Monthly Archives: April 2022

It may be probable that Sergeant John Harris (of Blagdon) had more descendants than we know of. For five gerations, at least, a Harris family inhabited land near to where Sergeant John Harris lived. In that I am confident that … Continue reading →

1. John Harrison. Robert Alonzo Brock (Eminent Virginians, vol. 2), wrote: “There was one “Master John Harrison” who was a colonial governor of Virginia, in the year sixteen hundred and twenty-three (Smith’s History of Virginia), elected by the colonists to … Continue reading →

James was a very meticulous researcher, over many years. Like many, he started out with an assumption of his broader ancestry, based on pedigrees found in the tomes of Mr. Burke. Truth of Virginia ancestries is unlikely to be found … Continue reading →

It seems so long ago that I wrote this, and, desparingly, if I wrote it a thousand times, it would be listened to even less; because ancient genealogy is for too many people merely the persuit of the psychological need … Continue reading →

One abiding feature that permeated the early colonists of Virginia was that they partnered with members of their English kinship circle, as a co-operative means of survival; a time immemorial practice. People made transactions, of land, etc., within their kinship … Continue reading →

The strand of which these notes concentrate on is that of Sergeant John Harris, with the proposition that he was of Blagdon, Somerset, England. He has long since been an iconic figure who has attracted a host of theories as … Continue reading →

1. … 1.1. Thomas Bennett, bapt. April 2, 1570. 1.1.1. Thomas Bennett, bapt. Nov. 5, 1603, who m. Agnes Beard, July 17, 1623, and who was the headright of his br., Richard, in 1636. 1.1.2. Richard Bennett, bapt. Aug. 6, … Continue reading →