If I have been correct in my recent analysis, the Harris families of Cheddar and nearby Blagdon were cousins, and, if so, what would be witnessed in Virginia would be evidence of them being associated with the same families – the principle of ‘continuation of association’.

An associated family was that of Taylor.

1. John Taylor, d. Nov. 22, 1610, in Long Ashton.
1.1. Richard Taylor, bapt. Sept. 8, 1562, bur. Feb 27, 1610. Deed. (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. Bedminster adjoins Long Ashton and Bristol.
1.1.1. Richard Taylor, m. Mary Woodward Sept. 2, 1602.
1.1.1.1. John Taylor (bur. May 21, 1645), m. Jane Jones, Sept. 22, 1633, in Bristol.
1.1.1.1.1. John Taylor, bapt. May 7, 1635.
1.1.1.1.1.1. John Taylor, bapt. Aug. 19, 1662, at St. James.
1.1.1.1.1.2. Samuel Taylor, bapt. Oct. 25, 1677.
1.1.1.1.2. Thomas Taylor, b. ca. 1637, perhaps he recorded as a Surry tithable with neighbours William Newsum, and Roger Rawlings. He may have been the Thomas Taylor whose estate was appraised in 1674 by Thomas Lane, John Price, and Charles Barham.

On March 12, 1667, an 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, (was stated to be) adj. William Newsum to William Harris,* belonging to William Carter, late husband of Alice Carter. Wit. George and Gertrude Watkins (relict of William Newsum Sr.), p. 203. *Perhaps a son of Sergeant John Harris.

Raphael Creed, bapt. Aug. 1605 in Westbury-On-Trym, Gloucester (4 mls fr. Bristol), d. bef. Aug. 2, 1668, in Surry Co. His widow, Grace Creed, m. (2), Edward Warren,* who had previously been m. to Mrs. Aylce (Croxon) Carter/Parke, widow successively of William Carter Jr., and Capt. Giles Parke. William Carter Jr. was the half-br. of Ann Newsum, dau. of William Carter Sr. and Alice Warren.

May 20, 1668: Edward Petway assigns to Mrs. Alice Carter and George Carter his right in the land where Mrs. Carter lives, during the life of Elizabeth (Carter), wife of Edward Petway.* Recorded at the request of Edward Warren. Signed; Edward Petway, Alice Carter, Geo. Carter.

*Their dau., Elizabeth, as anon, m. Samuel Judkins, br. of Robert Judkins, who m. Elizabeth, dau. of Thomas Taylor and Elizabeth Jones, dau. of James Jones and Rebecca Lewis, parents of Hannah Judkins, who m. Thomas Harris, d. 1729/30.

Samuel Judkins and Elizabeth Petway had issue: John Judkins; his Will proved May 20, 1760, witnessed by Joseph Newsum, James Davis, Saml. Judkin and John Warren. (B. 10, pp. 225-227). Mentions dau. Sara, who in her mother’s Will was named Sarah Barham, m. to Charles Barham Jr. Their dau., Martha, m. Joel Harris, son of John Harris (son of Robert Harris, son of Thomas Harris, d. 1688), and Avis White, the grandau. of George Moore.

Hannah Judkins was the niece of Elizabeth Petway, dau. of Elizabeth Carter, dau. of William Carter Jr. and Alice Croxon, who m. (2), Edward Warren; 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 Jr.

(William Newsum may have been of London, his connections to this grouping being mercantile. Many of the Bristol merchants traded with London – the Derricks and Barkers, etc. – and many London merchants traded with Bristol – the Blands etc. They all traded with Virginia, mostly in tobacco. Such channels of connection acted as latter-day introductory agencies for marriage.

St Botolph Without Aldgate, London.
1. Thomas Newsum, d. 1626.
1.1. Robert Newsum, m. Dorothie …
1.1.1. William Newsum.
1.1.2. John Newson, bapt, June 29, 1643.
1.2. Mary Newsum, bapt. Jan. 31, 1611.
1.4. John Newsum, m. Dorothie …
1.4.1. John Newsum, b. 1628.
1.4.1. William Newsum, bapt. Jan. 1629, d. inf.
1.3. William Newsum b ca. 1612-1615, m. Elizabeth Abbett, 1637/38. This is Abbot, of the family of St Botolph.

In 1669, a Surry Co. 10, 1671. tithable group: (1st) William Harris, Thomas Taylor (3rd).

1.1.1.1.2.1. Elizabeth Taylor, m. Robert Judkins, d. 1693, br. of Samuel Judkins of Surry Co., who m. Elizabeth, dau. of *Edward Petway.
1.1.1.1.2.1.1. William Judkins, m. Margaret, dau. of Edward Taylor* (cousin of Thomas Taylor), and Margaret … She m. (2) Bartlett Moreland.
1.1.1.1.2.1.2. Hannah Judkins, m. Thomas Harris, d. 1729/30.
1.1.1.1.3. Elizabeth Taylor, m. John Meriott. (Probably the Marriot link).

1.1.1.2. William Taylor, bapt. Nov. 29, 1612, headright in 1648 of George Hardy, in Isle of Wight.
1.1.1.2.1. William Taylor, m. Elizabeth … Dec. 26, 1655.
1.1.1.2.2. On Feb. 17, 1671, an Edward Taylor was conveyed land on Marsh Street., Bristol, by Thurston Harris (B.A., 00381/22a), br. of William Harris, sons of 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).

Edward Taylor, as tithable of Surry County:

1678. Thomas Lane Sr. (1st), Martin Johnson (2nd), Augustine Hunnicutt Jr. with William Alderson (3rd), Roger Rawlings (8th), Thomas Edwards with John Browne and Edward Taylor (11th), Timothy Ezell with Michael Ezell (12th).

Roger Rawlings was the son-in-law of William Newsome Sr. and br.-in-law of William Newsome Jr. (who m. Ann Sheppard, relict of Thomas Hart), the grandfather of Elizabeth Newsome, wife of Thomas Edwards.

1679. William Newsum was in this group of tithables: Henry Hart (first), Roger Rawlings (third), Thomas Edwards* with Edward Taylor and John Bishop (tenth), Timothy Ezell Sr. with (his son) Michael Ezell (11th).

Thomas Pittman (of Wedmore, Somrset), m. Mary, widow of (1) Thomas Atkinson, (2) Thomas Gwaltney, in 1666. Thomas Pittman, subsequently m. Lydia, relict of Samuel Judkins, and mother of Charles Judkins Sr., who m. Jane Harris, relict of Jones, dau. of Thomas Harris, d. 1688.

By her first husband, Mary had issue: John Atkinson, who m. Ann Holliman (dau. of Christopher Holliman); their issue: John Atkinsson Jr., who m. Elizabeth Ezell, having issue: Amos Atkinson, who m. a dau. of Charles Judkins Jr. Elizabeth Ezell was the dau. of Michael Ezell and Elizabeth Tooke.

William Gwaltney, son of Mary and Thomas, m. Alice Flake, dau. of Robert Flake Jr. and Margaret Marriott. William was the nephew of Thomas Carter, whose son, Thomas Carter Jr, m. Magdalen Moore. George Moore (grandfather of Avis White, wife of John Harris, grandson of Thomas Harris, d. 1688), in consideration of marriage between Thomas Carter and Magdalen, dau. of said George Moore, gives Thomas Carter 400 ac. out of my dividend of 1400 ac. on Blackwater Swamp, patent to Moore, May 12, 1669.

August, 1673. George Moore appraised the estate of George Bechinoe, son of Edward, p. 33, who appraised the estate of Edward Harris, d. 1677.

1681. Nicholas Wilson, Francis Taylor, Patrick Brady (next) William Cockerham, Edward Taylor (next) William Seward, John Greene (next) Walter Taylor. William Seward witnessed the 1721 Will of Margaret Harris (widow of Edward Taylor), in Surry Co.

1683 William Cockerham, Edward Taylor. 1688. George Ezell, John MacIntosh (next) Edward Taylor, James Ely (next) Michael Ezell. 1689. Robert Nicholson, Edward Taylor.

In 1676, James Nicholson m. Elizabeth, dau. of Francis Gray. In 1683, his br, Robert Nicholson, m. Mary, widow of John Gray. James and Elizabeth had issue, James, who m. Ann Davis in 1745, having issue: (1) Nathaniel Nicholson, who m. Mary Harris; their son Britton Nicholson, m. Molly Harris. (2) John Jordan Nicholson, who m. Sarah Shearin (dau. of Joseph Shearin and Amy Rivers) and sister of Sterling Harris Shearin, Frederick Kinchen Shearin. Joseph Shearin (the son of John), on Jan. 27, 1734, received a patent for 236 ac. in Brunswick Co. on both sides of Three Creeks and adj. his father’s land. John Peoples was the step-son of John Shearin, being a son of John’s wife. Mary Harris was the dau. of Daniel Harris, d. 1765 in Bute County, NC., son of Edward Harris, son of Thomas Harris, d. 1688.

1691. Thomas Busby Jr. Jeffrey Busby, Edward Taylor. Thomas Busby Jr. was the son of Thomas Busby. He m. Mary Simmons, dau. of William Simmons Sr., and sister of William Simmons Jr., whose lands adjoined those of Thomas Harris, d. 1729/30.

1. “William Lea and Alice (Feltham), his wife, to William Heath, 150 acres … 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”. 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. *Sergeant John Harris was the father John Harris (who had m. a dau. of Thomas Busby Sr.), and who, on May 2, 1654, witnessed a bond of Robert Mosley to John Felton. (V.C.R, v. xi, p. 31); the father of William Harris, who m. Elizabeth, her widow’s estate admon. by (eldest son) Henry Harris. R. June 16, 1711. Wit. John Barker Jr., who was the br.-in-law of John Harris, having m. Grace, dau. of Thomas Busby Sr. Thus, John Harris and John Barker Jr. were brs-in-law of Thomas Busby Jr., the br-in-law of William Simmons Jr., whose lands adjoined those of a younger son of William Harris and Elizabeth, Thomas Harris, d. 1729/30.

1698. Edward Taylor (next) James Eley (next) Thomas Holt, Robert Barham (next) William Harris, Thomas Jarrell Jr. William Harris appraised the estate of Edward Taylor on May 4, 1708, having m. Margaret, the widow of Edward Taylor.

1.1.1.2.2.1. Hannah Taylor, m. Christopher Clinch. Thomas Harris, d. 1729, m. Hannah Judkin,* d. April 10, 1739, who m. 1. Thomas Harris. 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). Thomas Barrow m. Elizabeth Brantley, dau. of John Brantley, son of Edward Brantley Sr., headright of John Seward, of Bristol, grandfather of William Seward Sr. whose Will (dated March 16, 1702, in Surry Co.), was witnessed by Edward Barrow, br. of Thomas. William Seward m. 2. Ann Clinch. William Seward’s son, John, 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. William Seward’s son, William, witnessed the Will of Margaret Harris, widow of Edward Taylor, parents of Margaret Taylor, who m. 1. William Judkins, having issue: Elizabeth Judkin, who m. John Berryman (of a Bristol family), and *Hannah Judkin.

1.1.1.3. John Taylor, headright in 1648 of George Hardy in Isle of Wight

1.1.1.4. Richard Taylor, m. Sara Barker, Oct. 27, 1646, in Rappahannock. She m. (2) Robert Lucy, and had issue: Mary Lucy, who m. Thomas Anderson.

April Court 1673, “Whereas Robert Lucy and Sarah his wife and Phillip Limbrey and Elizabeth his wife jointly own 1000 acres in Flower du hundred, inherited from John Barker Dec’d., brother to sd Sarah and Elizabeth, desire partition. Request that Col. Robt Wynne for the Lucys and Lt. Col Geo Jordan for the Limbreys meet James Minge surveyor on the 22nd instant and divide the land”. (Fleet, p. 347).

On June 4, 1677, Thomas Drew apparently m. (as her third husband) Frances Ward, relict of (1) William Barker, mariner, (2) Robert Letherland. Frances Drew petitioned the Court and received custody of her two grandchildren, John and Elizabeth Limbrey, the surviving children of her deceased dau., Elizabeth.

1.1.1.4.1.. Capt. John Taylor was the guardian for Mary Lucy, the mother of Jane Anderson, in 1694.
1.1.1.4.2. Maria Taylor, m. John Hardyman, of Bristol, merchant.
1.1.1.4.3. Sarah Taylor, m. Francis Hardyman. Richard Kennon was the executor of Francis Hardyman’s Will of 1741. The Hardyman brothers were sons of John Hardyman Sr. and Mary Eppes, dau. of Francis Eppes Jr. and Elizabeth Littleberry, relict oF William Worsham. Richard Kennon was the executor of Francis Hardyman’s Will of 1741. Richard Kennon m. Elizabeth, dau. of William Worsham and Elizabeth Littleberry.

Richard and Elizabeth Kennon had issue: William Kennon, who m. Ann Eppes, dau. of Francis Eppes Jr. Judith Kennon, whom. Thomas Eldridge, of Surry, having issue: Martha Eldridge, who m. John Harris (Vestryman, Southwark Parish, Surry), whose Will was proved (March 19, 1771) in Surry Co. I suggest him to be a son of John Harris and Avis White.

1.1.1.4.4. Elizabeth Taylor, m. … Henry Duke, the br. of Elizabeth Duke, who m. (3) Ehelred Taylor, the father of Ehelred Taylor, who m. Patience Kinchen, dau. of William Kinchen, who purchased 750 ac. on the lower side of Three Creeks from Christopher Hill, leaving this to his son Matthew Kinchen, who left it to William Taylor, his cousin, who transferred it to Ethelred Taylor Jr. In 1775, Henry Taylor bought out his brothers’ shares of this property. Henry’s son, Ethelred, sold much of this land in 1786.

On May 7, 1725, Elizabeth Duke sold land on the north side of Blackwater Swamp, bounded by William Harris, to Robert Hall.

Patience Kinchen’s sister, Elizabeth, m. Joseph Exum, son of William Exum Sr., who was entrusted with the cattle due to Margaret Duke, wife of Thomas Duke of Nansemond Co.

Patience Kinchen’s brother, William, m. Sarah House, dau. of Robert House Jr. “Jane Plow, aged 74, said she knew Mary Harris afterwards wife to Anthony Spiltimber who had issue a dau. named Martha and she married Robert House Jr. and was delivered a dau. named Mary, now the wife of Thomas Carrell”, p. 653. June 7, 1704. Robert House. Jr. m. Martha (dau. of Anthony Spiltimber, and Mary, dau. of Robert Harris), who m. (2) Mathew Swann (exerx. William Newitt, 1702), having issue: Elizabeth, who m. John Drew. I have suggested that Robert Harris was a son of Sergeant John Harris, see previous notes.

Ehelred Taylor and Patience Kinchen probably had issue: Kinchen Taylor, cousin of Sarah House, granddau. of Mary Harris.

 

1.2. John Taylor ; a partner of John Barker:, father of John “Baker”, b. 1613, who m. Dorothy Harris, and cousin of William Barker, merchant and mariner, bapt. on May 7, 1592, in St. Werburgh’s, Bristol, a partner of Francis Derrick Jr., who purchased land from Dorothy Harris. William Barker’s grandson, John, m. a dau. of Thomas Busby, as did John Harris, son of John Harris, br. of Dorothy Harris. John “Baker” was the br. of Sara Barker, wife of Richard Taylor.

Hugh Lewis, Edward Dendy v. John Barker, John Taylor, John Gunning, Richd. Vicaris alias Vicaredge, merchant : Ports of England generally, and those of London and Bristol particularly. Duties and fees of “searchers.” Farming of customs. 1637. (E 134/6Chas1/Mich15). Abel Kitchen, John Dowle, Humphrey Browne, Richard Holworthy, John Taylor, Giles Elbridge, Robt. Kitchen, John Rowberrow. v. William Wyatt: “Prisage wines” within the port of Bristol, composition made by merchants of London for wines brought into the port. Touching wines brought into Bristol by John Fowke, of London.: Bristol. 1631. (E 214/825).

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