6 Henry HARRIS 1772-?

m Phebe DAVIS 1792

Henry was born in 1772 son of Charles & Margaret HARRIS of Swan Yard, Shoreditch and baptised at the parish church of St. Leonard. He married Phoebe DAVIES at the same church when he was 20.

Henry & Pheobe baptised two children at St. Leonard and a third at Bethnal Green. They then moved south of the river and baptised a daughter in Newington in 1805.

Thirteen years later in 1818 a son and a daughter were baptised to Henry and Phoebe HARRIS back in Shoreditch. The unusual names make it likely that these were the same parents, but as Phoebe would have been 52 in 1818, these may not have been infant baptisms. At this time, Henry was a brickmaker living in Islington. Nothing further is known of Phoebe or Henry

EVENTS

C=Christened

age

DATE HH PD

EVENT

16May1772 ?

11Jun1792 20

23Apr1793 21

24Apr1797 25

24May1800 28

8Aug1805 33

2Aug1818 46

30Nov1823 51

Henry born; C 14Jun at Shoreditch St Leonard; parents at Swan Yard

Henry & Phoebe married at Shoreditch St Leonard

dau Margaret born; C 3Jun at Shoreditch St Leonard; parents at Hoxton

son Stephen born;C 5Nov Shoreditch St Leonard; parents at The Curtain

son Henry born; C 27Sep at Bethnal Green, St Matthew

dau Deborah C at Newington St Mary

son Benjamin and dau Mary Ann C Shoreditch St Leonard; Henry brickmaker of Islington

dau Deborah married at Holborn St Andrew; wit Henry HARRIS (father or son?)

BIRTH

Henry was married in 1792 at Shoreditch St Leonard but no indication of his age has yet been found. The London IGI has possible baptisms at Holborn St Andrew (6Nov1763 s Henry & Catherine), at St Mary's Whitechapel (3Feb1765 s Francis & Ann), but the most probable is at Shoreditch St Leonard:

C 14Jun1772 Henry s Charles & Margaret HARRIS of Swan Yard; b 16May1772

This is assumed to be the correct baptism as it occurred in the parish where he was married and because Henry named his first daughter Margaret; (also Henry's daughter Deborah named her last son Charles Alfred). Further evidence is needed such as age at death; Henry is unlikely to have survived to 1851 (and has not been found in various East End 1851 indexes) but may perhaps be found in 1841. The common name makes a search for a death certificate unreasonable.

MARRIAGE

Deborah-5 was baptised at Newington St Mary in 1805, daughter of Henry & Phebe HARRIS. The unusual combination of forenames identifies other baptisms to these parents in East End of London, and these are preceded by the following marriage at Shoreditch St Leonard:

m 11Jun1792 Henry x HARRIS bch otp & Phoebe x DAVIS spr otp by banns; wit: James x PRICE, Elisabeth x EATON

DESCENDANTS

C 3Jun1793 Margaret d Henry & Phoebe HARRIS of Hoxton b23Apr1793 at Shoreditch St Leonard

C 5Nov1797 Stephen s Henry & Phoebe HARRIS of the Curtain b24Apr1797 Shoreditch St Leonard

C 27sep1801 Henry s Henry & Phoebe HARRIS b24May1800 at Bethnal Green St Matthew

C 8Aug1805 Deborah d Henry & Phebe HARRIS at Newington St Mary

C 2Aug1818 Benjamin s Henry & Phoebe HARRIS of Islington, brickmaker;Shoreditch St Leonard

C 2Aug1818 Mary Ann d Henry & Phoebe HARRIS of Islington, brickmaker;Shoreditch St Leonard

the unusual names of the parents make it probable that these are all their descendants despite the 25 year span. The baptism of the last two on the same day may indicate twins, but perhaps they are not infant baptisms, especially if Phebe's birth date has been correctly identified as 1766, and therefore 52 in 1818. On the other hand, there is a Benjamin HARRIS in the 1881 Clerkenwell census, a bootmaker born 1817 Clerkenwell who may be this Benjamin. No other baptisms to Henry & Phebe found in IGI or at Newington St Mary.

Interesting to note the occupation of Henry as a brickmaker, as it is known that some of Deborah's descendants were involved with the same trade at Enfield (see NEWMAN)

DEATH

no information; GRO death index searched for Phebe up to Dec 1841; not found in NBI; Henry HARRIS is far too common a name to search GRO index

DAVIES family

the only suitable baptism for Phebe DAVIES found in LND/SRY/ESS IGI is at Leaden Roding, ESS:

C 10Aug1766 Phebe d John & Ann DAVIES

however examination of Leaden Roding register shows that this Phebe married in the parish so can not have married Henry HARRIS:

m 22Sep1794 Abraham LUCK & Phebe x DAVIES botp by banns; w: William CLAYDEN, John DAVIS

OUTSTANDING QUESTIONS

1. birthdate of Henry might be found from burial record or 1841 census; he was in Islington in 1818

2. can it be confirmed that Benjamin and Mary Ann are late baptised siblings? Were they not infants in 1818? find them in 1841 census at Islington

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