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Download or read book The Harris, Pritchard, Knippenberg, and Allied Families written by and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 446 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: William H. Harris (1836-1904), the progenitor of this family, was born at Common Moor, Cornwall, England. He was the son of Thomas Harris and Susanna Hooper. He married Lavinia Willy (Willey) (1836-1915), daughter of Peter Willey and Honour Nicholas, 1856. She was born in Trenihick? and baptized in the Anglican Parish of St. Agnes, near Truro in Cornwall County. Family immigrated to America in 1859-1860. They lived first in Greensboro, Guildford Co., North Carolina. Family moved from North Carolina to Pennsylvania ca. 1861, from there to Virginia (now W.Va.) to Kentucky, to Maryland, and to Scranton, Osage Co., Kansas. Descendants live in Maryland, Kansas, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Oklahoma, Arizona and elsewhere. David Pritchard (1824-1888) was born in Monmouthshire, South Wales, the son of Samuel Pritchard. He married 1847 in Pontypool, Parish of Trevethin, Monmouth, Wales, Louisa Waite (1826-1894). They came to Allegany Co., Maryland in 1854/1855. Frederick Knippenberg (1813-1871) was born in Wurttemberg, Germany, the son of Henry Knippenberg, a Lutheran Minister. He married 1853 Rachel Coulter (b. 1830). They emigrated in Dec. 1856, and lived first in Wellersburg, Somerset Co., Pa. and then in Allegany Co., Md.