The Hygons/Hugyns family were recorded in Shropshire before the “Visitation” pedigree of 1623 commenced:

“On March 17, 1335, we have an agreement between the Abbot of Haghmon, and Thomas Cresset of Halghton with his son Richard, concerning 12 acres held by Richard Hugyns in Halghton. Also on July 28, 1339, the same Abbot leases two parcels of waste in Halghton to Margery and Alice, daughters of Thomas Cresset of Halghton. On July 26, 1349, Richard son of Thomas Cresset of Halghton gives to Haghmon Abbey 5s. rent out of tenements in Halghton. Witnesses, William de Smethcote; Nicholas de Harley, Clerk; Philip, Lord of Penynton; William de Muriden; and Walter Cresset of Uffington”. (Antiquities of Shropshire, vol. 8. Robert William Eyton p. 288. 1859).

Confirmation by John, lord of Lutteley, of the Charter of 1. his father Philip of Lutteley to 2. Roger of Hundeslowe, chaplain of St. Mary of Enfeld (Enville), and successors, ‘pro statu meo’ and of Matilda, his wife; Fulk of Birmyngham, etc.; for souls of Philip his father; his mother Katherine; Anne, his late wife; and souls of all the departed in the recited charter. Grant of £4 from lands and tmts. in Enfeld, Morf’ and Lutteley, viz. 9s from an assart in Morf’ called Morfwode; 3s 4d from plot of land with adjoining meadow called Hugyns Londe. Witnesses: Lord John of Perton; William of Shareshull; Thomas of la Lowe; John of Bubynton; Henry Jurdane; Thomas of Morf’; Roger Atte Meere; John of La Spytell. August 24, 1371. (Shrop. Arch. (S.A), 2089/2/2/24).

Lease. Manor of Staunton Monday before the feast of St. Lucy 10 Henry IV. Robert Lee lord of Rodon and Petronilla his wife grant and farm let to John Hugyns and his wife the Manor of Staunton on Hyneheth with all lands, demesnes etc., except ponds and the conynger and pleas and perquisites of the lord’s court of his tenants there. To hold to John and his wife for the life of both and of the longer liver. Paying p.a. 40/- at Michaelmas and the Annunciation for all secular services and demands except heriot of one best beast. John and his wife are to maintain buildings, &c., Robert giving sufficient timber. Warranty. Witnesses: Robert Corbet, Thomas Neuport, Robert Lee of Ofyton, Robert Rodynton, William Lopiton, Vicar of Shauburi. Dec. 10, 1408. (S.A., 1514/473).

Feoffment. 1. Stephen Hugyns carviser of Ludlow. 2. Dom John Heynes and Dom John Meryston chaplains of Ludlow. 1 to 2 burgage in Denham to hold of the chief lord of the fee for ever. Warranty clause. Witnesses: Rich. Sybiton of Ludlow, Rich. Dyer, Roger Harryes, Roger Taylor, Thos. Cope and others. Sept. 21, 1410. (Shrop. Arch., 20/7/44).

Feoffment. 1. Stephen Hugyns of Ludlow, curviser. 2. Wm. Blethyn of Stanton Lacy. 1 to 2 all hisstenement in Dinham Ludlow between the tenement of the Prior of the Hospital of St. John the Baptist and the road next the castle ditch and extending to the cottage of Rich. Fox, to hold of the chief lord of the fee for ever. Warranty clause. Witnesses: Wm. Parys (not the Harris of Cruckton), bailiff, Rich. Sybbeton, Wm. Codur, Thos. Coole, John clerk, Johanna Howton, Rich. Fox and others. Dec. 28, 1417. (S. A, 20/7/45).

Release. Christopher Talbot and Robert Harcourt release land in Trilwardine to Thomas Fowler. Witnesses: Simon Hadyngton, Henry Foster, Alan Wytheford, Richard Hugyns. 1441. (S.A., 5735/2/1/11/8).

Release. Robert Chorleton releases land in Trilwardine to Thomas Fowler. Witnesses: Simon Hadyngton, John Stuard, Alan Wytheford, Richard Hugyns. 1444. (S.A., 5735/2/1/11/9).

THE VISITATION PEDIGREE:

1. Roger Higgons, m. Matilda.
1.1. Edward H. m. Eliz. Rawlings.
1.1.1. John H. m. Kath. Plowden.
1.1.1.1. Richard Higgons.
1.1.1.1.1. Peter H., m. Catherine Baker (dau. of Roger Baker); sister-in-law of … Peter, the eldest son of Richard Higgons of Stretton, married Catherine, daughter of Roger Baker. His son and heir George Higgons was chief bailiff of Shrewsbury in 1584, and died 23rd October, 1591, and was buried in St. Alkmund’s Church. He left a son Richard, of the same place, who married Elizabeth, daughter of Richard Baldwin, by whom he had a daughter Elizabeth, who married John Powell of Stretton. Richard Higgons, the third son of Peter Higgons of Stretton, was of Shrewsbury in 1584. This Richard married Maria, daughter of John Wilding of Shrewsbury. By this lady he had issue two daughters : Sarah, who married Richard Mechin, and Maria, who became the wife of John Robinson. His only son Thomas Higgons was at first bred a physician, but afterwards turned to theology; was licensed as a preacher, became rector of Westbury, sinistra parte, about 1600 ; proceeded D.D. from Balliol College, 25th June, 1600. By his first wife Jane, daughter of Richard Mytton, of Shrewsbury, he had no issue; but by his second wife, Elizabeth, daughter of Richard Barker, he was father of Sir Thomas Higgons, of Grewell, Hants, knight, Ambassador to Venice, well known for the zeal with which he defended the character of the last Countess of Essex, whom he married after the death of her first husband, the noted Parliamentary general.
1.1.1.1.1.1. Ralph. H., of Shrews, m. Jane Somerford, d.o. Geoffrey.
1.1.1.1.1.1.1. Jane H.
1.1.1.1.1.2. George H., m. Eliz. Farmer.
1.1.1.1.1.2.1. George H., s.p.

1.1.1.1.1.2.2. Richard H., bur. 1626, St. Alkmand’s, Shrews., m. Eliz., dau. of Richard Baldwyn, of Diddlesbury,* bur. Pontesbury, 1638.

1.1.1.1.1.2.3. Edward H., b. 1562, bur. 1614, St. Julian’s, Shrews., m. Ann Sherar. (“Thomas Sherer”, m. “Elizabeth Haries”,* Feb, 24, 1623, St, Chad).
1.1.1.1.1.2.3.1. Thomas H., b. 1599, of Shrews., fl. 1634.
1.1.1.1.1.2.3.1.1. Thomas H., bapt. St. Julian’s, 1632.
1.1.1.1.1.2.3.1.2. Ann H., bapt. St. Julian’s, 1628.
1.1.1.1.1.2.3.2. Judith H., b. ca. 1603-1605, m. William Owen, April 30, 1628, St. Chad.
1.1.1.1.1.2.3.2.1. Edward Owen, bapt. Feb. 5, 1629, likely named after Judith’s father.
1.1.1.1.1.2.3.2.2. Ann Owen, bapt. Sept. 27, 1632.
1.1.1.1.1.2.3.2.3. Thomas Owen, bapt. July 16, 1635.
1.1.1.1.1.2.3.2.4. William Owen, bapt. Feb. 2, 1637.
1.1.1.1.1.2.3.2.5. Elizabeth Owen, bapt. Feb. 4, 1640.
1.1.1.1.1.1.3. Richard H., m. Maria Wilding.

1.1.1.1.1.1.3.1. Dr. Thomas Higgons, b. 1564, graduated Brasenose College, 1582, aet, 18. Here lyeth the body of Thomas Higgons doctor in divinitie and chaplain to the late King
James of famous memoriewho deceassed the 19 day of March 1635.” Dr. Higgons was of an old Shrewsbury family, originally from Church Stretton, whose pedigree in the Visitation ascends seven degrees. He appears to have been originally bred a physician, but afterwards turned to theology, was licensed as a preacher, became rector of Westbury sinistra parte about 1600, and proceeded D.D. from Baliol college 25th June, 1608. By his first wife, Jane, daughter of Richard Mytton of Shrewsbury, he had no issue: but by his second, Elizabeth, daughter of Richard Barker, he was father of sir Thomas Higgons, of Grewell (born 1624), Hants, knight, ambassador to Venice, well known for the zeal with which he defended the character of the last countess of Essex, whom he married after the death of her first husband, the noted parliament general. (Hugh Owen, Hist. Shrewsbury, p. 235, 1825).

1. John Baldwyn, of Diddlebury.
1.1. *Richard Baldwin, m. (1545) Margery, dau. of Lawrence Ludlowe, of Stokesay Castle, Ludlow.
1.1.1. Thomas Baldwin (d. 1614), m. Gertrude, dau. of Robert Corbett, of Standwarden.
1.1.1.1. Edward Baldwin, m. Mary, dau. of Edward Lutwich.

1.1.2. William Baldwyn, of Elsich, m. Barbara, dau. of Richard Brooke, of Whitchurch.
1.1.2.1. Charles Baldwyn, of Elsich and Stokesay Castle (b 1593), m. (1617), Mary, dau of Francis Holland, of Burwarton.
1.1.2.1.1. John Baldwyn,* younger son; see hereinafter.

1.1.3. Elizabeth Baldwyn, m. *Richard Higgins, having issue two daus.

1.1.4. John Baldwyn, m. Ankaret Marston.

1.2. John Baldwyn, m. a dau. of Edward Marston, of Ascott.* His family took their name name from the parish of Marston, in Diddlesbury. He m. Elizabeth, dau. of John Jenkes, of Wolverton, and Elizabeth, dau. of Edric Leighton. (Vis. 1623). Among their issue: Ralph Marston, obit 1612, who m. Joanna, dau. of Owen Cadwalladr, of Brompton, Shrop. Ankaret Marston, who m. John Baldwyn, of Diddlesbury. John Marston, m. Jane, dau. of Edward Lewis, of Whittington, having issue: Edward Marston, d. 1628, to whom, John Marston, of Ascott, to whom, John Marston (1652-1728), who m. Ann, dau. of Thomas More, of Millichope (Munslow parish); to whom John Marston, d.s.p., ca. 1720, Edward Marston, b. 1691, who m. Martha Reynolds, of Stokesay, having issue, Elizabeth, b. 1728; Anne, b. 1731, who m. … Lewis, of Stottedon.

*Edward Marston, of Ascott, was the br. of William Marston, who m. (Ludlow, March 5, 1571), Katherine, dau. of Thomas Blashfield of Ludlow. Jane Langford, m. Edward Lewis, of Sutton Magna, Diddlebury, who had firstly m. Anne Blashfield, dau. of Thomas Blashfield.

The continuation of association between the Marstons and their Shropshire kin continued in Virginia, as given by B.T. Shannon: “Elizabeth Marston (d. Aug. 11, 1759) m. Thomas Green, their daughters, Martha and Lucy Green, m. the brothers Rev. Charles Clay and Henry Clay, brothers of Rev. John Clay, who m. Mary Watkins; they were the parents of Rev. John Clay (d. 1781, Hanover Co.) who m. Elizabeth Hudson, their son being the statesman Henry Clay. Elizabeth Hudson, was the da. of George Hudson, son of John Hudson (d. 1732) of Hanover Co. and his wife Elizabeth Harris, granddau of Maj. William Harris. Another son of John Hudson and Elizabeth Harris was William Hudson of Prince Edward Co. whose da., Sarah, m. George Harris, her second cousin. George Harris’ father was William Harris of Wolf Swamp, son of George Harris, whose sister was the said Elizabeth Harris, wife to John Hudson. All of which evidences the same patterns of interbred kinship continuing in Virginia”. William Harris of Wolf Swamp was the father of Ralph Harris, who m. (2) Agnes Baldwin, Dec. 16, 1790, and Graves Harris, who m. Elizabeth Baldwin, sister of Agnes, Nov. 20, 1787.

1. John ap Harry, m. Margaret Leighton, dau. of Sir Thomas Leighton and Anne Baker, dau. of Roger Baker of Shrewsbury.
1.1. Richard Harris, m. Eleanor Jenyns, dau. of Rowland Jenyns, of Wallyburne, Salop.
1.1.1. William Harris, yeoman of Wheathill, Condover.
1.1.1.1. Roger Harris, of Shrewsbury, draper.
1.1.1.1.1. Sarah Harris, m. Richard More of Linley and Larden, d. 1643, Sheriff of Shrop.
1.1.1.1.1.1. Thomas More, m. Margaret Ligon,* b. 1614.

(1. Richard Ligon, m. (1) Mary, dau. of Sir Thomas Russell.
1.1. William Ligon, m. Elizabeth Harwell, dau. of Edward Harwell of Besford.
1.1.1. William Ligon, the younger, of Madresfield, m. Elizabeth, dau. and coheiress of John Pleydell, Esq.
1.1.1.1. *Margaret Ligon.
1. Richard Ligon, m. (2) Margaret, dau. of Sir John Talbot, of Salwerpe and Grafton.
1.1. John Ligon, of Arle, co. Gloucester, b. 1581, d. Sept. 21, 1644, m. his cous., Elizabeth Ligon, dau. of Arnold Lygon.
1.1.1. Katharine Ligon, m. Fleetwood Dormer, Esq.* He m. (2) Mary Harris,* niece of Rowland Harris, and first-cousin of John Harris, b. Ludlow, Shropshire, 1604, father of Major William Harris, of Virginia. He was the son of Sir Fleetwood Dormer (obit. February 1, 1638), and Mary Isham, aunt of Henry Isham, who resided at Bermuda Hundred, Henrico Co., father of Mary Isham, who m. Col. William Randolph, named as a ‘friend’ in the Will of Major William Harris. Henry Isham m. Katherine Banks, relict of Joseph Royal).

1.1.2. John Harris (of Cruckton). m. Eleanor, dau. Thomas Prowde of Sutton. “The family was ancient in this neighbourhood, and has been already noticed as having been tenants of a good part of Sutton under the abbots of Shrewsbury”. (Hugh Owen, A History of Shrewsbury, vol. 1, p. 408, 1825).
1.1.2.1. Richard Harris, obit. 1631, m. Anna Smallman, obit. 1650, dau. of Thomas Smallman, of Wilderhope.
1.1.2.1.1. *Mary Harris.
1.1.2.1.2. Richard Harris, bapt. July 16, 1618, St. Chad.

THE SHERER CONNECTION:

1.1.2.2. *”Elizabeth Haries”, m. Thomas Sherer/Sherar, Feb. 24, 1623. The Sherers were a very substantial family. 1. Edward Sherer, m. “Alice Harries”, of Cruckton, dau. of John Harries, esq of Cruckton. (Hugh Owen. A History of Shrewsbury, vol 1, p. 355). 1.1. Thomas Sherer, merchant (builder of Sherer’s Mansion in Wyle Cop), ca. 1530 -1598, m. (1) ca. 1560, Elizabeth, dau. of William Adams, of Longdon, and Eleonor Jennyns, dau. of Rowland Jennyns* and Elizabeth Bromley (sister of George Bromley, of Worfield, and a dau of Sir Thomas Lacon, of Witney). William Adams was the son of Thomas Adams and Elizabeth Higgins, dau. of “William Rich. Higgins of Longdon” (Treswell, 1623 “Visitation”, pp. 12/13). (2) Eleonor, by whom: 1.1.1. Thomas Sherer. 1.1.1.1. Thomas Sherer, m. Elizabeth Harris. (1. *Rowland Jennnyns m. Elizabeth, dau. of William Bromley. 1.1. Thomas Jennyns, of Wallibone, m. Kathryn Ottley. 1.1.1. William Jennyns, of Wallibone, m. Cecilia, dau. of John Leighton, of Wattlesborough. 1.1.1.1. Eleanor Jennyns, m. Richard Harris, son of John ap Harry (John Harris) and Margaret Leighton, dau. of Sir Thomas Leighton and his second wife, Anne Baker, dau. of Roger Baker, of Shrewsbury. Everything was built on repeated circles of association). Sherer was a contraction of “Sherarde”.

1.1.2.3. Margret Harris, m. Thomas Lewis,* Dec. 7, 1624.

1.1.2.2. Arthur Harris, m. Jane Newton, of Prescot, Shropshire.
1.1.2.2.1. Thomas Harris, Esq., of Prescot, m. (1632), Alice Holland, dau. of William Holland, bapt. (1574) at Burwarton, and buried there in 1642 (Will proved P.C.C. 94 Campbell), son of Thomas Holland, bur. (1612) at Stottesden, and Alicia, ‘fil. Thomas Cocke of Pickthorne’ (Will pr. P.C.C. 19 Capell, 1613); styled ‘of Pickthorne’, second-cousin of Richard Cocke, b. 1597, in Pickthorne, Stottesdon; bapt. Dec. 13, 1597 at Sidbury, Shropshire; obit. Bremo Bluff, Henrico, 1665, whose son, Thomas, was named as a ‘friend’ in the Will of Major William Harris.

1.1.2.3. Thomas Harris, bapt. 1559.

1.1.2.4. Rowland Harris, of Ludlow, ob. 1605, m. (Sept. 14, 1595), Jane Langford, bapt. Oct. 10, 1567.
She m. 2. Edward Lewis, who by a first wife was the father of *Thomas Lewis, (aged 23 in 1623), recorded in a patent of Hannah Boyse, Nov., 1635, 300 ac. in Henrico adj. land of her mother Alice Edlowe; 200 ac. for transportation of servants, viz.: “Thomas Lewis, Robert Hollum, Joseph Royall, Edward Holland, and Oliver Allen” (Virginia Magazine, v., p. 97). As given, Thomas Lewis m. Elizabeth Harris, cousin of Thomas Harris,* and John Harris*.

By Edward Lewis, Jane Langford had issue:

1. William Lewis, who m. (Aug. 21, 1634), Anne Lutley, of Burwarton (dau. of Robert Lutley and Mary Holland.)*
1.1. William Lewis, bapt. March 16, 1661, in Diddlebury, m. Elizabeth Woodson. “Robert Woodson, Sr. of Henrico Co. For good causes to my loving grandson’s, William & Joseph Lewis (children of his dau., Elizabeth Woodson, and William Lewis), 450 ac. patented to me and Richard Farris, Giles Carter, William Harris (son of Major William Harris), and Roger Cummings, on White Oak Swamp”. Rec. May 1, 1707.
1.2. John Lewis, headright of Captain Samuel Mathews Sr. (3,000 acs., Aug. 20, 1642, p. 814). Butting upon Warwick River W., somewhat S. Bounded on N. with Pottash quarter Cr., adj. Christopher Boyse), whose son, Governor Samuel Mathews (a close associate of William Claiborne), was the half-br. of John West, who claimed the headright of *John Baldwyn in 1652.

1.1.2.4.1. *Thomas Harris, Thomas Harris, (bapt. Sept. 4, 1603, Ludlow), removed to Virginia, ca. 1650, having land on Curles Swamp, m. Alice, dau. of Evan Lewis, bapt. Nov. 20, 1603.
1.1.2.4.1.1. Major Thomas Harris, bapt. July 24, 1627 (the cousin and step-br. of Mary Harris Ligon and Major William Harris), m. Alice Greene, Sept 6, 1664, probably related to Robert Green, headright of “Mr. Thomas Cock”, 1650 acs. Henrico Co., Vernia Par., S. side of Chickahominy maine SW. adj Mr. Jno Woodson”, Oct. 20. 1688; B.7, p. 668.
‘Tho. Chamberlaine aged twenty-seven or thereabouts deposeth that he heard Mrs. Lygon say that she and her brother had made an agreement that Maj. Thomas Harris her sd. brother, should have the whole proffitts of the surveyor’s place till her sonne come of age. (B. 1, 1677-1692, pp. 109, 366).
1.1.2.4.1.1.1. Thomas Harris, bapt. March 24, 1682, son of “Thomas and Alice” (a sibling and namesake having deceased; I stand corrected). m. Mary Jefferson, dau. of Thomas Jefferson and Mary Branch (b. ca. 1660), dau. of Christopher Branch.
1.1.2.4.1.1.1.1. Benjamin Harris.
1.1.2.4.1.1.1.1.1. Isham Harris, m. Martha Greene.
1.1.2.4.1.1.1.1.1.1. Rowland Harris.

1.1.2.4.2. *John Harris, bapt. March 5, 1604, Ludlow. He was the first-cousin of Mary Harris, second wife of Fleetwood Dormer, son of Sir Fleetwood Dormer, and Mary Isham, aunt of Henry Isham, of Bermuda Hundred, who m. Katherine Banks, relict of Joseph Royal; their issue being: (1) Anne Isham, who m. Col. Francis Eppes, (2) Mary Isham, who m. Col. William Randolph, named as a ‘friend’ in the Will of Major William Harris. Fleetwood Dormer’s first wife was Katherine Ligon, second-cousin of Thomas Ligon, whose son and namesake m. Mary Harris* (second-cousin of Mary Harris Dormer, contemporaries, and undoubtedly close acquaintances); her marriage leading to the Dormer association.
John Harris m. (1) Mary Holland, bapt. Sept. 11, 1608, Ludlow, dau. of Roger Holland and Eleanor Lewis, who m. Jan. 13, 1598, Ludlow. Roger Holland was probably a younger son of Thomas Holland and Alice Cocke, second-cousin of Richard Cocke of Bremo (whose son was another “friend” of Major William Harris), and uncle of Alice Holland, who m., in 1632, Thomas Harris, Esq., of Prescot, first-cousin of John Harris.

1.1.2.4.2.1. Mary Harris, bapt. April 3, 1625, Ludlow. In 1689, Mary (Harris) Ligon gave a deposition stating her age to be 64.
1.1.2.4.2.2. Major William Harris. Major William Harris, bapt. January 13, 1627, S.L. On June 22, 1663, acquired 450 ac. in Henrico County, on the north side of the James River, to a 4 mile creek, called by name “the Slashes”, adj. to Daniel Llewellin, E. upon the Malverne Hills plantation of Richard Cocke, p. 304. He was the father of Louvenia (Lou, Love) Harris.

1.1.2.4.2.2.1. William Harris Jr.* – see hereinafter.

1.1.2.4.2.2.2. Edward Harris, came to New Kent Co. (ca. 1700) with George Alves, his stepfather. He became guardian of his stepbrother, son of George Alves and his second wife.* Edward Harris m. (1) Mary Leigh, (2) Unity … He moved to Amelia Co. (ca. 1745) where he is recorded as having a grandson, Edward Gresham, and a granddau., “Love” Gresham, named after his great-aunt, “Love” Harris. The estate of *Mary Alvis, May 25, 1732: “In obedience to the order wee the subscribers met Michael Holland and being absent the parties viz. David Crenshaw late guardian of David Alvis Infant and Edward Harris his present Guardian consented that we should settle all account to the Estate of said Orphan and accordingly wee find to be due from sd. orphans Estate unto David Crenshaw Ten pounds 6 pence 3 farthings current money and that the said parties did agree that wee should settle an account hereunto annexed to the estate of Mary Alves deceased”.
1.1.2.4.2.2.2.1. Mary Harris, m. Thomas Gresham Jr., b. 1689, of Dragon Swamp (recorded in the 1704 Quit Rent Rolls, with brs. John and Charles), son of Thomas Gresham, deceased by 1721 (Christ Church Registry).
1.1.2.4.2.2.2.1.1. Louvenia Gresham.
1.1.2.4.2.2.2.2. Nathaniel Harris,* m. Mary … March 8, 1747. Nathaniel Harris of Amelia Co. to Edward Gresham for 80 pounds all the right, claim and interest I have or may have under my father Edward Harris to two slaves viz: Nan and Squire. Nathaniell [N his mark] Harris. (Amelia Co. Deeds, B. 3, p. 6). Sept 5, 1749, Nathaniel Harris, 200 ac. in Amelia Co. on the upper side of Vaughan’s Cr. adj. Benjamin Harris. (P.B. 28, p. 715). Nov. 27, 1760. Nathaniel Harris, 439 ac. in the Parish of St John on both sides of Little Island Creek, joining *Richard Harris and John Kirkland. Nov. 4, 1761. Richard Harris and Priscilla, his wife, and Nathaniel Harris and Mary, his wife, of Granville Co., NC to John Taylor the elder. L150. N.S of Goss Branch. Wit. Abra. Cook, James Mitchell, John Williams. (Granville Co. Deeds, B. E, p. 71).

LOUVENIA HARRIS – an essential link:

1.1.2.4.2.2.3. Louvenia Harris, m. John Bass (1673 – 1732). “John Bas and Love Harris was married ye 8th day of Janewary 1696 both of Nanse Mum County and Nanse Mum Parresh by Mager Samuel Swann Esqr.” They married in North Carolina. Love Harris was probably white, and in North Carolina the laws against interracial marriages were not as strictly enforced as elsewhere. Love Harris was very likely the dau. of Major William Harris. Their offspring sometimes intermarried with wealthy, slave owning, planter families, and became designated as “white”. John Bass was the grandson of John Bass(e) an English colonist, m. “Elizabeth, baptized daughter of the chief of the Nansemond tribe”.
1.1.2.4.2.2.3.1. Sarah Bass, m. Lewis Anderson.
1.1.2.4.2.2.3.1.1. “Lovey” Bass, m. George Anderson (son of John Fulcher and unknown slave). On Jan. 13, 1738, he bought 260 ac. on the south side of Bear Swamp in Bertie Co., NC. (Northampton Co. in 1741), for “2 pounds silver money” from John Bass. Between 1746-48 he was taxed on two tithes in Granville Co., NC., in the list of Jonathan White, adj. to Lewis Anderson. He was listed with his wife and children in the 1752 list of Robert Harris.* George Anderson was the br. of Elizabeth Anderson, mother of Sarah Bass, wife of Lewis Anderson.
1.1.2.4.2.2.3.1.2. Judith Bass, m. William Cannady.
1.1.2.4.2.2.3.1.3. Patience Bass, m. Philip Pettiford, br. of (1) George Pettiford, a “Black” taxable in the 1754 Granville Co. tax list of Robert Harris (Love Harris, cousin of grandfather). He and his wife Lucy were “Black” taxables in the 1757 list of Richard Harris.* (Same relationship). (2) Lewis Pettiford, b. ca. 1735, a “Black” taxable in the 1758 Granville Co. Tax List of Nathaniel Harris; and taxable in 1764 (with his wife Catherine, and dau.) in Samuel Benton’s list. Aug. 29, 1755: Samuel Benton, Esq. to Richard Harris 40 pds. 260 ac. on Tar River. Wit. William Bledsoe, Nathan Grimes. (Granville Co. Deeds, B. B., pp. 481-482).

Samuel Benton was the son-in-law of Sherwood Harris, whose dau. Sarah, m. a cousin, Thomas Harris, having ussue: Penelope Harris, 1768-1837, who m. William Poole Jr. (1790), son of William Poole and Mary, dau. of Charles Flemming Jr. and Sarah, son of Charles Flemming and Sussanah Tarleton. *William Harris Jr. was the father of (1) Elizabeth Harris, bapt. Nov. 27, 1698, in St. Peters Parish, New Kent Co., who m. John Hudson, who held land adj. the 1,000 ac. patented by Charles Fleming Sr., 0ct. 26, 1690, on Mattadequin Creek”. The Flemmings were benefactors of Diddlesbury Church, Shropshire. The Langford (Harris cousins) and Jordan families of Stone Acton, Shropshire, intermarried. Samuel Jordan was likely to be of this family: Will of Samuel Jordan of New Kent Co., probated June 11, 1719: ‘being weak of body … It is my will that my beloved friend (br.-in-law) John Fleming have the plantation of Thomas Langford* dec’d, & the management of his estate & the bringing up of his son Thomas Langford as wholely to himself … executors wife Elizabeth (Fleming) Jordan, friends Charles Fleming, John Fleming, Tarlton Woodson, and Thomas Pleasants’. Tarleton Woodson made a deed in 1721 in Henrico Co. to William Randolph for land conveyed by Nathaniel Bacon to his grandfather, Robert Woodson, in 1674; this Robert being the br. of John Woodson, whose son and namesake was a kinsman and neighbour of Mary (Harris) Ligon and Major William Harris on Curles Swamp.

*Grandson of John Langford, and Sarah Baldwyn (named as Sarah Langford in her mother’s Will of 1696; she m. John Langford, in 1670, in Ludlow), and very likely related to John Baldwin, associated with William Sherwood, as given.

GRANVILLE COUNTY:

1.1.2.4.2. John Harris m. (2) Gwen Mathews.
1.1.2.4.2.1. John Harris, bapt. June 8, 1632. (Brother of Thomas Harris, bapt. Sept. 2, 1638).
1.1.2.4.2.1.1. John Harris, bapt. Aug. 4, 1661 (“cousin” of Louvenia Harris and Edward Harris). William Sherwood, deed, May 11, 1696, to John Harris for land in Jamestown. “William Sherwood, 28 acs., at the mouth of James City Island, Apr. 23, 1681, p. 97. Beg. at James Riv., at the head of a gr. slash issuing into the back river; to Block Howse Hill point; to Mr. Richard James; to a hr. of Pitch & Tarr Sw; and granted to *John Baldwyn, Oct. 4, 1656. Given. by will of Baldwyn to John Fulcher, who sould to sd. Sherwood”, Oct. 22, 1677.

1.1.2.4.2.1.1.1. Richard Harris, bapt. Oct. 7, 1683, second-cousin of Louvenia Harris and Edward Harris.
1.1.2.4.2.1.1.1.1. *Richard Harris, b. ca. 1710, m. Margaret Kimborough, ca. 1635. Nov. 7, 1735: William Winston and Rebecca his wife of Hanover Co., to Marmaduke Kimbrough of Hanover Co., for 5 sh & 1 ear of Indian corn 1170 acres on S side of Morratuck River. Wit. Buckley Kimbrough, Robert Harris, Richard Harris (cousins). (Edgecombe Co., NC Deeds). Oct. 24, 1739: Marmaduke Kimbrough of Edge. to Margaret Harris and her husband Richard Harris late of Hanover Co., VA, for the love I bear unto my youngest sister and her husband, 100 acres during their natural lives”, ibid.
1.1.2.4.2.1.1.2. John Harris, bapt. Sept. 22, 1683, second-cousin of Love Harris and Edward Harris, emigrated to Virginia, almost certainly m. a niece of William Sherwood, probably a dau. of his br., Daniel. In 1675, William Sherwood m. the widow of Rev. Richard James (who had patented a part of the western portion of Jamestown Island), the son of Richard James and Gertrude Smith (m. on June 12, 1599, at St. Dunstan), br. of Roger James, whose relict (Sarah Smith, sister of Gertrude), m. Thomas Cleyborne, in 1598, at St Dunstan, Stepney (per register), probable parents of William Claiborne, of Virginia, close associate of Governor Samuel Mathews, half-br. of John West, who claimed the headright of John Baldwyn, whose land devolved to William Sherwood.
1.1.2.4.2.1.1.2.1. Sherwood Harris.
1.1.2.4.2.1.1.2.2. *Robert Harris, m. Lemander Smith.
1.1.2.4.2.1.1.2.2.1. Sherwood Harris and Joseph Taylor qualifies as executors of estate of Robert Harris. Leminda Harris petitions for dower in estate of Robert Harris
1.1.2.4.2.1.1.2.3. Richard Harris, m. Priscilla Holmes, by 1749. (See the 1749 Will of Frederick Holmes). He could not have been the Richard Harris m. to Margaret Kimbrough, still m. in 1751.
1.1.2.4.2.1.1.2.3.1. John Harris. Richard Harris of Granville Co, NC to John Harris son of the abovesaid Richard Harris, 23 November 1766 “for & in consideration of the natural love & effection which he beareth unto his said son John Harris”,all that seat tract or parcel of land lying in the county aforesaid; Beginning at a Hickory in Jonathan White’s line. (B. H, p. 6). Wit: Daniel Standard, John Kittrell. Granville Co. Feb. Court, 1767.
1.1.2.4.2.1.1.2.4. Claiborne Harris.
1.1.2.4.2.1.1.2.4.1. Stephen Harris.
1.1.2.4.2.1.1.2.4.1.1. John Harris, d. 1773, m. Rachel Milly Kittrell. They sold their land in Granville Co., N. C., in 1771, and moved to Long Canes Settlement near Hillsborough township, S.C.

Everything was built on repeated circles of association, which validate English kinship origins of American settlers; for without such evidence of “repeated circles” there is little chance of “composed” genealogies being worth a grain of salt.

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