Colonel James Harriott

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(Research):Name Harriott spelled in several ways on purpose

James married Ann Van Nest in 1804 in Bedminster, Somerset, New Jersey, USA. Ann (daughter of Abraham Van Nest and Sarah Boream) was born in 1784; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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I'm just home from a visit to Edinburgh, and wondered if you knew this about our ancestor Ann Sarah Herriott, whose portrait I found in one of the boxes at my mother's house after she died last year. The back of the photograph reads, "Ann Sarah Herriott, wife of Benjamin Jones. A descendant of David Harriott and Helen Campbell who came to this country from Edinburg (sic) Scotland 1685." The photo was taken October 1, 1871. Ann Sarah Herriott lived from 1804-1875 and was a great-great-granddaughter of immigrant David Harriott.
In Edinburgh, there is a school that is more than 400 years old called George Heriot's School. Turns out, George was a goldsmith to James VI of Scotland (who later became James I of England) and his wife. He moved with them to London, died wealthy and childless. He left his fortune to establish a school for "fatherless bairns" in his hometown. The school still operates, in fact, J.K. Rowling sent her children there, the teachers wear robes, and it is believed to be a model for Hogwarts.
From sources there I find that our ancestor David seems to have been descended from a half-brother to George.

Family/Spouse: Benjamin Jones. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Margaret married William Fritz in 1851. William (son of Heinrich Fritz) was born in 1823; died in 1864. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: George C. Towle. George (son of Henry C. Towle and Anne Justine De Ciplet De Groot) was born about 1850 in New Jersey; died in 1926. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]