Robert Harris^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10]}

1670 -

• Name	Robert Harris
  Birth	1670	Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America
  Gender	Male
  Death	Bedford, Westchester, New York Colony, British Colonial America
  Person ID	I312684225163	Oswald Genealogy
  Last Modified	15 Jun 2025

  
  

  Family	Experience E. Chappell,   b. Abt. 20 Jun 1675   d. Bef. 1713, Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America (Age 37 years)
  Marriage	Bef. Apr 1701	Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America
  Divorce	1728
  Family ID	F1582	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	15 Jun 2025

  
  

• Notes

  ! BIOGRAPHY: In April 1701, Robert and E ! BIOGRAPHY: In April 1701, Robert and Experience were before the court at Hartford on a charge of fornication before marriage, which Robert denied. They soon moved to East Hampton, L.I., where Experience owned the covenant and had a child Mercy baptized on 27 Jun 1708. They separated in 1709, probably at East Hampton, and Experience returned with her daughter Mercy to relatives in Farmington where she eventually petitioned for a divorce from Robert in May 1728. Robert a carpenter and sawmiller like his father Thomas and brother William, had moved on to Stamford, Conn., where, with a wife, Elizabeth, and without benefit of a divorce from his wife Experience for most of the period, he recorded eight children from 1714 to 1730. By 1740, he had settled across the state line in Bedford, NY. where he was last mentioned in March 1742/3, when his fence was recorded as a bounds marker. ! PARENTS: Thomas and Sarah (Wright) Harris. ! REFERENCES: NEHGR 150:59-60, "George Chappell of Connecticut."

  
  

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