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WILLIAM AND MARY HARRIS – THE FRAUD REVEALED

Posted on February 11, 2016 by genealogy1066

EXTRACTS FROM ST LAWRENCE CHURCH REGISTERS, LUDLOW: 1. John Harris, obit. 1550, m. Margaret Leighton, dau. of Sir Thomas Leighton and Anne Baker. 1.1. Richard Harris, m. Eleanor Jenyns, dau. of William Jenyns, of Wallyburne, Shropshire. 1.1.1. John Harris of … Continue reading →

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HOLLANDS OF PICKTHORNE AND GOOCHLAND

Posted on February 9, 2016 by genealogy1066

Holland, (Burwarton, Charlecot, and Pickthorne, Salop) az. a lion ramp, guard, ar. betw. ten plates, all within a bordure of the second.— Crest, a demi lion ramp, guard. grasping a fleur-de-lis az. 1. —— 1.1. William Cocke, Will 1582. 1.1.1. … Continue reading →

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BERNARD RANDOLPH OF TICEHURST

Posted on February 5, 2016 by genealogy1066

A basic premise of genealogical research of early English settlers of Virginia is that they were part of a kinship system that aided such settlement. In one sense, Virginia was not predominantly colonised by individuals, but by ‘collectives’ – English … Continue reading →

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MICAJAH PERRY

Posted on February 1, 2016 by genealogy1066

The following account is of a branch of the Perry family of Devon, that of Micajah Perry, the tobacco merchant, and his many cousins in America and Ireland. In reality, any description of a wealthy family of these times is … Continue reading →

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DOUSABELLA HARRIS

Posted on January 24, 2016 by genealogy1066

  Dousabella Harris is one of those from the distant past whose name, preserved on a grave-slab in St Olave’s, Hart Street, gives a nudge toward wanting to know more of her. She and her husband, John Beare, have been … Continue reading →

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HARRIS AND PAULET

Posted on January 18, 2016 by genealogy1066

    1. Hugh Peverel. 2. Lucia Peverel, m. Sir Alan Basset of Whitechapel, Tehidy & Trevalga. 3. Constance Peverel, m. Richard Vivian. 4. Joan Vyvian, m. John Heris. (See Visitations of Cornwall, Comprising the Heralds’ Visitations of 1530, 1573, … Continue reading →

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DODSON/HARRIS/HAYNIE

Posted on January 14, 2016 by genealogy1066

Although the study of English kinship groups recreating their English parishes in the New World has been touched upon, its depths have not been fully appreciated. Many English colonists and their near neighbours shared family associations that stretched back hundreds … Continue reading →

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JOHN HARRIS OF PRITTLEWELL

Posted on January 10, 2016 by genealogy1066

The armigerous nature of the following family of Essex may suggest a more direct connection to their namesakes of Devon. 1. Robert I de Heriz, ob. by 1128, of Tibshelf, Stapleford, and Oxcroft, held of William Peverel 1., benefactor of … Continue reading →

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A HARRIS SUMMARY

Posted on December 28, 2015 by genealogy1066

  1. Thomas Harris, m. Sarah Treherne; her sister, Anne, m. Edward Griffin. Sara Treherne m. 2. William Iremonger. 1.1. William Harris, ‘Fishmonger’, d. 1600 The Will of ‘Jeffrey Williamson, of St Saviour, (Southwark) fishmonger’, was proved April 8, 1589 … Continue reading →

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TEMPERANCE OVERTON

Posted on December 23, 2015 by genealogy1066

The family of Temperance Overton of Virginia are the subject of the worst type of pedigree-making, replete with claimed records of early baptisms that can only exist in a parallel universe. This article does not seek to lay bare the … Continue reading →

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HARRIS OF HANOVER COUNTY

Posted on December 18, 2015 by genealogy1066

The connections are through Harris/Arnold family of Southwark, London, the Benns, Hamptons, and Thorntons of the same place, and the connections of the Bryan and Mann families in Virginia. They were all of seafaring/merchant stock. They are probably of the … Continue reading →

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FITZRALPH AND HERIZ

Posted on December 17, 2015 by genealogy1066

The relationship between the FitzRalph and Heriz families was probably one of non-consanguineous cousinship. 1. Geoffrey Alselin, c. 1035-1108; d. before 1109, when Robert son of Henry I. was created Earl of Gloucester. 1.1. Geoffrey Alselinus (Geoffrey de Heriz?), d. … Continue reading →

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GURGEYNEY

Posted on December 11, 2015 by genealogy1066

LONG CRENDON VILLAGE To a very great extent, the minor gentry of 16th century Buckinghamshire were connected by an intricate web of kinship and lordship ties. What is witnessed in early colonial Virginia, when Thomas Harris receives a bequest of … Continue reading →

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CHILD FAMILY CONNECTIONS

Posted on December 10, 2015 by genealogy1066

1. Robert Childe, buried on August 25, 1579, in Amersham, Bucks. 1.1. William Child. Adria Hoare, the wife of Thomas Harris of the 1624/5 Muster, is listed as aged 19, born at ‘Alesburie’ in Buckinghamshire. Her parents are both living. … Continue reading →

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WORMLEY AND HAMILTON

Posted on December 8, 2015 by genealogy1066

It is as easy as it is wrong to assign a place of origin to a Conquest-era person  on the basis of the origin of his lord, especially if that lord had numerous tenants, and more especially if the descendants … Continue reading →

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THE FAMILY OF CAPTAIN THOMAS HARRIS OF VIRGINIA

Posted on December 8, 2015 by genealogy1066

MAIDS’ MORTON Inquests and Indictments from the Late Fourteenth Century, Buckinghamshire, mention a John and William Harris performing jury service in 1377 and 1378. When Hugh de Aylesbury died, in 1423, his land at Broughton passed to his aunt, Eleanor, … Continue reading →

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IN SEARCH OF BARTHOLOMEW OWEN

Posted on December 3, 2015 by genealogy1066

      Sir John Owen, Royalist Commander There are two ‘associational’ suggestions which might point to the parentage of Bartholomew owen; the first of these being a close association to Perry, Lane & Co., the mecantile house much involved with … Continue reading →

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COUSINS OF SERGEANT JOHN HARRIS

Posted on November 26, 2015 by genealogy1066

English kinship groups in Virginia were as a spider’s web. Their infinite connections stand in stark contrast to the isolated family units of today. A unique insight into how consanguineous lines of cousins intermarried, with each generation also marrying into … Continue reading →

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FURTHER HARRIS THOUGHTS

Posted on November 16, 2015 by genealogy1066

There were two branches of the Harris family of Southwark. The great problem of untangling the offspring of any man is one of differentating between the offspring of a brother, or cousin. This is because the family of a cousin … Continue reading →

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NEWIT HARRIS AND AVIS HOLLEMAN

Posted on November 13, 2015 by genealogy1066

1. ‘John Harris, of St Saviour’, Southwark, whose Will, proved May 2, 1616 … bequests to ‘Robert Harris, his eldest son, Thomas Harris, his second son; Mary Harris, his underage daughter’ (TNA, Prob.11/127, ff.345v-346r). He m. ‘Ellen (Dryver) Harris, of … Continue reading →

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