The New England Historical and Genealogical Register

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1848 edition. Excerpt: ...and was afterwards representative, captain of the Maiden band, and one of the chief men of Maiden; was probably the elder brother of Richard Hills. A year or two ago my attention was drawn to the will of Richard Hills by the discovery of my own family name therein; and, in my hitherto unsuccessful attempts to trace the parentage of one of my own ancestors, I have been induced to make some researches into the history of the persons of the same name, who were the legatees of Richard Hills. These persons were his cousins Thomas, William, Anthony, John, and Daniel Harris, and Mrs. Anne Maverick; and the following is a brief summary of what has been collected relative to them. Elizabeth Harris, widow, who became the wife of Deacon William Stitson of Charlestown, and died Feb. 16, 1669-70, aged 93 years, was their mother. The name of their father is unknown to me. Deacon Stitson, in his will made April 12, 1688, named John Harris, Thomas Harris, William Harris, Daniel Harris, and Anne Maverick, relict widow of Elias Maverick, as the children of his first wife. William Harris, son of Elizabeth, is known to have had a house-lot assigned to him, and to have lived a short time at Rowley, Mass., where persons named John, Thomas, and Daniel Harris, also had house-lots assigned at or about the same time; and hence I infer that the last three individuals, found at Rowley, were the b) others of William and the sons of Elizabeth above named. Anthony Harris, (son of Elizabeth, ) was a member of the Artillery Company in 1644, and belonged to Ipswich in 1648. He was of Winnesemet, (Chelsea, ) in 1651, and there made his will, 23, 2, 1651, wherein he named his wife Elizabeth, and his brothers Daniel Harris, Thomas Harris, and Elias Maverick. He died 30, 10, 1651. His.