Time moves on, but it seems as if yesterday I was contacted by a member of ‘Harris Group 4’ regarding ongoing research about the origins of Harris families of Virginia. A concensus at this time was that one such family stemmed from a Captain Thomas Harris of “Longfield” on the S. of the James River; with him being from the Aylesbury district of Buckinghamshire, England. Another such assumed progenitor was Sergeant John Harris, believed to be of the Harris family of Crixse, Essex, with their link to Virginia being a supposed close familial connection to Sir Thomas Smythe (Smith), treasurer of the Virginia Company (1609-1620). This was the basis of much painstaking research into the Crixse Harris, with Harris researchers visiting England to examine records. At one point, the “Captain”, and the “Sergeant” were proposed as brothers from Crixse, who lived on the opposite side of the James River.

Constructs move on. Captain Thomas Harris of ‘Longfield’ was deceased by 1646 when his Crown lease of was placed for sale, with a later escheat record showing him not to have had heirs. His supposed son, Major William Harris, was almost certainly of Ludlow, Shropshire, where he was bapt. in 1627, and his sister, Mary, in 1625; the date given by Mary (Harris) Ligon in a deosition. This family had connections to the Ligons, and Mary and William were probably step-children of their uncle, Thomas Harris, and lived on Curles Swamp, on the N. side of the James River. Neither had inherited “Longfield”. Claimed ancestries from Major William Harris are more numerous than certain.

In the case of Sergeant John Harris, the clue to his ancestry was his daughter’s sale of land to Francis Derrick, who had familial connections to a Harris family from Blagdon, Somerset. As previous notes have detailed, this family were probably of the same ancestry as the Crixse Harris, that is, their earliest recorded ancestor was surnamed Salman/Salmon. Although it can be suggested he had male issue (see previous notes), a suggested line of continuation seems to come to a terminus.

The case for the ancestry of Thomas Harris, who died in 1729/30, is made hereinafter. He was a member of what is known as ‘Harris Group 4’, defined by DNA results: Men of this are members of the haplogroup I-Y23686, and, as Nick Wormley has pointed out, ‘there is so little variation among Harris 4 testees’ STR and SNP results suggests that their most recent common ancestor seems unlikely to have lived much earlier than about the 1500s‘.

There are a number of reasons why ‘John Harreys of Taunton’ was the most likely recent common ancestor of Harris Group 4 –

1. His d.o.b. matches the estimate given by recent developments in DNA analysis.
2. His place of residence was Taunton, ca. 8 mls from Wiveliscombe.
3. His family held lands in Glastonbury, the abode given for Richard Harris, who m. (1594) Elianor Bennett, in Wiveliscombe.
4. His family were of the same social class as the families they intermarried with; a prerequisite for such marriages.
5. His family’s wider connections (Alford/Bourne) were shared by the Harris family of Wiveliscombe, an example of a ‘continuation of association’, that underpinned the English kinship system.

1. ‘John Harreys of Taunton‘, clothier, b. ca. 1475, bur. Nov. 1, 1558. Taunton. Carter v Harreis. Plaintiffs: John Carter. Defendants: John Harreis, Elizabeth, his wife. Subject: A tenement called `Suthome,’ in Glastonbury, held on lease from defendants by plaintiff, Isabel, his wife, and John, their son, for their lives. 1515-1518. (C 1/400/2).
1.1. Thomas Harreis, leased lands in Greinton (juxta Glasonbury) of Glastonbury Abbey, in 1554. (C 78/13/43).
1.1.1. Thomas Harris, m. Johanne Gooch, Sept. 18, 1558, in Taunton.
1.1.2. John Harris, m. Agnes White, Sept. 1, 1560, in Taunton.
1.1.2.1. William Harris, m. Alice Christmas, Oct. 23, 1598, in Taunton.
1.2. Robert Harreys, b. ca. 1505. Harreys v The Mayor of London. Plaintiffs: Robert, son of ‘John Harreys of Taunton’. Defendants: The mayor, aldermen and sheriffs of London. Subject: Actions of debt by Robert Alford of London, draper, to whom complainant was apprentice, on bonds given by his father upon his apprenticeship and to secure his becoming a freeman of the City. Certiorari. London, Somerset. 1529-1532. (C 1/645/20). Robert Alford was originally from Aldford, Cheshire. He m. Anne, dau. and coh. of Edmund Brydges. Their sons were highly educated and held high office. One of whom, Roger Alford, b. by 1530, m. ca. 1560, Elizabeth, dau. and h. of Thomas Ramsey of Hitcham, Bucks., wid. of Nicholas Clerke, of North Weston, Oxon. Roger Alford’s stepson (Sir William Clerke) m. a dau. of Sir John Bourne, b. by 1518, prob. s. of Walter Bourne of Wick, Worcs. m. by 1546, Dorothy, dau. of Richard Ligon of Madresfield, Worcs., 2s. 3da. educ. L. Inn. Kntd. 2 Oct. 1553. ( P.W. Hasler, ‘Hist. Parl.’, 1981). The other coh. of Edmund Brydges, Katherine, m. William Sandys, 3rd Lord of The Vyne (d 1623).

BOURNE/HARREYS

1. …
1.1. Philip Bourne of Worcester.
1.1.1. Richard Bourne, merchant taylor of London and Wells, Somerset. He m. Sylvester Tybolde, who d. bef. Feb. 9, 1593, in Wells. Richard Bourne, Will pr. March, 1594. (23 Dixy). To be buried near my wife in the Cathedral of Wells. Gilbert Bourne (eldest son) to be Exr. To him the Demesnes of Wrodiscombe (Wiveliscombe), with the custody of the great house demised to me by my Reverend brother, Bishop Bourne.
1.1.2. Gilbert Bourne. Will proved Feb. 3, 1596: To be buried in Wells Cathedral near is wife. Son John Bourne; daus. Mary, Jane, Philippa; brothers John Bourne (Treasurer of Wells Cathedral) and Roger Bourne. He m. Eleanor Smith.
1.1.2.1. John Bourne, born in Wiveliscombe. Will proved Oct. 21, 1656. To be buried in Wells Cathedral near his ancestors. Eldest s. Roger, s. Henry, s. Gilbert, s. Thomas, younger sons under 16 years of age; daus. Mary, Phillippa, Silvestre, Jane, and Frances; sons in law Mr. Stanhope and Mr. Fleming; nephew Mr. William Wyke; sister Godwin.
1.1.2.1.1. Jasper Bourne, of Stanmore Magna, Midd., gent. Will Proved by John Bennett, May 4, 1636, naming son (in-law) “John Bennett of London, merchant” … “grandchildren, children of my daughter Elizabeth Bennett” … “my dau. Mary, wife of Edward Bennett, merchant”.
1.1.2.1.1.1. Elizabeth Bourne, m. John Bennett (br. of Edward).
1.1.2.1.1.2. Sylvester Bourne, m. William Hutchinson.
1.1.2.1.1.3. Mary Bourne, m. Edward Bennett, b. Feb. 2, 1578, in Wiveliscombe, d. bef. Sept. 30, 1664. Eleanor Bennett, sister of Edward, m. Richard Harris (Oct. 8, 1594), in Wiveliscombe.
1.2. Walter Bourne, of Wick, Worcs.
1.2.1. Sir John Bourne, escheator, Worcs. 1546-7; m. by 1546, Dorothy, dau. of Richard LIgon of Madresfield.
1.2.1.1. … Bourne, m. Sir William Clerke, stepson of Roger Alford, whose father’s apprentice was Robert Harreys, aforementioned.

 

EDWARD HARRIS, d. 1677.

1.2.1.William Harris, b. ca. 1535, m. Dorothy Westbrooke, on Aug. 31, 1562, in Wiveliscombe, Somerset.
1.2.1.1. Richard Harris, m. (1594) Elianor Bennett, in Wiveliscombe, Somerset, sister of Edward Bennett,* the Virginia coloniser.
1.2.1.1.1. Edward Harris, held land patented by his cousin, (Governor) Richard Bennett, on Nov. 4, 1642. This was adj. land held by Wm. Newsome, April 6, 1653, p. 51.
1.2.1.1.1.1. Edward Harris, d. 1677. The estate accounts of Edward Harris Jr. inc. “100. Payd Coll. Bacon for rent”, land bought from Thomas Harris, d. 1672, Edward’s second-cousin. Edward Harris was a son-in-law of George Hardy, whose wife, Mary Jackson, was a great-granddau. of Edward Bennett. George Hardy’s land bounded that of Nicholas Hill, who m. a dau. of the said Edward Bennett.

MARTHA HARRIS, m. John Jennings.

1.2.1.1.2. Robert Harris, m. Mary Crumpe, cousin of Richard Crump, b. 1628, sheriff of Bristol, merchant.
1.2.1.1.2.1. Martha Harris, m. John Jennings, of Bristol, merchant. His Will, rec. March 10, 1679, mentions daus. Martha and Mary, son John. Overseers, George Moore (probable br.-in-law of Edward Brantley Sr.), and George Moore’s cousin, Thomas Moore. John Grove of the cittye of Bristol, merchant, makes John Jennings of Isle of Wight County, Va., gent., his attorney to take possession of all his land and plantations in Virginia. (Davis, Surry Co. Records).
1.2.1.1.2.1.1. John Jennings, m. Mary Hill, dau. of Sylvester Bennett (dau. of Edward Bennett), and *Nicholas Hill. Claimed as a headright of Valentine Allen in Rappahannock, 1662. Their lands adjoined.
1.2.1.1.2.1.2. Martha Jennings, d. 1702, m. Thomas Thorpe Sr. (d. 1711, in IOW Co.), br. of Timothy Thorpe Sr., who had issue (1) Joseph Thorpe, father of Mary Thorpe, who m. James Barham. Their dau., Martha Barham, m. Joel Harris, son of John Harris and Avis White (granddau. of George Moore); son of Robert Harris, son of Thomas Harris, d. 1688.
1.2.1.1.2.1.2.1. Sarah Thorpe (by first wife), m. (1) William George. He was the son of John George (nephew of Thomas Harris, d. 1672), cousin of Thomas Harris, d. 1712; and (almost) certainly second-cousin of Thomas Harris, d. 1729/30.
1.2.1.1.2.1.2.2. John Thorpe, br.-in-law of William George, appraised of estate of Thomas Harris, d. 1729/30, with Edward Brantley, whose son, John, m. the relict.

THOMAS HARRIS, d. 1729/30.

1.2.1.1.3. Thomas Harris, m. Judith Blake, on Nov. 20, 1623, in Wivelscombe.
1.2.1.1.3.1. Thomas Harris, b. ca. 1625, d. 1672, in Virginia, cousin of Edward Harris, d. 1677; second-cousin of Thomas Harris, d. 1688. He was a business partner of Joseph Bridger and John Scott, in Bristol. (Bristol Record Office, Depositions*). He m. 1stly, Eleanor George, cousin of Rebecca George, mother of Joyce (2nd cousin of Thomas Harris, d. 1712), who m. Philip Brantley (son of Edward Brantley Sr.), grandfather of John Brantley, who m. the relict of Thomas Harris, d. 1729/30. Thomas Harris held 1,000 ac. in Nansemond in 1658, which was “by him deserted” and granted anew on July 6, 1668 to Joseph Bridger. (W&MQ, vol. 7, no. 4, 1899).
1.2.1.1.3.1.1. Thomas Harris, b. ca. 1655/60, d. 1712., m. istly …
1.2.1.1.3.1.1.1. Thomas Harris, b. ca. 1690/95. Will dated Dec. 25, 1729, rec. March 23, 1730, mentions son, Joshua, bequesting him “my plantation and all my land being 400 acres”; unborn child wife now goes with; wife Hannah Harris one half of balance of estate; brother Henry Harris; dau. Mary Harris.* Hannah Harris, m. (2) John Brantley, son of Edward Brantley.* On March 24, 1725, he is recorded as farming 290 ac. in IOW, adj. the Maherin River, and on both sides of Herbert’s Branch, adj. *Edward Brantley and Wm. Simmons. He witnessed the Will of John Scott, grandson of the business partner of Thomas Harris (d. 1672), and Joseph Bridger. (R. July 28, 1729, p. 171.

(*Rowland Searchfield released Col. Joseph Bridger of Virginia from all claims of three-eighths of a cargo of wines etc. shipped on the Success of London (master William Goodland) in 1654, to Virginia, in the presence of William Scott, Thomas Harris, Christopher Pitt, James Bridger. William Reaper. Thus, the witnesses, as partners, accounted for the remaining five eighths. William Scott was the father of a namesake, the father of John Scott, who m. Joan Tooke; dau. of James Tooke, son of Thomas Tooke).

1.2.1.1.3.1.1.1.1. Thomas Harris, b. ca. 1730, d. in 1761, m. Sarah Goodwin, dau. of Theophilus Goodwin and Elizabeth Wyche, granddau. of Col. Thomas Goodwin and Martha Bridger, dau. of the said Joseph Bridger. Elizabeth Wyche was the dau. of George Wyche, son of Henry Wyche, who m. Frances Edwards, half-sister of Judith Edwards, 2nd wife of Thomas Harris, d. 1712.

On Jan. 27, 1753, Thomas Harris of Granville Co. sold to his brother, Joshua Harris, of Southampton Co., “one certain tract or parcel of land of 290 ac. granted to Thomas Harris the elder by a patent dated March 24, 1725, and by the said Thomas Harris in his Will, dated Dec. 25, 1729, given unto the said Thomas Harris” (paraphrased), who died intestate bef. Feb. 1761 in Granville, Co. On which date an administrators bond was issued for the estate of Thomas Harris, which bound Theophilus Goodwin to make an inventory of the estate of Thomas Harris. Thomas Harris had lived with his step-father, John Brantley (Granville Co. Tax Lists, 1750). In the settlement his estate, his widow inherited 1/3, and his son, Solomon, inherited 2/3. The guardianship of Solomon Harris was confirmed on Aug. 13, 1772, when Bute Co. Court appointed Peter Goodwin, his uncle, and Theophilus Goodwin, his grandf.

1.2.1.1.3.1.1.1.1.1. Solomon Harris, b. ca. 1758, d. 1837, in Mecklenburg NC. Solomon Harris m. Millie Watkins, dau. of John Watkins and Lydia Gilliam.

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

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GILLIAM

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1.1.1. Hinchea Gilliam, b. ca. 1685, d. 1734, in Sussex Co., m. Fortune, dau. of Walter Flood.
1.1.2. Walter Gilliam, m. Sarah Foster.
1.1.2.1. Lydia Gilliam, b. ca. 1725, m. John Watkins. On July 11, 1765, “John Watkins, planter, and his wife Lydia”, in Southampton Co., sold 260 ac.to James Speed of the same county. (D.B. A, p. 256). Thomas Petty and wife *Mary (Harris) sold 235 ac. in St. John Parish, Bute Co., on the N. of Sandy Creek, adj. Lewis Brantley, part of a grant to Petty, of 470 ac. on Aug. 20, 1760. Wit. John Macklemore. (Bute Court, 1765).
1.1.2.1.1. Millie Watkins, b. ca. 1750, m. Solomon Harris, on March 11, 1778.
1.1.3. Fortune Gilliam, m. James Macklemore.
1.1.3.1. John Macklemore, m. a dau. of William Spence.*

1.2.1.1.3.1.1.1.2. Joshua Harris. His estate was appraised by Joshua Claud, Thomas Day* (of Bennett association), and Samuel Westbrooke, on June 14, 1770, p. 324. Joshua Harris witnessed the Will of Samuel Westbrooke, rec. Aug. 13, 1761, p. 390.

Joshua and Henry Harris appraised the estate of *William Spence, rec. July 12, 1759, p. 307, father-in-law of John Macklemore, pp. 215, 266, the son of James Macklemore, d. bef Feb. 13, 1732, in Bertie Co., and Fortune Gilliam.

The Gilliams were a Bristol family, as the Edwards, Hunts, and Harris (in a trading sense).

1.2.1.1.3.1.1.2. *Henry Harris, witnessed the Will of John Edwards (from IOW Co.), a Justice in Bertie Co. in 1739. N.C. R. March 7, 1750, p. 306. He was the grandson of Thomas Edwards, br. of Robert Edwards, father of Judith Edwards, who m. Thomas Harris, almost certainly as 2nd wife; step-mother of Thomas and Henry Harris.

This was the Henry Harris associated with the Brantley/Norwood families: 1. Henry Norwood, bur. April 10, 1618, Dunster, Somerset, 10 mls N. of Wiveliscombe, abode of the Bennett/Harris families. 1.2. Richard Norwood. 1.2.1. William Norwood, bapt. Sept. 6, 1619, in Dunster, d. 1702, in Virginia. 1.2.1.1. Richard Norwood (4th son) – appraisal by Edward Brantley, Oct. 25, 1731). Richard Norwood was the husb. of Elizabeth, whose estate was appraised by by Henry Harris and Thomas Cook (rec. Jan. 28, 1733, p. 386); the latter’s Will was witnessed by John Brantley (rec. Nov. 22, 1736, p. 186); who m. the relict of Thomas Harris, d. 1729/30, and the son of the said Edward Brantley. The Brantleys were tenants of the Norwoods in Gloucestershire. (Manor of Cheltenham estate accounts).

1.2.1.1.3.1.2. John Harris, b. ca. 1665, d. 1713. John Scott, son of William Jr., witnessed a deed of March 26, 1711 (with William Bridger, son of Joseph Bridger Sr.), whereby John and Thomas Harris of the Upper Parish, sons of Thomas, d. 1672, divided the land they held in jointure, that being 250 ac. inherited from their father, and 115 ac. they had acquired from Joseph Bridger.
John Harris had m. a dau. of Francis Hobbs. Thomas Harris, d. 1688, held land in lower par. IOW Co. on borders of Blackwater to the bottom of Pig Neck (B. 7, p. 510), which had been granted to Mr. John Seward, on April 16, 1648, who had patented land in 1638 “upon Warresquioke River”, against the land of Nathaniell Floyd, whose widow m. Francis Hobbs, whose dau. m. John Harris. His Will, rec. May 25, 1713, was witnessed by his sister-in-law, Judith; his overseers were the said John Scott, and Mathew Jordan,* the stepson of William Rose Jr.

1.2.1.1.3.1.2.1. Isabel Harris, b. 1696, m. Nicholas Fulgham, grandson of a br. of John Fulgham: Mr. Jno. Marshall, 700 ac. IOW, July 12, 1665, p. 252 … beg. at lower cor. tree of Capt. (John) Fulgham’s land, extending down Sw. to land of Tho. Harris (d. 1672). John Fulgham was overseer of the Will of Thomas Harris, 1688.

JORDAN

1.Thomas Jordan Sr. m. Lucy (Corker) Rose. She m. (2) William Rose Jr., brother of (1) Jane Rose, who m. (1) Richard Avery; who departed from Bristol, in 1665. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, vol. 1, p. 56: Capt. Anthony Fulgham, 1600 ac. IOW, July 12, 1665, for transportation of 30 people, inc. Richd. Avery. (B. 5, p. 253; (2), after 1685, Edward Booky. (2) Ann Rose, m. Thomas Flood Jr., the first-cousin of Fortune Flood, wife of Hinchea Gilliam, whose br., Walter, m. Sarah, dau. of John Foster; their dau., Lydia, m. John Watkins; their dau., Millie, m. Solomon Harris, grandson of Thomas Harris, d. 1729/30.
1.1. Thomas Jordan Jr., m. Margaret Brasseur.
1.1.1. *Mathew Jordan, b. Jan. 1, 1676, in Chuckatuck, d. Sept. 2, 1747, in IOW.
1.1.2. Richard Jordan, b. Aug. 6, 1670, in Chuckatuck, d. Oct. 29, 1723, in IOW.
1.1.2.1. Richard Jordan, b. 1710, in Chuckatuck, d. Feb. 3, 1781, in IOW.
1.1.2.1.1. William Jordan (by second wife, Elizabeth), b. ca. 1745, m. Sarah, dau. of William Chapman and Mary Crocker, relict of Henry Tynes (son of Robert Tynes, and Mary, dau. of Theophilus Joyner,* and sister of Elizabeth Tynes, m. Thomas Day,* who appraised the estate of Joshua Harris, son of Thomas Harris, d. 1729/30. As follows, Mary Harris, granddau. of Thomas Harris and Judith Edwards, sold her inheritance (from her great-grandfather) to Robert Tynes.*

That Thomas Harris and Judith Edwards had issue, Benjamin Harris, who had issue, Mary Harris, is not in doubt. However, to use her inheritance from her great-grandfather, Robert Edwards, as ‘proof’ that Thomas Harris had no sons, by a marriage prior to that with Judith Edwards, is without basis. On Dec. 7, 1758, Mary Harris of Newport Parish, Isle of Wight Co. deeds all her interest in some land to Robert Tynes,* of the same parish and county. Witnesses: Joseph Bridger IV., great-grandson of Joseph Bridger I., business partner of Thomas Harris, d. 1672. Joseph Bridger was the half-brother of James Bridger,* who m. Susan, dau. of Thomas Tynes, br. of *Robert Tynes. Brewer Godwin, great-grandson of Thomas Goodwin and Martha, dau. of Joseph Bridger I.

Essentially, the familial ‘connections’ of Thomas Harris, son of Thomas Harris, d. 1729/30, stemmed from Thomas Harris, d. 1672, and his son, Thomas Harris, d. 1712. Judith Edwards would not necessarily devise lands to (of age) stepsons, but, rather, to a ‘son and heir at law’, following the English custom. Her ‘heir at law’ (by Thomas Harris), was Benjamin, who was in receipt of his maternal grandfather’s lands, which devolved to his ‘heir at law’, Mary. They were not the lands of Thomas Harris, Judith’s husband. His lands, in part, devolved to his son, Thomas Harris, d. 1729/30, who farmed 290 ac. in IOW, on the Maherin River and both sides of Herbert’s Branch, adj. William Simmon’s line, on March 24, 1725.

TYNES/JOYNER/HUNT/EDWARDS

1. Timothy Tynes.
1.1. *Robert Tynes, b. ca. 1720 in IOW, d. bef. 1794, m. (ca.. 1745) Mary, dau. of Theophilus Joyner and his 2nd wife, Henrietta Griffen.
1.1.1. Elizabeth Tynes, m. *Thomas Day, whose Will was proved Oct. 1. 1772, witnessed by his brother, John Day. Thomas Day appraised the estate of Joshua Harris, as given, son of Thomas Harris, d. 1729/30. Thomas Day sold land to John Westbrooke, d. 1761, p. 391, br. of Samuel, aforementioned.
1.1.1.1. James Bennett Day, b. ca. 1763.
1.1.2. Jean Tynes, m. Charles Fulgham Jr., ca. 1773.
1.1.3. Henry Tynes, d. bef. Sept. 2, 1779, m. Sarah, dau. of William Chapman and Mary Crocker, after Feb. 15, 1774. He was still alive in 1776, when he witnessed a deed of sale from John Bennett to his brother, Timothy Tynes. Sarah m. (2) William Jordan.
1.2. Thomas Tynes, m. Susanna, widow of *James Bridger, Dec. 6, 1784.

JOYNER

1. Thomas Joyner,* “late servant and attorney unto Edward Robins, merchant, deceased” – Affidavit of Edward Bennett, who owned lands in IOW, gave affidavit in High Court of Admiralty, London August 24, 1635, asserting that goods returned from Virginia on the “Revenge” belonged 1/2 to Edward Robins and 1/2 to Edward Bennett. Thomas Joyner m. Sarah, dau. of Robert Edwards (and Mary Hunt), and sister of Judith Edwards, who m.Thomas Harris, d. 1712, son of Thomas Harris, d. 1672, and half-sister of Frances Edwards, who m. Henry Wyche, great-grandparents of Sarah Goodwin, who m. Thomas Harris, son of Thomas Harris, d. 1729/1730.
1.1. Bridgeman Joyner – guardian of an orphan of Thomas Harris, d. 1688.
1.2. Theophilus Joyner.*

HUNT/EDWARDS

1. William Hunt.
1.1. Michael Hunt, soapmaker, of Bristol.
1.2. Joseph Hunt, he and br. Michael held land in Jamaica. Abstract of the title of Joseph Hunt of Port Royal, Jamaica, merchant, to lands in Jamaica, Nov. 21, 1662. (Brist. Arch., AC/WO/16/1). These lands were part of the “Spring Plantation”, owned by John Elbridge, br.-in-law of Thomas Moore.
1.3. Mary Hunt, m. Robert Edwards, as his 2nd wife. She m. (2) (Owen Griffin, having issue: Ann Griffin, who m. Thomas Drake. Her Will of 1727 gave her son-in-law, Thomas Drake, her whole estate. She m. (3) William Boddie (d. 1712), who, by a 1st wife, Anna, had issue: Mary Boddie, who m. John Browne.
1.3.1. Judith Edwards, m. (1) Thomas Harris, as his 2nd wife. (2) John Clarke. Thomas Harris was the son of Thomas Harris, d. 1672, and Eleanor George.
1.3.2. Sarah Edwards, m. *Thomas Joyner.

 Robert Edwards, m. istly, Judith Burton. “Robert Edwards who died intestate leaving three daughters to whom the said land descended, one of which said daughters intermarried with Thomas Harris and departed this life leaving issue, Benjamin Harris her son and heir at law, who also departed this life leaving issue, the said Mary Harris, party of these presents, his daughter and heir who inherited one third part of this land.” (D.B. 10, pp. 31-32). One third devised to Frances Edwards, half-sister of Judith Edwards, who m. Henry Wyche, the br. of George Wyche, whose dau., Elizabeth, m. Theophilus Goodwin; their dau., Sarah, being the wife of Thomas Harris, son of Thomas Harris, d. 1729/30.

WYKE

1. Henry Wyke.
1.1. Henry Wyke, bapt. July 16, 1664, in Bridgewater, Somerset (ca. 12 miles fr. Wiveliscombe), m. Frances Edwards, sister-in-law of Thomas Harris, d. 1712, and step-aunt of his children by a first wife.
1.1.1. George Wyke, b. ca. 1685, step-cousin of such children.
1.1.1.1. Elizabeth Wyke, m. Theophilus Goodwin.
1.1.1.1.1. Sarah Goodwin, m. (her kinsman), Thomas Harris, son of Thomas Harris, d. 1729/1730, son of Thomas Harris, d. 1712, and a first wife. Thomas Harris m. Judith Edwards after 1701, when he would have been ca. 45 years of age, making him an exception of this time if not having married a first wife by the age of 30.

ELIZABETH HARRIS, dau.-in-law of Robert Lancaster Sr.

1.2.1.2. William Harris.
1.2.1.2.1. Richard Harris, bapt. Jan. 28, 1595, “son of William”. (“Harries”). Richard Harris. May 9, 1637: Thomas Hampton 700 acs. Up. Co. of New Norf. “In Nansamund Riv., E upon same , W into the woods, S. upon two small Indian feilds near adj. unto Powell’s Cr. & Nly. downward the sd. river” (p. 56), for transp. of Richard Harris, Elizabeth Harris, Elizabet White, John White,* et al. Thomas Harris, obit. 1672: March 2, 1658: ‘Thomas Harris, 1000 ac., IOW Co. Upon a swamp running into the W. branch of Nansamond Riv., including 2 Indian fields.
1.2.1.2.1.1. John Harris,* bapt. Feb. 18, 1624, “son of Richard”.
1.2.1.2.1.1.1. Elizabeth Harris, b. ca. 1662, m. Samuel Lancaster, son of Robert Lancaster Sr. and Sarah, widow of her 2nd husband, Richard Bennett Sr. (second-cousin of Thomas Harris, d. 1672.

THOMAS HARRIS, d. 1688.

1.2.1.2.1.2. Thomas Harris, d. 1688, second-cousin of (1) Edward Harris, d. 1677, (2) Martha Harris/Jennings, mother of Martha Jennings/Thorpe; great-aunt of Mary Thorpe, who m. James Barham;* (3) Thomas Harris, d. 1672, whose family were Quakers, attending meetings at Chuckatuck in Nansemond Co. Thomas Harris was also the cousin of John Harris, whose dau. m. Samuel Lancaster, son of Robert Lancaster Sr. and Sarah, widow of her 2nd husband, Richard Bennett Sr., d. 1710; second-cousin of Thomas Harris, d. 1672. Richard Bennett’s first wife was Anne, who was, circumstantially, Charles Barham’s sister (see Douglas Richardson, ‘Plantagenet Ancestry’).
1.2.1.2.1.2.1. Robert Harris. His descendants had strong links to the Lancasters. Rec. March 14, 1760: Charles Harris, warrant of 450 ac. in Granville Co., adj. Jones Corner and Wades line. Witnesses: William Hurst, Lawrence Lancaster; one of many examples.
1.2.1.2.1.2.1.1. John Harris, m. Avis White, dau. of Thomas White and Ann (dau. of *George Moore), and cousin of the wife of Francis England.
Thomas White was almost certainly of the family of *John White, who, on July 4, 1649, patented land in IOW Co., “on a swamp running on to black water”, “on the easternmost branch pointing to Chipoaks”, later assigned to Francis England, July 26, 1652, p. 110.
1.2.1.2.1.2.1.1.1. Harmon Harris, appraised the estate of James Lancaster, with John Williamson, rec. Oct. 16, 1797, p. 15.
1.2.1.2.1.2.1.1.2. Joel Harris, m. Martha Barham, in Southampton Co.
1.2.1.2.1.2.1.2. Robert Harris, Jr., d. 1772/3, lived on the south of the main Blackwater Swamp, next to the lands of Arthur and Joseph Williamson.
1.2.1.2.1.2.1.3. Joseph Harris.
1.2.1.2.1.2.1.3.1. Martha Harris, d 1797, m. Moses Lancaster, son of Lawrence Lancaster.
1.2.1.2.1.2.1.4. Ann Harris, d. 1839, m. Francis Riggan, b. March 7, 1764 in Bute, NC.

THOMAS HARRIS, d. 1668.

1.2.1.2.2. William Harris, headright of John Moone (IOW, in 1637), whose dau. Mary Moone, m. Thomas Greene;* his sister m. Anthony Fulgham, of Pitminster, Somerset; their son, Nicholas Fulgham, was the grandf. of a namesake, who m. Isabel Harris, b. April 17, 1695, dau. of John Harris (by his 2nd wife), son of Thomas Harris, d. 1672. Nicholas Fulgham Sr. was the br. of John Fulgham, who appraised the estate of Thomas Harris, d. 1688.
1.2.1.2.2.1. Thomas Harris, ca. 1630-1668. Thomas Harris to wife Alice Harris. May 1, 1668. Power of Attorney. These p’sents witnesseth that I Thomas Harris planter in the Isle of Wight doe appoint and authorize my well beloved wife Alce Harris my true and lawfull attorney. Wit. John Flower, and John Harris* (his second-cousin), father of Elizabeth Harris, supra.
1.2.1.2.2.1.1. William Harris. On Jan. 4, 1685, he and wife Mary Harris sold William Newsum 220 ac. now in the tenure of *Mr. John Harris, being part of his father’s grant of 850 acs. in Surry Co., Feb. 13, 1657 (p. 168), on the south side of James River and N.W. & S.E. sides of the head of the Sunken Marsh, above and below the mill, northerly on the Rich Neck and land of Robert Webb and Mr. Edward’s lands (Thomas Edwards, supra), Easterly on William Carter, Southerly on Chipoaks Path to the mill and on *Mr. Green’s land. 300 ac. granted unto Mr. Jno. Holmwood, on Oct. 1650, and by Holmwood assigned to said Harris, and 550 ac. for transportstion of 11 persons. John Holmwood’s wife was the second-cousin of Theoderck Bland, whose br., Thomas, was the br.-in-law of Sylvester Bennett, mother of Mary Hill, mother of Martha Jennings, wife of Thomas Thorpe Sr., etc.

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