Seventh Generation (Continued)
Family of Rev. Thaddeus Mason Harris (342) & Mary Dix

720. Dr. Thaddeus William Harris (Thaddeus Mason6, Rebecca Mason5, Thaddeus4, John3, John2, Hugh1). Born Dorchester, Mass., on 12 Nov 1795. Died Cambridge, Mass., on 16 Jan 1856. Residence: Milton and Cambridge, Mass. Data from Mason.

Thaddeus W. Harris prepared for college at Dedham and Bridgewater, and in his sixteenth year, 1811, entered Harvard College, graduated 1815, A.B., and A.M. After graduation he studied medicine and received his M.D. from Harvard, 1820, and commenced practice in Milton, Mass., with Dr. Amos Holbrook. He did not long follow the medical profession for in 1831 he became librarian at Harvard and held that office until 1856.
Dr. Harris was best and most widely known as a Naturalist, standing in the front rank. In 1831 he prepared the Catalogue of Insects, a work of much importance in its day, it being the first systematic attempt made in this country to classify American insects. In 1837 he was in charge of the department of Natural History in Harvard and continued there for five years. Also, in 1837, he was appointed by the Legislature of the State of Massachusetts one of a commission for a scientific survey of the State, and in this connection he prepared his "Report on Insects Injurious to Vegetation" which was published at the charge of the State, in 1841, with revised and enlarged editions in 1852 and 1862. In 1840 he published a scientific list of native plants found in the vicinity of Boston. At his death his collection of insects passed into the hands of the Boston Society of Natural History. He was an Honorary Member of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, 1846, member of the Massachusetts Historical Society, 1848, Massachusetts Medical Society, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Society for Promotion of Agriculture, Boston Society of Natural History, a corresponding member of Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Pa., and of the London, England, Entomological Society. He was also interested in genealogical research, and at the time of his death left an unfinished genealogy of the Capt. Hugh Mason family which was copied by his son, Edward Doubleday Harris, and given to The New England Historical and Genealogical Society, Boston, and is now in their library.

He married Catherine Holbrook, daughter of Dr. Amos Holbrook & Jerusha Robinson, on 15 Nov 1824. Born on 31 May 1804. Died on 24 Dec 1887. Data from Mason.

They had the following children:
i.  William Thaddeus. Born Milton, Mass., on 25 Jan 1826. Died on 19 Oct 1854. Unmarried. Data from Mason.
Mr. Harris graduated Harvard College, 1846, also received degrees from Yale, Amherst and Williams Colleges. He was assistant librarian at Harvard and editor of The New England Genealogical Register.
ii.  Sarah Catherine. Born Milton, Mass., on 7 Nov 1827. Died on 10 Sep 1828. Data from Mason.
1305 iii.  Harriet Gardner (1829-1858)
iv.  Emma Forbes. Born Milton, Mass., on 16 Dec 1830. Data from Mason.
v.  Catherine (Twin). Born Cambridge, Mass., on 2 Oct 1832. Died on 15 May 1900. Unmarried. Data from Mason.
1306 vi.  Charles (Twin) (1832-1909)
vii.  Amos Holbrook. Born Cambridge, Mass., on 9 Jul 1834. Data from Mason. No children.
He married Lucy Elizabeth Lewis, on 9 Jun 1859. Died Seattle, Washington, on 4 Nov 1890. Data from Mason.
1307 viii.  Clarendon (1836-1892)
1308 ix.  Edward Doubleday (1839-1919)
1309 x.  Thomas Robinson (1842-1909)
xi.  Elizabeth. Born Cambridge, Mass., on 1 Nov 1844. Residence: August 1935, Cambridge, Mass. Data from Mason.
1310 xii.  Sarah Harriet (1849-1935)

721. Elijah Dix Harris (Thaddeus Mason6, Rebecca Mason5, Thaddeus4, John3, John2, Hugh1). Born Dorchester, Mass., on 13 Jul 1798. Died Boston, Mass., on 20 Jul 1841. Residence: Dorchester, Mass. Data from Mason.

He first married Rebecca Cordis Langdon, on 12 Sep 1822. Died on 2 Nov 1832. Data from Mason.

They had the following children:
i.  Mary Rebecca. Born Dorchester, Mass., on 9 Jan 1824. Died aft 1887. Unmarried. Data from Mason.
ii.  Anna Cordis. Born Dorchester, Mass., on 27 Mar 1826. Data from Mason.
1311 iii.  Amelia Langdon (1827->1887)
iv.  Joseph Langdon. Born Dorchester, Mass., on 26 Oct 1828. Data from Mason.

He second married Margaret O'Neil, on 11 Feb 1833. Died on 8 Jun 1835. Data from Mason.

They had one child:
i.  Sarah Jane. Born on 27 Nov 1834. Died on 21 Aug 1835. Data from Mason.

He third married Ann Hyde Etheridge, on 25 Feb 1838. Died aft 1887. Data from Mason.

They had the following children:
i.  Virginia Cary. Died infancy. Data from Mason.
1312 ii.  Caroline Virginia (1840-)

722. John Alexander Harris (Thaddeus Mason6, Rebecca Mason5, Thaddeus4, John3, John2, Hugh1). Born on 17 Aug 1804. Died Paxton, Mass., on 15 Mar 1882. Residence: Dorchester, Mass. Data from Mason.

He married Harriet Miller Flinn, on 19 Apr 1829. Died Rutland, Mass., on 15 Sep 1876. Data from Mason.

They had the following children:
i.  Theodore. Born Dorchester, Mass., on 13 Jun 1830. Data from Mason.
ii.  Sarah Duncan. Born Dorchester, Mass., on 30 Dec 1831. Died on 16 Dec 1848. Data from Mason.
iii.  Julia Coolidge. Born Dorchester, Mass., on 15 Feb 1833. Died on 26 Sep 1855. Unmarried. Data from Mason.
iv.  Harriet Allen. Born Dorchester, Mass., on 4 Jun 1835. Died on 1 Nov 1858. Data from Mason.
No children surviving.

She married William H. Simpson, on 10 Nov 1856. Data from Mason.
v.  Mary (Twin). Born on 16 Jul 1836. Died on 1 Aug 1836. Data from Mason.
vi.  Abigail (Twin). Born on 16 Jul 1836. Died on 2 Aug 1836. Data from Mason.
vii.  Abigail Allen. Born on 1 Mar 1844. Died in 1881. Data from Mason. No children.
She married Aaron Aldrich, on 1 Mar 1865. Data from Mason.
viii.  Mary Alexander. Born on 7 Jan 1849. Died on 13 Aug 1849. Data from Mason.
ix.  John Winthrop. Born on 5 Jul 1851. Died in 1878. Unmarried. Data from Mason.
1313 x.  Thaddeus (1856-1900)

723. James Winthrop Harris (Thaddeus Mason6, Rebecca Mason5, Thaddeus4, John3, John2, Hugh1). Born Dorchester, Mass., on 21 Mar 1806. Died Cambridge, Mass., on 21 Jul 1879. Residence: Dixmont, Maine, and Cambridge, Mass. Data from Mason.

He married Abigail Allen Flinn, on 9 Aug 1829. Died on 4 Mar 1884. Data from Mason.

They had the following children:
1314 i.  Rebekah Mason (1830-1900)
ii.  Charlotte Mary. Born on 11 Nov 1832. Unmarried: 1887. Data from Mason.
iii.  Sephora. Born on 29 Jun 1836. Data from Mason. No children.
She married LeRoy Cherrington. Data from Mason.
iv.  Mary. Born on 4 Jun 1839. Unmarried: 1887. Residence: Northampton, Mass. Data from Mason.

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