The case for the ancestry of such Virginia settlers as Thomas Harris, d. 1672, Thomas Harris, d. 1688, and Thomas Harris, d. 1629/30, is made hereinafter.

They were of different branches of the same family, from Wiveliscombe, Somerset, England, descendants of William Harris, b. ca. 1535, who m. Dorothy Westbrooke, on Aug. 31, 1562.
They were part of an English kinship group, based on intermarriages between the same families over successive generations, resulting in a multitude of cousinships; the ‘mesh’ which protected families from the turbulent events of English history, and the harsh realities of the Virginia frontier.

In a world devoid of ‘social security’, any marriage that did not add to a family’s economic stability was a threat, and the greatest dread of the ‘middling order’ was to be plunged into the ranks of the wage labourer. The major theme of all Jane Austen’s novels was that of advantageous marriage.

Overarching the basic model of kinship as a “social-economic enterprise” was the relationship of families to the dominant family or families within their group. Powerful families provided the economic ‘umbrella’ under which others operated, and to which all others aimed to be closer through the strategy of intermarriage.

In the case of this Harris family, their intermarriage with the Bennetts (from whence Governor Richard Bennett), enable them to climb the ladder of social and economic advantage – in Darwinian term, the “ladder of survival”. All “good marriages” benefited all branches of a family, with them also becoming attractive marriage propositions.

The key to identifying a group of Harris as a singular entity is the continuation of associations in Virginia stemming from Elianor Bennett, of Wiveliscombe, sister of Edward Bennett, marrying Richard Harris (son of William Harris and Dorothy Westbrooke), and a son of theirs, Thomas Harris, marrying Judith Blake. The Blake and westbrooke associations permeated through successive generations of Harris in Virginia.

The Harris family of Wiveliscombe and Virginia can be divided into two broad groups, ‘a’ and ‘b’, stemming from the two sons of William Harris and Dorothy Westbrooke, William and Richard, with each group having successive sub-divisions.
The following genealogical table is a précis of what is described in detail, as follows, as a quick guide to relationships which were of a very complex nature.

GROUP A
1. William Harris, m. Dorothy Westbrooke.
1.1. William Harris.
1.1.1. Richard Harris.
1.1.1.1. John Harris, b. 1624.
1.2.1.1.1.1.1. Elizabeth Harris, m. Samuel Lancaster.

1.1.2. William Harris, headright of John Moone in 1637. John Pitt (the son of Robert Pitt, of IOW, and br. of Hester, wife of Joseph Bridger Sr.), m. Sarah , dau. of John Moone.
1.1.2.1. Thomas Harris, ca. 1630-1668.
1.1.2.1.1. Robert Harris Sr., d. 1740.
1.1.2.1.1.1. John Harris, m. Avis, dau. of Thomas White, and grandau. of George Moore.
1.1.2.1.1.1.1. Joel Harris, m. Martha Barham.
1.1.2.1.1.2. Robert Harris Jr., d. 1772/3.

1.1.2.1.2. Edward Harris.
1.1.2.1.2.1. West Harris.
1.1.2.1.2.2. Nathaniel Harris.

GROUP B
1.2. Richard Harris, m. (1594) Elianor Bennett, sister of Edward Bennett, the Virginia coloniser.
1.2.1. Edward Harris, held land patented by his cousin, (Governor) Richard Bennett, on Nov. 4, 1642, adj. land held by Wm. Newsome, April 6, 1653, p. 51.
1.2.1.1. Edward Harris, d. 1677. He held land adjacent Nicholas Hill, and formerly that of Thomas Harris, d. 1672.

1.2.2. Robert Harris (d. bef. 1659), m. Mary Crumpe, cousin of Richard Crump, sheriff of Bristol. William Lacey leased James Tooke 500 ac. on the east side of Lawne’s Creek, on Oct. 1646, James Tooke to Robert Harris, “all my right and title to this lease”.
1.2.2.1. Martha Harris, m. John Jennings Sr, of Bristol, merchant, d. 1679; overseer: George Moore. John Jennings was an overseer of the Will of Thomas Harris, d. 1672.
1.2.2.1. John Jennings Jr., m. Mary Hill, dau. of Sylvester, dau. of Edward Bennett, and Nicholas Hill, whose land was adj. that of Edward Harris, d. 1677.
1.2.2.1.1. Martha Jennings, d. 1702, m. Thomas Thorpe Sr. (d. 1711), br. of Timothy Thorpe Sr.; great-grandfather of Mary Thorpe, who m. James Barham. Their dau., Martha Barham, m. Joel Harris.
1.2.2.1.1.1. John Thorpe (br.-in-law of William George, nephew of Thomas Harris, d. 1672), appraised of estate of Thomas Harris, d. 1729/30.

1.2.3. Thomas Harris, m. Judith Blake, on Nov. 20, 1623, in Wivelscombe. A descendant of her nephew, Thomas Blake, sold to Joshua Claud, on March 8, 1753, 290 ac. adj. on the N. of Cocklin’s Pocoson and sd. Claud. Wit. John Person, Thomas Day, and Joshua Harris.* (pp. 463-466).
1.2.3.1. Thomas Harris, b. ca. 1625, d. 1672, in Virginia, a business partner of Joseph Bridger Sr. and John Scott Sr., in Bristol. He held 1,000 ac. in Nansemond in 1658, which was “by him deserted”, and granted anew on July 6, 1668, to Joseph Bridger. He m. (1) Eleanor George, cousin of William George.
1.2.3.1.1. Thomas Harris, b. ca. 1655, d. 1712. He would have been of full age when he and his half-br., John, bought land from Joseph Bridger (in 1679) that had been that of their father. Consequently, it would be rational to assume he had a first wife before marrying Judith Edwards, after 1701.
1.2.3.1.1.1. Thomas Harris, b. ca. 1685. His Will was dated Dec. 25, 1729, and rec. March 23, 1730. He witnessed the Will of John Scott (rec. July 28, 1729), grandson of the business partner of Thomas Harris, d.1672, and Joseph Bridger Sr. John Scott m. Joan, dau. of James Tooke, son of Thomas Tooke, associated with Thomas Harris, d. 1672.
1.2.3.1.1.1.1. 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.
1.2.3.1.1.1.1.1. Solomon Harris, b. ca. 1758, d. 1837. The test results for a descendant (Family Tree DNA) are a near perfect match with Harris Group 4 males – a group of present-day Harris males who share an almost identical DNA profile.
1.2.3.1.1.1.2. *Joshua Harris. His estate was appraised by Samuel Westbrooke, on June 14, 1770, p. 324. As given, this Harris family stemmed from a Westbrooke ancestress.

There are a number of reasons why ‘John Harreys of Taunton’ was the most recent ancestor of this Harris family of Wiveliscombe.
*His place of residence was Taunton, ca. 8 mls from Wiveliscombe.
*His family held lands in Glastonbury, the abode given for Richard Harris, who m. (in 1594) Elianor Bennett, in Wiveliscombe.
*His family were of the same social class as the families they intermarried with; a prerequisite for such marriages.
*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.

JOHN HARREYS OF TAUNTON
1. “John Harreys of Taunton”, clothier, b. ca. 1475, bur. Nov. 1, 1558, in Taunton. He is witnessed here: 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 (by 1551) in Greinton (6 miles from Glastonbury), of Glastonbury Abbey. (C 1/1228/15-18). The village was situated each side of the Glastonbury – Taunton road.
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).

BOURNE AND HARREYS
1. …
1.1. Philip Bourne, of Worcester.
1.1.1. Richard Bourne, merchant taylor of London, and Wells, Somerset; m. Sylvester Tybolde, who d. bef. Feb. 9, 1593, in Wells. His Will was 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 my wife”. He named son, John Bourne; daus. Mary, Jane, Philippa; brothers John Bourne (Treasurer of Wells Cathedral), and Roger Bourne.
1.1.2.1. John Bourne, born in Wiveliscombe. Will proved Oct. 21, 1656. “To be buried in Wells Cathedral near my ancestors”. He named sons Roger, Henry, Gilbert, 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. His sister, Eleanor,* m. Richard Harris (Oct. 8, 1594), in Wiveliscombe.
1.1.2.1.1.3.1. Sylvestra Bennett, bapt. Oct. 25, 1630, in St Olave, London, d. Jan. 9, 1707, m. Nicholas Hill. An overseer of his Will was John Jennings Jr. Witnessess: John Newman (br.-in-law of Thomas Harris, d. 1672), and Mary Davis. Rec. Oct. 20, 1675. The estate of Edward Harris, d. 1677, owed money to Mary Davis.
1.1.2.1.1.3.1.1. Mary Hill, d. bef. Dec. 31, 1695, m. John Jennings Sr., d. bef. June 9, 1698.
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, sister of William Ligon, who m. Eleanor Dennis.
1.2.1.1. … Bourne, m. Sir William Clerke, stepson of Roger Alford, whose father’s apprentice was Robert Harreys, aforementioned.

THE BENNETT CONNECTION
Edward and Eleanor Bennett were siblings of Thomas Bennett and John Bennett:
1. …
1.1. Thomas Bennett, bapt. April 2, 1570.
1.1.1. Thomas Bennett, bapt. Nov. 5, 1603, m. Agnes Beard, July 17, 1623, and was the headright of his br., Richard, in 1636.
1.1.2. Governor Richard Bennett, bapt. Aug. 6, 1609, d. 1675, in Virginia; his Will bequesting: “To William Yearret of Pagan Creek and to the wife of Mr. Thomas Taberer, to each of them two thousand pounds of tobacco”. Thomas Taberer’s dau., Ruth, m. John Numan, br-in-law of Thomas Harris, d. 1672.
1.1.2.1. Ann Bennett, m. (2) Theoderick Bland, whose br., John, m. Sarah Green, dau. of Giles Green and Elizabeth Hill, of Poundsford Park, Pitminster; her family the landlords of the Fulghams. Their son, Giles Bland, was a participant in Bacon’s Rebellion, for which he was executed. (See Browne Willis, Notitia Parliamentaria, pt. II, 1750. Warren M. Billings, Encyclopedia Virginia).
Giles Bland’s attorney was Robert Kae (of Bristol), p. 98, son-in-law of George Bechinoe, whose father, Edward, appraised the estate of Edward Harris, d. 1677, with Richard Corsey, whose Will, rec. May I, 1679, was witnessed by Thomas Moore, the first-cousin of George Moore, grandfather of the wife of a grandson of Thomas Harris, d. 1688, as follows.
1.2. John Bennett, b. March 1, 1566, m. Elizabeth Bourne, as given.
1.2.1. Thomas Bennett, b. ca. 1590, listed in the 1624 census on the south of the James River, near Lawne’s Creek. In that year, Elizabeth Pierce, dau. of his wife Alice, chose her stepfather, Thomas Bennett, as her guardian.
1.2.1.1. Richard Bennett, d. 1709. His first wife was (circumstantially) Anne, who was Charles Barham’s sister (see Douglas Richardson, ‘Plantagenet Ancestry’). His second wife, Sarah, m. Robert Lancaster, as follows.
1.2.1.1.1. Richard Bennett.
1.2.1.1.1.1. William Bennett.
1.2.1.1.1.1.1. Ann Bennett, a beneficiary in the Will of Mathew Fones (1704), witnessed by Philip Pardoe, who witnessed the Will of Martha, wife of Edward Harris, d. 1677. Mathew Fones witnessed the Will of Martha’ father, George Hardy (1704). Philip Pardoe’s wife was Jane, dau. of John George, and cousin of the first wife wife of Thomas Harris, d. 1672.

What follows contains much repetition, reflecting the repetitive nature of intermarriages within English kinship groups.

HARRIS cont.
1.2.1. William Harris, b. ca. 1535, m. Dorothy Westbrooke, on Aug. 31, 1562, in Wiveliscombe, Somerset, 9 miles from Taunton. He would have witnessed the bitter conflicts between Catholic and Protestant factions of the gentry; probably the defeat of the Spanish (Catholic) Armada in 1588, when, distinct from Hollywood versions of history, the Catholic half of England were praying for a Spanish invasion. He certainly married into a yeoman family, and was probably of one himself, being skilled in animal husbandry and cereal crop farming. He was a part of a upwardly mobile group, including the Bennetts, whose farming profits enabled them to venture in to the merchant trades of Bristol. He would have spoken a Somerset ‘drawl’ of elongated vowels, using a vocabulary long lost to us. Dorothy, his wife, would have had all the practical skills associated with farming – bread, butter, and cheesemaking. She would have been a brewer of strong cider.
1.2.1.1. William Harris, br. of Richard Harris, as follows.
1.2.1.1.1. Richard Harris, bapt. Jan. 28, 1595, “son of William Harries”. Harreys, Harreis, and Harries were commonly used variants at this early period.
1.2.1.1.1.1. John Harris,* bapt. Feb. 18, 1624, “son of Richard”.
1.2.1.1.1.1.1. Elizabeth Harris, m. Samuel Lancaster, son of *Robert Lancaster Sr., as follows.
1.2.1.1.1.1.2. John Harris. On Nov. 9, 1708, Samuel Lancaster was granted the administration of the estate of John Harris, his br.-in-law. It cannot be determined if John Harris had issue.

1.2.1.1.2. 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.
1.2.1.1.2.1. Thomas Harris, ca. 1630-1668. “Thomas Harris to wife Alice Harris. May 1, 1668, power of attorney” witnessed by “Jno Harris”* (his second-cousin).
1.2.1.1.2.1.1. 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 County, Feb. 13, 1657 (p. 168), on the south side of James River & 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, 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 & 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, kinswoman of the Harris family of Wiveliscombe.

LANCASTER
1. Robert Lancaster Sr., bapt. Jan. 26, 1634, in Bruton, Somerset, the son of “Robert Langcaster”, who m. Susannah Penny, on Oct. 1, 1632.
1. John Penny, bapt. April 6, 1561
1.1. John Penny, bapt. Jan. 27, 1583/4, m. Katherine Shephard, Jan. 23, 1608/9; she was bapt. March 21, 1592/3, dau. of Nicholas Shephard and Katherin Colborne, who m. Oct. 5, 1590
1.1.1. John Penny, clerk, bapt. Dec. 30, 1612, “s. of John P”.
1.1.1.1. “Penny, James, s. John, of Bruton, Somerset, sacerd. Christ Church, matric. 14 July, 1665, aged 15; B.A. 1669, M.A. 1672, chaplain to the Earl of Warrington, vicar of Great Budworth, Cheshire, 1682, until his death in 1694”. (Foster’s Index Eccl.).
1.1.2. Susannah Penny, m. “Robert Langcaster’, Oct. 1, 1632; he bur. Oct. 3, 1674.
1.1.1.1.2.1. “Robert Lankester”, bapt. Jan. 26, 1634, m. (ca. 1660) Lettis … (He was the br. of “John Lanchaster”, bapt. Nov. 17, 1639; “Thomas Langcaster”, bapt. Apr. 14, 1643; and “Richard Lancaster”, bapt. Feb. 26. 1645/6).
1.1.1.1.2.1.1. Samuel Lancaster, b. ca. 1663, m. Elizabeth Harris.
Robert Lancaster probably m. (1), a sister (Lettis) of Thomas White, whose Will was proved Sept. 4, 1694 (“Mr. Robert Lancaster to have the care of my son Thomas and daughter Mary and their estate”). (2) Sarah widow of her 2nd husband, Richard Bennett Sr., second-cousin of Thomas Harris, d. 1672. Thomas White’s widow m. (2) Thomas Edwards. “A commission of administration is granted William Edwards (as greatest creditor) of the estate of Thomas White, deceased (with the Will annexed), the said Will being proved in Court by the oath of Mr. John Thompson and ordered to further proved at the next court … the said Edwards giving security according to law. Robert Lancaster,entering himself in Court security for William Edwards due performance of his administration on the estate of Thomas White with annexed is accepted and ordered that they give bond accordingly”.

WHITE
Although the origins of Thomas White cannot be known, his family would certainly have been of the same social class as the Lancasters and Bennetts, and may have been of a family from the same area, and known to them, a social norm concerning marriages of this time; thus, a reasonable suggestion is as follows:

1. John Sydenham purchased the manorial rights of Dulverton manor (12 miles from Wiveliscombe), from William Babington in 1568. He was a descendant of John Sydenham, who owned the manor of Sterte, one mile south of Dulverton , in 1320. Christopher Harris, joint deputy vice-admiral of Devon during the 1590’s, m. (2), a dau. of Sir John Sydenham (relict of John Fitz, son of John Fitz Jr), of Brinton, Somerset, and Alice Hoby, the relict of Sir Henry Knyvet, of Chotleton, in Wiltshire.
1.1. Humphrey Sydenham.”Inquisition post mortem of Humphrey Sydenham concerning the manors of Bathealton held of Dunster, Poleshill, Houndsmoor and Dulverton. He died 26 March 1625 and his son and heir John was 35″. (Somerset Record Office, DD\L/P7/24).
1.1.1. John Sydenham (b. 1590), eldest son and heir, d. without male children, m. Margery, dau. of Sir Anthony Paulett (1562–1600), of Hinton St George, Somerset; sister of (1) John Paulet, 1st Baron Paulet (1585–1649); (2) Captain Thomas Paulet, who, on Jan. 15, 1637, received a patent for some 2,000 ac. on Westover Plantation, he beqeathed to his brother, Sir John Pawlett, who sold it in 1665 to Theodrick Bland, husband of Ann Bennett, as given, and close kinsman of the Harris family of Wiveliscombe and Virginia.
1.1.2. Rev. Humphry Sydenham, 1591–1650, “Royalist Divine” known as “Silver-Tongue Sydenham”, Rector of Puckington and Oldcombe, Somerset; m. Mary Cox, dau. of William Cox of Crookhern, Somerset. Thomas White, vicar of Monksilver, held that office of the patronage of Rev. Humphry Sydenham, invariably, from some familial connection. Thomas White, son of the vicar, bapt. Feb. 25, 1635/6, may have been the br.-in-law of Robert Lancaster.
1.1.2.1. Roger Sydenham, m. Joan, relict of John Catford Sr. (d. 1634), father of Dorothey Catford:
1. Thomas White, cleric, m. (1) Dorothey Catford, Nov. 24, 1634. The Catfords were a substantial family of yeomans, tenants of the Sidenhams: Catford v Sidenham. Plaintiffs: John Catford. Defendants: John Sidenham. Subject: manor of Dulverton, Somerset. 1617-1621. (C 3/303/3).

He appears to have been “Thomas White, Clerk of Monksilver”, whose Will was probated om May 16, 1648, naming two sons, John and Thomas, who were to receive £20 when reaching the age of 21.
Monksilver is ca. 12 miles N.E. of Dulverton, and 5 miles due N. of Wiveliscombe, both being connected by the then “old road”. Monksilver manor was leased, from 1567 until 1716 to the Sydenhams. (B.L. Harl. MS. 79, f. 23; St. George’s Chapel, Windsor, MSS. XV. 27. 34, 37; XV. 50. 6). The Sydenham family presented (between 1572 and 1711), the advowson of the church. (S.R.S. xiii. 56; lx, p. 83; Som. Incumbents, ed. Weaver, 402–3; St. George’s Chapel, Windsor, MS. XV. 50. 15). Thomas White m. (2) Merabbe …

1.1. Thomas White, bapt. Feb. 25, 1635/6, d. 1694, in Virginia, it is suggested.
1.1.1. Thomas White, b. ca. 1665, m. a dau. of George Moore, of Bristol, husband of Jane Barcroft, whose family held land in Chard, 28 miles from Dulverton.
1.1.1.1. Avis White, b. ca. 1690, m. John Harris, grandson of Thomas Harris, d. 1688. The Harris and White families were probably those who lived within walking distance (betw. Wiveliscombe and Monksilver), in Somerset.
1.1.1.2. Thomas White; his land on the Blackwater bounded those of William Lancaster, grandson of Robert Lancaster Sr., and inheritor of his lands.
1.2. “Lettis” White, m. Robert Lancaster Sr., who m. (2) Sarah widow of her 2nd husband, Richard Bennett Sr., second-cousin of Thomas Harris, d. 1672.

EDWARDS
1. Robert Edwards.
1.1. Robert Edwards, m. Mary, sister of Michael Hunt, soapmaker, of Bristol.
1.1.1. Judith Edwards, m. Thomas Harris, almost certainly as 2nd wife.
1.2. Thomas Edwards, m. (1) Elizabeth, dau. of William Newitt, (2) the widow of James Piland Sr.
1.2.1. Mr. Thomas Edwards, m. (1) a dau. (Mary, Sarah, or Anne) of Michael Hunt, in whose Will, probated June 12, 1684, he is designated as “cousin”, and overseer. Thomas Edwards was a business partner of John Clarke in Bristol. (Bristol Arch., ref. 046, 1684). (2) The widow of Thomas White.
1.2.2. Mr. William Edwards (“William Edwards, Bristol merchant, destination Virginia”), granted granted 290 ac. in Lower Par. of Surry Co., on heads of Blackwater branches … adj. *Mr. Richard Bennett (April 23, 1688, p. 214), kinsman of Thomas Harris, d. 1672. Mr. William Edwards, granted 410 ac., in Lower Par. of Surry Co., on E. of Greene’s Swamp, on Oct. 20, 1691, p. 204. Granted John Clarke, April 24, 1684, by him deserted. William Edwards claimed the headrights of Richard Holloman, and Thomas Harris (d. 1712), son of Thomas Harris, d. 1672.

LANCASTER cont.
1.1.1. Catherine Lancaster, m. Joseph Crocker; Will R. Feb. 5, 1761, appraised by Thomas Holleman.
1.1.1.1. Jesse Crocker, witnessed the Will of his uncle, John Holloman.
1.1.2. Martha Lancaster, m. John Holloman, son of Christopher Holliman Jr. Sept. 25, 1739: “From Christopher Holliman of Bartee precinct, NC, and John Holliman of Newport parish in IOW, to Arthur Crocker of same, 300 ac. on the E. side the main Swamp, bounded by the mouth of the Fishing Branch, the head of the Miery Branch”, p. 413.

1.2. Robert Lancaster, Jr.
1.2.1. William Lancaster, m. Mary Moreland. He was willed his grandfather’s plantation on Blackwater Swamp. His wife, Mary, was given the administration of his estate on Jan. 21, 1740. The plantation was bounded by Blackwater Swamp, and lands of Thomas White (son of Thomas, d. 1694), and John Champion. (D.B. 3, p. 10).
1.2.1. Lawrence Lancaster, m. Mary Williams. He sold to Len Henley Bullock, 330 ac. on Fishing Creek, Elbe’s Branch, “where I now live adj. West Harris“. (Bute (Warren) Co., NC. Book A, p. 77. R. Jan. 23, 1765). The last will and testament of Lawrence Lancaster was proved in open Court by the oath of James Harris, and Lawrence Lancaster Jr. (Aug. 28, 1792, ibid., p. 230). Warren Co. Court Minutes, Feb. 17, 1780, p. 16: Ordered that Matthew Harris be overseer of the road form the Fork of Bobbitt’s Road to the Creek below Nathaniel Harris,  and the land of Lawrence Lancaster, Joseph Harris,* Charles Harris, and James Harris.
1.2.1.1. Lucy Lancaster (1743-1826), m. Britton Williford.
1.2.1.2. Moses Lancaster (d. 1793), m. Martha Harris, d 1797, dau. of Joseph Harris, son of John Harris, and Avis, dau. of Thomas White, and grandau. of George Moore, of Bristol.
1.2.1.2.1. James Lancaster.

THOMAS HARRIS, d. 1688.
1.2.1.1.1.2. Thomas Harris, ca. 1630-1688. He 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 (of Bristol, and Hemington, Somerset), on April 16, 1648, who had patented land in 1638 “upon Warresquioke River”, against the land of Nathaniell Floyd, whose widow m. Francis Hobbs (b. in 1624, in Tetbury, Gloucestershire), whose dau. m. John Harris, son of Thomas Harris, d. 1672. Nathaniel Floyd’s headright was Mathew Tomlin; his land being adj. that of Thomas Harris, d. 1688: B. 7, p. 299 – Mathew Tomlin, 1227 acs., Low. Par. of IOW Co., on brs. of the Blackwater, Apr. 27, 1686.
1.2.1.1.1.2.1. Robert Harris Sr., d. 1740. On April 20, 1715, he aquired 150 ac. from his br. Edward Harris, on the south side of the main Blackwater Swamp, beginning at the fork of Warrick Branch. His descendants, and those of his brother, Edward, had strong links to the Lancasters.
1.2.1.1.1.2.1.1. John Harris, m. Avis, dau. of Thomas White, and grandau. of George Moore, of Bristol. On Sept. 25, 1663, George Moore was claimed as a headright of John Harvey (who was patenting along the Carolina border – Nugent, I, 191, 427 – the son-in-law of James Tooke, whose Will was witnessed by Thomas Carter (Feb. 1, 1659), the son-in-law of George Moore. In 1675, George Moore was the bondsman for Sarah Bressie, relict of John Bressie, whose estate was appraised by Thomas Moore, p. 132
1.2.1.1.1.2.1.1.1. Harmon Harris, appraised the estate of James Lancaster, with John Williamson, rec. Oct. 16, 1797, p. 15.
1.2.1.1.1.2.1.1.2. Joel Harris, m. Martha Barham, in Southampton Co. She was the great-great granddau. of Charles Barham, whose sister was the first wife of Richard Bennett, close kinsman of the Harris family of Wiveliscombe and Virginia.

BARHAM, BENNETT, HARRIS, AND THORPE
1. Richard Bennett, d. Dec. 9, 1709 Surry Co., m. (i) Ann Barham, sister of Charles Barham. (2) Sarah, who m. (2) Robert Lancaster.
1.1. Susannah Bennett, m. Daniel Lewis.
1.1.1. Mary Lewis, m. (as his second wife), Thomas Thorpe Sr.

1. Joseph Thorpe, m. Dorothy, dau. of Timothy Fenn, Sr.
1.1. Thomas Thorpe (d. 1711) , m. (1) Martha Jennings, d. 1702, sister of John Jennings, husband of Mary Hill, dau. of Sylvester Bennett. He m. (2) Mary Lewis, granddau. of Richard Bennett.
1.1.1. Sarah Thorpe (by first wife), m. (1) William George, son of John George, and nephew of Thomas Harris, d. 1672.
1.1.2. John Thorpe, appraisee of estate of Thomas Harris, d. 1729/30, grandson of Thomas Harris, d. 1672.

1.2. Timothy Thorpe Sr.
1.2.1. Timothy Thorpe Jr., witnessed (with Nathaniel Ridley Jr.), the Will of Edward Harris Jr., grandson of Thomas Harris, d. 1688, rec. Sept. 22, 1740, which named sons, Joel, Amos, and Hardy.
1.2.1.1. Joseph Thorpe. Southampton Co. Court Order Book 1768 – 1772: John Ferguson was appointed guardian to orphans of Joseph Thorpe: John, Ann, Mary Harris, Nathaniel, p. 307.
1.2.1.1.1. Mary Thorpe, m. James Barham; b. 1730, d. June 1, 1791.
1.2.1.1.1.1. Martha Barham, m. Joel Harris.

HARRIS cont.

1.2.1.1.1.2.1.2. Robert Harris Jr., d. 1772/3, lived on the S. of the main Blackwater Swamp, next to the lands of Arthur and Joseph Williamson. “Robert Harris and wife Ann of North Carolina to Burwell Williamson of Southampton Co.”. Deed of Bargain & Sale, proved Oct. 11, 1759: “125 acres adj. John Harris”. (D.B.2, 1753-1760, pp. 289-290).
1.2.1.1.1.2.1.3. Joseph Harris.
1.2.1.1.1.2.1.3.1. Martha Harris, d 1797, m. Moses Lancaster, son of Lawrence Lancaster.
1.2.1.1.1.2.1.4. Charles Harris, d. Nov 4, 1786.
1.2.1.1.1.2.1.5. James Harris.
1.2.1.1.1.2.1.6. Michael Harris.
1.2.1.1.1.2.1.7. Ann Harris, d. 1839, m. Francis Riggan, b. March 7, 1764 in Bute, NC.

1.2.1.1.1.2.2. Edward Harris.
1.2.1.1.1.2.2.1. West Harris.
1.2.1.1.1.2.2.2. Nathaniel Harris.
1.2.1.1.1.2.2.3. James Harris, Will dated April, 10, 1800. B. 11, p. 44.
1.2.1.1.1.2.2.3.1. Henry Harris.
1.2.1.1.1.2.2.3.2. Claiborne Harris.
1.2.1.1.1.2.2.3.3. Pegram, H. Harris.

RICHARD HARRIS
1.2.1.2. Richard Harris, m. (1594) Elianor Bennett, in Wiveliscombe, Somerset, sister of Edward Bennett, the Virginia coloniser, as given.
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.

ROBERT HARRIS
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, 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, as given.
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., as given heretofore.
1.2.1.1.2.1.2.1. To repeat, 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
1.2.1.1.3. Thomas Harris, m. Judith Blake, on Nov. 20, 1623, in Wivelscombe. Judith Blake’s nephew, Thomas, held land in Virginia adj. that of Edward Brantley Sr. Simply put, Edward Brantley Sr. very likely 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 of Edward Champion (the br.-in-law of Thomas Blake, neighbour of Edward Brantley Sr. in Virginia, and cousin of Thomas Harris, d. 1672, whose estate was ‘secured’ by the said Edward Brantley, and John Newman, the br.-in-law of the said Thomas Harris. Thus securities were provided within a kinship setting, and associations were repeated over successive generations.

BLAKE
1.Thomas Blake Sr., bapt. 1626.
1.1. Thomas Blake, bapt. Feb. 2, 1649, d. 1709, IOW, m. Alice Champion, dau. of Edward Champion and Elizabeth Atkins, and sister of Phyllis Fort, m. to Elias Forte. (The Will of Thomas Moore, dated Sept. 28, 1696 (B. 2, p. 371), ‘imprimis, I give to Edward Champion Jr. (wife of Thomas Moore’s granddau), my land I bought of Edward Cobb to hold to him and his heirs forever’. Wit. Thomas Giles, Phillip Brantly, John Bell (husband of Ann Bennett). April 10, 1704: Deed of Thomas Blake Jr. of Upper Par., to son William Blake and Mary his wife, 100 ac. in Upper Parish, IOW Co. (Alice Blake signs dower) Wit: Thos. Tooke Jr., John Smith, p. 653.
1.1.1. William Blake, Will probated 1746, in IOW, m. Mary Sessums, dau. of Nicholas Sessums* (headright of Arthur Allen, transported from Bristol, between 1663-1679 . (“Bristol and America”, p. 117).
1.1.1.1. William Blake, member of Granville Co., NC militia, in 1755. Newitt Drew and wife Mary to Jeremiah Drew (Oct. 10, 1765, p. 396), 300 ac. on W. side of Angelica Swamp adj. Thomas Williamson, William Blake, Abraham Johnson, and Nathaniel Ridley, S. Newitt Drew and Mary Drew.
1.1.1.1.1. William Blake, d. 1798, fought at Valley Forge.
1.1.1.1.2. Sessums Blake. Thomas Baron Jr. of Edgecombe Co. to John Myrick, dated Jan. 31, 1749, 50 ac. on N. of the Maherrin River adj. William Lee and John Peterson. Wit: Daniel Barron, Newitt Drew, and Sessums Blake, pp. 93-96.
1.1.1.2. Thomas Blake. Thomas Blake to Joshua Claud, March 8, 1753, 290 ac. adj. on the N. of Cocklin’s Pocoson and sd. Claud. Wit. Thomas Blake, John Person, Thomas Day, and Joshua Harris. (pp. 463-466).

Thomas Day to son-in-law, Thomas Francis, Aug. 14, 1760, 243 ac. adj. Richard Taylor, side of Cocke’s Swamp, Joshua Claud, Thomas Blake. Wit. Thomas Day. Thomas Blake, Will R. Feb. 12, 1789. Wit. Burwell Westbrooke, p. 296. Thomas Day was the son of a namesake, son of James Day and Mary Bland, dau. of Thomas and Mary (Bennett) Bland; and nephew of Silvestra Hill.
1.1.1.3. Mary Blake, m. William Pope, son of Henry Pope, and br. of Jane Braswell. William Pope, of the Parish of St. Luke … exs. wife, and friend, Simon Harris. Wit. Rebecca Harris. R. Feb. 12, 1789, p. 294. John Harris, leg. sons Drew, Nathan, and John. Exs., son Nathan, and Edward Drew. Wit. Simon Harris. R. Dec. 13, 1764.
1.1.1.4. Hannah Blake, m. Joshua Claud.
1.1.1.5. Benjamin Blake, m. Martha Jones.
1.1.1.5.1. Martha Blake, m. Elisha Cain, son of William Cain and Sarah Braswell, dau. of James Braswell.

THOMAS HARRIS, d. 1672
1.2.1.1.3.1. Thomas Harris, b. ca. 1625, d. 1672, in Virginia. He was a business partner of Joseph Bridger and John Scott, in Bristol. Bristol Record Office, Depositions: “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).

He m. (1) Eleanor George, cousin of Rebecca George, mother of Joyce, 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).

Joseph Bridger (April 29, 1631 – April 15, 1686), m. Hester Pitt. His Will was proved May 8, 1686, bequesting 850 ac. in the Upper Parish betw. the lands of Thomas Tooke. William Tooke, b. 1626, by deposition given on Nov. 29, 1672, sold 900 ac. in IOW Co. on Jan. 3, 1661, land patented by James Tooke on Nov. 11, 1640. His Will (rec. Feb 8, 1675), names wife Jane, step-dau. of William Ridley. “Mr. Charles Barham” Exor, Thomas Harris (d. 1672), and Thomas Tooke (br. of William), overseers, witnessed the Will of William Ridley, who was the br. of Elizabeth Ridley, Charles Barham’s wife. Charles Barham’s sister m. Richard Bennett, d. 1710 (second-cousin of Thomas Harris, d. 1672). William Ridley was the br. of Nathaniel Ridley, husband of Elizabeth Day, granddau. of Mary Bennett, kinswoman of Thomas Harris, d. 1672. Nathaniel Ridley’s son, Nathaniel Ridley Jr., witnessed the Will of Edward Harris Jr., grandson of Thomas Harris, d. 1688.

THOMAS HARRIS, d. 1712
1.2.1.1.3.1.1. Thomas Harris, b. ca. 1655, d. 1712., m. (1), it is suggested, Hannah Browne, as follows: (1) aunt of Mary Browne, who m. John Drake, son of Ann Griffin and Thomas Drake; Ann Griffin being the uterine half-sister of Judith Edwards (2nd wife of the said Thomas Harris). (2) Cousin of Jane Browne (m. 1st., Robert Spencer and 2nd., Thomas Jordan), the former being “friend” of Thomas Harris, d. 1672.

Thomas Harris would have been of full age when he and his half-br., John, bought land from Joseph Bridger (in 1679) that had been that of their father. Consequently, it would be rational to assume had a 1st wife before marrying Judith Edwards, after 1701.

John and Thomas Harris, “365 ac., Upper Parish of IOW Co.; on N. side of the Ashen Swamp, near the head and on west side of Seaward’s Creek, April 20, 1685, p. 441. 250 ac., part granted Nathaniel Floyd, Nov. 20, 1637, and conveyed to said Harris’ father by Captain Francis Hobbs and his wife, who was the relict and administratrix of said Floyd, Jan. 13, 1659; and among other lands found to escheate; granted to Honorable Colonel Joseph Bridger, July 22, 1678, who sold to said John and Thomas Harris the Feb. 6, following” (1679).

Thomas Harris is recorded as attending Quaker meetings at Chuckatuck with his br., John, William Simmons (neighbour of Thomas Harris, d. 1729/30), and Thomas and Mary Tooke.

John Scott 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.

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: (1) 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. 2) 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.

THOMAS HARRIS, d. 1729/30
1.2.1.1.3.1.1.1. Thomas Harris, b. ca. 1685; Will dated Dec. 25, 1729, rec. March 23, 1730, mentions: son, Joshua, bequesting him “my plantation and all my land being 400 ac. … unborn child wife now goes with (Thomas) … wife Hannah Harris one half of balance of estate … brother Henry Harris; dau. Mary Harris”.

He witnessed the Will of John Scott (R. July 28, 1729); b. in 1682, grandson of the business partner of Thomas Harris, d.1672, and Joseph Bridger.

John Scott m. Joan, dau. of James Tooke, son of Thomas Tooke, associated with Thomas Harris, d. 1672. To repeat: “Mr. Charles Barham” Exor, Thomas Harris (d. 1672), and Thomas Tooke overseers, witnessed the Will of William Ridley, who was the br. of Elizabeth Ridley, Charles Barham’s wife. Charles Barham’s sister, Ann, m. Richard Bennett, second-cousin of the said Thomas Harris. Richard Bennett subsequently m. Sarah, second wife of Robert Lancaster Sr.

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 his estate. Thomas Harris had lived with his step-father, John Brantley (Granville Co. Tax Lists, 1750). In the settlement of 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 near perfect match with Harris Group 4 males. (A group of present-day Harris males who share an almost identical DNA profile).

1.2.1.1.3.1.1.1.2. Joshua Harris. His estate was appraised by Joshua Claud, Thomas Day, and Samuel Westbrooke, on June 14, 1770, p. 324. Joshua Harris witnessed the Will of Samuel Westbrooke, rec. Aug. 13, 1761, p. 390. As given, this Harris family stemmed from a Westbrooke ancestress.

WESTBROOKE OF WIVELISCOMBE AND VIRGINIA
1.…
1.1. John Westbrooke, m. Margaret Davie, Sept. 19, 1573.
1.1.1. John Westbrooke, m. Christian Gille, June 9, 1600.
1.1.1.1. John Westbrook, b. 1601.
1.1.1.1.1. John Westbrooke, bapt. Feb. 16, 1623.
1.1.1.1.1.1. John Westbrook – appraisal by Nathaniel Ridley Jr., who as given, with Timothy Thorpe Jr., witnessed the Will of Edward Harris Jr., grandson of Thomas Harris, d. 1688.
1.1.1.1.1.1.1. James Westbrooke (Will rec. April 13, 1749). James Westbrooke and wife Diana to John Thorpe (Jan. 9, 1764, pp. 258-9), 200 ac. adj. Edward Mathews, Schoolhouse Branch.
1.1.1.1.1.1.2. Thomas Westbrooke. Henry Westbrook and wife Priscilla to William Taylor (Jan. 17, 1764, pp. 259-62), 470 ac. on S. side of Three Creeks adj. Henry Ivey and Burwell Atkinson (patent to Thomas Westbrook, father of sd. Henry, on May 19, 1757 and by sd. Thomas a gift to sd. Henry on Jan. 12, 1759). S: Henry Westbrook and Priscilla Westbrook, W: James Ridley.

HARRIS cont.
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; step-mother of Thomas and Henry Harris. 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.

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).

THE MOORE CONNECTION
1. Edward Moore.
1.1. Thomas Moore.
1.1.1. Thomas Moore (b. 1632), m. Elizabeth, dau. of Giles Elbridge, security given by George Moore* and Mr. Edward Brantley.
1.1.2. Priscilla Moore, m. Edward Champion. Thomas Blake (neighbour of Edward Brantley Sr. in Virginia, and cousin of Thomas Harris, d. 1672), m. a sister of Edward Champion.

1.2. George Moore, d. Aug. 11, 1643; m. Magdalena.
1.2.1. George Moore.
1.2.1.1. Ann Moore, m. Thomas White, nephew, it is suggested, of Robert Lancaster Sr., by his first wife, who m. (2) the relict of Richard Bennett Sr.
1.2.1.1.1. Avis White, m. John Harris, son of Robert Harris, son of Thomas Harris, d. 1688.
1.2.1.2. Eleanor Moore, m. Richard Piland, the son of James Piland, bapt. on Aug. 30, 1604, in St Mary’s Le Porte, Bristol.
1.2.1.2.1. James Piland, appraised the estate of John Brantley, on April 26, 1725.
1.2.1.2.1.1. James Piland, m. Elizabeth Brantley, dau. of Phillip Brantley (son of Edward Brantley Sr.) and Joyce Lewis; dau. of Rebecca, dau. of John George, br. of Nicholas George, father-in-law of Thomas Harris, d. 1672, whose estate was appraised by Edward Brantley Sr.
1.2.2. Magdelena Moore, m. Thomas Carter, son of Thomas Carter and Eleanor Cooke, relict of William Groves (of Bristol); whose estate appraisal was by John Harris, Edward Brantley Sr., and Elias Fort.

1.3. Katherine Moore, m. (2) Robert Flake.
1.3.1. Katherine Flake, m. (1) William Evans, who witnessed the Will of Edward Brantley Sr. Katherine Pierce, exrs of Wm. Evans, aged 25, said that her former husband Wm. Evans said that 400 ac. belonged to James Benn. Thomas Pierce and Kath. his wife deed the said 400 ac. to James Benn. Thomas Moore said that he wrote Wm. Evan’s will and that he gave his remaining land at Kinsale to his son, Thomas Evans.
1.3.2. Robert Flake, m. Margaret Marriot.
1.3.2.1. Alice Flake, m. William Gwaltney.
1.3.2.1. Anne Gwaltney, m. John, son of Edward Boykin Sr. Their dau., Anne, may have m. Robert Harris. IOW. D.B. 5, p. 252: “Edward Boykin of NC to Robert Harris Jr. of IOW for 5lbs about 50 ac, on S. of Balckwater, and bounded on east side by Berbeckew branch, line between Robert Harris Jr. and part of patent of 325 ac granted to he said Boykin, Aug. 1731.

JOHN HARRIS
1.1.3.1.2. John Harris, b. ca. 1660, d. 1713. To repeat: John Scott, aforesaid, 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 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.

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.
1.1.2. Richard Jordan, b. Aug. 6, 1670, in Chuckatuck, d. Oct. 29, 1723.
1.1.2.1. Richard Jordan, b. 1710, in Chuckatuck, d. Feb. 3, 1781.
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, who m. Thomas Day, who, to repeat, appraised the estate of Joshua Harris, son of Thomas Harris, d. 1729/30). Mary Harris, granddau. of Thomas Harris and Judith Edwards, sold her inheritance (from her great-grandfather) to Robert Tynes.

1.1.3.1.2.1. Isabella Harris, b. April 17, 1695, 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.

What is being witnessed here is a perpetual re-creation of of earlier associations between families, which had commenced in England. The sheer density of the familial bonds between members of this English/Virginia kinship group provided the protection by which they survived and prospered.

The following families were interlinked with the Harris family of Wiveliscombe, Somerset, England, and Virginia:

WYKE
1. “Henricus Wiche”, m. Joanna Craftman, June 5, 1645, in Bridgewater, Somerset.
1.1. Henry Wyke, “son of Henry and Joan”, bapt. July 16, 1664, in Bridgewater (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. His Will was proved July 15, 1757 in Sussex Co., Va. He left his wife, Sarah Wyche, one half of his estate for life and then to son, Benjamin Wyche. He also gave his son, Peter, a tract of land on Fountain Creek in Brunswick Co., Va. 200 ac. more or less, “where he now lives.”
His grandson, Drury Wyche (son of Peter Wyche), received 100 ac. on Beaver Pond Creek in Brunswick Co., “where Charles Braddy now lives”. The remainder of his estate went to his son, Benjamin Wyche, who was also named as executor. The will also mentions son-in-laws, Abraham Greene, and Theophilus Goodwin, dau. Hannah Wyche, and granddau. Elizabeth Woodruff (under 21). He d. bef. July 15, 1757, in Sussex Co., Va.
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.

TYNES
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. John Westbrooke, br. of Thomas, aforesaid, m. Amy, dau. of Christopher Foster, and Alice Forte; desc. of Elias Forte, of Wiveliscombe, who witnessed the Will of William Groves, with John Harris, son of Thomas, d. 1672.

Christopher Foster was the br. of John Foster, father of Sarah Foster. John Westbrooke’s estate was appraised by Nathaniel Ridley, Edward Brantley (his son, John, m. the widow of Thomas Harris, d. 1729/30), and Thomas Cook; wit. by John Person, Oct. 28, 1734. (B. 4, p. 25). Thomas Cook and Henry Harris (br. of the said Thomas Harris), appraised the estate of the said Edward Brantley.

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, aforementioned.
1.2. Thomas Tynes, m. Susanna, widow of James Bridger, Dec. 6, 1784.

GILLIAM
1. …
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 (dau. of Thomas Harris, d. 1729/30), 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.

SCOTT
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1. Zachary Scott was of the Scott family of Kent, who became enfoeffed of the Gorges family. He, Samuel Boys and Edward Henden, esquires, were three justices of the peace, at Biddenden, 1n 1609. (QM/SI/1609/5/6). He was the br. of a Reginald Scott, father of Stephen Scott. (E 134/22Jas1/East34). In 1618, Zachery Scott’s son, John Scott, received his father’s tenantship. (Deeds of the Gorges family, May 18, 1618, Brist. Arch., 26389/7).
1.1. “John Scott ,of Bristol”. His Will was prob. July 4, 1628, naming sons: John, Abraham, William, and Thomas.
1.1.1. William Scott. His Will names sons John and William, br.-in-law of Charles England, sister Mary Bull. Charles England was almost cetainly related to Francis England,* of Bristol and Virginia.
1.1.1.1. William Scott. Conveyance from Richard Young and Sarah his wife to Samuel Hunt and William Scott: 3 messuages, part of the manor of Barton Regis. 1695. (Brist. Arch., 13900/12). Hunt v Hunt. Plaintiffs: Thomas Hunt, Joseph Hunt, Sarah Hunt, *Samuel Hunt, and Anne Hunt. Defendants: Michael Hunt and others. Subject: personal estate of Michael Hunt (Bristol. 1690. C 8/417/57 ).
1.1.2. John Scott, bur. Jan. 23, 1682, was a business partner of Thomas Harris and Joseph Bridger, in Bristol. (Bristol Record Office, Depositions). Joseph Bridger and William Scott were noted as being engaged in the Virginia trade here: Shippers by the Unicorn bound from Bristol for Virginia: Richard Finch, Roger Nevill, David Parry, James Millard, Richard Harris,* Richard Bickham, John Boucher, William Scott, Joseph Bridger. (PRO E190/829/9). *Brother of Thomas. John Scott m. Mary Hickes, on Feb. 2, 1639, in Bristol, who was probably closely related to this John Hicks: Brist. Arch. 25641/2, 1663, Release and surrender of property in Bristol from Sarah Jenkins (now resident in Maryland) to John Hicks.
1.1.2.1. Walter Scott, tailor, of Henrico Co., m. Ursula, “widow of Samuel Branch, and now the wife of Walter Scott”. This is Samuel Branch Jr. (Henrico Orphans’ Court, 1707). She was the dau. of John Goode and Ann, dau. of Richard Bennett, second-cousin of Thomas Harris, d. 1672. Samuel Branch was the br. of George Branch, who m. a dau. of Francis England and Joyce, dau. of Katherine Moore, sister of Thomas Moore (the probable br.-in-law of Edward Brantley Sr.), and cousin of George Moore.
1.1.2.2. John Scott, a Chuckatuck Quaker. In 1682, John Scott, son of William Scott of Chuckatuck in Nansemond Co., m. Elizabeth Belson, witnessed by John’s brother, William Scott.
1.1.2.2.1. William Scott, m. Christian, dau. of Robert Jordan, and Christian Taberer.

TABERER
Thomas Taberer, m. Ann Bennett, probable sister of Governor Richard Bennett. He patented land adj. Francis England in 1652. He witnessed a land deed in 1658 between “Thomas Harris of Chipoaks (d. 1672) in the County of Surry” and Christopher Benn.

He was the father-in-law of John Newman, husband of Ruth Taberer, and John Newman was the future br.-in-law of Thomas Harris, d. 1672, who m. (2), Alice, dau. of John Newman Sr.

He was the father of Christian Taberer, who m. (Dec. 9, 1687), Robert Jordan (Quaker minister), p. 213. The sons of Thomas Harris, d. 1672, attended his Quaker meetings at Chuckatuck.

He was the br. of Ann, who m. Col. Thomas Goodwin (gent, of Somerset), having issue: Theophilus Goodwin, who m. Elizabeth Wyche; their dau., Sarah, m. Thomas Harris, son of Thomas Harris, d. 1729/30).

SCOTT cont.
1.1.2.3. William Scott. Post-nuptial settlement of Wm. Scott, Bristol, mariner, and Anne Garland als Tovey, Long Ashton, Somerset, 1677, concerning Brown’s tenement, part of Ridgeway Farm, previously held by the Moore family. (Glouc. Arch., D2700/NR1/19). William Scott m. 2ndly, Elizabeth … , having issue:
1.1.2.3.1. John Scott, b. in 1682, m. Joan, dau. of James Tooke, son of Thomas Tooke. Names children and gift to them by uncle James Tooke. (R. July 28, 1729. Wit. Thomas Harris, d. 1729/30, p. 171). William Scot “the elder” condemned his connection with the disorderly marriage of his son John, to Joan Tooke in Levy Neck Meeting House, she not as yet being a “Friend”. (US Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935).
1.1.2.3.1.1. James Tooke Scott, m. Christian, dau. of Col. George Norsworthy, and Sarah, dau. of John Pitt, and Olive, dau. of John Hardy, and relict of Giles Driver, headright of Thomas Harris, d. 1672,
1.1.2.3.1.1.1. Thomas Scott.
1.1.2.3.1.2. Thomas Scott, names as leg. Thomas and George Norsworthy Scott, sons of my brother James Tooke Scott. R. August 3, 1749.
1.1.2.3.1.3. William Scott.
1.1.2.3.1.3.1. William Scott, account estate examined by James Bridger. R. July 7, 1763, p. 260.
1.1.2.3.1.4. Robert Scott, names sister Katherine Watkins, cousin James Took Scott, cousin Elizabeth Bacon, cousin William Scott, son of my brother, William Scott. (R. Oct. 24, 1743, p. 480).

TOOKE
1. …
1.1. William “Tucke”, m. Christian Holman, July 18, 1571, in Barwick, Somerset, the manor held by the Symes family, landlords of the Fulghams.
1.1.1. Thomas “Tucke”, m. Mary Collins, Jan. 24, 1604, in Barwick.
1.1.1.1. James Tooke. Dec. 1634: William Lacey leased James Tooke 500 ac. on the east side of Lawne’s Creek, on Oct. 1646, James Tooke to Robert Harris, “all my right and title to this lease”.
Robert Harris, as given heretofore, was the uncle of Edward Harris, d. 1677, and Thomas Harris, d. 1672, and was the father of Martha, husband of John Jennings Sr.
1.1.1.1.1. William Tooke, b. 1626, by deposition given on Nov. 29, 1672. He sold 900 ac. in IOW Co. on Jan. 3, 1661, land patented by James Tooke on Nov. 11, 1640.

His Will (rec. Feb 8, 1675), names wife Jane, step-dau. of William Ridley, associated with “Mr. Charles Barham” andThomas Harris (d. 1672), as given heretofore.

William Ridley was the br. of Nathaniel Ridley, husband of Elizabeth Day, granddau. of Mary Bennett, kinswoman of Thomas Harris, d. 1672. Nathaniel Ridley’s son, Nathaniel Ridley Jr., witnessed the Will of Edward Harris Jr., grandson of Thomas Harris, d. 1688.

Nathaniel Ridley Jr. was the br. of James Ridley (d. 1781), who m. Jane Smith, dau. of Arthur Smith and Mary, dau. of John Bromfield and Olive, dau. of John Hardy, relict of Giles Driver, headright of Thomas Harris, d. 1672.

Arthur Smith was a nephew of James Benn, exor. of his father’s Will (rec. June 10, 1697), witnessed by Henry Applewhaite. James Benn was the son of Christopher Benn: “Leg.- son James the plantation which I bought of Thomas Harris on Pagon Creek” (rec. Sept. 26, 1659), this being Thomas Harris, d. 1672.
1.1.1.1.1.1. John Tooke. of Surry Co. (Will proved Feb. 15, 1720), appointed John Parson and William Ezell executors, and John Parson and James Pyland Jr. as trustees. A codicil named William Ezell as guardian of his son, John.

James Piland Sr., bapt. on August 30, 1604, in St Mary’s Le Porte, Bristol, headright of Francis England, in 1642, m. the widow of Thomas Greenwood, who m. (2) Thomas Edwards, who claimed Greenwood’s land, and sold 150 ac. of it to John Jennings Sr., overseer of the Will of Thomas Harris, d. 1672. On April 28, 1720, James Piland Jr. witnessed the Will of Robert Lancaster, whose son, Samuel, m. Elizabeth Harris, dau. of John Harris,

1.1.1.1.2. Thomas Tooke, witnessed the Will of William Ridley.
1.1.1.1.2.1. Thomas Tooke Jr.
1.1.1.1.2.2. Mary Tooke, m. Nicholas Sessums.
1.1.1.1.2.2.1. Mary Sessums, m. William Blake, Will probated 1746, in IOW, as given heretofore, grandson of a cousin of Thomas Harris, d. 1672.
1.1.1.1.2.3. Joan Tooke, m. John Scott (bef. Sept. 12, 1706, in Levy Neck, Nansemond), son of William Scot “the elder”.
1.1.1.1.2.3.1. James Tooke Scott, 1718-1763. John Brantley to Joseph Atkinson, track of land lying and being on the East Side of the first Swamp of the Black Water containing by examination 100 ac. which was by the last and will and testament of Edward Brantley deceased devised to his grandson Edward deceased, father of the said John Brantley, beginning at James Tooke Scott’s line.

THE HUNT FAMILY OF BRISTOL
1. William Hunt.
1.1. Michael Hunt, soapmaker, of Bristol.
1.1.1. Mary, Sarah, and Anne Hunt.
1.2. Samuel Hunt.
1.3. Thomas Hunt.
1.4. William Hunt Jr., m. Sarah Knott, d. March 20, 1711, Surry Co.
1.4.1. Thomas Hunt, m. 1stly, Fortune Jordan (d. Oct. 15, 1671, Surry Co.), sister of Lydia Jordan, wife of William Norwood, parents of Elizabeth (Norwood) Branch.
1.4.2. William Hunt.
1.4.2.1. William Hunt, m. Sarah Wyke. The Wyke family in question are not likely to be those ‘fabled’ as deriving from a Cambridge educated rector of Sutton, whose son, Henry, coincidentally, had the same name as the Virginia settler
1.5. 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, cousin of George Moore.
1.6. 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. (Mr. Boddie). Their son, Thomas Browne, had issue, Mary, who m. John Drake.

BROWNE
1.
1.1. William Browne, b. ca. 1630.
1.1.1. Jane Browne (m. 1st., Robert Spencer (“friend” of Thomas Harris, d. 1672), and 2nd., Thomas Jordan).
1.1.2. William Browne Jr., m. Jane Meriwether.
1.1.3. Anne Browne, m. Walter Flood.
1.1.3.1. Fortune Flood, m. Hinchea Gilliam.
1.1.3.1.1. Walter Gilliam.
1.1.3.1.1.1. Lydia Gilliam, m. John Watkins.
1.1.3.1.1.1.1. Millie Watkins, m. Solomon Harris.

1.2. George Browne.
1.2.1. Hannah Browne, m. Thomas Harris?, d. 1712, as his 1st wife. Alexander Webster – Leg. George Bell Jr., John Harris (br. of the said Thomas), Hannah Brown, “the daughter of George Brown“. Proved by George Bell Sr., Nov. 1, 1688. George Bell Sr. d. in 1702; his Will named his wife, Joyce, to whom he gave the lease of his land, held of Joseph Bridger Sr.

George Bell Jr. witnessed the Will of Francis Hobbs in 1688, father-in-law of the said John Harris. Hannah Brown was the sister of Thomas Browne, whose dau., Mary, m. John Drake, son of Ann Griffin and Thomas Drake; Ann Griffin being the uterine half-sister of Judith Edwards, second wife of the said Thomas Harris. She was the niece of Edward Browne, who m. Elizabeth Sampson, dau. of James Sampson and Elizabeth Barcroft, sister of Jane Barcroft, wife of George Moore.
1.2.2. Thomas Browne.
1.2.2.1. Mary Browne, m. John Drake.

1.3. Edward Browne, m. Elizabeth Sampson; the dau. of James Sampson (“of Stevenheath Parish in County Middlesex, Shipwright”, p. 213 ), and Elizabeth Barcroft, sister-in-law of George Moore. James Sampson’s will was probated April 9, 1689, bequesting to “Mr. George Moore and his wife” … “John Browne” … “Samuel Browne”.
1.3.1. John Browne, Sr., m. Bridget Lewis.
1.3.1.1. Hester Browne, m. John Brantley.
1.3.1.2. John Browne, m. Mary, dau. of William Boddie and his 1st wife, Anna,, relict of William Joyner, son of Thomas Joyner and Sarah, dau. of Robert and Mary (Hunt) Edwards.

COOKE FAMILY OF BRISTOL
1. Philip Cooke, mariner, b. 1589.
1.1. William Cooke, bapt. March 25, 1613, St. Augustine Parish, Bristol; d. Nov. 10, 1679, in Surry Co., Virginia.
1.1.1. William Cooke, bapt. Aug. 9, 1633 (St. Aug.); d. Aug. 6, 1698, IOW.
1.1.1.1. Reuben Cooke, m. Hannah, dau. of John Atkinson Sr. and Ann, dau. of Christopher Holleman. John Atkinson Sr. was the son of Thomas Atkinson and Martha … who m. (2) Thomas Pitman, (3) Thomas Gwaltney.

1.1.1.2. Johanna Cooke, m. John Burrow, son of Thomas Burrow, who m. Elizabeth, dau. of John Brantley, son of Edward Brantley Sr., whose estate was appraised by Henry Harris and Thomas Barrow, on July 25, 1737. (B. 4., p. 176). John Burrow was the br. of Fortune Burrow, wife of Richard Avery, whose relict was Sarah, dau. of William Wyke, son of Henry Wyche and Frances Edwards, half- sister of Judith Edwards, the 2nd wife of Thomas Harris, d. 1712.
1.1.1.3. John Cooke Sr., d. June 20, 1711, m. Hannah, dau. of James Jones, and Rebecca (d. 1719), dau. of Christopher Lewis.
1.1.3.1. Henry Cooke, m. Mary, dau. of Samuel Clarke.
1.1.3.1.1. Elizabeth Clarke, m. David Peebles Jr. (d. Jan. 1, 1796, Greene Co., Georgia), son of David Peebles and Ann (d. March 28, 1756, St Andrew’s Parish, Brunswick Co.); dau. of Francis Maybury Sr. (and Elizabeth, dau. of John Gilliam), and sister of Francis Maybury Jr., who m. Eleanor, dau. of Henry Wyche and Frances Edwards, half-sister of Judith Edwards, 2nd wife of Thomas Harris, d. 1712. Eleonor Wyche was the sister of Sarah Wycke, wife of (1) William Hunt, d. April 20, 1727; (2) John Goodwyn, son of Col. Thomas Goodwyn Sr., the br, of Theophilius Goodwin.

1.1.4. Thomas Cooke, associate of Henry Harris. Thomas Cooke Sr – Will rec, Nov. 22, 1736. Legatees: children Thomas, Jones, Sarah, Susannah, Benjamin, John, Rebecca, and Arthur. Exc. sons Thomas and Jones Cook; witness John Brantley and Valentine White. (B. 4, p. 149).
1.1.5. Frances Cooke, m. John Person.
1.1.5.1. John Person.
1.1.5.1.1. … Person, m. William Tooke, son of John Tooke, son of Thomas Tooke Sr., and br. of Mary Tooke, wife of Edmund Belson, their issue being: Mary Belson, who m. Abraham Ricks.
In 1684, among the Society of Friends in Nansemond County, the marriage of Mary Crew, dau. of Mary Tooke of Isle of Wight, to Edmond Belson, son of Elizabeth Belson of Nansemond County, was witnessed by John Scott and Elizabeth Scott, among many.

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.

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