When a connection is made between such families as Brantley and George in the immediate area surrounding Evesham, in Worcestershire, England (their children shared the same Godparents), much is gleaned about how the Brantleys became associated with a Harris family on Virginia, as this familly were related to Edward Bennett, whose business partner, Edward Robins, was originally of the Evesham area, of a family intermarried with the Pitways; a family with connection to the Brantleys and Harris in Virginia. The latter family intermarried with the Blakes of Over Stowey, Somerset, they with the Champions, of Meare, Somerset (within short distances of the Harris, of Wiveliscombe); through such connection, Edward Brantley Sr. m. Mary Champion, with he and his family’s later connections in Virginia being fully explained by this association.
As with all families of the “upwardly mobile” yeomanry and merchant class who lived in the same villages, there is a “known unknown” – they would have been intermarried, often hidden by incomplete church records which are in poor condition, making extraction difficult, especially so concerning Worcestershire, where such as “Brantley” or “Brantlie” is hidden beneath a virtually indecipherable “Brante”. The Brantleys of Worcestershire would have had a familial connection to the George family of that place, in the same way as the Blake and Bourne families of over Stowey; the latter being the family of the wife of Edward Bennett.
In what follows, I have given leeway to the view of some Harris researchers that the Thomas Harris who died in 1672 on Virginia was the father of his namesake who died in 1688, who was (they also claim) the grandfather of another namesake; he who died in 1729/30. I give my response hereinafter).
These notes are of a particular style of research; facts are given where known, but when not an inference is given. It seems many years ago that i sat in a lecture room listening to an eminent historian explaining that medieval families of note always lived next to those of familial connection. in half of families, the connection is known through record, where it is not, the inference that their habitats would follow the same pattern as those known is but common sense – the logical-deductive method, allied to a knowledge of the prevalent social and political norms.
BOURNE
The Bourne family, intermarried with the Bennetts of Wiveliscombe, held land in both Over Stowey and Tuxwell. (C 6/54/52).
1. Richard Bourne, of Wiveliscombe, Somerset, m. Sylvester Tybolde, who d. bef. Feb. 9, 1593, in Wells, Somerset. Richard Bourne, Will pr. March, 1594. (23 Dixy).
1.1. Gilbert Bourne. Will proved Feb. 3, 1596.
1.1.1. John Bourne, born in Wiveliscombe. Will proved Oct. 21, 1656. “To be buried in Wells Cathedral near his ancestors”: “eldest son Roger”. He m. Elizabeth Weare, d. bef. Aug. 16, 1660, in Halberton, Devon; her Will, proved Aug. 16, 1660. (163 Nabbs). “To be buried at Charlinch. To my eldest son Roger Bourne, my salt that was my cousin Bourne’s, the ring that was my Uncle Jasper’s. Roger to have the mortgage of the Manor of Curripole, Tuxwell, & Radlett”.
1.1.2. Jane Bourne, d. bef. Aug. 8. 1666, m. Edward Wykes, d. bef. May 29, 1647; the son of Nicholas Wykes and Isabell Godwin. Nicholas Wykes, of Wells, Somerset, Gent. Will proved Nov. 20, 1611, by Isabel Wykes, widow. (96 Wood), mentions “my farm at Cheddar” … My son William, lands in Wedmore. My sisters, Jone Oliver, widow, and Margery, wife of Thomas Hill. John Oliver & Nicholas Hill, their sons”. The Wykes were intermarried with the Counsell family of Wedmore.
1.2. John Bourne, d. bef. June 4, 1622.
1.2.1. John Bourne, m. Ann Baynard, d. bef. June 30, 1668. John Bourne, of Durleigh, Som. Will proved by Francis Carliel, and Rich. Cross, Aug. 9, 1652. (70 Bowyer). “To my little cosin whom I adopt, my godson and my God-daughter, Mrs. Mary Georges, £3 apiece”.
1.3. Roger Bourne, m. Jane Tothill. Roger Bourne, of Wells, Som., Esqr. Will proved May 5, 1624, mentions my brother Jasper Bourne,* of London, gent.”.
1.4. Jasper Bourne, of Stanmore Magna, Midd., gent. Will Proved by John Bennett, May 4, 1636. (67 Pile), mentions “my son (in-law) John Benett, of London, merchant. My grandchildren, children of my da. Elizabeth Benitt. My da. Mary, wife of Edward Benett, merchant (great-uncle of Thomas Harris, d. 1672, whose Will was witnessed by Edward Brantley Sr.). My wife’s grandson, John Norwood, of London. This John Norwood was the son of Richard Norwood, whose family were connected to the Brantleys, as follows.
1.4.1. Elizabeth Bourne, m. John Bennett.
1.4.2. Mary Bourne, m. Edward Bennett, b. Feb. 2, 1578, in Wiveliscombe, d. bef. Sept. 30, 1664.
1.4.2.1. Sylvestra Bennett, bapt. Oct. 25, 1630, in St Olave, London, d. Jan. 9, 1707, m. Nicholas Hill. The Will of Nicholas Hill named overseers: Major James Powell, Mr. Thomas Taberer, Mr. William Bressie, and John Jennings. Witnessess: John Grayham, John Newman (br.-in-law of Thomas Harris, d. 1672), and Mary Davis (to whom Edward Harris, d. 1677, was a debtor). Rec. Oct. 20, 1675.
1.4.2.1.1. Mary Hill, d. bef. Dec. 31, 1695, m. John Jennings, d. bef. June 9, 1698.
1.4.2.1.2. Elizabeth Hill, d. aft. 1700, m. William Thomas, d. aft. Aug. 18, 1710.
1.4.3.2.2.1. William Thomas; his Will, rec. July 27, 1741, was witnessed by Lewis Brantley, great-grandson of Edward Brantley Sr.
1.4.2.2. Mary Bennett, d. aft. 1701, m. John Day. (She m. (2) Thomas Bland. Sept. 12, 1668, “Mary Bland, widow, dau. of Jasper Bourne of Stanmore Magna, Middlesex, son of Richard Bourne, gentleman of Wells”.
1.4.2.2.1. Ann Day, m. Charles Chapman; Will rec. Feb. 26, 1711.
1.4.2.2.1.1. John Chapman; Will rec. Nov 28, 1737, witnessed by Charles Fulgham, constructor of the Fulgham Point Tobacco Warehouse (on the Pagan River) in 1753, son of Charles Fulgham, son of Nicholas Fulgham, husband of Isabel Harris.
BLAKE
1. Henry Blake, of Calne, Wiltshire.
1.1. Robert Blake. “Robert, son of Henry Blake (and Margaret Bellett), succeeded his father and inherited land at Calne and Quenberford in right of his mother. He m. Alice (Avice) Wallop, dau. and heir of John Wallop, of Nether Wallop, co. Southampton, and acquired estates in that county. His wife d. Oct. 29, 1474, and was buried in Calne church. In windows of this church in stained glass he is represented as habited in armor with a surcoat charged with his armorial bearings, and she with a scarf embroidered with her family arms. Children: Gilbert, Alexander, John, Robert, William, Alice, Joan”. (William Richard Cutter, ed., New Families. Genealogical and Memorial, vol. ii., 1915).
(Lease, for 13 years. By Avice Blake, widow of Robert Blake, of Calne, John Blake and Robert Blake her sons, to Nicholas Redeman of Mungketon in Wyntyrborne Munkystowne of a barn and pasture at Sohawe; rent, five marks. Calne, June 27, 1463. (S.H.C., DD\WHb/2144).
Lease, for lives, and counterpart. By Robert Blake to Nicholas Redeman and Juliana his wife, of all his lands, in a place called Le Shawe in Co. Wilts; rent, five marks. Sept. 29, 1463. (S.H.C., DD\WHb/2027-2028).
Bond. Roger, Robert, William and Richard Boucher, John Blake, John Gybbys, William Downe and Roger Powle = (1)-(8). William Stafford, esquire, and Alexander Hody = (9)-(10). Bond of (1)-(8), of Wyvelescoumb in Somerset, yeomen, to (9)-(10) in £40, to be paid next Easter without delay. Eight seals or parts thereof, on three tags. Jan. 12, 1446. (C.R.O, AR/36/5).
1.1.1. John Blake.
1.1.2. Robert Blake.
1.1.3. William Blake, m. Mary, dau. of Humphrey Cole.
1.1.3.1. Humphrey Blake. In 1506, West Tuxwell was merged with Plainsfield and passed to George Sydenham from the Seymour family. He conveyed it to Humphrey Blake in 1556 as a holding of the Crown. (P.R.O., CP 25(2)/77/659/3 & 4 Phil. & Mary). Humphrey died in 1558, and left the estate to his son, Humphrey, it then passing to another son, John (d. 1571), then to John’s brother, Thomas (Som. Wills, ed. Brown, i. 59; S.R.O., D/P/o. sty 2/1/1.), who sold it to his brother Robert in 1577. (Cal. Pat. 1575-8, pp. 266, 270.) Robert Blake died in 1592; his son William sold the manor in 1602 to John Malet of Enmore.
1.1.3.1.1. Humphrey Blake, b. ca. 1550. “To eldest son, Humfrey Blake all tenements in Plainfield”.
1.1.3.1.2. Thomas Blake.
1.1.3.1.3. Robert Blake, d. 1592. Blake v Coggan. Plaintiffs: Robert Blake. Defendants: Thomas Coggan. Subject: debt. 1558-1579. (C 3/15/65).
1.1.3.1.3.1. William Blake.
1.1.3.1.4. John Blake, bapt. Oct. 19, 1521 in Over-Stowey, d. 1571; held the patronage of the church at Aisholt, Somerset. The overseer of his Will was “The right Worshipful Mr. Thomas Mallett, Esq.”. John Blake of Over Stowey, clothier. Defendants: John Watkyns, vicar of the same. Subject: Contract for sale of all defendant’s tithe wool. Somerset. 1544-1551. (C 1/1201/24). (See monumental inscriptions, Aisholt church).
1.1.3.1.5. William Blake. “To son William Blake, all my land in the parish of Bishops Lydeard in Busshops Woode and Busshops downe”. He bought land in Pitminster in 1586. and lived there as a neighbour of the Fulgham family.
1.1.3.1.5.1. William Blake, bapt. July 10, 1594, in Pitminster, m. Agnes, dau. of Hugh Thorne, and relict of Richard Bond,* Sept. 23, 1617.
1.1.3.1.5.2. John Blake, bapt. June 15, 1597.
1.1.3.1.5.2.1. Thomas Blake, bapt. ca. 1625, m. Alice Champion, bapt. March 17, 1632, in Meare, sister of Mary Champion, bapt. Nov. 18, 1627, who m. Edward Brantley Sr. Thomas Blake’s land in Virginia was immediately S. of (his br.-in-law) Edward Brantley’s land, which was E. of Francis England’s land, having a contiguous border.
1.1.3.1.5.3. Richard Blake, bapt. April 17, 1603.
1.1.3.1.5.4. Judith Blake, bapt. ca. 1604, m. Thomas Harris, 1624, in Wiveliscombe; b. ca. 1600), son of Richard Harris,* who m. Eleanor Bennett, Oct. 8, 1594, in Wiveliscombe; the sister of (1) Edward Bennett, business partner of Edward Robins (whose attorney was Thomas Joyner, whose son was the guardian of an orphan of Thomas Harris, d. 1688), and father of Silvestra Bennett, who m. Nicholas Hill, who (with Edward Brantley Sr.) witnessed the Will of Thomas Harris, d. 1672. (2) Robert Bennett, bapt. April 27, 1571; d. circa 1623, in Virginia, m. Alice. On June 10, 1642, George Hardy received a patent for land adj. that of Alice Bennett on the easternmost side of Lawne’s Creek, IOW Co. (Nugent, p. 140). On April 2, 1644, Justinian Cooper sold to his neighbour, Alice Bennett, widow, for a cow and a calf and barrel of corn, 150 ac. in IOW, between Castle and Cypress Creeks. On July 19, 1647, Alice Bennett deeded the said 150 ac. to her granddaus., Mary (wife of George Hardy) and Sarah Jackson, daus. of Richard Jackson. George Hardy was the father-in-law of Edward Harris, d. 1677. (3) Richard Bennett, bapt. March 1, 1566, d. 1601; to whom: Thomas Bennett, b. ca. 1590, listed in the 1624 census on the south of the James River, near Lawne’s Creek. (stepfather of Elizabeth Pierce. who m. (2) Richard Jackson); to whom: Richard Bennett, d. 1709, whose wife was (circumstantially) Anne, Charles Barham’s sister (see Douglas Richardson, ‘Plantagenet Ancestry’). Mr. Charles Barham Ex., Thomas Harris (d. 1672) and Thomas Tuke overseers, were officers of the will of William Ridley, who was probably the br. of Elizabeth Ridley, Charles Barham’s wife. Richard Bennett had issue (1) William Bennett, who m. Mary Hardy, dau. of George Hardy, and sister of Martha Hardy, wife of Edward Harris, d. 1677. (2) Ann Bennett, a beneficiary in the Will of Mathew Fones (1704), witnessed by Philip Pardoe, who witnessed the Will of Martha, wife of Edward Harris. Mathew Fones witnessed the Will of George Hardy (1704). Philip Pardoe’s wife was Jane George, dau. of John George (and cousin the first wife of Thomas Harris, d. 1672). Their dau., Joyce Pardoe, m. Phillip Brantley, grandson of Edward Brantley Sr.
1.1.3.1.5.4.1. Thomas Harris, bapt. ca. 1625, d. 1672, m. (1) Eleanor George. He was a business partner of Joseph Bridger in Bristol. Rowland Searchfield released Col. Joseph Bridger of Virginia from all claims of three-eighths of a cargo of wines etc. shipped on the Success of London (master William Goodland) in 1654, to Virginia, in the presence of William Scott, Thomas Harris, Christopher Pitt, James Bridger. William Reaper. (Bristol Record Office, Depositions). Thus, the witnesses, as partners, accounted for the remaining five eighths. A headright of Thomas Harris was Giles Driver, witnessed here: Bridgman Joyner (guardian of an orphan of Thomas Harris, d. 1688): Appraised by Thomas Mandew, Giles Driver, Andrew Griffin. R. Dec. 4, 1719. Signed Ann Joyner. (G.B. 23).
1.1.3.1.5.4.1.1. Thomas Harris (b. ca. 1646; d. 1688), Will witnessed by John Coggan, appraised by John Fulgham, of Pitminster, Somerset, 10 mls fr. Wiveliscombe.
1.1.3.1.6.2.1.1.1. Robert Harris, b. ca. 1667. There is no evidence that he m. a niece of John Fulgham, dau. of his br., Michael. (Boddie’s supposition).
1.1.3.1.6.2.1.1.1.1. John Harris, m. Avis White, dau. of Thomas White and Ann Moore, dau. of Thomas Moore and Elizabeth Elbridge; Edward Brantley Sr. being security for the marriage contract. Ann White, Will recorded May 24, 1742, mentions: son John; grandson Thomas White; granddau. Mary White, with reversion to William and Thomas White, sons of John and Thomas White. Exec. son George Thomas White; witness John Goodrich and Edward Brantley. (B.4, p. 401), appraisers of the estate, rec. July 26, 1642 (ibid., p. 409). This Edward Brantley appears to be the son of James Brantley, son of Edward Brantley, son of Phillip Brantley (and Joyce Lewis), son of Edward Brantley Sr. John Westbrooke, appraisal by Nathaniel Ridley, Edward Brantley, and Thomas Cook. Oct. 28, 1734. (ibid. p. 25). John Westbrooke m. Amy Foster, dau. of Christopher Foster, and Alice Forte, desc. of Elias Forte, of Wiveliscombe.
1.1.3.1.6.2.1.2. John Harris, m. (1) a dau. of Francis Hobbes, who sold Edward Brantley Sr. 675 ac. (between Francis England and Thomas Took) on Feb. 8, 1667; wit. Thomas Moore, John Davis. Joseph Bridger, esq. (on July 22, 1678), sold to John and Thomas Harris the tract of land he formerly sold Thomas Harris, their father, by Capt. Frances Hobbs and his wife, formerly belonging to Nathaniel Floyd and to Bridger; (2) Elizabeth Church, April 13, 1689. He appraised the estate of William Groves, with Edward Brantley Sr. and and Elias Fort. Rec. Feb. 9, 1678. (B. 2, p. 172). Elias Fort, b. ca. 1630 in Wiveliscombe, m. Phyllis, dau. of Edward Champion; and was, thus, Edward Brantley’s br.-in-law, as Thomas Blake, cousin of Thomas Harris, d. 1672. Elias Forte and Phyllis Champion had issue: Elias Forte, whose estate was appraised by Edward Brantley (nephew of Edward Sr), John Britt, William Baldwin, and Edward Champion Jr..
1.1.3.1.6.2.1.2.1. Isabel Harris, b. April 17, 1695, m. Nicholas Fulgham, grandson of Nicholas Fulgham, br. of Michael Fulgham, and John Fulgham, who appraised the estate of Thomas Harris, d. 1688.
1.1.3.1.5.5. Alice Blake, m. Simon Hill.
1.1.3.1.5.5.1. Nicholas Hill. He and Edward Brantley Sr. witnessed the Will of Thomas Harris, d. 1672. Will of Major Nicholas Hill, dated Jan. 1, 1674, bequeathed to his wife “Silvester for life my plantation in Isle of Wight … bounded betwixt the cart path that goes from the mill belonging to Mr. George Hardy (father-in-law of Edward Harris, d. 1677), towards the church and the swamp commonly called the Meadows … to my sonne Richard Hill and his heirs, together with all the woodland bounded on the west of the said swamp by Mr. Richard Briggs’ and Mr. Edward Beckenoe’s land (who appraised estate of Edward Harris, d. 1677) … to son George Hill all my woodland, betwixt the aforesaid branch betwixt Mr. Briggs’ and Mr. Beckenoe’s plantations, and the old cart path that goes from the River side to Blackwater, being the bounds betwixt the land Col. Bacon bought of Thomas Harris and my land”. Proved by the oath of Mr. John Newman (Oct. 20, 1675); br.-in-law of Thomas Harris, who had m. (2) Alice Newman (her family from Wedmore).
1.William Harris, m. Dorothy Westbrooke, Aug. 31, 1562, in Wiveliscombe. Her br. being ancestor of John Westbrook – appraisal by Nathaniel Ridley Jr., Edward Brantley, et. al. R. Oct. 28, 1734. 1.1. Richard Harris, m. Eleanor Bennett, Oct. 8, 1594, in Wiveliscombe. 1.1.1. Thomas Harris, who m. Judith Blake, Nov. 20, 1623, in Wivelscombe. 1.1.2. Richard Harris. 1.1.2.1. John Harris, bapt. Feb. 18, 1624. 1.1.3. 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. Edward Harris settled on land patented by Richard Bennett in 1642. 1.1.3.1. Edward Harris, d. 1677, m. Martha Hardy.
SOME CONNECTIONS AS ILLUSION (in my opinion).
Such “close proximities of association” have suggested to the same researchers that claim Thomas Harris (d. 1688) was a son of a namesake (d. 1672) that the Thomas Harris who d. 1729/30 was a grandson of the former, and who had m. Hannah Judkins.
Taking these points in turn, firstly, I have suggested that Thomas Harris, d. 1688, was of a different family, of Cheddar, closely allied to the Counsell family of Wedmore juxta Cheddar and Meare. This Thomas was a grandson of the estate manager of Robert Sherwell, probably as kinsman. The Hole family intermarried with the Fulghams were probably they of Wedmore. Conveyance from Robert Hole, Wedmore, yeoman, son and heir of Marie Hole, sister and co-heir of Robert Sherwell, and Temperance his wife to Richard Counsell, Heathhouse, Wedmore, yeoman. April 15, 1625. (Bristol Arch. HA/D/357). The Will of Maria Sherwell, widow of ‘Robert Sherwell, of Blackford, Somerset, gent.’, was proved Nov. 26, 1627: She requests burial at Wedmore, and named ‘cousin Richard Counsell’, ‘cousin Margery Hodges’. The latter was the dau. of the former, and cousin of John Counsell, bapt Nov. 28, 1601, in Wedmore, who m. Mary Coomer, Nov. 26, 1631; sister of John Coomer, father of (1) Mary Coomer, who m. John Gardner, (2) John Counsell, who m. Alice, the relict of Richard Jeffries. John Counsell (bapt Nov. 28, 1601) was the br. of Hodges Counsell Sr., father of Hodges Counsell Jr., mentioned in the Will of Daniel Boucher (of Bristol), Will rec. May 1, 1668, which also mentions: “friends John Hardy and Thomas Taberer overseers. Witnesses: Hodges Counsell, and William Bacon. John Hardy was the likely father of (1) Debora Hardy, wife of Bridgeman Joyner; (2) Lucy Hardy, wife of Hodges Counsell, Jr. John Hardy was also the likely uncle of the wife of Edward Harris, d. 1677, and he was
almost certainly a cousin of Thomas Harris, d. 1672.
Therefore, why is there such close connection between two seperate families of Harris? One strand of connection was through the Fulghams. Hardy Council, son Hodges Counsell Jr., m. Susannah Fulgham; their dau., Mary Counsell, m. (1) Henry Applewhite, (2) Phillip Brantley. Susanah was the niece of John Fulgham, appraisee of the estate of Thomas Harris, d. 1688, who was the nephew of Elizabeth Fuljames (Fulgham), bapt. June 11, 1622, in Pitminster, who m. July 14, 1642, Hugh Bond; another nephew being Nicholas Fulgham, whose grandson m. a granddau. of Thomas Harris, d. 1672. Nicholas Fulgham, whose grandson m. a granddau. of Thomas Harris, d. 1672.
Hugh Bond was the br. of John Bond, as follows. “Know all men by these present that I John Bond of the Isle of Wight County in Virginia hath bargained sould and delivered unto Thomas Harris of the afores’d County one Corne mill standing att the head of the Pagan Creek in the said County of the Isle of Wight”. Rec. May 1, 1665. it may be that John Bond’s wife, was a sister of of Thomas Harris, d. 1672. John Bond’s Will named Francis England and Richard Sharp as “friends” (both connected to Thomas Harris, d. 1688).
Hugh and John Bond were nephews of Richard Bond: William Blake, bapt. July 10, 1594, in Pitminster, m. Agnes, dau. of Hugh Thorne, and relict of Richard Bond,* Sept. 23, 1617; William Blake being the br. of Judith Blake, who m. Thomas Harris, 1624, and uncle of Thomas Blake, who m. Alice Champion, bapt. March 17, 1632, in Meare, sister of Mary Champion, bapt. Nov. 18, 1627, who m. Edward Brantley Sr., as given.
The point is: two distinct families of Harris, living 30 miles apart, were deeply connected by the marriages of those they married, which leads to the apparent “continuation of association” (by blood) between the families of Thomas, d. 1672, and Thomas, d. 1688.
Their bonds were deep but thinner than blood. They were tightened by self interest; an instinct to survive. Most families of the emigrant tobacco-growing class of south Somerset would have wished some connection to the Bennetts (of political advantage, and economic advantage, through their intermarriage with the tobacco-exporting Blands); and with important merchant families of Bristol, such as the Moores and Barkers, the controllers of much of the tobacco trade. It made for genealogy being a “stew”; once mixed and cooked it is hard to seperate the peas from the carrots.
1. John Gardner, d. 1677
1.1. John Gardner, m. Mary Coomer, Oct. 24, 1664, in Cheddar. John Gardner, dying intestate admin. requested by relict, Mary. Security Thomas Joyner (br. of Bridgeman Joyner), James Gardner,* 1684, p. 56.
1.2. Joel Gardner.
1.2.1. Jane Gardner, m. James Counsell, June 12, 1682, in Cheddar, cousin of John Counsell, who m. Alice, the relict of Richard Jeffries. Richard Jeffries, dying intestate, administration requested by John Counsell, who married the relict of the said Jeffries, Aug. 9, 1666. Security, Mr. (Francis) England, husband of Joyce, niece of George Moore, and cousin of Ann Moore, mother of Avis White, wife of a grandson of Thomas Harris, d. 1688. Deborah Joyner, wife of Bridgeman Joyner (guardian of William Harris, orphan of Thomas Harris, d. 1688), gave ‘cozin’ (cousin of sister’s husband), John Counsell, a young heifer.
1.2.2. Elizabeth Gardner, who m. George Tibbits, May 1678, in Cheddar, sister of Hester Tibbits, who m. Thomas Harris (b. 1637) (as second wife), Apr. 24, 1679, in Cheddar; Hester Harris d. 1680, probably in childbed. Thomas Harris, d. 1688 in Virginia, is not recorded there before 1681.
1.2.3. *James Gardner.
Secondly, the estate of Thomas Harris, d. 1729/30, was appraised by Edward Brantley (nephew of Edward Brantley Sr.), who m. his relict. Thomas Harris 290 ac. IOW, on the Maherin River and both sides of Herbert’s Branch adj. Edward Brantley, and William Simmons line, March 24, 1725. Thomas Harris had issue: Thomas Harris, who m. Sara Goodwin, granddau. of Col. Thomas Goodwin and Martha Bridger, dau. of Joseph Bridger, business partner of Thomas Harris, d. 1672. Thus, the proponents of Thomas Harris, d. 1672, being the “Moses” of the Harris tribe give attention to this aspect of association, but, again, I suggest, do not differentiate between deep bonds and blood.
There are a number of “connections”* between the Thomas, d. 1729/30, and the Wiveliscombe Harris:
1. Christopher Foster, m. Elizabeth Barker.
1.1. Christopher Foster, m. *Alice Forte.
1.1.1. Amy Foster, m. *John Westbrooke.
1.2. John Foster.
1.2.1. Sarah Foster, m. Walter Gilliam.
1.2.1.1. Lydia Gilliam, m. John Watkins.
1.2.1.1.1. Millie Watkins, m. Solomon Harris (grandson of Thomas Harris, d. 1729/30); a descendant of whoms DNA test results with Family Tree DNA are a perfect match with Harris Group 4 males. A descendant of his being Marjorie Ann Myers Reagan, Hartford, Ala.; to whom many thanks are extended for her substantial contribution about Solomon Harris and his descendants.
The most salient connection to Thomas was, however, Elizabeth Barker, and a full summary of the connection if Thomas Harris, d. 1729/30 to the Barkers, and to Sergeant John Harris, it is suggested, is given here:
As will be seen, Thomas Harris, b. 1637 in Cheddar, and Thomas Harris, d. 1729/30, were probably of the same family of Harris (“of London”), which were originally not Harris, being Salmans/Solmons/Solomons.
BOND
(Of Pitminster, 10 ml. fr. Wiveliscombe).
1.
1.1. *Richard Bond, of Pitminster, bapt. ca. 1590.
1.2. William Bond, bapt. ca. 1592.
1.2.1. William Bond, bapt. ca. 1615, m. Dorothie; she bur. Nov. 1, 1651.
1.2.1.1. William Bond, bapt. Dec. 9, 1647.
1.2.1.1.1 Dorothy Bond, m. John Alnum, alias Chilpath, June 1666.
1.2.1.1.2. Elizabeth Bond, bapt. March 1, 1652.
1.2.1.1. John Bond, bapt. Sept. 23, 1655, “son of William Bond Jr.”.
1.2.1.2. Thomas Bond, bapt. March 1657.
1.2.2. John Bond, bapt. ca. 1618. “Know all men by these present that I John Bond of the Isle of Wight County in Virginia hath bargained sould and delivered unto Thomas Harris of the afores’d County one Corne mill standing att the head of the Pagan Creek in the said County of the Isle of Wight”. Rec. May 1, 1665. Thomas Harris sold the same to Giles Driver, his headright, witnessed by Nicholas Hill, John Bond, and John Hardy (p. 117), uncle of the wife of Edward Harris, d. 1677, and transportee of Elizabeth Barcroft in IOW, 1647. She was the wife of George Moore, cousin of Thomas, grandf. of Avis White, wife of John Harris, grandson of Thomas Harris, d. 1688.
1.2.3. Hugh Bond, m. Elizabeth Fuljames (Fulgham), bapt. June 11, 1622, in Pitminster, July 14, 1642, in Pitminster, aunt of (1) John Fulgham, appraisee of estate of Thomas Harris, d. 1688, (2) Nicholas Fulgham, whose grandson m. a granddau. of Thomas Harris, d. 1672.
FULGHAM
(Of Pitminster).
1…..
1.1. Anthony Fuljames, of Pitminster, m. (2) Martha Greene.
1.1.1. *John Fulgham, b. 1639, in Pitminster, appraised estate of Thomas Harris, d. 1688.
1.1.2. Michael Fulgham, m. Anne Izzard.
1.1.2.1. Susannah Fulgham, m. Hardy Council, son of Hodges Council Jr.; much connected to the family of Thomas Harris, b. 1637, in Cheddar; see previous notes. There is no record of Sussanah’s sister, Ann, marrying Robert (Boddie’s supposition), son of Thomas Harris, d. 1688, father of John, m. to Avis White.
1.1.3. Nicholas Fulgham.
1.1.3.1. Nicholas Fulgham.
1.1.3.1.1. Nicholas Fulgham, m. Isabel Harris, granddau. of Thomas Harris, d. 1672.
1.2. Elizabeth Fuljames (Fulgham), bapt. June 11, 1622, in Pitminster, m. Hugh Bond, br. of John Bond, to whom Thomas Harris, d. 1672, sold land.
1.3. Sarah Fuljames, bapt. Dec. 21, 1624, in Pitminster, m. (in 1642, in Pitminster) John Cotton of Silverton, Devon. The Reverend William Cotton, Sarah Fuljames’s father-in-law, was Rector of the Were Family’s church in Silverton. The estates of Counselor John Weare, the head of the Were family in Silverton, and his eldest son, John, Jr., were sequestered in 1648 by Parliament. By 1650, Counselor John Weare, his wife Margaret (Dart) Were, John, Jr., Francis, and Katherine, had emigrated to the south side of the eastern branch of the Corotoman River, in Virginia, next to Anthony Fulgham. By 1647, Anthony was in Northumberland Co., and filed for a 500-acre patent on the south side of the Corotoman River. Anthony m. his second wife, Martha Greene, whose great-grandfather, John, was living in St Giles Cripplegate, where his eldest son, John, was born, in 1568, and his son and namesake in 1592. He m. Katherine Walker (in St Giles Cripplegate) on Feb. 9, 1618. They had issue: Thomas b. 1621 (m. Mary Moone), Martha b. 1626 (married Anthony Fulgham). John Greene appears as headrights in the land patent of John Weare of Silverton, Devon (and others) dated 7 Sep 1654. John Weare and Anthony Fulgham had close familial connections and cooperated in seating their patents on the Corotoman River between 1647 and 1654.
ROBINS
(Of Shipston-on-Stour; ca. 12 mls. fr. Evesham/Bengeworth).
1… Robins
1.1. Anne Robins, m. John Pitway, Nov. 25 1583.
1.2. Edward Robins, m. Joan Pitway, Nov. 25, 1583; he m. (2) Christian Hosier, May 1, 1587.
1.2.1. Edward Robins, business partner of Edward Bennett, as given, removed to London. Bridgman Joyner, guardian of an orphan of Thomas Harris, d. 1688, was a son of Thomas Joyner, the immigrant; transportee and “late servant and attorney unto Edward Robins, merchant, deceased“. Court approves land grant to orphans of Edward Robins, deceased, for transportation of Thomas Joyner, Nicholas Raynehard … Edward Bennett gave affidavit in High Court of Admiralty, London Aug. 24 1635, stating that goods returned from Virginia on the “Revenge” belonged equally to Edward Robins and himself. This cargo was claimed by **Nicholas Raynehard, et al. (Boddie, p. 273-4). Thomas Joyner was a headright of Rachel and Elizabeth Robins, orphans of Edward Robins. Rachel Robins m. Richard Beard, br.-in-law of William Burgess (probably a Quaker); who was originally of Jamestown, but led a group of settlers to Anne Arundel County, Maryland. He established a fleet of ships trading between Maryland and Bristol. He was probably of this merchant family: Merchants and others of the Cities of London and Bristol, s. sh. fol. B.M. The Petitioners pray that the growing of Tobacco in England may be prohibited. The Petition is signed, “For the Merchants and Traders of Bristoll, William Burgess”, 1650. It was not without risk to be a Quaker in Bristol; consider William Prynne’s tract of 1655, ‘The Quakers Unmasked’, which identified them as “the spawn of Romish Frogs, Jesuits, and Franciscan Friars; sent from Rome to seduce the intoxicated giddy-headed English Nation’. ‘By an Information newly taken upon Oath in the City of Bristol, Jan. 22. 1654’. The Joyners were of Bere Regis, Dorset, some 10 mls fr. the original home of the Pitt family of Bristol and Virginia, and 25 mls. fr. the home of a Hardy family (Beaminster), which probably was of no little significance to alliances in Virginia. The route to the Harris family was via the Bennetts.
1.2.2. Anthony Robins, m. (1) Ann Wells, May 20, 1611; (2) Fortune Graves, July 4, 1617.
1.2.2.1. Jane Robins, m. William Marshall, March 11, 1628.
1.2.2.2. Ann Robins, m. Martin Willetts, July 29, 1631.
1.2.2. Joan Robins, m. Timothy Hopkins, Oct. 24, 1613.
1.2.3. Isabell Robins, m. Edward Sims, April 25, 1616.
1.2.4. Henry Robins, m. Mary Salisbury, Nov. 20, 1616.
1.2.5. Elizabeth Robins, m. Stephen Pitway, April 23, 1619.
1.3. Margery Robins, m. William Thomson, Nov. 24, 1594.
1.4. William Robins, m. Margery George, Jan. 31, 1597, in Badsey, probably related to Ann George, who m. John Bradford, June 26, 1609, in Badsey, juxta Evesham.
PITWAY (of Shipston-on-Stour).
1.
1.1. John Pitway, m. Ann Robins.
1.2. Edward Pitway, m. Elizabeth Cotterel, Nov. 30, 1587.
1.2.1. Stephen Pitway, m. (1) Elizabeth Robins, (2) Ann Carter, Oct. 24, 1641.
1.2.1.1. Elizabeth Pitway, m. Thomas Marshall, Nov. 24, 1647. Thomas Haye,* bur. Sept. 26, 1597, m. Margarett Marshall, Feb. 10, 1564, Bengeworth.
1.2.1.2. Edward Pitway, m. (1) Alice Jobson, Feb. 6, 1655, (2) Hannah Gibbs, Nov. 4, 1656.
1.2.2. Edward Pitway, m. Bridget Carter, May 2, 1629, sister of Thomas Carter, of Bristol, and aunt of Thomas Carter, who m. Magdalene Moore, aunt of Avis White, etc., descendants of William Carter, who m. Joan Lockley, Oct. 14, 1576, in Shipston-on-Stour. Edward Pitway “the elder” was a magistrate, and is witnessed here: “Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Worcestershire) Recognizance before William Warmstry by John Tomlin: of Shipston upon Stower Yeoman. Edward Pitway of the same Victualler (April 28, 1631) vouched for John Tomlins appearance.
1.2.2.1. Edward Pitway, m. (cousin) Elizabeth Carter. On May 20, 1668, Edward Petway assigned to Mrs. Alice Carter and George Carter his right in the land where Mrs. Carter lives, during the life of Elizabeth (Carter), wife of Edward Petway. “During the Heat of this Persecution (against Quakers) at Worcester, the Mayor and other Magistrates of the Borough of Evesham proceeded with like Severity, for on the 16th of the Month called January 1660, Joshua Frensham, Edward Pitway the Elder, and James Wall, were taken out of their own Houses, and for refusing to Swear, committed to Prison; as were on the next Day twenty others, who were taken at a Meeting there, (inc. John Tandy, Joseph Tandy) … On the 20th of the same Month were taken out of the Meeting at Evesham forty five Persons, and by the Mayor and Recorder committed to Prison (inc. Francis Pitway, Joane Tandy, Anne Brantly,* Edward Pitway jun., and Elizabeth Pitway … And on the 27th, the following fourteen were taken out of a Meeting, and also committed, (inc. Anne Brantly (wife of John), Francis Pitway, Elizabeth Pitway, Margaret Tandy). (Joseph Besse, A Collection of the Sufferings of the People Called Quakers, v. ii., p. 62, 1752). *The husband of Ann Brantley was John Brantly: Boswood v Horne. Plaintiffs: John Boswood. Defendants: John Horne, Elizabeth Horne his wife, Robert Francklyn, John Brantly and Edward Field. Subject: personal estate of the deceased Robert Tandy, of Worcestershire. 1657. (N.A., C 6/137/7). Will of Robert Tandy, Glover of Evesham, Worcestershire, PROB 11/263/499, April 29, 1657.
1.2.2.1.1. Joyce Pitway, m. John Fiveash.
1.2.2.1.1.1. Peter Fiveash, appraisal April 28, 1702 by William Thomas, John Brantley (son of Edward Brantley Sr.), and Richard Hardy.
1.2.2.1.1.1.1. Thomas Fiveash, m. (1712) Alice Harris, dau. of John Harris. (B. 7, p. 288), son of Thomas Harris, d. 1672, whose Will was witnessed by the said Edward Brantley Sr.
1.2.2.1.2. Elizabeth Pitway, m. Samuel Judkins, br. of Robert Judkins, who m. Elizabeth, dau. of Thomas Taylor and Elizabeth Jones, dau. of James Jones and Rebecca Lewis, parents of Hannah Judkins, who m. Thomas Harris, d. 1729/30; his relict m Edward Brantley, nephew of Edward Brantley Sr.
1.2.2.1.2.1. John Judkins; Will proved May 20, 1760, witnessed by Joseph Newsum, James Davis, Saml. Judkin and John Warren. (B. 10, pp. 225-227). Mentions dau. Sara, who in her mother’s Will was named Sarah Barham, m. to Charles Barham Jr. Their dau., Martha, m. Joel Harris, son of John Harris (son of Robert Harris, son of Thomas Harris, d. 1688), and Avis White, the grandau. of George Moore.
1.2.2.1. John Pitway, m. Hannah Meddows, Oct. 6, 1674.
1.2.3. Robert Pittway, m. Mary Chamberlin, July 7, 1629.
1.3. Joan Pitway, m. Edward Robins.
CHAMPION
(The Champion family were at the earliest times recorded in West Pennard, then in nearby Over Stowey and Meare. As was their necessity, families of this time tended to repeatedly intermarry with the same families).
1. William Champion, m. Alice Tutton, Nov. 19, 1559.
1.1. Francis Champion m. Agnes Tutton, Oct. 22, 1571.
1.1.1. Francis Champion.
1.1.1.1. Francis Champion, bapt. Dec. 2, 1593.
1.1.1.2. Edward Champion, bapt. Feb. 20, 1596, bur. March 15, 1632.
1.1.1.3. William Champion.
1.2. John Champion, m. Christian Tutton, Jan. 24, 1585.
1.2.1. John Champion, bapt. June 6, 1595, m. Agnes Rowley, April 23, 1627. John Champion was a headright of Richard Jackson (in IOW in 1637); the father of Mary Jackson, wife of George Hardy, and mother-in-law of Edward Harris, d. 1677. To repeat: Thomas Harris, d. 1672, was a cousin of Thomas Bennett, of Lawne’s Creek, whose stepdau., Elizabeth Pierce, chose him as her guardian. Elizabeth Pierce m. (2) Richard Jackson (of the Bristol merchant family, of clothiers). Quitclaim, (1) Elizabeth Jackson of Bristol, widow, of Richard Jackson, clothier, deceased, (2) Thomas Jackson of Ashford, Kent, shoemaker, brother and heir of Richard Jackson deceased of all her right of dower in two messuages in Redcliffe Street occupied by Thomas Aldridge, grocer and Joan Dowell, widow. March 24, 1635. (Brist. Arch., AC/JS/71/11). Thomas Jackson m. Ann Hobson, sister of Alice, wife of John Cary (parents of Col. Miles Cary); daus. of Henry Hobson of Bristol, Mayor and innholder, Will proved May 27, 1636, which mentions “my kinsman *Christopher Raynoldes, son of George Reynoldes deceased, and Anne Reynoldes, sister of the said Christopher (at twenty one or day of marriage); my kinsman and servant, Richard Burrows”. Heralds’ College. Book of Funeral Certificates, I, 24, fol. 87b.; Henry Hobson “married Alice, da. of William Davis of the said Cittie”. Hobson: Argent on a chevron azure, between three pellets, as many cinquefoils; a chief chequy or and azure. Christopher Reynolds Sr. emigrated to Virginia as an indentured servant of ‘Mr. Edward Bennett’. B. 1, pp. 46-8,
Richard Reynolds Sr. was the son of Christopher Reynolds, who “by his last will & testament … bequeathed to … Richard the only sonn & heire of Christopher; 100 ac. … being part of a pattent for 350 acs. granted to Mr. Richard Jordan Sen. the 18 March 1662 & by the said Jordan sold & conveyed to Chr. Reynolds the 17 May 1658 … due to the sd. Reynolds by & for the transp. of twelve persons in to this Colony … inc. John Champion. (B.6., pp. 684/5.). *(See “Thomas Jackson late of Ashford, Kent, and now of Bristol, shoemaker”. 1639. Brist. Arch., AC/JS/71/12/a-b).
Manor, Lordship, and capital messuage of Barrow Minchin, Rectory or parsonage of Barrow Minchin and Barrow Gurney, deeds: mortgage of 1633/4 by Blanche James of Barrow, wid., to Richard Jackson of Bristol, clothier, and assigned by Eliz. Jackson, his widow, to Sir Francis Dodington of Dodington, Kt., deed to lead uses of fine of 1635 by Francis James of Barrow Minchin, his brother Wm., and mother Blanche, to Rob. Cottrell of Long Ashton. … Exemplifications of Fines of James family 1661/2; messuage or tenement held by Wm. Sheppard; messuage and watergrist mill held by Wm. Counsell; messuage or tenement held by John Hobbes the younger; all in Barrow Gurney”; which is 20 mls. from Meare, 10 fr. Cheddar, and 5 mls. from Bristol.
1.2.1.1. Agnes Champion, bapt. Jan. 1, 1631.
1.2.1.2. William Champion, bapt. March 1632.
1.2.1.3. Richard Champion bapt. Nov. 1, 1635.
1.2.1.4. John Champion bapt. Nov. 1, 1635, “of Meare, yeoman”, m. Hannah, relict of “Edward Durban, late of Cheddar, yeoman”, son of “Richard Durban the Elder, late of Cheddar, yeoman”, whose son-in-law was “John Tibbatt of Cheddar, chandler” (exec. of Richard Durban’s Will), and br.-in-law of Thomas Harris, b. 1637, in Cheddar, who m. Hester Tibbetts in 1679 (d. 1680).
1.2.1.5. Susanna Champion, bapt. Sept. 29. 1639.
1.2.1.6. Edward Champion, bapt. Sept. 29, 1639, d. inf.
1.2.1.7. Thomas Champion, bapt. Sept. 29, 1639.
1.2.1.8. Edward Champion, bapt. Dec. 26, 1639.
1.2.2. Edward Champion, bapt. Apr. 27, 1601, m. Elizabeth Rowley, Jan. 15, 1623.
1.2.2.1. Mary Champion bapt. Nov. 18, 1627, m. Edward Brantley Sr.
1.2.2.2. Edward Champion, bapt. April 14, 1630, d. inf.
1.2.2.3. Alice Champion, m. Thomas Blake, cousin of Thomas Harris, d. 1672.
1.2.2.4. Edward Champion (br.-in-law of Edward Brantley Sr.), bapt. Nov. 4, 1633, m. Priscilla Moore, sister of Thomas Moore, b. 1632, whose surety for his marriage to Elizabeth Elbridge was given by the said Edward Brantley.
1.2.2.5. Elizabeth Champion, bapt. Oct. 1636.
1.2.2.6. Judith Champion, bapt. June 9, 1639.
1.2.2.7. Phyllis Champion (sister-in-law of Edward Brantley), m. Elias Forte. Phillis Fort was granted administration of her husband’s estate on March 10, 1678, secured by *Thomas Moore and John Newman (br.-in-law of Thomas Harris, d. 1672); appraised by the said Edward Brantley, who was also security for the estate of Thomas Harris, d. 1672. I have previously documented the Forte family of Wiveliscombe.
1.3. Joan Champion, m. John Rowley.
1.4. Edward Champion, m. Joane Daye, May 31, 1591. (The Pittman connection).
1.5. William Champion, m. Mary Tucker, Jan. 28, 1599.
1.5.1. William Champion, m. Joan Rowley, Feb. 11, 1635. Bull v Pollard. Plaintiffs: William Bull. Defendants: John Pollard, William Champion and Thomas Danell. Subject: money. Somerset. 1648. (C 9/1/14).
GEORGE
(Of Bengeworth and contiguous Offenham and Evesham, ca. 12 mls fr. Shipston-on-Stour. It is again worth noting that most Worcestershire parish registers are extremely fragmentary and in poor condition, which hide a more complete picture of families and their associations. There is a high probability of the Brantley and George families being intermarried).
1. John George, bur. Jan. 26, 1566.
1.1. Edward George, bur. July 1, 1586.
1.1.1. John George.
1.1.2. John George, m. Agnes Jackson, April 27, 1578.
1.1.2.1. Agnes George, bapt. Feb. 23, 1579. Godfather: John Haye, br. of Thomas Haye,* bur. Sept. 26, 1597, husband of Margaret Marshall, and father of Mary Haye, who m. Edward Bishop, Jan. 4, 1576. Thomas Haye’s sister m. John Brantley, June 26, 1563, in Bengeworth; their sons were Godsons of Thomas Haye and his br., Richard.
Elnor Bishop was the Godmother of Alys Brantley,* and Phillip Bishop was the Godfather of Elizabeth Brantley.* The Hayes were children of Thomas Haye, d. 1574, mentioned in his Will, of a family of some note, the Bishops being their tenants.
1.1.2.2. Richard George, bapt. Jan. 3, 1581; m. Margery … July 11, 1602; m. (2) Elizabeth Spragg, Oct. 19, 1619. (Offenham).
1.1.2.2.1. Nicholas George, m. Dorothy Woode, July 22, 1610. (Shipston-on-Stour). In Offenham, William Brantly m. Julyan Wood, in 1547, and John Higgins m. Margerie Wood, in 1572.
1.1.2.2.1.1. Nicholas George; it is suggested, b. ca. 1611; d. 1661, Lanc. co., VA. Nicholas George, with Thomas Taberer (who witnessed the Will of Col. John George in 1679), and Humphrey Clark, received a 900 ac. patent in Charles City Co. in 1652. Nicholas George received a land patent on Feb. 22, 1657, in Lancaster Co. (Fleet, p. 124), leading to the false claim that his son-in-law (Thomas Harris, d. 1672) was of Lancaster. On Feb. 5, 1663, Nicholas George, Thomas Taberer, and Humphrey Clarke, payented 900 ac. at the mouth of the N. side of a branch “where Francis England’s* land endeth, at a little oak & running up the said branch”. * On June 9, 1666, George Hardy deeded Francis England 100 ac. where George Branch formerly lived. Thomas Carter later sold John Parsons 56 ac. which were formerly owned by George Branch, who was the son-in-law of Francis England, and Joyce, da. of Robert Flake.
1.1.2.2.1.1.1. Nicholas George, b. ca. 1635; d. 1700, Lanc. co., VA.
1.1.2.2.1.1.2. Eleanor George, m. Thomas Harris, d. 1672.
1.1.2.2.2. John George, m. Dorothe Hyggin, June 9, 1628. (Offenham).
1.1.2.2.2.1. John George, m. Jane … Capt. Francis Pott received 1500 ac. for transporting 20 persons, including Nicholas and John George, 1653, Northampton Co. (Fleet, p. 36). The Will of John George (1678; W.B. 2, P. 170) gives “to my grandchildren John and Joyce Lewis to each of them a heifer of two years old and to the children of Philip Pardoe one heifer of two years old to run in a joint stock betwixt them”.
1.1.2.2.2.1.1. Rebecca George, m. (1) Thomas Lewis.
1.1.2.2.2.1.1.1. Joyce Lewis, m. Phillip Brantley, son of Edward Brantley Sr.
1.1.2.2.2.1.1.1.1. Elizabeth Brantley, m. James Piland, of Bristol.
1.1.2.2.2.1.1. Rebecca George, m. (2) Philip Pardoe, whose estate was appraised by John Brantley, Phillip’s brother, March 27, 1721. (G.B. p. 71). Phillip Pardoe was security for the estate of Edward Harris, d. 1677.
1.1.2. Margaret George, bapt Jan. 25, 1561. Godmother: Margarett Haye.
1.2. George George, bur. 3 March 3, 1587, “colermaker”.
1.2.1. Anne George, m. Robert Wall, Oct. 21, 1591.
BRANTLEY
1. William Brantley, bailiff of Evesham, m. Julyan Woode, 1547, in Offenham.
1.1. Thomas Brantley, m. (1587) Christian Burley, dau. of “Gyles Byrleye”, bapt. July 16, 1542, in Bengeworth.
1.1.1. Thomas Brantley, bapt. Dec. 31, 1587. Godfather: Thomas Watson.
1.1.1. Edward Brantley, d. inf.
1.1.2. John Brantley, m. Ann Tandy.
1.1.3. Robert Brantley.
1.1.3.1. John Brantley, m. Ann; see aforementioned.
1.2. Robert Brantley, m. Joan Goodrich, Oct. 16, 1589, in St. Mary, Cheltenham, 15 mls fr. Evesham, dau. of Robert Goodrich, and sister of Margeret Goodrich, who m. Thomas Eales (Oct. 29, 1590), in Chaceley, grandson of a namesake, bur. July 18, 1562, in Bengeworth; the name also being written as Ellys. Merry v Goodrich. Plaintiffs: John Merry. Defendants: Richard Goodrich and Robert Goodrich his son. Subject: To remove a cause. Land holden of the manor of Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, respecting which a suit is depending in the court of the said manor. 1558 and 1603. (C 2/Eliz/M2/16). Goodrich alias v Hawle. Plaintiffs: Rowland Goodrich alias Rowland Atkyns. Defendants: Henry Hawle. Subject: copyhold held of the manor of Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. (C 3/73/7). Goodriche v Atkyns. Plaintiffs: Eleanor and Ralph Goodrich. Defendants: Rowland Atkyns alias Goodriche. Subject: Messuage and land in the manor of West End Naunton in Cheltenham and Charlton Kings of the settlement of Richard Goodriche, deceased, husband of the said Eleanor and father of the said Ralph. Gloucestershire. 1556-1558. (C 1/1432/24-28).
Robert Brantley had evidently m. into the Goodrich family of Ham, a parcel of the manor of Cheltenham, and was granted to Robert Goodrich by 1574. Cheltenham. Court baron, William Norwood, farmer of the king, held there in January 1609 a suit of court by John Stubbs, deputy to Henry Norwood Esq., chief steward. Manorial records for 1610 mention Michael Goodriche and Edmund Gooderich; and, on Sept. 8, 1610, before Henry Norwood, a record was made if the death of “Elianor Gooderich relict of Walter Gooderich late tenant in base tenure of 2 messuages with appurtenances lying in Ham in Charlton Kings has died since the last court”.
(1. William Norwood.
1.1. Henry Norwood, bur. April 10, 1618, Dunster, Somerset, 10 mls. fr. Over Stowey; 12 fr. Wiveliscombe.
1.2. Richard Norwood.
1.2.1. William Norwood, bapt. Sept. 6, 1619, Dunster, d. 1702, Virginia. “Item: I give and bequeath unto my daughter Elizabeth Branch one large pewter dish”. Elizabeth Branch, her Will was probated on March 7, 1703, was the dau. of George Branch, son-in-law of Francis England.
1.2.1.1. Richard Norwood (4th son) – appraisal by Edward Brantley, Oct. 25, 1731.
1.2.1.2. Sarah Norwood, m. Richard Lewis.
1.2.1.3. Mary Norwood m. William Glover.
1.2.2. John Norwood, grandson of the wife of Jasper Bourne, father of the wife of Edward Bennett, great-uncle of Thomas Harris, d. 1672, in Virginia).
1.2.1. Edward Brantley. Tickeridge v Staples. Plaintiffs: Thomas Tickeridge, younger son of Thomas Tickeridge, son and executor of Nicholas Tickeridge, gent. Defendants: Alexander Staples, gent, William Byddell, yeoman, William Byddell, his son, and Robert Brantly, yeoman, Edward Brantly, his son, and Edward Bickerson, his servant. Subject: Forcible entry and damage at Evesham by colour of a sham Chancery injunction. 1607. (STAC 8/283/22).
1.2.1.1. Edward Brantley, it is strongly suggested, of Virginia, Will rec. Jan. 9. 1689; witness: John Whitson, Anne (Moore) White, and Will Evans. (B.2, p. 289). Ann Moore, wife of Thomas White, Will proved May, 24, 1742, witnesses: John Goodrich and Edward Brantley. (B. 4, p. 401); estate appraised by Edward Goodrich and Edward Brantley. (p. 409). Thomas Harris, Will proved Nov. 13, 1672, by relict, Alice (Newman). Security John Newman, and Edward Brantley Sr.
1.2.1.1.1. Edward Brantley, appraised the estate of Thomas Harris, d. 1672.
1.2.1.1.1.1. Phillip Brantley, m. Joyce Lewis, granddau. of John George, kinsman of the first wife of Thomas.
1.2.1.1.1.2. Mary Brantley .
1.2. John Brantley, bur. Dec. 10, 1584, Bengeworth.
1.2.1. John Brantley, m. Margaret Haye, June 26, 1563, Bengeworth, sister of Thomas Haye.
1.2.1.1. *Alys Brantley, bapt. July 17, 1564.
1.2.1.2. John Brantley, bapt. Oct. 1, , 1566. Godfather: Richard Haye, br. of Thomas Haye.
1.2.1.2.1. Richard Brantley, bapt. Dec. 1, 1585.
12.1.3. Margaret Brantley, bapt. April 25, 1568.
12.1.4. Ragegune Brantley, bapt. Oct. 9, 1569.
1.2.1.5. WillIam Brantley, bapt. June 16, 1571.
William Brantley
1.2.1.5.1. William Brantley, m. Ann Clarke, 1637.
1.2.1.6. *Elizabeth Brantley, bapt. Sept. 25, 1574, m. John Cooke, Dec. 1, 1598.
1.2.1.7. George Brantley, bapt. March 6, 1575, bur. Dec. 6, 1617, Godson of Thomas Haye.
ALDWORTH
(The economic driving force behind much of the colonisation of early Virginia came from the Bristol Merchant Venturers, who often married within their ranks. Again, the following will show a great deal of shared associations, making it difficult to split the peas and carrots of the ‘genealogical stew’. It is important to preserve in the public domain such records, as there is a relentless commercialisation of genealogical sources, with much being bought by profit-seeking companies. It is only to be guessed what early Virginia settlers would think to their records being sold. These records will show the link between the Aldworthe, Elbridge, Collymore (Culmer), and Moore families).
Thomas Aldworthe of the city of Bristol, alderman and merchant, Nov. 22, 1598, proved March 5, 1598. “My body to be buried in the Gauntes Church in St. Augustine’s Green. I give four pounds towards the reparation of the church of St. Warborough and to the new works adjoining to the same. To my wife Margerie two hundred pounds, within one year after my decease, and three hundred ounces of my plate, and one hundred pounds yearly during her natural life, and other property.
To my brother Richard Aldworthe of London twenty pounds.
To my cousin Robert Aldworthe, his son, two hundred pounds, and three tankards of silver and gilt for a remembrance.
To John Aldworthe, my brother Richard’s son, two hundred pounds.
To his two daughters Margerie and Elizabeth, ten pounds each at day of marriage.
To Elizabeth Aldworthe, my brother Richard’s daughter, twenty pounds.
To Richard Tovye.
To Thomas Aldworthe of Wantinge, Berks., tanner, ten pounds.
To Thomas Wright, my godson.
To Robert Younge, the youngest child of John Younge deceased.
To my brother (s) in law Mr John Webb. John Collimore, draper (who served his apprenticeship under John Young).
To my friend Robert Redwood ten ounces of plate.
To Thomas Aldworth, vicar of Congresbury, twenty five pounds.
To my cousin Joan Harris of Oxford and her two brethren.
To my cousin Mark Smithe in Berkshire and his two sisters.
To Thomas Aldworthe, ‘the whooper” ten pounds.
To certain almshouses, prisons and hospitals.
To certain servants.
I make my beloved Thomas Aldworth, who espoused Marie the daughter of Walter Williams, draper, of this city of Bristol deceased, my full and whole executor &c. I give to the same Thomas Aldworthe als Durbridge the fee farm of my now dwelling house in Smale Street &c. And I desire my well beloved brother in law John Webb, my cousin Robert Aldworthe and John Aldworth, merchants, and Mr. Doctor Francis James to be my overseers”. (Kidd, 25).
Margerie Aldworthe of Bristol, late the wife of Thomas Aldworthe of the same city, alderman deceased; Will proved June 26, 1602. “My bodv to be buried near to the place where my husband is buried.
To the Hospital of Queen Elizabeth in Bristol.
To Thomas Cullimor, son of Humprey Cullymor my brother, late of Sodbury, Gloc, deceased.
To Alice Corye, daughter of John Corye late of the parish of Redcliffee in Bristol deceased.
To John Corye her brother.
To Margery and Elizabeth Aldworth, children of John Aldworth. of Bristol, merchant.
To certain children of John Cullymor late of Bristol, merchant, deceased.
To Alice Parker daughter of John Parker of Sodbury and to Anne Parker, another daughter.
To Melcha Hare and Anne Ven, daughters of my brother, James Cullymor.
To Humprey Collymore, son of John Collymore of Bristol deceased.
To my brother Alworthe of London.
To my cousin Mr. Robert Aldworthe.
To my sister Webbe.
To my friend Mrs. Redwood.
To my cousin Jane Davies.
(Margerie Aldworthe of Bristol, formerly the wife of Thomas Aldworthe (alderman), in her will of 1602 mentions her cousin, Jane Davies. A George Davis m. Mary Haviland in 1634 in Hawkesbury, Gloucester. Aldworth and Haviland were patentees of Cuper’s Cove. John Gunning/Goninge was a part owner of the ship Mary Rose which worked the Newfoundland trade. He was m. to Ann Whittington (George Whittington mentioned in Newfoundland before 1620). Their dau., Mary, m. Edward Pitt. William Pitt was a partner in the Mary Rose. Elizabeth Barker also married into the Gunning family. John Barker was head of the Merchant Adventurers in 1618. Thomas Barker married the dau. of John Aldworthe.
To my sister Aldworthe of London.
To my cousin Robert Aldworthe’s wife.
To my cousin John Aldworthe’s wife.
To my brother John Webbe of Bristol, alderman, I make executor, and my cousin John Aldworthe and Robert Redwoode overseers”. Montague, 47.
COLYMORE
(The Moore family of Bristol were maternally Colymore. The following records indicate a great number of deaths betweem 1555 and 1560, which were caused by a great plague that swept the southern counties, with estimates of a 20% death rate in some areas. Catholic commentators made comment of this plague coinciding with the first years of the reign of Elizabeth I.; a Catholic-torturing Protestant. Margaret Clitherow was never mentioned in the Hollywood versions of Elizabeth’s reign, nor the fact that the Catholic half of England prayed for a Spanish (Catholic) invasion. The same “fairy story” approach is given to early Virginia colonisation, which is portrayed as Clint Eastwood meets Doris Day in a waggon train, not the continuation of the English medieval custom of strictly arranged marriages, which it was.
1. John Colymore, m. Joan. Joan Colymore, of Igynton, Tytherington, widow; Will (1556) names dau. Margaret; execs: sons James, John and Edward.
1.1. James Colymore.
1.2. John Colymore, m. (1) Margaret Hix, her Will (1558) mentions mother Elizabeth Hyx; dau. Joan; Isabel, wife of George Hix; execs sons Thomas, William, Edward and John; overseers, Thomas and William Hix, George Webbe, John Nelme, Edward and John Colymore. John Colymore’s Will (1559) mentions son John; 2 other children; grandchildren Richard Polyng; Edward and Peter Colymore; John Selmon; John, Thomas and Alice Baley; Robert & Joan Pache; Edy Browne; John Awode; William Howysman; wife Alice, exec.; overseers: James Polyng and George Webbe. George Webbe, of Tytherington, Will (1561), mentions poor of Thornbury, Wickwar & Rangeworthy; Alice Hunte; sister Isabel; sons Abraham, Isaac and John; Ellen Colynge; Thomas Hobbs; daus. Judith and Joan; Nicholas and Peter Webb; William Hycks; children of Thomass Alynche; children of John Polen; Rich Hycks, and wife Isabel, execs.
1.2.1. Humphrey Colymore.
1.2.2. James Colymore.
1.2.3. Thomas Colymore, of Bristol, gent, m. a sister of Margery, wife of Thomas Aldworthe.
1.2.3.1. John Colymore. Bargain and sale. (1) William Clerk of Mynchen Barrowe, Somerset esq. Thomas Vachell of Durley Somerset, gent., Alice his wife, daughter and co-heir of Hewgh Brooke of Long Ashton, Somerset esq., dec’d. (2). William Hicks, Frauncis Knight, alderman, William Vawer merchant, John Roberts, merchant, Thomas Pytcher, draper, John Hyggens, merchant, William Carye, draper, Thomas Salterne grocer, John Browne merchant, John Collymore, draper, John Myrrick, draper, Richard Ryce, taylor, Roger Longe, draper; feoffees of church lands. Consideration: £25. Messuage in St. Nicholas Street to be held of chief lord of the fee. 1598. (Bristol Archives, P/St.N/Ch/D/9). May 8, 1558. “John s. of Thomas Collymore of Thornbury, Glos., to Thomas Yong, grocer, and Margaret (his) wife for 10 yrs” (Bristol Apprentice Book, f. 4/6).
1.2.3.1.1. Mary Colymore, m. Edward Moore.
1.2.3.1.1.1. George Moore, d. Aug. 11, 1643; m. Magdalena …
1.2.3.1.1.1.1. George Moore, of Bristol, b. 1632, m. Jane Barcroft, dau. of Charles Barcroft, whose family held land in Chard, Somerset.
1.2.3.1.1.1.1.1. Ann Moore, m. Thomas White. Their estate was appraised between March 22, 1741 and July 26, 1742 by Thomas Day, John Goodrich Jr., and Edward Brantley. (Chapman, Wills, p. 142).
1.2.3.1.1.1.1.1.1. Avis White, m. John Harris, son of Robert Harris, son of Thomas Harris, d. 1688.
1.2.4. John Colymore, of Tytherington, Will (1565) mentions children Robert, Peter, Andrew, Abraham and Margt; wife Eliz exec; overseer Peter Crewe, Peter Webbe and Thomas Smithe.
1.2.5. Andrew Colymore, of Tytherington, Will (1558) mentions Edward and John Colymore; William Browne and his dau.; Robert Adnis; John Hix; John Bery; Richard Polyn; Joan Lepeatt; John Atwoode; Thomass Holder; Abraham Webbe; Thomas Brayne; Peter Colyng; Catherine Smyth; execs father John Colymore and George Webb.
1.2.6. Edward Colymore, of Tytherington, Will (1558) mentions children of William Colymore; brother Thomas; William and Edward, sons of Robert Colymore; Thomas and Elizabeth, children of Johnn Colymore; execs bros. John and James Colymore.
1.3. Edward Colymore, m. Susanna Moore, Feb. 12, 1565, in Thornbury, Glos.
1.4. Robert Colymore (named in father’s Will). His Will (1597) names children Agnes, Elizabeth, Nicholas, James, Willam, Isaac, Thomas and John; wife exec; witnesses John Lacye, John Pullen, William Hobes and James Holder.
1.4.1. William Colymore.
1.4.2. Edward Colymore.
ALDWORTH cont.
John Aldworth of Bristol, merchant, Will proved Feb 14, 1615. “My body to be buried in the Gauntes Church at St. Austines Green.
Towards the reparation of said church ten pounds.
To my daughter Ellizabeth Aldworth five hundred marks.
To my daughter Martha Aldworth five hundred marks.
To my sister Elizabeth Crockhay fifty pounds
To her daughters Elizabeth and Sarah Crockhay fifty pounds.
To Elizabeth Aldworth, daughter of my brother Thomas Aldworth, sometime vicar of Congresbury deceased, fifty pounds.
To Elizabeth Poodle, daughter of my sister Mary Podie deceased, fiftv shillings.
To Giles Elbridge,* sometimes servant to my brother Robert Aldworth, the sum of ten pounds in money.
To my poor cousin Richard Wright of Bristol, mercer, ten pounds.
To my cousin the wife of Richard Redwood five pounds.
To her sister Mary, wife of Thomas Turner, baker, five pounds.
To the poor tuckers and sheeremen in Bristol, most needing, the sum of ten pounds to be distributed amongst them at the discretion of my two overseers.
To Robert Younge, son of John Younge, merchant, deceased, ten pounds.
To his mother, Philip Ivye, my cousin, to her own use, five pounds.
To my maid servant, Bridget Sweeper, five pounds.
To my two brothers in law, Francis and Edward Knight, to each of them thirty three shillings and four pence, to make either of them a ring in token of my love towards them.
All the rest of my goods and chattles (my debts and legacies being paid and funeral expenses discharged) I do give and bequeath unto my son Francis Aldworth, being now in the parts beyond the seas, whom I do ordain and make whole and sole executor of this my last will and testament, to see all my debts and legacies performed within six months after my decease (if possible it may be) or else within one whole year at the utmost. And I do make, ordain and appoint my well beloved brother Robert Aldworth executor in trust until my said son Francis shall accomplish his full age of twenty and one years; and for his pains I give him fifty pounds. And I appoint my brother William Challoner and my son in law Philip Ellis to be overseers, and give to each of them five pounds and ten shillings”. (Cope, 19).
ELBRIDGE.
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1.1. Giles Elbridge.
1.1.1. John Elbridge. “John Elbridge of St. Peters within the city of Bristol, merchant”, whose Will was proved Oct. 16, 1646, mentioning sister, Elizabeth, now wife of Thomas Moore.
1.1.1.1. Aldworth Elbridge.
1.1.1.1.1. John Elbridge, d. 1739.
1.1.2. Elizabeth Elbridge, m. her cousin, Samuel Elbridge, merchant of Bristol. Dying intestate, adm. requested by Thomas Moore who m. the relict. Security: George Moore and Mr (Edward) Brantlie”, p. 10. On June 8, 1655, Samuel Eldridge was granted 295 ac. on the main branch of Blackwater river, between Mr. Seward’s and Humphrey Clerk’s land. John Seward, Bristol sea captain and merchant, was granted 400 ac., June 18, 1638, upon N. side of a S.W. creek setting out of the main creek commonly called Carye’s Neck. Due for trans. of 8 persons, including Edward Brantly. Mr. Edward Brantley was not an indentured servant. He was at least of equal social status to John Seward.
1.2. John Elbridge.
1.2.1. Samuel Elbridge, m. Elizabeth Elbridge, who m. (2) Thomas Moore; the father of Thomas Moore, business associate of John Elbridge, of Bristol, Will proved March 27, 1739.
MOORE
1. Robert More of Lincoln, Secretary to Anne Boleyn, ma. Joane da. and one of the coheirs of John Gent of Crimplesham in Norf. gent, in whose Right the said Moores and their posteritie for ever beare the said Gents Armes: Sable, two pales or, on a fesse gules, 3 flower deluces of the second.
1.1. Thomas Moore, “of ye City of Bristoll Esq., sometime Sheriffe there”. Sherche v More. Plaintiffs: Thomas Sherche of Bristol, butcher. Defendants: Thomas More, late sheriff of Bristol, and William Vowell, steward of the King’s court there. Subject: Suppression of a writ of error on a verdict for debt to Thomas Chaundeler, deceased. Gloucestershire. 1533-1538. (C 1/897/5-6).
1.1.1. John Moore.
1.1.2. Edward Moore, of Shoreditch. Gr . by R. Cook , Clar., July 14, 1593: Arg., two greyhounds courant Sa.
1.1.3. Thomas Moore.
1.1.3.1. Edward Moore. “Edward Moore of Bristoll Esq., sonne and heire”: adm. freeman Aug. 27, 1617, having served his apprenticeship with John Fones/Fowens (Burgess Book. 1607–1651, fo. 84); m. Mary, dau. of John Cullimore, of Bristol. (This Fones connection is of interest).
1.1.3.2. Thomas Moore, travelled to Virginia in 1635, with cheese, butter, and cloth; his sponsor being John Digby, 1st Earl Bristol (1622); a member of the Virginia Company. (Various PRO).
1.1.3.1.1.1. Thomas Moore (b. 1632), m. Elizabeth, dau. of Giles Elbridge, security given by George Moore* and Mr. Edward Brantley. Thomas Moore was an overseer of the Will of John Jennings, dated Oct. 19, 1678 (witness of the Will of Thomas Harris, d. 1672), who witnessed the Will of George Hardy, proved April 14, 1655, who came to Virginia before 1636, when he is called “Shipright”. In 1644, he patented 300 ac. situated upon Lawne’s Creek and bordering upon Alice Bennett’s land, and bequested “To my kinsman George Hardy 3000 lbs. of tobacco to buy two servants”; he, aged 37 in 1670, appraised (as father–n-law) the estate of Edward Harris, d. 1677, with Edward Bechinoe (of Bristol), Richard Corsey, John Williams, and Richard Hansford. The Will of Francis Corsey, rec. May I, 1679, was witnessed by George Moore.
1.1.3.1.1.1.1. Thomas Moore, aged 24 in 1672, per Vis.
1.1.3.3. Edward Moore, m. Judith, dau. of … Boyd, of Rochel, France.
1.1.3.4. Sarah Moore, m. Thomas Davis, of Pembroke. (I correct a previous assumption about the origins of this Davis family).
1.1.3.4.1. Edward Davis, b. ca. 1610, heir.
1.1.3.4.2. John Davis. Thomas Harris, d. 1672, received a grant of 40 ac. in Iow, Aug. 14, 1652, at the head of Pagan Creek, bounded by John Davis on the northeast’. The inventory of Edward Harris, d. 1677, states that he owed money to “Mrs Davis”; almost cartainly the wife of John Davis, i.e. Mary Greene; da. of Thomas Greene and Mary Moone, and cousin of Martha Greene, who m. Anthony Fuljames (Fulgham), of Pitminster, father of Michael and Nicolas Fulgham. “Antony Fulljames” was bapt. on May 1, 1582, in High Ham, 15 mls N.E. of Pitminster, son of John. His son, “Anthony Fuljames”, m. Elizabeth …, Nov. 5, 1638, in Pitminster. It was probably this Anthony who, by a second wife, was father of the said Nicholas and Michael. By Elizabeth, Anthony Fulgham had issue: John Fulgham, who was co-executor of the Will of Thomas Harris, d. 1688.
1.1.3.4.2.1. Sarah Davis, d. ob. ante 6 Jan. 1720, m. (1) Joseph Bridger. 2. Nicholas Fulgham. Joseph Bridger, son of the business partner of Thomas Harris, d. 1672.
1.1.3.4.2.1.1. Nicholas Fulgham, m. (1) Martha Pitt.
1.1.3.4.2.1.1.1. Nicholas Fulgham, m. Isabel Harris, granddau. of Thomas Harris, d. 1672.
1.1.3.4.2.1.1.2. Elizabeth Fulgham, m. Thomas Applewhaite, son of Henry Applewhaite, and brother of Priscilla Applewhaite, wife of John Westbrooke. John Westbrooke, b. ca. 1660 (kinsman of Thomas Harris, d. 1672, whose family’s matriarch was a Westbrooke) appraisal by Nathaniel Ridley (husband of Priscilla Applewhaite, and nephew of William), Edward Brantley and Thomas Cook; signed by John Person. R. Oct. 28, 1734. John Westbrooke m. Amy Foster, da. of Christopher Foster and Alice Forte, desc. of Elias Forte.
1.1.3.4.21.1.2.1. Henry Applewhaite, d. 1739, m. Mary Council, da. of Hardy Council and Susannah Fulgham. Henry Applewhite’s estate was returned by Philip and Mary Brantley. R. Sept. 23, 1745. Susannah Council’s legatee was da. Mary Brantley. Halifax Co NC. R. 6 Oct. 1757.
1.1.3.4.21.1.2.1.1. Henry Applewhaite, of the parish of St Luke, d. 1783, m. Ann Harris. Marriage bonds of Henry Applewhite and Ann Harris, Nov. 7, 1756.
1.1.3.4.21.1.2.1.1.1. Mary Applewhite, m. John Barham, son of Benjamin Barham (grandson of Charles Barham, connected to Thomas Harris, d. 1672).
1.1.3.4.3. Samuel Davis (Oct. 4, 1640: Sir Francis Wyatt granted to Samuel Davis 100 ac. on a branch of Pagan Creek, adj. Nathaniel Floyd. “Francis Hobbs’ now wife Mary was former wife of Nathaniel Floyd deceased“. Francis Hobbs’ dau. was the wife of John Harris, son of Thomas Harris, d. 1672. Francis Hobbs. Leg.- Alice Davis; cousin John Davis (as follows); cousin Margaret Harris the dau. of John Harris. Ex., brother John Harris. R. June 9, 1688. Samuel Davis, sold this plot to John Bond, of Pitminster, as herein noted.
1.1.3.4.4. Mary Davis.
1.1.3.4.5. Elizabeth Davis.
(Again, more bonds than blood).
1.2. Katherine Moore, m. (1) …
1.2.1. Joyce …, m. (1) Francis England, (2) George Cripps.
1.1.3.1.2. George Moore, d. Aug. 11, 1643; m. Magdalena …
1.1.3.1.2.1. George Moore, of Bristol, b. ca. 1630, m. Jane Barcroft, dau. of Charles Barcroft (Bearcroft), whose family held land in Chard, Somerset. 1.1.3.1.2.1.1 Ann Moore, m. Thomas White. Their estate was appraised between March 22, 1741 and July 26, 1742 by Thomas Day, John Goodrich Jr., and Edward Brantley. (Chapman, Wills, p. 142). John Goodrich Jr’s estate was appraised by Robert Kae, of Bristol, who also witnessed the Will of George Bechinoe, of Bristol (son of Edward Bechinoe (d. June 9, 1679), who appraised the estate of Edward Harris, d. 1677). George Moore administered the estate of George Bechinoe, in 1700. George Bechinoe’s sister Anne Bechinoe, d. 1712, m. (1) Robert Kæ, (2) John Goodrich Jr. 1.1.3.2.1.1.1.1. Avis White, m. John Harris, son of Robert Harris, son of Thomas Harris, d. 1688. 1.1.3.1.2.1.2. Eleanor Moore, 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. 1.1.3.1.2.1.2.1. James Piland witnessed the will of Robert Lancaster, on April 28, 1720, and appraised the estate of John Brantley, on April 26, 1725. 1.1.3.1.2.1.2.1.1. James Piland, m. Elizabeth Brantley, dau. of Phillip Brantley* (son of Edward Brantley Sr.) and Joyce Lewis; dau. of Rebecca George (dau. of John) and Thomas Lewis. Nicholas George was the probable father-in-law of Thomas Harris (by his first wife), who d. 1672, whose estate was appraised by Edward Brantley Sr,
1.1.3.1.2.1.3. Magdalene Moore, m. (1673) Thomas Carter, son of Thomas Carter and Eleanor Groves, of Bristol, relict of William Groves. William Groves, appraisal by John Harris (son of Thomas, d. 1672), Edward Brantley, Elias Fort, and Edward Grantham; presented by Mrs Elinor Groves,; recorded Feb. 9, 1678. (B. 2, p. 172). John Harris m. a da. of Francis Hobbs, who sold Edward Brantley 675 ac. adj. Thomas Tuke, in 1669.
1.1.3.1.2.2. Katherine Moore, m. (1) … (2) Robert Flake (partner of Samuel Eldridge).
1.1.3.1.2.2.1. Joyce, m. (1) Francis England, (2) George Cripps.
1.1.4. Edmond Moore, d. 1614, m. Elizabeth, dau. of Sir Thomas Hanmer, of Middlesex. “And wheras John More, and Edmond More, sonnes of Thorn’s More the sonne and heire of Robert More of the County of Lincolne gent, have requested me the said Clarencieulx to emblazon and sett forth their auncient Armes and Creast as I doe fynde the same to be entred within the Recordes of myne Office. The which their juste request for that I could not anyway deny, I have accordingly fulfilled. Viz. Argent, two Grayhoundes currant sables, on a Cheife azure three starrs goulde. And for their Creast: A More’s head, crowned, and invested Or. with a wreath of silver and sables, mantled & dubled with the same. All which Armes and Creast I the saide Clarencieulx (by power and authority of my Office under the great seale of England) doe ratefy, confirme, give, graunt, & allowe unto the saide John, and Edmond More, and their posterity for ever; and the same to use, beare, & shewforthe in signett, seale, sheild, Coatarmour, or otherwise, at their liberty and pleasure, wthoute lett or molestacon of any p’son or persons whatsoever. In witnes wherof I the saide Clarencieulx have hereunto put my hand & Seale of Office. Dated the xiii of July in the xxxv. yeare of the raigne of our soveraigne Lady Elizabeth, by the grace of God Queen of England, fraunce, & Ireland, Defendor of the faithe. Anno D’ni 1593. (Robt. Cooke, alias Clarencieulx). From an old document in the possession of Edmund F. Moore, Esq. – “John Moore of Lincolne who was Secretary to Queen Anna of Bolloigne wife to Kinge Henry ye Eight who was my Grandfather and his Coate was emblasoned thus, viz. Argent 2 grayhounds currant sables on a chief azure 3 starrs goulde”. Hanmer. Arms, quarterly 1 and 4 Moore, quarterly of six, 1 Hanmer, 2 Jones, 3 Sandy, 4 Kynaston, 5 Piers. Motto, In Deo confido.
1.2. John Moore. (This John is said in the Visitation of Essex to have been Secretary to Qu. Anne Boleyn but it appears by a comparison of dates & by the ancient paper copied on the back of this Pedigree that it was his father and not himself who was the Secretary. (Miscellanea Genealogica Et Heraldica, vol. i., p. 312). More v Camewys. Plaintiffs: John More and Margery, his wife, cousin and heir of Robert Stanshawe. Defendants: Arthur Camewys of Bristol. Subject: Detention of deeds relating to the manor of Walston in the parish of Matherne. Monmouth. 1518-1529. (C 1/545/6).
“Moore (More) of Sayes House (Court) in Chertsey (Addlestone). Arms: Argent two greyhounds courant in pale Sable, on a chief Azure three estoiles Or, a crescent for difference. Crest:A Moor’s head in profile Proper wreathed Argent and Sable and ducally crowned Or. (MB iii 236). As borne by William Moore, son of Blunden Moore, (d.1768), son of Edmund Moore, (d.1750), son of Thomas Moore, son of David Moore, (d.1694), all of Sayes House, which David, with his brothers Thomas Moore of Hartswood in Buckland, and Edmund Moore of Reigate, were sons of Edmund Moore, grandson of Robert More of Lincoln, Secretary to Anne Boleyn”. (Surrey Coats of Arms). (Very interesting links, here).
WHITE
If searching fir the Thomas White who m. Ann Moore, it is very likely sensible to consider the family of George White Sr., a merchant adventurer, who owned ships with Humphrey Hooke, whose dau. m. (Apr. 30, 1635), Mr. Giles Elbridge, of Bristol, merchant.
“Giles Elbridge, son of William Elbridge, apothecary, of the City of Gloucester, was bound apprentice to Robert Aldworth and Martha his wife, of Bristol, June 13, i608, and was admitted a Burgess Oct. 1, i6i5, in virtue of this service, Robert Aldworth being then an Alderman of the City, and whose partner he subsequently became. His first wife was Elizabeth Aldworth, dau. of John Aidworth, the brother of his former master, to whom he was married before 1624. He married, secondly, at St. Stephen’s, Bristol, April 30, 1635, Mrs. Mary Hooke, daughter of Humphrey Hooke, merchant and Alderman of Bristol. She was buried Nov. 30, 1637, in the Aldworth Family vault in the Church of St. Peters, Bristol. Giles Elbridge died in 1643 and was buried, Feb. 25 of that year, in the same vault with his wife. His Will was probated in the Prerogative Court at London, March 19, 1643”. (Clues from English Archives Contributory to American Genealogy, The New York Genealogical and Biographical record, vol. 91).
These notes are something and nothing – the latter in that they do not always provide the written evidence craved by modern-day research; the former in that they inform where to look for such evidence, and, where evidence is not extant, give a strong sense of what was likely to have been the case.
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Walter FitzGilbert de Hamilton 