Ancestry of
Amelia Earhart

Aviation Pioneer

Richard Harris

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• • 5th Great-grandfather of Amelia Earhart — 8th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 196 
  • Father:
  • Thomas Harris 
  • Mother:
  • Elnathan Tew   
  • Birth Date:
  • 14 Oct 1668 
  • Birth Location:
  • Providence, Providence Co., Rhode Island 
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  • Death Date:
  • 18 Aug 1750 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • ----- King
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  • Child:

  David Harris (Ahnentafel No:98 )

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  • Spouse:
  • Susanna Burton

• Sources for Richard Harris

  • ¹ Representative Men and Old Families of Rhode Island, Vol. 2, Chicago: J. H. Beers and Co. (1908), 757.
  • ² Rhode Island Vital Records, 1636-1850 - Town and Church Records, Vol. 7, p. 63, Birth record for Richard Harris.
  • ³ Austin, John Osborne, The Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island: Comprising Three Generations of Settlers Who Came Before 1690, Albany, New York: Joel Munsells Sons (1887), 266.
  • ⁴ Cutter, William Richard, Genealogical and Family History of Western New York: A Record of the Achievements of Her People . . ., Vol. 2, New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company (1912), 907.
  • ⁵ Morrison, George Austin, Jr., King Genealogy: Clement King, of Marshfield, Mass., 1668, and his Descendants, Albany, New York: Joel Munsell's Sons, Publishers (1898), 8-9.
  • ⁶ Ullmann, Helen Schatvet, Thomas and Nicholas Harris of Providence, RI, 2-3.

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