2 Jan. 1677/8, she had m. there, as his second wife, Deacon Daniel Markham.....
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| Person ID |
I27477 |
Main Tree |
| Father |
William HARRIS, b. 1620 d. Bef 04 Feb 1688, Middletown or Wethersfield, Connecticut (Age < 68 years) |
| Relationship |
Natural |
| Mother |
Edith ? d. 05 Aug 1685, Middletown, Hartford County, Connecticut |
| Relationship |
Natural |
| Marriage |
Bef 1642 [1] |
| Family ID |
F25277 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Sources |
- [S04086] The New England Historical and Genealogical Register 2010, Vol. 164 July.
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