1. John Westbrooke.
1.1. Dorothy Westbrooke, m. William Harris, Aug. 31, 1562, in Wiveliscombe, Somerset, 10 miles N.W. of Pitminster, the home of the Fulghams.
1.1.1. William Harris, born ca. 1563.
1.1.1.1. Richard Harries, bapt. Jan. 28, 1595, “s.o. William”.
1.1.1.1.1. John Harris, bapt. Feb. 18, 1624, “s.o. Richard Harris”. John Harris, transportee in 1650 of Richard Tye & Charles Sparrowe (Charles City). John Coggin, who witnessed the Will of Thomas Harris, d. 1688, had married the widow of Richard Tye.
1.1.1.1.2. Thomas Harris, d. 1688, His Will of 1688 names sons Robert, Edward, Thomas, John, etc., wife Ann. There is no mention of a son, Henry. The Thomas Harris of the Meherrin Rver region, d. 1729/30, names a brother as Henry. The logical deduction is that they were not sons of Thomas Harris, d. 1688, rather, the sons of his son, Edward, who died before their father (1734). The Thomas Harris who died in 1688 came to occupy land that had been John Sewards: April 27, 1686: Matthew Tomlin, 1227 ac., lower par. IOW Co. on borders of Blackwater, 781 ac. being part of 1200 ac. granted to Mr. John Seward, April 16, 1648; 448 ac. being waste adj.; beg. at a br. dividing land of John Turner and his daughter Mary’s, by William Westray, adj. Mary Turner, and Thomas Harris, to the bottom of Pig Neck; transp. of 9 persons. (B. 7, p. 510). Ann Harris, transportee in 1653 of Robert Tomlin; perhaps of relevance.

1.1.1.2.1. Edward Harris, 4th generation descent from Dorothy Westbrooke and William Harris, b. ca. 1665 (m. Mary Turner),Will proved March 25, 1734, bequesting 190 a. to his son, Jacob Harris, on the Flatt Swamp of the Meherrin River. Jacob’s Will was poved in Southampton Co. on March 10, 1763, p. 29/30. Jacob was a neighbour of Joshua Perry: June 16, 1744. Perry, Joshua.* grantee. IOW Co. 200 a. on the N. side of Meherren river. Beg. by the side of the Flatt swamp, on the S. side, adjoining the land of Jacob Harris, p. 68. March 5, 1747. Perry, Joshua. grantee. IOW Co. 115 a. on the N. side of Meherrin River. Beg. by the side of a small branch in Henry Harris’s* line, p. 237. This Henry Harris was the son of Edward Harris Jr.
1.1.1.2.1.1. Edward Harris Jr. Land grant, Sept. 17, 1731. Harris, Edward. grantee. Description: 180 ac. on the north side of Meharrin River. Beg. on the west side of the flatt swamp, a corner of Henry Harris’s* land. This Henry is probably the brother of Edward Harris Jr.
1.1.1.2.1.1.1.1. Edward Harris III,* b. ca. 1720, d. 1781 in Granville, NC., m. Elizabeth (dau. of Edward Lundy Sr., son of James Lundy Sr.), sister of: Byrd Lundy, who d. bef. July 8, 1779 in Southampton Co., whose wife, Phoebe Claud, bef. Oct. 16, 1773, was a dau. of Joshu Claud Sr., and sister of Joshua Claud Jr. , who witnessed the Will of Joshua Harris, son of Thomas Harris, d. 1729/30. If Edward Harris III. was the nephew of Thomas Harris, d. 1729/30, he was a cousin of Joshua Harris. Joshua Claud Sr. had land next to the said Thomas Harris: Joshua Cloyd, 335 a. on the N. side of Meherrin river and on both sides of Herberts branch, a corner of Thomas Harris’s land, p. 225. (B, 4, p. 488).

1. 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 Blake was the brother of (1) Mary Blake, wh 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. (2) Hannah Blake, who m. Joshua Claud.William Blake, d. 1636, bought land in Pitminster, and lived there as a neighbour of the Fulgham family. 1.1. William Blake, bapt. July 9, 1594, in Pitminster, m. Agnes Bond, Sept. 23, 1617, in Pitminster, dau. of Hugh Thorne, and relict of Richard Bond. 1.1.1. Elizabeth Blake, m. Thomas Culmore. 1.1.1.1. Hannah Culmore, m. Nicholas Sessums.*

1.2. John Blake, bapt. June 15, 1597, in Pitminster. 1.2.1. William Blake, bapt. Feb. 24, 1626/27, in Pitminster, d. 1641. 1.2.2. John Blake, bapt. Sept. 1, 1629, in Pitminster. 1.2.2.1. 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. 1.2.3. Thomas Blake, m. Alice Champion, bapt. March 17, 1632, in Meare, sister of Mary Champion, bapt. Nov. 18, 1627; Phyllis Champion, who m. Elias Fort Sr. (of Wiveliscombe). Phillis Fort was granted administration of her husband’s estate on March 10, 1678, secured by Thomas Moore (brother/cousin of George Moore), and John Newman (br.-in-law of Thomas Harris, d. 1672); appraised by Edward Brantley Sr., who was also security for the estate of the said Thomas Harris. (The Champion family of Virginia were those of Meare, Somerset, and not those of Mr. Boddie’s amalgamated composition). 1.2.3.1. Thomas Blake, bapt. Feb. 2, 1649, in Wiveliscombe, d. 1709, IOW. 1.2.3.1. William Blake, d. March 26, 1746, m. Mary, dau. of *Nicholas Sessums and Hannah, dau. of Thomas Culmore. 1.2.3.1.1. Thomas Blake, Will Rec. Feb. 12, 1789. Wit. Burwell Westbrooke, John Claud, p. 296. 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, son of Thomas Harris, d. 1729/30 (pp. 463-466). 1.2.3.1.1.1. *Samuel Blake, d. June 24, 1807, in Wake, N.C. (See under Westbrooke, above given). 1.2.3.1.2. 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. 1.2.3.1.3. Hannah Blake, m. Joshua Claud. (Clowde, Somerset). 1.3. Elizabeth Blake, m. Thomas Harris. 1.3.1. Thomas Harris, d. 1672.

The acquisition of land north of the Meherrin river was not just a haphazhard process. Many people settled alongside previous neighbours who shared Familial ties. it would be too long a process to give details of this regarding all of the following settlers, but a mention of James Turner may suffice as one example. John Turner, d. aft. March 25, 1705 in IOW Co., m. Mary Tomlin. Thomas Harris, d. 1688, placed his son George with John, whose spoken Will named named sons John, James, William, Joseph,* Simon and grandd. Ann Everett; witnessed by Edward Harris Sr, John Johnson, Jenkins Dorman, Wm Westray, and Mary Tomlin. Joseph Turner, Will rec. April 7, 1737, in Brunswick Co., m. Burchett Lundy, dau. of James Lundy and Elizabeth Burchett, who m. (2) Joseph Perry, who was probably related to Joshua, as follows.

Another example: 1. Joshua Claud Sr. Exs. Sons, John and William, Joshua Nicholson. Rec. Dec. 14, 1775, Wit. Samuel Westbrooke Sr., Samuel Westbrooke Jr., John Westbrook. Estatea appraised by Joshua Nicholson, Amos Harris, and John Barrow. (Rec. Jan. 11, 1776, p. 144). Henry Ivey, estate appraised by James Ridley and Joshua Nicholson. (Rec. Feb. 8, 1776, p. 146). 1.1. John Claud. leg. – wife Sally, exs. John and Henry Barrow. Wit. Phillip Claud, John Westbrook. (Rec. Feb. 13, 1794, p. 608). 1.2. William Claud. 1.3. *Phillip Claud. leg. – son Newitt, son Joshua. Exs. wife, and Jeremiah Drew. Wit. Thomas Gilliam Jr., Robert Wilkins, Mathew Morrell. (Rec. June 10, 1773, p. 57). Estate account audited by Jesse Drew and Thomas Turner. (Rec. Sept. 13, 1781, p. 342). Thomas Gilliam was the son of Thomas Gilliam Sr., Will rec. Dec. 12, 1793, p. 584, to which he was exec.; witnessed by John Simmons Sr. Jeremiah Drew, estate acount audited by John Wright and John Simmons Sr., Mark Nicholson. John Simmons Sr. was the son of John Simmons (Will prob. April 19, 1738 (B. 8, p. 836), brother of (1) William Simmons: Thomas Harris, 290 ac. IOW, on the Maherrin River and both sides of Herbert’s Branch adj. Edward Brantley and William Simmons line, March 24, 1725. (2) Edward Simmons, as per mother’s Will (Eliza Timberlake Davis, p. 120). He was first witness of the Will of John Westbrooke, proved July 23, 1733 (W.B. 3, p. 357), which mentions sons: John, Thomas, William, and James. John Westbrooke’s Will was rec. Jan. 22, 1770 (B.4., p. 272, Southampton Co.), which left a tract of land to (nephew) Samuel Westbrooke, on the N. side of the Meherrin River (bequeathed to him by his father, being a patent formerly granted to James Ramsey about 1725). Wit. Joshua Nicholson. 1.4. Joshua Claud Jr. Joshus Claud of St. Luke’s Parish. Leg. my estate to my sister Phoebe Lundy’s children. Ex. bothers-in-law Byrd Lundy and Drury Lundy. Wit. Edward Harris, Edward Lundy, and Solomon Harrison. (Rec. Feb. 15, 1777).

It was probably Joshua Claud Jr. who witnessed the Will of Joshua Harris, son of Thomas Harris, d. 1729/30. Edward Harris was Edward Harris III, as follows, who d. 1781 in Granville, NC., who m. Elizabeth (dau. of Edward Lundy Sr., son of James Lundy Sr.), sister of: Byrd Lundy, d. before 8 Jul 1779 in Southampton, who m. Phoebe Claud, bef. Oct. 16, 1773, sister of Joshua Claud Jr. Transaction of Joshua Claud, dated. Nov.4, 1775, wit. John Pierce, Britain Brantley, and (brother-in-law), John Blake. (Rec. Dec. 22, 1775, p. 141). 1.5. Phoebe (Claud) Lundy. 1.6. Elizabeth (Claud) Mundell, m. John Mundell Sr., of St Luke’s Parrish. She was executor of his Will (1786), to which John Claud and Willliam Claud were witnesses. 1.7. Lydia (Claud) Clifton, m. John Clfton. 1.7. Lydia (Claud) Clifton, m. John Clfton. 1.8. Mary (Claud) Williamson. She m. *John Williamson, who appraised the estate of Edwin Seward, with James Lundy and George Ivy. (Rec. Oct. 20, 1800, p. 211). John Williamson witnessed the Will of Edmund Harris (with Peyton Lundy and Francis Branch), rec. Aug. 21, 1797. Leg. – wife Elizabeth; to my five children: Sterling, John, Peyton, James, and Charlotte Turner.

Families were entwinesd in an almost inpenetrable mesh, which furthered the interests of those involved. They were mostly near neighbours, as the case in England. When families of the same surname lived near each other, and their connection is unknown, it is reasonable to assume a familial link. “The answer is in the soil”.

Land grant 18 February 1722. Regan, Francis. grantee. 165 acres on the north side of Meherrin River adjoining Thomas Smith’s land.
Land grant 22 June 1722. Wyche, Henry. grantee. 370 acres on the north side of Meherrin River. Beginning and extending a corner of Robert Hixes land.
Land grant 5 September 1723. Turner, James. grantee. 245 acres on the north side of Meherrin River. Adjoining his own land.
Land grant 22 February 1724. Wyche, Henry. 220 acres on the north side of Meherrin River. Beginning and extending on the bank of said river, adjoining his own land and David Crawleys.
Land grant 22 February 1724. Crawley, David. grantee. 130 acres on the north side of Meherrin River. Beginning and extending upon the bank of the said river, a corner tree of William Wyches land.
Land grant 24 March 1725. Pitman, Thomas, Jr. 400 acres on the South side of Tarraroe Creek on the north side of Meherrin River.
Land grant 24 March 1725. Harris, Thomas. grantee. 290 acres on the north side of Meherrin River, and on both sides of Herberts branch.
Land grant 31 October 1726. Kinchen, William. grantee. 140 acres on the north side of Meherrin River. Adjoining the land of John Guillum.
Land grant 17 September 1731. Turner, James. grantee. 300 acres on the north side of Meherrin River. Adjoining his own land.
Land grant September 1731. Harris, Amos. grantee. 375 acres on the north side of Meherrin River. Beg.g &c. on the north side of a small branch on the south side of the Flat Swamp.
Land grant 28 February 1733. Lundy, Edward. grantee. 165 acres on the north side of Meherrin River. Beg.g &c. a corner of John Thweat’s land.
land grant 28 February 1733. Bland, Richard. grantee. 140 acres on the North side of Meherrin River, adjoining the land of Peter Poythress.
La Land grant 1 August 1734. Wright, John. granteend grant 25 May 1734. Turner, James. grantee. 100 acres on the north side of Meherrin River.
Land grant 19 June 1735. Lundy, Robert. grantee. 145 acres on the north side of Meherrin River. Beg,g &c. by the side of said river.
Land grant 2 August 1736. Turner, Simon. grantee. 250 acres on the north side of Meherrin River. Beg.g at a double ash by the side of sd. river.
Land grant 28 December 1736. Cloyd, Joshua. grantee. 335 acres on the north side of Meherrin river. and on both sides of Herberts branch, a corner of Thomas Harris’s land, .
Land grant 15 March 1741. Ruffin, John. grantee. 95 acres on the north side of Meherrin river. Beg.g upon the banks of said river.
Land grant 15 March 1741. Ruffin, John. grantee. 190 acres on the north side of Meherrin. Adjoining the land of Colo. Richard Bland.
Land grant 15 March 1741. Joyner, John. grantee. 100 acres on the north side of Meherrin River. Adjoining the land of Thomas Williams Junr.
Land grant 15 October 1741. Westbrook, Samuel. grantee. 900 acres on the north side of Meherrin River. Beg.g &c. over the run of Dunns branch a corner of the said Westbrook’s other land.
Land grant 25 September 1746. Harress, Amos. grantee. 20 acres on the north side of Meherrin River. Beg.g &c. a corner of Hugh Norvell’s land.
Land grant 5 March 1747. Perry, Joshua. grantee. 115 acres on the north side of Meherrin river. Beg.g &c. by the side of a small branch in Henry Harris’s line.
Land grant 5 March 1747. Boykin, Mary. grantee. 50 acres on the north side of Meherrin River. Beginning &c. a corner of James Turner’s Land.
Land grant 15 December 1749. Person, John. grantee. 350 acres on the north side of Meherrin River. Beg.g &c. by the side of Powell’s branch.
Land grant 15 December 1749. Gillium, Robert. grantee. 150 acres on the north side of Meherrin River. Beg.g &c. a corner of John Pope’s land.
Land grant 1 June 1750. Lundy, Robert. grantee. 255 acres on the north side of Meherrin River beg.g &c. by the side of Meherrin River, a corner of John Theawt’s land. Also adjoins the land of Harmon Read and Thomas Barrow.
Land grant 1 June 1750. Claud, Johua. grantee. 265 acres on the north side of Meherrin River. Beg.g &c. over the run of the great reedy branch, adjoining Land of John Saul &c.
Land grant 3 November 1750. Wyche, William. grantee. 237 acres on the north side of Meherrin River.
Land grant 16 August 1756. Norfleet, Cordall. grantee. 200 acres on the north side of Meherrin River and on Sarraro Creek adjoining Joseph Norfleet and extending.
Land grant 4 July 1759. Person, John. grantee. 11 acres on the north side of Meherrin River adjoining John Ruffin, William Sessons and extending.

1.1.1.2.1.1.1.2. Amos Harris, witnessed the Will of Joshua Claud Sr. March 1, 1754. Harris, Amos. grantee. Southampton Co. 674 a. in the Parish of Saint Luke and on the Three Creeks adjoining land of Joshua Nncholson, deceased, Timothy Thorpe, deceased, (p. 642).
1.1.1.2.1.1.1.3. Lewis Harris, m. Sarah Thorpe, sister of Olive Thorpe, who m. Edward Reece, having issue: Nancy, who m. Thomas Westbrooke.
1.1.1.2.1.1.1.4. Joel Harris.
1.1.1.2.1.1.1.5. Henry Harris.
1.1.1.2.1.2. Thomas Harris, d. 1729/30. His estate was appraised by Edward Brantley (grandson of Edward Brantley Sr., who appraised the estate of Thomas Harris, d. 1672), whose son m. the relict of Thomas Harris. Thomas Harris 290 ac. IOW, on the Maherin River and both sides of Herbert’s Branch adj. Edward Brantley (son of Phillip and Joyce Lewis), and William Simmons line, March 24, 1725. In his Will, Thomas names a brother, Henry Harris, son Joshua, and also an ‘unborn child wife now goes with’. (Thomas).

1. Joshua Perry Sr., m. Elizabeth, relict of James Lundy Sr., Will probated March 23, 1723, p. 153, naming sons: James Lundy Jr., Edward Lundy, Robert Lundy, and Thomas Lundy; daus. Burchel and Elizabeth Lundy. Presented in Court by Elizabeth Perry, formerly Elizabeth Lundy. First witness: Thomas Harris (d. 1729/30). Thomas Harris, d. 1729/30, d.v.p. Thomas Harris 290 ac. IOW, on the Meherrin River and both sides of Herbert’s Branch, adj. Edward Brantley, whose son, John, m. the widow of the said Thomas Harris. Thomas Harris, “son of Edward”, who deceased before his father, mentioned in the Will of John Gibbins, whose dau. m. William Kinchen Jr., (chief beneficiary of John Gibbin’s Will, witnessed by William Kinchen Sr. William Kinchen Jr. was probably the half-brother of Mathew Kinchen; that is Mathew was a son by his father’s 1st wife, Elizabeth, dau. of Bridgeman Joyner,* guardian of an orphan of Thomas Harris, d. 1688. The familial context this guardianship is not known, but an interesting supposition might be that the wife of Thomas Harris, d. 1688, was a sister of William Mayo, whose dau. m. Bridgeman Joyner.

THOMAS ATKINSON
The reason that the same man, Thomas Atkinson, witnessed the Wills of Thomas Harris, d. 1729/30, and Edward Harris, d. 1734, may have been because he and these Harris were related.

1. … 1.1. George Moore, stated to be “age 78 years” when he made his will in 1710 (Chapman, IOW Wills, p. 54). He m. Jane Barcroft, da. of Charles Barcroft, whose family held land in Chard, Somerset. 1.1.1. Eleanor Moore, who 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. James Piland, m. Elizabeth Wood. 1.1.1.1.1. James Piland, m. Elizabeth Brantley, dau. of Phillip Brantley and Joyce Lewis, dau. of Thomas Lewis and Rebecca George, dau. of John George, per his Will of 1678, which mentioned “children of Phillip Pardoe”, and was witnessed by Thomas Taberer, Robert Parker, and Edward Bechinoe. Phillip Brantley was the son of Edward Brantley Sr., security for the estate of Thomas Harris, d. 1672. Rebecca George was probably the cousin of Eleanor George, 1st wife of the said Thomas Harris. 1.1.2. Ann Moore, m. Thomas White. 1.1.2.1. Avis White, m. John Harris, son of Robert Harris Sr., son of Thomas Harris, d. 1688, and br. of Edward Harris Sr.*

1.2. Katherine Moore, b. ca. 1637, m. (1) … 1.2.1. Sussana, b. ca. 1660, m. Thomas Atkinson, brother of James Atkinson, who m. Mary, dau. of Christopher Holleman, having issue: James Atkinson, who m. Ann, dau. of Francis Williamson. 1.2.1.1. Thomas Atkinson, b. ca, 1685, m. Ann, dau. of Edward Harris Sr.? sister of Thomas Harris, d. 1729/30? Thomas Atkinson witnessed the Wills of Edward Harris Sr., and Thomas Harris, d. 1729/30. Land grant, August 20, 1748. Atkinson, Thomas. grantee. 350 acres on the South side of the main Blackwater swamp. Beg.g &c. on the East side of the meadow branch, a corner tree of Wm. Kinchen’s* and James Atkinson’s lands. 1.2. Katherine Moore, m. (2) Robert Flake. Sept. 10, 1669, Robert Flake made a deed of gift to ‘my daughter-in-law’ (step-daughter), Susannah Atkinson, wife of Thomas Atkinson, p. 202.
1.3. Thomas Moore. Land grant 6 June 1666. Moore, Thomas. grantee: 400 acres in the parish of Lawes Creek bounded viz. east on the third swamp of the Black Water, south upon the branch that parts Thomas Atkinson’s land. Land grant 10 September 1669. Atkinson, Thomas. grantee: 600 acres on the third swamp of the Blackwater. Beg.g &c. at the mouth of a branch on the westward side of the third branch.

1.1.1.2.1.2.1. Joshua Harris. Joshua Claud Jr. witnessed the Will of Joshua Harris. B. 7, p. 23: Joshua Harris deeds to Mathew Figures for 10 pounds 300 ac., as Joshua Harris is now ‘of Montgomery Co., North Carolina. The land is adjacent land of John Claud, on Herbert’s Swamp, near Benjamin Clifton, and Samuel Westbrook, junior. Evidently, the Harris/Westbrooke family continued to be neighbours, as in their ancestral roots in Wiveliscombe.

1.1.1.2.1.2.2. Thomas Harris. It is the following line of Harris that seems to have carried on the DNA* of Thomas Harris, d. 1688, If so, it would be logical to assume that other Harris lines claiming to have descended from the said Thomas, who do not share the same DNA profile, have a false paper trail. What may be useful to consider is the d.o.b. given to sons of other Harris, such as of Robert Harris, brother of Edward Harris Sr. Dates given make it probable that he m. twice, and may have had stepsons from either marriage. *The DNA profile of a descendant is a match for Harris “Group 4” males). B. 2, p. 62: Thomas Harris junior buys from John Bird for 18 pounds 150 ac. on Buckhorn Swamp in Southampton Co., 1755. Wit.: Absolom Joyner, Henry Dawson, William Grisard.
Joshua Harris of Southampton buys from Thomas Harris of Granville Co., N.C, for 20 pounds a tract that is part of a patent to Thomas Harris the elder on March 1725 and by his last Will and testament, of Dec. 25, 1729, given to the Thomas aforesaid, being all of his part of 290 acres, 100 ac., more or less. 1753. Wit.: John Person, Joshua Claud, Moses Thorp, Sessions Blake. As before given: Henry Westbrooke, m. Priscilla Person (dau. of John), niece of William Person, who m. Mary Thorpe, on Nov. 10, 1757, surety Timothy Thorpe. Absolom Joyner was the grandson of *Bridgeman Joyner Sr., aforesaid;. Thus, there is a direct link between Thomas Harris, d. 1688, and a son of his namesake, d. 1729/30.
1.1.1.2.1.2.2.1. Solomon Harris, m. Millie Watkins, on March 11, 1778, dau. of John Watkins and Lydia Gilliam, dau. of Walter Gilliam and Sarah Foster, dau. of John Foster, son of Christopher Foster Jr. and Mary Fort. John Foster’s dau. Elizabeth Foster, m. John Watts; having issue: Agatha Watts, who m. James George, great-grandson of John George, uncle of the first wife of Thomas Harris, d. 1672.
1.1.1.2.1.2.2.1.1. Henry Harris, b. ca. 1780, d. 1850, m. Nancy Nichols.
1.1.1.2.1.2.2.1.1.1. Zachariah Harris b. 1806, lived in Pike Co., Georgia, where he was ordained for the ministry in 1848, d. near Ozark, Dale Co. AL., Jan. 15, 1888. He m. Mary Elizabeth Carricker, d. Dec. 23, 1891. (See 1850 Census of Pike Co., GA; 1860 Census of Dale Co., AL.; Death Certificate of James Harris, son.
1.1.1.2.1.2.2.1.1.1.1. James Harris (1842-1924), Mary Jane Dowling.
1.1.1.2.1.2.2.1.1.1.1. John Harris.
1.1.1.2.1.2.2.1.1.1.1.1. … Harris. His test results with Family Tree DNA are a perfect match with Harris Group 4 males:
13 23 14 11 13 14 11 14 11 12 11 28 16 7 9 8 11 23 16 20 29 12 14 15 15 10 10 19 21 14 14 16 20 35 37 12 10
This would seem to be a benchmark in indicating Thomas Harris (through his son, Edward), was the ancestor of at least one line of Harris.The central point of association is the strong connection of Joshua Harris to those associated with Edward Harris I, his son, Edward Harris II; his son, Edward Harris III. In a typical English context this is definitive of ancestry.
1.1.1.2.1.2.2.1.1.1.1.1.1. Nora Pearl Harris, b, 1884, m. Mowbria A. Anderson.
1.1.1.1.2.1.2.2.1.1.1.1.1.1. Marius Lumon Anderson, m. Wynunnee McCamie, of Middlesboro, Kentucky, both buried there.
1.1.2.1.2.2.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1. Cosette Anderson, m. Royce D. Myers.
1.1.2.1.2.2.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1. Marjorie Ann Myers Reagan, Hartford, Ala. (to whom many thanks are extended for her substantial contribution about Solomon Harris and his descendants); a 16th generation descendant of William Harris, who m. Dorothy Westbrooke, Aug. 31, 1562, in Wiveliscombe, Somerset.
1.1.1.2.1.4. **Henry.Harris. Land grant 16 June 1727: Harris, Henry. grantee. escription: 280 acres on the South side of the Flatt swamp.

1.1.1.2.1.3. James Harris. 1.1.1.2.1.3.1. James Harris, m. Elizabeth Norfleet. 1.1.1.2.1.3.1.1. James Harris. 1.1.1.2.1.3.1.2. Norfleet Harris, d. Oct. 22, 1807, Halifax Co, NC. 1.1.1.2.1.3.1.2.1. Richard Norfleet Harris, m. Amanda Banks. 1.1.1.2.1.3.1.2.1.1. Richard Norfleet Harris, b. Sept. 15, 1844 Laneville, Hale County, Alabama, d. 27 Sep 1910 Burial Saint Michaels Cemetery Faunsdale, Marengo County, Alabama. 1.1.1.2.1.3.1.2.1.2. Norfleet Harris, b. Dec. 5, 1848, Hale, Alabama d. Feb. 7, 1909, Morengo, Alabama. 1.1.1.2.1.3.1.2.1.3. Rev. John James Harris 1836 – 1915, m. Margaret Louisa Fitts. 1.1.1.2.1.3.1.2.1.3.1. Norfleet R. Harris b. Jan. 1863 d. May 28 1947, Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Richard Norfleet Harris, son of R. N. and Amanda Banks Harris, was born on Sept. 15, 1844 at Rosedale, near Laneville, Hale County, Alabama. He was a junior at the University of Alabama when the Civil War began. He served as drillmaster for the 37th Alabama Infantry Regiment, then stationed in Auburn, Alabama. By the end of the war, he was a first lieutenant. Harris returned to the family plantation and on 30 June 1869, he married Sallie Melville. He died on Sept. 27, 1910 at Rosedale.

(Norfleet: 1. … 1.1. Thomas Norfleet. 1.1.1. Thomas Norfleet, m. Mary Marmaduke, ca. 1690. 1.1.1.1. Marmaduke Norfleet. 1.2. John Norfleet. 1.2.1. John Norfleet, b. July 21, 1699 in Nansemond County; m. (May 28, 1727), Elizabeth Riddick. On March 6, 1740, He patented 633 acres in the mouth of the Corapeak Swamp in Perquimans, NC. His Will was proven in the April court, 1754. Item. I give the houses plantation and all the lands there unto belonging, after my wifes deceas. to my son Jacob Norfleet. I make and ordain my wife Elisabeth Norfleet Executrix, and my son John Norfleet and my son James Norfleet Executors. Gates Co, NC, Feb. 1786, pursuant to an order of the court, Jethro Ballard, James Norfleet and James Sumner divided the estate of John and Elizabeth Norfleet deceased. The total amount in Virginia money was 1642 pounds, 19 shillings and 8 pence, The eleven children, then living, received an equal portion; sons Abraham, John, James, Hezekiah, Elisha and Jacob. Daughters: Pleasant Twine, Easter Winborn, Elizabeth, Barsheba Gordon, and Mary Ellis. 1.2.1.1. Jacob Norfleet, b. Aug. 17, 1743, decd. Aug. 7, 1780, m. Elizabeth (dau. of William Kinchen Sr.), sister of Mathew Ruffin, who m. Elizabeth Ruffin, dau. of Robert Ruffin and Elizabeth Joyner. 1.2.1.1.1. Kinchen Norfleet, m. Sarah Riddick, dau. of Seth Riddick and Leah Hunter (per Seth Riddick’s Will), on June 4, 1800, in Gates, NC. 1.2.1.2. Elizabeth Norfleet (sister-in-law of Elizabeth Kinchen), m. James Harris).

(Thorpe: 1. Joseph Thorpe and Mary (Fenn) 1.1. Timothy Thorpe, d. bef. Oct. 13, 1763, in Southampton Co. 1.2. Olive Thorpe, m. Edward Reece. 1.2.1. Nancy Reece, m. Thomas Westbrooke. She was the dau. of Edward Reese and Olive, dau. of John Thorpe, and sister of Sarah Thorpe, who m. Lewis Harris, son of Edward Harris Jr. and Mary Thorpe. The said Edward, grandson of Thomas Harris, d. 1688, was almost certainly the nephew of Thomas Harris, d. 1729/30. B. 7, p. 497: Drury Harris and Priscilla his wife deed to Lewis Harris 102 ac. on Flat Swamp, for 50 pounds, adjacent land of Joseph Harris. Wit.: James Lundy, Lunsford Lundy, Robert Mabry, 1789). 1.2.1.1. Henry Westbrooke, m. Priscilla Person, niece of William Person, who m. Mary Thorpe, on Nov. 10, 1757, surety Timothy Thorpe. (Knorr’s Southampton Marriages, p. 84). Timothy Thorpe’s Will, rec. oct. 13, 1763, names son-in-law, William Person, p. 59. 1.2.1.1.1. Thomas Westbrooke, m. Margaret Vasser, Aug. 10, 1786, Southampton Co.).

1. John Vasser. Thomas Harris (d. 1672), and Alice his wife, sold to John Bond 190 ac. in 2 pats. at head of Pagan Creek, one in name of John Vasser for 150 ac. dated Nov. 18, 1635, the other for 40 ac. in name of Thomas Harris, dated, Aug. 14. 1652. Witness, Henry King. Deed to John Vasser (Nov. 16, 1635) in IOW for 150 ac. … a neck of land lying upon Warsq. Creek next to the land of Nathaniel Floyd for transporting himself, wife Elizabeth, and one servant. Oct. 9, 1700. Peter Vasser, son of John Vasser, decd. to John Bell 150 ac. now in the possession of John Bell being a neck of land upon the main creek of Warrisquake adj. Nathaniel Floyd. John Vasser’s overseers (1650) were “Mr. James Pyland, and Thomas Walton”. 1.1. Mildred Vasser, m. Thomas Parnell. 1.1.1. Elizabeth Parnell, m. John Sherrer, who witnessed the Will of Thomas Harris, d. 1688. John Sherrer’s deposition, age as 36 on Dec. 14, 1665. (B. I, p. 54). 1.1. Peter Vasser, d. July 9, 1709, m. Margaret Cripps. 1.1.1. John Vasser, d. 1736. 1.1.1.1. Nathan Vasser. 1.1.1.1.1. Margaret Vasser, m. Thomas Westbrooke, as given. 1.3. Sarah Thorpe, m. Lewis Harris.1.4.. Mary Thorpe, m. Edward Harris Jr. 1. Edward Harris Sr., m. Mary Turner. 1.1. Edward Harris Jr., b. ca. 1687. 1.1.1. Henry Harris III. 1.1.2. Amos Harris, witnessed the Will of Joshua Claud Sr. March 1, 1754. His land adj. that of Timothy Thorpe, deceased. (p. 642). 1.2. Thomas Harris, d.v.p, d. 1729/30. 1.2.1. Joshua Harris, 1.2.2. Thomas Harris. 1.3. Henry Harris. 1.4. James Harris, d. 1749, m. Cheary (sister of Mathew Joyner), son of Thomas Joyner, Will dated April 13, 1740; the son of Thomas Joyner (br. of Bridgeman Joyner, the guardian of an orphan of Thomas Harris, d. 1688. 1.4.1.James Harris, m. Elizabeth Norfleet. 1.5. Jacob Harris. 1.5.1. Drury Harris. 1.5.1.1. Kinchen Harris).

Ridley: 1. Peter Ridley. 1.1. Ann Ridley, m. Edmund Prime. 1.1.1. John Prime, “was left William Ridley’s plantation at the expiration of Captain Barham’s lease. John Prime died in Isle of Wight County in 1726 and left a legacy to his nephew, Robert Ruffin”. (The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, vols. 48-49, 1940). 1.1.2. Elizabeth (Prime) Ruffin, m. Robert Ruffin. “Elizabeth Prime, a daughter of Edmund Prime, was a legatee of the 1671 Will of William Ridley in Isle of Wight County. 1.1.2.1. Elizabeth Ruffin, m. William Kinchin Sr. 1.1.2.1. Mathew Kinchin (1708 – bef. May 24, 1736), m. Elizabeth … His Will bequested to brother, William Kinchen and sisters, Elizabeth, Martha, Patience, and to his brother-in-law, James Godwin’s three children, James, Martha and Matthew. (Tylers Q. July, 1919, p. 67). He mentions “uncle Thomas Joyner”, who witnessed his Will; thus, it is probable that William Kinchen has first married Elizabeth Joyner, sister of Thomas Joyner, siblings of (1) Bridgeman Joyner, guardian of an orphan of Thomas Harris, d. 1688; (2) Ann Joyner, who m. Arthur Purcell Sr. (b. ca. 1660), having issue: Arthur Purcell (ca. 1685-1745), whose dau., Mary,* m. John Fulgham.

Fulgham 1. … 1.1. Anthony Fulgham. 1.1. John Fulgham, of Pitminster, Somerset, m. Ann, dau. Thomas Parnell II. 1.1.1. John Fulgham, b. ca.1670, d. Dec. 18, 1728, IOW. 1.1.1.1. John Fulgham, m. *Mary Purcell. 1.2. Michael Fulgham Sr. (ca. 1650 – March 9, 1691), m. Ann Izard, widow of John Feneryear. 1.2.1. Michael Fulgham, m. Mary Pitt. 1.2.1.1. Michael Fulgham, m. a granddau. of Thomas Harris, d. 1672; see previous notes. 1.2.2. Ann Fulgham, claimed by Mr. Boddie as the wife of Robert Harris, son of Thomas Harris, d. 1688; probable, in that they named a son Michael

Prime. 1. Phylis Prime) seems to have married Thomas White of Surry Co. (d . 1694), p. 279. 1.1. Thomas White. His estate to be divided between his wife, Phyllis and children: Thomas, Mary, Rebecca, and Elizabeth. Sister-in-law, Elizabeth Ruffin,to 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). 1.1.1. Thomas White, m. Ann, dau. of Thomas Moore, of Bristol. 1.1.1.1. Avis White, m. John Harris, son of Robert Harris, son of Thomas Harris, d. 1688.

Ridley cont: 1.2. Nathaniel Ridley, m. Elizabeth Day, dau. of James Day and Mary Bland, dau. of Thomas and Mary (Bennett) Bland, 2nd-cousin of Thomas harris, d. 1672. 1.2.1. Nathaniel Ridley Jr., witnessed the Will of Edward Harris Jr., grandson of Thomas Harris, d. 1688. Edward Harris Jr. was probably the brother of Thomas Harris, “son of Edward”, who deceased before his father, mentioned in the Will of John Gibbons, the principle beneficiary of which was William Kinchen Jr., brother of Mathew Kinchen, whose Will (1735/6) names “my loving mother Elizabeth Kinchen” and “my loving uncle Thomas Joyner“; 3 daus. He m. (1730) Elizabeth Ruffin, dau. of Robert Ruffin II. and Elizabeth Watkins, son of Robert Ruffin and Elizabeth Prime, dau. of Edward Prime and Ann, relict of Peter Ridley. Elizabeth Prime was the half-sister, thus, of (Elizabeth Ridley, who m. Charles Barham, whose sister, Ann, m. Richard Bennett, d. 1709/10, kinsman of Thomas Harris, d. 1672. 1.2.1.1. Daniel Ridley, m. Martha Thorpe.1.3. 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); she m (2), as his second wife, Robert Lancaster Sr.1.4. Elizabeth Ridley, m. Charles Barham. William Kinchen Jr. m. a dau. of John Gibbins, and his father, William Kinchen Sr., was exec. of John Gibbins Will, rec. Sept. 25, 1721, IOW.

Harris cont: 1.1.1.2.1.4. Jacob Harris. 1.1.1.2.1.4.1. Drury Harris was probably the son of Jacob Harris (and is often confounded with an unrelated namesake), His Will was probated in November 1799, mentioning children, Jacob, Kinchen, Thomas, and Nancy. After his death, his widow Priscilla married Jones Fuller. (See under: 1.1.1.1. Thomas Westbrooke, as follows, who m. Nancy, dau. of Edward Reese and Olive, dau. of John Thorpe, and sister of Sarah Thorpe, who m. Lewis Harris, son of Edward Harris Jr. and Mary Thorpe. Drury Harris and Priscilla his wife deed to Lewis Harris 102 ac. on Flat Swamp, for 50 pounds, adjacent land of *Joseph Harris. 1.1.1.2.1.4.1.1. Kinchen Harris. Will probated Oct. 17, 1839, in Lowndes, Alabama, mentions: wife, Mary J. Harris, dau. Mary Rebecca Harris; sons: John J. Harris, WIlliam E. Harris. Kinchen Harris m. Mary Jones. Bond date Oct. 27, 1824. (North Carolina Marriage Bonds, 1741-1868), in Warren Co. Bondsman: Jacob Harris. Witness: E. D. Drake. 1.1.1.2.1.4.1.1.1. Rev. John James Harris, m. Margaret Louisa, dau. of John Henry Fitts, born Warren Co., NC. decd. Dec. 13, 1882 Clay County, Mississippi, 1.1.2.1.4.1.1.1.2. WIlliam E. Harris.

Hon. Norfleet Harris, state senator from Hale county, was born in Hale, then Marengo, county, December 5, 1848. His father, Richard Norfleet Harris, was a native of North Carolina, and of English descent. He was the eldest of several children, and when a young man he brought his widowed mother and her other children to Alabama, and settled in north Alabama. There he married Miss Amanda Banks, a native of Tennessee. Her people were Virginians, and settled at an early day in Tennessee. They were laterally related to George Washington. Richard Norfleet Harris was the father of four sons and two daughters. (Brant & Fuller, 1893, Memorial Record of Alabama).

“The Harris Family belonged to Scotland-Neck, a fertile bend in the Roanoke river, in North Hampton county, North Carolina. They were respectable, well off, and highly connected. The Norfleets and Harrises were blended by intermarriages. It was a Miss Ruth Norfleet whom Brigadier General Hogan married in South Hampton, North Carolina (3d October, 1751). He commanded a brigade of regulars in the Continental line … Norfleet Harris, the ancestor of the Harrises about Courtland, married Mary Hunter in North Carolina, and after the birth of their four children, he died. Several years afterward Mrs. Harris married a Mr. Boykin, who lived but a short time. About 1822, Mrs. Boykin brought her children, and her slaves, and cultivated a cotton plantation, near Courtland. She was a small woman, of great cheerfulness and intelligence, and managed her plantation as skilfully as any man in the valley. She was the first advocate of “Woman’s Rights” I ever heard of … (dau.) Lucy Norfleet Harris married Richard A. Turner, a farmer in North Carolina. She was a very small and beautiful woman, with graceful manners, and there is very little change in her to-day. She had moved with her mother in a carriage over the roughest kind of roads, and proposed to her young husband to return to North Carolina on horseback; which they did, as she told me, with great comfort. A racing man said the horse had a good time too, for he only carried a “ketch.” … John H. Harris, son of Norfleet Harris and Mary Hunter, married Susan Smith, daughter of Gabriel and Mary Smith, of Limestone county. Mrs. Mary Smith was sister of William Banks, above mentioned. Mr. Harris was one of our most respectable and successful planters, and would have left a large estate to his children but for the results of the war. He and his wife both died acceptable members of the Methodist Church, South. Their children are: 1. Mary Harris, who married Frank Sherrod, son of Felix Sherrod, and grandson of Colonel Benjamin Sherrod … John H. Harris, a cotton planter, who married Susan, daughter of Mr. William Jackson, of Florence, son of Hon. James Jackson, who was so long State Senator from Lauderdale county…. The fourth child of Norflect Harris and Mary Hunter married James Cotton, in North Carolina, moved to Memphis, and after a few years moved to Louisiana. Their children were James, Joseph, Mary and Lucy.. Mrs. Cotton is dead. James Edmonds Saunders, ‎Elizabeth Saunders Blair Stubbs, Early Settlers of Alabama, pt. 1, p. 269, 1899).

1, Mary Hunter (April 26,1768; March 29, 1838), m. (1) Norfleet Harris, (2) William Boykin.
1.1. John H. Harris.
1.2. Richard Norfleet Harris.

1. Colonel Benjamin Sherrod, m. Mary, dau. of Isaac Ricks, b. 1727, son of Abraham Ricks, son of Isaac Ricks Sr.* 1.1. Colonel Benjamin Sherrod, b. Jan. 16, 1777, in Halifax, NC, m. (Jan. 1, 1808), Eliza H. Watkins, b. on May 2, 1789, in Elbert, Georgia; dau. of Samuel Watkins*, 1.1.1. Felix Sherrod. 1.1.1.1. Frank Sherrod, m. Mary Harris

1. John Watkins, b. ca. 1610, cooper, who d. bef. April 22, 1655, m. Elizabeth …, who m. (2) Sackville Brewster, “in the presence of John Corker, who gave her”. (W&M Quarterly, iv., 42). 1.1. John Watkins, b. ca. 1640, (Will made Nov. 5, 1708), m. Elizabeth Spencer, orphan of Robert Spencer, who chose Thomas Jordan as her guardian, who had m. Robert Spenser’s relict, Jane. (Order Book 1671-1691, p. 265). Elizabeth Spencer was the dau. of Robert Spencer and his first wife, Ann Taberer (the connection to Thomas Harris, d. 1672, see previous notes). Robert Spencer requested in his Will that his daughter, Elizabeth, should be advised by William Edwards when she was of age, and he asked his “good fiends”, the said William Edwards, and William Browne, to be overseers. 1.1.1. Robert Watkins, b. ca. 1670, eldest son, received home plantation on the death of his mother. He also received a plantation on Indian Field, where John Parr lived, and land on the E. side of Colt’s Branch. 1.1.2. Henry Watkins, received the plantation on the Blackwater Swamp. Robert and Henry Watkins, and Robert Judkins, witnessed the Will of William Bell (John Bell, admon.). Rec. Aug. 18, 1725, p. 526.

1.1.3. William Watkins, received land on Cypress Swamp. 1.1.3.1. James Watkins. 1.1.3.2. William Watkins. John Ricks. Leg. William Watkins, the son of John Watkins, who lives with me; brothers, Robert, Isaac (Isaac Ricks Sr.), James, and Abraham Ricks; sister Jane Ricks. Wit. John Pool, Sarah Watkins, John Watkins. Dated Sept. 8, 1711. William Watkins , b. ca. 1696, d. bef. June 28, 1786, in IOW. A good friend of the Watkins family was John Ricks, who was born 30th day of the 10th month in 1672, son of Isaac and Kathern Ricks of IOW. That is, there was a common link between members of this Watkins family, and that of of the family of Thomas Harris, d. 1672 – the Chuckatuck Quaker Congregation. John Harris, son of the said Thomas Harris, and his 2nd wife, Elizabeth Church, were married at “Isaac Reekesis howse on ye eleventh of this second month last, 1689”. The said John Harris witnessed the marriage of Joseph Meredith and Sarah Denson, on the 11th day of ye 4th month, 1696, with William Cooke, Thomas, James, John, and Joseph Jordan. Abraham Ricks, m. Mary Bellson, March 16, 1703; their dau. Mourning Ricks, m. Josiah Jordan, son of Mathew Jordan, who appraised the estate of John Harris, son of Thomas Harris, d. 1672. Mary Bellson was the dau. of Edmund Bellson and his 2nd wife, Mary Tooke, dau. of Thomas Tooke (associated with the said Thomas Harris); sister of Dorothy (Tooke) Commander, and Joan Tooke, who m. John Scott, d. May 3, 1728 (grandson of a business partner of the said Thomas Harris (and Joseph Bridger) in Bristol); whose Will was witnessed by Thomas Harris, d. 1729/30, the brother of a HenryHarris.

1.1.3.2.1. James Watkins. Jan 21, 1775: John White and Ann Cornwell to marry at the Black Water Monthly Meeting. Jacob Cornwell of Sussex & Thomas Ricks of Southampton County in Virginia being fully persuaded that Freedom is the natural right of all Mankind and that it is our duty to do unto others as we would desire to be done by in the like situation and having under our care Five Negroes … All of whom we hereby emancipate and set free … in the year of our Lord one Thousand seven hundred and Eighty two. Jacob Cornwell (Seal) John White (Seal) Thomas Ricks (Seal) Mary Cornwell (Seal). Sealed & delivered in the presence of James Watkins, and John Cornwell. 1.1.3.2.1.1. Samuel Watkins, b. March 17, 1765, in Prince Edward Co. 1.1.3.2.1.1.1. Eliza H Watkins, b. May 2, 1789, m. Colonel Benjamin Sherrod, b. Jan. 1777, in Halifax, NC. 1.1.3.2.1.1.1.1. Felix Sherrod. 1.1.3.2.1.1.1.1.1. Frank Sherrod, m. Mary Harris, dau. John H. Harris, son of Norfleet Harris. 1.1.4. John Watkins III, b. ca. 1670, received the plantation where John Cooke lived (his family of Bristol, England), and one where James Davis lived. John Cooke Sr., to repeat, for it bears it, was the br. of (1) Thomas Cooke, associate of *Henry Harris, Will rec, Nov. 22, 1736, exc., sons: Thomas and Jones Cooke, witness: John Brantley (B. 4, p. 149), who m. the relict of Thomas Harris, d. 1729/30, as said, br. of the said Henry Harris. (2) Reuben Cooke, who m. Hannah Atkinson, almost certainly on chronological grounds, the sister of Thomas Atkinson, who witnessed the Will of the said Thomas Harris. It was probably this John Watkins who m. Jane Flood, dau. of Thomas Flood Jr. and Ann Rose.

WESTBROOKE

4th in descent from a brother of Dorothy Westbrooke who m. William Harris: John Westbrooke, bapt. Feb. 16, 1623.
1.1. John Westbrooke (b. ca. 1660), estate appraisal by Nathaniel Ridley Jr., Edward Brantley (security for the estate estate of Thomas Harris, d. 1729/30).
1.1.1. Thomas Westbrooke, b. ca. 1696, Will probated May 8, 1777: Wife Helen, sons, Henry and Thomas. daus. Lucy Hunt, Helen Speed, Martha Judkins, who m Charles Judkins, Nov. 9, 1768, grandson of John Judkins and Martha Holt, whose dau., Mary, m. Benjamin Barham, d. June 10, 1769, aged 67; grandson of Charles Barham and Elizabeth Ridley; associated with Thomas Harris, d. 1672.
1.1.1.1. Thomas Westbrooke, m. Nancy, dau. of Edward Reese and Olive, dau. of John Thorpe, and sister of Sarah Thorpe, who m. Lewis Harris, son of Edward Harris Jr. and Mary Thorpe. The said Edward, grandson of Thomas Harris, d. 1688, was almost certainly the nephew of Thomas Harris, d. 1729/30. B. 7, p. 497: Drury Harris* and Priscilla his wife deed to Lewis Harris 102 ac. on Flat Swamp, for 50 pounds, adjacent land of Joseph Harris. Wit.: James Lundy, Lunsford Lundy, Robert Mabry, 1789). John Thorpe was the son of Timothy Thorpe Sr, and brother of (1) Mary Thorpe, wife of Edward Harris Jr. (2) Timothy Thorpe Jr., father of Mary, who m. James Barham, having issue: Mary Barham, who m. Joel Harris, grandson of Robert Harris Sr., son of Thomas Harris, d. 1688. Drury Harris was probably the son of Jacob Harris (and is often confounded with an unrelated namesake), His will, probated in November 1799, mentioning children, Jacob, Kinchen, Thomas, and Nancy. After his death, his widow Priscilla married Jones Fuller.
1.1.1.2. Henry Westbrooke, m. Priscilla Person, niece of William Person, who m. Mary Thorpe, on Nov. 10, 1757, surety Timothy Thorpe. (Knorr’s Southampton Marriages, p. 84). Timothy Thorpe’s Will, rec. oct. 13, 1763, names son-in-law, William Person, p. 59.
1.1.1.2.1. Thomas Westbrooke, m. Margaret Vasser, Aug. 10, 1786, Southampton Co. 1. John Vasser. Thomas Harris (d. 1672), and Alice his wife, sold to John Bond 190 ac. in 2 pats. at head of Pagan Creek, one in name of John Vasser for 150 ac. dated Nov. 18, 1635, the other for 40 ac. in name of Thomas Harris, dated, Aug. 14. 1652. 1.1. Mildred Vasser, m. Thomas Parnell. 1.1.1. Elizabeth Parnell, m. John Sherrer, who witnessed the Will of Thomas Harris, d. 1688. John Sherrer’s deposition, age as 36 on Dec. 14, 1665. (B. I, p. 54). 1.1. Peter Vasser, d. July 9, 1709, m. Margaret Cripps. 1.1.1. John Vasser, d. 1736. 1.1.1.1. Nathan Vasser. 1.1.1.1.1. Margaret Vasser, m. Thomas Westbrooke, as given.

1.1.2. John Westbrooke.
1.1.3. William Westbrooke, of Dobbs Co. N.C. “sells to Samuel Westbrooke of Southampton Co.”, 110 ac. on the N. side of the Meherrin River, being one third of the manor plantation of John Westbrooke deceased, the father of the said William Westbrooke, adjoining the land of his brother, John Westbrooke”. Wit.: Joshua Nicholson, Joshua Claud. Jr. (R. May 10, 1770).
1.1.4. Samuel Westbrooke, of the Parish of St. Luke, leg., wife Hannah, son Turner, at 21, and my land that formerly belonged to William Westbrooke; my children: David, Joel, Samuel, and Phoebe. Exors, wife and friend John Barrow. Rec. Sept. 12, 1782. Wit. Samuel Blake,* William Claud, p. 429. Joshua Claud,* estate appraised Dec. 14, 1775, by Samuel Westbrooke Sr., Samuel Westbrooke Jr., John Westbrooke (estate appraised by *William Person). Joshua Claud was the son of Philip Claud, whose exor. (1773) was Jeremiah Drew, and br. of Newitt Claud. Joshua Harris, son of Thomas Harris, d. 1729/30, estate appraised by Joshua Claud jR., Thomas Day, and Samuel Westbrooke, June 14, 1770, p. 324.
1.1.4.1. Samuel Westbrooke Jr. Estate appraised May 15, 1707, names children Turner, David, Joel, Samuel, and Pheby Westbrooke. Audited by Robert Mabry and James Lundy, p. 793.

*The continuation of association between this Harris family and that of *Blake has been documented in previous posts, stemming from:
1.2. Richard Harris, m. Elianor Bennett, Oct. 6, 1594.
1.2.1. Thomas Harris, born ca. 1597, m. Judith Blake, Nov. 20, 1623.
1.2.1.1. Thomas Harris, d. 1672.

Westbrook , Southampton Co., Va . Marriage on Dec. 4 , 1800, Jarrett Westbrook and Lucy Blake,
Genealogy of Virginia ancestors of English origin – repetition of associations; the more the knot was tied the stronger it became.

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