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 Will of Thomas Thompson. Commission of Administracon upon the saide Thompson’s Estate is granted unto Nicholas George, John Sharpe* … they giveing security accordinge to Acte. Mr. Thomas Carter, Mr, Thomas Buckley, Mr, Jeremiah Pacquet, and John Davis are ordered to apprize the saide Estate and to bee sworne by the next Justice. *Son of this John Sharpe: B. 3. p. 312: John Sharpe, 500 acs. Lancaster Co., on N. E. side of a S. E. branch of Moraticond Cr., & N. W. upon land of Abraham Moone (almost certainly of the Moone family connected to the Fulghams). Sept. 4, 1655, p. 362. Trans. of 10 pers: inc. Ralph Rowzey.

Col. John Catlett came to Rappahannock in 1650, with his son, Nicholas Catlett, and half-brothers, Ralph and Edward Rowzie, followed by his son, Thomas Catlett, Catherine, and Sarah Rowzie, wife and sister of Ralph Rowzie. He m. Elizabeth, widow of Capt. Francis Slaughter, dau. of Margaret Lucas, formerly Upton. Thomas Harris of Chippoakes, d. 1672, and wife Eleanor sold land to Christopher Benn that he had purchased fom William Batte and Margaret Upton, Feb. 31, 1657. Thomas Jones witness (Mr. Bodie, p. 597).

1. John George, Will rec. Jan. 9, 1678, bequests to grandchildren John and Joyce Lewis; kinswoman Mary Baugh; names friends James Powell and Thomas Taberer; witness George Branch; proved by Robert Pardoe and Edward Bechinoe;* the appraisal of estate was made by John Brantley, Thomas Hardy, George Riddick, and George Barlow, p. 72. *George Branch had m. Ann, the dau. of Captain Francis England by 1666, and four Branch grandsons and wife Joyce were named in the 1677 Will of Capt. England. Wife Joyce, the dau. of Robert Flake (a tobacco factor for Bristol merchants), had m. George Cripps, in 1679. Robert Flake provided security for the estate of John Jennings, whose wife Mary had already m. Thomas Allen. In May 1679, George Branch (step grandson of Mr. Flake) was among those ordered to appraise the estate of Richard Corsey,* which had been settled in Sept. 1679 by Thomas Allen.

(John George was probably “John George, Chirurgeon”, who brought hogsheads of sugar from Barbados for Mr. John Brent. (Bristol Depositions, vol. 13, p. 39). A George Purdue was a partner of Thomas Blacklock, involved in the Bristol/Wexford trade, as mentioned in a deposition by Charles Thompson of London, Merchant, of July 1651. (ibid., p. 67).

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, whose headright was Edward Brantley. Land on either side of Seward’s Creek was held by Thomas Harris, d. 1672, and his namesake, d. 1688. John Goodrick appraised the Will of the said Richard Corsey. Edward Brantley was security for the estate of Thomas Harris, d. 1672. Edward Brantly, Oct. 30, 1669, 675 ac. adj. land of Mr. England.

Assignment of mortgage. 1. John Lawford, John England of Bristol, mariner (nephew of Francis England) and Elizabeth his wife, Samuel Clovell and Mary his wife, which Elizabeth and Mary were the daus. of Robert Wasborowe, dec. 2. Thomas Goldney and John Love of Bristol, grocers. Property: as 34901/162. Mortgage: £256. Endorsed with assignment to John Burgis of London, merchant, Jan. 23, 1689. May 4, 1683.
(Bristol Archives. 34901/166). Robert Wasborowe was an overseer and neighbour of Raphael Creed, bapt. Aug. 1605 in Westbury-On-Trym, Gloucester, d. bef. August 2, 1668 in Surry Co. The widow, Grace Creed, m. (2), Edward Warren,* who had previously been m. to Mrs. Aylce (Croxon) Carter Parke, widow successively of William Carter and Capt. Giles Parke. May 20. 1668: Edward Petway assigns to Mrs. Alyse Carter and George Carter his right in the land where Mrs. Carter lives, during the life of Elizabeth, wife of Edward Petway, except for fruit; Recorded at the request of Edward Warren. Signed; Edward Petway, Alyse Carter, Geo. Carter Wit.: Samuel Harris, Thos. Flowers. March 12, 1667: Indenture between Mrs. Alice Carter and Edward Warren for 2,500 lb of tob., land from the cart path from the Great Swamp to Chippoakes, formerly left to Peter Adams, adj. William Nusum to William Harris, belonging to William Carter, late husband of William Carter. Wit. George and Gertrude Watkin, p. 203.

(Mortgage. 1. Mary Clovell and Elizabeth England, widows. 2. John Burgis. 3. James Lymbury of Bristol, mariner. Property: as 34901/162. Mortgage: £256. Oct. 1, 1691. (Bristol Arch. 34901/167). Copy conveyance – John Seymour of London, William Jones of Westerleigh, Joseph Yate and Robert Leeke to John England of Bristol merchant and Andrew Innys of Bristol, gent., Nov. 10, 1675. (Ibid. 8017/19). Lease and release. 1. Henry Lloyd and Barnaby Skinner of Bristol. 2. Thomas Cole, William Weaver, John England, John Lloyd, Walter Chapman, Stephen Chapman, Robert Noakes, Thomas Bailey, Joseph Hooke, Humphrey Hooke, Edward Higgens, Benjamin Warren, Abraham Cumberbatch, Henry Churchman, Jacob Beale, William Sheppard, John England jun., Thomas Chapman, Stephen Chapman, jun., and Daniel Noakes. Premises: as in P/St.J/D/15/1, now described as being ‘in the Throughouse Lane near the Barton’. Sept. 29, 1688. (Ibid., P/St.J/D/15/9(a & b).

What is seen here is the various kinship groups bound together by common interest in the Virginia/Bristol tobacco trade investing profits in property.

William Beale of Newport Parish. Leg. wife Easter; son Jacob; son William; son Richard; grandchildren, Thomas and Elizabeth Vaughan; dau. Mary Joiner; dau. Priscilla Carr. Ex. , son Jacob Beale. D. October 13, 1764. Wit. John Council.
John Warren: Leg.- daughter Celia Womble; dau. Sarah Branch; dau. Elizabeth; son Benjamin Warren. Ex., son Benjamin Warren. D. Jan. 28, 1766. Benjamin Warren was born bef. 1717, son of Allen Warren and his wife Elizabeth Clements, of Southwarke Parish, Surry County; 3rd son of Thomas Warren, as herein given.

Marriage Bonds Brunswick Co. –
June 7, 1774: Ethelred Harris & Elizabeth Warren, dau of Benjamin Warren. Sur. Moses Harris, p. 15. July 16, 1770: Gideon Harris & Rittah Warren, consent of Benjamin Warren. Gideon son of Nathan Harris. Sur. Edward Fisher. Wit. Elias Harris & John Warren, p 9).

*Brother or close relative of Thomas Warren. Mr. Thomas Warren, 290 acs. at Smith’s Fort, James City Co., July 3, 1648, p. 146. Adj. Goodman Spiltimber and John Corker. Part of a former patent for 450 acs. granted sd. Warren. Thomas Warren m. Elizabeth Sheppard, relict of Robert Sheppard, whose dau. Ann, m. (1) Thomas Hart, (2) William Newsum. Thomas Warren m. (1) Alice Powell, having issue: (1) Alice, who m. Mathew Marriot, having issue: Elizabeth, who m. (1) Luke Mizell, in 1668, (2) Robert Hill, in 1694; Margaret, who m. Robert Flake (son of Robert Flake and Katherine Moore; mother-in-law, by first husband, of Francis England, and sister-in-law of Jane Barcroft, dau. of Charles Barcroft, a headright of Anthony Fulgham), having issue: Alice Flake, wife of William Gwaltney) of Gloucestershire, England, whose Will was probated on March 2, 1732, in Surry, naming legatees : dau. Ruth, wife of Robert Petway; grandson Edward Boykin. (2) Thomas Warren (half-brother, by Jane Allen), father of Elizabeth Warren, who m. James Davis (son of Thomas Davis), they having issue: Elizabeth Davis, who m. John Rose, d. 1794, in Brunswick, son of John Rose* (of Somerset, England); d. 1781, in Brunswick; and Abigail Hicks, son of William Rose and Lucy Corker, dau. of William Corker.

*Nephew of Richard Rose, whose son, William, m. Mary Ezell, dau. of Timothy Ezell. Wm. Rose, June 25, 1688: grdn. of John Avery ( ) ack. receipt from Edward Booky who md. the relict and exec. of Richard Avery decd. the sum of 1686 pounds of Tob. and cask. it being the whole of the said John Avery his part of his father’s estsate. Signed: Will Rose, Charles Holesworth, George Avery.

John Spiltimber, 100 acs., James City Co., Nov. 16, 1648, p. 183. Lyeing about 1 ml. above the head of Smiths Fort Cr., bounded Wly. upon land of John Corker, Sly. upon a swamp that parts it from the land of Thomas Warren. 50 acs. formerly granted to William Coffer, Feb. 10, 1640 & purchased of him, and 50 acs. for trans. of Dorothy Bishopp.

George Williams: 150 acs., adj. land he lives on; in Up. Par. of Surry Co; adj. Thomas Warren, Peter Deberry, and Richard Piland; Oct. 21, 1687, p. 600. Trans. of 3 pers: Robt. Austin, Jer. White, Ja. Richards.

Peter Deberry m. the dau. of Edward Brantley Sr., security to the estate of Thomas Harris, d. 1672.

Peter Deberry, 100 acs., Surry Co., at head of Smith’s Fort, Oct. 20, 1688, p. 699. Which land was sold by Thomas Warren to Thomas Reynolds, Feb. 10, 1657, who, with his wife, assigned to sd. Deberry, Mar. 6, 1664; escheated by inquisition under Capt. Wm. Randolph, Depty. Esch’r., Sept. 28, 1683, and now granted by order, &c.

Peter Deberry’s Will, probated in IOW Co, March 28, 1712, mentions his dau., Priscilla, wife of Zacharias Madera, dau., Sarah, wife of John Warren, son John, wife Elizabeth, and brother in-law, John Brantley. John Deberry m. Jane Sowerby, dau. of John Sowerby, and Lydia Norwood, dau. of William Norwood. N.B. Elizabeth Rodney (of Cheddar juxta Wedmore, kin of the Hodges family of the latter place, from whence Hodges Council Sr. and Jr., see previos notes); after the decease of her husband, bef. Feb. 10, 1611, m. Henry Norwood “de medio Templo London generosus’ and Eliz. Kirton, Westcamel, widow”. They were the parents of Henry Norwood, of Virginia; br. or cousin of Richard Norwood, the father of William Norwood, whose daus. (Lydia and Elizabeth), m. (respectively) John Sowerby, and Francis Branch. On June 9, 1666, George Hardy (father-in-law of Edward Harris, d. 1677), deeded Francis England 100 ac. where George Branch formerly lived called “Shadow Rock” (p. 545). George Branch m. Ann England, dau. of Francis England, having issue: (1) Francis, who m. Elizabeth Norwood, dau. of William Norwood, aforesaid, (2) George, who m. Susan, dau. of William Corker, sister of Lucy Rose, of whose children Bartholomew Owen was a benefactor. The mother of Thomas Harris, born in Cheddar, in 1637 (who I suggest was Thomas harris, d. 1688), was highly likely a Kirton. Francis England’s land was adj. that of Thomas Harris, d. 1688, and Matthew Tomlin.

Robert Wasborowe was related to Robert Vickris, Master of the Bristol Merchant Adventurers, who resided in chew Magna, Somerset. His Will, dated Nov. 6, 1684, named John Moore, draper, and William Browne, merchant, as executors, son-in-law Samuel Davis, his children Samuel and Hester Davis; sister Thompson, cousin Mary Wasborowe, widow. Witnessed by Francis and Richard Yemans.

Alice Bechinoe, dau. of Edward, m. Robert Kae, of Bristol. She m. 2. John Goodrich. Robert Kae’s sister, Elizabeth Kae, m. Timothy Fenn; their dau. Kae Fenn, m. John Fiveash, 1709. (B. 2., p. 509), br. of Thomas Fiveash (James Pyland witnesses his Will, dated Jan. 4, 1725); uncle of Thomas Fiveash, who m. (1712), Alice Harris, da. of John Harris.* (B. 7, p. 288), son of Thomas Harris, d. 1672. “Francis Hobbs’ now wife Mary was former wife of Nathaniel Floyd deceased”. Francis Hobbs’ da. was the wife of *John Harris. Francis Hobbs Jr. left a legacy to “cousin John Davis”, and “brother John Harris”; his Will being recorded on June 9, 1688. Edward Harris, d. 1677, was in debt to John Davis. James Pyland was the son of Richard Pyland and Elinor Moore.

Edward Brantley Sr. was the father of Phillip Brantley.

1. 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, held land adj. Thomas Blake. 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). Harris, Thomas: By will appointed his relict Alice his Extx. June 10, 1672. R. Nov. 13, 1672. Security, John Newman ( br.-in-law), Edward Brantley Sr. Edward Brantly, 30 Oct. 1669, 675 ac. adj. land of Mr. England.

1.2.1.1.1.1. Thomas Harris, d. 1688. (Some ‘Harris Hunters’ suggest). Daniel Boucher of Bristol left a legacy to Hodges Council the younger (guardian of an orphan of Thomas Harris, d. 1688), son of Hodges Council Sr.; son (I suggest) of John Hodges and Margery Counsell, who m. in Wedmore, Somerset, c. 1612 (deduced from Will). A certain relative was John Council: Richard Jeffries: Dying intestate, administration requested by John Council, who married the relict of the said Jeffries, Aug. 9, 1666. R. Oct. 15, 1666. Security, Mr. (Francis) England (B. 2, p. 13).
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. 1730, m. Hannah Judkins. Estate appraised by Edward Brantley and John Thorpe. (1. Joseph Thorpe, m. Dorothy Fenn, da. Timothy Fenn, Sr. (Were they of the Fenn family of Wedmore, Somerset?). 1.1. Thomas Thorpe, d. 1711 in IOW Co. m. (1) bef. 1686, Martha Jennings, d. 1702, da. of John Jennings, Clerk of Court of IOW Co. and Mary Seward. John Jennings first wife had been Martha, da. of Robert (co-incidentally named) Harris, alias Crumpe, of Quedgely, Gloucestershire. 1.1.1. Sarah Thorpe (by first wife), m. (1) William George, son of John George. 1.1.2. John Thorpe (first-cousin of Hannah Thorpe, who m. Joseph Delk (br. of Rebecca Ezell); apraisee of the estate of Thomas Harris, d. 1729. Edward Bennett (cousin of the Harris family), left two daus, one of whom, Mary, m (1) Thomas Bland, of London (A Coggan connection); (2) Luke Cropley. The other, Silvestra, m. Major Nicholas Hill, son of Thomas Hill and Margaret Wyke of Ninehead Flory, Somerset. Mary, a da. of the first-named da., Mary Bland-Cropley, m. James Day of Wedmore, Somerset, and IOW., and Mary, a da. of Silvestra Hill, the other da. of Edward Bennett, m. John Jennings, son of the clerk of the same name).

March 12, 1667: Indenture between Mrs. Alice Carter and Edward Warren for 2, 500 lb of tob., land from the cart path from the Great Swamp to Chippoakes, formerly left to Peter Adams, adj. William Nusum to William Harris, belonging to William Carter, late husband of William Carter. Wit. George and Gertrude Watkin, p. 203. *Brother or close relative of Thomas Warren. Mr. Thomas Warren, 290 acs. at Smiths Fort, James City Co., July 3, 1648, p. 146. Adj. Goodman Spiltimber and John Corker. Part of a former patent for 450 acs. granted sd. Warren Thomas Warren m. Elizabeth Sheppard, relict of Robert Sheppard, whose dau. Ann, m. (1) Thomas Hart, (2) William Newsum.

John Spiltimber, 100 acs., James City Co., Nov. 16, 1648, p. 183. Lyeing about 1 ml. above the head of Smiths Fort Cr., bounded Wly. upon land of John Corker, Sly. upon a swamp that parts it from the land of Thomas Warren. 50 acs. formerly granted to William Coffer, Feb. 10, 1640 & purchased of him, and 50 acs. for trans. of Dorothy Bishopp. George Williams: 150 acs., adj. land he lives on; in Up. Par. of Surry Co; adj. Thomas Warren, Peter Deberry, and Richard Piland; Oct. 21, 1687, p. 600. Trans. of 3 pers: Robt. Austin, Jer. White, Ja. Richards.

1.2.1.1.1.2. John Harris. John and Thomas Harris, 365 ac., Upper Parish of IOW County; on north side of the Ashen Swamp, near the head and on west side of Seaward’s Creek, April 20, 1685, p. 441. 250 ac., part granted Nathaniel Floyd, Nov. 20, 1637. John Seward patented land in 1638: “Upon Warresquioke River … into the woods right over against the land of Nathaniell Floyd and near his former pattent. “Francis Hobbs’ now wife Mary was former wife of Nathaniel Floyd deceased”. Francis Hobbs’ da. was the wife of John Harris, son of Thomas Harris, who died in 1672. Francis Hobbs Jr. left a legacy to “cousin John Davis”, and “brother John Harris”; his Will being recorded on June 9, 1688.
1.2.1.1.1.2.1.1. Isabel Harris, m. Nicholas Fulgham.
1.2.1.1.1.2.1.2. Alice Harris (half-sister) , m. Thomas Fiveash.
1.2.1.1.1.1.2. Robert Harris. (A record of him marrying a Fulgham does not exist).
1.2.1.1.1.1.2.1. John Harris, m. Avis White.

1.2.1.2. Richard Harris.
1.2.1.2.1. John Harris,* bapt. Feb. 18, 1624: 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 (son of Olive Ruffin). Witnesses: William Newsum, and John Harris. (p. 10).
1.2.1.2.1.1.1. 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”. Witnesses, John Harris, James Ridley.

1.2.1.2.2. Thomas Harris. Thomas Harris. Granted 850 acs. Surry Co. S. James Riv., on N.W. & S.E. sides of Sunken Marsh above & below the mill; June 2, 1668.
1.2.1.2.2.1. William Harris, inerhited this land. 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.
1.2.1.2.2.1.1. William Harris.
1.2.1.2.2.1.1.1. A son or dau.
1.2.1.2.2.1.1.1.1. Harris Taylor.
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, Elizabeth’s kinsman.

1.2.1.2. Edward Harris. He was the cousin of (1) Governor Richard Bennett, (2) Richard Bennett, d. 1709 (whose first wife was (circumstantially) Anne, who was Charles Barham’s sister (see Douglas Richardson, ‘Plantagenet Ancestry’). Mr. Charles Barham Ex., Thomas Harris (d. 1672, Edward’s brother), and Thomas Tuke overseers, were officers of the Will of William Ridley, who was probably the br. of Elizabeth Ridley, Charles Barham’s wife); father of Richard Bennett (father of William Bennett,* who m. Mary Hardy, dau. of George Hardy, and sister of Martha Hardy, wife of Edward Harris, d. 1677); and nephew of (1) Richard Bennett, bapt. Oct. 9, 1573, d. Aug. 28, 1626, in VA, who m. Judith … ‘The Will of Judith Bennett of St. Dunstans in the East, London, widow was proven by Edward Harris, executor, Nov. 23, 1638. (P.C.C. 164 Lee). Her children were evidently deceased as she left all to her kinsman Edward Harris‘. 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, associate of Governor Richard Bennett. Edward Harris settled on his uncle’s, patented in 1642. (2) Thomas Bennett, of Lawne’s Creek, whose stepdau., Elizabeth Pierce, chose him as her guardian. Elizabeth Pierce m. (2) Richard Jackson, by whom she had issue (1) Sarah, who m. Arthur Smith Jr. (who with his wife gave to George Hardy deeds for the land on Blackwater, in 1666, the deed reciting that Sarah and (2) Mary (wife of George Hardy, appraiser of the estate of Edward Harris, d. 1677, with Edward Bechinoe), were daus. of Richard Jackson and granddaus. of Alice Bennett. (B. 1, pp. 69, 70). *William Bennett was the br. of Ann Bennett, a beneficiary in the Will of Mathew Fones (1704), witnessed by Philip Pardoe, who witnessed the Will of Martha, wife of Edward Harris. Mathew Fones witnessed the Will of George Hardy (1704). Philip Pardoe’s wife was Rebecca George, dau. of John George.

1. John George, d. 1681, His Will proved by Robert Pardoe, and Edward Bechinoe
1.1. Rebecca George, m. (1) Thomas Lewis, d. bef. Aug. 9. 1670; (2) Phillip Pardoe, d. bef. April 6, 1678.
1.1.1. Joyce Lewis, m. Phillip Brantley, son of Edward Brantley Sr.
1.1.1.1. Edward Brantley, m. Elizabeth Clay, dau. of William Clay. Captain Corker’s will, proved Sept. 4, 1677, in Surry Co., divided 1800 ac. between his three daus: Susannah Branch, Judith, wife of William Clay, and Lucy, wife of Thomas Jordan. He also gave to Robert Spencer (friend of Thomas Harris, d. 1672), 50 ac. Elizabeth Clay’s sister, Sara, m. George Barlow.
1.1.1.1.1. John Brantley, m. Hannah Judkin, relict of Thomas Harris, d. 1729.
1.1.1.1.2. Elizabeth Brantley, m. James Pyland, son of Richard Pyland of Bristol, heretofore given, and Elinor Moore, dau. of George Moore and Jane Barcroft Elinor’s sister, Ann, m. (2) Thomas White; their son being John White; hence to Avis White, who m. John Harris, son of Robert Harris, son of Thomas Harris, d. 1688.
1.2. William George, m. Sarah Thorpe, dau. of Thomas Thorpe and Martha Jennings. She m. (2) William Batts, d. 1742. Thomas Thorpe was the uncle of Hannah Thorpe, who m. Joseph Delk.

1.3. Magdalen George, m. Thomas Carter, Jr.; their dau. Martha m. John Jones Jr. (d. Bertie Co., 1735), son of his namesake.

John Jones Jr. was the br. of Abraham Jones, father of Martha, who m. Solomon Delk (son of Roger Delk and Patsy Moreland; son of Roger Delk, br. of Joseph Delk and Rebecca Ezell; wife of George Ezell, mother of John Ezell), having issue Moreland Delk, who m. Unity Hollman.

Albemarle Parish Register: Births, deaths, and sponsors, 1717-1778, Boddie: Joseph and Rebbecca Harris, William, Feb. 21, 1766, John Ezell, Jr., Lewis Harris. John and Patience Harris, Mary, April 15, 1749, Michael Blow, Mary Porter; John and Lewis (twins, no date) Richard Field, Beuford Pleasant, Anne Field, Joseph Petway, Nathan Lewis, Hannah Petway. William and Lucy Harris, Lucy, March 16, 1741, John Bulloch, Sarah Ezell, Jean Felts. Joseph and Hanna Petway; Stirling, March 10, 1749, Nathaniel Lewis, John Bradley, Patience Harris; Lucy, May 1, 1752, John Harris, Elizabeth Bradley, Jane Adkinson.

1.2.1.1.1.1.2. Robert Harris.
1.2.1.1.1.1.2.1. John Harris, m. Avis White.
1.2.1.1.1.2. Alice Harris, m. Thomas Fiveash.
1.2.1.1.1.3. 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).
1.2.1.2.2. 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), associate of Richard Bennett, Edward’s cousin.
1.2.1.2.2.1. Edward Harris, d. 1677.

Appendix.

1. John Bell (John Bond, d. 1687, m. his sister, per Will), m. Ann Bennett, dau. of Richard Bennett (cousin of this Harris family, as herein given), and Ann Barham.
1.1. William Bell, m. Ann Jones, dau. of Richard Jones, br. of Arthur Jones, Jr.; he to Samuel Gayner, 100 ac. in the upper parish, being an exchange by Francis England, and Henry King (Sept. 2, 1665), whose dau., Sussanah King, m. Arthur Jones, in 1679. Richard Jones may have been the headright of Ambrose Bennett in 1638.

Sussana Jones: Leg. – husband Arthur Jones, my father Henry King, dau. Elizabeth, dau. Mary. Rec. May 25, 1713. Wit. John Person, Richard Bennett Jr., son of his namesake, above noted, John Person Jr., Richard Jones (br.in-law), John Proud.

Richard Jones of the Upper Parish – Leg. dau. Ann Bell the land on which she and her husband William Bell live; son Samuel; son Richard;* dau. Elizabeth; dau. Christian; dau. Sarah; dau. Mary; dau. Martha Davis; wife Elizabeth; son Joseph; son Benjamin. Wife Extx. Friends William Bell and Thomas Harris (d. 1729 – M.S) to see my Will performed. (B. 2, p. 85). R. May 22, 1721. Wit. William Gainer, Arthur Davis, William Allen. *It was he who most likely m. Jane Harris, dau. of Thomas Harris, d. 1688.

1.1.1. Mary Bell, m. James Pyrent, d. 1757, in Edgecombe Co.
1.1.2. Arthur Bell, d. 1775, in Halifax Co.
1.1.2.1. Benjamin Bell, m. Absilla Norfleet, dau. of Marmaduke Norfleet Jr., July 2, 1768, in Bertie Co.
1.1.2.1.1. Marmaduke Bell, m. Martha Smith, dau. of Arthur Smith, and Ann Ruffin.
1.1.2.1.1.1. Milly Bell, m. Micajah Dickson. (Dixon).

The ‘continuation of shared associations’ of this Harris family are exampled thus:

1. Thomas Norfleet, m. Ruth Blount, dau. of John Blount. Thomas Norfleet. August Court, 1746. Sons: Thomas and Marmaduke. Daus: Sarah, Farby, Susanah, Mary, Elisbeth. Wife and Executrix: Ruth. Executor: Marmaduke Norfleet (brother). Witnesses: Robert Hilliard, John Blount. (J. Bryan Grimes, Abstracts of North Carolina Wills, p. 270, 1910). Thomas Norfleet bought adjoining land from Robert Council (NC. Edg. Co. D.B. 1., p. 204), and was mentioned as a neighbour of Robert Council and Thomas Turner (ibid., p. 17).
1.1. Marmaduke Norfleet.
1.1.1. Elizabeth Norfleet, m. James Harris in Halifax Co, NC., son of: James Harris. Feb. Court, 1749. Sons: James (‘my plantation’), Eli. Wife and Executrix: Cheary. Executor: Mathew Joyner. Witnesses: Wm. Skinner, John Blount, John Crumpton. (ibid, p. 153).

Apr. 2, 1765: Division of the lands of Marmaduke Norfleet Jr., dec’d, son of Mr. Thomas Norfleet, dec’d.To James Harris and Elizabeth his wife her part of the estate, being part of a tract where James Hogun now lives (graves mentioned in the bounds) and 38 acres which was part of 114 acres joining Beaverdam Swamp, Blount, Joshua Bell. To Joshua Bell and Pheriby his wife her part of the estate a part of a tract where James Hogun lives joining Cypress Swamp, Wyatt and 38 acres which was part of 114 acres joining Beaverdam Swamp and Blount. Signed by William Williams, Moses Horne, Xpher Haynes, James Smith, Michl. Smalley, Oct. Ct. 1765.

1.1.1.2.1.1. James Harris m. 1. Temperance Williams: Martha Joyner witnessed the will of Temperance Williams, wife of James Harris. 1783: Halifax NC. Will of Temperance Harris names daus: Pharaby Harris, Mary Harris, Sally Harris, Elizabeth Harris; son James Harris; son-in-law Norfleet Harris (step-son). Witnesses: Elisha Dixon, Martha Joyner. Pheraby (sic) Harris. Martha Joyner was the wife of John Joyner, and likely sister of Temperance Williams, and Elisha Williams, children of Joshua Williams. Elisha Williams witnessed the Wills of Martha Joyner and Temperance (Williams) Harris.
1.1.1.2.1.2. Eli (Elias) Harris.

Feb. 12, 1785: William Gainer of Halifax Co. to John Drew of same For 333 pounds, 6 shillings, 8 pence. 100 ac. in Scotland Neck on South side of Roanoke River, adj. Benjamin Fourman. Wit. Elisha Williams, Thomas Gray, Thomas Boykin. Feb. 13, 1788: James Smith of Halifax Co. to Thomas Blount Whitmal and Jacob Barrow, 50 pounds proclamation money 10 ac. on south side of Roanoke River, joining Drew Smith, Arthur Smith, Elisha Williams. James Smith. Wit: Marmaduke Norfleet, Elisha Williams. Aug. Ct. 1788. CC: Wm. Wooten. (Abstracts of Deeds, Halifax Co., NC, 1786-1796).

Henry Turner. Feb. Court, 1748. Sons: Joseph and Thomas Turner. Executor: Matthew Joyner. Witnesses: Matthew Joyner, James Harris, Marmaduke Norfleet. (ibid. p. 382).

Edgecombe Co. D.B. 3, p. 203 (In Halifax Records): Richard Wills and Priscilla his wife of Northampton Co. to James Harris of IOW Co. (Feb. 8, 1747) 46 pounds current money of Va. 200 ac. (adj. Cattail marsh, John Nairn, William Gray, William Spier, Henry Walker and High Hill marsh); part of a grant to James Turner (Apr. 5, 1720) and conveyed by the sd. Turner to John Speir Wit: Thomas Wills, Matthew Joyner Reg. Edg. Co. May Ct. 1748. Matthew Joyner was the br. of Cherry Harris.

Southampton Co. D.B. 3, pp. 208-209, dated May 12, 1763: James Harris and Cherry Boykin (after the death of James Harris Sr., his widow m. John Boykin), both of Halifax Co., to Benjamin Arrington. 160 acs. on the east side of Assomosock Swamp (conveyed to James Harris, decd., by the Nottoway indians on Aug. 7, 1735. Signed James Harris and Cherry Boykin. Wit: Charles Buggs, Charles Simmons, and (n.b.) David Herring.

Edgecombe Co. Wills: Feb. Ct. 1749:Son James Harris, My plantation while I now live and 100 ac. on the east side of Deep Creek. Wife Cheary – my plantation in Southampton County on the east side of Assomusuk (She sold this land on May 12, 1763). Son James Harris – Negro Garomy. Son Eli Harris – Negroes Jack, Bess and Stephen – To Matthew Joyner – mare. Three of my mares are to be sold to school my two children. Remaining Estate to my wife.

Edgecombe Co. Estate Records, 1750: Matthew Joyner administrator of James Harris Estate. Cherry Harris gave inventory. IOW W.B 3, p. 97: Will of brother Thomas Joyner, rec. May 27, 1728 … ‘sister Cherry one guinea’ … … ‘brother Mathew one guinea’. They were children of Thomas Joyner, Will rec. April 28, 1740: ‘I give and bequeath unto my dau. Cherry Harris … one chest and one feather Bed and furniture which she has in her possession already … I give unto my son Mathew Joyner … the plantation whereon I now live with 240 ac. thereunto belonging, one pair of English hand millstones, one iron pott, and one gun’.

Thomas Joyner was the son of Thomas Joyner (br. of Bridgeman Joyner*), his Will rec. Aug. 9, 1708: To wife Elizabeth plantation where she now lives, at her death to son Thomas Joyner; Henry Turner – 200 ac. … to grandson Thomas Joyner a horse; to cousin (niece) Lucy Joyner, a heifer; to daus. Christian, Elizabeth and Deborah 5 sh. apiece; James, Nemiah, Benjamin and Martin to have their parts at 16. Wits. Wm. West, Jenkins Forman, James Barnes (B. 4, p. 486). *He was a guardian of an orphan of Thomas Harris, d. 1688:

1.Thomas Harris, d. 1688.
1.1. Edward Harris, d. March 25, 1734, in IOW, m. Mary Turner, dau. of John Turner, who d. aft March 25, 1705; aunt of John Turner, b. 1687, d. bef. Dec. 3, 1761, who m. Priscilla Blount; their son being Henry Turner, d. 1748, whose Will was witnessed by Matthew Joyner and his br.-in-law, James Harris. Mathew Joyner was the grandson of Thomas Joyner, d. 1708, whose Will bequested Henry Turner 200 acs. Thomas Joyner was the br. of Bridgeman Joyner, guardian of an orphan of Thomas Harris, d. 1688. *Dau. of Benjamin Blount (uncle of John Blount, f.-in-law of Thomas Norfleet); son of Thomas Blount, half br. of Richard Washington of Surry Co., who m. (1681) Elisabeth Jordan, dau. of Arthur Jordan and Elizabeth Bavin. Their dau., Elizabeth, m. Sampson Lanier. Their son, Sampson Lanier Jr. was the father of Rebecca Lanier, who m. Walton Harris.
1.1.1. West Harris.
1.1.2 Nathan Harris, m. Catherine Walton.
1.1.2.1. Walton Harris, m. Rebecca Lanier.
1.1.3. James Harris, d. 1749, m. Elizabeth Norfleet; br.-in-law of Mathew Joyner.
1.1.3.1. James Harris. Halifax Co. B 8, p. 43, dated Feb. 20, 1762: Nicholas Bynum of Halifax Co. to James Harris of same. 8 pounds Virginia money. 50 acres, adj. Bird’s Swamp, Bird’s Branch, Nicholas Bynum. Wit: Jess Cooper, Jacob Strickland, Cherry Boykin (his mother). March Ct. 1762. James m. 1. Temperance Williams; 2. Elizabeth Knox, dau. of Robert Knox, dec’d.
1.1.3.1.1. James Harris. Halifax Co. D.B. 19, p. 18, July 27, 1801: James Harris to Richard Jones £100 for 208 acs. ‘Bookers Ferry road below the place cawl’d the old Church on the plumb tree branch of Buffalo Creek and on both sids of Hicks road. Bounded by William Dew’s line … to Benjamin Chatham’s line … crossing Hicks road to Olivers Prindill line …James Glass line … to the beginning’. No wit.Signed: James Harris. Rec. July 27, 1801.
1.1.3.2. Eli (Elias) Harris. Hal. D.B., Nov. 10, 1769: Wm. Richardson of Johnson Co to Ely (Elias) Harris of Halifax Co., 133 pounds VA money, 155 ac. which was part of land Joseph Richardson purchased from John Drew, adj. John Blount. Wm Richardson. Witnesses: Elisha Williams, John Young, James Harris.

It is surprising that none claim descent from this line of Harris.

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