Lebbeus Harris (August 11, 1713 – 1792) was a judge and political figure in

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. He represented the township of Horton in the

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from 1761 to 1765. He was born in

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, the son of James Harris and Sarah Rogers. In 1738, he married Alice Ransom. He received a land grant in Nova Scotia and settled at

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. He was named a justice of the peace in 1768. In 1783, he was named a judge in the Inferior Court of Common Pleas for King's County. Harris also served as major in the local militia.

References

Eaton, AWH ''The History of King's County'' (1910)
1713 births 1792 deaths 18th-century members of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly People from Montville, Connecticut Colony of Nova Scotia judges {{NovaScotia-MLA-stub