Monthly Archives: January 2016

DOUSABELLA HARRIS

  Dousabella Harris is one of those from the distant past whose name, preserved on a grave-slab in St Olave’s, Hart Street, gives a nudge toward wanting to know more of her. She and her husband, John Beare, have been … Continue reading

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HARRIS AND PAULET

    1. Hugh Peverel. 2. Lucia Peverel, m. Sir Alan Basset of Whitechapel, Tehidy & Trevalga. 3. Constance Peverel, m. Richard Vivian. 4. Joan Vyvian, m. John Heris. (See Visitations of Cornwall, Comprising the Heralds’ Visitations of 1530, 1573, … Continue reading

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DODSON/HARRIS/HAYNIE

Although the study of English kinship groups recreating their English parishes in the New World has been touched upon, its depths have not been fully appreciated. Many English colonists and their near neighbours shared family associations that stretched back hundreds … Continue reading

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JOHN HARRIS OF PRITTLEWELL

The armigerous nature of the following family of Essex may suggest a more direct connection to their namesakes of Devon. 1. Robert I de Heriz, ob. by 1128, of Tibshelf, Stapleford, and Oxcroft, held of William Peverel 1., benefactor of … Continue reading

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