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- Born: 1 Dec 1713, Scituate, Plymouth County, Massachusetts
- Marriage: Jonathan HARRIS on 28 Jul 1735
- Died: 21 Sep 1761, Colchester (Salem Parish), New London County, Connecticut at age 47
Noted events in her life were:
• Research Notes: Harris, James of New London, Connecticut and His Descendants; From 1640 to 1878 by Nathaniel Harris Morgan, 1878. 1 "Jonathan, and his wife Rachel Otis, settled at first in a small house a few rods southeast of the present old Harris Homestead in Salem, upon land of his father; but on Feb. 14, 1739, he and his brother Lebbeus bought this and other large tracts of land in Salem and Montville Parishes, of their father, Lieutenant James Harris, upon which Jonathan soon after built the above homestead, which he afterwards occupied during his life, and which still remains in the Harris name and family. He was admitted a freeman in Colchester on Sept. 3, 1739; and in 1756 and several other years was one of the selectmen. He and his wife, Rachel, and the two youngest children, twins, all died suddenly in the month of September 1761, of a malignant and wide-sweeping fever."
"Rachel was a woman of marked natural abilities; a noble mate to her husband, who was a man of commanding force and dignity of character, and fine personal presence."
Rachel married Jonathan HARRIS, son of Lieut. James HARRIS and Sarah ROGERS, on 28 Jul 1735. (Jonathan HARRIS was born on 15 Jan 1705 in Mohegan (Montville), New London County, Connecticut and died on 12 Sep 1761 in Colchester (Salem Parish), New London County, Connecticut.)
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