Ancestry of
Ethan Hawke

Actor, Director, Screenwriter, Novelist

Israel Hopkins Harris

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• • 3rd Great-grandfather of Ethan Hawke — 6th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 38 
  • Father:
  • James Harris 
  • Mother:
  • Rebecca C. Jennings   
  • Birth Date:
  • 23 Nov 1823 
  • Birth Location:
  • Centreville, Montgomery, Ohio 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Christening Location:
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  • Death Date:
  • 17 Oct 1897 
  • Death Location:
  • Waynesville, Warren, Ohio 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • Miami Cemetery, Corwin, Warren, Ohio 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Caroline E. Bunnell
  • Marriage Date:
  • ABT 1852 
  • Marriage Location:
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  • Child:

  Laura Harris (Ahnentafel No:19 )

  • Notes: 

  • The obituary for Israel Hopkins Harris claims that he held the largest collection of pearls in the country which he bequeathed to the Smithsonian Institute to be exhibited under the title "The Harris Collection."

• Additional marriages for Israel Hopkins Harris

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  • Spouse:
  • Esther Ann Stokes
  • Marriage Date:
  • 8 Nov 1848
  • Marriage Location:
  • Warren County, Ohio

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  • Spouse:
  • Edith Mosher
  • Marriage Date:
  • ABT 1874

• Sources for Israel Hopkins Harris

  • ¹ Federal Census, OH, Warren County, 1880, Wayne, E.D. 79, p. 49, Image 18 of 28.
  • ² Federal Census, OH, Warren County, 1860, Waynesville, p. 5, Image 5 of 21.
  • ³ Federal Census, OH, Warren County, 1870, Wayne, p. 13, Image 13 of 74.
  • ⁴ Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 10/31/2017).
  • ⁵ Ohio, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1774-1993, Marriage record for Israel H Harris and Esther Ann Stokes.
  • ⁶ Xenia Daily Gazette (Xenia, Ohio), 23 OCT 1897, p. 1, Obituary for Israel Harris.
  • ⁷ Herrick, Lucius Carroll, editor, The "Old Northwest" Genealogical Quarterly, 1898, Vol. 1, Columbus, Ohio: The "Old Northwest" Genealogical Society (1898), 53-56.
  • ⁸ Jennings, William Henry, A Genealogical History of the Jennings Families in England and America, Vol. 2, The American Families, Columbus, Ohio: Press of Mann and Adair (1899), 381, 396.

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