The Proeger Family · Generation 7 — Earl's earliest known

James Harris

Father of Rebecca Anna Harris

James Harris

Confirmed

Father of Rebecca Anna Harris

Married
Rachel
Children
Rebecca Anna Harris
Sources
3

Research status

Research status: CONFIRMED — added 24 September 2026; entered in the family tree the same day. Rebecca Anna Harris's 1857 Woolwich Township marriage return and her 1866 Salem City death return, both read from the images, name her parents as James & Rachel Harris

Life in the order the records give it

Note
Of Salem County, New Jersey. His own dates are not yet documented
Census1870
🆕 In 1870 he was 73, living with Rachel in Gloucester City in the home of Joseph K. and Georgianna Frazer S622. That puts his birth about 1797, in New Jersey. The census does not say how the Frazers were related. added 26 September 2026.
Census1860
🆕 In 1860 he was James Harris, 63, a labourer, living with Rachel in Upper Alloways Creek, Salem County S653. The census leaves birthplaces blank. added 26 September 2026.
Census1850
🆕 In August 1850 he was James Harris, 53, a labourer, in Upper Alloways Creek, Salem County, with Rachel, 39, Benjamin, 16, and Charlotte E., 10, all born in New Jersey Confirmed S1167. The census states no relationships. Rebecca Anna, about 27, was no longer at home.

Family parents, marriages, children, siblings

Children
Father of Rebecca Anna Harris, and so great-grandfather of James Harris Timberman Jr.; husband of Rachel

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James Harris · Sources

Citations

Sources cited on this card

3 of the record's sources are cited here. The numbering is the record's own; the full list, with where else each is cited, is at Sources.

  1. S6221870 U.S. census — Gloucester City, Camden County, New Jersey, p. 80. Ancestry record 27598472. Image examined, read 25 September 2026. Confirmed Dwelling 579: Joseph K. Frazer, 43, ship carpenter; Georgianna, 39; Emma B., 17; Benj. H., 8; James Harris, 73; and Rachel Harris; all born New Jersey. Relationships are not stated.
  2. S6531860 U.S. census — Upper Alloways Creek, Salem County, New Jersey. Ancestry record 55046896. Image examined, read 25 September 2026. Confirmed Dwelling 302: James Harris, 63, labourer, and Rachel Harris. Birthplaces left blank. The index reads the township as Alloway; the page says Upper Alloways Creek.
  3. S11671850 U.S. census, Upper Alloways Creek Township, Salem County, New Jersey, p. 44 (stamped 332), dwelling 347, family 348, lines 15–18 (12 August 1850). Ancestry record 4604617. Image examined in the Stage 2 reading, 25 September 2026. Confirmed James Harris, 53, male, labourer, born New Jersey; Rachel Harris, 39, born New Jersey; Charlotte E. Harris, 10, at school; Benjamin Harris, 16; all born New Jersey. No real estate entered. The 1850 census states no relationships. The first digit of James’s age is overwritten; 53 is the likeliest reading and fits his 63 in 1860 (S653) and 73 in 1870 (S622). Rachel’s 39 puts her birth about 1811, which is hard to square with Rebecca Anna’s birth about 1823: either Rebecca was born later or Rachel was a second wife. This record does not settle it.

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