This post will make a case for the Thomas White who m. Ann Moore in Virginia ca. 1665 being of a family of Monksilver, Somerset, an adjacent parish of Stogumber, from which came a George Moore, bapt. Jan. 2, 1632/3. (A George Moore, “age 78 years,” made his Will in Virginia on Nov. 30, 1710). This George Moore was the father of Ann Moore, wife of Thomas White; their dau., Avis, m. John Harris, from a family of Wiveliscombe, 7 miles S. of Monksilver and Stogumber. Apart from these Whites and Moores being the nearest of neighbours, a unifying bond was their shared relationship with the family of Sydenham, which, in the case of the Whites, was of a familial nature.

THOMAS WHITE
1. …
1.1. Thomas White, vicar of Monksilver (7 miles from Wiveliscombe), held that office of the patronage of the Sydenhams, from a familial connection. Rev. Humphry Sydenham, 1591–1650, “Royalist Divine” known as “Silver-Tongue Sydenham” was the brother of John Sydenham (b. 1590), who d. without male children. He 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, dau. of Governor Richard Bennett, secomd-cousin of Thomas Harris, d. 1672, the second-cousin of Thomas Harris, d. 1688.

HARRIS, simplified
See previous notes for more detail.
1. William Harris, m. Dorothy Westbrooke, on Aug. 31, 1562, in Wiveliscombe, Somerset.
1.1. Richard Harris, m. (1594) Elianor Bennett, sister of Edward Bennett,* and Thomas Bennett. The latter was the grandfather of Richard Bennett, d. 1709, whose first wife was Anne, who was Charles Barham’s sister (see Douglas Richardson, ‘Plantagenet Ancestry’), and whose second wife, Sarah,* relict of Daniel Lewis, m. Robert Lancaster Sr., who, by a ist wife, was the father of Samuel Lancaster, husband of Elizabeth Harris*. *Edward Bennett, bapt. Feb. 2, 1577, in Wivelscombe; later of of St Olave, Southwark, London, and Lawn’s Creek, father of Sylvestra Bennett, who m. Nicholas Hill, security, with Edward Brantley Sr., for the estate of Thomas Harris, d. 1672.
1.1.1. Thomas Harris, m. Judith Blake, in 1623.
1.1.1.1. Thomas Harris, b. ca. 1625, d. 1672, in Virginia, a business partner of Joseph Bridger Sr., in Bristol.
1.1.1.1.1. John Harris, m. 2. (April 13, 1689), Elizabeth Church, having issue Isabella Harris, b. April 17, 1695, according to the records of Chuckatuck Monthly Meeting; she d. after 1749, having m. Nicholas Fulgham, son of Nicholas Fulgham, d. 1736, and Martha Pitt; son of Nicholas Fulgham and Sarah Davis.
1.1.1.1.2. Thomas Harris., d. 1712.
1.1.2. Edward Harris. ‘The Will of Judith Bennett of St. Dunstans in the East, London, widow was proven by Edward Harris, executor, Nov. 23, 1638. (P.C.C. 164 Lee). Her children were evidently deceased as she left all to her kinsman Edward Harris, of St. Dunstan in the East, London, merchant, aged 45, named in the Hubberday v. Penniston court case of 1641, which stated he received tobacco from Virginia with Captain Thomas Cornwallis. E.D.N., p. 7, 1875: ‘Among the first sale of negro servants is that made by Richard Bennett, when a Virginia merchant, to Thomas Cornwallis”. Rice Jones patented 88 ac. in Lanc. Co., on N. Side Rappa, adj. land of Edward Harris (deceased) Sept. 2, 1652, he subsequently sold this land to Howell Powell, Jan. 22, 1652, p. 53. This land had been sold to Rice Jones by Richard Bennett, as part of his patent of Nov. 4, 1642. It is almost certain that Edward Harris also held land of this patent.
1.1.2.1. Edward Harris, d. 1677. The estate debts of Edward Harris Jr. inc. “100. Payd Coll. Bacon for rent”, land bought from Thomas Harris, d. 1672. The land of his father-in-law, George Hardy, adjoined that of Nicholas Hill (Edward Bennett’s son-in-law), appraiser of the estate of the said Thomas Harris. His estate debts also included “Payd Mrs. Davis – 877”. The said Thomas Harris received a grant of 40 ac. in IOW, on Aug. 14, 1652, at the head of Pagan Creek, bounded by the land of John Davis, husband of Mary Green (Mrs. Davis).

1.2. William Harris.
1.2.1. Richard Harris, bapt. Jan. 28, 1595, “son of William”. (“Harries”).
1.2.1.1. Thomas Harris, d. 1688.
1.2.1.1.1. Robert Harris*.
1.2.1.1.1.1. John Harris, m. Avis, dau. of Thomas White, and grandau. of George Moore, of Bristol.
1.2.1.2. John Harris, bapt. Feb. 18, 1624, “son of Richard”.
1.2.1.2.1. John Harris.
1.2.1.2.1.1. Elizabeth Harris, b. ca. 1685, m. Samuel Lancaster, son of *Robert Lancaster Sr. The Lancasters were much associated with the descendants of *Robert Harris, and Edward Harris *.

SYDENHAM
1. Humphrey Sydenham (born Nov. 3, 1559), m. Jane, dau. of John Champneys, of Yarncombe.
1.1. John Sydenham, of Dulverton, m. Margery, dau. of Sir Anthony Paulett, and sister of (1) John Paulet, 1st Baron Paulet (1585–1649); (2) Captain Thomas Paulet, of Virginia.. 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.
1.1.1. Susan Sydenham, m. George Sydenham (of the Clatworthy line), d. 1664/5, brother of Sir John Sydenham, of Brimpton. Elis v Sidnam. Plaintiffs: Agnes Elis alias Agnes Raglande. Defendants: George Sidnam and others. Subject: copyhold held of the manor of Monksilver, Somerset. May 16, 1648. (C 3/61/6).
1.2. Roger Sydenham, b. ca. 1587, of the Middle Temple, m. Joan Catford, widow. Sydenham, Roger of Somerset, gent. Exeter Coll., matric. 3 June 3, 1603, aged 15; student of Middle Temple 1607, as 2s. Humphrey, of Dulverton, esq.; brother of Humphrey. See Foster’s Inns of Court Reg. (Register of Admissions to the Honourable Society of the Middle Temple).
1.3. “Silver-Tongue Sydenham”.

CATFORD
1. John Catford.
1.1. Joan Catford, bapt. Nov. 12, 1589, m. Roger Sydenham, brother of John Sydenham, of Dulverton, whose wife was a sister of Captain Thomas Paulet, of Virginia, whose brother, John Paulet, 1st Baron Paulet, sold land to Theodrick Bland, husband of Ann Bennett, dau. of Governor Richard Bennett, born in Wiveliscombe, and a cousin of the Harris family of that place.
1.2. Dorothy Catford, bapty. Sept. 26, 1601, m. Thomas White, rector of Monksilver. The patronage of the living, a rectory, descended with the manor until 1800, when the canons of Windsor, patrons since 1474, retained the advowson at the sale of the manor. The Sydenham family, lessees under the canons, presented between 1572 and 1711. (S.R.S. xiii. 56; lx, p. 83; Som. Incumbents, ed. Weaver, 402–3; St. George’s Chapel, Windsor).
Thomasin Catford, b. ca. 1605. Her relationship to Joan and Dorothy Catford is not recorded.

MOORE
1. John More (Moore) b. ca. 1520. Gantenny v Warre. Plaintiffs: John Gantenny. Defendants: John and Grace Warre and John More. Subject: Meadow in Pixton (in Dulverton). Somerset. 1553-1555. (C 1/1354/3-5). (Gwanthney).
1.1. William Moore. Moore v Ingram. Plaintiffs: William Moore and Johane Moore his wife. Defendants: Simon Ingram, John Holcomb, and Thomas Blynman. Subject: Claim of plaintiff Johane Moore’s life estate. A copyhold tenement holden of the manor of Dulverton, Somerset by plaintiff Johan Moore for her jointure. Before 1603. (C 2/Eliz/M8/43). Thomas Blynman was a steward of the Sydenhams.
1.2. George Moore, b. ca. 1545; bur. Oct. 30, 1577.
1.2. John Moore, b. ca. 1550.
1.2.1. Robert More, bapt. Feb. 1, 1574/5.
1.2.1.1. Thomas Moore, b. ca. 1600, m. Thomasin Catford, Nov. 14, 1631, in Dulverton. Moore v Chilcot. Plaintiffs: Thomas Moore, Rachel Moore widow, Hugh Wyndham,* and Wyndham Wyndham*. Defendants: John Chilcot and Alexander Greedy. Subject: property in Milverton, and Wiveliscombe. 1651. (C 6/113/85). The said John Chilcot could be one of several so named, of a family widely represented in Both Dulverton and Wiveliscombe. There almost certainly would have been a familial connection between him and Thomas Moore: Joan Catford, m. Roger Chilcot, on Oct. 10, 1563, in Dulverton. Johane Catford, m. John Chilcot, on Nov. 16, 1604, in Dulverton. George Catford, m. Jane Chilcot, on Aug. 20, 1632, in Dulverton .
1.1.1.1.1. “Mary Moore”, bapt. Oct. 14, 1632, “dau. of Thomas”.
1.1.1.1.2. George Moore, of Virginia? This would be reasonable speculation, but only that, and there is a far better better proposition:

GEORGE MOORE OF VIRGINIA, probably
Monksilver is the adjoining parish to Stogumber, and it is a certainty that the White families of both places were the same family, seperated by no more than an hedgerow. Monksilver and Stogumber are ca. 8 miles S. of Wiveliscombe. Families were an almost inpenetrable matrix of cousins intermarried into the same families. Like a tapestry, patterns of association were repeated over generations, reinforcing the strength of bonds, as a means of survival through promoting economic co-operation. The vast majority of the eaarly English settlers of Virginia married people who lived within walking distance of them. The principle of the “genealogical orchard”- in which fruit did not fall far from its tree.

George Moore as been presumed to have been of a Bristol family, rather than him becoming associated with Bristol, and its trading links to Virginia. There is a possibility that the latter option was the case. Similarly, would we classify Thomas Harris, d. 1672, as being “of Bristol”, on the grounds that he traded from there, with Joseph Bridger. He was born in Wiveliscombe. See previous posts. Would we classify Edward Bennett, the Virginia coloniser, as being “of London”, because it was his place of trade. He was born in Wiveliscombe, brother of the grandmother of Thomas Harris, d. 1672.

THE MOORE FAMILY OF STOGUMBER – tenants of the Sydenhams
In 1396 to Simon and Henry Sydenham, sons of Richard Sydenham of Combe Sydenham bought the capital messuage of Stogumber. (S.R.S. xvii, pp. 167, 170). Henry died before 1427 and Simon in 1438. Simon’s heir was his nephew John, d. 1468. (G. F. Sydenham, Hist. Sydenham Fam.103). The manor then descended like Combe Sydenham until 1557 when it passed to John (d. before 1617), brother of Sir George Sydenham of Combe Sydenham. John was succeeded by his son, also John, d. 1625. (P.R.O., C 142/114, no. 23; CP 25(2)/207/38 Eliz. I Trin.; S.R.S. lxvii, p. 149).
1. John Moore, bapt. Dec. 20, 1580, bur. June 26, 1628.
1.1. Henry Moore, bapt. Feb. 18, 1602.
1.2. John Moore, b. ca. 1604, m. (1) Margaret Sealy, on June 5, 1627.
1.2.1. Joan Moore, bapt. Sept. 14, 1628.
1.2.2. Emanuel Moore, bapt. Sept. 20, 1629.
1.2.3. George Moore, bapt. Jan. 2, 1632/3, m. (1) Thomasin … George Moore, “age 78 years,” made his Will on Nov. 30, 1710.
1.2.3.1. William Moore, bapt. Feb. 2, 1657/8.

1.2.3. George Moore, m. (2) Jane Barcroft, ca. 1660.
1.2.3.1. Magdalen Moore, d. aft. 1737, m., ca. 1678, Thomas Carter.
1.2.3.2. Elinor Moore, m. Richard Piland.
1.2.3.2. Ann Moore, b. ca. 1665, d. 1742, m. Thomas White.
1.2.3.2.1. Avis White, m. John Harris, son of Robert Harris, son of Thomas Harris, d. 1688.

1.2. John Moore, m. (2) Frances Chilcot, Dec. 29, 1634.
1.2.1. John Moore, bapt. April 3, 1636. Robert Roe, dying intestate, admin requested by William Powell, creditor; security, John Moore. 1675, p. 36, Thomas Moore, Elias Forte, p. 38. The latter derived from Wiveliscombe, see revious posts. Thomas Dixon dying intestate bef. May 2,, 1670 when administration was requested by Henry Martin, who married Mary “the relict”. The estate was appraised by Thomas Barloe, Edward Brantly, Robert Roe, and Elias Fort, and returned on Oct. 25, 1670. Mary m. (1) Thomas Dixon and (2) Henry Martin. (IOW, Admins and Probates, 1670, p. 24). John Moore “of the Lower Parish”, Will probated on June 9, 1688; wife Elizabeth, three sons, and two daughters. (Chapman, p. 28). Elizabeth Moore appointed her “brother” George Moore as her attorney in Aug. 1694. (Bodie, 616).
1.2.2. Joan Moore, bapt. April 21, 1639, m. George Baker, Sept. 19, 1663.
1.2.3. Robert Moore, bapt.July 12, 1640.
1.2. John Moore, m. (3) Mary Roe, on Feb. 1, 1641/2. He was bur. on Jan. 25, 1644/5.
1.2.1. Thomas Moore, bapt, Oct. 12, 1644, d. 1696; m. (ca. 1667), Elizabeth, widow of Samuel Eldridge. George Moore and Edward Brantley Sr., securities.

WYNDHAM .
1. Sir John Wyndham, m. to Elizabeth, dau. of John Sydenham, of “Orchard”.
1.1. John Wyndham, d.v.p. 1572, m. Florence Wadham.
1.1.1. John Wyndham (1558-1645).
1.1.1.1. *Hugh Wyndham.
1.1.1.2. *Wyndham Wyndham.
1.2. Hugh Wyndham, of Wiveliscombe, bur. there 1n 1620.

THOMAS WHITE AND THE BLAKES
1. John Blake, d. bef. Dec. 10, 1576, in Plainsfield, Somerset.
1.1. William Blake, b. ca, 1562 in Over Stowey, Somerset.
1.1.1. Robert Blake, b. 1587 in Pitminster, m. Sarah Wickham, March 3, 1617, in Pitminster ((NEHGS, vol. 163, pp. 203, 2009.
1.1.2. William Blake, bapt. July 10, 1594, in Pitminster, m. Agnes Thorn, Sept. 23, 1617, in Pitminster; dau. of Hugh Thorne, and relict of Richard Bond.
1.1.3. John Blake, bapt. June 15, 1597, in Pitminster.
1.1.3.1. John Blake, bapt. Sept. 1, 1629, in Pitminster.
1.1.3.1.1. Mary Blake, m. Henry Baker; security for Sarah Bennett, wife of Richard Bennett (Will rec. Feb. 6, 1710), second-cousin of Thomas Harris, d. 1672.
1.1.4. Judith Blake, m. Thomas Harris, 1623, in Wiveliscombe.
1.1.4.1. Thomas Harris, d. 1672, in Virginia.

1.2. Elizabeth Blake, m. Robert Sellecke, on Oct. 9, 1571, in Over Stowey. She was bur. May 12, 1624 in Lydiard St. Lawrence, Somerset.
1.2.1. Nicholas Selleck, b. ca. b. 1575, in Tolland, Somerset; d. bef. 17 Feb. 17, 1654, in Clatworthy, Somerset. (NEHGS, vol. 163, p.p. 200-1, 2009). Clatworthy – 2 miles from Wiveliscombe.
1.2.1.1. “Mareab Sellacke”, bapt. Feb. 11, 1609/10, in Clatworthy: St Mary Magdalene, m. Thomas White, Rector of Monksilver,* as follows.
1.2.2. William Selleck, m. Joane Chilcott, on Jan. 7, 1619/20, in Lydeard St Lawrence, dau. of John Chilcot and Johane Catford, supra.
1.2.2.1. Elizabeth Selleck,* m. in Over Stowey, on Aug. 22, 1642, Robert Blake. Elizabeth is mentioned in the Will of her grandmother, Elizabeth Selleck, in 1623.
1.2.2.2. Joane Selleck, m, in Stogumber, Somerset, Dec. 30, 1653, Roger Blynman.

1.3. Robert Blake, bapt. May 1566, in Over Stowey.
1.3.1. William Blake, bapt. June 5, 1594, in Over Stowey, m. Joan Chilcot, on Jan. 22, 1616, in Lydeard Saint Lawrence. She m. (2) William Selleck, supra.
1.3.2. Robert Blake (cousin of Judith Blake), bapt. March 2, 1606, in Over Stowey, m. *Elizabeth Selleck.

THOMAS WHITE
Thomas White (rector) m. (1) Dorothy Catford, on Nov. 24, 1634, in Dulverton. The Catfords were a substantial family of yeomans, tenants of the Sidenhams. (C 3/303/3). 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 1525, and Feb 1635/6.
1.1.1. Thomas White, bapt. Feb. 25, 1635/6, in Dulverton, All Saints.
Thomas White m. (2) Mareab Sellecke, June 28, 1636, in Dulverton. “Mareab Sellacke”, was bapt. Feb. 11, 1609/10, in Clatworthy: St Mary Magdalene, Somerset; dau. of Nicholas Sellacke, of Clatworthy, which is 3 miles N.E of Wiveliscombe, and 5 miles S. of Monksiver. Merab was a sister of: William, bapt. .Jan 1606/7, Christopher, bapt. Jan. 11, 1607/8; John, bapt. March 3, 1611/2; Nicholas, bapt. Feb. 24, 1613; Elizabeth, bapt. May 31, 1618; Symon, bapt. April, 30, 1620. By his first wife, Thomas White was the father of Thomas White, bapt. Feb. 25, 1635/6, in Dulverton, All Saints.
1.1.1. John White. “Thomas White, Clerk of Monksilver”; his Will was probated on May 16, 1648, naming two sons, John and Thomas, who were to receive £20 when reaching the age of 21. Neither John or Thomas White are recorded in the Monksilver registers up to 1720. It is almost certain that John White was a son of Thomas and Mareab.
1.1.2. Thomas White, bapt. Feb. 12, 1638/9, in Dulverton, All Saints, d. inf.
1.1.2. Thomas White, bapt. May 30, 1643, in Dulverton, son of Thomas White, of Dulverton, clerk.

Either he or his half-brother and namesake, bapt. Feb. 25, 1635/6, may have been he who m. Ann Moore, in Virginia; their dau., Avis, m. a grandson of Thomas Harris, d. 1688.
John White, possibly the John who was father of John White, bapt. March 20, 1654/5, in Dulverton.

BENNETT, simplified
1. … 1.1. Thomas Bennett, bapt. April 2, 1570. 1.1.1. Thomas Bennett, bapt. Nov. 5, 1603. 1.1.1.1. Richard Bennett, d. 1709, whose first wife was Anne, who was Charles Barham’s sister (see Douglas Richardson, ‘Plantagenet Ancestry’).Richard Bennett, m. (2) Sarah, who m. (2) Robert Lancaster Sr. (B. 5, p. 22). 1.1.2. Governor Richard Bennett, bapt. Aug. 6, 1609, d. 1675, in Virginia; his Will bequested two thousand pounds of tobacco to the wife of “Mr. Thomas Taberer”, whose dau., Ruth, m. John Newman, br-in-law of Thomas Harris, d. 1672. 1.1.2.1. Ann Bennett, m. Theoderick Bland. 1.2. Edward Bennett, bapt. Feb. 2, 1577, in Wivelscombe; later of of St Olave, Southwark, London, and Lawn’s Creek, Virginia. 1.2.1. Sylvestra Bennett, m. Nicholas Hill, security for the estate of Thomas Harris, d. 1672. 1.3. Elianor Bennett, m. Richard Harris.* 1.3.1. Thomas Harris, m. Judith Blake. 1.3.1.1. Thomas Harris, d. 1672. The said Richard Harris was the brother of William Harris, whose son Richard Harris, bapt. Jan. 28, 1595, “son of William”. (“Harries”), was the probable father of Thomas Harris, d. 1688.

1.1. Thomas White, bapt. Feb. 25, 1635/6, or May 30, 1643, d. 1694, in Virginia. His estate to be divided between his wife, Phillis and children: Thomas, Mary, Rebecca, and Elizabeth. Sister-in-law, Elizabeth Ruffin, have the land, and management of daughter, Rebecca, and her estate, and place daughter Elizabeth, and her estate with whom she please. Mr. Robert Lancaster to have the care of son, Thomas, and daughter Mary, and their estates. Makes wife, Phillis, Exerx. Elizabeth Ruffin and Robert Lancaster, overseers of the will, probated, Sept. 4, 1694. Wit: Thos. Bage, widow. Edwards, John Thompson. (B. 5, p. 20). Put simply, the wife of Thomas White was the sister of Elizabeth Ruffin.

THOMAS WHITE JR. MARRIED A DAUGHTER OF GEORGE MOORE
1.1.1. Thomas White, b. ca. 1665 1677, m. a dau. of George Moore. W.B. A, p. 586: Will of George Moore, aged 78 years, dated Nov. 1710, probated Jan.24, 1714. His Will only mentioned “wife Jennie, exec”. and “granddau. Jane White”. Witnesses to Will: Elizabeth Brown, Henry Baker, Lawrence Baker.

A codicil mentioned grandsons: George Carter, John White, (Moore) Thomas White, William White, Mary White, land adjoining Thomas Carter. Witness to codicil: Wm. Baldwin, James Sampson, Henry White. Will probated by Magdalen Carter. Aug. 11, 1673: George Moore, in consideration of the marriage between Thomas Carter and Magdalen, daughter of said Moore, gives to Thomas Carter, and Magdalen in writing, 400 ac. out of dividend of 1400 ac. in Blackwater Swamp, patented by Moore, Dec. 5, 1669). At IOW Court on Jan. 24, 1714, “the last Will and Testament of Mr. George Moore was presented by Magdalen Carter, one of the Exc., and proved by the Oath of Lawrence Baker, and the Codicil by the Oaths of the Witnesses”.
Ann (Moore) White’s Will of 1742 mentions her son John White, my Grandaughter Mary White; William White & Thomas White, sons of John & Thomas White. My son George Thomas White Witnesses: John Goodrich, Edward Brantley. (Rec. May 24, 1742, p. 401). This Edward Brantley was born ca. 1715,

This post will make a case for the Thomas White who m. Ann Moore in Virginia ca. 1665 being of a family of Monksilver, Somerset, an adjacent parish of Stogumber, from which came a George Moore, bapt. Jan. 2, 1632/3. (A George Moore, “age 78 years,” made his Will in Virginia on Nov. 30, 1710). This George Moore was the father of Ann Moore, wife of Thomas White; their dau., Avis, m. John Harris, from a family of Wiveliscombe, 7 miles S. of Monksilver and Stogumber. Apart from these Whites and Moores being the nearest of neighbours, a unifying bond was their shared relationship with the family of Sydenham, which, in the case of the Whites, was of a familial nature.

THOMAS WHITE
1. …
1.1. Thomas White, vicar of Monksilver (7 miles from Wiveliscombe), held that office of the patronage of the Sydenhams, from a familial connection. Rev. Humphry Sydenham, 1591–1650, “Royalist Divine” known as “Silver-Tongue Sydenham” was the brother of John Sydenham (b. 1590), who d. without male children. He 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, dau. of Governor Richard Bennett, secomd-cousin of Thomas Harris, d. 1672, the second-cousin of Thomas Harris, d. 1688.

HARRIS, simplified
See previous notes for more detail.
1. William Harris, m. Dorothy Westbrooke, on Aug. 31, 1562, in Wiveliscombe, Somerset.
1.1. Richard Harris, m. (1594) Elianor Bennett, sister of Edward Bennett,* and Thomas Bennett. The latter was the grandfather of Richard Bennett, d. 1709, whose first wife was Anne, who was Charles Barham’s sister (see Douglas Richardson, ‘Plantagenet Ancestry’), and whose second wife, Sarah,* relict of Daniel Lewis, m. Robert Lancaster Sr., who, by a ist wife, was the father of Samuel Lancaster, husband of Elizabeth Harris*. *Edward Bennett, bapt. Feb. 2, 1577, in Wivelscombe; later of of St Olave, Southwark, London, and Lawn’s Creek, father of Sylvestra Bennett, who m. Nicholas Hill, security, with Edward Brantley Sr., for the estate of Thomas Harris, d. 1672.
1.1.1. Thomas Harris, m. Judith Blake, in 1623.
1.1.1.1. Thomas Harris, b. ca. 1625, d. 1672, in Virginia, a business partner of Joseph Bridger Sr., in Bristol.
1.1.1.1.1. John Harris, m. 2. (April 13, 1689), Elizabeth Church, having issue Isabella Harris, b. April 17, 1695, according to the records of Chuckatuck Monthly Meeting; she d. after 1749, having m. Nicholas Fulgham, son of Nicholas Fulgham, d. 1736, and Martha Pitt; son of Nicholas Fulgham and Sarah Davis.
1.1.1.1.2. Thomas Harris., d. 1712.
1.1.2. Edward Harris. ‘The Will of Judith Bennett of St. Dunstans in the East, London, widow was proven by Edward Harris, executor, Nov. 23, 1638. (P.C.C. 164 Lee). Her children were evidently deceased as she left all to her kinsman Edward Harris, of St. Dunstan in the East, London, merchant, aged 45, named in the Hubberday v. Penniston court case of 1641, which stated he received tobacco from Virginia with Captain Thomas Cornwallis. E.D.N., p. 7, 1875: ‘Among the first sale of negro servants is that made by Richard Bennett, when a Virginia merchant, to Thomas Cornwallis”. Rice Jones patented 88 ac. in Lanc. Co., on N. Side Rappa, adj. land of Edward Harris (deceased) Sept. 2, 1652, he subsequently sold this land to Howell Powell, Jan. 22, 1652, p. 53. This land had been sold to Rice Jones by Richard Bennett, as part of his patent of Nov. 4, 1642. It is almost certain that Edward Harris also held land of this patent.
1.1.2.1. Edward Harris, d. 1677. The estate debts of Edward Harris Jr. inc. “100. Payd Coll. Bacon for rent”, land bought from Thomas Harris, d. 1672. The land of his father-in-law, George Hardy, adjoined that of Nicholas Hill (Edward Bennett’s son-in-law), appraiser of the estate of the said Thomas Harris. His estate debts also included “Payd Mrs. Davis – 877”. The said Thomas Harris received a grant of 40 ac. in IOW, on Aug. 14, 1652, at the head of Pagan Creek, bounded by the land of John Davis, husband of Mary Green (Mrs. Davis).

1.2. William Harris.
1.2.1. Richard Harris, bapt. Jan. 28, 1595, “son of William”. (“Harries”).
1.2.1.1. Thomas Harris, d. 1688.
1.2.1.1.1. Robert Harris*.
1.2.1.1.1.1. John Harris, m. Avis, dau. of Thomas White, and grandau. of George Moore, of Bristol.
1.2.1.2. John Harris, bapt. Feb. 18, 1624, “son of Richard”.
1.2.1.2.1. John Harris.
1.2.1.2.1.1. Elizabeth Harris, b. ca. 1685, m. Samuel Lancaster, son of *Robert Lancaster Sr. The Lancasters were much associated with the descendants of *Robert Harris, and Edward Harris *.

SYDENHAM
1. Humphrey Sydenham (born Nov. 3, 1559), m. Jane, dau. of John Champneys, of Yarncombe.
1.1. John Sydenham, of Dulverton, m. Margery, dau. of Sir Anthony Paulett, and sister of (1) John Paulet, 1st Baron Paulet (1585–1649); (2) Captain Thomas Paulet, of Virginia.. 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.
1.1.1. Susan Sydenham, m. George Sydenham (of the Clatworthy line), d. 1664/5, brother of Sir John Sydenham, of Brimpton. Elis v Sidnam. Plaintiffs: Agnes Elis alias Agnes Raglande. Defendants: George Sidnam and others. Subject: copyhold held of the manor of Monksilver, Somerset. May 16, 1648. (C 3/61/6).
1.2. Roger Sydenham, b. ca. 1587, of the Middle Temple, m. Joan Catford, widow. Sydenham, Roger of Somerset, gent. Exeter Coll., matric. 3 June 3, 1603, aged 15; student of Middle Temple 1607, as 2s. Humphrey, of Dulverton, esq.; brother of Humphrey. See Foster’s Inns of Court Reg. (Register of Admissions to the Honourable Society of the Middle Temple).
1.3. “Silver-Tongue Sydenham”.

CATFORD
1. John Catford.
1.1. Joan Catford, bapt. Nov. 12, 1589, m. Roger Sydenham, brother of John Sydenham, of Dulverton, whose wife was a sister of Captain Thomas Paulet, of Virginia, whose brother, John Paulet, 1st Baron Paulet, sold land to Theodrick Bland, husband of Ann Bennett, dau. of Governor Richard Bennett, born in Wiveliscombe, and a cousin of the Harris family of that place.
1.2. Dorothy Catford, bapty. Sept. 26, 1601, m. Thomas White, rector of Monksilver. The patronage of the living, a rectory, descended with the manor until 1800, when the canons of Windsor, patrons since 1474, retained the advowson at the sale of the manor. The Sydenham family, lessees under the canons, presented between 1572 and 1711. (S.R.S. xiii. 56; lx, p. 83; Som. Incumbents, ed. Weaver, 402–3; St. George’s Chapel, Windsor).
Thomasin Catford, b. ca. 1605. Her relationship to Joan and Dorothy Catford is not recorded.

MOORE
1. John More (Moore) b. ca. 1520. Gantenny v Warre. Plaintiffs: John Gantenny. Defendants: John and Grace Warre and John More. Subject: Meadow in Pixton (in Dulverton). Somerset. 1553-1555. (C 1/1354/3-5). (Gwanthney).
1.1. William Moore. Moore v Ingram. Plaintiffs: William Moore and Johane Moore his wife. Defendants: Simon Ingram, John Holcomb, and Thomas Blynman. Subject: Claim of plaintiff Johane Moore’s life estate. A copyhold tenement holden of the manor of Dulverton, Somerset by plaintiff Johan Moore for her jointure. Before 1603. (C 2/Eliz/M8/43). Thomas Blynman was a steward of the Sydenhams.
1.2. George Moore, b. ca. 1545; bur. Oct. 30, 1577.
1.2. John Moore, b. ca. 1550.
1.2.1. Robert More, bapt. Feb. 1, 1574/5.
1.2.1.1. Thomas Moore, b. ca. 1600, m. Thomasin Catford, Nov. 14, 1631, in Dulverton. Moore v Chilcot. Plaintiffs: Thomas Moore, Rachel Moore widow, Hugh Wyndham,* and Wyndham Wyndham*. Defendants: John Chilcot and Alexander Greedy. Subject: property in Milverton, and Wiveliscombe. 1651. (C 6/113/85). The said John Chilcot could be one of several so named, of a family widely represented in Both Dulverton and Wiveliscombe. There almost certainly would have been a familial connection between him and Thomas Moore: Joan Catford, m. Roger Chilcot, on Oct. 10, 1563, in Dulverton. Johane Catford, m. John Chilcot, on Nov. 16, 1604, in Dulverton. George Catford, m. Jane Chilcot, on Aug. 20, 1632, in Dulverton .
1.1.1.1.1. “Mary Moore”, bapt. Oct. 14, 1632, “dau. of Thomas”.
1.1.1.1.2. George Moore, of Virginia? This would be reasonable speculation, but only that, and there is a far better better proposition:

GEORGE MOORE OF VIRGINIA, probably
Monksilver is the adjoining parish to Stogumber, and it is a certainty that the White families of both places were the same family, seperated by no more than an hedgerow. Monksilver and Stogumber are ca. 8 miles S. of Wiveliscombe. Families were an almost inpenetrable matrix of cousins intermarried into the same families. Like a tapestry, patterns of association were repeated over generations, reinforcing the strength of bonds, as a means of survival through promoting economic co-operation. The vast majority of the eaarly English settlers of Virginia married people who lived within walking distance of them. The principle of the “genealogical orchard”- in which fruit did not fall far from its tree.

George Moore as been presumed to have been of a Bristol family, rather than him becoming associated with Bristol, and its trading links to Virginia. There is a possibility that the latter option was the case. Similarly, would we classify Thomas Harris, d. 1672, as being “of Bristol”, on the grounds that he traded from there, with Joseph Bridger. He was born in Wiveliscombe. See previous posts. Would we classify Edward Bennett, the Virginia coloniser, as being “of London”, because it was his place of trade. He was born in Wiveliscombe, brother of the grandmother of Thomas Harris, d. 1672.

THE MOORE FAMILY OF STOGUMBER – tenants of the Sydenhams
In 1396 to Simon and Henry Sydenham, sons of Richard Sydenham of Combe Sydenham bought the capital messuage of Stogumber. (S.R.S. xvii, pp. 167, 170). Henry died before 1427 and Simon in 1438. Simon’s heir was his nephew John, d. 1468. (G. F. Sydenham, Hist. Sydenham Fam.103). The manor then descended like Combe Sydenham until 1557 when it passed to John (d. before 1617), brother of Sir George Sydenham of Combe Sydenham. John was succeeded by his son, also John, d. 1625. (P.R.O., C 142/114, no. 23; CP 25(2)/207/38 Eliz. I Trin.; S.R.S. lxvii, p. 149).

1. John Moore, bapt. Dec. 20, 1580, bur. June 26, 1628.
1.1. Henry Moore, bapt. Feb. 18, 1602.
1.2. John Moore, b. ca. 1604, m. (1) Margaret Sealy, on June 5, 1627.
1.2.1. Joan Moore, bapt. Sept. 14, 1628.
1.2.2. Emanuel Moore, bapt. Sept. 20, 1629.
1.2.3. George Moore, bapt. Jan. 2, 1632/3, m. (1) Thomasin … George Moore, “age 78 years,” made his Will on Nov. 30, 1710.
1.2.3.1. William Moore, bapt. Feb. 2, 1657/8.

1.2.3. George Moore, m. (2) Jane Barcroft, ca. 1660.
1.2.3.1. Magdalen Moore, d. aft. 1737, m., ca. 1678, Thomas Carter.
1.2.3.2. Elinor Moore, m. Richard Piland.
1.2.3.2. Ann Moore, b. ca. 1665, d. 1742, m. Thomas White.
1.2.3.2.1. Avis White, m. John Harris, son of Robert Harris, son of Thomas Harris, d. 1688.

1.2. John Moore, m. (2) Frances Chilcot, Dec. 29, 1634.
1.2.1. John Moore, bapt. April 3, 1636. Robert Roe, dying intestate, admin requested by William Powell, creditor; security, John Moore. 1675, p. 36, Thomas Moore, Elias Forte, p. 38. The latter derived from Wiveliscombe, see revious posts. Thomas Dixon dying intestate bef. May 2,, 1670 when administration was requested by Henry Martin, who married Mary “the relict”. The estate was appraised by Thomas Barloe, Edward Brantly, Robert Roe, and Elias Fort, and returned on Oct. 25, 1670. Mary m. (1) Thomas Dixon and (2) Henry Martin. (IOW, Admins and Probates, 1670, p. 24). John Moore “of the Lower Parish”, Will probated on June 9, 1688; wife Elizabeth, three sons, and two daughters. (Chapman, p. 28). Elizabeth Moore appointed her “brother” George Moore as her attorney in Aug. 1694. (Bodie, 616).
1.2.2. Joan Moore, bapt. April 21, 1639, m. George Baker, Sept. 19, 1663.
1.2.3. Robert Moore, bapt.July 12, 1640.
1.2. John Moore, m. (3) Mary Roe, on Feb. 1, 1641/2. He was bur. on Jan. 25, 1644/5.
1.2.1. Thomas Moore, bapt, Oct. 12, 1644, d. 1696; m. (ca. 1667), Elizabeth, widow of Samuel Eldridge. George Moore and Edward Brantley Sr., securities.

WYNDHAM .
1. Sir John Wyndham, m. to Elizabeth, dau. of John Sydenham, of “Orchard”.
1.1. John Wyndham, d.v.p. 1572, m. Florence Wadham.
1.1.1. John Wyndham (1558-1645).
1.1.1.1. *Hugh Wyndham.
1.1.1.2. *Wyndham Wyndham.
1.2. Hugh Wyndham, of Wiveliscombe, bur. there 1n 1620.

THOMAS WHITE AND THE BLAKES
1. John Blake, d. bef. Dec. 10, 1576, in Plainsfield, Somerset.
1.1. William Blake, b. ca, 1562 in Over Stowey, Somerset.
1.1.1. Robert Blake, b. 1587 in Pitminster, m. Sarah Wickham, March 3, 1617, in Pitminster ((NEHGS, vol. 163, pp. 203, 2009.
1.1.2. William Blake, bapt. July 10, 1594, in Pitminster, m. Agnes Thorn, Sept. 23, 1617, in Pitminster; dau. of Hugh Thorne, and relict of Richard Bond.
1.1.3. John Blake, bapt. June 15, 1597, in Pitminster.
1.1.3.1. John Blake, bapt. Sept. 1, 1629, in Pitminster.
1.1.3.1.1. Mary Blake, m. Henry Baker; security for Sarah Bennett, wife of Richard Bennett. (Will rec. Feb. 6, 1710), second-cousin of Thomas Harris, d. 1672.
1.1.4. Judith Blake, m. Thomas Harris, 1623, in Wiveliscombe.
1.1.4.1. Thomas Harris, d. 1672, in Virginia.

1.2. Elizabeth Blake, m. Robert Sellecke, on Oct. 9, 1571, in Over Stowey. She was bur. May 12, 1624 in Lydiard St. Lawrence, Somerset.
1.2.1. Nicholas Selleck, b. ca. b. 1575, in Tolland, Somerset; d. bef. 17 Feb. 17, 1654, in Clatworthy, Somerset. (NEHGS, vol. 163, p.p. 200-1, 2009). Clatworthy – 2 miles from Wiveliscombe.
1.2.1.1. “Mareab Sellacke”, bapt. Feb. 11, 1609/10, in Clatworthy: St Mary Magdalene, m. Thomas White, Rector of Monksilver,* as follows.
1.2.2. William Selleck, m. Joane Chilcott, on Jan. 7, 1619/20, in Lydeard St Lawrence, dau. of John Chilcot and Johane Catford, supra.
1.2.2.1. Elizabeth Selleck,* m. in Over Stowey, on Aug. 22, 1642, Robert Blake. Elizabeth is mentioned in the Will of her grandmother, Elizabeth Selleck, in 1623.
1.2.2.2. Joane Selleck, m, in Stogumber, Somerset, Dec. 30, 1653, Roger Blynman.

1.3. Robert Blake, bapt. May 1566, in Over Stowey.
1.3.1. William Blake, bapt. June 5, 1594, in Over Stowey, m. Joan Chilcot, on Jan. 22, 1616, in Lydeard Saint Lawrence. She m. (2) William Selleck, supra.
1.3.2. Robert Blake (cousin of Judith Blake), bapt. March 2, 1606, in Over Stowey, m. *Elizabeth Selleck.

THOMAS WHITE
Thomas White (rector) m. (1) Dorothy Catford, on Nov. 24, 1634, in Dulverton. The Catfords were a substantial family of yeomans, tenants of the Sidenhams. (C 3/303/3). 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 1525, and Feb 1635/6.
1.1.1. Thomas White, bapt. Feb. 25, 1635/6, in Dulverton, All Saints.
Thomas White m. (2) Mareab Sellecke, June 28, 1636, in Dulverton. “Mareab Sellacke”, was bapt. Feb. 11, 1609/10, in Clatworthy: St Mary Magdalene, Somerset; dau. of Nicholas Sellacke, of Clatworthy, which is 3 miles N.E of Wiveliscombe, and 5 miles S. of Monksiver. Merab was a sister of: William, bapt. .Jan 1606/7, Christopher, bapt. Jan. 11, 1607/8; John, bapt. March 3, 1611/2; Nicholas, bapt. Feb. 24, 1613; Elizabeth, bapt. May 31, 1618; Symon, bapt. April, 30, 1620. By his first wife, Thomas White was the father of Thomas White, bapt. Feb. 25, 1635/6, in Dulverton, All Saints.
1.1.1. John White. “Thomas White, Clerk of Monksilver”; his Will was probated on May 16, 1648, naming two sons, John and Thomas, who were to receive £20 when reaching the age of 21. Neither John or Thomas White are recorded in the Monksilver registers up to 1720. It is almost certain that John White was a son of Thomas and Mareab.
1.1.2. Thomas White, bapt. Feb. 12, 1638/9, in Dulverton, All Saints, d. inf.
1.1.2. Thomas White, bapt. May 30, 1643, in Dulverton, son of Thomas White, of Dulverton, clerk.

Either he or his half-brother and namesake, bapt. Feb. 25, 1635/6, may have been he who m. Ann Moore, in Virginia; their dau., Avis, m. a grandson of Thomas Harris, d. 1688.
John White, possibly the John who was father of John White, bapt. March 20, 1654/5, in Dulverton.

BENNETT, simplified
1. … 1.1. Thomas Bennett, bapt. April 2, 1570. 1.1.1. Thomas Bennett, bapt. Nov. 5, 1603. 1.1.1.1. Richard Bennett, d. 1709, whose first wife was Anne, who was Charles Barham’s sister (see Douglas Richardson, ‘Plantagenet Ancestry’).Richard Bennett, m. (2) Sarah, who m. (2) Robert Lancaster Sr. (B. 5, p. 22). 1.1.2. Governor Richard Bennett, bapt. Aug. 6, 1609, d. 1675, in Virginia; his Will bequested two thousand pounds of tobacco to the wife of “Mr. Thomas Taberer”, whose dau., Ruth, m. John Newman, br-in-law of Thomas Harris, d. 1672. 1.1.2.1. Ann Bennett, m. Theoderick Bland. 1.2. Edward Bennett, bapt. Feb. 2, 1577, in Wivelscombe; later of of St Olave, Southwark, London, and Lawn’s Creek, Virginia. 1.2.1. Sylvestra Bennett, m. Nicholas Hill, security for the estate of Thomas Harris, d. 1672. 1.3. Elianor Bennett, m. Richard Harris.* 1.3.1. Thomas Harris, m. Judith Blake. 1.3.1.1. Thomas Harris, d. 1672. The said Richard Harris was the brother of William Harris, whose son Richard Harris, bapt. Jan. 28, 1595, “son of William”. (“Harries”), was the probable father of Thomas Harris, d. 1688.

1.1. Thomas White, bapt. Feb. 25, 1635/6, or May 30, 1643, d. 1694, in Virginia. His estate to be divided between his wife, Phillis and children: Thomas, Mary, Rebecca, and Elizabeth. Sister-in-law, Elizabeth Ruffin, have the land, and management of daughter, Rebecca, and her estate, and place daughter Elizabeth, and her estate with whom she please. Mr. Robert Lancaster to have the care of son, Thomas, and daughter Mary, and their estates. Makes wife, Phillis, Exerx. Elizabeth Ruffin and Robert Lancaster, overseers of the will, probated, Sept. 4, 1694. Wit: Thos. Bage, widow. Edwards, John Thompson. (B. 5, p. 20). Put simply, the wife of Thomas White was the sister of Elizabeth Ruffin.

THOMAS WHITE JR. MARRIED A DAUGHTER OF GEORGE MOORE
1.1.1. Thomas White, b. ca. 1665 1677, m. a dau. of George Moore. W.B. A, p. 586: Will of George Moore, aged 78 years, dated Nov. 1710, probated Jan.24, 1714. His Will only mentioned “wife Jennie, exec”. and “granddau. Jane White”. Witnesses to Will: Elizabeth Brown, Henry Baker, Lawrence Baker.

A codicil mentioned grandsons: George Carter, John White, (Moore) Thomas White, William White, Mary White, land adjoining Thomas Carter. Witness to codicil: Wm. Baldwin, James Sampson, Henry White. Will probated by Magdalen Carter. Aug. 11, 1673: George Moore, in consideration of the marriage between Thomas Carter and Magdalen, daughter of said Moore, gives to Thomas Carter, and Magdalen in writing, 400 ac. out of dividend of 1400 ac. in Blackwater Swamp, patented by Moore, Dec. 5, 1669). At IOW Court on Jan. 24, 1714, “the last Will and Testament of Mr. George Moore was presented by Magdalen Carter, one of the Exc., and proved by the Oath of Lawrence Baker, and the Codicil by the Oaths of the Witnesses”.

Ann (Moore) White’s Will of 1742 mentions her son John White, my Grandaughter Mary White; William White & Thomas White, sons of John & Thomas White. My son George Thomas White Witnesses: John Goodrich, Edward Brantley. (Rec. May 24, 1742, p. 401). This Edward Brantley was born ca. 1715, d. June 21, Halifax Co., son of James Brantley (brother of John Brantley, who m. the relict of thomas Harris, d. 1729/30), sons of Edward Brantley, who was granted land near the Meherrin River in 1717, and d. Jan. 26, 1736, in Nottowat Parish, IOW. He was the son of Philip Brantley (and Joyce Lewis), son of Edward Brantley Sr., security for the estate of Thomas Harris, d. 1672.

George Moore’s codicil also mentioned: (1) “Grandson, Samuel Williams,* reversion to his brother, John Williams: “I do give unto my grand-son Saml. Williams* one thousand pounds …when he shall come to the age of eighteen and if should die before he shall come to age I give his brother John Williams shall have”. That is, a (Williams) grandson was born after 1692. His other (White) grandsons had presumably been born before 1692, perhaps between 1687 – 1690. This would suggest that their mother, Ann, was born ca. 1665, , which would stretch the limits to her having a dau. born 1710, a proposed wife of John Harris, whose children were born ca. 1745-1755. (2) Grandson: George Piland. (Son of his dau. (Elinor) and Richard Piland. Richard Piland. leg. – wife (Elinor Moore) and five children. Dated Feb. 2, 1692/3. Wit. – Thomas Moore (cousin of George Moore), and Henry White.

1.1.1.1. Avis White, b. ca. 1690, m. John Harris, son of Robert Harris, son of Thomas Harris, d. 1688. The Harris and White families were probably those who lived within walking distance (betw. Wiveliscombe and Monksilver), in Somerset.

1.1.1.1.1. Benjamin Harris, m. Elizabeth Miller, spinster, on Oct. 14, 1781, security: R. Kello and John Clayton. On March 11 1779, he purchased 133 ac. from Burwell Williamson. (B. 5 ,pp. 392/3). On Jan. 21, 1786, Benjamin and Elizabeth Harris sold to Burwell Williamson: “two hundred and eight ac. more or less” and bounded at a cedar, a corner of the said Harris’s and William Williamson’s, deceased … thence up the various courses of the run of the said branch to a small sweet gum, a corner of Harman Harris’ land. (Southampton Co., B. 6, pp. 535-536). 1786 Southampton Co. B. 6, Benjamin and Elizabeth Harris sell land to Burwell Williamson that was first granted to Robert and John Harris, on Sept. 28, 1730. April 2, 1787, Southampton Co. (B.6, pp. 705-709).

1.1.1.1.2. Harmon Harris. Nov 10, 1768: “For Love and affection,” deed to Harmon Harris by Absolom and William Williamson; beginning at a red oak on John Harriss’ Line in the head of a branch called Piney Branch, thence along a line of marked trees to a pine and said Harmon Harriss’ line; thence along the said Harmon’s line to another pine of marked trees to a gum”. Oct. 15, 1804: Will of Harmon Harris probated. leg. – wife, Lucy; sons: Exum Harris and John Harris; daus: Nancy Brantley; Avis Presson; Sally Harris; Lucy Harris; granddaud., Elida and Sally Brantley. Witnesses: Edward Bailey and Lemuel Bailey, and John Woodward. (Southampton Co., W. B 5; pp. 538-540).

WILLIAM WHITE, BROTHER OF THOMAS WHITE
1.1.2. William White Leg. – mother, John and Francis Lee, Mary White, John White; brother John White; brother Thomas White, to Mary Bell; to brother Henry White; sister Jane Lee. Wit. Thomas Rosser, Samuel Williams.* (Rec. Feb. 23, 1729, p. 191). *Grandson of George Moore.
1.1.3. John White. Estate appraised by *Samuel Wilson, John Barlow Jr., Mr. James Derring. (Rec. June 6, 1754, p. 96).
1.1.4. Henry White.
1.1.5. Jane White, m. Francis Lee. Francis Lee and Thomas Rosser witnessed the Will of Thomas Thorpe. (Rec. Jan. 28, 1711, p. 531). Francis Lee. Leg. – son Francis, among all my children. Wit. – Nicholas Derring, Henry White, Mary Roberson. (Dated Oct. 5, 1716, p. 613). Francis Lee. Estate appraised by George Goodrich, Elias and Roger Hodges, ca. 1717, p. 616. George Goodrich was the brother of (1) John Goodrich, who witnessed the Will of Ann (Moore) White; (2) Constance Goodrich, who m. Benjamin Hodges, parents of Hartwell Hodges, who m. (2) James Drake Sr.; (3) Honor Goodrich, mother of Thomas Wilson Sr., who had issue: Elizabeth, wife of Joseph Holleman Jr. (Dec. 3, 1720 – June 27, 1786); half-brother of Arthur Holleman,* who m. Ann White, sister of Avis White, wife of John Harris, supra.

1.1.6. Henry White. Leg. – wife Sarah,* silver I have sent for by Captain Turner; to son Baker, dau. Mary. Friends: Mr. Mathew Wills and William Baker to divide my estate. Wit. – William Glover, John White, Lawrence Baker. (Rec. May 23, 1733, p. 344). Henry White was a brother-in-law of Lawrence Baker.* James Sampson. Leg. – dau. Margaret, wife of Nicholas Wilson; Mr. George Moore and his wife; son James; dau. Clarke, John Brown; William Evans. exec. Codicil, deceased wife requested me to take notice that she left her daus., Margaret and Elizabeth, 300 ac. each. Wit. John Whetstone, Henry White. (Rec. April 9, 1689, p. 191).

James Sampson. Leg. – dau. Margaret, wife of Nicholas Wilson; Mr. George Moore and his wife; son James; dau. Clarke, John Brown; William Evans exec. Codicil, deceased wife requested me to take notice that she left her daus., Margaret and Elizabeth, 300 ac. each. Wit. John Whetstone, Henry White. (Rec. April 9, 1689, p. 191). Henry White can be presumed to have been born ca 1660, and his brother, Thomas, of similar date. Lawrence Baker may have been he who was baptised at Milverton, 3 miles S.E. of Wiveliscombe, on March 12, 1671; son of James.

1.1.6.1. Baker White. Simon Harris. Leg. – sons William, Simon, and Jacob, wife Ruth. Wit. – Joseph Channel, Priscilla Reaves, Baker White. (Rec. May 11, 1769, p. 275). Baker White: estate appraised by William Blunt, Thomas and John Luter. (Rec. May 13, 1773, p. 50). Simon Harris was most likely the grandson of George Harris, brother of Robert Harris, d. 1740,
1.1.1.2. Ann White, m. Arthur Holleman. Thomas Pittman and wife Elizabeth of IOW Co. to Thomas White of the same for 10-pounds lawful money 200 ac. on S. side of Main Blackwater Swamp adjoining Thomas Holleman (as by a patent granted said Pittman on Dec. 23, 1714). Witnesses: Joseph Holleman and Samuel Lancaster. (Rec. Feb. 16, 1720, Surry Co. B.7, p. 297). Samuel Lancaster, son of Robert Lancaster Sr., m. Elizabeth Harris, as heretofore given.

1.1.1.3. Benjamin White.
1.1.1.4. James White.
1.1.1.5. John White,* m. Martha Little. John White. Estate appraised by Samuel Wilson, John Barlow Jr., Mr. James Derring. (Rec. June 6, 1754, p. 96). Will of Samuel Lancaster of Surry Co. Leg: Joseph Holleman (exec), daus: Silvis and Elizabeth Lancaster, wife Elizabeth, and friend, *Arthur Holloman. Witnesses: *John White and Nathan Williford. (Rec. Jan. 20, 1761).
1.1.1.6. William White.

What then the probabilities of a daughter of a George Moore marrying a son of a Thomas White, if they were of adjacent parishes in Somerset, England, and who were both tenants of the Sydenhams:? In an English perspective, an excellent probability, one reflecting the social norms of their time. In a Virginia perspective, also an excellent probability; the social norms of English settlers being repeated in their new home.

There is no certainty, no proof in terms of authenticated documentation; but for those with such proof of descent from Thomas White Jr. and George Moore, the proposition that they were close neighbours in Somerset, alongside the Harris family of Wiveliscombe, is recommended.

They were not to be found in in such as “Burke’s Landed Gentry”, nor were they indentured servants in Virginia. They were of an aspiring class (who sought advancement through carefully planned intermarriages), and who were the driving force behind creating new opportunities in their New World.

by m stanhope, copyright B.T. Shannon 2024