Monthly Archives: January 2017

SCOTTISH NORMANVILLES

Posted on January 31, 2017 by genealogy1066

Normanville, canton Fauville-en Caux, between Le Havre and Dieppe. Héricourt-en-Caux (cant. Ourville-en-Caux), within 8 km of Normanville. Robert de Clipanville, younger br. of John de Normanville, used an armorial seal incorporating three martlets, which is almost identical with the seals … Continue reading →

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THE HARRIS ENTITY

Posted on January 31, 2017 by genealogy1066

This post is dedicated to a renowned Harris researcher of old,  Marjorie Reagan, who kindly suggested a central link between families of Davis and Harris. Almost the entirety of the associations of Thomas Harris, d. 1672, in Virginia, can be … Continue reading →

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BENNETT HARRIS

Posted on January 23, 2017 by genealogy1066

1. Malachi Thruston, of West Buckland, Somerset. He was not of Buckland and Wellington, as the following deed concerning his son makes plain: Final Concord Martin Sanford, Esq., & Edward Thurstone gent., & w. Thomasine for 24a. meadow with appurtenances … Continue reading →

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THOMAS DISPENSATOR

Posted on January 15, 2017 by genealogy1066

1. Torf. According to Robert of Torigny (GND, viii. c. 37), Torf was the father of Turold and Turchetil (see also OV ii. 12). It is wrongly assumed that this Turchetil was a forefather of the Harcourts; he died childless, … Continue reading →

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CUTHBERT POTTER

Posted on January 13, 2017 by genealogy1066

Cuthbert Potter’s father, also Cuthbert, is noted in the recusancy accounts of 1604 for Worsale, where the squire was John Saire (Sawyer), another recusant. John Sayer, of Worsall, Esq., m. Margery da. and heir of William Conyers, of Thormanby, Esq. … Continue reading →

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WESTS OF VIRGINIA

Posted on January 10, 2017 by genealogy1066

Essentially, the account of a family of West in Virginia is one in which seperate families of that name, from various English regions, have been cobbled together to produce a work of fiction. The Wests associated with Thomas Harris, d. … Continue reading →

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DREW, HARRIS, AND NEWETT

Posted on January 6, 2017 by genealogy1066

  What seems chaotic in the genealogy of English settlers in Virginia is often the result of a single strand of connection accounting for the association of several families; wherehas when connections were within a kinship group, and comprised of … Continue reading →

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HARRIS GROUPS

Posted on January 5, 2017 by genealogy1066

With no little frequency I am asked to summarise my thoughts as to the origins of various families of Harris; a comment often being that what I have written is scattered over a range of articles, which have undergone much … Continue reading →

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HOLLAND AND WHITFIELD

Posted on January 5, 2017 by genealogy1066

The families of Holland and Whitfield shared associations in East Sussex/Kent: ESRO, ref. PAR498/24/2/1. 13 Apr. 1670: Agreement between the Churchwardens and Overseers of Wadhurst concerning the disposal of the arrears of Whitfield’s charity of the £22 received by the … Continue reading →

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