Monthly Archives: November 2019

1. Thomas Harris, b. 1495. 2. John Harris m. Agnes White, who m. Sept. 1, 1560, in Taunton, 10 mls from Wiveliscombe. (His family were connected to that of Herring, both families also being later connected in Wayne Co. – … Continue reading →

H. C. Maxwell Lyte’s ‘Ancient Deeds’ (London, 1894), gives a record of a family Porter, hereditary (if the abbot agreed the succession) officers of Pershore Abbey, Worcestershire. A porter was an officer of considerable trust, who had to determine when … Continue reading →

What follows is but a précis of THE ANCESTRY OF SOLOMON HARRIS – HARRIS GROUP 4. It attempts to make a more concise account of how the ancestry of specific American families of Harris can be traced to their English … Continue reading →

What is seen between ca. 1630-1770 in Virginia and Carolina, etc., is colonisation by closely connected families from the same English regions. If a Somerset family of Harris, intermarried by the 1630’s with Blakes and Westbrookes (all of the same … Continue reading →