1. John Bawdewin, of Diddlebury, Shropshire, m. Anne, da. of Richard Childe, of Diddlebury.
2. Thomas Bawdewin.
3. William Bawdewin, of Diddlebury, fl. 1333, m. a da. of William de Wigley and Alice Childe.
4. Thomas Bawdewin, of Diddlebury.
5. George Bawdewyn, of Diddlebury, fl. 1358, m. Cicely, da. of Sir Nicholas de Buxton.
6. Roger Bawdewyn, of Diddlebury, m. Eleanor Clinton.
7. William Bawdewyn, of Diddlebury, fl. 1458, Matilda, da. of Thomas Corbett, of Longnor.
8. John Bawdewyn, of Diddlebury, b. bef. 1418, m. Elizabeth, da. of John Leighton of Wattlesborough.
9. John Bawdewyn, of Diddlebury, fl. 1473, m. a da. of Robert Parker, of Norton Lacy.
10. John Bawdewyn, of Diddlebury, fl. 1495, m. Alice, da. of John Botterell, of Aston Botterell.
11. Richard Baldwyn, of Diddlebury, m. (1545), Margery, da. of Lawrence Ludlowe, of Stokesay Castle.
12. William Baldwyn, of Elsich, m. Barbara, da. of Richard Brooke, of Whitchurch.
13. Charles Baldwyn, of Stokesay Castle (b 1593) m. (1617) a sister (n.b.) of Mary Holland, da. of Francis Holland of Burwarton, thus reinforcing (n.b.) kinship ties with the families of Cocke, Harris, Langford, and Lewis; such ties existing through common association with such eminent families as Corbett and Leighton. Charles Baldwyn was surety to the estate of his br.-in-law, John Holland. The said Francis Holland (fl. 1606) was the husband of Thomasine Cressett, sister of Elizabeth Cressett, wife of Adam Lutley, of Bromcroft Castle, Shropshire, fl. 1584; their son, Robert Lutley, of Burwarton, m. Mary Holland, da. of Francis Holland (son of William Holland*), whose br., Thomas Holland of Burwarton, was the husband of Alice Cocke, great-aunt of Richard Cocke of Bremo, bapt. December 13, 1597 at Sidbury, Shropshire; obit. Bremo Bluff, Henrico, 1665, whose son, Thomas, was named as a ‘friend’ in the Will of Major William Harris. (‘Colonial Wills’, 1677-92, p.68). Adam Lutley’s sister, Joyce Lutley, m. John Holland Sr., enfeoffed in Lamberhurst, Kent, father of John Holland Jr., of Lamberhurst, who m. Mary Barham; having issue: David Holland, who m. Anne Burton; their elder son John Holland (PAR/498/37/14. Oct. 23, 1654), being John Holland of Nansemund, father of Michael Holland of Goochland. Major William Harris’ father, John, was first cousin of (1) Thomas Harris, Esq., of Prescot, who m. (1632), Alice Holland, da. of *William Holland, aforesaid, d. 1642. (2) Mary Harris, who m. Fleetwood Dormer, whose cousin, Henry Isham (who resided at Bermuda Hundred, Henrico Co.), m. Katherine Banks, relict of Joseph Royal, and was the father-in-law of William Randolph, named as ‘friend’ in the Will of Major William Harris.

1. Richard Langford, obit. 1580.
1.1. Thomas Langford, gent, attorney of the Foxe family.
1.1.1. Jane Langford, bapt. Oct. 10, 1567, m. (Sept. 14, 1595) Rowland Harris of Ludlow, d. 1605. She m., secondly, Edward Lewis of Diddlesbury, and had issue, William Lewis, who m. (Aug. 21, 1634), Anne Lutley, of Burwarton, Shropshire, da. of Robert Lutley and Mary Holland, aforesaid. It is very probable that William Lewis and Anne Lutley were the parents of John Lewis, granted 400 ac. on the north side of the James River adjacent to William Humphries for transporting 8 persons, 7 Nov. 1673; he the brother of Edward Lewis, father of William Lewis, bapt. March 16, 1661, in Diddlebury, husband of Elizabeth Woodson, they the parents of Joseph Lewis, who m. Elizabeth Pleasants.

“Robert Woodson, Sr. of Henrico Co. For good causes to my loving grandson’s, William & Joseph Lewis (children of his da., Elizabeth Woodson, and William Lewis), 450 ac. patented to me and Richard Farris, Giles Carter, (Major) William Harris, and Roger Cummings, 21 Oct. 1687, on White Oak Swamp”. Recorded May 1, 1707.

The said Edward Lewis had firstly m. Anne Blashfield, da. of Thomas Blashfield,of Ludlow, and was, thus, br.-in-law of William Marston, who m. (Ludlow, March 5, 1571), Katherine, the da. of Thomas Blashfield. The continuation of association between the Marstons and their Shropshire kin continued in Virginia, as given by B.T. Shannon: “Elizabeth Marston (d. Aug. 11, 1759) m. Thomas Green, their daughters, Martha and Lucy Green, m. the brothers Rev. Charles Clay and Henry Clay, brothers of Rev. John Clay, who m. Mary Watkins; they were the parents of Rev. John Clay (d. 1781, Hanover Co.) who m. Elizabeth Hudson, their son being the statesman Henry Clay. Elizabeth Hudson, was the da. of George Hudson, son of John Hudson (d. 1732) of Hanover Co. and his wife Elizabeth Harris, granddau of Maj. William Harris. Another son of John Hudson and Elizabeth Harris was William Hudson of Prince Edward Co. whose da., Sarah, m. George Harris, her second cousin. George Harris’ father was William Harris of Wolf Swamp, son of George Harris, whose sister was the said Elizabeth Harris, wife to John Hudson. All of which evidences the same patterns of interbred kinship continuing in Virginia”.

1.1.1.1. John Harris. ‘1604. Mar. 5. John, s. Rowland Harris bapt’. (St Lawrence Church, Ludlow).
1.1.1.1.1. Mary Harris: ‘Apr. 3. 1625. Mary, d. John Harris & Margaret‘. In 1689, Mary (Harris) Ligon gave a deposition stating her age to be 64. She m. Thomas Ligon.
1.1.1.1.2. Major William Harris. “January 13, 1627, William s. of John Harris and Margaret Baugh”; she  bapt. January 24, 1613, St. Lawrence, Ludlow. William Harris held land on Ware Run, next to his kinsman, John Baugh.

(The confusion between two distinct lines of Harris arose from the widow of Major William Harris marrying George Alvis, who subsequently had a son, David Alvis, who m. Elizabeth Stanley, da. either of John Stanley or his brother Thomas Stanley; they associated with another family of Harris. Two seperate groups of Harris held nearby lands; one on the upper Pamunkey River, the other to the east of along Cedar Creek, Taylor’s Branch, and Wolf Swamp. The failure to disambiguate between these Harris is a failure to understand the shared associations brought about by peripheral kinship associations).

1.1.1.1.2.1. William Harris, named in father’s Will of 1678 as an infant. He moved to New Kent Co., as evidenced on Aug. 1, 1694, when Hugh Ligon, son of Mary Harris, witnessed an acknowledgment of debt by William Harris, son of Major William Harris, decd. of New Kent County, to Sarah Knibb of Henrico (B. 5, p. 508.). He was involved in the determination of the lands of Thomas Langford, February 26, 1731. (Magazine of Virginia Genealogy, vol. 36, no. 3, pp. 214-215).
1.1.1.1.2.1.1. Elizabeth Harris, bapt. Nov. 27, 1698, in St. Peters Parish, New Kent Co., m. John Hudson, br. of Charles Hudson (3). John Hudson held land adj. the 1,000 ac. patented by Charles Fleming, 0ct. 26, 1690, on Mattadequin Creek, see transaction dated May 5, 1735. betw. ‘Sam’l Weldon to Wm Alsup’, which shows John Hudson to be deceased (Hanover Co., ‘The Small Book’, 1734-1735).
1.1.1.1.2.1.1.1. William Hudson, b. c. 1719, New Kent Co.; d. April 21, 1800.
1.1.1.1.2.1.1.1.1. Sarah Hudson, m. George Harris.
1.1.1.1.2.1.2. George Harris, bapt. April 13, 1701, in St Pauls Parish, a Vestry meeting there in 1719 connecting him to the lands of George Alvis.
1.1.1.1.2.1.2.1. William Harris, who lived along Wolf Swamp, St. Martins Parish, Hanover Co., first appeared in the land tax list in 1762. Property taxes of William Harris in 1799 and 1800 were listed as ‘William Harris estate on Buffelow‘. His estate was last mentioned in 1805, when Graves Harris and George Harris were involved as executors of the estate.
1.1.1.1.2.1.2.1.1. George Harris, m. Sarah Hudson.
1.1.1.1.2.1.2.1.2. Ralph Harris, m. (2) Agnes Baldwin, Dec. 16, 1790.
1.1.1.1.2.1.2.1.3. Graves Harris, m. Elizabeth Baldwin, sister of Agnes, Nov. 20, 1787.

1.1.2. Thomas Langford.
1.1.2.1. William Langford (second-cousin of Major William Harris), m. Jane Jordan, of Stone Acton, Shropshire. (See Deed declaring the use of a fine levied by Edward Lutwyche: ‘1. Edward Lutwyche of Lutwyche, Esq. (as follows), 2. William Jurden of Felhampton, Thomas Langford of Stone Acton. 3. Edward Jurden of Wooston. December 27, 1632. Shropshire Archives (S.A), ref. 5001/4/1/4. The Jordans are well recorded in the Diddlesbury registers, and were intermarried with the Hoptons; Nov. 9, 1586, John Hopton & Johane Jurden nupta.

William Langford was a neighbour of Henry and John Fleming (S.A., C 5/482/9). The Flemmings were benefactors of Diddlesbury Church. Henry Fleming was born in 1624. His Will was proved in 1656 (P.C.C. Wootton 124, 294), which mentioned his “brother Fleming” and “brother (in-law) Bassett”. The salient point is that Henry Fleming’s brother was probably the John Fleming who died in New Kent county, April 27, 1686, whose son, Charles Fleming, owned land land next to his cousin, William Basset, whose Will was proved May 14, 1724. As with such families as Baugh,the Flemings were armigerous: Arms, gules 3 crescents in fesse ermine between 7 cross crosslets fitchee argent (Fleming), impaling, per bend sinister ermine a lion rampant, or (Tudor Trevor).

Samuel Jordan was likely to be of the family Stone Acton: Will of Samuel Jordan of New Kent Co., probated June 11, 1719: ‘being weak of body … It is my will that my beloved friend (br.-in-law) John Fleming have the plantation of Thomas Langford dec’d, & the management of his estate & the bringing up of his son Thomas Langford as wholely to himself … executors wife Elizabeth (Fleming) Jordan, friends Charles Fleming, John Fleming, Tarlton Woodson, and Thomas Pleasants’.

Tarleton Woodson made a deed in 1721 in Henrico county to William Randolph for land conveyed by Nathaniel Bacon to his grandfather, Robert Woodson, in 1674; this Robert being the br. of John Woodson,* whose son and namesake was a neighbour of Mary (Harris) Ligon and Major William Harris on Curles Swamp. *Whose da., to repeat, m. William Lewis, close kinsman of Major William Harris.

1.1.2.1.1. John Langford, m. Sarah Baldwyn, as follows.
1.1.2.1.2. Thomas Langford, of New Kent Co., who appears in this land grant: ‘Robinson, John. September 22, 1682. New Kent County, granted 1,252 acres on the Dragon Swamp and branches thereof. Beginning &c. belonging to the land of Thomas Langford; thence &c. over certain branches of Arracxicoe to a Corner Red Oak by the Mill Path’.
1.1.2.1.2.1. Thomas Langford.
1.1.2.1.2.1.1. Thomas Langford, orphan.

12. Thomas Bawdewyn, of Diddlebury (d. 1614), m. Gertrude, da. of Robert Corbett, of Standwarden.
13. Edward Bawdewyn, of Diddlebury, m. Mary, da. of Edward Lutwich.
13. John Baldwyn. 28 Feb. 1654, John Baldwyn and his br. Edward Baldwyn are summoned as witnesses on behalf of Katherine Hanson (S.A., WB/F/2/2/24/9/13). Deed, 20 June 1648: 1. Robert Wallop of Fearley Wallop in county of Southampton Esq. 2. John Baldwyn of Monnslowe (Munslow) in county of Salop gent. To deliver the Lea Hill in Chatwall to Richard Corfield of Chatwall gent. (S.A., 5001/1/1/2).
14. Richard Baldwyn. Medical Philosopher. Bur. May, 1689. 10 Oct. 1698: 1. Sarah Baldwyn, Munslowe, widow of Rd. Baldwyn, Henry Baldwyn, gent, grandson of Rd. Baldwyn and Richard and Sarah Davies, Upton under Hamon, gent. 2. John Stedman of Oakley Parke, gent. Estate of Rd. Baldwyn vested in 1.’s so long as term of lease lasts (lease from Sir Edw. Littleton 11th October 1680, for 26s 8d p.a. for ninety nine years). Here agreed that land be sublet to John Stedman for residue of term (eighty one years) at 10.00 p.a. (S.A., 3614/3/40).
15. Sarah Baldwyn, named as Sarah Langford in her mother’s Will of 1696, m. John Langford, in 1670, in Ludlow. Sarah Baldwyn’s br., William, was the possible ancestor of the wives of Ralph and Graves Harris.

Families survived through mutual co-operation underpinned by repeated intermarriages to their kin. Constructs of lineage of this period are invariably false if they show haphazard connections. These people were of a certain English (minor propertied) class that continued in their ways in Virginia and beyond. Who they married is of interest, yet understanding their method of ‘selection’ (of a Darwinian kind) is more important in the wider context of understanding the process of the colonisation of early America, which contrasts sharply with the creations of Hollywood.

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