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1.1. Francis Hobbs, born c. 1600. (Tanners v Hobbs. Plaintiffs: William Tanners. Defendants: Francis Hobbs, Mary Hobbs his wife, Edward Knight, Robert Webb, Walter Tanners and Edward Tanners. Subject: property in Tetbury, Gloucestershire. 1661. (C 6/48/118). (Joseph Bridger’s grandmother was Gillian Tanner).

(Churcwardens, Tetbury – a Protestant elite:
1617. Henry Cripps, Jasper Weyer.
1620. Arthur Tanner, Thomas Byrd.
1625. Henry Wells, Edward Mayo, William Lincke.
1634. Henry Mayo, Robert Hooper.
1635. Hugh Dun, Toby Mayo.
1637. Toby Mayo, William Denning.
1638. Arthur Tanner, John Adey.
1650. William Davis, Francis Hobbs.
1668. Francis Hobbes, Samuel Saunders.
1670. John Sherman, Nathaniel Body, who m. Hester Hodges, Oct. 14, 1656).

1.1.1. Francis Hobbs, born 1624. Francis Hobbs, aged 40, and Robert Kae, aged 36, deposed about John Askew, Aug. 9, 1664.

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 (of Bristol), his son-in-law, and mentions Edward Bechinoe, his son. Edward Harris: Appraisers: Edward Bechinoe, Richard Corsey. The Bechinoe family held property in Bristol, see previous notes, as well as adj. that of Nicholas Hill (a kinsman of the Harris family, having married their Bennett cousin). Will of Nicholas Hill, the first day of January, 1674: His body to be buried as near his deceased wife and children as may be; to his wife Silvester for life my plantation in IOW with all the houses, buildings, orchards, and gardens thereto belonging, being bounded betwixt the cart path that goes from the mill belonging to Mr. George Hardy (probable father-in-law of Edward Harris, d. 1677) … to son George Hill all my woodland, betwixt the aforesaid branch betwixt Mr. Briggs’ and Mr. Beckenoe’s plantations, and the old cart path that goes from the River side to Blackwater, being the bounds betwixt the land Col. Bacon bought of Thomas Harris and my land.

Francis Hobbs m. 2. 1674, Mary Floyd, relict of Nathaniel Floyd. The sons of Thomas Harris, d. 1672, John (son-in-law of Francis Hobbs Sr.) and Thomas Harris, held land which had beem Nathaniel Floyds: 365 ac., Upper Parish of IOW Co.; on north side of the Ashen Swamp, near the head and on west side of Seward’s Creek, April 20, 1685, p. 441. 250 ac., part granted Nathaniel Floyd, Nov. 20, 1637, and conveyed to said Harris’ father, by Captain Francis Hobbs and his wife, who was the relict and administratrix of said Floyd, Jan. 13, 1659; and among other lands found to escheate; granted to Honorable Colonel Joseph Bridger, July 22, 1678, who sold to said John and Thomas Harris the Feb. 6, following (1679), to be equally divided according to their father’s will, dated last day of March 1672. 115 ac. being waste land; and the whole beginning by a marsh near the head of Seward’s Creek; near Colonel Bacon; due for the transportation of 3 persons. Nathaniel Floyd’s headright was Mathew Tomlin; his land being adj. that of Thomas Harris, d. 1688: B. 7, p. 299 – Mathew Tomlin, 1227 acs., Low. Par. of IOW Co., on brs. of the Blackwater, Apr. 27, 1686. 781 acs. being part of 1200 acs. granted Mr. John Seward, Apr. 15, 1648 … adj. Mary Turner and Thomas Harris; to the bottome of Pig Neck.

In essence, members of a very closely-knit kinship group settled on both sides of Seward’s Creek, their boundaries blurred by flooding.

1.1.1.1. Francis Hobbs, born c. 1650, m. (1) Elizabeth Bridgers, Oct. 9, 1671, Tetbury. His Will was recorded on June 9, 1688, leaving a legacy to “cousin John Davis”, and “brother John Harris”; the former being a lender to Edward Harris, d. 1677, as given in the estate inventory, overseen by his wife Mary Davis, i.e. Mary Greene:

1. Robert Greene, Gent., of St. Giles Cripplegate, London.
1.1. Thomas Greene, m. Mary Moone; her sister, Sarah Moone, m. Lt. John Pitt, son of Col. Robert Pitt, the Bristol sea captain and merchant.
1.1.1. Mary Green, m. John Davis, desc. of Rees Davis, Esquire, of Tickenham.
1.1.1.1. Sarah Davis, d. bef. Jan. 6, 1720, m. (1) Joseph Bridger, son of Joseph Bridger Jr. (2) Nicholas Fulgham. Joseph Bridger Sr. was an headright in 1652 of Colonel Nathaniel Bacon.
1.2. Martha Greene, m. Anthony Fulgham.
1.2.1. Michael Fulgham, m. Ann Izard. There is no record of a dau. of theirs marrying a son of Thomas Harris, d. 1688. Mr. Boddie theorized that Robert Harris married the dau. of Michael Fulgham.
1.2.1.1. Nicholas Fulgham, m. Sarah Davis, relict of Joseph Bridger; her family owed money by Edward Harris, d. 1677.
1.2.1.1.1. Susannah Fulgham, m. Hardy Counsell, son of Hodges Counsell Jr.; his family of Wedmore, Somerset.
1.2.1.1.2. Nicholas Fulgham, d. 1736, m. Martha Pitt.
1.2.1.1.2.1. Nicholas Fulgham, m. isabel Harris, dau. of John Harris* (and second wife, Elizabeth Church), son of Thomas Harris, d. 1672.

1.1.1.1.1. Francis Hobbs, bapt. May 8, 1673.
1.1.1.3. Margaret Hobbs, m. *John Harris. (B. 2, p. 280).
1.1.1.3.1. Margaret Harris, bapt. June 13, 1682.
1.1.1.3.2. Alice Harris, bapt. June 17, 1685, m. John Fiveash.

1.1.2. John Hobbs, bapt. March 10, 1627.
1.2. John Hobbs, m. Joan Alloway, Aug. 24, 1631.
1.2.1. Hannah Hobbs, m. John Driver, Jan. 25, 1651.

1. Robert Driver.
1.1. Robert Driver, of Avening, 6 miles fr. Tetbury., m. Elizabeth Browning, Feb. 4, 1604.
1.1.1. Giles Driver (pale indented argent & azure, 2 lions rampant combatant countercharged), m. Dorothy Bayley, of Wheatenhurst, dau. of John Bayley. Giles Driver’s Will was probated 2 July 1639 (PROB 11/180/571).
1.1.1.1. John Driver, bur. June 12, 1681, in Avening, m. Elizabeth Bridger, bapt. Slimridge 5 Aug. 1638, bur. 28 Jan 1675; cousin of Joseph Bridger, of Woodmanscote, in Dursley, 10 mls from Avening, who m. Hester Pitt. One of his tenants in Woodmanscote was Thomas Pitt, probably he who was his headright he in Virginia, in 1666. (Driver v Body. Plaintiffs: John Driver. Defendants: James Body, Hannah Body his wife, Susannah Driver, Anne Driver … and others. Subject: property in Tetbury, Gloucestershire.1680. C 8/335/153).
1.1.1.1.1. John Driver, m. Hannah Hobbs 1. Jan. 25, 1651. 2. Elizabeth Chapman, Nov. 5, 1663.
1.1.1.2. Robert Driver.
1.1.1.2.1. Giles Driver, m. Elizabeth (Sharp) Reynolds. A headright of Thomas Harris, d. 1672, was Giles Driver, witnessed here: Bridgman Joyner (guardian of an orphan of Thomas Harris, d. 1688): Appraised by Thomas Mandew, Giles Driver, Andrew Griffin. R. Dec. 4, 1719. Signed Ann Joyner. (G.B. 23). Bridgman Joyner was the br. of (1) Thomas Joyner: 300 ac. … on the black water … for the transportation of 26 persons … at the Lower end of Capt. Anthony Fullgham his Land … W by Oldis and Ruffin … 448P to a red oake a Corner tree in Coll. Pitts Land and his Partner … then WxS another Corner tree being an oake in Coll Pitts Land then WxN 140P to to pine in Coll Pitts Land. 1698. (B. 9. p. 277). (2) William Joyner: 520 ac. near the head of the Cypress branches, adj. land of Humphrey Marshall, Mr. Hardy, Capt. Applewhaite &c. 1683. (B. 7, p. 302). His son was Abraham Joyner. Estate appraised by Epenetus Griffin, Hodges Council, Robert Johnson. R. Jan. 27, 1728. (B. 3, p. 140).

1. Robert Pitt, m. (1) Mary Stephens. Surry Co. B. I, p. 58. May 7, 1667: Jos. Bridger makes over to Mary Pitt, heir of James Stephens, deceased, stating that she was the heir because she was the dau. of Elizabeth Pitt, sister of Mr. George Stephens, deceased, father of the aforesaid, James Stephens. Upon the Wwd. side of a br. of New towne haven Riv., called Beverly Cr., adj. Capt. John Upton & John Seaward.
1.1. Robert Pitt, d. bef. 1672.
1.1.1. Robert Pitt.
1.2. Lt. Col. John Pitt, m. Olive Hardy.
1.2.1. Robert Pitt, d.v.p., m. a. dau. of Col. Arthur Smith; her br. m. Sarah (who with his wife gave to George Hardy deeds for the land on Blackwater, in 1666, the deed reciting that Sarah and Mary (wife of George Hardy) were daus. of Richard Jackson and granddaus. of Alice Bennett; her husband being a cousin of Thomas Harris, d. 1672.
1.3. Hester Pitt, m. Joseph Bridger, Esq.
1.3.1. Joseph Bridger.
1.3.1.1. Elizabeth Bridger, m. Thomas Lear, son of Col. John Lear (W&M, p. 309). She was the relict of Henry Tucker, son of George Tucker.

1. Robert Pitt, m. (2) Martha Lear, sister of Col. John Lear, who had m. the relict of John George, probable br. of Nicholas (br.-in-law of Thomas Harris, d. 1672), as they were headrights of Capt. Francis Potts, who obtained a patent of 1,000 ac. on Jan. 24, 1653, in Northampton Co. John George moved to IOW in 1643, when Justinian Cooper sold him a parcel of land commonly called the “Robert Bennet Quarter tract“. John George, 900 ac. Charles City Co. in Bayles Creek. For transportation of 18 persons, inc. Richard Reynolds. Thomas Greenwood’s Will (whose relict m. James Pyland), was witnessed by Joseph Bridger, John Davis (as given, the estate of Edward Harris, d. 1677, owed money to his wife); John George, and Nicholas Hill, witness to the Will of Thomas Harris, d. 1672.

Thomas Harris, d. 1672, was security, with John Munger, for the estate of Samuel Griffin (whose dau. sold land to John Newman in 1662, br.-in-law of Thomas Harris, d. 1672.

1. Daniel Boucher, of Bristol, d. 1668, IOW, m. Elizabeth …
*Aug. 27, 1647: Daniel Boucher witnessed (n.b.) Henry White relinquish his title to George Stephens, Jan. 4, 1651, father-in-law of Robert Pitt.
*Daniel Boucher and John Monger were overseers of the will of Timothy Fenn.

1. Timothy Fenn, Oct. 10, 1642, 300 ac. beg. & c. on a parcel of land in the tenure of Charles Barcroft, father-in-law of George Moore, as follows.
1.1. Timothy Fenn, m. Elizabeth Kae, dau. of Robert Kae, who bequeathed to his four grandchildren, “the daus. of Tomothy Fenn and his wife, Elizabeth” (R. Dec. 10, 1688; B. 2, p. 289). Elizabeth Kae’s brother, Robert, m. i. Alice Bechinoe, dau. of Edward Bechinoe.* She m. 2. John Goodrich,* having issue, Constance Goodrich, as follows.
1.1.1. Kae Fenn, m. John Fiveash, 1709. (B.2., p. 509), br. of Thomas Fiveash (James Pyland witnesses his Will, dated Jan. 4, 1725; uncles of Thomas Fiveash, m. (1712) Alice Harris, da. of John Harris. (DB. 7, p. 288). He was the son of Thomas Harris, d. 1672.
1.1.2. Mary Fenn, m. Roger Hodges.
1.1.2.1. Benjamin Hodges, m. Constance Goodrich.
1.1.2.1.1. Hartwell Hodges, d. 1796, m. John Drake, d. 1791.
1.1.3. Martha Fenn, born c. 1682, m. …Harris. (?).

Edward Harris, d. 1677: Appraisers: Edward Bechinoe, Richard Corsey. The Bechinoe family held property in Bristol, see previous notes. The Will of Richard Corsey, rec. May I, 1679, witnessed by Thomas Moore, 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. The Will of Francis Corsey, rec. May I, 1679, witnessed by George Moore, br. of Thomas. *John Goodrick appraised the Will of the said Richard Corsey.

*Daniel Boucher’s Will was recorded May 1, 1668. Leg. to my kinsman Robert Boucher; dau. Elizabeth; to Hodges Councill the younger … to my son in law George Williams … to Elizabeth Munger the dau. of John Munger; to Elizabeth Davis the daughter of John Davis, decd (to repeat, Edward Harris, d. 1677, owed him money); friends John Hardy and Thomas Taberer overseers. Wit. Hodges Councill, William Bacon. Memo in Will: there is a hogshead of tobacco in my house belonging to Mrs. Elinor Moseley, widow in Bristol.

*Daniel Boucher estate inventory was conducted by Mr. Robert Flake.

1.1. Elizabeth Boucher. *Mr. John Hardy (possible br. of George Hardy, father-in-law of Edward harris, d. 1677) and Mr. Thomas Taberer appraised the estate of the dau. of Daniel Boucher, Elizabeth Boucher, July 24, 1669. (1. Thomas Taberer, m. (1) Ann Bennett, probable sister of Richard Bennett, d. 1709, second-cousin of Thomas Harris, d. 1672. 1.1. Ruth Taberer, m. John Newman, br.-in-law of Thomas Harris, d. 1672. The Newman family were of Wedmore. 1.2. Ann Taberer, m., as his first wife, Robert Spencer, “loving friend” of Thomas Harris, d. 1672).

1.2. … Boucher, m. George Williams Sr. of Bristol (son of Walter Williams, Tanner of Bristol, bapt. Oct. 3, 1618, at St. James Church, Bristol. George Williams, tailor, was the headright in 1656 in Virginia of Thomas Bridgman, of Bristol. (Bridgman Joyner probably deriving his name from this family). He was deeded 100 ac. in IOW on April 10, 1671, by Pharoh Cobb; this passing to his eldest son William Williams, then to his brother, George Williams, who sold it on April 6, 1700 to Richard Reynolds, Jr. who had married his sister, Elizabeth Williams. George Williams Sr. died in 1672, leaving his under age children in the care of others: “William to Mr. Pharoah Cobb; son George to Mr. Henry Applewhaite; daughter Elizabeth to Mr. William Bressie and his wife Susanna, if it shall please God to send them back to Virginia (from Bristol). Mr. Arthur Smith, Pharoah Cobb, and Henry Applewhaite, overseers. Henry Applewhaite’s son and namesake Henry, 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. Susannah Council’s legatee was da. Mary Brantley. Halifax Co NC. R. 6 Oct. 1757. Henry’s son, also 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 (I think).

(See Bristol Apprentice Books 1600-1640 Bristol; The Bristol Registers of Servants Sent to Foreign Plantations 1654-1686, p. 27, Mr. Coldham; Mr. Boddie, p. 640).

George Hardy, probable father-in-law of Thomas Harris, d. 1677, and George Williams Jr. witnessed the Will of Henry Coombes, rec. April 9, 1678.

THE VIEW OF SOME

1. Thomas Harrys of Mells, carpenter, b. 1494. “Thomas Harrys”, a tenant of Glastonbury Abbey,
1.1. John Harris, of Nunney.
1.2. Robert Harris.
1.2.1. Richard Harris, m. Eleanor Bennett, Oct. 8, 1594, in Wiveliscombe.
1.2.1.1. Thomas Harris, who m. Judith Blake, Nov. 20, 1623, in Wivelscombe.
1.2.1.1.1. Thomas Harris, d. 1672, Virginia
1.2.1.1.1.1. Thomas Harris, d. 1688.
1.2.1.1.1.1.1. Thomas Harris, named in father’s will.
1.2.1.1.1.1.1.1. Thomas Harris, d. 1729, m. Hannah Judkins.
1.2.1.1.1.1.1.2. Margaret Harris, m. William Judkins, br. of Hannah.
1.2.1.1.1.1.2. Robert Harris.
1.2.1.1.1.1.2.1. John Harris, m. Avis White.

(Thomas Moore Sr. and Aldworth Elbridge borrowed £50 from the bequest of John Whitson to Bristol Corporation in 1632 to loan to younger merchants (B.R.O, “Loan Money, 1648). Thomas Moore Jr. was possibly the father of: (1) George Moore (stated to be “age 78 years” when he made his will in 1710 (Chapman, IOW Wills, p. 54), and who m. Jane Barcroft, dau. of Charles Barcroft, whose family held land in Chard, Somerset. Administration on Charles Barcroft’s estate granted to his son-in-law George Moore. (Anthony Fulgham, of Pitminster, Somerset, transported Charles Barcroft, Isle of Wight, 1650). He was also the br. of Katherine Moore, who m. (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. 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. They had issue Thomas and John White (great-grandfather of Avis White, aforementioned); possibly the same who died in IOW, c. 1754, and whose estate was appraised by John Barlow, Jr. (p. 177). The estates of Ann Moore and her husband were appraised between betw. 1741 and 1742 by Thomas Day, John Goodrich, and Edward Brantley. (ibid., p. 142). Edward Brantley Sr. was security for the estate of Thomas Harris, d. 1672. Any search for the ancestry of Thomas White should, sensibly, commence with a White family of Bristol, as given elsewhere).

1.2.1.1.1.1.2. John Harris. Thomas and John Harris inherited land to the west of Seward’s Creek, adjacent that of Thomas Blake.
1.2.1.1.1.1.2.1. Alice Harris, m. Thomas Fiveash.
1.2.1.1.1.1.2.2. Isabel Harris (half-sister), m. Nicholas Fugham.
1.2.1.2. Richard Harris.
1.2.1.2.1. John Harris*, bapt. Feb. 18, 1624, m. Unity … John Harris: Estate by Unity Harris, widow and admin. of John Harris. May 1687. Signed Wm Newsum, John Clarke, Wm. Newitt. (B. 3, p. 82).
1.2.1.2.1.1. William Harris, d. bef. 1693, m. Elizabeth …
1.2.1.2.1.1.1. John Harris. May 20, 1710: Thomas Ward of Lawne’s Creek Parish to John Chambers of same. Witness: William Newsum and John Harris. (p. 10).
1.2.1.2.1.1.1.1. John Harris, m. Mary Drew. Will of Edward Drew, prob. March 8, 1746, SH Co. “son Newitt; grandson Newitt Harris, son of my dau. Mary Harris”. Witness, James Ridley.
1.2.1.2.1.2. Elizabeth Harris, m. Samuel, son of Robert Lancaster Sr. and Sarah, widow of her 2nd husband, Richard Bennett, d. 1709, kinsman of this Harris family.
1.2.1.2.2. Thomas Harris.
1.2.1.2.2.1. William Harris, sonn & heire of Thomas Harris, 850 acs. Surry Co. S. James Riv. , on N.W. & S.E. sides of Sunken Marsh above & below the mill; June 2, 1668. Granted sd. Thomas Feb. 13, 1657, p. 55. Jan. 4, 1685: William Harris and wife Mary Harris, to William Newsum … 220 ac. now in the tenure of *Mr. John Harris; adj. William Newett, and the Sunken Marsh Path. Wit. Robert Ruffin. R. Jan. 5, 1685.
1.2.1.2.3. Edward Harris, of St. Dunstan in the East, London, merchant, aged 45, named in the Hubberday v. Penniston court case of 1641, which stated he received tobacco from Virginia with Captain Thomas Cornwallis. E.D.N., p. 7, 1875: ‘Among the first sale of negro servants is that made by *Richard Bennett, when a Virginia merchant, to Thomas Cornwallis. The same Richard Bennett, nephew of Richard Harris (probable father of Edward) was associated with Rice Jones, who was in bond to him for 1,200 lb. of tobacco. Rice Jones patented 88 ac. in Lanc. Co., on N. Side Rappa, adj. land of Edward Harris (deceased) Sept. 2, 1652, he subsequently sold this land to Howell Powell, Jan. 22, 1652, p. 53. This land had been sold to Rice Jones by Richard Bennett, as part of his patent of Nov. 4, 1642. It is almost certain that Edward Harris also held land of this patent. Rice Jones also sold land to Howell Powell, on N. Side Rappa. adj. land of Wm. Newsome, April 6, 1653, p. 51.
1.2.1.2.3.1. Edward Harris, d. 1677, m. Martha Hardy; in the convention of these days, a (Bennett) kinswoman, as given elsewhere.

Very densely intermarried families of (mostly) the Bristol Basin, revolving around such as the Bennetts and Pitts, for kinship and advantage, the same things.

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