John Harris and Jane Poen

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Husband John Harris ^{1 2}

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           Born: 1723 - Ireland 2
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           Died: 28 Feb 1794 - Mifflin, Juniata Co, PA 2
         Buried:  - Presbyterian Cemetery, Mifflintown, Juniata Co, PA

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         Father: James Harris (      -      ) 2
         Mother: Janet McClure (      -      ) 2

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       Marriage: 

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   Other Spouse: Jean Harris (Abt 1724-1807) 2

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Wife Jane Poen ²

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            AKA: Jane Poer 3
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Children

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• They had no children.

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General Notes: Husband - John Harris

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He immigrated to America in 1752, locating on the Swatara (Donegal). "Donegal" was settled by Scotch-Irish Presbyterians, nearly all of whom occupied prominent positions in Colonial times, and the records of the Revolutionary war, and that of 1812, fully establish the fact of their purest patriotism and love of country. Every soldier and officer of the Third Battalion was from this place, John Harris early taking an influential part. He was one of the leading spirits at the meeting at Carlisle July 12, 1774, to express sympathy for the oppressed at Boston, and adopt measures for their relief. He was a member of the Provincial Conference which met at Carpenters Hall June 28, 1776, and of the subsequent Convention July 15, 1776. He was appointed sub-lieutenant of Cumberland county March 12, 1777. From 1778 to 1781 he served as a member of the General Assembly. He was one of the commissioners who met at New Haven, Connecticut, in November, 1777, to regulate the price of commodities in the States. The Act for the gradual abolition of slavery in Pennsylvania received his support, although himself a slave owner. He was commissioned a Justice of the Peace on 6th of February, 1779. In 1790 he laid out the town of Mifflin, Juniata County, on his estate, which comprised 375 acres, and with characteristic forethought and consideration reserved a portion for public use, later occupied by the court house, Presbyterian and Lutheran churches, cemetery, &c.; he died there and was buried in the Presbyterian burying grounds.

He and his wife, Jean Harris, were cousins.

1 John Blair Linn, History of Centre and Clinton Counties, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co., 1883), Pg 198.

2 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clinton, Union and Snyder. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 182.

3 —, History of the Susquehanna and Juniata Valleys (Philadelphia, PA: Everts, Peck & Richards, 1886), Pg 702.