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The following is what a concensus of some Harris researchers consider to be the ancestry of a Harris family of Virginia. (I do not concur with every aspect). This is a construction that is based on my notes. As with … Continue reading →

1. Joseph Thorpe, Sr., m. Dorothy Fenn, dau. of Timothy Fenn and Elizabeth Kae, dau. of Robert Kae, of Bristol (atty. of Theoderic Bland, the kinsman of the Harris through the Bennetts). Dorothy’s sister, Kae Fenn, m. John Fiveash, 1709. … Continue reading →

These are notes to show a very strong connection between various members of a Harris family of Somerset and their Bennett cousins. They are the result of requests to show a stronger link between Thomas Harris, d. 1688, and Edward … Continue reading →

In the ‘Spring’ of my research into the origins of my family, I was sent a facsimile of an account of a lecture given by James Robinson Planché, in which he, in passim, remarked on the Crispins and Colvilles being … Continue reading →

When pondering the origins of a Drew family of Virginia, and hard facts are in short supply, a supposition based on a common link between their associations in Virginia (and their associations in England), is a useful starting point. The … Continue reading →

Wiveliscombe, Somerset. i. 1. William Blake, bur. Dec. 4, 1636. 1.1. Thomas Blake.1.1.1. Thomas Blake, bapt. Feb. 2, 1649, d. 1709, IOW, m. Alice Champion, dau. of Edward Champion and Elizabeth Atkins, and sister of Phyllis Fort, m. to Elias … Continue reading →

The family of Rogers, of Bryanston, Dorset, had connections to some Virginia settlers. Sir Richard Rogers sold the manor and advowson of Barwick to William Symes, of Chard, merchant. The first wife of William Symes was Agnes Colendon, of Chard; … Continue reading →

The hardest thing in genealogical research is one of differentiating one line of a family from another, as the advantageous associations of one were shared by the other, and they often married into the same families – the basis of … Continue reading →

Sometimes being asked for an opinion as to the ancestry of Avis Harris I reply with the following suggestion: 1. John White, of Hulcote co. Bedfordshire, m. Agnes … His Will of 1501 made charitable requests to 9 churches; his … Continue reading →

The answer is in the soil, as a famous historian once remarked; a medievalist who sought to explain that families connected by blood or marriage tended to “flock together”. What appears as happenchance in Virginia is so explained. This generality … Continue reading →

One of the most influential men in the trade between Virginia and England was “Robert Burridge, merchant, ob. March 20th, 1675. Mrs. Elizabeth (Cogan) Burridge, his wife, died 16th Nov. 1688. Great storms of sighs thy death this March uprears, … Continue reading →

There is not any evidence that Thomas Harris, d. 1672, married a dau. of Nicholas George. Connections betw. these two families seem tangential (less so to the family of John George). Lancaster Co. Court. Nov. 14, 1694. Probate of nuncupative … Continue reading →

A clue as to the origins of the Judkin family of Virginia was perhaps given in the ‘Northamptonshire notes & queries’ of 1886, a precis of which is: Judkin of Heyford. — In 1618 Thomas Judkins, of Heyford, recorded his … Continue reading →

1. 1.1. Sir John Browne, m. (2) Anne Belwood; her nephew Thomas Belwood, son of her brother Thomas, was apprentice with John HosIer Jr. John Hosier Jr., born c. 1450, was the father of Isabel Hosier, who m. John Pyke. … Continue reading →

1. … 1.1. Francis Hobbs, born c. 1600. (Tanners v Hobbs. Plaintiffs: William Tanners. Defendants: Francis Hobbs, Mary Hobbs his wife, Edward Knight, Robert Webb, Walter Tanners and Edward Tanners. Subject: property in Tetbury, Gloucestershire. 1661. (C 6/48/118). (Joseph Bridger’s … Continue reading →

As a young boy I sat with my grandmother, Ada, awaiting the arrival of her brother-in-law, wife, and children. The contents of the walk-in pantry were theirs. This was not recorded in ink in any deed housed in the British … Continue reading →

1. Robert Braswell, m. Rebecca … Sept. 24, 1652: Deposition by William Chapple, mariner, James Vawer, pilot, and John Fisher Carpenter, all of the ship Mary of Accomac in Virginia: They were at Accomac last July, bound for Bristol, when … Continue reading →

Many Burgesses for IOW Co. were from either side (Gloucestershire or Somerset) of the Bristol estuary, and traded from Bristol. They included John Seward (burgess in 1645), Arthur Smith (1645); John George (1647); Robert Pitt (1649); John Bond (1653), who … Continue reading →

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

The John Wise who died in Virginia in 1695 is a murky figure. He is given the pedigree of the Wise family of Devon, intermarried with that of Dynham, on the twin pillars of him necesarilly being of the same … Continue reading →