1. Sir John Symes, m. Amy Horner, da. of Sir Thomas Horner of Mells, sheriff of Somerset.
1.1. Thomas Symes, 1621-1670, m. (3 June 1640) Amy Bridges, 1621-1662, da. of Edward Bridges Esq. (d. 1639), of Keynsham, by his wife Philippa Speke, d. 1628.
1.1.1. ‘John Symes late of Montserrat, West Indies’. Abstracts of Somersetshire Wills, p. 55, Will of John Symes of Mountserrat. Will dated 2 Apri1 1709; proved 20 Jan. 1712 by Samuel Parry (249 Leeds). My plantation, negros, etc.,in Monteserrat, & my estate in the mannors of Berwick & Staford, co. Som. held by Merriel Symes, widow of Tho. Symes of Berwick, deed and other messengers to my nephew & godson Symes Parry, son of Samuel Parry of Antigua, gent, by Elizabeth my sister; remainder to the 2nd son of the said Sam Parry in tail male. The heir to assume my name . 500 pounds to the children of my sister Amy Thompson dec’c, late wife of Tho. Thompson,late of Montserrat. 100 pounds each to the children of my sister Kath. Loyd, wife of Chas Loyd of Antigua, Gent. To each of the other children of my sister Eliz. Parry 50 pounds. 100 pounds to my kinsman John Roynon, who shall continue manager of my plantation till my nephew Symes Parry … To my uncle Charles Symes of Compton Martin, Som., clerk, 100 pounds for morning him and his family, & his son Wm Symes to be presented to the vicarage of Berwick when vacant. To my uncle Henry Symes of Antigua 50 pounds. To Eliz. Symes, dau. of Rich’d Symes, late of Bristol , mariner, 50 pounds at 17. My uncle Chas. Symes & my brother-in-law Sam Parry to be trustees of my will during the minority of Symes Parry my Ex’or to whom all residue. Further adm’d on 31 Jan. 1718. Another grant 27 May 1727 to Samuel Symes, brother of Symes Parry, deceased, the Ex’ors and residuary legatee of John Symes, deceased. Another grant on 12 May 1742 to Henritta Stevenson, wife of Thomas Stevenson, and Elizabeth Steele, wife of William Steele, daughters and surviving heirs of Samuel Parry Symes, deceased , brother of Symes Parry Symes the sole Ex’or and residuary legatee of the will of John Symes , the said Samuel Parry Symes surviving the test at but dying without having taken upon him the exection of the said will, and Elizabeth Parry, widow, mother of the said Symes Parry Symes, deceased.

1.1.1.1. Elizabeth Symes, m. Samuel Parry. (See Nat. Arch., ref. C 11/750/12, 1714). Samuel Parry was probably related to George and Samuel Parry: Recovery: By John Hardy, Esq., and George Style, esq., against George Parry, gent. and Thomas Abington, gent., of a messuage or fulling water-mill, etc. in Cole, Pittcombe and Bruton. (Somerset Heritage Centre, ref. DD\WHh/650. 29 Nov. 1645). M.P’s representing Somerset in 1654: Sir John Horner, John Buckland, General John Desborough, John Preston, John Harington, John Ash, Charles Steynings, Robert Long, Richard Jones, Thomas Hippesley, and Samuel Parry. John Hardy is evidenced in this case: Symes v Harding. Plaintiffs: John Symes (who m. Amy Horner) and Christopher Symes, William Bird, John Hardie, Hippolite Pinch alias Hippolite Mockett and Hugh Miller. Defendants: Henry Harding and John Michell. Subject: lands in Long Bredy, Somerset. (Nat. Arch., ref. C 2/JasI/S30/6. 1603-1625). Richard Jones is mentioned here: Conveyance of land in Holcombe and Kilmersdon, messuage and land in Stanton Drew (including one at Stanton Wick), land at Wedmore (from whence the Hodges and Council families) and Pensford by Anthony Sage of Stanton Drew, gent., to John Buckland of West Harptree, esq., and Richard Jones of Stowey, Esq., in trust for his grand-children. (Somerset Heritage Centre, ref. DD\BR\wh/7. 1666).

Edward Harris d. 1677, estate appraised by Richard Hansford, husband of a da. of a Richard Jones. Thomas Hansford in 1667, asked the court to order ‘Mr. John Roberts, guardian of Mistress Elizabeth Jones, da. of Richard Jones, deceased, to deliver his ward’s estate in kind to Thomas Hansford as intermarrying with the said Elizabeth’. Thomas Harris, d. 1688; his da., Jane Harris, m. Richard Jones; an eminent Harris researcher asks: was ‘Mistress Elizabeth Jones’ the da. of Richard Jones and Jane Harris?

It is reasonable to suppose that Richard Jones was of the family of Richard Jones of Stowey, Esq., whose connections to Bristol are given here: Bond from Ald. Stevens’ Feoffees to Richard Jones, Stowey (Som.) Esq., for repayment of £200 lent by Jones for the building of an almshouse in Old Market. (Bristol Archives, ref. 12145/9, 4 Sept. 1686).

Will 17 Aug. 1688: Richard Jones of Stowey, near Chew Magna, Somerset. ‘Poor of Stowey and Chew Magna. To my daughter Lady Elizabeth Hart* £300 and to her husband Sir Richard Hart £20. My daughter in law Lady Elizabeth Jones £20. My daughter in law Mrs Mary Jones £20. My son in law Mr William Lyde £20. My grandson Mr Richard Jones £20. Mr James Chiswell Vicar of Stowey £5. My grandson Mr William Lyde £ 300 and to his wife £20. To her sister Elizabeth Lyde £300. My grandchildren Henry Pennell, William Hart, William Jones and Elizabeth Jones and my great grandchildren Lucy and Elizabeth Pelham £300 each at 21 if now underage. The £300 given to my daughter Hart to be employed in putting her son William`s life after hers into her farm of Nash House, if he die then for her son Henry. All my manor of Stowey to my grandson William Jones for 99 years the remainder to Joseph Langton of Newton Park, Esq: and his heirs. Lands in Compton Magna. Messuage which I purchased of Lisebone Long Esq: called A. Tenement in Overweare to William Hart. £3000 to be employed in such uses as I in my life time shall be writing appoint. In default of this then to such charitable uses as they shall think fit. Joseph Langton Esq: Arthur Hart of Bristol, merchant and Cornelius Lyde of Stanton Drewe, Gent Exors and to each £50. Thomas Pelham Esq: not to trouble my Exors for any money he pretends to be due to him or his children if he does the legacies to him to be void. Proved 2 June 1692 by the Exors. Codicil 17 July 1691. *Wife of Sir Richard Hart, Mayor of Bristol, 1680.

Richard Jones (b. 1610) of Stowey, Esq., whose monument in Chew Magna Church is described by Collinson. Richard had six sons, including a Samuel. (Collinson’s History,ii.98). The second son of Samuel Jones of Ramsbury (co.Wilts.), esq., was a William, who m. Elizabeth (d. 1743), da. of John Strachey, and a monument to them and their son Richard, in Stowey Church, is also described by Collinson. (Ibid. ii.lll.).

Sir Richard Hart, Mayor of Bristol, m. thirdly, Elizabeth, relict of Henry Pinnell, Esq., of Bremhill, Wilts, da. of Richard Jones, Esq., M.P., of Stowey Court, in the parish of Chew Magna, sister to Sir William Jones (of Ramsbury Manor, Wilts, attorney-general to Charles II.), whose da., Elizabeth, m. Thomas Pelham, Esq., son of Sir John Pelham, of Laughton, Sussex.

Chew Magna is 15 mls fr. Wedmore (the outlying hamlets of each having a nearer association), and many of the families of each were intermarried. The will of John Hixe (pr. 9 March 1581) of Chew Magna, Somerset, Clothier, mentions John Hixe the younger. Elizabeth Jones my daughter in law. Joan Britton my daughter in law. William Hixe my brother. William son of John Hixe my son. Agnes my wife. As given in previous notes, the mother of Hodges Council was probably a Hixe of Wedmore, where the family of Hodge were lords of the manor, who intermarried with the Lydes of that place (and Chew Magna).

It may be of relevance that tenants of Richard Jones were a family of Fort.

THE LYDE CONNECTION

1. William Lyde, b. 1562.
1.1. William Lyde of Week, Stanton Drew, Somerset, b. 25th Feb. 1604; m the da. of Cornelius Sage of Clutton, Somerset.
1.1.1. Cornelius Lyde, JP for Somerset, b. 1640, m. (1661) Mary Balch.
1.1.1.1. John Lyde of Chelwood, Somerset, bapt. 26th Jan. 1673, m. Sarah Jones, of the family of Jones, of Stowey House, benefactors to several parishes in that neighbourhood, and notably in Stowey and Chew Magna.
1.1.1.1.1. Elizabeth (Lyde) Harrington. (Her husband, Benjamin Harrington, m., secondly, Elizabeth Bailey). Her Will was proved 2 June 1694, by her brother, William Lyde. (Som. Wills, IV., 21, 22).
1.1.1.1.2. William Lyde, m. Elizabeth Jones, da. of Richard Jones. Marriage Settlement. (1) Pinnell, Jeffery, gent., of Nash house, par. Bremhill. Pinnell, Henry, gent., son of Jeffery. (2) Jones, Richard, Esq., of Stowey, Co. Somerset. Jones, Elizabeth, spinster, daughter of Richard. Lyde, William, gent., of Knighton Sutton, par. Gt. Chew., co. Somerset. Prigg, Thomas, woollendraper, of Bristol. Assignment of a Lease of a wood, part of Smithcott alias St. Anne Wood, par. Dauntsey, with the tythes; Madcrofts pasture the half-part of Westhargrove, the Lower Westfield, London Leaze. (Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre, ref. 212B/709. 7 Aug. 1669).
1.2. Thomas Lyde, m. Agnes Bailey, as second wife, 28 Nov. 1581, in Wedmore, the source of the following records:
1.2.1. Thomas Lyde.
1.2.1.1. John Lyde ‘of Heathouse’, bapt. 8 Oct. 1620, m. Jocosa Webb, 22 Oct. 1640. Jacosa Webb was bapt. 14 Apr. 1594, da. of Thomas Webb, and relict of George Harris, ob. 4 Apr. 1640, whom she m. 28 Apr. 1623. Robert Harris, br. of George, was the father of Edward Harris, bapt. 8 Aug. 1624. Robert Harris was very likely he associated with Thomas Tooke in Virginia.
1.2.1.1.1. Thomas Lyde, bapt. 7 Feb. 1646.
1.2.1.1.1.1. Anna Lyde, bapt. 20 Nov. 1676, m. Robert Champion, 20 Aug. 1709. Note, as follows, Edward Symes m. (2) Susannah Champion, widow, 12 Oct. 1676, in Bath. Edward’s br., James Symes, was the grandfather of Robert Symes, who m. (1719) Phillis Fort, in Virginia, her first husband being Francis Fiveash, whose nephew, Thomas Fiveash, m. (1712) Alice Harris, da. of John Harris. (DB. 7, p. 288). Phillis Fort was the sister of Elias Fort: Appraisal by Edward Brantley, John Britt, William Baldwin, and Edward Champion. R. 9 April 1679. These Champions originated from Meare, 5 mls fr. Wedmore.
1.2.1.2. Robert Lyde.
1.2.1.2.1. Robert Lyde, bapt. 29 Sept. 1653, m. Maria Powell, 29 Apr. 1667.

The Webbs of Wedmore were also intermarried with the Coomes (kin of the Council family of Wedmore); the Vowles (kin of Robert and George Harris, aforesaid); and the Martins.

John and George Hardy of Virginia were probably of the family of John Hardy, Esq., aforesaid.

1. Robert Bennett, a tanner, of Wivelscombe, Somerset, m. Elizabeth Edney.
1.1. Thomas Bennett, d. 1616, Wivelscombe. (Br. of Phillip Bennett, who held land adj. John Hodges).
1.1.1. Thomas Bennett, claimed in 1635 as a headright by his uncle, Governor Richard Bennett.
1.2. Edward Bennett, bapt. February 2, 1577, in Wivelscombe; later of of St Olave, Southwark, London, and Lawn’s Creek, Virginia. William Harris, m. Dorothy West, 31 Aug. 1562, at Wivelscombe; their son, Richard Harris, m. Elianor Bennett, sister of Edward Bennett, of Lawne’s Creek; their son, Thomas Harris, m. Judith Blake, 20 Nov. 1623, in Wivelscombe.
1.2.1. Alice Bennett, m. John Hardy. Nugent, C&P vol. 1, p. 569: Mr. John Hardie 1150 acres IOW Co., 5 June 1666. Beginning at upper corner tree of Mathew Tomlins old land, running SSE by Wm. Westwrayers land &c. SW on Mathew Tomlin’s new land
1.2.1.1. Lucy Hardy, m. Hodges Council.
1.1.2. … Bennett, m. Richard Jackson, who patented 450 acres in IOW adjacent to Justinian Cooper.
1.1.2.1. Mary Jackson, m. Capt. George Hardy, who patented 500 acres on July 17, 1648 ‘lying on east side of Lawne’s Creek extending to main river and along the great river to the creek dividing the same from land of Alice Bennett’. On 19 June 1666, he made a deed to land which belonged to his wife Mary whom he refers to as the ‘daughter of Richard Jackson, dec.’. Her sister, Sarah Jackson, m. Col. Arthur Smith II.

George Hardy was an appraiser of the estate of Edward Harris, d. 1677.

The connection to Mells and the Symes family probably extended to Thomas Harris, d. 1672; overseers Major Nicholas Hill and John Jennings.

Nicholas Hill was possibly the son of Elizabeth Harris, bapt 25 Oct. 1590, Mells, who m. George Hill, 27 Jan. 1619, Mells. Nicholas Hill, on 30 Sept. 1664, patented 750 ac. in the Upper Parish, part of the estate of Edward Bennett, of Wivelscombe, Somerset, and St Olave, London. Elizabeth Harris was the sister of John Harris, bapt. 17 Feb. 1587, in Mells, father of Thomas Harris, who m. Alice West, Oct. 1635, in Nunney (juxta Mells).

1. Major Nicholas Hill, m. 2. Silvester Bennett, da. of Richard Bennett II., named in his will, 1720. Richard Bennett was the son of Richard Bennett, of Blackwater, nephew of Elianor Bennett, who m. Richard Harris, in Wivelscombe. In 1669, Thomas Wood, son of Arthur Wood and Sarah Wooten, his mother, ‘relict of Arthur deceased’, deeded him land as ‘Richard Bennett of Blackwater’. In 1666, Colonel Arthur Smith made a deed to land at ‘Blackwater’ inherited by his wife, Sarah Jackson, from her ‘grandmother Alice Bennett’. Richard Bennett’s first wife was Anne, who was Charles Barham’s sister (see Douglas Richardson, ‘Plantagenet Ancestry’). Mr. Charles Barham Ex., Thomas Harris (d. 1672) and Thomas Tuke overseers, were officers of the will of William Ridley, who was probably the br. of Elizabeth Ridley, Charles Barham’s wife.
1.1. Elizabeth Hill, d. aft. 1711, m. 1. William Thomas.
1.1.1. Priscilla Thomas, m. Humphrey Marshall, d. 18 Dec. 1711, who sold 250 ac. to John Marshall Jr.
1.1.1.1. Mary Marshall, m. Thomas Hill.
1.1.1.2. Ann Marshall, d. 26 July 1746, m. Captain Henry Applewhite, d. 27 April 1741.
1.1.1.2.1. Henry Applewhaite, d. 1739, m. Mary Council, da. of Hardy Council and Susannah Fulgham, of the family of Pitminster, Somerset. Henry Applewhite Jr’s account estate was returned by Philip and Mary Brantley, and was examined by Thomas Gray and Peter Butts. R. Sept. 23, 1745. Susannah Council’s legatee was da. Mary Brantley. Halifax Co NC. R. 6 Oct. 1757. The kinship connection of the Brantleys to such as the Councils was based on Hardy Council’s da., Mary, being the wife of William Brantley, son of Edward Brantley.

The Tooke family of Barwick, Somerset, were tenants of the Symes family. On 8 Feb. 1667, Francis Hobbs and his wife Mary sold to Edward Brantley, 675 acs. adj. the land of Thomas Tooke. Under a family settlement, Barwick descended to the aforementioned Samuel Parry, who assumed the name of Symes.

Francis Hobbs was the br. of Margaret Hobbs, 1st wife of John Harris, son of Thomas Harris, d. 1672.

Virginia Land Patent Book No. 12, p. 440, dated 24 March 1725, Thomas Harris,* 290 acres of new land, Is. of Wight Co., n. s. of Maherin Riv., & on b. s. of Herbert’s Br.; adj. Edward Brantley and William Simmons’ line. *Son of Thomas Harris, d. 1672, and second wife, Alice Newman.

Given the connection of the Symes family to Cloford, this marriage may have been of significance: Mary Harris & John Newman, 29 Sept. 1588, Cloford, a hamlet adj. Mells, included in Mells manorial records and estate papers.

It would be reasonable to assume that Francis Hobbs was of the family intermarried with the Hodges, squires of Wedmore, Somerset, who were intermarried with the Councils of that place.

1.1.1.2.1.1. Henry Applewhite, of the parish of St Luke, d. 1783, m. Ann Harris. Marriage bonds of Henry Applewhite and Ann Harris, Nov. 7, 1756. Ann Harris was the da. of Edward Harris (grandson of Thomas Harris, d. 1688) and Mary Thorpe.
1.1.1.2.1.1.1. Mary Applewhite, m. John Barham, son of Benjamin Barham (grandson of Charles Barham, connected to Thomas Harris, d. 1672), of the parish of St Luke, Will R. 10 June 1779, witnessed by James Ridley, son of Nathaniel Ridley (half brother of William Ridley, aforementioned) and Elizabeth Day, the relict of Matthew Jones. John Day m. Mary Bennett, da. of Edward Bennett, br.-in-law of Richard Harris, as given. Mary m. secondly (28 April 1663) Thomas Bland. She m. thirdly (12 Sept. 1668) Luke Cropley, Gent, of the parish of St Peter the Poor, London; their son being James, whose Will, of 10 Aug. 1700, mentions his aunt, Silvestra Hill. John and Mary (Bennett) Day had issue: John Day, who m. (26 Jan. 1679) Ann Taylor, at Christ Church, Middlesex Co. James Day, who m. Mary Thompson, who m. secondly John Johnson. Her Will is dated 30 Nov. 1712, and names son-in-law Nathaniel Ridley. Elizabeth Day, who m. firstly (17 Oct. 1706) Capt. Nathaniel Ridley; secondly Matthew Jones; their son, James Ridley, m. Jane Smith, da. of Col. Arthur Smith, whose son, as given, Arthur Smith II., m. Sarah Jackson, sister of Mary, wife of George Hardy, an appraiser of the estate of Edward Harris, d. 1677.

1.1. Elizabeth Hill, m. 2. Col. John Dawson.
1.1.1. Mary Dawson, m. William Kinchen Jr.
1.2. Mary Hill, m. John Jennings, d. aft. 31 Dec. 1692, overseer of Will of Thomas Harris, d. 1672, with Major Nicholas Hill, his father-in-law.

1.1.2. Richard Symes (See N&Q, 1890). ‘Rich’d Symes, late of Bristol , mariner’.
1.1.2.1. Adam Symes. (ibid.).
1.1.2.1.1. George Sims, of Brunswick Co.; d. Sept. 1763. He bought land from his br. John Sims, on 5 Nov. 1747.
1.1.2.1.1.1. Adam Sims, m. Elizabeth Walton, da. of George Walton of Brunswick Co., and who was, thus, the br.-in-law of Nathan Harris, grandson of Thomas Harris, d. 1688, and br. of West Harris. The Waltons were of the squirarchy of Somerset, and sat in judgement at Taunton Assizes, with others of their class – Symes, Hardy, Hodges, Horner, Lancaster, Jones, et al.
1.1.3. Edward Symes, m. (2) Susannah Champion, 12 Oct. 1676, in Bath.
1.1.4. James Symes, d. circ. 1676, IOW Co. m. … Wilmoth.
1.1.4.1. John Symes, b. circ. 1670, IOW.
1.1.4.2. Robert Symes, m. (1719) Phillis Fort. His Will, dated 1729, Bertie Co., names exec. br. John Sims, and bequests: To son Robert my dwelling plantation. To son Thomas land in Cachenecke Neck. To son James land in Conaconare Swamp. Also John Fiveash a devisee. Wit. Wm Boon, Elias Fort, Nathaniel Cooper. Phillis Fort was the da. of George Fort and Elizabeth Duckworth. She was the sister of Elizabeth (Fort) Boon.

(1. John Fiveash, m. Joyce Pettway, da. of Edward Pettway, as Will 27 Jan. 1686.
1.1. Thomas Fiveash. James Pyland witnesses the will of Thomas Fiveash, dated 4 Jan. 1725.
1.2. Peter Fiveash, appraisal 28 Apr 1702 by William Thomas, John Brantley, and Richard Hardy. Thomas Harris, Will recorded 13 Nov. 1672, appointing relict Alice as exc. Security John Newman and Edward Brantley. William Groves: Appraisal by John Harris, Edward Brantley, Elias Fort (br. of Phillis), Edward Grantham, presented by Mrs. Elinor Groves. R. 9 Feb. 1678. B. 1, p. 176. William Cockins: Appraisal by Edward Brantley, John Britt, William Baldwin, Edward Champion. Presented by his widow. R. 9 April 1679. As noted, the Symes and Champion families were intermarried. Elias Fort: Appraisal by Edward Brantley, John Britt, William Baldwin, Edward Champion. R. 9 April 1679. Robert Lancaster, appraised by John Brantley, Richard Cray, Benjamin Hodges. R. 27 June 1720. Robert Lancaster …
1.2.1. Thomas Fiveash, m. (1712) Alice Harris, da. of John Harris. (DB. 7, p. 288). He was the son of Thomas Harris, d. 1672.
1.3. Francis Fiveash, m. Phillis Fort, da. of George Fort and Elizabeth Duckworth; she m. 2. Robert Symes).

1.1.5. Rev. Charles Symes, m. Anne Creed (21 Jan. 1685), in Compton Martin, Somerset.
1.1.5.1. Capt. Thomas Symes, m. Christian Andrews. Richard Symes (3rd son) was rector of St. Wernburgh’s, Bristol.
1.1.6. Amy Symes, m. Thomas Thompson.
1.1.7. Capt. Henry Symes, m. Henrietta Phillippes.
1.1.8. Richard Symes, b. 1656, in Winterbourne, parish of Frampton Cotterell, Glouc., m. (1) Mary Hawks, (2) Charlotte Bridgeman; (3): Elizabeth Morton. He was a Master of ships trading between Bristol and the West Indies. Richard was godfather of Richard Symes, grandson of Charles, and left him after the death of his third wife her settlement of £20,000 – a vast sum.

1.2. Jane Symes, m. Sir John Seymour, of Bitton, Gloucester.
1.3. John Symes, m. Abigail Arscott, da. of Arthur Arscott, of Tetcott, Devon.
1.4. Henry Symes, of Poundisford, parish of Pitminster, neighbour of the Fulghams, d. 1 Nov. 1682, in Frampton Cotterell, m. Anne Seymour, da. of Sir John Seymour. hIS Will was proved 2 Feb. 1682: To my wife, Amie, messuages, etc. of the late dissolved free chapel called Sthirtal’s, St. Luke’s, Dorset, and after her death to my son, John Jacob, and my friends, Thomas Edwards. Gent. and Nathaniel Friend, the year in trust to permit my daughter, Jane, wife of Edward Bisse, Gent. to take the profits thereof. Edward Georges of Wraxall owes me 2,000 pounds on mortgage of lands in Waxall. John Jacob and his wife shall have 1,500 pounds thereof, and the other portion to my wife, Amie and my trustees as Jane Byshe shall appoint. My estate in the Manor of Mathern, Monmouth County, granted to my daughter, Jane, now wife of Edward Byshe, by George Milborne, Gent.. to my grandchild, Amy Bereley and heirs, my inheritance in tenements in Frampton. My niece, Elizabeth Coleman, 5 pounds. Administration granted to Ann Berkely, 11 Oct.1686, Amie Symes being deceased.
1.4.1. Elizabeth Symes, m. Richard Berkley of Stoke Gifford, son & heir of Sir. Maurice Berkeley.
1.4.2. Jane Symes, m. Edward Bisse, of Wells.
1.4.3. Susan Symes, m. John Jacob, of Norton, Wilts.

It was nothing like  the traditional Harris constructs; as chalk to cheese.
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