Andrew H Harris [50615] ^10,77

  General Notes:

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"Lived at Bear River; a farmer, merchant and vessel owner. He built two vessels, schooner Susanna and brig Matilda, which were run many years across the Bay of Fundy to the West Indies and the states, Captain Harris was a justice, a freemason and a useful member of society. He died at home August 23, 1880, aged 65 years, 8 months. The widow soon after went to Swampscott, Mass., and lived with her eldest daughter, Susanna Webb, including two or three visits in Ontario and Nova Scotia, and in June, 1S92, she crossed the "Rockies" to Vancouver where she is stopping with her second daughter, Matilda Short."


Record Type: Chute Family History/Book
Title: A Genealogy and History of the Chute Family in America: With Some Account of the Family in Great Britain and Ireland, with an Account of Forty Allied Families Gathered from the Most Authentic Sources
Author: William Edward Chute
Published: Salem, Massachusetts, 1894
Comments: Copy originally owned by George Maynard Chute, nephew of William Edward Chute with his signature on the flyleaf; handwritten notes in margins; passed to George Maynard Chute, Jr. who published an updated addendum to this work in 1968; passed to George Maynard Chute, III; passed to Jacqueline Irene Chute.
Location: Privately held

  Noted events in his life were:

• Occupation: Farmer, merchant and vessel owner. ⁷⁷

• Residence: Swampscott, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA.

Andrew married Sarah Ann Chute [51886] [MRIN: 551613321], daughter of Andrew Chute [49026] and Olive Woodworth [49027], on 27 Dec 1838 in Nova Scotia, Canada. (Sarah Ann Chute [51886] was born on 18 May 1818 in Bear River, Digby County, Nova Scotia and died on 9 Mar 1901.)