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ST CLAIR OF ROSLIN

Posted on October 30, 2015 by genealogy1066

There are undoubtedly in Scotland as many families of Saint Clair as there were communes in Normandy named after this saint, and will be unrelated. Any study of early Norman genealogy must consider Dudo’s assertion that they were ‘birds of … Continue reading →

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THE ANCESTRY OF ROBERT JONES OF FLEET’S BAY

Posted on October 30, 2015 by genealogy1066

At first glance, many associations of Virginia settlers are a confusing mixture, with links to different geographical associations in England, yet, what is being observed are families connected to those in the ‘Virginia trade’. A prime example of merchants involved … Continue reading →

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SERGEANT JOHN HARRIS

Posted on October 30, 2015 by genealogy1066

The following is a genealogical summary of my notes in progress, ‘Two Thomas Harises of Isle of Wight, Virginia’, which I have produced in response to requests to speculate on the probable relationships between a Harris family of Southwark, London, … Continue reading →

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MAJOR WILLIAM HARRIS

Posted on October 30, 2015 by genealogy1066

The connection of Captain Thomas Harris to Elizabeth Boardman, a peripheral member of his kinship group, examplifies the complexity of relationships through which people were linked. It is likely that such complexity was repeated in Virginia, for, as in the … Continue reading →

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CAPTAIN THOMAS HARRIS OF LONGFIELD

Posted on October 30, 2015 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 English kinship groups. … Continue reading →

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TWO THOMAS HARRISES OF ISLE OF WIGHT COUNTY, VIRGINIA

Posted on October 30, 2015 by genealogy1066

This work follows on from my description of Captain Thomas Harris, of Bechampton, Buckinghamshire, and of the 1624 Virginia Muster, in that, again, the family connections in England of such as the two Thomas Harrises of Virginia, one dying in … Continue reading →

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THE NORMAN ELITE

Posted on October 21, 2014 by genealogy1066

With special notice of the families of Crispin, Heriz, Lacy, Ferrers, and Wormley. Much of the nineteenth-century ‘construction’ of the Crispin family stemmed from the writings of such as Mr. Grimaldi, who borrowed from an utterly discredited earlier source. The … Continue reading →

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