The usual result of a family dividing into ‘branches’ in medieval and post-medieval England was that they maintained close contact despite their geographical divide. In the case of the Holland family of Shropshire, their associations there to families of Cocke and Harris (and theirs to Ligon) seemingly paved the way for their Sussex cousins to share the same associations a hundred years later in Virginia. This was not the case. The Sussex ‘branch’ of the Hollands had their own connections to early Virginia at the same time as Richar Cocke was established at Bremo: When David Holland m. Ann Burton, in Wadhurst, on Sept. 27, 1636, her brother, John, had m. Mary, stepmother of Elizabeth, the niece of William Eppes, bapt. March 7, 1595, in Ashurst (ca. 8 miles from Wadhurst), brother of Captain Francis Eppes, father of Lt. Col. Francis Eppes II., who m. (2) Elizabeth, relict of William Worsham, by whom she had issue: Mary Worsham, wife of Richard Ligon, son of Thomas Ligon and Mary Harris, as follows.

It was, therefore, a case of two branches of one family having associations with ‘significant colonisers’ of early Virginia. The Hollands of Shropshire and Sussex would have been aware of their own association, and of the associations of both. Genealogical constructions concerning early Virginia are often portrayed as the result of random events; as happenchance, where ‘boy meets girl’ in Hollywood productions. Conversely, as in England for centuries past, marriages were arranged between parents so as to confer the maximum economic (survival) benefit) to both families. It was a Darwinian game of manouvres designed to mary offspring to the offspring of a socially ‘superior’ family, which, once achieved, raised the status of the family, with other families now vying to marry into it.

When, as follows, Francis Holland, of Burwarton, m. Thomasine, dau. of Robert Russell, he was enhancing his family’s status. This Robert Russell was a younger son of Robert Russell of Strensham, Worcestershire, whose Will was proved on Dec. 1, 1502, mentioning: “my 3 younger sons and the child now being in my wife’s belly, whereof I beseech Jesus send her good deliverance”. Robert Russell’s eldest son and heir, John Russell, was born in 1493/4, with his younger sons being born betw. 1495-1498. The said John Russell m. Edith, dau of Sir Thomas Umpton, having issue: Thomas Russell, father of Mary (d. 1576), who m. Richard Ligon, of Madresfield (d. 1584). Strensham is ca. 40 miles from Burwarton/Ludlow, and part of the Malvern Hills district, after which Richard Cocke named his Virginia plantation.

1.Richard Ligon, m. Margaret Greville.
1.1. William Ligon, m. Eleanor Dennys.
1.1.1. Richard Ligon, m. (1) Mary, dau. of Sir Thomas Russell, and second-cousin of Thomasine Holland.*
1.1.1. Richard Ligon, m. (2) Margaret, dau. of Sir John Talbot, of Salwerpe and Grafton.
1.1.1.1. John Ligon, of Arle, co. Gloucester, b. 1581, d. Sept. 21, 1644, m. his cous., Elizabeth Ligon, dau. of Arnold Lygon.
1.1.1.1.1. Katharine Ligon, m. Fleetwood Dormer, Esq. He m. (2) Mary Harris, niece of Rowland Harris, and first-cousin of Thomas Harris and John Harris, the father of Major William Harris.
1.1.2. Thomas Ligon, m. Frances Dennys (cousin).
1.1.2.1. Thomas Ligon, m. Oct. 10, 1602, Elizabeth Pratt.
1.1.2.1.1. Col. Thomas Ligon, m. Mary Harris.

It is not strictly necessary to read through what immediately follows, which just plots the paths that families took toward their enhancement. For those specifically interested in the English ancestries of Virginia settlers, it may suffice to commence at ‘HOLLAND cont. again’, infra.

HOLLANDS, etc.

1. William Holland (b. ca. 1440), who: ‘serv’d Sir Richard Corbet* at the Battle of Bosworth field in 1485, in which Battle Wm. Holland gained so much honor yt ye sd. Sir Richd. Corbet gave him a messuage and yard land in Burwarton in Com. Salop. And his Capital Messuage and Demeasne in Lease; all amounting to half ye manor’. (Trans, Shrop. Arch. Soc., p. 82, 1915).
1.1. Thomas Holland (b. ca. 1470), m. Elizabeth, dau. of ‘William de Wahull – Whethull – Wheathill. Given the close association betw. Harris and Holland of Shropshire, it is not improbable that William de Wahull was synonomous with William Harris de Wheathill.

1.1.2.2.1.2. Henry de Erdington, b. 1274.
1.1.2.2.1.2.1 Giles de Erdington, b. ca. 1310.
1.1.2.2.1.2.1.1. Margaret de Erdington, m. Roger Corbet (d. 1396), son of Sir Robert Corbet, and Elizabeth le Strange.
1.1.2.2.1.2.1.1.1. Robert Corbet, m. Margaret, dau. of William Mallory.
1.1.2.2.1.2.1.1.1. Roger Corbet (d. 1468), Sheriff of Shropshire, m. Elizabeth Hopton.
1.1.2.2.1.2.1.1.1.1. *Richard Corbet, m. Elizabeth Devereux.
1.1.2.2.1.2.1.1.1..2. Jane Corbet, m. (2) Thomas Cressett, Esq.
1.1.2.2.1.2.1.1.1.2.1. Elizabeth Cressett, m. Adam Lutley, whose sister, Joyce Lutley, m. John Holland Sr., enfeoffed in Lamberhurst, Kent, father of John Holland Jr., of Lamberhurst, who m. Mary Barham; having issue: David Holland, who m. Anne Burton; their elder son, John Holland (PAR/498/37/14. Oct. 23, 1654), being John Holland, father of Michael Holland of Goochland.

Lamberhurst was on the boundary of Kent and East Sussex, wherein was Wadhurst, four miles distant. Of course, David Holland did not acquire land there as a random event. Elizabeth Cresset’s sister, Jane, m., before 1565, Thomas Whitton of Lamberhurst, Kent, younger son of Owen Whitton of Hensington, Oxfordshire and Joan Whitehill, and had issue: Henry Whitton,* husband of Camelia Bassano. Thus, John Holland’s wife was the sister-in-law of Elizabeth Cressett, sister-in-law of Thomas Whitton. The financial magnet attracting Shropshire families to those of the Kent borderlands was the latter’s interests in ironworks.

(‘1. Jn. Lutley of Bromecroft, gent., Nich. Leighton of the Cotes, gent., Hen. Whitton of Lamberhurst, Kent, gent., Fras. Holland of Burwardyne, gent. and Thomasyn his wife 2. Fras. Cressett of Upton Cressett, esq., and Edw. Cressett, gent., son and heir apparent of Fras. Cressett. A fine was levied (5460/3/10) for settling the manors and property to Fras. Cressett for his life, remainder to Edw. Cressett and his heirs forever, i. e. – the Manor of Upton alias Upton Cressett and lands and houses, etc. and the patronages in Upton Cressett, and all rights, etc. belonging to the Manor, late the property of Rd. Cressett, esq. decd. The capital messuage in Upton Cressett in which Fras. Cressett now lives, with lands belonging; Signed: John Lutley, Nycholas Leyghton, *Henry Whitton, F. Holland, mark of *Tomasin Holland. Jan. 23, 1605. 5460/3/11).

1.1.2.2.1.2.1.1.1.2.1.1. Robert Lutley, of Burwarton, m. Mary Holland, dau. of Francis Holland, whose br., Thomas Holland of Burwarton, was the husband of Alice Cocke, second-cousin of Richard Cocke of Bremo, 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. (‘Colonial Wills’, 1677-92, p. 68).
1.1.2.2.1.2.1.1.1.2.1.1.1. Anne Lutley, m. William Lewis, son of Jane Langford,* and step-uncle of Major William Harris.
1.1.2.2.1.2.1.1.1.2.1.1.1.1. Edward Lewis.
1.1.2.2.1.2.1.1.1.2.1.1.1.1.1. William Lewis, m. Elizabeth, dau. of Robert Woodson, a fellow patentee with William, son of Major William Harris.

1.1.2.2.1.2.2. Thomas Harris, b. ca. 1315. (Thomas, son of Henry (de Erdington). By 1363, he held a messuage and a noke of land at Wheatehall at the rent of 2s.
1.1.2.2.1.2.2.1. Thomas Harrys, b, ca. 1345.
1.1.2.2.1.2.2.1.1. “Thomas Harrys, the younger of Wheatehal”, b. ca. 1375.
1.1.2.2.1.2.2.1.1.1. Thomas Harrys, b. ca. 1410. “In 1453, the township of Wheathill presented that Thomas Harris, who held a messuage and half a yard land there, was dead. Eight years later (1461) his lands were surrendered to his son, William”.
1.1.2.2.1.2.2.1.1.1.1. John Harrys. In 1462, “John Harrys of Wheathall” had a grant from Sir Thomas Leighton of waste there called Woodlands
1.1.2.2.1.2.2.1.1.1.2. “William Harrys (b. ca. 1445), of Wheatehall”.
1.1.2.2.1.2.2.1.1.1.2.1. Elizabeth Harris, m. Thomas Holland.
1.1.2.2.1.2.2.1.1.1.2.2. John Harrys, d. 1525. John Harris, b. ca. 1475, m. Margaret Leighton, b. ca. 1491, dau. of Sir Thomas Leighton and his first wife, Anne Barker; his second being Elizabeth Devereux.
1.1.2.2.1.2.2.1.1.1.2.2.1. Richard Harris, b. ca. 1508, m. Eleanor Jennyns, dau. of Thomas Jennyns, of Wallybone, Salop.
1.1.2.2.1.2.2.1.1.1.2.2.1.1. John Harris, esq. (of Cruckton), b. ca. 1532, m. Eleanor, dau. Thomas Prowde/Pryde, of Shrewsbury, desc. of Roger Pryde: “Roger Pryde, a Burgess of Salop, holds Besford, a member of Schawbere, in Pymhull Hundred, under Matilda de Erdinton”. At the Assizes of October 1292, the Pimhill Jurors presented that “Henry de Erdinton, having been Tenant-incapite of the vill of Basseford, had sold it to Roger Pryde, to hold under himself” (and that) “Robert Corbet now held the vill.” (Mr. Eyton, 10, pp. 177-9).
1.1.2.2.1.2.2.1.1.1.2.2.1.1.1. Rowland Harris, of Ludlow, b. ca. 1560, d. 1605, m. (Sept. 14, 1595), *Jane Langford, bapt. Oct. 10, 1567. She m. 2. Edward Lewis.
1.1.2.2.1.2.2.1.1.1.2.2.1.1.1.1. 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. July 24, 1627: Thomas, s. Thomas Harris & Alice. It was this younger Thomas who his cousin and step-sister, Mary Harris Ligon, gave ‘the whole profits of the surveyor’s place’ in 1679.
1.1.2.2.1.2.2.1.1.1.2.2.1.1.1.2. John Harris, bapt. March 5, 1604, Ludlow. John Harris m. (1) Margaret Holland, in Ludlow, dau. of Roger Holland and Eleanor Lewis, who m. Jan. 13, 1598, in 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.

(Thomas and John Harris were first-cousins of Mary Harris (b. ca. 1615), who m. Fleetwood Dormer, b. May 21, 1616, son of Sir Fleetwood Dormer (obit. Feb. 1, 1638), and Mary Isham, aunt of Henry Isham, of Bermuda Hundred, Henrico Co. (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, to repeat, was Katherine Ligon, second-cousin of Thomas Ligon, whose son and namesake m. Mary Harris*).

1.1.2.2.1.2.2.1.1.1.2.2.1.1.1.2.1. *Mary Harris, bapt. April 3, 1625, Ludlow. In 1689, Mary (Harris) Ligon gave a deposition stating her age to be 64. “John Woodson, Sr. of Henrico Co. to Edward Lester, land next to Richard Cocke, next to land formerly William Harris’s on Curles Swamp, next to land given by *Thomas Harris to his (step) dau. Mary Ligon
1.1.2.2.1.2.2.1.1.1.2.2.1.1.1.2.2 .Major William Harris, bapt. January 13, 1627/8, in Ludlow. On June 22, 1663, he 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).

HOLLAND cont.

1.1.1. William Holland (b. ca. 1510), m. 1538, Alice Ditton, b. 1523, dau. of John Ditton, of Doddington (and Anna Broughton), son of Robert Ditton and Benedicta, dau. of William Morgan of Shropshire (Vis. Shrop. 1623, p. 250)
1.1.1.1. Francis Holland, b. 1544, in Burwarton, m. Thomasine, dau. of Robert Russell. The estate of Francis Holland, at Burwarton, was inherited by Thomas, son of Robert Lutley. His sister, Anne, m. (at Burwarton in 1634) William Lewis of Sutton (Diddlebury), the half-brother of Thomas Harris, b. 1603, and John Harris, b. 1604, his father, Edward Lewis of Sutton Magna having m. Jane Langford, the relict of Rowland Harris.
1.1.1.1.1. Mary Holland, m. (1), at Burwarton in 1605), Robert Lutley (fourth son of Adam Lutley of Bromcroft), who was buried at Burwarton in 1613, leaving a son and a dau. (2) At Burwarton in 1617, Charles Baldwin of Elsich.
1.1.1.1.1.1. Edward Baldwyn (b. ca. 1620), of Diddlesbury, d. 1683.
1.1.1.1.1.1.1. Charles Baldwin (b. ca. 1645), m. July 28, 1669, in Diddlesbury, Mary Baldwin.
1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1. Edward Baldwin Esq
1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1. Thomas Baldwin, bapt. Dec. 31, 1713, in Diddlesbury, d. bef. Oct. 21. 1767, Prince Edward Co., VA.
1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1. Caleb Baldwin.
1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2. William Baldwin, bapt. Jan. 10, 1719, in Diddlesbury. 1745: William Baldwin sells to John Baldwin, both of Amelia Co. Baldwin, William, Will 1760, Amelia Co.
1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.3. John Baldwin,* bapt. Feb. 28, 1720, in Diddlesbury. He, as his brothers, do not appear in any known subsequent record. his. Will was proved in Amelia Co., VA, Sept.. 27, 1770. He names his wife, Elizabeth; his sons: William Baldwin (eldest), John Baldwin; * George Baldwin, daus. Sarah Farley, Elizabeth Whitworth, Mary Smith, Martha Atkins, Edith, Prudence, and Lucy Baldwin. *July 22, 1797: Indenture betw. Thomas Elmore, Efford Bentley, William Wood, James Gills, Thomas Ligon, etc., of Amelia County, trustees of Ligons Town, sell to Levy Wright one lot situate in the above mentioned town. Wit. Richard Ligon, Thomas Ligon, *John Baldwin. (Amelia co., D.B. 20, pp. 303-4). These Ligons were sons of William Ligon III., d. bef. October 27, 1796, in Amelia County, son of Wiliam Ligon II, d. 1764, in Amelia County; son of Maj. William Ligon and Mary Tanner; son of *Colonel Thomas Ligon, son of Thomas Ligon and Mary Harris, bapt. April 3, 1625, in Ludlow.
1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.3.1. *John Baldwin. John Baldwin, Jr., P. vs. Edward Stuart, D. Upon an attachment obtained by the P against the D’s estate for five barrels of corn, to be settled at 18/ per barrel and his costs, the said D having privately absconded, so that the ordinary process of law cannot be served upon him – As above, except Sheriff served the attachment to John Farley, and summoned him to court. Farley’s debt to D was 26/. Court awards judgment to the P, and rules that the P recover the 26/ from Farley, towards satisfying this judgment (Amelia County Order Book, 38b, 1785).
1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.3.1.1. Agnes Baldwin, m. Ralph Harris, Dec. 16, 1790.
1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.3.1.2. Elizabeth Baldwin, sister of Agnes, m. Graves Harris, Nov. 20, 1787.

HOLLAND cont. again.

1.1.1.2 John Holland., enfeoffed at Lamberhurst, b. ca. 1545, m. Joyce Lutley, sister of Adam Lutley. Her Will was probated July 3, 1617: ‘Unto the poore people of the parish of Lamberhurst 10 shillings to be distibuted among them at the discretion of my executor on the daye of my buryall, unto John, David & Mary Holland, the sonnes & daughter of John Holland my sonne, 5 pounds each, when 21’.
1.1.2.1.1. John Holland Jr., of Lamberhurst, b. ca. 1570, m. Mary Barham. His Will was probated June 5, 1610.
1.1.2.1.1.1. David Holland,* b. ca. 1600, m. Ann Butcher: Thomas Butcher of Wadhurst, County Sussex, gent. Will pr. Sep. 15, 1646: ‘To my neices Marie and Elizabeth Butcher, daughters of my deceased brother John Butcher … To Marie, wife of William Lucke of Durgates … then to Thomas Luck her second son; if he should die before my neice, then to Marie his mother, then to his brother Richard,* then to his brother Edward, then to his sister Mary. To my neice Ann, wife of David Holland. (‘David Holland of Wadhurst, mercer, & Anne Burton of same, maiden: sureties, said D. H. and William Lucke of same, husbandman, Wadhurst”. To Anne and Elizabeth Delton, daughters of my uncle William Delton … To Margaret their sister, wife of Mr. Thomas Swanne, now resident in Virginia.

Assignment: By Courtesse Coell of London, gent., to Alexander Butcher of Wadhurst, yeoman, and Mary Burton of Wadhurst, widow,*Reciting that Nicholas Burton of East Bourne, gent., by virtue of a Lease dated 20 July, 39 Eliz. by Henry Blaxton, D.D., Chancellor of the Cathedral Church of Chichester and Parson of the parish church of Pevensey, to the said Nicholas Burton, was seised for the lives of the said Courtesse Coell, Thomas Burton and James Burton (sons of the said Nicholas) of all the Parsonage of Pevensey belonging to the said Chancellorship of Chichester, with all glebelands, tithes, fruits, oblations, &c. to the said parsonage belonging And the said Nicholas Burton by Lease dated the 25th July, 39 Eliz. – for £120 – leased to the said Courtesse Coell all the tithes, fruits, oblations &c. of the said parsonage for the term of 80 years, if the said Courtesse Coell, Thos. Burton and James Burton or any of them should so long live for the rent of £15 yearly. It was witnessed that the said Courtesse Coell – for £20 – assigned the last mentioned Lease to the said Alexander Butcher and Mary Burton
Witnesses:- Tho. Aynscombe, Tho. Houghton, Tho. Butcher, Roger Pettiward. Nov. 18, 1619. (E.S.R.O., SAS-B/323).

THE BURTON CONNECTION

1. Nicholas Burton of Eastbourne, gent. (He was a descendant of John Burton, of whom: John Burton, who m. Alice, dau. of James Tanke, of whom, two sons: (1) James Burton, of Eastbourne, in co. Sussex, who m. Alice Palmer, of Angmering, Sussex, parents of John Burton, of Eastbourne (d. 1586), who m. Grace, dau. of Sir Edward Capel. (2) Thomas Burton, father of the said Nicholas Burton. Arms: quarterly ar. and gu. four escallops, counterchanged. Quartering: ar. a cross tau. gu., in chief three chaplets vert. See Berry’s ‘County Genealogies’, p. 333, 1830).

1.1. James Burton.
1.2. Thomas Burton (b. ca. 1585), m. Mary Butcher (dau. of Alexander Butcher, June 12, 1610, in Wadhurst. She m. (2) Thomas Hudson, Sept. 25, 1628, in Wadhurst.
1.2.1. Elizabeth Burton (b, ca. 1611), m. Thomas Russell (b. ca. 1600), April 11, 1626, in Wadhurst. He was probably a brother of Richard Russell (probable sons of Thomas Russell, bur. in Wadhurst on Sept. 2, 1609), who m. Mary, who m. (2) John Burton*, recorded here: Thomas Wilding v. John Burton and his wife Mary, late wife of Richard Russell: Marriage portion of Elizabeth, natural daughter of Richard Russell, and late wife of the plaintiff; and a legacy left her by William Epps, her uncle. Sussex. 15 Chas 1. (E 134/15Chas1/Mich25).
1.2.1.1. Thomas Russell, bapt. March 9, 1628, in Wadhurst. (It is far from improbable that these Russells were of the Russell family, noted supra.).

1.2.1.2. Mary Burton (b. ca. 1612) , m. *Richard Luck, Nov. 8, 1631, in Wadhurst.
1.2.1.2.1. Edward Luck. Marriage settlement Edward Luck of Wadhurst, gent, to John Wells* otherwise Atwells of Wadhurst, butcher, and his daughter Elizabeth Wells of Wadhurst, spinster; EL to marry EW … lands formerly Anthony Reeve, gent), the moiety of which was purchased by EL’s father Richard Luck from Ann Burton … EL covenants to bequeath £100 to EW as jointure, and her father JW covenants to bequeath £100 to EW after the death of his wife Mary Wells. W: Richard Playsted, Edward Holland, Thomas Shorte. 1682. (E.S.R.O., AMS 1994).

1.2.1.3. Anne Burton (b. ca. 1616), m. *David Holland, Sept. 27, 1636, in Wadhurst.

1.2.1.4. *John Burton (b. ca. 1614), m. Mary, stepmother of Elizabeth, the niece of William Eppes, bapt. March 7, 1595, in Ashurst (ca. 8 miles from Wadhurst), brother of Captain Francis Eppes, father of Lt. Col. Francis Eppes II., who m. (2) Elizabeth, relict of William Worsham, by whom she had issue: Mary Worsham, wife of Richard Ligon, son of Thomas Ligon and Mary Harris.* By a first wife, Lt. Col. Francis Eppes II was the father of Colonel Francis Eppes III, who m. Ann, dau. of Henry Isham, supra, cousin of Fleetwood Dormer, whose second wife was the second-cousin of the said Mary Harris; and whose first wife was a second-cousin of Thomas Ligon, whose son and namesake m. the said Mary Harris.
1.2.1.4.1. John Burton, b. ca. 1637; d. April 1, 1690, in Henrico. He became known as ‘John Burton of Longfield‘; the locale of which is shown in the Perrin patent: ‘Richard Perrin, 740 ac., 1 R., 24 P., Henrico Co., N. side James Riv., May 13, 1673; 474 acs. called the ‘Worlds End’; from John Burton’s house down the riv. 12 poles below Cornelius’ Cr.’ This was not the ‘Longfield’ on the S. side of the James River, abode of a (first) Captain Thomas Harris, which was placed for sale in 1646 (see previous notes); he dying without issue, and which was sold as an escheat in 1700.

William Randolph (named as “friend” in the Will of Major William Harris), purchased, from the colonial government, the escheated lands of Nathaniel Bacon near John Burton’s ‘Longfield’, as shown in this deed: ‘Richard Ligon, of Bristol Parish, Henrico Co., is indebted to William Ligon, of Henrico Parish, and bound for 200 pounds Nov. 1, 1707 … The condition is that there is a parcel of land on north side of James River, between plantation called ‘Curles’ belonging to Col. William Randolph, and plantation of John Woodson where he lives, containing 200 ac. left to Mary Ligon by her (step) father Capt. Thomas Harris, dec’d.’ (B. 4, p. 4). This land, on Curles Swamp, was adjacent to that of Major William Harris: Henrico Co Wills & Dds. 1688-1697, p. 386: ‘John Woodson, Sr. of Henrico Co to Edward Lester, land next to Richard Cocke, next to land formerly William Harris’s on Curles Swamp, next to land given by Thomas Harris to his (step) da. Mary Lygon’. The Burtons continued to be involved in land transactions on the north side of the James River: Henrico Co. Will B. 6, p. 1777, Will of Benjamin Burton of Henrico Parish: To son John, and son Jesse, land I live on, 300 ac., divided between them on line from Col. William Randolph to Col. Eppes’ line.

1.2.1.4.1.1. Robert Burton, b. ca. 1660, d. 1724.
1.2.1.4.1.1.1. Robert Burton, 1688-March 30, 1748, in Goochland, m. Priscilla Farrar, as follows.

HOLLAND cont.

1.1.2.1.1.1.1. John Holland, b. ca. 1637, m. Anne Burton. Oct. 23, 1654: ‘John Baker of Mayfield, Esq., lord of the manor of Mayfield, to Gregory Dyne, Joseph Dunmoll, gent, Richard Lucke yeoman, David Holland mercer, John Barham of Shoesmiths gent, John Lucke, son and heir apparent of Richard Lucke; John Holland, son and heir apparent of David Holland’. (PAR/498/37/14). John Holland’s Will, proved May 17, 1675, mentions sons John and Edward. The overseers of his Will were Edward Burton, his br.-in-law, and Gregory Dyne (Dene).

1.1.2.1.1.1.1.1. John Holland, b. ca. 1660, m. Ann Mercer, Nov. 3, 1685, in Wadhurst. Mercer v Wells. Plaintiffs: Thomas Mercer. Defendants: *John Wells, supra, and Ann Wells his wife. Subject: personal estate of William Mercer, Farleigh, Sussex. 1654. (C 9/15/101). John Wells seems to have m. Ann Mercer, dau. of William Mercer, of Farleigh. Their dau., Elizabeth, bapt. July 4, 1654, in Wadhurst, m. Edward Luck, John Holland’s cousin. The estate of William Mercer seems to have been contested by his son, Thomas Mercer.

(Mr. Thomas Cocke,* 296 ac. on N. side of James River, April 20, 1687, p. 557, near Cedar br. and New Kent Road, etc. Granted Thomas Wells, Jan. 3, 1677, deserted. *He was named as a friend in the Will of Major William Harris.*

1.1.2.1.1.1.1.1.1. Michael Holland, gent. (b. ca. 1686-7), of Goochland. Sept. 28, 1732 Michael Holland of Hanover Co to James Breton of Henrico Co, for £20, 200a, part of 400 granted said Michael and William Ford by patent and divided by them. Land is bounded by Capt. John Woodson. Wit: Jno. Bowie, James Brewer, John Wheeler. Judith Holland, wife of Michael, appoints Francis Eppes of Henrico co., Gent. her attorney to relinquish her dower right, he being the son of Colonel Francis Eppes III, supra, and who m. Sarah, dau. of Richard Kennon and Elizabeth, dau. of William Worsham, supra.
1.1.2.1.1.1.1.1.1.1. George Holland.
1.1.2.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1. Mary Holland, m. Charles Burton. Marriages of Goochland Co., 1733-1815 (Williams), p. 12, Nov. 2, 1763: ‘Charles Burton and Mary Holland, dau. of George Holland. Sur. George Holland.

Charles Burton was b. in 1740, son of Robert Burton. Judith Payne dau. of Robert Burton, wife of George Payne,* makes affadavit as to his age, p. 11. *He was the son of a namesake and Mary, dau. of Robert Woodson, and sister of Elizabeth (Woodson) Lewis, kinswoman of *Major William Harris. Robert Burton m. (2) Priscilla, dau. of William Farrar III by his first wife, Priscilla Baugh. William Farrar’s second wife was Mary, dau. of Joseph Tanner, and relict of William Ligon, son of Thomas Ligon and Mary Harris, sister of Major William Harris.

SHROPSHIRE HOLLAND COUSINS

1.1.1.3. Thomas Holland, m. (in 1573), Alice, dau. of Thomas Cocke of Pickthorne, second-cousin of Richard Cocke of Bremo. The tustees of his marriage settlement were: John Purslowe, Esq., Robert Detton gent., John Doughty, and Robert Cocke gents, concerning the moiety of the Manor of Wheathill, etc. In 1598, he made a settlement of Pickthorne, leased under Purslowe of Sidbury, on his wife and sons Michael and John
1.1.1.3.1. Michael Holland, bapt. at Burwarton in 1584-5, of Pickthorne, m. (1), in 1611, Jane, dau. of Adam Detton.
1.1.1.3.1.1. John Holland, of Pickthorne, m. Dorothy Hill, of Bickley.
1.1.1.3.1.1.1. William Holland.
1.1.1.3.1.1.2. Thomas Holland.
1.1.1.3.1.1.3. Alice Holland (bapt. 1612-3), m. Francis Overton.
1.1.1.3.1. Michael Holland, m. (2) Ann …
1.1.1.3.1.1. Francis Holland (bapt. in 1633).
1.1.1.3.1.1.1. John Holland (bapt. in 1660).

1.1.1.3.2. Willam Holland (b. ca. 1575), m. Margaret, dau. of Thos. Smalman of Wildertop in Com. Salop Esq., reader ‘reader of the Inner Temple, and one of the Justices of the Council of the Marches of Wales.
1.1.1.3.2.1. Alice Holland, bapt. at Burwarton in 1607, m. there, in 1632, Thomas Harris, of Prescott (Baschurch).
1.1.1.32.2. Thomas Holland, aet. 21, 1623.
1.1.1.3.2.1. William Holland, ‘a Student in ye University & in ye Inns of Court’. He m. Elizabeth, a sister of Sir Edward Lutwich, Chief Justice of Chester & of the Councill in the Marches of Wales, and afterwards one of the 12 Judges of England.
1.1.1.3.2.2.1.1. Thomas Holland.
1.1.1.3.2.2.1.2. Lutwich Holland, bapt. at Ludlow in 1670; afterwards of Crotte (Co. Heref.).
1.1.1.3.2.2.1.3. Edward Holland, bapt. at Ludlow in 1672-3.
1.1.1.3.2.2.1.4. Elizabeth Holland, m. Thomas Frewen, of Brackley (Northants).
1.1.1.3.2.2.1.5. Lettice Holland, bapt. at Ludlow in 1664, m. John Harding, of Halse.
1.1.1.3.2.2.1.6. Mary Holland.

1.1.1.3.2.3. Rowland Holland, m. Margaret Walker, Sept. 29, 1636, in Ludlow. Smalman v Hill. Plaintiffs: Robert Smalman. Defendants: Thomas Hill, John Andros, Arthur Tully, Richard Skirme, John Davies, and Rowland Holland. Subject: money matters, Herefordshire. 1649. (C 10/3/140).
1.1.1.3.2.4. William Holland, m. Clemencia Reynolds, Nov. 20, 1635, in Ludlow.
1.1.1.3.2.4.1. William Holland, m. Joan Harris, Dec. 8, 1669, in Ludlow. She was undoubtedly of the same family as Major William Harris.
1.1.1.3.3. John Holland, m. (1) Mary Baldwin, Oct. 14, 1601.
1.1.1.4. George Holland, of Purslow, of Bal. Coll. Oxon, in 1583, aged 20, and of Clement’s Inn in 1595. He held an estate in Purslow (Clunbury), and was bur. at Clunbury in 1645, his Will being proved the following year (P.C.C. Twisse 41). He m. (at Tugford in 1595) Cecily, dau. of Adam Lutley, of Bromcroft, br. of Joyce Lutley.
1.1.1.4.1. Walter Holland, of Purslow, m. Elizabeth, dau. of Edward Lutwyche, and was bur. at Clunbury in 1649.
1.1.1.4.2. Sara Holland (bapt. in 1616), m. in 1643, Richard Higgins.

SUPPLEMENTAL NOTES concerning associated families

IN LUDLOW

1. William Walker, m. Elnor Pyke, Jan. 20, 1565.
1.1. Thomas Walker, bapt. Jan. 1, 1566 , m. Elisabeth Meredith, June 4, 1603.
1.2. Richard Walker, bapt. Sept. 20, 1578.
1.3. Henry Walker
1.3.1. William Walker, bapt. June 8, 1600. Plaintiffs: Anthony Cotterrell and William Ludlow. Defendants: Thomas Allen and Thomas Walker, and William Walker.
Subject: Lands called “Tersall Groves”. 1640. (C 10/40/82).
1.4. Roger Walker
1.4.1. Thomas Walker, m. Anne Geers, Dec. 20, 1641
1.4.2. John Walker, bapt. Dec. 3, 1608, m. Elizabeth Harman, Feb. 18, 1635.
1.4.2.1. John Walker.
1.4.2.1.1. William Walker, bapt. June 2, 1667, recorded in St. Peter’s Parish, New Kent Co. by 1698. His will was proved in 1723, with William Woodson and John Walker securities for Elizabeth Walker, executrix.
1.4.3. Margaret Walker, m. Rowland Holland, Sept. 29, 1636,

1. Richard ap Meredith.
1.1. Ales Meredith, m. John Tanner, Sept. 26, 1566.
1.2. Evan Meredith, m. Margaret Ellis, Feb. 2, 1572.
1.2.1. Elisabeth Meredith, m. Thomas Walker, June 4, 1603.
1.3. John Meredith, m. Elizabeth Lewis, Feb. 6, 1585.
1.3.1. Francis Meredith, bapt. May 24, 1595.
1.3.2. Evan Meredith, m. Margery Lewis, Nov. 19, 1624. She was bapt. July 7, 1594, dau. of Edward Lewis by his first wife. Her stepmother was Jane Langford, and she was the step-sister of John Harris, father of Major William Harris, and Mary (Ligon) Harris.
1.3.2.1. Thomas Meredith, b. ca. 1625. April 27, 1661: Thomas Meredith. 1370 ac. on the N. side of Chickahominy main swamp.
1.3.2.1. Thomas Meredith, b. ca. 1665. June 1733: Michael Holland ‘of Hanover’ 3450 ac. in Henrico on S. side Chickahominy Sw, crossing John Martin’s path and John Watson’s path; crossing Thompson’s lower & upper brs E side Merideth’s Br adj. Holland, Col. R. Thompson, Conway, Smith, Thos Merideth, and John Johnston. Part of grant to sd Holland 1727. 1689-1695: Thomas Cock*: Henrico Co: 816 ac. in the Parish of Varina S. side of Chickahominy main swamp, beg. At a corner oak belonging to the land known by the name of Oposum, now in possession of John Baxter. (Land Patents 8). *Thomas Cocke – named as “friend” in the Will of Major William Harris.

People can be identified from the genealogical ‘fog’ of early Virginia as children of repeated patterns of association. One perspective of this is to see this as a pyramid of association.

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