John Harris Sr. Veteran

Birth: 1678
England
Death: Dec 1748 (aged 69–70)
Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, USA
Burial: Harris Burial Ground

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John Harris was the father of the founder of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. He was a friend of William Penn, founder of Pennsylvania. His home is still standing in Harrisburg along the Susquehanna River. Former Secretary of War Simon Cameron under President Lincoln, bought and lived in the mansion from 1863 until his death.

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Edward Garrus Harris

1648–1677

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Esther Say McChesney

1697–1757 (m. 1718)

Children

David Harris

1710 – unknown
Thomas Harris

1718–1802
Elizabeth Harris Finley

1720–1769
Esther Harris Plunket

1720–1769
Caleb Thompson Harris

1725–1775
John Harris II

1726–1791
William Augustus Harris

1730–1760
Richard Harris

1730–1790
Samuel Harris

1733–1825
David Harris

1737–1760

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Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/43472344/john-harris: accessed ), memorial page for John Harris Sr. (1678–Dec 1748), Find a Grave Memorial ID 43472344, citing Harris Burial Ground, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, USA; Maintained by Jeremy Easton (contributor 46971168).

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Of particular note is the tale, reported in 1828, that a band of unfriendly "Indians" happened upon Harris Sr.'s establishment requesting whiskey that Harris refused to provide them. In anger, they tied Harris to a nearby mulberry tree with the intent of burning him alive. An African American slave named Hercules, it was reported, was able to rouse nearby friendly Indians who came to Harris' rescue. So grateful was Harris that he immediately emancipated Hercules and, in doing so, proclaimed his intent of being buried beneath the famed mulberry tree, his direction being fulfilled in 1748. Note too that on Harris' headstone is the fact that he was "the Friend of William Penn".

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Harris built a log cabin several hundred feet south of this gravesite in 1719, traded with the "Indians," cultivated the soil and established his river-crossing ferry. In 1733, he took possession of 800 acres of lands granted to him by the Penn Family which would become the original Borough of Harrisburg.

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Still standing within the gated confines of the John Harris grave site, is the presumed mulberry tree he was tied to and nearly burned to death against (the Susquehanna River flows in the background along the bank of the Harris grave).

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Along the Susquehanna River (Riverfront Park) in downtown Harrisburg

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Edward Garrus Harris

Esther Say McChesney

David Harris

Thomas Harris

Elizabeth Harris Finley

Esther Harris Plunket

Caleb Thompson Harris

John Harris II

William Augustus Harris

Richard Harris

Samuel Harris

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