Called Moses Harris Sr. of Kingsbury, he mortgaged Dutchess Co. lands in 1786 (Dutch.Mtgs 4/365). Moses Harris of Kingsbury and Margaret, his wife, brought action in Court of Common Pleas at Springfield MA in January of 1791 against Isaac Powers of Greenwich MA over a note allegedly given to Margaret Chase in her widowhood in 1776 and then possessed by Powers. Mark Chase of Queensbuiry, a son of Margaret by her first husband, gave a supporting deposition.
In 1797, Moses Harris "Siegnor" of Westfield [writer's note - now Fort Ann] Washington Co., cooper, conveyed to Moses Harris Junior, yeoman, for 636 pounds 212 acres in the John Lawrence Patent of Queensbury (N/352). According to family tradition, Moses went to Kentucky late in life. On 28 Nov, 1806, sixty-five acres of land in Adair Co, KY were surveyed for a Moses harris, but he appears to be too young to be this man. According to an 1886 newspaper article: "There were four generations of Moses Harrises, and to disginuish them they were nick-named 'Old Muck', 'Young Muck', 'Muckee' and 'Chipmuck'"
In 1797, Moses Harris "Siegnor" of Westfield [writer's note - now Fort Ann] Washington Co., cooper, conveyed to Moses Harris Junior, yeoman, for 636 pounds 212 acres in the John Lawrence Patent of Queensbury (N/352). According to family tradition, Moses went to Kentucky late in life. On 28 Nov, 1806, sixty-five acres of land in Adair Co, KY were surveyed for a Moses harris, but he appears to be too young to be this man. According to an 1886 newspaper article: "There were four generations of Moses Harrises, and to disginuish them they were nick-named 'Old Muck', 'Young Muck', 'Muckee' and 'Chipmuck'"
Called Moses Harris Sr. of Kingsbury, he mortgaged Dutchess Co. lands in 1786 (Dutch.Mtgs 4/365). Moses Harris of Kingsbury and Margaret, his wife, brought action in Court of Common Pleas at Springfield MA in January of 1791 against Isaac Powers of Greenwich MA over a note allegedly given to Margaret Chase in her widowhood in 1776 and then possessed by Powers. Mark Chase of Queensbuiry, a son of Margaret by her first husband, gave a supporting deposition.
In 1797, Moses Harris "Siegnor" of Westfield [writer's note - now Fort Ann] Washington Co., cooper, conveyed to Moses Harris Junior, yeoman, for 636 pounds 212 acres in the John Lawrence Patent of Queensbury (N/352). According to family tradition, Moses went to Kentucky late in life. On 28 Nov, 1806, sixty-five acres of land in Adair Co, KY were surveyed for a Moses harris, but he appears to be too young to be this man. According to an 1886 newspaper article: "There were four generations of Moses Harrises, and to disginuish them they were nick-named 'Old Muck', 'Young Muck', 'Muckee' and 'Chipmuck'"
In 1797, Moses Harris "Siegnor" of Westfield [writer's note - now Fort Ann] Washington Co., cooper, conveyed to Moses Harris Junior, yeoman, for 636 pounds 212 acres in the John Lawrence Patent of Queensbury (N/352). According to family tradition, Moses went to Kentucky late in life. On 28 Nov, 1806, sixty-five acres of land in Adair Co, KY were surveyed for a Moses harris, but he appears to be too young to be this man. According to an 1886 newspaper article: "There were four generations of Moses Harrises, and to disginuish them they were nick-named 'Old Muck', 'Young Muck', 'Muckee' and 'Chipmuck'"
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