Mary Harris

Mary Harris was born sometime around 1740 and died after 1815. She married William Tharp and they had ten children.

Notes: "A handmade booklet on this generation of Tharps says that Mary was declared by jury as insane in 1815. Son, Zadock, was named her guardian. She probably died shortly after as her son Zadock was the administrator for her estate which he filed on May 28, 1816. The estate papers administered on May 28, 1816 lists her and William's children as William, Joseph, Zedic, Isaac, Esther, Armelia Calhoon, Unica, Kezziah, and Ann. It names one grandson Jesse who was being cared for by Isaac (Zaus)."

However, I personally disagree with the assumption that she died shortly after being declared insane because the most likely reason for having a legal declaration of her mental state made would have been so that the children could proceed with her estate, even though she might have been alive but unable to mentally conduct business. More research is definitely needed.