All About Thomas Harris of Rhode Island
His Family, Ancestors and Descendants
This collection presents Thomas Harris (born 1613 at Northbourne, Kent, England and died 1686 in Rhode Island), his brother William, 3 sisters and widowed mother who all migrated to New England in the mid 1630s. They joined with Roger Williams at the new settlement of Providence Plantation, now part of Rhode Island. Information includes research correcting long-standing errors by previous historians. This Harris family ancestry dates back to Staplehurst, Kent, England in the early 1500s. This collection also focuses on Nathan Harris (father of Emer and Martin Harris) who were great-great grandsons of Thomas Harris. The Nathan and Rhoda Harris family migrated to Palmyra, NY in 1793 and later generations moved westward eventually into Utah and Idaho.
Thomas Harris Signature
Click here:to read The NEHGS Register Article,The Origins of Thomas Harris and William Harris of Providence, Rhode Island, by Helen Schatvet Ullmann and L. Randall Harris
Click here: to read a research paper "Thomas Harris II and his son Nicholas Harris and families" by Helen S. Ullmann
Click here: additional research has extended the Harris line back several generations before Thomas Harris to Staplehurst, Kent.
Click here: to go to Thomas Harris' descendants Nathan and Rhoda Harris of Palmyra, New York and their family.