Will Abstract
Salem County, NJ
March 28, 1814
JOHN HARRIS, of Lower Alloways Creek, NJ
1. To sons STRETCH HARRIS and BENJAMIN HARRIS, land, woodland, and marsh where I live, equally.
2. To wife LYDIA HARRIS, 1/3 during her life.
3. To son PETER HARRIS, 200 acres of land in Pennsylvania.
4. To son STRETCH HARRIS, plantation wagon, pair of 3 year old steers, 2 young cows, 2 old cows, and all female sheep with his earmark.
5. To wife LYDIA HARRIS, daughters LYDIA HARRIS, ELIZABETH HARRIS, MARGARET HARRIS, and CLARISSA HARRIS the rest of my moveable property.
6. Executors wife LYDIA HARRIS and son STRETCH HARRIS.
Proved April 16, 1814
Excerpt of John Harris' experiences while serving in the Revolutionary War quoted from "The Biographical, Genealogical & Descriptive History of the First Congressional District of New Jersey."
"John Harris, the fourth son of Abraham and Esther Langley Harris, was born Oct 10, 1753. His life was an eventful one. He was about 22 years old when the War of the Revolution commenced. He went first in 1776, in the militia of Flying Camp, as it was then called, for six months; was in the army under Washington, which assembled at New York for the defense of that city, and was also in the battle of Long Island, the 27th of August of that year. The fall of winter he was sick at Somerset, in this state, and came home when his six months were out. The next spring he enlisted in the regular army for seven years of during the war, as a bombardier in the Pennsylvania Artillery, Continental line; also drum major, and joined the main army under Washington and was in the battle of the Brandywine, at Germantown and at Valley Forge while the British army had a comfortable quarters at Philadelphia.
In the summer of 1778 he went out with General Sullivan on an expedition against the Indians up the Susquehanna. After that he was sent with part of the army to Pittsburg, then called Fort Pitt, where he continued during the remainder of the war. Following is an account of his experience in army life."
" At the battle of Germantown we planted our cannon at the gate before Chew's house- by the front gate- posts, what are there now. Just inside the gate lay six British soldiers dead. We were ordered to fire grape-shot. After we fired a while it seemed as if we were not making as much impression as we ought; and as the fog was so thick we could not see very much, one of our officers road up to the house where the British were and when he came back he said, "Boys, use a cannon ball, it is a stone house;" but the fog lifted pretty soon, and as there were but a few of us we had to retreat. If we had known it was a stone house when we first commenced we could have knocked it to pieces, likely. The old shot shows to this day. The shutters are patched, and one shot went through it to the kitchen."
Salem County, NJ
March 28, 1814
JOHN HARRIS, of Lower Alloways Creek, NJ
1. To sons STRETCH HARRIS and BENJAMIN HARRIS, land, woodland, and marsh where I live, equally.
2. To wife LYDIA HARRIS, 1/3 during her life.
3. To son PETER HARRIS, 200 acres of land in Pennsylvania.
4. To son STRETCH HARRIS, plantation wagon, pair of 3 year old steers, 2 young cows, 2 old cows, and all female sheep with his earmark.
5. To wife LYDIA HARRIS, daughters LYDIA HARRIS, ELIZABETH HARRIS, MARGARET HARRIS, and CLARISSA HARRIS the rest of my moveable property.
6. Executors wife LYDIA HARRIS and son STRETCH HARRIS.
Proved April 16, 1814
Excerpt of John Harris' experiences while serving in the Revolutionary War quoted from "The Biographical, Genealogical & Descriptive History of the First Congressional District of New Jersey."
"John Harris, the fourth son of Abraham and Esther Langley Harris, was born Oct 10, 1753. His life was an eventful one. He was about 22 years old when the War of the Revolution commenced. He went first in 1776, in the militia of Flying Camp, as it was then called, for six months; was in the army under Washington, which assembled at New York for the defense of that city, and was also in the battle of Long Island, the 27th of August of that year. The fall of winter he was sick at Somerset, in this state, and came home when his six months were out. The next spring he enlisted in the regular army for seven years of during the war, as a bombardier in the Pennsylvania Artillery, Continental line; also drum major, and joined the main army under Washington and was in the battle of the Brandywine, at Germantown and at Valley Forge while the British army had a comfortable quarters at Philadelphia.
In the summer of 1778 he went out with General Sullivan on an expedition against the Indians up the Susquehanna. After that he was sent with part of the army to Pittsburg, then called Fort Pitt, where he continued during the remainder of the war. Following is an account of his experience in army life."
" At the battle of Germantown we planted our cannon at the gate before Chew's house- by the front gate- posts, what are there now. Just inside the gate lay six British soldiers dead. We were ordered to fire grape-shot. After we fired a while it seemed as if we were not making as much impression as we ought; and as the fog was so thick we could not see very much, one of our officers road up to the house where the British were and when he came back he said, "Boys, use a cannon ball, it is a stone house;" but the fog lifted pretty soon, and as there were but a few of us we had to retreat. If we had known it was a stone house when we first commenced we could have knocked it to pieces, likely. The old shot shows to this day. The shutters are patched, and one shot went through it to the kitchen."
Will Abstract
Salem County, NJ
March 28, 1814
JOHN HARRIS, of Lower Alloways Creek, NJ
1. To sons STRETCH HARRIS and BENJAMIN HARRIS, land, woodland, and marsh where I live, equally.
2. To wife LYDIA HARRIS, 1/3 during her life.
3. To son PETER HARRIS, 200 acres of land in Pennsylvania.
4. To son STRETCH HARRIS, plantation wagon, pair of 3 year old steers, 2 young cows, 2 old cows, and all female sheep with his earmark.
5. To wife LYDIA HARRIS, daughters LYDIA HARRIS, ELIZABETH HARRIS, MARGARET HARRIS, and CLARISSA HARRIS the rest of my moveable property.
6. Executors wife LYDIA HARRIS and son STRETCH HARRIS.
Proved April 16, 1814
Excerpt of John Harris' experiences while serving in the Revolutionary War quoted from "The Biographical, Genealogical & Descriptive History of the First Congressional District of New Jersey."
"John Harris, the fourth son of Abraham and Esther Langley Harris, was born Oct 10, 1753. His life was an eventful one. He was about 22 years old when the War of the Revolution commenced. He went first in 1776, in the militia of Flying Camp, as it was then called, for six months; was in the army under Washington, which assembled at New York for the defense of that city, and was also in the battle of Long Island, the 27th of August of that year. The fall of winter he was sick at Somerset, in this state, and came home when his six months were out. The next spring he enlisted in the regular army for seven years of during the war, as a bombardier in the Pennsylvania Artillery, Continental line; also drum major, and joined the main army under Washington and was in the battle of the Brandywine, at Germantown and at Valley Forge while the British army had a comfortable quarters at Philadelphia.
In the summer of 1778 he went out with General Sullivan on an expedition against the Indians up the Susquehanna. After that he was sent with part of the army to Pittsburg, then called Fort Pitt, where he continued during the remainder of the war. Following is an account of his experience in army life."
" At the battle of Germantown we planted our cannon at the gate before Chew's house- by the front gate- posts, what are there now. Just inside the gate lay six British soldiers dead. We were ordered to fire grape-shot. After we fired a while it seemed as if we were not making as much impression as we ought; and as the fog was so thick we could not see very much, one of our officers road up to the house where the British were and when he came back he said, "Boys, use a cannon ball, it is a stone house;" but the fog lifted pretty soon, and as there were but a few of us we had to retreat. If we had known it was a stone house when we first commenced we could have knocked it to pieces, likely. The old shot shows to this day. The shutters are patched, and one shot went through it to the kitchen."
Salem County, NJ
March 28, 1814
JOHN HARRIS, of Lower Alloways Creek, NJ
1. To sons STRETCH HARRIS and BENJAMIN HARRIS, land, woodland, and marsh where I live, equally.
2. To wife LYDIA HARRIS, 1/3 during her life.
3. To son PETER HARRIS, 200 acres of land in Pennsylvania.
4. To son STRETCH HARRIS, plantation wagon, pair of 3 year old steers, 2 young cows, 2 old cows, and all female sheep with his earmark.
5. To wife LYDIA HARRIS, daughters LYDIA HARRIS, ELIZABETH HARRIS, MARGARET HARRIS, and CLARISSA HARRIS the rest of my moveable property.
6. Executors wife LYDIA HARRIS and son STRETCH HARRIS.
Proved April 16, 1814
Excerpt of John Harris' experiences while serving in the Revolutionary War quoted from "The Biographical, Genealogical & Descriptive History of the First Congressional District of New Jersey."
"John Harris, the fourth son of Abraham and Esther Langley Harris, was born Oct 10, 1753. His life was an eventful one. He was about 22 years old when the War of the Revolution commenced. He went first in 1776, in the militia of Flying Camp, as it was then called, for six months; was in the army under Washington, which assembled at New York for the defense of that city, and was also in the battle of Long Island, the 27th of August of that year. The fall of winter he was sick at Somerset, in this state, and came home when his six months were out. The next spring he enlisted in the regular army for seven years of during the war, as a bombardier in the Pennsylvania Artillery, Continental line; also drum major, and joined the main army under Washington and was in the battle of the Brandywine, at Germantown and at Valley Forge while the British army had a comfortable quarters at Philadelphia.
In the summer of 1778 he went out with General Sullivan on an expedition against the Indians up the Susquehanna. After that he was sent with part of the army to Pittsburg, then called Fort Pitt, where he continued during the remainder of the war. Following is an account of his experience in army life."
" At the battle of Germantown we planted our cannon at the gate before Chew's house- by the front gate- posts, what are there now. Just inside the gate lay six British soldiers dead. We were ordered to fire grape-shot. After we fired a while it seemed as if we were not making as much impression as we ought; and as the fog was so thick we could not see very much, one of our officers road up to the house where the British were and when he came back he said, "Boys, use a cannon ball, it is a stone house;" but the fog lifted pretty soon, and as there were but a few of us we had to retreat. If we had known it was a stone house when we first commenced we could have knocked it to pieces, likely. The old shot shows to this day. The shutters are patched, and one shot went through it to the kitchen."
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