It is very difficult to choose an ancestor, especially in the face of a gale of a lack of information. Assumptions can be made and narratives invented to explain the assumptions. Such is genealogy of the thin ice variety – it bears little weight.

A central assumption of many named Harris is that they descend from a Thomas Harris, who d. in Virginia in 1688. Yet, distinguished Harris researchers have pointed to the fact that sons named in his will may not be the fathers of those assumed to be his granchildren. There is certainly a gap of two or three generations after Thomas before any paper trail can be followed which leads to the claimed ancestry of living Harris. Put simply, Thomas is unlikely to be the ancestor of all the large number of living claimants. His supposed son, Edward, is listed on the internet as having 28 children, a clear indication of hitching a waggon to a recorded and scarce source.

I think that the genealogies I have suggested for the Thomas of 1688 and his namesake of 1672 have merit. However, in the choice of the former being a progenitor of multiple Harris, I think that the ancestry of Sergeant John Harris has been overlooked. It was unnecessary to give him a son that did not accompany him to Virginia and then appear at a later date, and be the father of Thomas of 1688. The issue of Sergeant John Harris were always likely to have been those Harris of Surry County, associated with the Barkers.

In what follows, a suggested outline of the family of Sergeant John Harris of Virginia is given. Whether true or not, it is based on the connections of families of Bristol, England, which were obviously repeated in Virginia, a necessary prerequisite for the identification of English settlers in Virginia.

To commence with the Barkers:

1. William Barker, m. Jane, dau. of William Horne, of Childs Arcoll, Salop.
1.1. Dorothy Barker, m. Francis Holland, of Burwarton, Salop.
1.2. William Barker, of Hopton Castle, Salop., m. Elizabeth, sister of William Tittely, of Salop.

1.2.1. John Barker, d. 1607, m. Edith, da. of John Blanchard.
1.2.1.1. John Barker (who m. Elizabeth, da. of William Spicer), was “bap. Nov. 30, 1584, 1st s. of John Barker, merchant, of Hopton Castle, Salop and Bristol and Edith, da. of John Blanchard of Marshfield, Glos.; educ. St. Mary Hall, Oxf. 1599; m. (1) Aug. 30, 1607, Elizabeth, da. of William Spicer, merchant, of Exeter, Devon, 2s. 5da.; (2) Apr. 10, 1626, Mary, da. of John Fownes (Fones), merchant, of Bristol, wid. of Matthew Rogers of Alderley, Glos., 1s.; 1 other da.; suc. fa. 1607; bur. Apr. 8, 1636”. (Andrew Thrush and John P. Ferris, eds., Hist. Parl., 2010).

(John Barker was also recorded as John Baker. In Cal. State Papers, Charles I., p. 291, he is recorded as owning “the Mary Rose of Bristol” in partnership with John Taylor* and William Pitt, Jan. 2, 1627; the same for June 2, 1626. On Nov. 22, 1627, he is recorded as the owner of the Mary Rose as Baker query Barker. Earler ships manifests record him as Barker or Baker).

1.2.1.1.1. Elizabeth Barker, m. John Goninge, son of John Goninge, and br. of Mary, wife of Edward Pitt, mother of William Pitt. John Goninge Sr. was part owner in 1629 (with Francis Derrick Sr. and Humphrey Hooke), of the ships ‘The Hope’, ‘The Little Charles’, and ‘The Fortune’. John Goninge, same year, was the part owner of ‘The Supply’ with William Pitt.
1.2.1.1.2. John “Baker”, b. 1613, m. Dorothy Harris (not John Baker, the commonly given amalgamation of various John Bakers), sister of John Harris, infant in 1624. Francis Derrick Sr. of Long Ashton, was the father of a Francis Derrick Jr, born 1607, who bought land from Dorothy, “daughter of the late deceased Sergeant John Harris”, p. 113, and who was the cousin of James Derrick, who m. a stepdau. of Joan Harris, sister of John Harris, bapt 1589/90, in Blagdon; cousins of Thurston Harris, whose son, William, m. a sister of Francis Derrick Jr., per Will of Francis Derrick Sr. Francis Derrick Jr. was a partner of Edward Balhashe, who were defendants in a lawsuitbrought by Abell Kitchen (Kinchen), John Gay, Richard Holworthy, and Robert Kitchin (br. of Abel), concerning “prisage upon wines brought into the port of Bristol from beyond seas from St. Mallowes, in 1626.

1.2.1.2. Thomas Barker, m. Martha, dau. of John Aldworth, br. of Robert, whose niece m. Giles Elbridge, giving the Elbridges a share in the Spring (sugar) Plantation in Jamaica.
Giles Elbridge had issue, John: “John Elbridge of St. Peters within the city of Bristol, merchant … proved Oct. 16, 1646. My body to be buried or interred by my fathers and ancestors of good fame and memory in the vaultor arched dormitory for that purpose built and erected in the upper end of the South Aisle of the parish church of St. Peter’s aforesaid. … To my sister Elizabeth now the wife of Thomas Moore, merchant, ten pounds, as a remembrance of my love … To my friend John Berriman, merchant, as a remembrance of my love, fifty pounds … My brother Thomas and my friend Mr. Nathaniel Cale, of Bristol, soap boiler, to be joint executors, the latter of whom I desire by reason of the ancient true love and respect he hath always bornunto my deceased father and myself, by way of trust, in the absence of my said brother, being now beyond the seas and in his minority, to undergo the same and immediately after my decease to take upon him the execution thereof, for which I give and bequeath unto him as a legacy and token of my love my great double gilt bowl to the end that none of my creditors in their several and respective debts neither auy of my brothers or sisters, in their particular legacies willed and bequeathed by my deceased father, more especially Mr. Thomas Barker, his children, and the administratrix of Mr. Thomas Tucker, clerk, lately deceased, that they nor any of them be not protracted, deferred or delayed &c. I desire my loving friends Mr. William Colson and Mr. Rowland Searchfield, merchants, to be overseers”. Of John Elbridge’s family (probably a cousin) was “Samuel Elbridge, merchant of Bristol. Dying intestate, adm. requested by Thomas Moore who m. the relict. Security: George Moore (br. of Thomas) and (Edward) Brantlie”, p. 10.

1.2.2. Richard Barker, d. 1614, m. Sarah, b. ca. 1570. Her Will, proved Aug. 25, 1637, shows her owning properties in Redcliffe Street, and the playhouse in Wine Street, which she bequeathed to her son, William. (Mark Cartwright Pilkinton, Rec. of Early Eng. Drama, Bristol, p. 40, 1997).
1.2.2.1. William Barker, bapt. on May 7, 1592, in St. Werburgh’s, Bristol; merchant and mariner, who deposed his age to be 37 in 1629, and mate of the Hopewell, which sailed fom Virginia on New years Eve of that year for England, under Captain Richard Russell, in company with ‘the Gift’ of London, under Captain Samuel Crampton and Master Edward Beale. (See Coldham, P.W., English Adventurers and Emigrants, 1609-1660, p. 23, 1984). Bond of Francis Derrick [the younger], of Bristol, and William Barker, of Ratcliffe, Middlesex (but of the Bristol family of Barkers, mariners, sometimes recorded as Baker – M.S) to the King, in 1,0002. conditioned for the appearance of Derrick before the Council, to answer an accusation of piracy pretended to have been committed by him upon a Spanish ship in a voyage to Virginia, about llth October 1636. (Calendar of State Papers, Domestic Series, of the Reign of Charles I, vol. 10). In 1637 and 1639, Wm. Barker appears as a headright in two Henrico patents involving Arthur Bayley, as Thomas Busby.

1.2.2.1.1. Sara Barker, m. Richard Taylor, Oct. 27, 1646, in Rappahannock. He was the probable son of John or Richard Taylor Jr., sons of Richard Taylor Sr., evidenced here: Counterpart lease. 1. Hugh Smythe of Long Ashton, esquire. (Landlord of the Derrick family of that place). 2. Richard Taylor of Bedminster, sailor, and Katherine his wife. Tenement and garden with land called Spytman’ meade and Redd meade, Bishport. Oct. 20, 1597. Richard Taylor Jr. m. Mary Woodward, Sept. 2. 1602, in Long Ashton, aunt of Martha Woodward, who m. Richard Bradford, Aug. 15, 1632, in Easton in Gordano, 5 mls fr. Long Ashton; having issue: Richard Bradford (bapt. Nov. 23, 1634, in Easton in Gordano, who d. after July 14, 1716, in Westover Parish, Charles City), who m. Frances Taylor.
1.2.2.1.1.1. Frances Taylor, m. Richard Bradford.
1.2.2.1.1.2. Elizabeth Taylor, m. Capt. John Hamlin Sr.
1.2.2.1.1.2.1. Richard Hamlin.
1.2.2.1.1.2.1.1. Martha Hamlin, m. John Ruffin, son of Robert Ruffin and Elizabeth Watkins.

1.2.2.1.2. John Barker, settled on Chippokes Creek in 1649. “Whereas by and after the decease of John Barker late of Flowerdue Hundred in Charles City Coun. in Virginia deceased, all that tract commonly called Flowerdue Hundred containing 1,000 acres did lawfully descend and come to Sarah then the wife of Richard Taylor, deceased, and now the wife of Robert Lucy, and Elizabeth, wife of Phillip Limbry — sisters and co-heirs with the said John Barker”. There is no proof of whom John Barker married, and had issue: Jethro, Joel, and John Barker.
1.2.2.1.2.1. John Barker Jr., the likely br.-in- law of John Harris, as herein given.
1.2.2.1.2.2. Joel Barker, m. a dau. of Thomas Blunt.*
1.2.2.1.2.2. John Barker Jr., Will probated May 19, 1714; m. a dau. of Thomas Busby and Susannah Gray, as likely did John Harris.
1.2.2.1.2.2.1. John Barker, m. Mary, dau. of Christopher Mooring and a dau. of William Simmons Jr.; the neighbour of Thomas Harris, d. 1729.

(1.*Thomas Blunt, m. (1) Mary Gilliam, (2) Priscilla Browne, dau. of Col. William Browne; sister of Jane Browne, wife of Thomas Jordan, of Surry, and mother of Mary Jordan (who m. (1) Francis Sowerby, Jr., step-sister of William Rose. Thomas Blunt was most likely of the Bristol branch of his family, and the son of a namesake, who d. in Bristol, in 1638.
1.1. … Blunt, m. Joel Barker.
1.1.1. John Barker*.
1.2. Mary Blunt, m. John Flood, br. of Fortune, d. Oct. 23, 1753, Surry Co., who m. Hinchea Gilliam Sr.; their son, Hinchea Gilliam, m. Faith Briggs (dau. of Samuel); parents of Elizabeth Gilliam, wife of *John Barker, who d. Oct. 14, 1808, in Pigeon Creek, Iredell, NC.
1.3. Benjamin Blunt, d. 1752, Southampton Co., m. Priscilla, dau. of John Shugars (Seagar) and Elizabeth Swann, dau. of Matthew Swann and Mary Harris, dau. of Robert Harris. Elizabeth Swann had first m. John Drew, son of Richard Drew; their son, John Drew, was the half-br. of Priscilla (Seagar) Blunt. The Seagar family were involved in a legal case concerning the lands of “Alice Seward, widow”, in Somerset. (C 6/102/114).
1.3.1. Priscilla Blunt, m. Ensign John Turner. (These are not the Turners associated with Thomas Harris, d. 1688).
1.3.1.1. Simon Turner, will probated Oct. 10, 1767, in Southampton Co., m. a dau. of Edward Drew; a sister of Thomas Drew, whose dau., Mary, m. a John Harris, as follows. Simon Turner’s dau., Edith, m. John Barrow, p. 229).

1. Sergeant John Harris, rec. Jan. 16, 1637 as “servant” of Arthur Bayly, as Thomas Busby.

(1. “William Lea and Alice (Feltham), his wife, to William Heath, 150 acres … formerly Thomas Felton’s … joyneing upon the lands which was John Harryes lyeing in the County of Surry in Virginia commonly called Upper Chippoakes”.
2. Ordered that Wm. Lee pay unto Richard Taylor 350 lbs of good tobacco and cask due per a bill of his predecessor, Thomas Felton.
3. Richard Taylor was the br.-in-law of John Barker Sr.
4. In 1663, William Heath transferred William Lea’s patent to William Simmons Sr. (per record of fine imposed on William Simmons Sr. after Bacon’s Rebellion).
5. John Barker Jr. m. a dau. of Thomas Busby Sr.
6. Thomas Busby’s son and namesake m. Mary Simmons, dau. of William Simmons Sr., and sister of William Simmons Jr.
7. John Barker Jr. was the br.-in-law of John Harris, uncle of Thomas Harris, d. 1729/30, whose land adjoined that of William Simmons Jr.).

1.1. John Harris, infant in 1624, son of Sergeant John Harris, bapt 1589/90, in Blagdon, cousin of Thurston Harris, whose son, William, m. a sister of Francis Derrick Jr.
1.1.1. John Harris, d. in 1697/1698, m. a dau. of Thomas Busby and Susannah Gray; his estate administered by his br.-in-law, John Barker Jr., and Patrick Lashley, John Barker Jr’s son-in-law. Feb. 11, 1698; B. 5. p. 165.
1.1.1.1. John Harris, m. Mary Drew, dau. of Thomas Drew, son of Edward Drew.
1.1.1.1.1. Mary Harris, m. her cousin, Henry Harris.*
1.1.1.1.2. Nathan Harris, sold his land in 1772 to his br.-in-law, Henry.
1.1.2. William Harris, whose relict’s estate was administered by her son, Henry Harris, and witnessed by John Barker Jr. R. June 16, 1711. (B. 6, p. 52).
1.1.2.1. *Henry Harris, received a patent in 1727 for 280 ac. in the St. Luke’s Parish, South of Flat Swamp.
1.1.2.2. John Harris. Leg. wife Sarah, dau. Mary. Prob. June 15, 1720. Wit. John Kitchen (Kinchen), Robert Ruffin. The latter wit. d. that year. His son, John Ruffin, m. Martha Hamlin, great-granddau. of Sarah Barker, as given; their issue, Robert Ruffin, m. Mary (Clack) Lightfoot, Francis Ruffin, m. Sarah Harris, dau. of William Harris.*
1.1.2.3. William Harris.

1.1.2.3.1. *William Harris, b. 1724. Will of William Harris of Co. of Surry: “To son Hamlin, all lands in Nottoway, Dinwiddie, and Surry Co.” … mentions dau. Elizabeth Campbell; son-in-law Francis Ruffin. Exor: son, Hamlin Harris, prob. Nov. 28, 1797, p. 246. Hamlin Harris m. (1788) Margaret, dau. of James Belsches, “one of the leading merchants in the sale of European goods at his store in Cabin Point from 1748 until his death around 1800. In the 18th century Cabin Point surpassed Norfolk in commercial importance, due to the quantity of tobacco received for export at the Low Point Landing warehouses on Chippokes Creek near Cabin Point”. Robert Ruffin, d. 1720, was the br. of William Ruffin (husband of Faith Gray), and Elizabeth Ruffin, who m. William Kinchen.
1.1.2.4. Thomas Harris, d. 1729.
1.1.2.4.1. Joshua Harris.
1.1.2.4.1.1. Thomas Harris, m. Sara Goodwin, dau. of Theophilus Goodwin and Elizabeth Wyche.
1.1.2.4.1.1.1. Solomon Harris, m. Millie Watkins, on March 11, 1778. The test results for a descendant (with Family Tree DNA) are a perfect match with Harris Group 4 males.
1.1.3. William Harris, Will dated May 1, 1720, in Surry, witnessed by William Gray Sr. and William Grey Jr.; m. Margaret Gray Taylor, p. 366; niece of the former, cousin of the latter.

1.2. Robert Harris, b. ca. 1625, d. 1659, m Mary Crumpe:

(John Crumpe, feoffee of the manor of Rodley, Gloucestershire, from whom:
1. …
1.1. Robert Crumpe, yeoman, of Rodley, Westbury-on-Severn, Glos.
1.1.1. Richard Crump, b. 1628, sheriff of Bristol, merchant, involved with br.-in-law, William Crabbe, and Edward Thurston, in the tobacco and sugar trades. William Crabbe was the cousin of John Crabbe and Osmond Crabbe, whose Will, proved April 3, 1695, bequests to “sister Anne Adlam, wife of Joseph Adlam messuage in Brislington … then to my brother John Crabb now in Virginia, Merchant … To said brother John Crabb all houses in Citty of Bristoll and parish of Bedminster, Somerset (from whence the Taylors) … To said brother John Crabb messuage in Temple Street Bristol!, wherein Samuel Whitehurst, Sope boyler, dwelleth, paying to my Sister Alice Vaughan 6s. weekly for her life etc. John Crabb m. ” the relict and executrix of Mr. Danll. Hutt, late of Nominy”, Dorman, p. 16. Conveyance from John Crabbe, Virginia, merchant, (brother and heir of Osmond Crabbe descd) to Richard Gotley, merchant: Shuttleworth’s brewhouse, now a sugar house, messuage purch. by Richard Crabbe of Thomas Cottrell and lands at Bedminster. November 5/6 1685. (Bristol Archives, 13325/30).
1.2. Richard Crumpe. Right hand indenture of fine. (1) Richard Crumpe; Robert Crumpe; Edward Beard (querents). (2) Joseph Morwent and Sarah his wife (deforciants). Two messuages, 2 barns, 2 gardens, 2 orchards, 2 acres of land, one acre of meadow, 6 acres of pasture, and common of pasture during the whole year with appurts. Rodley, Wesbury, Sawle, and Standish. 1633. (Gloucestershire Archives, D2957/139/70).
1.2.1.1. Mary Crumpe, m. Robert Harris.
1.2.1.1.1. Martha Harris, m. John Jennings, clerk.
1.2.1.1.2. Mary Harris, m. Matthew Swann.
1.2.1.1.2.1. Elizabeth Swann, m. (1) John Drew, son of Richard Drew.
1.2.1.2. John Crumpe.
1.2.1.3. Richard Crumpe. Jennings v Crumpe. Plaintiffs: John Jennings and Martha Jennings his wife. Defendants: John Crumpe, Richard Crumpe, Nathaniel Saunders,* (his br.) Thomas Saunders and Mary West. Subject: property in Rodley, and Westbury, Gloucestershire. 1656. (C 6/150Pt2). *Bapt. Dec. 30, 1634, in Wotton-under-Edge, Glouc.; apprenticed in 1653 to Thomas Stratton of Bristol; m. his dau., inheriting property in Redcliffe Street. He became master of the Golden Lion, engaged in the tobacco trade. Owned land in Arracaico Creek, King and Queen Co.

1. Thomas Gray.
1.1. Francis Gray, Sr., of Southwark Parish, Surry, d. June 13, 1679.
1.1.1. Margaret Gray, m. 1. Edward Taylor (d. bef. May 4, 1708), 2. Bartlett Moreland. 3. William Harris, a witness to the estate appraisal of Edward Taylor. William Seward witnessed the Will of Margaret Harris, widow of Edward Taylor.
1.1.1.1. Elizabeth Judkin, m. John Berryman (of the Bristol family).
1.1.1.2. Hannah Judkin, d. April 10, 1739, m. 1. Thomas Harris, d. 1729/30. 2. Christopher Clinch, d. Dec. 13, 1736, 3. Edward Brantley, nephew of Edward Brantley Sr., estate appraised by Henry Harris and Thomas Barrow,* July 25, 1737. (B. 4., p. 176). In his Will, Thomas Harris names a brother, Henry Harris, son Joshua, and also an ‘unborn child wife now goes with’. (Thomas).
1.1.1.2.1. Joshua Harris
1.1.1.2.1.1. Thomas Harris.
1.1.1.2.1.1.1. Solomon Harris. (Descendant = HG4 male DNA match).
1.1.2. Sussanah Gray, m. Thomas Busby
1.1.2.1. … Busby, m. John Barker Jr.
1.1.2.2. … Busby, m. John Harris.
1.2. William Gray, m. Elizabeth Jarrett. William Gray Sr., of Southwark Par., Surry, Will pr. Nov. 18, 1719, wit. Robert Judkins.
1.2.1. William Gray Jr., m. the relict of John Seward, son of William Seward,* and grandson of John Seward (whose headright was Edward Brantley Sr). *William Seward, Will dated March 16, 1702, in Surry Co.; wit. Edward Barrow, Elizabeth Barrow, William Gray. Edward Barrow was the br. of *Thomas Barrow, who m. Elizabeth Brantley, dau. of John Brantley, son of Edward Brantley Sr. William Seward m. (1) Elizabeth Caufield, dau. of William Caufield. (He m. 2. Ann Clinch). Thus, John Seward, was the half.-br. of Christopher Clinch (B. 6, p. 126), who m. Hannah Judkin, relict of Thomas Harris, and subsequent wife of Edward Brantley.
1.2.2. Faith Gray, m. William Ruffin, br. of Elizabeth Ruffin, who m. William Kinchen, parents of Sarah Kinchen, who m. James Godwin.
1.2.2.1. Olivia Ruffin, m. (1760) William Barrow.

John Smith and wife Mary Smith of Lawnes Creek Parish to Thomas Barrow, 150 ac. on Green Swamp, formerly belonging to William & Judah Lyles, bordering land of Francis Mason and land of John Bynam. Wit: Nich. Smith, Wm. Seward, p. 259. Thus, the Barrows had some connection to the Seward family of Bristol, as the Brantleys. Thomas Barrows son, Thomas, m. Elizabeth, dau. of John Brantley, son of Edward Brantley Sr., headright of John Seward, William Seward’s grandfather. The inference is that the Barrow family were “children of the Bristol basin”, and if searching for ancestors in Virginia, it is suggested that the Berrowe/Burrowe family of Longdon/Bushley, Worcestershire would be a logical starting point; they being situate near Evesham; the almost certain locality of the Brantleys.

The Barrows were also interm. with the Jordans:

Richard Jordan Jr. (who m. Cicily Barrow, dau. of Thomas and Mary Blow), 260 ac. Upper Parish of Surry Co on the NE side of John Checokuck Swamp being part of Mr. Owen’s deviant for transportation of 6 persons: inc. John Avery, of Bristol, p. 369, being part of 600 ac. formerly granted to George Blow dec’d. … who sold it to John Bynum who in turn sold it to “my father Richard Jordan” on Nov. 8, 1679; “descended to me as heir of my said father”. Richard Jordan Sr., Will prob. Nov. 7, 1699, in Surry … trusted and well beloved friends Josiah Proctor and John Fort to be overseers … wit. Joshua Proctor, Robert Owen, Richard Ham. Richard Jordan Sr. of Lower Parish of Isle of Wight Co.; planter; to “sonne John Jordan” of said Parish and County, planter, 100 ac. in Maine Cypress Swamp; wit. Thomas Moore (associated with Edward Brantley Sr., as given), Nathaniel Roberts of Southwarke Parish to Robert House Jr. of same 250 ac. in Southwarke Parish on E side of John Schohocan Swamp adj: Robert Owen’s old line, Richard Jordan Sr. and the Hickory Branch, p. 255. June 7, 1704, Mary wife of Samuel Thompson aged 41 yrs made deposition that she knew Martha Spiltimber wife of Robert House Jr. that 20 years ago (1684 ] she was asked to be godmother to a dau. born of her body by Robert House Jr. and named the child Mary, and she is now the wife of Thomas Carrell. Martha Spiltimber was the dau. of Anthony Spiltimber and Mary Swann, dau. of Robert Harris, thus, half-sister of Elizabeth Swann, wife, firstly, as given herein, of John Drew.

Jordan v Howse. Plaintiffs: Robert Jordan. Defendants: John Howse. Subject: personal estate of the deceased Anne Pitman widow of Hatherop, Gloucestershire. 1650 ca. (C 3/449/116). Jordan v Jordan. Plaintiffs: Richard Jordan. Defendants: John Jordan, infant by John Thorpe,* gent his guardian and another. Subject: property in Westcote, Gloucestershire. 1678. (C 5/508/92). *Son of George Thorpe. Baynham v Smyth. Plaintiff: Alexander Baynham. Defendant: John Smyth. Subject: Land in Gloucestershire, owned by Arnold Oldsworth, George Thorpe* (who both died in Virginia, America) and John Smyth, of which Oldworth’s share came to Baynham. 1625-1626. (C 2/ChasI/B107/47). *George Thorpe, kinsman of Thurston Harris, and family.

1. …
1.1. “Richard Drew, headright of Thomas Simmons in 1643 (possibly of the family of William Simmons). In 1664, Wm Butler sold to Richard Drew “Planter” land on the southwest swamp between John Drew and where Butler then lived, Wit: George Watkins, Joane Fones (certainly of the Bristol family). Richard Drew d. in 1679, and bequeathed to son Edward 400 ac. next to Capt. (Laurence) Baker; to son John, land at Blunts Corner, to son Richard, home plantation; to wife Mabel the rest of estate with housing for life, then at her death to dau. Mabel Drew. Son Thomas, executor.
1.1.1. Edward Drew, m. Frances, dau. of William Newitt.
1.1.1.1. … Drew, m. Simon Turner.
1.1.1.2. Thomas Drew.
1.1.1.2.1. Mary Drew, m. John Harris.
1.1.2. John Drew,* m. Elizabeth Swann, dau. of Matthew Swann and Mary Harris, dau. of Robert Harris. Elizabeth Swann m. (2) John Seagar, having issue, Priscilla, who m. Benjamin Blunt, grandf. of Simon Turner, will probated Oct. 10, 1767, in Southampton Co., who m. a dau. of Edward Drew; a sister of Thomas Drew, whose dau., Mary, m. John Harris.
1.1.3. Richard Drew.
1.2. Thomas Drew and wife Faith sold to Richard Drew a tract of land purchased from Thomas Blunt, p. 213.

The challenge is to challenge assumptions.

It may be relevant that Blagdon is 5 miles from Cheddar.

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