Sixth Generation (Continued)
Family of Rebecca Mason (174) & Capt. William Harris

342. Rev. Thaddeus Mason Harris (Rebecca Mason5, Thaddeus4, John3, John2, Hugh1). Born Charlestown, Mass., on 7 Jul 1768. Died Dorchester, Mass., on 3 Apr 1842. Baptized on 10 Jul 1768. Residence: Dorchester, Mass. Data from Mason.

Thaddeus M. Harris graduated Harvard College, 1787, and was a classmate of John Quincy Adams. He was librarian at Harvard, 1791-1793, minister at First Church, Dorchester, 1793 to 1839.

He married Mary Dix, daughter of Elijah Dix & Dorothy Lynde, on 27 Jan 1795 in Worcester, Mass. Born Worcester, Mass., on 14 Apr 1776. Baptized First Church in Worchester. Died Boston, Mass., on 5 Dec 1852. Data from Mason.

They had the following children:
720 i.  Thaddeus William (1795-1856)
ii.  Mary Dorothy. Born on 30 Jan 1797. Died on 19 Aug 1890. Unmarried. Data from Mason.
721 iii.  Elijah Dix (1798-1841)
iv.  Clarendon. Born on 8 Sep 1800. Died on 13 Jan 1884. Residence: Worcester, Mass. Data from Mason. No children.
He married Charlotte Mary Thayer, on 30 Dec 1823. Data from Mason.
722 v.  John Alexander (1804-1882)
723 vi.  James Winthrop (1806-1879)
vii.  Sarah Duncan. Born Dorchester, Mass., on 15 Apr 1811. Died Dorchester, Mass., on 27 Mar 1833. Unmarried. Data from Mason.
viii.  Rebecca Mason. Born on 30 Jul 1813. Died on 6 Dec 1817. Data from Mason.

343. Rebecca Harris (Rebecca Mason5, Thaddeus4, John3, John2, Hugh1). Born Charlestown, Mass., on 5 Apr 1770. Died on 28 Jan 1804. Baptized on 15 Apr 1770. Data from Mason.

For complete data on this family see Wheeler Genealogy.

She married John Wheeler, son of Joseph Wheeler & Mary Greeleaf, on 12 Mar 1793. Born Harvard, Mass., on 17 May 1770. Died Dover, N. H., on 3 Apr 1840. Data from Mason.

John Wheeler was an apothecary, postmaster 26 years, representative to the General Court and associate judge of the Court of Common Pleas.

They had the following children:
i.  Rebecca Elizabeth. Born on 21 Mar 1794. Died on 27 Jan 1866. Data from Mason.
She married William Woodman, on 23 May 1816. Data from Mason.
ii.  Dorothy Dix. Born on 28 Feb 1798. Died on 25 Mar 1849. Data from Mason.
She first married Charles Woodman, on 8 Nov 1821. Born on 9 Jan 1792. Died in Oct 1822. Data from Mason.

Married Dorothy as (2) wife. He was speaker of the New Hampshire House of Representatives at the time of his death.
She second married Hon. Daniel M. Christie. Residence: Of Dover, N. H. Data from Mason.
724 iii.  John Hancock (1800-1867)
iv.  Mary Greenleaf. Born on 14 Jan 1804. Died on 30 Apr 1804. Data from Mason.

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