Lieut. James HARRIS ^{1 2 3 4 5}

  Noted events in his life were:

• Research Notes: Harris, James of New London, Connecticut and His Descendants; From 1640 to 1878 by Nathaniel Harris Morgan, 1878. ¹ "In 1698, James removed from New London to Mohegan, and settled upon a tract of land granted by Owaneco, the Mohegan Sachem, to James' wife Sarah, adjoining lands of her father, Samuel Rogers, who had already settled there. Between the Sachems and the Rogers family there had ever existed a strong and intimate personal friendship; and in this friendly releation James and his wife Sarah warmly participated; James himself becoming an especial favorite with the whole tribe. Owaneco and his sucessors were lavish in their grants of land to James and Sarah Harris and they soon became large landholders. Grants and transfers of land are found on record all over ancient Mohegan, from New London as far northerly as Norwich and Colchester. On May 10, 1710 Owaneco passed in a sweeping general deed to four persons, viz., John Livingston, Robert Denison, Samuel Rogers, Jr., and James Harris, all the Mohegan lands between New London and Norwich, comprising many thousand acres. The price paid was fifty pounds.
On May 20, 1714, James was commissioned Lieutenant of the North Co. of New London, and by this title was ever known, although afterwards commissioned Captain of another Co. in Colchester.
In 1718, James removed to the south part of Colchester (now Salem), where he continued to reside until a short time before his death in 1757. James and Sarah were admitted to the church in Montville on Feb. 7, 1732."

James married Sarah ROGERS, daughter of Samuel ROGERS and Mary STANTON, in 1696. (Sarah ROGERS was born on 9 Aug 1676 in New London, New London County, Connecticut, christened on 26 Jul 1685 and died on 13 Nov 1748 in Mohegan (Montville), New London County, Connecticut.)

James next married Sarah HARRIS, daughter of Lieut. Joseph HARRIS and Wife of Joseph HARRIS (MAIDEN UNKNOWN), in 1750. (Sarah HARRIS was born on 1 Jan 1705 in New London, New London County, Connecticut and died on 8 Oct 1752 in Mohegan (Montville), New London County, Connecticut.)