Monthly Archives: December 2020

  A kindly researcher supplied me with additions to my previous notes, and, having been requested to make those notes more concise as to the interconnections of the families of Harris and Lancaster, i have incorporated them in what follows. … Continue reading →

When it is given that the Lancaster family of Milverton, Somerset, bore for their arms Argent, two bars gules, on a canton of the second a lion passant guardant or, some qualification needs to be made, as, as was common, … Continue reading →

Some researchers of old see a strong link between the family of Thomas Harris, d. 1672, the Lancaster family, and the family of John Harris, son of Robert Harris, son of Thomas Harris, d. 1688. 1. Richard Harris, m. Eleanor … Continue reading →

PITWAY 1. … 1.1. John Pitway, m. Anne Robins, sister of Edward Robins Sr., who m. Joan Pitway, Nov. 25 1583, in Shipston-on-Stour, and aunt of Edward Robins Jr., and Elizabeth Robins, who m. Stephen Pitway. Edward Robins Sr. was … Continue reading →

1. Boudewijn (“von Flanderen”), count of Flanders, m. Ælfthryth, dau. of Alfred “the Great”, king of the Anglo-Saxons, and Ealhswith. 1.1. Arnulf I. (“the Great”), count of Flanders; born in 889, in Ghent, East Flanders, d. 965; m. Adele of … Continue reading →

The Harris families of Bishop’s Hull and Taunton, Somerset, were probably the same family. They were seperated by a distance of 1 mile, and each branch of this family intermarried into the same families – a clear signal of them … Continue reading →

1. Robert Bennett. 1.1. Edward Bennett. 1.1.1. Alice Bennett m. (1) Thomas Johnson,* (2) John Hardy.1.1.1.1. Lucy Hardy, m. Hodges Council. 1. Walter Johnson, b. ca. 1485, bur. July 12, 1542, Bengeworth. (All Saints, Evesham with Bengeworth, Worcester). 1.1. Thomas … Continue reading →

Simply put, did Edward Brantley Sr. m. a sister of Thomas Moore (b. 1632), who m. Elizabeth, dau. of Giles Elbridge, security given by George Moore (cousin of Thomas), and Edward Brantley Sr., thereby being br.-in-law of Priscilla Moore, wife … Continue reading →

The Thomas Harris of Cheddar designated as 1.4 hereinafter was not a br. of John Harris of Blagdon. They were kinsmen (of the “Harris of Bristol”), and lived with a few miles of each other. The notation given him is … Continue reading →

No one will ever know for sure the identity of Sergeant John Harris of Virginia, who had deceased by Oct. 14, 1638, yet the conjecture that he was he was baptised in the Somerset village of Blagdon in 1589/90 has … Continue reading →