Ancestry of
Ethan Hawke

Actor, Director, Screenwriter, Novelist

Israel Harris

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• • 6th Great-grandfather of Ethan Hawke — 9th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 304 
  • Father:
  • John Harris 
  • Mother:
  • Rachel Moss   
  • Birth Date:
  • 16 Feb 1746/1747 
  • Birth Location:
  • Cornwall, Litchfield, Connecticut 
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  • Death Date:
  • 28 Nov 1836 
  • Death Location:
  • South Hartford, Washington, New York 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Sarah Moss
  • Marriage Date:
  • ABT 1769 
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  • Child:

  Israel Harris (Ahnentafel No:152 )

  • Notes: 

  • In May 1775, he joined the Revolutionary War group known as the “Green Mountain Boys.”

• Sources for Israel Harris

  • ¹ Connecticut: Vital Records (The Barbour Collection), 1630-1870, Cornwall, p. 44, Birth record for Israel Harris.
  • ² Daughters of the American Revolution Genealogical Research System, Ancestor #A051616.
  • ³ Butler, James Davie, Butleriana, Genealogica et Biographica: Or Genealogical Notes Concerning Mary Butler and Her Descendants . . ., Albany, New York: Joel Munsell's Sons, Publishers (1888), 94, 96-104.
  • ⁴ Herrick, Lucius Carroll, editor, The "Old Northwest" Genealogical Quarterly, 1898, Vol. 1, Columbus, Ohio: The "Old Northwest" Genealogical Society (1898), 53.

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