In many previous articles I have outlined the central importance of the English kinship system (and its feature of the repetition of marriages between the same families) in the settlement of early Virginia, and will not enhance on this here, but, instead, stress that the main economic driver of English colonists was the tobacco trade, and few families were as important in this as the Bland family; a familial conection to them being of prime importance.

In the notes which follow, a circumstantial case is made as to the ancestry of Thomas Carter, William Rose, and Governor John Harvey, however these cases may be, to borrow a phrase of healthy caution from Mr. Betham.

BLAND

1. …
1.1. Thomas Bland.
1.1.1. Elizabeth Bland, m. Edward Holmwood, in 1620.
1.1.1.1. John Holmwood. A Court at Westover Dec. 10, 1664. “Present: Theoderick Bland, Esqr., Lt. Coll. Tho. Drewe, Mr Stephen Hamelin (Thomas Harris, d. 1672, his headright), Mr Anthony Wyatt, Capt. Edward Hill, Capt. Robt Wynne, Capt. 0tho Southcott, Mr John Holmwood. Jno. Holmwood and Captain Otho Southcott settle s/c between Jno Cogan and Phill Limbrey at 700lb tobbo due Limbrey. Cogan appeals to General Court. Gives bond (p. 620). In 1673, William Duke was one of the auditors appointed to examine the accounts between Mr. Roger Greene and Mrs. Bland. Thomas Harris, 850 acs. Surry Co., Feb. 13, 1657, p. 168, (250). On S. side of James Riv. & on N. W. & S. E. sides of the head of the sunken marsh above & below the mill, Nly. on the rich Neck & land of Robert Webb & Mr. Edward’s lands, Ely. on William Carter, Sly. on Chipoaks path to the mill & on Mr. Green’s land. 300 acs. granted unto Mr. Jno. Holmwood, Oct. 26, 1650, & by Holmwood assigned to sd. Harris & 500 acs. for trans, of 11 pers, part for the headright of his wife “Elinr. Harris” (Eleanor George).
1.1.2. Gregory Bland, bapt. April 22, 1567.
1.1.2.1. Frances Bland, m. John Cogan*, d. 1689, very likely to have been of Chard, Somerset, an estate of the Barcrofts, of whom, Jane, m. George Moore*. Cogan, (Chard, Somers.) gu. three aspin leaves ar. (British Herald, vol. 1, 1830).
1.1.2.1.1. “John Coggins”, d. 1702, either he or his father witness of the Will of Thomas Harris, d. 1688.
1.1.2.1.1.1. John Cogan.
1.1.2.1.1.1.1. Robert Coggan, m. Sara Greene, dau. of John Green. The Will of George Green, dated Oct. 8, 1705 named legatees: wife Anne; brother John Green, the Red Point Plantation on which Sarah Bradshaw now lives; sons of Thomas Greene; br. of Martha Fulgham, wife of Anthony Fulgham, and mother of Michael Fulgham and Mary Moone. Indenture, Mar. 4, 1694, between George Green and Richard Wilkinson, Jr. for 5000 lbs. tbco., 159 ac. now in possession of the said George Green, containing 200 ac. granted to Capt. John Moon, Nov. 20, 1642, and by Moon given in his will to his dau., Mary Moon, afterwards by marriage, Mary Green, from whom it did descend to her son, Thomas Green, and from said Thomas to the said George Green, land called Poplar Neck on Nansemond Path. Wit: *Geo. Moore. (Anthony Fulgham ‘transported’ Charles Barcroft, Isle of Wight, 1650).

GREENE

1. Robert Greene, gent, of St. Giles Cripplegate, London (Nov. 21, 1598 – Oct. 1, 1677), m. Katherine Walker (Aug. 4, 1596 – Jan. 10, 1678).
1.1. Thomas Greene (Sept. 19, 1621 – 1686), m. Mary Moone, d. 1693.
1.1.1. Thomas Greene, d. 1726, m. Mary …
1.1.2. Sarah Greene, m. John Bland*, of “Lime Street”, London.
1.1.3. George Greene*, d. bef. Jan. 9, 1707, m. Ann Exum.
1.1.4. John Greene, 1665 – bef. Jan. 23, 1721, m. Anne …
1.1.4.1. Sarah Greene, b. ca. 1695, m. Robert Cogan, b. ca. 1690 – bef. Nov. 27, 1738. “Coggan, Robert: of the Lower Parish. Leg. son: John; son Robert; dau. Elizabeth Stevens; dau. Ann Stevens; dau. Sarah. Exs: Wife Sarah and son John Cogan, p. 92.
1.2. Martha Greene, m. Capt. Anthony Fulgham.
1.2.1. Michael Fulgham.
1.2.1.1. Michael Fulgham, m. Mary Pitt.
1.2.1.2. Susannah Fulgham, 1684-1757, m. Hardy Counsel, son of Hodges Counsel and Lucy, dau. of John Hardy, and sister of Bridgman Joyner’s wife.
1.2.2. Nicholas Fulgham; his grandson, Nicholas, m. Isabell, dau. of John Harris, son of Thomas Harris, d. 1672.

1.1.2.2. Jane Bland, m. (1), her kinsman, Edward Bland, son of John Bland and Susan Delabere. She m. (2) John Holmwood.
1.2. John Bland, a Hamburgh merchant, m. Susanna de Delabere, on August, 1606, in Stade, Hamburg.
1.2.1. Theodorick Bland, b. 1628, m. Anne Bennett, dau. of Governor Richard Bennett; the cousin of  Thomas Harris who m. Judith Blake, Nov. 20, 1623, having issue: Thomas Harris, d. 1672. Richard Bennett, bapt. Aug. 6, 1609, in Wiveliscombe, d. 1675, in Virginia; his Will bequesting: to the wife of Mr. Thomas Taberer* two thousand pounds of tobacco”. *His dau. Ruth m. John Numan, br-in-law of Thomas Harris, d. 1672.
1.2.2. *John Bland, of “Lime Street”, London (br.-in-law of Ann Bennett), m. Sarah Greene, aunt of her namesake, wife of Robert Cogan.
1.2.2.1. Giles Bland.
1.2.3. Edward Bland, headright of William Carter, who m. 4thly, Sarah Ludlow, niece of Mary Cogan, cousin of *John Cogan.

*John Coggin was of Bristol. Abstract. Power of Atty. Aug. 25, 1658. Major John Harper Capt. Thomas Morgan and Robt Dessell, Citizens of the City of Bristol to John Cogan of the City of Bristol ‘but now resident in Virginia aforesd chirugeon,’ to receive certain properties belonging to Margaret Bird. ‘Whereas Margarett Bird of the sd Citty of Bristoll widd (admr’ix of the goods and chattells that were of Capt Richd Bond* late dec’d some-times of the Citty of Bristoll but dyed in the Countrey of Virginia) hath constituted and appointed as her attorneys concerning the mill plantacon stock goods merchandizies and debts w’ch were off the sd Capt Rich’d Bond as may apper’e.’ Wit: Richard Price, John Osborne, Francis Yeamans Junr. Rec 31 Janry 1658. (The Bond family were of Pitminster, Somerset, as the Fulghams, and tenants of the Symes (Sims) family of Mells). Although the ancestry of John Cogan is problematic, his social status (gent), and the connection of Philibert Cogan, gent, of Chard, Somerset (br. of Thomas Cogan, probably the father of John Cogan Sr.), to Virginia, is suggestive of an affiliation to his family: John Ludlow, living in York Co., Virginia, in 1660, died in Somerset, England, in 1664 (Brown, Somerset Wills, pp. 28-29, 1890. His sister, Sarah, was the fourth wife of Col. John Carter, Esq. of Lancaster Co. They has issue, John Carter and Robert Carter. Col. Carter died in 1669 (ibid.). John and Sarah Ludlow were nephew and niece of Roger Ludlow, who m. Mary Cogan (b. 1604), dau. of Philibert Cogan, gent, of Chard, Somerset, and Anne, dau. of Thomas Marshall. Roger Ludlow’s br., George, was in Virginia in 1665. Roger Ludlow moved to Chard, Somerset, and came in contact with the “John and Mary group”. *Father of John Bond: Inventory and appraisal of the estate of Major John Bond. Presented by Mrs. Dorothy Bond, Appraisal ordered June 16, 1669. Appraisers,- Nicholas Cobb, Pharoah Cobb, John Watson, Edmund Prime, p. 70.

COGAN

1. Thomas Cogan*, m. Elizabeth Fisher.
1.1. Philbert Cogan, b. 1570, m. Ann, dau. of Thomas Marshall of Salisbury, Wilts. and Mary, dau. of Sir Richard Cotton of Warblington, Hants, wid. of Henry Stockman of Abbotts Ann. …
1.1.1. Mary Cogan, m. Roger Ludlow, uncle of Sarah, the fourth wife of Col. John Carter, mother of John Carter and Robert Carter.
1.1.1.1. Tomas Cogan, b. 1607.
1.2. Thomas Cogan, b. ca. 1575.
1.2.1. John Cogan*, b. ca. 1605, d. 1689, in Virginia.
1.2.1.1. John Cogan, b. ca. 1635, d. 1702; he, or possibly his father, witnessed the Will of Thomas Harris, d. 1688.
1.1.2.1.1. John Cogan, b. ca. 1665.
1.1.2.1.1.1.1. Robert Coggan, m. Sara Greene, dau. of John Green

*John Cogan was associated with John Wilkins. March 22, 1647: John Wilkins his tobacco ordered viewed upon ye peticon of John Cogan Mchant It is ordered yt Capt. William Roper, Mr Edward Drew & John Harloe bee requested & appointed to view certayne hodges of tobacco wch ye said Mr Coghan recd of John Wilkins gent. And in respect of ye said Mr Coghan his p’sent voyage out of ye Countrye. It is desired yt this ordr may bee pformed And rept thereof made to ye Comissiosrs wth all convenit speed that further ordr may bee (if occasion shall require). April 24, 1647: John Wikins bill of debt: This bill byndeth us Mr John Wilkins & John Marshall joyntly & severally our heyres Exrs & Admrs or Assignes to pay or cause to bee pd unto Hugh Yeo mrchant his heryes Exres Admres or Assges ye full whole & just sume of foure hundd powndes waight of good mrchantable Virginia Leafe tobacco. Att or before ye 10th of 8ber next ensueinge ye date hereof in witness of ye truth wee have hereunto sett our handes ye 24th of Aprill. John Marshall witnessed the Wills of John Wilkins (Northampton Co. W&D, B.3, pp. 288-289), and Edward Drewe (1650 vicesimo Octavo die mense Janura. Memorand that this day the last will and Testamt of Mr Edward Drew late of Northampton County decd was pved in app Cur by the deposicons of Mrs Ann Wilkins, Jno Marshall (possibly a descendant of Thomas Marshall of Salisbury, Wilts., aforesaid), and Mrs Hanna Mountney her attestacon”. He m. (1) a dau. of Gregory Bland, and, as such, became peripheral kin of the Harris family: He was associated with those connected to Thomas Harris, d. 1688: “Wm. Browne, Henry Tucker. Richard Booth sells to Hodges Council 150 ac., 10 Feb., 1679, Jno. Bromfield, Wm. Morris. Richard Booth on this deed signs all his right to Bridgeman Joyner. Jan. 9, 1680. John Cogan, Wm. Morris”.

“It is moreover certain that some Cogans possessed the manor and Hall of Coaxden in Dorsetshire in the 17th century, during the lifetime of Sir Simonds D’Ewes, who was born there, but who seems to have sold them on his becoming a courtier. That the Chard family and the Coaxden family were nearly related is almost certain, seeing that the two places are not more than four miles apart. That the former had occupied a good position for a century at least before the date of the tradition, is apparent from the fact that Thomas Cogan of Chard was set to furnish a light horseman in the army of defence against Spain, when the Armada invasion was impending. The Preparations in Somerset against the Spanish Armada, A.D. 1558-1588, by Emanuel Green. (Lond: 8vo, 1888) p. 41. It was even then a widely spread family. A John Cogan of Somerset was requisitioned in the sum of £25 for the same purpose (The Preparations in Somerset &c., p. 107), and in the same century there were armigerous Cogans residing at “Mountague” (Montacute), offshoots of the Chard stock. (Visitation of Somerset, 1573. Weaver). One of the Chard Cogans at least, was a Royalist and compounded for £40 under the Exeter articles on 6 Aug. 1646. (Royalist Composition Papers, Vol. G. 185, No. 209.) Notes & Queries for Somerset and Dorset, Volume 3, p. 308, 1893.

Cogan v Barcroft. Plaintiffs: William Cogan. Defendants: John Barcroft and another. Subject: property in Chard, Somerset, ca. 1640. (C 5/384/27).

John Barcroft, Sen., Merchant, Chard, Co. Somerset. The House of Commons having ordered, on 8 July and 21 August, that Mr. Moore have a warrant to seize his estate, which is privately hid in London, that it may be disposed of for service of the army in co. Salop; also that his delinquency be referred to the Committee for Prisoners. (Calendar of the Proceedings of the Committee for Compounding, vol 2, 1643).

PROBABLY WILLIAM ROSE OF VIRGINIA

Richard Rose of Wotten Fitzpayne, co. Dorset esq. (Dat. 31 Oct. 1655). Bur. by my late deca wife in ch. of Wotten – Bro-in-law Fras. Harvey- House in Lyme Regis, co. Dors. – Wm. Ellesdon of Lyme Regis gent – Susanna Harvey dau. of s Fras – Anthony Ellesden gent late dec” – John Barcroft of London – Bro. Thos. Ceely & John Harvey of Chard – Son John Rose – Rich. son of Fras. Harvey – Legacy to poor- Second son Henry Rose – House in Lyme Regis in occ. of Amias Shorte preacher in s’ town – House where Christr. Collines dwells at Ware-Lands called Ranscombes &  Cutterleines – Henry Henley esq – Third son Wm. Rose – Sarah Pattison – Land called Beane Close, Capeshill & Long Meade – John Cox the younger – John Cox the elder – Son Thos. Rose – Richa Allford the elder – Cornelius Barton – Wm. Reed – Mich. Larcomb – Thos. Parsons – Robt. Willington – Henry Ingram & Anth. Spencer – Tenement called Lilly & herne hill in psh. of Charmouth in occ. of John Cox – Son Rich. Rose – Mathew Bragge – One of the silver tankards whereon my coate of armes is cutt – House at Morganshayes – Houses in Colliton – Dau. Mary Rose (under 18) & Anne Rose her sister – Bros. Christr. & John Brodrepp – Lands called Bourne Haynes, Playne Whittlye, Happerhaynes & Frekebaynes – Thos. Orchard – Wm. Phillipps – James Owsley – Daus. Dorothy & Eliz – Aunt Anne Weston – Friends Thos. Moore & Henry Henley esq, bro John Brodrepp & John Hardy of Symondsbury clerk overseers – Son Richa Rose exor – Wit/ Ri Rose, Tho. Bradrepp, J. Bradrepp, Robt. Daves, Anne Weston, Mary Luttrell, Hugh Gundry. (Pr. 19 Feb. 1657-8. P.A. p. 33). (Genealogical Abstracts of Wills, Proved in the Prerogative Court, vols. 1-3.p. 65, 1895). Richard Rose, draper, was the son of John Rose of Lyme Regis and Faith Ellesdon. He m. Elizabeth (dau. of Henry Henley, of Leigh), who died August 19, 1639, aged 35. His son, William, was likely he who gave his age as 38 on March 27, 1654, in Virginia (B. 1, p. 41).

PROBABLY GOVERNOR JOHN HARVEY

1. …
1.1. John Harvey. Towse v Phillipps. Plaintiffs: Elizabeth Towse, widow, John Newton and John Bishopp. Defendants: Sir Thomas Phillipps and Grace Phillipps his wife, Edmund Windham and Christabel Windham his wife, John Syme, John Harvey and William Pyne. Subject: property in Muchelney, Somerset. 1640 (C 8/196/191).

Mordaunt v Mordaunt. Plaintiffs: Robert Mordaunt and William Mordaunt. Defendants: Dame Katherine Mordaunt, widow, Sir Charles Mordaunt bart, Sir Augustine Sotherton kt, Robert Hopper, John Hopper, John Francis, John Harvey, Thomas Mason and Richard Rose. Subject: property in Walton, Warwickshire. 1651. (C 8/102/162). John Harvey, Chard, Somerset. 27 Nov. 1645. Begs to compound for his estate. Contributed 175 99 money and sent a musketeer and horse to aid Parliament at the beginning of the war. Never bore arms against Parliament. The Marquis of Hertford and Sir Ralph Hopton, after defeating the Parliament forces, came to Chard, and forced him and 3 others to make a rate for the King, threatening to imprison them and tie them head and heels together on refusal. Afterwards went to Exeter and Dartmouth, where, within this month, the Parliament’s ships have taken 7701. worth of goods, and part of a ship from him. Has taken the Covenant and Oath. (Committee for Compounding, p. 995).

1.1.1. John Harvey.
1.2. Richard Harvey*. Rose v Harvey. Plaintiffs: Richard Rose. Defendants: Richard Harvey. Subject: manor of Broadmayne, Dorset.1640-1642. (C 3/428/66). Barcroft v Opie. Plaintiffs: John Barcroft. Defendants: Nicholas Opie, *Richard Harvey, Richard Harvey*, and Abraham Holditch. Subject: personal estate of John Harvey, Chard, Somerset. 1662.
1.2.1. *Richard Harvey.
1.3. Francis Harvey. Rose v Barcroft. Plaintiffs: Richard Rose and Francis Harvey. Defendants: John Barcroft*, Robert Barcroft and Thomas Colwell. Subject: manor of Broadmayne, Dorset. 1653. C 6/119/122
1.4. Thomas Harvey, youngest son, b. ca. 1605, m. Mary; granted land on the Chicahominy River in 1640 in lieu of claiming 18 headrights, including his son, John Harvey, Thomas Causey, and Robert Flake. Robert Flake m. Katherine, dau. of Katherine Moore, sister of George Moore, who m. Jane, dau. of Charles Barcroft.
1.4.1. John Harvey, m. Dorothy, dau of James Tooke, and sister of Thomas Tooke.

HARVEY AND 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 of Pitminster.
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. *Br. of Thomas Harris, and uncle of Thomas Harris, d. 1672.
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. “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 m. Richard Bennett, d. 1709 (second-cousin of 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 … of Thomas Harris, d. 1672.
1.1.1.1.1.2. Elizabeth Tooke, m. Michael Ezell.
1.1.1.1.1.2.1. William Ezell.
1.1.1.1.1.2.2. Elizabeth Ezell (Apr. 25, 1688-Feb. 13, 1750), m. John Atkinson Jr.* (July 28, 1681-Nov. 26, 1736), son of John Atkinson and Ann Holman. June 1669, Robert Flake gives his stepdau., Sussannah Atkinson, dau of Katherine Moore,* 300 ac. on Blackwater, p. 558. Sussannah m. Thomas Atkinson, br. of John Atkinson. By Katherine Moore, Robert Flake had issue: (1) Katherine Flake,* who 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 Moore said that he wrote Wm. Evan’s will and that he gave his remaining land at Kinsale to his son Thomas Evans. *Br. of Joseph Atkinson, whose dau., Mary, m. Jacob Person, in 1761. (B. 12, p. 201).
1.1.1.1.2. Mary Tooke, m. John Harvey.
1.1.1.1.3. Thomas Tooke*.
1.1.2. John Tooke*, owed money by John Carter.

BARCROFT

1. John Barcroft (ca. 1570-1616), merchant tailor of London.
1.1. John Barcroft, Sen., Merchant, of Chard, b. ca. 1600.
1.2. Charles Barcroft, b. ca. 1605, m. (2) ca. 1634-36 Elizabeth … Calendar of State Papers: Colonial America and the West Indies 1675-6, Addenda 1574-1674 p. 83, March 8, 1639: “Elizabeth, wife of Charles Barcroft of Old Ford, Middlesex … in August 1636 her husband abandoned his trade in London and went to Virginia, where he yet lives … his brother John Barcroft was there deceased … Charles Barcroft “merchant” was sending her yearly expenses”.
1.2.1. Elizabeth Barcroft, m. James Sampson, d. 1689.
1.2.1.1. Elizabeth Sampson, m. …Clarke
1.2.1.1.1. Sampson Clarke.
1.2.1.1.2. Thomas Clarke.
1.2.1.1.3. Grace Clarke, m. Robert Reynolds, Jr.

1.2.1.2. Ellinor Sampson, m. Edward Browne, d. 1669.
1.2.1.3. James Sampson.
1.2.1.3.1. Barcroft Sampson.
1.2.1.3.2. Mary Sampson, m. Nicholas Derring.
1.2.1.3.3. Margaret Sampson, m. Nicholas Wilson (B. 2, p. 291), br. of John Wilson, whose relict m. John Brantley (as his 3rd wife), son of Edward Brantley Sr. On Jun 9, 1694, Katherine Wilson was granted admin. of the estate of her late husband, John Wilson, with John Brantley and William Thomas being named valuers of the estate. “Mr George Moore to swear them“, he probably being John Brantley’s uncle.

1.2.1.3.3.1. James Wilson, m. Honor Goodrich, she m. (2) Thomas Pierce.
1.2.1.3.3.1.1. Samuel Wison. Francis Brantley’s estate was appraised by Francis Young, Samuel Wilson, and John Fones, Aug. 5, 1779. (B. 9, p. 14).
1.2.1.3.3.1.1.1. Sampson Wilson. James Browne’s estate was appraised by Sampson Wilson, Wilson Brantley, and James Piland, Feb. 4, 1793. (B.10, p. 248). Sampson Wilson, Will pr. June 4, 1804 (B. 12, p. 21).
1.2.1.3.3.1.1.1.1. Mary Wilson, m. Josiah Barcroft.

1.2.2. Jane Barcroft, m. George Moore.
1.2.2.1. Ann Moore, m. Thomas White.
1.2.2.1.1. Avis White, m. Robert Harris (son of Robert Harris), son of Thomas Harris, d. 1688, second-cousin of Thomas Harris, d. 1672.

1.2.2.2. Magdalen Moore, m. Thomas Carter (ca. 1650- 1710), son of Thomas Carter, who d. before May 3, 1669 when his widow Elinor (Cooke) requested admin. (Chapman, Isle of Wight Wills, p 64). On Aug. 9 1669, William Cooke and his wife Mary convey “to Thomas Carter Junr, sunne of Thomas Carter late of county” 400 ac. By Sept. 9, 1673, Elinor had m. William Groves when she presented the inventory of her late husbands estate. William Groves: Appraisal by John Harris (son of Thomas Harris, d. 1672), Edward Brantley, Elias Fort, Edward Grantham, Presented by Mrs. Elinor Groves. Ordered 21st of 9 mo. 1677.

POSSIBLY THOMAS CARTER OF VIRGINIA

Any speculation as to the English ancestry of a Carter family of early Virginia surely must take into account the fact that the estate of Barford (in Spaxton) in Somerset is 10 miles N.E. of Wiveliscombe, abode of the intermarried Bennett and Harris families.

St. Margaret’s, Spaxton –

1. …
1.1. John Grove, m. Mary Tarr. May 4, 1607.
1.1.1. Ursula Grove , m. Thomas Carter, May 9, 1633.
1.1.1.1. Thomas Carter, of Barford Plantation?, m. Elinor Cooke, who m. (2) William Grove/s.
1.2. Honor Grove, m. John Sealy, Nov. 7, 1612. Mr. Thomas Cely, merchant of London, was atty of John Yonge, citizen and Grocer of London, charged with recovering debts in Virginia. John Yonge bequeathed 100 lb. of tobacco to “Mr. John Carter of the new Poquoson”, who witnessed his Will, proved Dec. 1, 1636. On May 30, 1625, John Carter was ordered to post a bond guaranteeing that he would pay *John Tooke the money he owed him.
1.1.2. “John Grove, merchant, of Bristoll”, purchased 700 ac. “easterly by Chippoaks Creek” on Jan. 12, 1656, atty John Jennings, p. 97. Witnessed the sale of land by William Porter to George Mansfield, in March, 1668, with Nicholas Hill (husband of the second-cousin of Thomas Harris, d. 1672), p. 332. John Grove witnessed a deed concerning Daniel Williams, “guardian of William Harris, orphan*”, May 3, 1670, with William Seward. John George makes William Sherwood atty for the estate of John Grove, deceased, April 22, 1671, p. 383. John George was the probable uncle of Eleanor George, the ist wife of Thomas Harris, d. 1672
1.1.2.1. William Grove?

HARRIS SUMMARY

1. William Harris, b. ca. 1535, m. Dorothy Westbrooke, on Aug. 31, 1562, in Wiveliscombe.
1.1. William Harris,
1.1.1. Richard Harris, bapt. Jan. 28, 1595,
1.1.1.1. John Harris*, bapt. Feb. 18, 1624.
1.1.1.1.1. Elizabeth Harris, m. Samuel Lancaster, son of *Robert Lancaster Sr

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) … 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. John Holmwood’s wife was the second-cousin of Theoderck Bland, whose br., Thomas, was the br.-in-law of Sylvester Bennett …

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.
1.1.1.2.1. Robert Harris Sr., d. 1739. 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.

1.1.1.2.1.1. 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.

1.1.1.2.1.2. Robert Harris. He and (probable) brother John jointly held a land grant of 125 acres. He purchase 50 acres from Edward Boykin and sold 75 acres plus the 50 acres from Boykin to Burwell Williamson. (Information from Mary Harris). The connection to the Boykin family will be expanded on in my next post.

1.2. Richard Harris, m. (1594) Elianor Bennett, in Wiveliscombe, Somerset, 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. This was adj. land held by Wm. Newsome, April 6, 1653, p. 51.
1.2.1.1. 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.

1.2.2. Robert Harris, m. Mary Crumpe, cousin of Richard Crump, b. 1628, sheriff of Bristol, merchant.
1.2.2.1. 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).
1.2.2.1.1. John Jennings, m. Mary Hill, dau. of Sylvester Bennett (dau. of Edward Bennett), and Nicholas Hill, as given.
1.2.2.1.2. Martha Jennings, d. 1702, m. Thomas Thorpe Sr. (d. 1711, in IOW Co.), br. of Timothy Thorpe Sr.
1.2.2.1.2.1. Sarah Thorpe (by first wife), m. (1) William George, son of John George, and nephew of Thomas Harris, d. 1672.
1.2.2.1.2.1.1. John Thorpe, appraisee of estate of Thomas Harris, d. 1729/30, probably the grandson of Thomas Harris, d. 1672.

1.2.3. Thomas Harris, m. Judith Blake, on Nov. 20, 1623, in Wivelscombe.
1.2.3.1. 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 (father of Thomas 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.

1.2.3.1.1. Thomas Harris, b. ca. 1655, d. 1712. 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 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. Thomas Harris m. (1) …
1.2.3.1.1.1. Thomas Harris, b. ca. 1685; Will dated Dec. 25, 1729, rec. March 23, 1730. 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.
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, 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).
1.2.3.1.1.1.2. 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.

1.2.3.1.1. Thomas Harris m. (2) Judith Edwards.
1.2.3.1.1.1. Benjamin Harris.
1.2.3.1.1.1.1. Mary Harris. 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. Witness: Joseph Bridger (great-grandson of Joseph Bridger Sr., business partner of Thomas Harris, d. 1672), the half-brother of James Bridger, who m. Susan, dau. of Thomas Tynes, br. of Robert Tynes.
1.2.3.1.2. John Harris, appraised estate of William Grove.

An estate in Spaxton was Tuxwell, held by the Blake family that intermarried with the Harris family of Wiveliscombe, a descendant of which appraised the estate of William Groves, as given.

1. Humphrey Blake. In 1506, West Tuxwell was merged with Plainsfield and passed to George Sydenham from the Seymour family. He conveyed it to Humphrey Blake in 1556 as a holding of the Crown. (P.R.O., CP 25(2)/77/659/3 & 4 Phil. & Mary). Humphrey died in 1558, and left the estate to his son, Humphrey, it then passing to another son, John (d. 1571), then to John’s brother, Thomas (Som. Wills, ed. Brown, i. 59; S.R.O., D/P/o. sty 2/1/1.), who sold it to his brother Robert in 1577. (Cal. Pat. 1575-8, pp. 266, 270.) Robert Blake died in 1592; his son William sold the manor in 1602 to John Malet of Enmore. (Victoria County History – Spaxton: Manors and other estates).
1.1.3.1.1. Humphrey Blake, b. ca. 1550. “To eldest son, Humfrey Blake all tenements in Plainfield”.
1.1.3.1.2. Thomas Blake.
1.1.3.1.3. Robert Blake, d. 1592. Blake v Coggan. Plaintiffs: Robert Blake. Defendants: *Thomas Coggan. Subject: debt. 1558-1579. (C 3/15/65).
1.1.3.1.3.1. William Blake.
1.1.3.1.4. John Blake, bapt. Oct. 19, 1521 in Over-Stowey, d. 1571; held the patronage of the church at Aisholt, Somerset.
1.1.3.1.5. William Blake. “To son William Blake, all my land in the parish of Bishops Lydeard in Busshops Woode and Busshops downe”. He bought land in Pitminster in 1586. and lived there as a neighbour of the Fulgham family.
1.1.3.1.5.1. William Blake, bapt. July 10, 1594, in Pitminster, m. Agnes, dau. of Hugh Thorne, and relict of Richard Bond,* Sept. 23, 1617.
1.1.3.1.5.2. John Blake, bapt. June 15, 1597.
1.1.3.1.5.2.1. Thomas Blake, bapt. ca. 1625, m. Alice Champion, bapt. March 17, 1632, in Meare. Thomas Blake’s land in Virginia was immediately S. of Edward Brantley’s land, which was E. of Francis England’s land, having a contiguous border.
1.1.3.1.5.4. Judith Blake, bapt. ca. 1604, m. Thomas Harris, 1624, in Wiveliscombe.
1.1.3.1.5.4. Thomas Harris, d. 1672.
1.1.3.1.5.4.1. John Harris, appraised the estate of William Grove/s.

CARTER, HARRIS, AND MOORE

1. Thomas Moore, “of ye City of Bristoll Esq., sometime Sheriffe there”.
1.1.1. Thomas Moore.
1.1.1.1. Edward Moore. “Edward Moore of Bristoll Esq., adm. freeman Aug. 27, 1617, having served his apprenticeship with John Fones (Burgess Book. 1607–1651, fo. 84). “Edward Moore of Bristoll Esq., adm. freeman Aug. 27, 1617, having served his apprenticeship with John Fones (Burgess Book. 1607–1651, fo. 84); m. Mary, dau. of John Cullimore, of Bristol, son of Thomas Colymore, of Bristol, gent, and a sister of Margery, wife of Thomas Aldworthe.
1.1.1.1.1. Thomas Moore, travelled to Virginia in 1635, with cheese, butter, and cloth; his sponsor being John Digby, 1st Earl Bristol (1622); a member of the Virginia Company. (Various PRO)
1.1.1.1.1.1. *Thomas Moore (b. ca. 1630), m. Elizabeth, dau. of Giles Elbridge, security given by George Moore* and Mr. Edward Brantley. On the decease of Nicholas Cobb, his estate went to Nicholas Cobb, Jr., whose inheritor was Edward Cobb, his brother. His deed to Thomas Moore was witnessed by Thomas Tooke and John Bell, son of George Bell Jr., son of his namesake, whose spoken Will, of Nov. 1, 1688, named him as legatee, as was John Harris, son of Thomas, d. 1672. In 1687, George Bell Sr. witnessed the Will of Francis Hobbs, br.-n-law of the said John Harris. George Bell Jr’s Will was probated Nov. 9, 1702, naming wife Joyce Bell as executor, giving her land leased from Col. Joseph Bridger (business partner of Thomas Harris, d. 1672, in Bristol); naming son George Bell and dau. Elizabeth, estate to be equally divided. Witnessed by John Davis ( of whom, Edward Harris, d. 1677, owed money), and Francis Floyd. Edward Cobb m. Frances Bond, sister of Dorothy Bond, wife of John Bond (this family probably of Chard). John Bond, Gentleman. Leg: son William; son John; dau. Francis; wife Dorothy. Capt Francis England; Lt Arthur Smith; Mr Richard Sharpe. R. May 3, 1669. Witnesses: John Bennett, William Cooke, p. 63. John Bennett was the br. of Richard Bennett, d. 1709. William Cooke was …
1.1.1.1.1.2. Priscilla Moore, sister, on chronological grounds, of Thomas Moore, m. Edward Champion, br.-in-law of Thomas Blake, neighbour of Edward Brantley Sr. in Virginia, and cousin of Thomas Harris, d. 1672.

1.1.1.1.2. George Moore, d. Aug. 11, 1643; m. Magdalena …
1.1.1.1.2.1. *George Moore, of Bristol, b. 1632, m. Jane Barcroft, dau. of Charles Barcroft.
1.1.1.1.2.1.1. Ann Moore, m. Thomas White. Their estate was appraised between March 22, 1741 and July 26, 1742 John Goodrich Jr., and Edward Brantley, son of Philip. (Chapman, Wills, p. 142).
1.1.1.1.2.1.1.1. Avis White, m. (ca. 1690) a grandson of Thomas Harris, d. 1688.
1.1.1.1.2.1.2. Eleanor Moore, m. Richard Piland, the son of James Piland, bapt. on Aug. 30, 1604, in St Mary’s Le Porte, Bristol, headright of Francis England, in 1642.
1.1.1.1.2.1.2.1. James Piland, witnessed the will of Robert Lancaster, on April 28, 1720, and appraised the estate of John Brantley, on April 26, 1725.
1.1.1.1.2.1.2.1.1. James Piland, m. Elizabeth Brantley, dau. of Phillip Brantley (son of Edward Brantley Sr.), and Joyce Lewis; dau. of Rebecca George (dau. of John) and Thomas Lewis. John and Nicholas George of Virginia were very probably of the Georges of Portbury, Somerset, a junior line of those of Wraxall. Nicholas George was the father-in-law of Thomas Harris, d. 1672, whose estate was appraised by Edward Brantley Sr.
1.1.1.1.2.1.3. Magdalen Moore, m. Thomas Carter Jr.

(1. …
1.1. Mary …, m. (1) Thomas Atkinson
1.1.1. John Atkinson, m. Ann Holliman (dau. of Christopher Holliman).
1.1.1.1. John Atkinsson Jr., m. Elizabeth Ezell, dau. of Michael Ezell, and Elizabeth Tooke.
1.1.1.1.1. Amos Atkinson, m. a dau. of Charles Judkins Jr.
1.1. Mary …, m. (2) Thomas Gwaltney, in 1666.
1.1.1. William Gwaltney, m. Alice Flake, dau. of Robert Flake Jr. and Margaret Marriott. William was the nephew of Thomas Carter, whose son, Thomas Carter Jr, m. Magdalen Moore. George Moore (grandfather of Avis White, wife of John Harris, grandson of Thomas Harris, d. 1688), in consideration of marriage betw. Thomas Carter and Magdalen, dau. of said George Moore, gives Thomas Carter 400 ac. out of my dividend of 1400 ac. on Blackwater Swamp, patent to Moore, May 12, 1669.
1.1. Mary …, m. (3) Thomas Pittman, bapt. Dec. 24, 1613, in Wedmore, Somerset, deposed to be 63 Years of age on March 5, 1677, in Surry Co.; deposed to be “about 70” on Nov. 4, 1684. He m. (2), Lydia (“Lidie”) Gray; a dau. of Thomas Gray Sr., the relict of Samuel Judkins, father of Charles Judkins Sr.).

1.1.1.1.2.2. Katherine Moore, b. ca. 1628.
1.1.1.1.2.2.1. Joyce … , b. ca. 1646, d. June 09, 1679, m. (1) Francis England, (2) George Cripps.
1.1.1.1.2.2.2. Katherine. …, b. ca. 1646, d. aft. 1679, m. (2) Robert Flake. On Oct. 18, 1669, they deeded land to George Moore in IOW, p. 201.
1.1.1.1.2.2.2.1. Katherine Flake b. ca. 1664, m. (1) William Evans, who witnessed the Will of Edward Brantley Sr.
1.1.1.1.2.2.2.2. Robert Flake Jr., Margaret Marriott. Joseph Rogers, Lawnes Creek Parish, Surry County, tanner, gives bond of 10,000 lbs. tob. for his good behavior to John Grove. Wit.: Maj. Wm. Marriott, Ed. Warren. p. 356/ 357
1.1.1.1.2.2.2.2.1. Alice Flake, m. William Gwaltney.

They were all travelling down Tobacco Road.

Some may say, “different Carters”, perhaps so, but perhaps  not.

by m stanhope, copyright B.T. Shannon, 2022