That a name did not always carry the same blood was a common feature of medieval life, and one example was that of the Harris family of Maldon, Prittlewell, and Southminster, Essex; a branch of which probably being the source of several families of early Virginia.

1. William or John Harry, b. ca. 1375.

John Kemp and others named in the attached schedule, tenants of Waltham Holy Cross, addressee: King, make various complaints against the Abbot of Waltham. He is too powerful for them to sue him at common law … John Kemp, Gilbert Simond, William Harry, Nicholas Simond, John Lambard, junior, William Maple, John Mott, John Thorp, William Garden, John Harry. 1413. (SC 8/149/7449).

1.1. Thomas Harry, b. ca. 1400. Feoffment by John Houchon, John Jown, ‘glover,’ and Reginald Haukewode of Chelmesford, to John Ardelegh, ‘bocher,’ Thomas Harry of Spryngefeld and John Hyldemar of Wedeforde, of all the lands in Spryngefeld they had by the gift and feoffment of John Schobery of Chelmesford called ‘Rybodestenement.’ Mar 20, 1436. (E 40/7734) … Release by John at Pathe of Little Waltham (3 mls. fr. Springfield; 4 mls. fr. Chelmsford, 8 mls fr. Maldon) to John Nele of Springfeld of his right in the lands and tenements late belonging to John Bisshopp of Springfeld in Springfeld and Little Waltham, which together with the said John Nele, and John Bosi of Springfeld, Thomas Harri and Richard Wolvet, since deceased, he had by the gift of the said John Bisshopp the elder. Essex. March 1, 1456. (E 40/7344).

1.1.1. (a dau.) Harry, b. ca. 1420, m. … Salmon/Salman.

1.1.1.1. Thomas Harry, b. ca. 1440, alias Thomas Salman. Feoffment by Joan Herlyng, of Chelmesford, widow, late the wife of Guy Herlyng, of the same, Robert Plommer, Thomas Salle, gentlemen, Richard Pratte, Thomas Tendryng, bailiff, Thomas Chalk, ‘draper,’ John Cornyssh, the elder, ‘mercer,’ Thomas Harry otherwise called Thomas Salman … to Thomas, earl of Ormond, Thomas Grene, Thomas Huberd, John Huet, William Catelyn, ‘gentilmen,’ and William Power, of Boreham, ‘yoman,’ of tenement called ‘Bisshops’ in Spryngefeld and Little Waltham, which they had inter alia by the feoffment of John Colvile and Thomas Stafford, by charter dated 20 November 20, 1487

1.1.1.1.1. John Salman* (alias Harris) m. (1) Elizabeth Bull, (2) Jane …

1.1.1.1.1.1. John Harris, of Bristol, by Elizabeth Bull.

1.1.1.1.1.2. William Harris, by Jane …, m. his cousin, Joanna Cooke.

1.1.1.1.1.3. Ann Salman/Harris, by Jane … m. Robert Cooke of London. Ann Salman’s father, John, was recorded as being of High Easter, 7 mls fr. Chelmsford 5 fr, Waltham. Robert Cooke was the uncle of Joanna Cooke, who m. her cousin, William Harris.

Robert Cooke was the son of Elizabeth Belknap and Phillip Cooke; the niece of Mary Belknap, who m. Gerald Danet, Esq. Their dau., Elizabeth, m. John Arundel (d. 1557), having issue: Katherine Arundel, who m. Thomas Tregian, son of the heiress of Wolvedon. (Joseph Polsue, A Complete Parochial History of the County of Cornwall, vol. 4, p. 92, 1872). This link gave rise to a Harris armorial: The Wolvedon Arms were: — Arg. a chevron between three wolves’ heads erased, sable. “Church of All Saints, Maldon: William Harris, son of William Harris and Jane his wife, which William died 14th May, 1559. Per pale on a chevron engrailed between 3 wolves heads”. (East Anglian: Or, Notes and Queries, vol. ii, pp. 171-172, 1866). By other such associations, the Harris assumed other armorials.

1.1.1.1.2. Thomas Salman, m. … Smyth, dau. of William Smyth, as follows.

1.1.1.1.2.1. William Salman.

1.1.1.1.2.1.1. John Salman (of Chelmsford). Smythe v Smythe. Plaintiffs: William Smythe alias Salmon of Great Waltham, husbandman. Defendants: John Smythe alias Salmon. Subject: Tenement in Broomfield, late of Thomas Smythe, deceased, brother of complainant and father of defendant. Essex. 1544-1551. (C 1/1316/65-66).

The Salman family probably stemmed from these: Parties: John son of John Salman of Great Sutton and William de Hertecoumbe and Alice his wife. Place or Subject: Great Sutton (2 mls fr. Prittlewell). 1348. (N.A., E 326/8460).

The surname Salman was a derivative of Solomon, and was used from the early Middle Ages by both Christians and Jews.

LINES OF HARRIS
1. …

1.1. William Smyth. Inquisition returned June 13, 1479, taken at Barking in Essex. William Smyth was seized in demesne on the day of the recognisance of a messuage and 60 acres of land in Waltham Holy Cross. Memorandum: on May 1, 1479 he handed it over to Richard Bull. (His grandson).

1.1.1. … Smyth, m. Thomas Salman (alias “Thomas Harri”).

1.1.2. Elizabeth Smyth, m. Thomas Bull.

1.1.2.1. Richard Bull.

1.1.2.2. Elizabeth Bull, m. (her cousin) John Harrys of London, who m. (2) Jane …, by whom:

1.1.2.2.1. William Harris.*

1.1.2.2.2. John Harris, by Elizabeth Bull. Harrys v Bele. Plaintiff: John Harrys, of Bristol, grocer, son of John Harrys, of London. Subject: Detention of deeds relating to a messuage and barn in Ware (Hertford), late of complainant’s father, in right of Elizabeth), his wife, dau. of Thomas Bull, of Roydon. 1504-1515. (C 1/320/92). Roydon is 20 miles NNE of London, in Essex, and 35 mls fr. Prittlewell.

1.2. … Smyth.

1.2.1. “John Smyth, sheriff of the counties of Essex, and Hertford, 30 Hen. VIII. He purchased, in 3 King Edward VI. (a) a chantry in the church of Long-Ashton, in Somersetshire, with other lands, tenements and, hereditaments, in the counties of Somerset, and Gloucester; also all the guild, or fraternity, in Great-Walden, lately dissolved, with divers other lands and tenements, in Essex, and London. He married Agnes, daughter, and one of the coheirs of — Charnock, of Lancashire, Esq; and had by her several children”. (English Baronatage, 1721), inc. Thomas, George, and John.

1.2.1.1. Joan Smyth, m. her kinsman, *William Harris, b. by 1502, prob. 1st s. of John Harris of Prittlewell Essex by w. Joan. educ. L. Inn, adm. Feb. 16, 1520. m. (1) by 1527, Joan, da. and h. of John Smith of Essex. (The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1509-1558, ed. S.T. Bindoff, 1982).

1.2.1.2. Thomas Smyth, eldest son, Cambridge scholar of Greek.

1.2.1.3. George Smyth.

1.2.1.4. John Smyth, inherited Long Ashton from his father, landlord of the Derrick family.

1.2.1.4.1. Hugh Smyth, of Long Ashton, d. 1627. “Valuation of the estates of John Smyth, esq, deceased, which descended to his son Hugh”, Sept. 1, 1556. (Bristol Arch., AC/36074/36). Hugh Smyth was the son-in-law of Sir Thomas Gorges, of Langford, Wilts (Bristol Arch., AC/C/41), who was b. in Wraxall, Somerset. Hugh Smyth’s relict, Elizabeth, m. (2) Ferdinando Gorges (of Virginia fame), second son of Edward Gorges of Wraxall (by his wife Cicely Lygon), son of Sir Thomas Gorges.

THE LINE OF DAVID HARRIS

1.1.2.2.2.1. David Harris, b. by 1511, s. of John Harris of Bristol by Alice. m. (1) Margery, wid. of Thomas Browne of Bristol, 3s. 1da.; (2) by Apr. 1543, Margaret. (Bindoff, ibid.).

1.1.2.2.2.1.1. David Harris, presumably married into the family of Thurston, alias Tristram.

1.1.2.2.2.1.1.1. Margaret Harris (cousin of John Harris of Blagdon), m. (1) Robert Crumpe, Sept. 17, 1605, in Painswick, Glouc., 4 ml fr. Rodley. (2) George Thorpe (of Virginia), Feb. 21, 1611.

1.1.2.2.2.1.1.1.1. Richard Crumpe, b. ca. 1606, of Rodley. (Glouc. Arch., D2957/139/70).

1.1.2.2.2.1.1.1.1.1. Mary Crumpe, b. ca. 1631, m. Robert Harris, b. ca. 1625-1630, son of John Harris of Blagdon (Sergeant John Harris).

1.1.2.2.2.1.1.2. Thurston Harris. Inquisition taken at Thornbury, Sept. 27, 1638.

1.1.2.2.2.1.1.2.1. William Harris. Marriage settlement of William Harris and Margaret Derrick, of a tenement known as the Rose and Crown in Redcliffe street and tenements in Marsh and Wine streets. Parties: (1) Thurston Harris of Bristol, baker. (2) Francis Derrick Jr, Margaret’s br.) and Edward Boulashe of Bristol, merchants. Nov. 2, 1628. (B.A., 19835/2f). Francis Derrick Jr. purchased land from the dau. of John Harris of Blagdon (Sergeant John Harris).

THE LINE OF GEORGE HARRIS

1.1.2.2.2.2. George Harris. Bargain and sale. 1. George Hares of London esq., Thomas Lucas of London, gent,* Richarde Greye of Seggenhoe, Bedford, esq. 2. Robarte Saxey,** David Harrys (and his step-br.) John Browne aldermen,*** parishioners of St. Nicholas Consideration: 20 marks Chapel with appurtenances commonly known as Knappes Chapel or St.John the Evangelist Chapel on the Back in the churchyard of St.Nicholas. 1578. (Bristol Arch., P.St N/Ch/D/3). Thomas Lucas was MP for Colchester in 1558. (Brist. Arch., 00347/5a).

**Conveyance: (1) Anne Saxey, widow of Robert Saxey (2) Bridget, her daughter, and John Whitson, husband of Bridget. A messuage in High Street and Wine Street and of a messuage called The Lamb in Wine Street and of a messuage in Horse Street May 27, 1586. (Brist. Arch., 00347/5a). John Barker was a trustee of John Whitson’s Will, and one of his landlords of the Manor of Burnet.

1.1.2.2.2.2.1. Benjamin Harris, tenant of Hugh Saxey.

1.1.2.2.2.2.2. George Harris, m. Joan (Jacosa) Webb, Apr. 28, 1623, in Wedmore. John Lyde ‘of Heathouse’, bapt. Oct. 8, 1620, m. Jocosa Webb, on Oct. 22, 1640. Jacosa Webb was bapt. Apr. 14, 1594, dau. of Thomas Webb, and relict of George Harris, ob. Apr. 4, 1640.

John Lyde’s granddau, Anna Lyde, bapt. Nov. 20, 1676, m. Robert Champion, on Aug. 20, 1709. The Champions were fr. Meare, 5 mls fr. Wedmore. The Will of Thomas Moore names Edward Champion, Jr., Orlando Champion and their father Edward Champion, Sen., Alice Champion, dau. of said Edward Champion; Benjamin, son of Edward Champion, Sr., wife Elizabeth Moore and br. George Moore, niece Magdalen Carter, Priscella Champion; wife and bro. exors. Proved Oct. 9, 1696. Magdalen Carter was the dau. of George Moore,* and wife of Thomas Carter Jr.; nephew of Edward and William Carter.

1.1.2.2.2.2.3. John Harris, b. ca. 1590, d. Feb. 21, 1624 (Chappel Allerton, Wedmore), m. (1) Penelope Millard, dau. of Thomas Millard and Amisia Counsell. (2) Christiana Thurston.

1.1.2.2.2.2.3.1. Thomas Harris, m. Joan Gardner, bapt. Apr. 6, 1617, in Cheddar, sister of John Gardner, bapt. Nov. 1, 1621, in Cheddar, who m. (2) Mary Coomer, on Oct. 24, 1664. John Gardner, dying intestate admin. requested by relict, Mary. Security Thomas Joyner,* James Gardner, 1684, p. 56. *Br. of Bridgman Joyner, guardian of an orphan of Thomas Harris, d. 1688.

1.1.2.2.2.2.3.1.1. Thomas Harris, bapt. Dec. 31, 1637, in Cheddar, d. 1688, in Virginia.

1.1.2.2.2.2.3.1.1.1. Thomas Harris, m. … Short, dau. of William Short Jr., who, with Richard Kennon, witnessed a deed of land of Edward Duke (as follows) “beginning at the corner between William Harris” and Edward Duke’s widow, Elizabeth Taylor.

Edward Duke was the nephew of John Duke, bapt. April 25, 1634. He was probably the husband of Elizabeth, who m. (2) Robert Mercer, in 1689. His son, John Duke, sold 50 ac. (bought by his father, John Duke), to John Burnett. This deed was witnessed by William Bradshaw, and Elizabeth Mercer. William Bradshaw’s son, John, was claimed as a headright by Richard Kennon, in 1690, p. 327.

1.1.2.2.2.2.3.1.1.2. Robert Harris.

1.1.2.2.2.2.3.1.1.2.1. John Harris, m. Avis White.

1.1.2.2.2.2.3.1.1.2.1.1. John Harris, vestryman, Southwark Parish, Surry, whose Will was proved March 19, 1771. He m. Martha Eldridge, dau. of Judith Kennon, who m. Thomas Eldridge, of Surry, who was (as I have detailed) of Samuel Eldridge’s family): June 21, 1665. Samuel Eldridge, of Bristol. Dying intestate, adm. requested by Thomas Moore, of Bristol, who m. the relict. Security George Moore, Thomas’s brother.

Their sister, Katherine Moore, m. (2) Robert Flake (partner of Samuel Eldridge). George Moore’s dau., Ann, m. Thomas White. Their dau., Avis White, m. John Harris, son of Robert Harris, son of Thomas Harris, d. 1688. John Harris desired to be buried by his wife and parents. To dau. Pamela McRae, two negroes. Legacies to son Richard Harris, dau. Mary Harris, dau. Anne Harris, and sons Kennon and Eldridge Harris.

Robert Flake’s son, Robert, m. Margaret Marriot, dau. of William Marriot and Elizabeth, the widow of John Bishop Sr.; who m. (3) aft. May 1672, George Proctor. William Marriott’s estate was appraised on Nov. 21, 1673 by Nicholas Merrywether. (Bartholomew Owen granted a power of attorney to Nicholas Meriweather on Oct. 8, 1677). George Proctor was ordered to finish the accounting. The same court appointed Proctor and Merrywether as joint guardians of William Marriott, the orphan of William Marriott. By a first wife, George Proctor was the father of Joshua Proctor, who m. Katherine, dau. of Bartholomew Owen.

Margaret Marriot’s sister, (Elizabeth Marriot, m. (June 11, 1668) Luke Mizell. William Marriot’s second wife was Susannah Swann, d. 1660, p. 159, dau. of Col. Thomas Swann, and probably a kinswoman of Mathew Swann, as follows.

John Harris held land on Ware Neck Mill Swamp (adj. Drury and Frederick Warren ), and on Hog Pen Swamp, that adjoined that of William Pyland, son of James Piland Jr., great-nephew of Thomas Moore. As given, a great-niece of Thomas Moore, Avis White, m. John Harris, son of Robert Harris, son of Thomas Harris, d. 1688. James Piland Jr. and Avis White were second-cousins.

James Piland Jr. was: (1) the son of Richard Piland, son of James PIland, bapt. August 30, 1604, in St. Mary-le-Port, Bristol, whose niece, Margaret Smith, bapt. 23 Jan. 23, 1633, m. Richard Warren, which may suggest the true ancestry of the aforementioned Warrens; (2) the br. of George Piland. Samuel Clements Will (prob. Aug. 21, 1728) was witnessed by Michael Harris and George Piland. (B. 7, p. 854). Samuel Clements was named in the Will of his father, John Clements, prob. May 2, 1710, which gifted land “adj. Major Marriott”, witnessed by John Kitchen.

On June 24, 1642, Francis England claimed the headright of “James Piland” (Sr.) and Alexandra his wife. On Sept. 30, 1642, Christopher Lewis deeded 200 ac. to John Burgess “at a place called Blackwater, adjoining James Pyland, Thomas Taberer and Francis Higgins.” Wit. Richard Sharp. Francis England was the first husband of Joyce, niece of George Moore, father of Ann Moore, who m. Thomas White; their dau., Avis White, m. John Harris, grandson of Thomas Harris, d. 1688.

1.1.2.2.2.2.3.1.1.2.2. Michael Harris.

1.1.2.2.2.2.3.1.1.2. George Harris.

1.1.2.2.2.2.4. Richard Harris.

1.1.3.2.2.2.4.1. Edward Harris, bapt. August 8, 1624 (Chappel Allerton, Wedmore). Edward Harris: Appraisers, Edward Bechinoe, Richard Corsey, John Williams, and Richard Hansford. Presented by Mr. George Hardy. The Will of Francis Corsey, rec. May I, 1679, witnessed by George Moore, grandf. of the wife of a grandson of Thomas Harris, d. 1688.

Francis Derrick Sr. held a residence near to these Harris, as shown by certificate of residence E 115/117/162, which shows him to be a resident of the hundred of Bempstone, now comprising of Biddisham, Brean, Burnham, Chapel Allerton, Mark, Weare, and Wedmore.

THE LINE OF JOHN HARRIS

1.1.3.2.2.3. John Harris, bapt. April 7, 1558, d. 1633. (Blagdon). He and his elder (half) br., David, witnessed a deed of Walter Kelke and his wife, dau. and heiress of Robert Woodward … late bookebynder; and Robert Smyth and Elizabeth his wife, late wife of Woodward. Oct. 3, 1582. (B.A., P.AS/D/CS/B/8). The Smyth(es) family held land in Blagdon, 10 mls fr. Long Ashton.

1.1.3.2.2.3.1. Richard Harris, bapt. 1592.

1.1.3.2.2.3.2. William Harris, m. Dorothy Bath (Batt), Nov. 17, 1628. Harris v. Osen. Plaintiffs: William Harris. Defendants: John Osen and Joan Osen his wife. Subject: property in Blagdon, Somerset. 1649. (C 6/132/98). Deed: House or cottage newly built, 1a. ground formerly occ. by John Osen, now by John Dirrock, all in Blagdon. 1628. (S.H.C., DD\GB/43). John Dirrock, atty of the Smyth family, bapt. Nov. 1, 1564 in Long Ashton, was the uncle of Francis Derrick Jr.

The family of Bath (Batt) were established in Blagdon and Wedmore, and were intermarried with the family of Voules (Vowles), thus, were cousins of:

The Thurstons (Christiana Thurston, bapt. Oct. 28, 1591, m. John Harris (Oct. 8, 1618), in Wedmore, who, by his first wife, Penelope Millard* (m. Sept. 9, 1611) was father of Thomas Harris, b. ca. 1615, father of Thomas Harris, bapt. Dec. 31, in Cheddar. Christiana was a niece of Joan Thurston, bapt. Jan. 20, 1576, who m. John Gardner, Sept. 15, 1603, who by a first wife, unknown, had issue: John Gardner; father of (1) Joan Gardner, bapt. Apr. 6, 1617 (in Cheddar), who m. Thomas Harris, (2) John Gardner, bapt. Nov. 1, 1621, in Cheddar, who m. (2) Mary Coomer, on Oct. 24, 1664. Mary’s aunt was Mary Coomer, who m. John Counsell, bapt Nov. 28, 1601, in Wedmore, the grandson of John Counsell who m. (2) Joan Thurston, in 1573; grandfather (by a first wife) of the said John Counsell, b. 1601, and Hodges Counsell Sr.

Penelope Millard was a dau. of Thomas Millard and Amisia Counsell (m. Jan. 10, 1574), sister of John Counsell who m. Joan Thurston. John Counsell, b. 1601, was the father of John Counsell, who m. (1) Ann Jeffries,* Oct. 10, 1654, sister of Richard Jeffries, who, “dying intestate, administration requested by John Counsell, who married the relict of the said Jeffries”, Aug. 9, 1666. Security, Mr. (Francis) England; to repeat: the first husband of Joyce, niece of George Moore, father of Ann Moore, who m. Thomas White; their dau., Avis White, m. John Harris, grandson of Thomas Harris, d. 1688.

Thus, generally, early Virginia was settled by kinship-colonies that provided a supportive network for individuals. In this contect, such as Sergeant John Harris should not be sought for as a “lone wolf” settler, but, rather, in a kinship context, within which most marriages occurred.

The vast majority of spouses of this time lived within 10 miles (walking distance) of each other. In this regard, it would not be unreasonable to suggest that Sergeant John Harris (if he b. in Blagdon, as follows), m. “Dorothie Jefferis”, bapt. Sept. 13, 1605, in Cheddar, dau. of “John Jefferis”, and cousin of * “Ann Jefferis”, bapt. Feb. 1, 1617, in Cheddar, dau. of Richard Jefferis, sister of Richard Jeffries, who, to repeat, “dying intestate, administration requested by John Counsell, who m. the relict of the said Jeffries”, Aug. 9, 1666. Security, Mr. (Francis) England, etc.

This complexity of relationships was the blueprint of its time, and if simiiar patterns of association are not found in early Virginia, then English ancestors are unlikely to have been identified.

1.1.3.2.2.3.3. Joan Harris, bapt. May I, 1603, m. (as second wife and her second husband) John Oson, bapt. Apr. 22, 1604, the father of Ann Ozen (bapt. June 19, 1625), who m. James Derrick, July 20, 1648, cousin of Francis Derick Jr., bapt. March 10, 1607, in Long Ashton, who bought land from Dorothy, “daughter of the late deceased *Sergeant John Harris”, *p. 113.

1.1.3.2.2.3.4. John Harris, bapt. 1589/90, in Blagdon; 4 mls from Cheddar; 8 mls fr. Wedmore He was very probably Sergeant John Harris of Virginia (and mentioned as a “servant” of Arthur Bayley, as Thomas Busby, and William Barker, mariner); cousin of Thurston Harris, whose son, William, m. a sister of Francis Derrick Jr., b. 1607 (son of Francis Derrick Sr. of Long Ashton), cousin of James Derrick, who m. a stepdau. of Joan Harris, sister of John Harris, aforementioned; cousins of Thurston Harris, whose son, William, m. a sister of Francis Derrick Jr.

1.1.3.2.2.3.4.1. Dorothy Harris. Sold land to Francis Derrick Jr., inherited from George Cockett (her probable uncle), a reasonably common name around Blagdon, and, in the Bristol basin patois of the time, similar to Caucot, etc. Dorothy Harris m. John Baker/Barker, a kinsman of John Barker, the br. of Elizabeth Barker, who m. John Goninge, son of John Goning Sr., part owner in 1629 (with Francis Derrick Sr. and Humphrey Hooke), of the ships ‘The Hope’, ‘The Little Charles’, and ‘The Fortune’. 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. Dorothy Harris, m. (2) John Bond.

1.1.3.2.2.3.4.1.1. Sarah Barker, m. (1) Nicholas West, (2) John Watson (of Bristol).

It may be reasonable to suggest that Nicholas West was the son of:

1. Wiliam West, who m. Margaret Story, Apr. 20, in Norton St Philip. (15 mls. E. of Blagdon). 1.1. Alice West, m. Richard Bond, Sept. 17, 1629. 1.1.1. William West, bapt. Nov. 3, 1616. 1.1.2. Robert West, bapt.. Oct. 17, 1619. 1.1.3. Nicholas West, bapt. March 7, 1621, m. Sarah Barker. 1.1.4. John West, bapt. April 14, 1625. John West, headright of Robert West in Charles City, 1652. 1.1.5. Richard West, bapt. May 10, 1635.

These Wests were tenants of John Harington (infamous for his Metamorphosis of Ajax, of 1596); a tenant of Hugh Saxey, by patent of March 24, 1578 (CPR, Eliz. I, vol VII, 3594); as some of the Harris family of Wedmore.

As the husband of Mary Rogers, dau. of George Rogers of Cannington, Harington was landlord to such as the Duke family of that place, significantly so, perhaps. Connections established through tenancy arrangements were also a common feature of these times.

(Henry Duke, bapt. Dec. 10, 1671, in Cannington. An indenture of May 7, 1725 between his relict, Elizabeth, of Martin Brandon Parish, Prince George Co., sold to Robert Hall half a tract of land on the N. side of Blackwater Swamp, “beginning at the corner between William Harris and the sd Elizabeth Duke; witnessed by Richard Kennon, Elizabeth Mallory, Wm. Short (uncle of William Harris).

1.1.3.2.2.3.4.2. John Harris,* infant in 1624, witnessed a bond of Robert Mosley to John Felton in 1654. (“William Lea and Alice (Feltham), his wife, to William Heath, 150 ac. … formerly Thomas Felton’s … formerly (Robert) Moseleys … “joyneing upon the lands which was John Harryes lyeing in the County of Surry in Virginia commonly called Upper Chippoakes”). In 1663, William Heath transferred William Lea’s patent to William Simmons Sr.* May 2, 1654. Bond of Robt. Mosley to Jno. Felton. Wit. *John Harris, Sack. Brewster. (V.C.R, v. xi, p. 31).

1.1.3.2.2.3.4.2.1. John Harris, m. a dau. of Thomas Busby, as John Barker, son of William Barker, bapt. on May 7, 1592, in St. Werburgh’s, Bristol; merchant and mariner (kinsman of John Baker/Barker and John Barker, aforesaid), and br. of Sara Barker, who m. Richard Taylor, Oct. 27, 1646, in Rappahannock, who had had m. (1) Anne Harris, on Oct. 1, 1632, in Wraxall, 3 mls fr. Long Ashton. Thomas Busby’s son and namesake m. Mary Simmons, dau. of *William Simmons Sr., and sister of William Simmons Jr., whose land adjoined that of Thomas Harris, d. 1729/30.

1.1.3.2.2.3.4.2.2. William Harris, m. Elizabeth, her widow’s estate admon. by (eldest son) Henry Harris. R. June 16, 1711. Wit. John Barker Jr.

1.1.3.2.2.3.4.2.2.1. Henry Harris.

1.1.3.2.2.3.4.2.2.2. Thomas Harris, d. 1729/30; Will mentions br. Henry and son, Joshua.

1.1.3.2.2.3.4.2.2.2.1. Joshua Harris.

1.1.3.2.2.3.4.2.2.2.1.1.1. Thomas Harris.

1.1.3.2.2.3.4.2.2.2.1.1.1.1. Solomon Harris. The test results for a descendant (with Family Tree DNA) are a perfect match with Harris Group 4 males.

1.1.3.2.2.3.4.2.2.3. John Harris, m. Mary Drew. (The connection to the Drews was through the Barkers).

1.1.3.2.2.3.4.3. Robert Harris, m. Mary Crumpe.

1.1.3.2.2.3.4.3.1. Mary Harris, m. Mathew Swann, aforementioned.

1.1.3.2.2.3.4.3.1.1. Elizabeth Swann, m. (1) John Drew:

(1. Richard Drew, headright of Thomas Simmons in 1643 (possibly of the family of William Simmons Sr).

1.1. John Drew, m. Elizabeth Swann.

1.2. Edward Drew, m. Frances, dau. of William Newitt.

1.2.1. Mary Drew, m. John Harris.

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