Harris, Willard (1782-1848)

Name:

Harris, Willard (1782-1848)

Title:

Served in N H Militia, War of 1812
Major, N H Militia

Born:

04/11/1782

Birthplace:

Washington, NH

Died:

08/11/1848

Death Location:

Newport, NH

Residence:

Washington, NH
Newport, NH 1806-1848

Nationality:

American

Occupation:

Cabinetmaker

Father:

Harris, David (1752-1830)

Mother:

Woods, Rebecca (1751-1831)

Relations:

Partnership, Willard & David Harris, Newport, 1828
Workmen in shop of Willard Harris, 1820s: Leander Long, Moses Hall, Sumner Millen, Francis Gay, Simon Dodge, Samuel Dame, Harvey Silver, Horace Ellis (see 1978.7), William Dunklee, David Batchelder, Amos Dwinell, Samuel E. George, Elias J. Severance, Washington Cressy.

Spouse:

Mary Wilson, November 25, 1802, Washington

Children:

David, born August 14, 1803; died 1855
Rebecca W., born May 24, 1805; died July 5, 1868,
Willard, born October 7, 1807; died February 14, 1827
Hubbard, born December 1, 1809; died February 27, 1814
Henrietta M., born March 8, 1812
Mary, born August 16, 1815
Lucida P., born July 27, 1820
James Breck, born December 17, 1823; died 1902

Notes:

George N. Gage, History of Washington, New Hampshire, From the First Settlement to the Present Time. 1768-1886. (Claremont, New Hampshire: The Claremont Manufacturing Company, 1886), 166, 466-467.

Donna-Belle Garvin, "A 'Neat and Lively Aspect': Newport, New Hampshire as a Cabinetmaking Center," Historical New Hampshire, 43(Fall, 1988)3, 204-212.

Advertisement, New-Hampshire Spectator, Newport, NH, April 1, 1828, 1.

Death Notice, The Farmers' Cabinet, Amherst, NH, August 24, 1848, 3.

Maple Street Cemetery, Newport, NH