Monthly Archives: August 2018

The hardest thing in genealogical research is one of differentiating one line of a family from another, as the advantageous associations of one were shared by the other, and they often married into the same families – the basis of … Continue reading →

Sometimes being asked for an opinion as to the ancestry of Avis Harris I reply with the following suggestion: 1. John White, of Hulcote co. Bedfordshire, m. Agnes … His Will of 1501 made charitable requests to 9 churches; his … Continue reading →

The answer is in the soil, as a famous historian once remarked; a medievalist who sought to explain that families connected by blood or marriage tended to “flock together”. What appears as happenchance in Virginia is so explained. This generality … Continue reading →

One of the most influential men in the trade between Virginia and England was “Robert Burridge, merchant, ob. March 20th, 1675. Mrs. Elizabeth (Cogan) Burridge, his wife, died 16th Nov. 1688. Great storms of sighs thy death this March uprears, … Continue reading →

There is not any evidence that Thomas Harris, d. 1672, married a dau. of Nicholas George. Connections betw. these two families seem tangential (less so to the family of John George). Lancaster Co. Court. Nov. 14, 1694. Probate of nuncupative … Continue reading →