Ancestry of
Neil Patrick Harris

TV and Movie Actor

William Harris

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• • 5th Great-grandfather of Neil Patrick Harris — 8th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 128 
  • Father:
  • James Harris 
  • Mother:
  • Ann McKinney   
  • Birth Date:
  • 7 Aug 1772 
  • Birth Location:
  • Rockbridge County, Virginia 
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  • Death Date:
  • 8 Jul 1845 
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  • Burial Location:
  • Pilot Knob Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Franklin, Simpson, Kentucky 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Nancy Highsmith
  • Marriage Date:
  • 6 Oct 1797 
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  • Child:

  David Rice Harris (Ahnentafel No:64 )

• Sources for William Harris

  • ¹ Daughters of the American Revolution Genealogical Research System, Ancestor #A051645 and #A055400.
  • ² Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 04/06/2021).
  • ³ Collins, Lewis and Richard H. Collins, Collin's Historical Sketches of Kentucky: History of Kentucky, Vol. 1, Covington, Kentucky: Collins and Co. (1874), 435.

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