A fundamental difficulty in determining English ancestries in Virginia is the practice of English cousins intermarrying into the same families, so that consanguineous links were strengthened at each generation by non-consanguineous ones. This makes it difficult to identify different strands of the same family, as their records contain references to their wider kinship circle. Thus it was with the Somerset family of Harris of Mells/Nunney/Wedmore/Cheddar/Wiveliscombe.

In what follows, I have not reiterated in any detail their shared connection to the Bennett family; made more explicit in previous notes. Herein is an account of that strand of the family which came to reside in Wedmore, juxta Cheddar.

The only reflection I will put forward is that it was more likely to place your orphan with someone you knew very well; the same comment applying to a witness of your Will.

1. Thomas Lyte of Lytes Cary, Somerset, d. 1523, m. Marjory Drene, of Bridgewater, Somerset.
1.1. John Lyte, d. 1566, m. 1. Edith Horsey, d. 1556, da. of John Horsey, of Marlin, Somerset.
1.1.1. Henry Lyte, d. 1607, m. 1. (1546) Agnes Kellway, of Cullumpton, 2. (1565) Frances Tiptoft, 3. (1591) Dorothy Gover.
1.1.1.1. Thomas Lyte, b. 1568, m. 1. (1592) Frances Worth, da. of Henry Worth, of Worth, Devon. 2. Lady Constance Sydney, née Huntley. General release of all actions, Frances Coggan of Chard (executrix of Thomas Huddy of Taunton, decd.) to Thomas Lyte and Dorothy (Gover) Lyte, wid. (executrix or administrator of Henry Lyte esq. decd.) 8 Jas., said to be folded with ‘the roll of all the proceedings betwixt Thomas Lyte and Francis Coggan’. (Somerset Heritage Centre, ref. DD\X\LY/3/66).
1.1.1.1.1. Dorothy Lyte, b. 1594.
1.1.1.1.2. Thomas Lyte, b. 1602.
1.1.1.1.3. George Lyte, b. 1621 (by second wife), m. Ann Hodges. Hodges v Lyte. Plaintiffs: Mary Hodges, and Jane Hodges (heirs of George Hodges). Defendants: George Lyte, Anne (Hodges) Lyte his wife. Subject: rectory of Wedmore, Somerset. 1655 (N.A, ref. C 5/23/121). Morgan v Horler. Plaintiffs: William Morgan, Barbara Morgan his wife, George Lyte and Anne Lyte his wife. Lease: Margery Hodges of Heathhouse, Wedmore, widow of George Hodges, to Richard Counsell of Wedmore, husbandman and Joan his wife. (Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre, ref. 2667/1/36/2. 1655). In the north chapel of Wedmore Church is part of a monument to the Hodges family which incorporates brasses to Captain Thomas Hodges, who was killed at the siege of Antwerp in 1583, and his son George, who died in 1634: they were the son and grandson of the Thomas Hodges who bought the manor of Wedmore in 1577. Richard Counsell was the probable father of Hodges Counsell, see anon.
1.1.1.2. Magdalene Lyte, m. (1583) Henry Moone.
1.1.1.2. William Lyde.
1.1.1.2.1. Thomas Lyde, m. Agnes Bailey, Nov. 28, 1581, in Wedmore; the source of the following records:
1.1.1.2.1.1. John Lyde ‘of Heathouse’, bapt. Oct. 8, 1620, m. Jocosa Webb, on Oct. 22, 1640. Jacosa Webb was bapt. Apr. 14, 1594, da. of Thomas Webb, and relict of George Harris, ob. Apr. 4, 1640, whom she m. Apr. 28, 1623. Robert Harris, br. of George, was the father of Edward Harris, bapt. Aug. 8, 1624, in Wedmore, whose sister m. John Lyde’s son, Thomas.
1.1.1.2.1.1.2. Thomas Lyde, m. Christian Harris, Mar. 20, 1654.
1.1.1.2.1.1.2.1. Thomas Lyde.
1.1.1.2.1.1.2.1.1. Anna Lyde, bapt. Nov. 20, 1676, m. Robert Champion, on Aug. 20, 1709. Edward Symes m. (2) Susannah Champion, widow, Oct. 12, 1676, in Bath. Edward’s br., James Symes, was the probable 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. (D.B. 7, p. 288). Phillis Fort was the sister of Elias Fort (his family almost certainly of Wiveliscombe, Somerset, as the Bennetts of Virginia): Appraisal by Edward Brantley, John Britt, William Baldwin, and Edward Champion. R. April 9, 1679. These Champions originated from Meare, 5 mls fr. Wedmore. As hereinafter: Will of Tho. Moore: names Edward Champion, Jr., Orlando Champion and their father Edward Champion, Sen., Alice Champion, dau. of said Edward Champion; Benjamin, son of Edward Champion, Sr., wife Elizabeth Moore and bro. George Moore, niece Magdalen Carter, Priscella Champion; wife and bro. exors., and Charles Champion and Mr. Carrell overseers. Proved 9, 10 br , 1696. Magdalen Carter was the da. of George Moore, and wife of Thomas Carter Jr.; son of Captain Thomas Carter and Elinor Cooke, who m. 2. William Groves, whose estate was presented by “Mrs. Elinor Groves” on Nov. 21, 1677. Elinor’s sister, Frances, m. John Person, who came to Virginia, in 1648, on the Transport at age 18; that is “John Perce, sonne of Richard Perce of Somersetshire, England. Said to own land in Virginia Colony near to land owned by Captain John Ratliff, the first Governor”. William Groves. Appraisal by John Harris (son of Thomas Harris, d. 1672), Edward Brantley, Elias Fort, Edward Grantham. Presented by Mrs. Elinor Groves. B. 2., p. 172. R. Feb 9, 1678,
1.1.2. Maria Lyte, m. Richard Huddey, of Stone.
1.1.3. Dorothy Lyte, m. Anthony Ashley.
1.1.3.1. Sir Anthony Ashley, of Wimborne St Giles.
1.1.3.1.1. Anne Ashley.
1.1.3.1.1.1. Sir Anthony Ashley Cooper, baronet.

1. Sir John Hody, or Huddy of Stowell, Somerset, and Nethway, Devon, Chief Justice of England, m. Elizabeth Jewe, d. 1473, da. of John Jewe, son of William, of Whitefield, in Wiveliscombe, Somerset.
1.1. John Huddy, of Stowell m. Elizabeth Thornbury, da. of John Thornbury.
1.1.1. Andrew Huddy, of Stowell and Netherway, m. Joan Burnell, da. of Henry Burnell, of Somerset.
1.1.1.1. William Huddy, of Stowell and Netherway, m. Margaret Yarde, da. of Richard Yarde, of Devon.
1.1.1.1.1. Richard Huddy, of Stowell, m. Maria Lyte, da. of John Lyte.
1.1.1.1.1.1. John Huddy of Stowell, m. Elizabeth Anketill, da. of George Anketill, of Dorset.
1.1.1.1.1.1.1. Christopher Huddy of Stowell, d. 1617. m. (1583) Elizabeth Upton, da. of John Upton, of Lupton, Devon, and Ann Cooper, of Somerset, relict of Thomas Allen, of Glastonbury.
1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1. Mary Huddy, m. John Harris.

1.. John Harris, of Wedmore (Allerton), m. 1. Joanna, d. 1579, 2. Alicia, d. 1585. ‘Servant’ of Robert Sherwell, husband of Maria Beard, da. of John Beard (this family intermarried with the Bennetts of Wiveliscombe). Marie Sherwell, widow of Robert Sherwell, of Blackford, Somerset, gent. Will proved Nov. 26, 1627.  ‘To be buried at Wedmore. My cousin Richard Counsell. My cousin Margery Hodges. Mr. George Hodges, of Wedmore. Eleanor Hodges. Ann, daughter of Mr. George Hodges.
1.1. John Harris, bur. Jul. 31, 1599, m. Joan Stubbs, Feb. 10, 1569, Wedmore.
1.1.1. John Harris, of Wedmore (Allerton), bur. Glastonbury* (1621) m. Mary Huddy. *Glastonbury was where the Harris family of Wiveliscombe ‘originated‘; they intermarried with the family of Governor Bennett of Virginia.
1.1.1.1. George Harris, m. Joan (Jacosa) Webb, Apr. 28, 1623, Wedmore.
1.1.1.1.1. Christian Harris, m. Thomas Lide, Mar. 20, 1654.
1.1.1.2. Huddy Harris. (Harris v Harris. Plaintiffs: Huddy Harris. Defendants: Richard Harris and others (Webbe). Subject: property in South Brent, Somerset (6 mls fr. Wedmore/Cheddar); 1620, Nat. Arch. C 3/312/36.

Huddy Harris, of Corsham, Wiltshire, gentleman, was a lawyer, and was likely involved in that capacity with Edward Tooker of Maddington, co. Wilts., esq., in the purchase of Somerset and Wiltshire manors by Sir Anthony Ashley Cooper, baronet: ‘Oldfield, Pinchampstall, Dicon Fields and messuage in Dicon Fields, form. occ. by Thos. Stenson then by Wm. Broomfield, then by John Coggin, in St. Pancras, leased for 3 years by Edw. Tooker of New Sarum, co. Wilts., esq., and Mary his wife wid. of Wm. Platt of Highgate Hill, to Christian Neale of Kentish Town, Mx., wid., and in 1679 for 20 years by Mary Tooker of Barrow, wid., and Master and Fellows of St. John’s College, Cambridge, to John Coggin of London, cooper. 1654, 1679. (Somerset Heritage Centre, DD\GB/103). Thynne v Tooker. Plaintiffs: Sir Henry Frederick Thynne, bart. Defendants: Edward Tooker and another. Subject: manors of Frome Selwood, (n.b.) Cheddar, Deverill Longbridge, etc, Somerset and Wiltshire. 1661. (Nat. Arch., ref. C 5/433/46).

Order of the Court of Wards for Edward Tooker to give security for 1,250l. for purchase of the manor of Powlett, county Somerset, on behalf of (his ward) Sir Anthony Ashley Cooper, baronet. (PRO 30/24/2/).

Huddy Harris was the senior of that name, also mentioned here: Harris v Allyn. Plaintiffs: Huddy Harris. Defendants: Robert Allyn, Katherine Long and Leonard Atkins. Subject: money matters, Wiltshire. 1646. (N.A., ref. C 3/404/77). The admon. of his great-aunt, of April 14, 1630, shows him to have been the son of Mary Harris: Hellen Angoll (Angell) of Corsham, Wilts. wid. Nunc. in July,1627 (but decd. in Oct. 1629, at Elsmore (juxta Gloucester). Her k. Huddy Harris in whose house she then dwelt, of Corsham gent.; his 2 yr. chn., Wm. and Frances; Mary his w. Witn: Huddy Harris , Ric. Pinchin, Eliz. Pitts. (Admon. Ap. 14 to Huddy Harris, h. of Mary H., niece of testatrix. (Scrope, 374). Hellen Angell was almost certainly of the Angell family of Gloucester, merchants and land speculators, active in Bristol trade. It was almost certainly Huddy’s son and namesake, born c. 1630, who was bound to George Vinson, planter, to serve 4 years in Barbados. (BRO., 1655).

1.1.1.3. Richard Harris.
1.1.2. Thomas Harris.
1.1.2.1. Thomas Harris, bapt. Dec. 31, 1637, Cheddar, ‘son of Thomas’, perhaps he who pat. 240 a. adj. Mathew Tomlin, Mar. 27, 1686 (B.7, pp. 510-11), m. Hester Tibbits, probably as second wife, who decd. in 1581. He is not further recorded in the registers.
1.1.3. Robert Harris.
1.1.3.1. Edward Harris, bapt. Aug. 8, 1624, Wedmore, ‘son of Robert’, perhaps he who d. in Virginia in 1677. He is not further recorded in the registers.
1.1.4. John Harris, m. Agnes Coomer. (The pre-eminent family of shared intermarriages).

1. John Counsell, bapt. 1573. 1.1. John Counsell, bapt. 28 Nov. 28, 1601,’ f. Joannis Counsell‘, m. Mary Coomer, 26 Nov 1631; the sister of Agnes Coomer, who m. John Harris in the adj. parish of Cheddar, Feb. 4, 1635; uncle of Thomas Harris, bapt. 31 Dec. 1637, in Cheddar, and Edward Harris, bapt. Aug. 8, 1624, in Wedmore 1.2. Richard Counsell, bapt. 3 Sept. 1613 (fr. Blackford), m. (1) Joan Taylor, Aug. 12, 1640, (2) Elizabeth Hix, Aug. 12, 1647, da. of William Hix and Grace Morton, m. Jan. 23, 1625, and niece of Margaret Hix, who m. Simon Day, Jan. 14, 1632. 1.2.1. Hodges Counsell. Richard Counsell was the br.-in-law of Susan Lancaster, and Hodges Counsell may have received his Christian name after her husband, William Hodges, a member of the very influential Hodges family, squires of Wedmore, who was probably his Godfather.

The vastly intertwined nature of family associations is evidenced through the Coomers. Mary and Agnes Coomer were daughters of a John Coomer, sisters of John Coomer, and aunt of his issue: John Coomer (father of another John), William Coomer Sr., Thomas Coomer, and Mary Coomer, who m. John Gardner, Oct. 24, 1664, in Cheddar; br. of Joel Gardner, father of Jane Gardner, who m. James Counsell, likely br. of Hodges Counsell, Jun. 12, 1682, in Cheddar. (See Presentments of churchwardens, etc. Cheddar (Peculiar, etc.). 1662-1701. Marriage Bond: James Counsell of Burrington, husbandman, and Jane Gardner, daughter of Joel Gardner of Cheddar. (S.H.C./ DD\SAS/C795/PR/150). Jane Gardner was the sister of Elizabeth Gardner, who m. George Tibbits, May 1678, in Cheddar, sister of Hester Tibbits, who m. Thomas Harris, Apr. 24, 1679, in Cheddar.

Counsell connections:
John Hardy, Will dated October 7, 1676. I give and bequeath my dau. Olive, the wife of Giles Driver (headright of Thomas Harris, d. 1672). I give to my da. Lucy Councill the wife of Hodges Councill. In witness whereof I have hereto set my hand and seal this 7th day of October 1676. (signed) John Hardy. Witnesses: Richard Rennolds, Will Jenkins (of Bristol, merchant; connected to John Coggin, of Bristol, merchant, witness to the Will of Thomas Harris, d. 1688). Proved by Mr. Rennolds in Court June 9, 1677. Richard Rennolds was the servant of Edward Bennett, of Wiveliscome, br.-in-law of Richard Harris of the same place.

Probable Hardy connections:
Hardy v Freke. Plaintiffs: John Hardy. Defendants: John Freke. Subject: property in Mere, Somerset, (5 mls fr. Cheddar/Wedmore). 1655. (N.A., ref. C 5/410/23).
Exemplification of a common 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. Nov 29, 1645. (Somerset Heritage Centre, ref. DD\WHh/650).
Symes v Hurding. Plaintiffs: John Symes and Christopher Symes, William Bird, John Hardie, Hippolite Pinch and Hugh Miller. Defendants: Henry Harding and John Michell. Subject: lands in Long Bredy, Somerset. 1603-1625. The Fulgham family of Pitminster, Somerset, were tenamts of the Symes.

A Bechinoe template:
1. George Bechinoe.
2. Conyers Bechinoe, held property in Bristol.
2. Edward Bechinoe, d. June 9, 1679, m. Mary.
3. George Bechinoe, d. aft. Aug. 10, 1700.
4. Edward Bechinoe.
3. Anne Bechinoe, d. 1712; m. 1. Robert Kæ Sr. d. 1704. 2. John (Guttreidge) Goodrich Jr., d. 1695. (His family intermarried to that of Rees Davis, Esq., of Tickenham, Somerset).
4. Constance Goodrich, d. 1752, m. Benjamin Hodges. (The usually given ancestry of these Hodges is typically flawed).
5. Hartwell Hodges, d. April 25, 1796, in Nash County, North Carolina. (Very interesting, perhaps).

W&M Quarterty vol. vii. April, 1899. No. 4. IOW Co. records.
Conyers Bechinoe, br. of Edward, owned property in Henbury, Bristol. (N.A., C 7/540/16).
Edward Bechinoe’s Will was rec. June 9, 1679, naming wife, Mary, son George.
George Bechinoe’s Will, rec. 1688, was witnessed by Robert Kae, his son-in-law, and mentions Edward Bechinoe, his son.
Edward Bechinoe and Richard Piland witness the Will of Thomas Ware, R. June 9, 1677. (Elizabeth Beaumont, of Gittesham, Devon, widow of Henry Beamont, Esq., decd. Will proved July 14, 1614. by Tho. Warre. To my cousin Thomas Warre, son of my nephew Roger Warre, a chain of gold. My cousin Roger, son of my said nephew. To the eldest & youngest sons of my cousin Johan Lyte, £6. 13. 4. (The Beaumonts were interm. withe the family of Wykes. William Beaumont, of Wells, Somerset, gent. Will proved Jan. 26, 1632-3, by Edward Wykes). To Katherine Bluett, daughter of my nephew John Bluett, 50/. My cousin Thomas Warre, of the Middle Temple, London, esq., third son of my nephew Roger Warre, of Hestercombe, Exor. She was daughter of Sir Roger Bluet, of Holoombe Rogus. Her sistter Catherine Bluet married Richard Warre, of Hestercombe. The Bluets interm. with the Bennett family of Wiveliscombe; they with the Harris family of that place.

George Moore m. Jane Barcroft, da. of Charles Barcroft, a London vintner. George Moore (son of John Moore, mariner and merchant of Bristol, and br. of Thomas Moore), stated to be “age 78 years” when he made his will in 1710 (Chapman, IOW Wills, p. 54). He was the br. of Katherine Moore, who married (2) Robert Flake, a tobacco factor for Bristol merchants. By her first husband, she had issue: Joyce, who m. (1) Francis England, (2) George Cripps. Francis England, George Cripps. William Jennings of Bristol, surgeon, appts. Thomas Moore of Pagan Creek his atty. to collect from Arthur Skynner, Gyles Dryver (headright of Thomas Harris, d. 1672), and Joseph Whitson, and by virtue of a letter of atty. from John Hardiman of Bristol, taylor, to collect from William Hoodson in Nansemond. June 29, 1667. Edward Brantley, Oct. 30, 1669, 675 acres adj. land of Mr. England and Mr. Tooke (associate of Thomas Harris, d. 1672).

Will of Tho. Moore: Names Edward Champion, Jr., Orlando Champion and their father Edward Champion, Sen., Alice Champion, da. of said Edward Champion; Benjamin, son of Edward Champion, Sr., wife Elizabeth Moore and bro. George Moore, niece Magdalen Carter, Priscella Champion; wife and bro. exors., and Charles Champion and Mr. Carrell overseers. Proved 9, Oct. , 1696. At Bristol are the wills of Katherine Champion (1616), William (1636), John (1705).

Barcroft:

1.
1.1. John Barcroft.
1.1.1. John Barcroft, noted in an assignment of interest in 1652 in a messuage between John Barcroft, late of Chard now of London, merchant, and Robert Barcroft to John Chapman of Chard, merchant and Henry Tooley of London, Haberdasher. He became a london merchant. He made his last will on December 12, 1667. Will of Philobert Cogan (Proved Apr. 12, 1641): ‘Mr. John Barcroft and Margaret Webb’ …. Fxecutrix, wife Ann. Cousin, William Cogan (probable father of the John Coggin, witness of the will of Thomas Harris, d. 1688), overseers. If William Cogan, my cousin, do discharge my said executrix of all such bonds, bills and obligations as I do stand bound with and for him unto Mr. John Barcroft and Margaret Webb, widow (Philobert’ s sister, probable wife of John Barcroft).
1.2. Charles Barcroft, d. Sept. 23, 1661, m. (1) Dorothy Crosbie on 20 Feb. 20, 1632 at St. Olave’s, Southwark, London. (2)

In Calendar of State Papers: Colonial America and the West Indies 1675-6, Addenda 1574-1674 p. 83, an entry for 8 March 1639 about “Elizabeth, wife of Charles Barcroft of Old Ford, Middlesex” to the effect that in August 1636 her husband abandoned his trade in London and went to Virginia “where he yet lives.” The entry goes on to note that “his brother John Barcroft was there deceased” and that Charles Barcroft “merchant” was sending her yearly expenses. 23 Sept 1661 – administration on Charles Barcroft’s estate granted to his son-in-law George Moore.

1.2.1. Jane Barcroft, m. George Moore.
1.2.1.1. Eleanor Moore, Richard Piland.

John Coggin (‘of the City of Bristol, but now resident in Virginia’ witnessed the Will of Thomas Harris, d. 1688. Although the ancestry of John Cogan is problematic, his social status (gent), and the connection of Philibert Cogan, gent, of Chard, Somerset, to Virginia, is suggestive of an affiliation to his family: John Ludlow, living in York Co., Virginia, in 1660, died in Somerset, England in 1664 (Brown, Somerset Wills, pp. 28-29, 1890). His sister, Sarah, was the fourth wife of Col. John Carter, Esq. of Lancaster Co. They has issue, John and Robert. Col. Carter died in 1669 (ibid.). John and Sarah Ludlow were nephew and niece of Roger Ludlow, who m. Mary Cogan (b. 1604), da. of Philibert Cogan, gent, of Chard, Somerset, and Anne, da. of Thomas Marshall. Roger Ludlow’s br., George, was in Virginia in 1665. Roger Ludlow moved to Chard, Somerset, and came in contact with the “John and Mary group”.

George Moore had issue: (1) Eleanor Moore, who m. Richard Piland, the son of James Piland, bapt. on 30 August 1604, in St Mary’s Le Porte, Bristol, headright of Francis England, in 1642. (2) Ann Moore, who m. Thomas White. The estates of Ann Moore and her husband Thomas White were appraised between betw. 1741 and 1742 by Thomas Day, John Goodrich, and Edward Brantley. (Chapman, Wills, p. 142). Edward Brantley was security for the estate of Thomas Harris, d. 1672.

George Moore’s brother, Thomas, was an overseer of the Will of John Jennings, dated Oct. 19, 1678 (witness of the Will of Thomas Harris, d. 1672), who named son-in-law William Seward, grandson of John Seward, the Bristol sea captain and merchant, on adjacent land to whom settled Thomas Harris, d. 1688. John Jennings witnessed the Will of George Hardy, proved April 14, 1655, who came to Virginia before 1636, when he is called “Shipright.” In 1644, he patented 300 acres (increased to 500 in 1648), situated upon Lawne’s creek and bordering upon Alice Bennett’s land (doubtless widow of Robert Bennett, of London). ‘To my kinsman George H. 3000 lbs. of tobacco to buy two servants’.
Mr. George Hardy aged 37 in 1670.

Edward Harris: Appraisers, Edward Bechinoe, Richard Corsey, John Williams, and Richard Hansford. Presented by Mr. George Hardy.
The Will of Francis Corsey, rec. May I, 1679, witnessed by George Moore.
The Will of Frances Corsey, rec. Feb. 22, 1679, Mr. Thomas Groves to educate son, John, orphan of Richard Corsey, by permission of his attorney, Captain H. Applewhaite, attorney of Captain Thomas Groves

1. Elizabeth Fulgham (cousin of the family of Thomas Harris, d. 1688), m. Thomas Applewhaite, son of Henry Applewhaite, who moved from Barbados to IOW Co., before 1668
1.1. Henry Applewhaite, d. 1739, m. Mary Council, da. of Hardy Council and Susannah Fulgham. Henry Applewhite’s estate was returned by Philip and Mary Brantley. R. Sept. 23, 1745.
1.1.1. Henry Applewhaite, 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.
1.1.1.1. 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. June 10, 1779, witnessed by James Ridley, son of Nathaniel Ridley (half brother of William Ridley and Elizabeth Day, the relict of Matthew Jones, and da. of John Day and Mary Bennett, da. of Edward Bennett, br.-in-law of Richard Harris, of Wivelscombe, Somerset. John and Mary (Bennett) Day had issue: Elizabeth Day, who m. firstly (Oct. 17, 1706) Capt. Nathaniel Ridley; secondly Matthew Jones; their son, James Ridley, m. Jane Smith, da. of Col. Arthur Smith, whose son, Arthur Smith II., m. Sarah Jackson, sister of Mary, wife of George Hardy, an appraiser of the estate of Edward Harris, d. 1677.

John Banton of Bristol, merchant, makes Robert Kae his atty. 9 Aug. 1669.
John Banton of the City of Bristol, merchant, resident in. Virginia, power to Robert Kee or Thomas Taberer, 17 June,. 1669
Will of Thomas Taberer, dated Jan. 14, 1692: names grandson; Thomas Numan, son of John Numan (br.-in-law of Thomas Harris, d. 1672), and my dau. Ruth Jordan. (The reynolds connection).

Letter of Charles Toplady requesting Robert Kae to proseccute Mr Richard Izard. 1668.

Robert Kae was the son of Thomas Kae, of Bristol.

Will of Geo. Cripps : Devises land to Edward Bechinoe, son of George Bechinoe, and Mary his wife, Elizabeth Gutridge, dau. of Capt. John Guttridge and Anne his wife. Oct. 10, 1687.

Joyce Cripps R. June 9, 1679: ‘Godson James Bennett’ (see previos notes); ‘my mother Flake’.

To each their own; but it seems obvious.

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