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iv. Polly, b. 1817; m. Henry Hoover.
III. JOHN FETTERHOFF (Frederick), b. October 12, 1790, in Lancaster county, Pa .; d. June 27, 1829, in Jackson township, Dau- phin county, Pa .; m., first, Elizabeth Snyder, and there was issue :
i. Susanna, b. March 23, 1814; m. George Enders.
IIe m., secondly, Katharine Haines, b. June 18, 1791; d. December 6, 1862; and there was issue :
ii. H ------ Elmira, b. January 15, 1817 ; d. March 30, 1875; m., December 10, 1835, John Shepley.
IV. GEORGE FETTERHOFF (Frederick), b. May, 3, 1795, in Lancaster county, Pa .: d. March 16, 1862, in Jackson township, Dau- phin county, Pa .; m. Mary Zimmerman, b. March 5, 1798 ; d. August 1, 1863; daughter of Christian Zimmerman. They had issue :
i. Joseph, b. April, 1816.
ii. Catharine, b. October, 1819.
iii. Samuel, b. February 26, 1821 ; d. Feb- ruary 26, 1866.
iv. Mary, b. April 7, 1828; d. October 14, 1877.
· v. Philip, b. November 3, 1825. vi. Susanna, b. 1827.
vii. Margaret, b. 1830.
viii. Abby, b. April 28, 1833.
- FOX FAMILY OF DERRY.
I. JOHN Fox, a native of the county Dev- onshire, England, where he was born in the year 1751, came to America when a young man, and settled first at Germantown in the Province of Pennsylvania. There he mar- ried Anna Margaret Rupert, b. December 14, 1756, in Holland. Shortly after, in 1799, they settled in what was then London- derry township, Lancaster county, in the neighborhood of Hummelstown. Mr. Fox died April 25, 1816, and his wife on the 21st of October, 1838. Both were interred in the Lutheran churchyard at Hummelstown. They had issue :
2. i. John, b. June 10, 17S0; m. Sarah Shonberger.
3. ii. Margaret, b. 1782; m. John Phillips. 4. iii. Thomas, b. November 4, 1786; m. Barbara Baum.
5. iv. George, b. December 17, 1788; m. Elizabeth Eshenauer.
6. v. James, b. 1794; m. Sophia Bayle.
vi. Richard, b. February 9, 1799, in Lon- donderry township, Dauphin county, Pa .; d. July 1, 1827; m. Rachel Hummel, b. November 2-4, 1799; d. September 27, 1867 : daughter of Frederick Hummel and Rachel Eckert ; no issue.
II. JOHN Fox (John), b. June 10, 1780, in then Londonderry township, Lancaster county, Pa .; d. July 19, 1853. IJe was edu- cated in the country schools of the neigh-
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borhood, and a farmer by occupation. He became quite prominent and influential in the political affairs of the county, and served as a member of the House of Representatives of Pennsylvania from 1831 to 1833. He filled the office of sheriff from October 14, 1833, to October 21, 1836, and again from Oeiober 19, 1839, to October 24, 1842. Apart from these positions of trust and honor, he served his neighbors in the various town- ship offices with fidelity. He was a repre- sentative man, not only of his family but of the county, a faithful officer, of strict integ- rity, upright and conscientious in all his relations with his fellow citizens. Mr. Fox m., November 29, 1804, Sarah Shonberger, b. November 4, 1785; d. October S, 1866. They had issue:
i. John, b. 1805.
ii. Liberty, b. 1807 ; m. Mary Ann Hag- gerty, of Philadelphia, b. Novem- ber 29, 1817 ; d. May 26, 1857, and had one son.
iii. Margaret, b. 1809; m. Henry Orth.
III. MARGARET Fox (John), b. 1782, in then Londonderry township, Laneaster county, Pa .; d. at Hummelstown, Pa. She m., August 20, 1807, John Phillips, b. Feb- ruary 19, 1786 ; d. July 11, 1855, at Hum- melstown, Pa., and with his wife there buried. He was a gentleman of erudition, an eminent school teacher, and of eonsid- erable prominence. They had issue (sur- name Phillips):
i. Horace.
ii. Mary.
iii. John.
iv. Harriet.
v. Margaret.
IV. THOMAS FOX (John), b. November 4, 1786, near Hummelstown, Dauphin county, Pa .; d. tliere October 25, 1824. He m., Feb- ruary 4, 180S, Barbara Baum, b. January 8, 1780, in then Londonderry township, Lan- caster county, Pa .; d. January 3, 1833; daughter of Daniel Baum and his wife Catharine Fishburn. They had issue :
i. Catharine, d. s. p.
ii. Alfred, d. s. p.
iii. Louisa, d. s. p.
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iv. Margaret, b. 1814 ; m. Dr. Adam Shel- lar, b. January, 1808; d. November, 1SS2; son of Christian and Margaret Stellar, of Rapho township, Lan- easter county, l'a. ; studied medi- eine with Dr. Henderson, of Hum-
melstown, and graduated from the Reform Medical College at New York in 1830; located in Mt. Joy ; was highly esteemed by the profes- sion and secured an extensive prac- tiee.
v. Thomas-Evans, b. July 2, 1816; d. Mareh 3, 1851; in. Mary L. Rieker, adopted daughter of Frederick Rieker, b. 1821; d. February 9, 1868, and had issue.
vi. John-Michael, b. 1818; m. Harriet Carson, and had issue.
V. GEORGE Fox (Jolin), b. December 17, 1788, in then Londonderry township, Dau- phin county, Pa .; d. August 25, 1855. Hem. Elizabeth Eshenauer, b. Deeember 3, 1794; d. April 8, 1862; daughter of Caspar and Mary Eshenauer. They had issue :
7. i. Richard, m., first, Anna Patten ; secondly, Adelaide Hynicka.
8. ii. John-E., m., first, Mary Boggs; sec- ondly, Caroline Boggs.
iii. George, d. s. p.
iv. James, b. 1820; d. February 28, 1858. v. Abner, m. Louisa Shepherd.
9. vi. Thomas-George, m. Diana Hershey.
VI. JAMES FOX (Jolin), b. 1794, in then Londonderry township, Dauphin county, Pa .; d. September 25, 1843, in Hum- melstown, Pa. He m. Sophia Bayle, b. 1804; d. March 6, 1844, in Hummelstown, Pa. They had issue :
i. William.
ii. Margaret, m. Michael Longenecker.
iii. John-Thomas.
iv. Ann, m. John H. Hummel.
VII. RICHARD Fox (George, John). Mr. Fox was twice married; m., first, Anna Patton. They liad issue :
i. William.
ii. George.
He m., secondly, Adelaide Hynicka, daughter of Christopher Coal Hynicka and Mary Ann Rohm. They had issuc :
i. Anna. ii. May.
iii. Richard-V.
iv. Elizabeth.
VIII. JOHN E. Fox (George, John), b. in Hummelstown, Pa .; d. February 17, 1880, in Philadelphia. He was a native of Ium- melstown, Dauphin county, Pa., and was educated at the Gettysburg College. le went to Philadelphia when a young man,
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and was a clerk in the office of the Eagle Transportation and Railroad Linc, at Eighth and Market streets. In 1843 he commenced business as a stock broker on Third street, below Market, and remained in the same neighborhood until the time of his death. A daughter became the wife of John H. Weiss, of Harrisburg.
IX. THOMAS GEORGE FOX (George, John), m. and had issue :
i. Dr. L .- Webster, who graduated at Jef- ferson Medical College, Philadel- phia, and completed his medical studies in Berlin, Vienna, and Lon- don.
ii. Elizabeth.
iii. James-G., married Emma Strickler. iv. John-E.
v. Ada.
vi. Mary. vii. Carolinc. viii. George-II.
GEDDES, OF DERRY.
I. JAMES GEDDES, born the year 1704, near Randallstown, county Antrim, Ireland, emigrated to America, landing in August, 1752, with his wife Margaret and three sons. He died in 1764; and his wife, born in 1699, died 1783; and with her husband lies buried in old Derry church graveyard. They had issue :
i. Paul, b. 1732, in Ireland ; d: May 25, 1814, in Northumberland Pa .; he removed to what was subsequently Turbut township, now Chillisqua- que township, that county, about 1765 ; was quite active during the Revolution, and a member of the Committee of Safety for Northum- berland.
2. ii. William, b. 1735; m. Sarah McCallen. iii. Samuel, b. 1739, in Ireland; d. in 1788.
II. WILLIAM GEDDES (James), b. 1735 in Ireland ; came to America with his father's family in 1752; his farm was located six miles west of Harrisburg in Cumberland county, on which he died in 1789. He mar- ried Sarah McCallen, daughter of John and Sarah MeCallen, b. in 1733; d. 1773, in Lon- donderry township; both buried in Derry churchyard. They had issue :
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i. James, b. July 22, 1763 ; d. August 19,
1838, in Onondago county, N. Y., where he resided and left a family.
ii. Margaret, b. December 31, 1764; d. in 1818, near Fannettsburg, Frank- lin county, Pa.
iii. John, b. August 16, 1766 ; d. Decem- ber 5, 1840, near Newville, Cumber- land county, Pa.
iv. Paul, b. June 9, 1768 ; d. October 22, 1832, in Path Valley, Franklin county, Pa., where he resided and left a family.
3. v. Robert, b. September 30, 1771; m., first, Jane Sawyer; secondly, Mrs. Martha McClure.
III. ROBERT GEDDES (William, James), b. September 30, 1771, in Londonderry town- ship, then Lancaster county, Pa. He inher- ited the farm of his mother's brother, Robert McCallen, situated Campbellstown, Lebanon county, Pa. He died July 14, 1832, and is buried in the grave of his grand- mother, Sarah McCallen, in Derry church- yard. He m., first, March 2, 1797, by Rev. James R. Sharon, Jane Sawyer, daughter of John Sawyer, b. May 25, 1770; d. November 29, 1803. They had issue :
i. Robert, b. December 11, 1797; d. March 11, 1866.
ii. Sarah, b. July 10, 1799; d. August 25, 1819.
4. iii. John, b. March 19, 1801; resided in Ypsilanti, Mich.
iv. William, b. December 28, 1802; d. May 21, 1877; removed in 1844 from Pennsylvania to Michigan, where he died.
v. Jane, b. August, 1804; d. February 8, 1882.
vi. Isabella, b. September 17, 1806; d. November 21, 1834.
Robert Geddes m., secondly, March 22, 1810, Mrs. Martha McClure, and they had issue :
vii. James, b. December 12, 1810; m. and resided near Decatur, Macon county, Ill.
viii. Thomas, b. September 10, 1812; d. May 6, 1837.
ix. Agrippa, b. September 31, 1814; d. December 25, 1849. x. Anna, b. July, 1818.
IV. JOHN GEDDES (Robert, William, James), b. March 19, 1801, in now London- derry township, Lebanon county, Pa. In company with his brother Robert, he left
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Pennsylvania April 19, 1825, arriving in Ann Harbor, Mich., May 11, 1825. John resided at Ypsilanti, Mich. He m., first, April 6, 1837, Fanny Savage; b. February 19,1806, in Orange county, N. Y .; d. Decem- ber 6, 1855, and there was issue :
i. John, d. s. p.
ii. Sarah, m. and had two sons and three daughters.
iii. Rachel, m., but had no children.
John Geddes m., secondly, Julia Ettie Savage, a sister to his first wife, b. July 22, 1800; d. August 18, 1883.
- THE GEIGER FAMILY.
I. BARNHART (or Bernard) GEIGER, Sr., was born in 1748. His ancestors were Brandenburgers and lived at Frankford on Oder. His father and brothers were in the military service, several of whom fell at Zorndorf. Bernard was a conscript in King Frederick's army and served seven years, but ran away to escape the barbarity of the discipline of the Prussian service, and reached America in 1773. He entered the American army in 1776, and participated in the battles of Monmouth, Brandywine, Ger- mantown, and several minor skirmishes, be- ing mustered out of service in 1779. At the close of the Revolution he removed to Reams- town, Lancaster county, Pa., from whence he came to Harrisburg in April, 1788. There he engaged in blacksmithing. He was one of the founders of the Lutheran Church at that place, and an enterprising citizen. He died July 16, 1811. Mr. Geiger married, in 1779, Mary Smith, a native of Darmstadt, in Hesse. She died at Harrisburg, July 19, 1840. They had issue, all save the youngest born at Reamstown :
2. i. John, b. February 18, 1780; m. Mary Shoch.
ii. George, b. April 21, 1782; d. Septem- ber 6, 1853, at Harrisburg; learned the trade of a blacksmith with his father, and afterwards opencd a store in Market Square, second door from the Harrisburg Bank, which he continued in partnership with his brothers Joseph and Ber- nard for many years. He dicd un- married.
3. iii. Joseph, b. December 27, 1784; m. Sarah Rupley.
iv. Mary, b. 1786; m. Michael Walters,
of Limestone, Clarion county, Pa., nothing further is known of them.
v. Susanna, b. December 3, 1787; d. March 30, 1820, at Orangeville, Columbia county, Pa .; m. Andrew Crouse.
4. vi. Bernard, b. October 27, 1795; m. Charlotte Lewis.
II. JOHN GEIGER (Bernard), b. February 18, 1780, at Reamstown, Lancaster county, Pa .; d. July 11, 1864, at Harrisburg ; he was a prominent merchant there many years; m., in 1807, Mary Shoch, b. April 1, 1788; d. August 4, 1855; daughter of John Shoch and Salome Gilbert. They had issue :
5. i. Sarah, b. October 31, 1808; m. James Wilson.
6. ii. George, b. January 27, 1811; m. Rc- becca McGrath.
iii. John-Bernard, b. November 30, 1812; d. July 24, 1825.
7 iv. Mary-R., b. October 21, 1814; m. Israel Steel.
v. Amanda-E., b. August 1, 1816; d. November 17, 1845, unm.
8. . vi. Joseph-HI., b. November 11, 1817; m., first, Eliza Ingram ; m., secondly, Mary Stewart; thirdly, Sarah But- terfield.
vii. Samuel-Shoch, b. June 7, 1819 ; d. Octo- ber 30, 1839.
9. viii. Malvina-L., b. November 16, 1821; m. Samuel D. Ingram.
III. JOSEPH GEIGER (Bernard), b. Decem- ber 27, 1784, at Reamstown, Lancaster county, Pa .; d. January 4, 1872, at Halifax, Pa. ; learned the trade of a blacksmith with his father, and subsequently became a mer- chant at Harrisburg. In 1821 removed to his farm on the site of old Fort Halifax, and in 1828 to the borough of Halifax, where he resided until his death. He married, Feb- ruary 15, 1819, Sarah Rupley, b. February 16, 1801, in East Pennsboro' township, Cum- berland county, Pa .; d. October 25, 1859, at Halifax, Pa .; daughter of Jacob Rupley and Anna Maria Rupp. They had issue :
i. Bernard, b. March 21, 1820; d. Sep- tember 3, 1820.
10. ii. Hiram-Rupley, b. January 24, 1822, m. Elizabeth K. Blattenberger.
11. iii. Sarah-Louisa, b. September 5, 1826; m. Rev. William L. Gray.
iv. Mary-Ellen, b. August 25, 1831; d. January 3, 1833.
v. Rebecca-Emily, b. April 16, 1834; re-
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sided in the old homestead at IIali- fax.
IV. BERNARD GEIGER (Bernard), b. Oeto- ber 27, 1795, at Harrisburg, Pa .; d. May 30, 1841; was a merchant at Harrisburg ; m. Charlotte Lewis, of Harrisburg, b. March 6, 1805; d. November 19, 1832. They had issue :
i. Louisa, b. 1828; d. March 2, 1849; m. Daniel Eppley, of Harrisburg, and had Minnie, b. August, 1847 ; d. 1867, at East Liberty, Pa. ; m.Wal- ter Fahnestock, of Pittsburgh.
12. ii. Annic-Maria, b. 1830; m. David J. Unger.
13. iii. Charlotte-Elizabeth, b. 1833; m. Alex- ander Roberts.
V. SARAH GEIGER (John, Bernard), b. October 31, 1808, at Harrisburg, Pa .; d. Jan- uary 27, 1842; m., December 22, 1831, James Wilson, Jr., of Philadelphia. They had issue :
i. John-Geiger, resides in Philadelphia. ii. James.
iii. Sarah-E., resides in Harrisburg.
VI. GEORGE GEIGER (John, Bernard), b. January 27, 1811, at Harrisburg, Pa .; was a merchant of Topeka, Kan .; m. Rebecca MeGrath, of Martin's Ferry, Ohio. They had issue :
i. John, d. s. p.
ii. George, d. s. p.
iii. Mary, m. -- Mo.
Lee, of Kansas City,
iv. Fannie, m. Thomson; of 'To-
peka.
v. Malvina, m. - Rodgers, of Topeka.
VII. MARY R. GEIGER (John, Bernard), b. October 21, 1814, at Harrisburg ; d. January 17, 1848; m., 1833, Israel Steel. They had issue :
i. Annic-C., b. July 26, 1834; m. Elias J. Unger ; reside at Pittsburgh, Pa.
VIII. JOSEPH HI. GEIGER (Jolin, Bernard), b. November 11, 1817, at Harrisburg, Pa .; removed to Columbus, O .; was attorney gen- eral of that State, and then State librarian ; was thrice married ; first, Eliza Ingram, of West Chester, Pa., and there was issue :
i. Eliza-Ingram, resides in Washington, D. C.
He m., secondly, Mary Stewart, of Colum- bus, O., and had :
ii. Lydia-I., m. Milne, of West Virginia.
iii. Ruth.
He m., thirdly, Sarah Butterfield, a native of New England.
IX. MALVINA L. GEIGER (John, Bernard), b. November 16, 1821, at Harrisburg, Pa .; re- sides at Harrisburg; m., January 1, 1843, Samuel D. Ingram, and bad issue :
i. John-Geiger, b. October 21, 1843, at Harrisburg, Pa .; d. October 8, 1877 ; was for several years attached to the reportorial staff at the capital of the State, and local editor of the Telegraph. "Affable in his manners, gentlemanly in his bearing, scrupu- lously truthful in his official ca- pacity, he won during his brief ca- reer as a journalist the warm ad- miration of a host of friends." Mr. Ingram m. Clara V. Kosure, and left one son.
X. HIRAM RUPLEY GEIGER (Joseph, Ber- nard), b. January 24, 1822, near Halifax, Pa .; drowned in the Juniata, near Lewistown, Pa., June 29, 1849; m., January 20, 1846, Eliza- beth K. Blattenberger, b. September 4, 1826, at Mt. Patrick, Perry county, Pa. They had issue :
i. George, b. December 16, 1846, at Liver- pool, Perry county, Pa .; entered the United States army (regulars) dur- ing the rebellion, and rose to the rank of captain of infantry; was killed in the charge on the fort at Blakely Landing near Mobile, Ala., April 9, 1865.
XI. SARAH LOUISA GEIGER (Joseph, Ber- nard), b. September 5, 1826, near Halifax Dauphin county, Pa .; m. Rev. William L Gray, b. November 8, 1821, in Cumberland county, N. J .; son of George Frederick Gray and Martha Smith; a member of the Phila- delphia Conference of the Methodist Episco- pal Church, and now (1883) stationed at First M. E. ehurel, Norristown, Pa. They had issue :
i. Hiram-Geiger, b. June 16, 1845, at Fort Hunter, Dauphin county, Pa .; d. December 16, 1865, at Philadel- phia.
ii. William-Bowen, b. November 11, 1847, at Georgetown X Roads (now Ga- lena), Kent county, Md .; resides at Halifax, Dauphin county, Pa.
iii. Joseph-Downing, b. March 22, 1849, at Galena, Kent county, Md.
iv. Charles-Brindle, b. February 15, 1851,
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at Fulton House, Lancaster county, Pa.
v. Sarah-Martha, b. December 1, 1852, at Philadelphia; d. March 18, 1878, at Easton, Pa.
vi. Harriet-Rebecca, b. April 13, 1855, at Milford, Pa.
vii. John-Milne, b. October 3, 1857, at Pottsville, Pa.
viii. Robert-Chamberlain, b. October 18, 1859, at Manayunk, Pa.
ix. George-Edward, b. April 28, 1863, at Manayunk, Pa .; d. March 3, 1865, at Reading.
XII. ANNIE MARIA GEIGER (Bernard, Bernard), b. 1830, at Harrisburg, Pa .; d. December 12, 1862; m., in 1848, David J. Unger; was a merchant at Harrisburg; was lieutenant of the Cameron Guards and served in the war with Mexico. They had issue:
i. Charlotte, d. s. p.
ii. George, d. s. p.
iii. John-Kunkel, d. s. p.
XIII. CHARLOTTE ELIZABETH GEIGER (Bernard, Bernard), b. November 19, 1832, at Harrisburg ; d. May 2, 1863; m. Alexan- der Roberts, a civil engineer of Harrisburg ; and they had issue :
i. John-Bernard.
ii. Alexander.
iii. James. iv. George.
THE HARRIS FAMILY OF DERRY.
Among the early settlers of this locality was William Harris, a native of England, and no doubt related to John Harris, the pioneer of Harris' Ferry. He settled on the Swatara one and one-half miles above Mid- dletown. He was born in 1701 and died on the 4th of April, 1754. His wife was Catha- rine Douglass, of the family of Sir Robert Douglass, of Scotland, born in 1709, dying August 7, 1780, aged 71 years. William Harris and his wife are buried in old Derry graveyard. The record of the children of these pioneers, as copied from an old Bible, marked " James Harris, his Book," reads as follows :
2. " James Harris wass born the 16th of January, being Friday, 1739.
"Sarah Ilarris wass born the 20th day of March, it being Saturday, 1741.
" John Harris wass born November the 20th, it being Friday, 1746.
" William Harris wass born November the 20th, it being Wednesday, 1749.
" Mary Harris wass born July the 22d, it being Thursday, 1752."
There appears to have been another entry in 1753, but it is illegible. As the youngest son, Robert, was born that year it was evi- dently his birth record.
.William Harris died the year after (1754). A distribution of his estate was not made, however, until 1763, when, on the 6th of September, the Orphans' Court, held at Lan- easter, directed the following :
" To Catharine Harris, widow of the de- ceased, the interest of one-third, in lieu of her dower ; James, the eldest son, one-third as the remainder, or two shares ; while the other children -- Sarah, John, Mary, and Robert-were to receive one share; the dower to be divided among the same upon the decease of the widow. The personal property was also distributed in the same proportion, and their unele James Harris, was appointed guardian of Robert, Mary, and John.
Robert Harris, the youngest child, studied medieine and served as a surgeon of the Pennsylvania Line during the Revolution. He was a valuable officer and highly es- teemed by his confreres in that glorious struggle. Dr. Harris died of quinsy at the house of John Phillips, inn-keeper, the sign of the Blue Ball, almost twenty miles west of Philadelphia, in Tredyffrin township, Chester county, on the night of the 4th of March, 1785. His will was written by An- drew Gordon, at his request, and is dated March 3, 1785, " recorded May 3, 1785, and remains in the register's office in Paxtang, Dauphin county." Letters of administra- tion with the will annexed were granted to Mary Harris, the wife of his brother James. Dr. Harris willed the interest of a part of his personal estate to his brother John Har- ris during his lifetime, and then the princi- ple to fall to Robert, son of James. His land (donation land), when surveyed, he allowed to Laird Harris, son of James. From a receipt still in existence, tombstones were purchased in Philadelphia, and as there are no records in the graveyard at Derry or Paxtang, the presumption is that he was interred at Tredyffrin. The papers of Dr. Harris, which would be of undoubted historie value, were burned by a member of
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the family some forty years ago, to prevent their falling into the hands of strangers. His medicine chest is in the possession of his grand-nephew, William L. Harris, of East Buffalo township, Union county.
Of Sarah and Mary Harris, daughters of William, we have no record.
II. JAMES HARRIS, the eldest child, mar- ried, June 2, 1768, Mary Laird, daughter of William Laird and Catharine Spencer. She was born April 28, 1750 (O. S.), and died De- cember 13, 1842, and interred in the ceme- tery at Lewisburg. James Harris died April 30, 1787, and is buried at Derry. The chil- dren of James Harris and Mary Laird were as follows :
¿. William, b. Wednesday, April 28, 1769; d. February 2, 1785, and buried at Derry.
ii. Elizabeth, b. Thursday, July 18, 1770; d. May 20, 1842; m. Thomas Howard, d. January 15, 1842.
iii. Catharine, b. Thursday, April 2, 1772; d. December 28, 1784, and buried at Derry.
iv. Jean, b. January 6, 1774; d. Decem- ber 5, 1839.
v. Laird, b. Tuesday, February 22, 1776; d. June 30, 1804.
vi. Robert, b. Sunday, November 22, 1777 ; d. at Lewisburg.
vii. Sarah, b. Saturday, September 4, 1779; d. December 30, 1827, unm.
3. viii. James, b. Wednesday, June 13, 1781; m. Sarah Bell.
. ix. Matthew, b. Friday, August 13, 1784; d. February 13, 1873.
x. William-Laird, b. Thursday, May 17, 1786; d. November 11, 1845; was a member of the Pennsylvania As- semby in 1833, and of the Constitu- tional Convention 1837-S.
James Harris took and subscribed the oath of allegiance and fidelity to the State and Colonies on the 14th day of July, 1777, before Joshua Elder, magistrate at Paxtang. He served in the army and was at the battles of Trenton, Princeton, Brandywine and Germantown. During the year 1778 he was in service with his wagon and team in the Jerseys. After his death his widow removed about 1792, to Buffalo Valley, then North- umberland and now Union county.
III. JAMES HARRIS (James, William), b. June 13, 1781, in Derry township, Dauphin county, Pa .; d. July 1, 1868, in Buffalo Val-
ley, Union county, Pa .; m., October, 1819, Sarah Bell. They had issue :
i. William-Laird, b. 1821.
ii. James-Spencer, b. 1823.
iri. Samuel-Bell, b. 1825.
iv. Mary-Laird, b. 1827. v. Robert-Douglass, b. 1829. vi. Ann-Berryhill, b. 1831.
vii. Sarah-Clementina, b. 1833.
viii. Caroline-Douglass, b. 1835; d. 1864.
ix. Berryhill-Bell, b. 1837.
Of this family of Harris' none remain in this locality. Like their neighbors of a century and more ago, their descendants have sought new homes, while only the brief tombstone inscriptions in deserted grave- yards, and the mere mention of a name here and there on the old records, tell of the brave and hardy ancestry.
-THE HAYES OF DERRY.
PATRICK. HAYES, born in county Donegal, Ireland, in 1705, came to Pennsylvania in company with his brothers, Hugh, William, and James, about 1728, all of whom took up land in what is now Derry township. On the assessment list for 1751 the name of James is wanting. He probably died prior to that period, while Hugh and William followed the Virginia and Carolina migra- tion of the few years subsequent. Patrick remained and died in Derry on the 31st of January, 1790. His wife, Jean whom he married in 1729, died October 15, 1792. Both are buried in old Derry church- yard. They had children as follows :
i. David, b. 1731; m. Martha Wilson, daughter of James Wilson ; he in- herited what is now the Felty farm.
ii. Robert, b. February 2, 1733 ; m., March 25, 1762, Margaret Wray, of Derry; was an officer of the Revolution ; he inherited what is now the Long- necker farm; he built his house in 1762, and his stone barn in 1772; the latter was torn down in 1850. Robert and Margaret Hayes had- Jean, b. 1763, d. 1817; John, b. 1765, m. Margaret Gray ; Patrick, b. 1767, m. - - Mickey, of Cum- berland county ; Margaret, b. 1769, m. William Thome, of Ilanover: Robert, b. 1771, m., first, Jean Hayes, daughter of Capt. Patrick
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