Monthly Archives: December 2018

I have been asked to present this (alternative) Harris view: 1. Richard Harris, m.Eleanor Bennett Oct. 8, 1594, in Wiveliscombe. 1.1. Thomas Harris, d. 1672, m. Judith Blake, Nov. 20, 1623, in Wivelscombe. 1.1.1. John Harris. 1.1.1.1. John Harris, m. … Continue reading →

Mr. Greer’s compilation of emigrants appears as an unintelligible collection of unrelated acquaintances; yet it is far from that. It is a priceless record of the working of the English kinship system, wherein kin helped kin, naturally (at least in … Continue reading →

1. Sir Robert Townshend (d. 1556, judge in Chester), m. (1516) Alice Povye, dau. of Robert Povye, of Twyford. 1.1. Thomas Townshend, held land in Shropshire, m. Elizabeth Periante. 1.2. Sir Robert Townshend (judge in Ludlow, Shropshire), m. Anna Machill, … Continue reading →

1. Rollo. 1.1. William, m. (more danico) Sprota. She m. (2) Esperleng, having ‘Rodulphum … et filias plures, quae posteà per Normanniam Nobilium matrimonio sunt copulatae’ (Will. Gemet, Historia). Thus, it was claimed, Rolph de Ivri’s many sisters were the … Continue reading →

The context to the following article can be seen here: https://tinyurl.com/y7ch9545 1. William ap David married his kinswoman, Gwenhwyvar, dau. of David Lloyd of Leighton, and sister of David Lloyd (Vaughan) of Marrington, and Humphrey Lloyd of Leighton. 1.1. Reginald … Continue reading →

A Shropshire family of Harris shared kinship associations with the Hollands of that place from early times; explaining such necessitates an account of the family of Williams, of Willaston. Commencing with the first six generations, as given in the Visiation … Continue reading →