Walter FitzGilbert de Hamilton

It is certainly the case that the majority of people claiming descent from Thomas Harris, d. 1688, and his supposed grandsons, are wrong. The association of one Harris family with that of Isham may offer a clue as to the true ancestry of Isham Harris.

1. John Harris (of Cruckton). m. Eleanor, dau. Thomas Prowde, of Sutton.
1.1. Richard Harris, obit. 1631, m. Anna Smallman, obit. 1650, dau. of Thomas Smallman of Wilderhope.
1.1.1. Mary Harris, m. (in 1673, as second wife), Fleetwood Dormer, b. May 21, 1616, son of Sir Fleetwood Dormer (obit. February 1, 1638), and Mary Isham, aunt of Henry Isham, of Bermuda Hundred, Henrico Co. (who m. Katherine Banks, relict of Joseph Royal); their issue being: (1) Anne Isham, who m. Col. Francis Eppes, (2) Mary Isham, who m. Col. William Randolph, named as a ‘friend’ in the Will of Major William Harris, as was Thomas Cocke, son of Richard Cocke of Bremo. Fleetwood Dormer’s first wife was Katherine Ligon, second-cousin of Thomas Ligon, whose son and namesake m. Mary Harris.*

1. Henry Isham.
1.1. Ann Isham, m. Col. Francis Eppes, 1659-1718, d. Bermuda Hundred, Henrico Co. (br. of William Eppes, father of isham Eppes), son of Lt. Col. Francis Eppes, 1627-1678, d. Bermuda Hundred, and Elizabeth, relict of William Worsham, by whom she was the mother of Mary Worsham, who m. Richard Ligon, son of Mary Harris, sister of Major William Harris, and Thomas Ligon.
1.1.1. Col. Francis Eppes, 1686-1743, m. Sarah, dau. of Richard Kennon, and relict of Isham Eppes.
1.1.1.1. Anne Eppes, d. May 15, 1787, Southam Parish, Cumberland Co., m. Benjamin Harris (son of Thomas Harris, d. 1729/30, and Mary Jefferson*), named in the Will of his father, with brothers, Thomas Harris (a minor), James Harris, John Harris, and William Harris.
1.1.1.1.1. Isham Harris, m. Martha Greene. There is no real evidence that Isham Harris was a son of West Harris.
1.1.1.2. Richard Isham Eppes, b. 1724
1.1.1.2.1. Francis Eppes, b. 1747, m. Elizabeth (dau. of John Wayles), sister of Martha Skelton Jefferson, wife of President Thomas Jefferson, son of Peter Jefferson (and Jane Randolph, the dau. of Isham Randolph, 3rd son of *William Randolph), son of Captain Thomas Jefferson.*
1.2.2. Elizabeth Eppes, m. Henry Randolph III, half-br. of Mary, dau. of Major Peter Field, and wife of *Captain Thomas Jefferson (b. 1677 in Jefferson’s Landing, Henrico; d. 1731 in Chesterfield Co.), br. of *Mary Jefferson, b. ca. 1679, wife of Thomas Harris, as follows.

1. William Randolph.
1.1. Richard Randolph, m. Elizabeth Ryland.
1.1.1. William Randolph.*
1.2. Henry Randolph.
1.2.1. Henry Randolph
1.2.1.1. Henry Randolph, m. Elizabeth Eppes.

1.2. Arthur Harris, m. Jane Newton, of Prescot, Shropshire.
1.2.1. Thomas Harris, Esq., of Prescot, m. (1632), Alice Holland, dau. of William Holland, bapt. (1574) at Burwarton, and buried there in 1642 (Will proved P.C.C. 94 Campbell), son of Thomas Holland, bur. (1612) at Stottesden, and Alicia, ‘fil. Thomas Cocke of Pickthorne’ (Will pr. P.C.C. 19 Capell, 1613); styled “of Pickthorne”.
1.3. Rowland Harris, d. 1605, of Ludlow, m. (Sept. 14, 1595) Jane Langford, bapt. Oct. 10, 1567. She m. (2) Edward Lewis of Diddlesbury (br. of Eleanor Lewis), who by a first wife was father of Thomas Lewis (aged 23 in 1623), recorded here: Hannah Boyse, da. and heir of Luke Boyse, late of Henrico, decd., patented in Nov., 1635, 300 ac, in Henrico adj. land of her mother Alice Edlowe; due 50 acres for her personal adventure and 50 ac. for the personal adventure of her father, and 200 ac. for transportation of servants, viz.: ‘Thomas Lewis, Robert Hollum, Joseph Royall, Edward Holland, and Oliver Allen’ (Virginia Magazine, v., p. 97).

1.3.1. Thomas Harris (bapt. Sept. 4, 1603, S.L.), removed to Virginia, ca. 1650, having land on Curles Swamp, m. Alice, dau. of Evan Lewis, bapt. Nov. 20, 1603.
1.3.1.1. Major Thomas Harris, bapt. July 24, 1627 (the cousin and step-br. of *Mary Harris Ligon and Major William Harris), m. Alice Greene, Sept 6, 1664, probably related to Robert Green, headright of “Mr. Thomas Cock, 1650 acs. Henrico Co., Vernia Par., S. side of Chickahominy maine SW. adj Mr. Jno Woodson”, Oct. 20. 1688; B.7, p. 668.
‘Tho. Chamberlaine aged twenty-seven or thereabouts deposeth that he heard Mrs. Lygon say that she and her brother had made an agreement that Maj. Thomas Harris her sd. brother, should have the whole proffitts of the surveyor’s place till her sonne come of age, since her said soyne come of age this depont heard Major Harris say he had made an agreement with his kinsman, for halfe the proffitts of the said place, and all soe this deponent hath heard Mr. Ligon say the same’. (B. 1, 1677-1692, pp. 109, 366)
1.3.1.1.1. Thomas Harris, bapt. Aug. 25, 1667 (not he who d. in infancy, grandson of John Harris, by his second wife), m. Mary Jefferson.
1.3.1.1.1.1. Benjamin Harris.
1.3.1.1.1.1.1. Isham Harris, m. Martha Greene.

1.3.2. John Harris, bapt. March 5, 1604, S.L., m. (1) Mary Holland, bapt. Sept. 11, 1608, S.L., dau. of Roger Holland and Eleanor Lewis, who m. Jan. 13, 1598, S.L. Roger Holland was probably a younger son of Thomas Holland and Alice Cocke, second-cousin of Richard Cocke of Bremo (“friend” of Major William Harris), and uncle of Alice Holland, who m., in 1632, *Thomas Harris, Esq., of Prescot. John Harris m. (2) Gwen Mathews (bur. Sept. 5, 1639, shortly after giving birth), Oct. 30. 1630, S.L., dau. of Edward Mathews,* bur. June 18, 1632, S.L., and sister of Edward Mathews of Henrico Co., who, on Jan. 29, 1688, sold to John Pleasants, 300 ac. on S. side Four Mile Creek, p. 44. Sept. 1691. Abraham Childers sold to John Pleasants 12 ac. on S. side Four Mile Creek for 750 lbs tobacco and cask, p. 238. May 16, 1692, John Pleasants deed of gift to Elizabeth Cocke (dau. of said John Pleasants and Jane, relict of Samuel Tucker), wife of James Cocke (son of Thomas Cocke of Bremo) to the said James Cocke and Elizabeth, his wife, 70 ac. on Curles Swamp, Henrico Co. purchased of Abram Childers, also plantation or dividend of land purchased by said John Pleasants of Henry Rowen and Robert Woodson, Sr.

Edward Mathews Sr. was the br. of Elizabeth Mathews: John Price of Henrico, Virginia, was bapt. Nov. 10, 1584, S.L. Muster of John Price, Feb. 24, 1624: “John aged 40, ship Starr in May, 1620. Ann his wife aged 21, ship Francis Bonaventure in August, 1620. Mary, a child, 3 months” (Hotten’s Original List, p. 203). John Price m. (1) *Elizabeth Matthews, S.L., on May 30, 1613; he subsequently m. Anne, Elizabeth’s sister or cousin, who m. (2) Robert Hallom; (3) Daniel Llewellin.

1.3.2.1. Mary Harris, bapt. April 3, 1625, S.L. In 1689, Mary (Harris) Ligon gave a deposition stating her age to be 64.
1.3.2.2. Major William Harris, bapt. Jan. 13, 1627, S.L. On June 22, 1663, Major William Harris acquired 450 ac. in Henrico County, on the north side of the James River, to a 4 mile creek, called by name “the Slashes”, adj. to Daniel Llewellin, E. upon the Malverne Hills plantation of Richard Cocke, p. 304.

John Harris was bur. Feb. 3, 1639, leaving the aforesaid orphans, who probably were adopted by their uncle, Thomas; “Captain Thomas” of Curles SwamThe Captain Thomas Harris of the 1624 Virginia Muster descended from a John Harryes, who is recorded as of Walton, near Aylesbury, in 1431.

Thomas Harris died by 1646, when an act of the Assembly of Virginia of that year ordered a fort to be erected at the Falls of James River, to be called Fort Charles; an abstract being: “And, whereas, there Is no plantable land adjoynlng to fort Charles, and therefore no encouragement for any undertaker to maintnaine the same, lt is therefore, thought fitt and Inacted, that if any person or persons purchasing the right of Capt. Thomas Harris shall or will settle or inhabit on the south side of James River right opposite to the said fort, soe it be done this or the ensueing yeare. That hee or they underttkeing as aforesaid shall have and enjoy the houseing belonging to the said fort for the use of timber, or by burning them for the nailes or otherwise, as also shall be exempted from the publique taxes for the term of three years, provided that the number exceed not tenn, as also shall have and enjoy the boats and ammunition belonging to the said fort”.

Thomas Harris held land on the south of the James river, called “Longfield”. The Broadnax versus Soane case of 1700 shows the “Longfield” of Captain Thomas Harris to be Crown property, to be re-granted as an escheat, its last owner having died without issue.

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1. George Harris, bur. Oct. 19, 1570, Cornhill, St. Peter. (Half a mile from Bishopgate, via Bishopgate Road). His ancestry can not be determined, though guessed at with some probability.
   1.1. William Harris, bapt. March 1, 1562.
   1.1.1. Richard Harris, merchant, of “Leadenhall streete”, m. Hester …
   1.1.1.1. “Richard Harris s. Richard merchant, bapt. Sept. 17, 1620”.
   1.1.1.2. Nathaniell Harris, bapt. July 28, 1630.
   1.1.1.3. Margaret Harris, m. Clement Bacon.
   1.1.2. Margaret Harris, bapt. 1589.

1.2. Thomas Harris, “stocking-seller”, m. Margaret (probably Warner), bapt. Oct. 25, 1590, dau. of John Warner.
1.2.1. Thomas Harris, bapt. Sept. 9, 1610. Foley, Early Virginia Families Along the James River, vol. 2, p. 13: “Thomas Stegg, merchant, 1,000 acs. Chas. City Co., … 18th, 1640, p. 694. Being a neck of land between the old mans Cr. & Queens Cr. on the Sly. side, etc. 200 acs. being formerly granted unto Thomas Wheeler and later assigned unto Patrick Kannaday, mariner, by James Turner and Thomas Harris, assignees & attorneys of sd. Wheeler and by Kannaday, to Stegg”.

1.3. John Harris, “scrivenor”.
1.3.1. John Harris, bapt Jan. 25, 1596.
1.3.1.1. George Harris, merchant, bapt. Dec. 22, 1633, recorded in Charles City Co., O.B. 1655-65, p. 168. He was was dead by Oct. 4, 1663, when his widow, Sarah, as admin., gave Thomas Grendon power of attorney to collect debts, p. 549. His Will was recorded in London on March 24, 1672; mentioning his br., Thomas Harris, merchant in London, who, in 1674, sold 1200 ac. known as Causey’s Care in Charles City Co., to Thomas Grendon, Jr., the third husband of his sister-in-law, Sarah, relict of George Harris.

Among the bounds of the property mentioned were “lands late Hardaway”. Thomas Harris may have been the the person of that name who died in Charles City in 1677; the admin. of his estate being granted to John Echols (Eccles) and John Hardaway, jointly, his probable sons-in-law. Walter Aston sold one hundred ac. to William Edwards, and one hundred ac. to Hannah Hill, both tracts being purchased by George Harris, of Westover, whose inheritor, his br., Thomas Harris,* “merchant tailor of London”, sold the same to Col. Thomas Grendon, Jr., of Causey’s Care, who by his Will, proved Dec. 3, 1684, devised the same to William Byrd, Jr., son of William Bird, Sr. (Bird’s Book of Title Deeds).
1.3.1.2. *Thomas Harris. Was he possibly this Thomas Harris? (“of St. Leonard, East Cheap, Salter, Widr, ab’ 26” (b. 1636), who m. “Dorothy Bessana, of St. Lawrence Jury, Spr, ab’ 19, her parents dead; consent of eldest brother John Bezana her guardian; at S’ Mary le Bow, London, Feb. 1663” (New Cal.); kinswoman of (1) Noel Bassano, who witnessed the Will of Thomas Grendon. (2) John Lanier Jr., obit 1719, Prince George Co, VA., who m. (1) (1677) Katherine Sampson in Charles City Co.; great-grandfather of Rebecca Lanier, b. Dec. 16, 1744 , d. July 1818, in Green Co., Georgia, m. Walton Harris, b. Feb. 6, 1739, d. Jul. 20, 1809 in Green, GA. (3) John Lanier, who m. Elizabeth Bird. Was he possibly the Thomas of this report of March 1662 (New Cal.): “Whereas seriously examining the evidences taken against John Partridge for several blowes given by him to Thomas Harris overseer to Captian Thomas Stegg”; he embarking for Virginia immediately after marriage.

Was he the Thomas Harris* who was executed in 1677 for his support of Nathaniel Bacon? Sarah, widow of George Harris, m. (2) Thomas Stegg, Jr., (3) Thomas Grendon, who died in 1685. (William Bird, m. Hannah Grendon, dau. Col. Thomas Grendon; their granddau., Elizabeth, m. John Lanier Jr.). Thomas Grendon Sr., father of the aforementioned namesake, described himself as of “St. James’s Duke’s Place” (Aldgate), per Will, which was bounded on the north by the ward of Bishopsgate. *His posterity in the male-line can not be determined with any degree of certainty.

Thomas Stegg was a slave-trader, which involved raids on Native tribes on the periphery of English settlement, and coercement of allied tribes to hand over their children, on the ruse of giving them an education. Thomas Stegg’s Will of 1670 bequeathed this enterprise to his nephew, William Bird, and he gave a young Indian slave girl to his relict. He gave instruction for Sarah to supervise the 18 year old William Bird until he had gained more experience of running a trading post (a compound where Native people were held captive before being sold). When the House of Burgesses attempted to “regulate” such trade, by such means as banning the sale of weapons to the white slave-trader’s Native allies, such as Nathaniel Bacon and William Byrd became incensed, moreso when their “slave-holding compounds” were attacked by resentful Natives. “Regulation” was a thinly disguised attempt to give a monopoly of the trade in Natives to the British government’s land-owning supporters – the conflict of Bacon’s Rebellion was between sections of the landed gentry, the “upper” gentry versus Bacon’s “middling” gentry, not between working people and the British government.

Governor Berkeley’s plan to create a series of border forts to protect colonists was not considered adequate by such as Bacon (who favoured the genocide of hostile Natives), and his land-hungry followers, who attacked the Pamunkey Natives in the Great Dragon Swamp area of New Kent Co. Not being able to capture their leader, Cockacoeske, they took prisoner an older woman that the thought to be related to her, who Bacon ordered to be killed by a blow to her skull when she did not cooperate in leading them to Cockacoeske. When the “rebellion” failed, and 23 English “rebels” were executed, female supporters were charged with “seditious libel”, rather than treason, it being assumed that their husband’s controlled their actions. Sarah was the exception to this rule, and was charged with treason (the penalty being a loss of property and life). Sarah assumed the role of the “foolish wife”, and was pardoned. She would have know of Bacon’s genocidal aim: “to ruine and extirpate all Indians in generall”. This was a conflict between devils, not angels and devils. Hollywood history, this was not.

The clue to understanding the relationship between George Harris and Nathaniel Bacon is a “note of the tenure of the Estate in St. Botolph’s, Bishopgate, to the effect that they were granted (by Henry VIII), to Nicholas Bacon, William Bretten, and Henry Ashfield”. (E.S.R.O., SAS-CO/1/638, ca. 1545).

THE BACONS OF BISHOPGATE

1. …
   1.1. Sir Nicholas Bacon (1510-1579). Lord Keeper of the Great Seal, held property in Bishopgate, juxta Cornhill.
   1.1.1. Sir Nicholas Bacon (c.1540–1624), m. Anne, dau. of Edmund Butts, and Anne Bures.
   1.1.1.1. Butts Bacon, m. Dorothea Warner.
   1.1.1.1.1. Clement Bacon, d.v.p.
   1.1.1.2. Jemima Bacon (b. 1581), m. (1) May 11, 1597, as second wife, Sir William Waldegrave (d. 1613), of Smallbridge. She m. (2, in 1613), Henry Killigrew, of Arwenack, Cornwall.
   1.1.2. Clement Bacon. Clement Bacon v Fuller. Plaintiffs: William Bacon (nephew of Clement Bacon). Defendants: Richard Fuller, Richard Browninge and his wife. Subject: pretended will relative to lands in Norwood Barningham, late of Clement Bacon, ca. 1623. (C 2/JasI/B17/18).
   1.1.1.2.1. Clement Bacon, “of Bishopsgate streete. Free of the Drapers, 1618″; bur. Aug. 7, 1643.
   1.1.1.2.1.1. Nicholas Bacon, bapt. April 9, 1618, Cornhill.
   1.1.1.2.1.2. Thomas Bacon, “sonne of Clement Bacon, draper”, d. inf., bur. Nov. 14, “in pitt in ye east yeard”.
   1.1.1.2.1.3. William Bacon, d. inf.
   1.1.1.2.1.4. Clement Bacon, m. (2), Margaret Harris, bapt. Sept. 11, 1634, Cornhill, dau. of “Richard Harris, grocer”; kinswoman of George Harris.

1.1.3. Nathaniel Bacon 1547-1622, given estates in Norwood Barningham by his father, m. (1), June 29, 1569, at St. Sepulchre, Anne, illegit. dau. of Sir Thomas Gresham, of Gresham House, Bishopsgate Street, London. (2) Dorothy, dau. of Arthur Hopton (and widow of William Smith of Burgh Castle (Suff.), having issue:
1.1.3.1. Winifred Bacon (bapt. May 4, 1578), m. Sir Robert Gawdy (1577-1639), of Claxton, Norf.
1.1.4. Sir Francis Bacon (1561-1626), of Hasset; the renowned philosopher (son of Sir Nicholas Bacon and his 2nd wife, Anne, dau. of Sir Anthony Cooke of Gidea Hall, Essex); Chancellor of the Colony of Virginia, 1609.
1.1.4.1. Elizabeth Bacon, m. Sir James Bacon*.

1.2. James Bacon, alderman of London, d. 1573.
1.2.1. *Sir James Bacon, m. Ellizabeth, dau. of Francis Bacon, of Hasset.
1.2.1.1. Nathaniel Bacon, 1593-1644.
1.2.1.1.1. Thomas Bacon, of Friston, M.P.
1.2.1.1.1.1. Nathaniel Bacon, “rebel” (slave-trader of Natives) in Virginia.

BIRDS OF BISHOPGATE

1.
1.1. William Bird, bur. Apr. 23 1626, aet 65.
1.1.1. Philip Bird. m. Frances …
1.1.1.1. William Bird, bapt. Oct. 1, 1620.
1.1.1.2. Thomas Bird.
1.1.1.2.1. William Bird, bapt. Oct. 5, 1654.
1.1.2. William Bird, bapt. July 20, 1600.
1.1.3. Richard Bird, bapt. Feb. 23, 1606.
1.2. Robert Bird.
1.2.1. Robert Bird, bapt. June 1, 1585, “merchant taylor”, m. Sarah …
1.2.1.1. William Bird, bapt. Oct. 1, 1620, d. inf.
1.2.1.2. William Bird, bapt. July 7, 1623, d. inf., father dec.
1.3. Mathew Bird.
1.3.1. Christopher Bird, bapt. Sept. 4, 1580.
1.3.2. Mathew Bird, bapt. Oct. 8, 1583.
1.3.3. Mary Bird, m. Alexander Mercer, Nov. 4, 1604.
1.4. Ralph Bird, m. Elizabeth Agborow, 1587.
1.5. Robert Bird.
1.5.1. Robert Bird, bapt. June 1, 1585, “merchant taylor”, m. Sarah …
1.5.1.1. William Bird, bapt. Oct. 1, 1620, d. inf.
1.5.1.2. William Bird, bapt. July 7, 1623, d. inf., father dec.
1.5.2. Ralph Bird, bapt. Sept. 24, 1587.
1.5.3. Ann Bird, m. Lawrence Ballard, July 1617.
1.5.4. Sara Bird, bapt. May 21, 1598, m. Thomas Collier, July 14, 1629. (I suggest this to be significant).
1.5.5. Frances Bird, m. William Harris, Nov. 10, 1629.
1.6. John Bird, d. 1610, haberdasher, m. Helen … He inherited (1598) property in Hillingdon, formerly that of the Herde family.
1.6.1. John Bird, b. 1605. Feoffment of messuages and malt mill, gardens etc. and appurtenances, land in Little Hillingdon Field, Stubwell Close and elsewhere in Hillingdon. Parties: (1) John Bird, citizen and goldsmith of London. (2) John Watson of the Middle Temple, Esquire. (3) Thomas Diconson of the Middle Temple, Esquire. 1652. (LMA. ACC/0401/026).
1.7. Christopher Bird, of Hillingdon.
1.7.1. William Bird, of Hillingdon.
1.8. Judith Bird, m. Thomas Blount, June 22, 1589; of him I know not.

The more “realistic” commentators of the likely origin of William Bird of Westover have only ever alluded to “some connection” to John Bird, citizen and goldsmith of London, who was probably the cousin of his father, Thomas, as given.

Simple stuff, get on in life by any means available. Human “dog” eats human “dog”, but both are superior to those not deemed to be human; those they fight over to exploit. A lesson of history, sadly.

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1. John ap Harry, m. Margaret Leighton, dau. of Sir Thomas Leighton and Anne Baker, dau. of Roger Baker of Shrewsbury.
   1.1. Richard Harris, m. Eleanor Jenyns, dau. of Rowland Jenyns, of Wallyburne.
   1.1.1. William Harris, yeoman of Wheathill.
   1.1.1.1. Roger Harris, of Shrewsbury.
   1.1.1.1.1. Sarah Harris, m. Richard More of Linley and Larden, d. 1643, Sheriff of Shrop.
   1.1.1.1.1.1. Thomas Moore, m. Margaret Ligon, b. 1614 (great-granddau. of Richard Ligon by his first wife. Katharine Ligon, granddau. of Richard Ligon by his second wife), m. Fleetwood Dormer, Esq., who m. (2) Mary Harris.*
   1.1.2. John Harris (of Cruckton). m. Eleanor, dau. Thomas Prowde, of Sutton.
   1.1.2.1. Richard Harris, obit. 1631, m. Anna Smallman, obit. 1650, dau. of Thomas Smallman of Wilderhope.
   1.1.2.1.1. Mary Harris, m. (in 1673, as second wife), Fleetwood Dormer, b. May 21, 1616, son of Sir Fleetwood Dormer (obit. February 1, 1638), and Mary Isham, aunt of Henry Isham, who resided at Bermuda Hundred, Henrico Co. (who m. Katherine Banks, relict of Joseph Royal); their issue being: (1) Anne Isham, who m. Col. Francis Eppes, (2) Mary Isham, who m. Col. William Randolph, named as a ‘friend’ in the Will of Major William Harris, as was Thomas Cocke, son of Richard Cocke of Bremo. Fleetwood Dormer’s first wife was, to repeat, Katherine Ligon, second-cousin of Thomas Ligon, whose son and namesake m. Mary Harris.*
   1.1.2.2. Arthur Harris, m. Jane Newton, of Prescot, Shropshire.
   1.1.2.2.1. Thomas Harris, Esq., of Prescot, m. (1632), Alice Holland, dau. of William Holland, bapt. (1574) at Burwarton, and buried there in 1642 (Will proved P.C.C. 94 Campbell), son of Thomas Holland, bur. (1612) at Stottesden, and Alicia, ‘fil. Thomas Cocke of Pickthorne’ (Will pr. P.C.C. 19 Capell, 1613); styled “of Pickthorne”.
   1.1.2.3. Rowland Harris, d. 1605, of Ludlow, m. (Sept. 14, 1595) Jane Langford, bapt. Oct. 10, 1567. She m. (2) Edward Lewis of Diddlesbury (br. of Eleanor Lewis), who by a first wife was father of Thomas Lewis (aged 23 in 1623), recorded here: Hannah Boyse, da. and heir of Luke Boyse, late of Henrico, decd., patented in Nov., 1635, 300 ac, in Henrico adj. land of her mother Alice Edlowe; due 50 acres for her personal adventure and 50 ac. for the personal adventure of her father, and 200 ac. for transportation of servants, viz.: ‘Thomas Lewis, Robert Hollum, Joseph Royall, Edward Holland, and Oliver Allen’ (Virginia Magazine, v., p. 97). Edward Lewis and Jane Langford had issue. William Lewis, who m. (Aug. 21, 1634), Anne Lutley, of Burwarton (dau. of Robert Lutley and Mary Holland), having issue: Edward Lewis, father of William Lewis, bapt. March 16, 1661, in Diddlebury, husband of Elizabeth Woodson, they the parents of Joseph Lewis, who m. Elizabeth Pleasants. “Robert Woodson, Sr. of Henrico Co. For good causes to my loving grandson’s, William & Joseph Lewis (children of his da., Elizabeth Woodson, and William Lewis), 450 ac. patented to me and Richard Farris, Giles Carter, William Harris, and Roger Cummings, on White Oak Swamp”. Recorded May 1, 1707. Mary Holland, aforesaid, was the dau. of Francis Holland (son of William Holland), whose br., Thomas Holland of Burwarton, was the husband of Alice Cocke, second-cousin of Richard Cocke of Bremo, bapt. Dec. 13, 1597, at Sidbury, Shropshire; obit. Bremo Bluff, Henrico, 1665, whose son, Thomas, was named as a ‘friend’ in the Will of Major William Harris. (‘Colonial Wills’, 1677-92, p.68).
   Mary Holland’s husband was the nephew of Joyce Lutley, who m. John Holland Sr., enfeoffed in Lamberhurst, Kent, father of John Holland Jr., of Lamberhurst, who m. Mary Barham; having issue: David Holland, who married Anne Burton; their elder son, John Holland (see PAR/498/37/14. Oct. 23, 1654), being John Holland of Nansemund, father of Michael Holland of Goochland.
   William Harris,* son of Major William Harris, was involved in the determination of the lands of Thomas Langford, descendant of Jane Langford’s br., Feb. 26, 1731. (Magazine of Virginia Genealogy, vol. 36, no. 3, pp. 214-215).
   *His son was George Harris, bapt. April 13, 1701, in St Pauls Parish; a Vestry meeting there in 1719 connecting him to the lands of George Alvis, who had married the widow of Major William Harris. George Harris was the father of William Harris, who lived at Wolf Swamp, St. Martins Parish, Hanover Co.

1.1.2.3.1. Thomas Harris (bapt. Sept. 4, 1603, S.L.), removed to Virginia, ca. 1650, having land on Curles Swamp.
1.1.2.3.2. John Harris, bapt. March 5, 1604, S.L., m. (1) Mary Holland, bapt. Sept. 11, 1608, S.L., dau. of Roger Holland and Eleanor Lewis, who m. Jan. 13, 1598, S.L. Roger Holland was probably a younger son of Thomas Holland and Alice Cocke, second-cousin of Richard Cocke of Bremo (“friend” of Major William Harris), and uncle of Alice Holland, who m., in 1632, *Thomas Harris, Esq., of Prescot.

John Harris m. (2) Gwen Mathews (bur. Sept. 5, 1639, shortly after giving birth), Oct. 30. 1630, S.L., dau. of Edward Mathews,* bur. June 18, 1632, S.L., and sister of Edward Mathews of Henrico Co., who, on Jan. 29, 1688, sold to John Pleasants, 300 ac. on S. side Four Mile Creek, p. 44. Sept. 1691. Abraham Childers sold to John Pleasants 12 ac. on S. side Four Mile Creek for 750 lbs tobacco and cask, p. 238. May 16, 1692, John Pleasants deed of gift to Elizabeth Cocke (dau. of said John Pleasants and Jane, relict of Samuel Tucker), wife of James Cocke (son of Thomas Cocke of Bremo) to the said James Cocke and Elizabeth, his wife, 70 ac. on Curles Swamp, Henrico Co. purchased of Abram Childers, also plantation or dividend of land purchased by said John Pleasants of Henry Rowen and Robert Woodson, Sr.

“John Woodson, Sr. of Henrico Co. to Edward Lester, land next to Richard Cocke, next to land formerly William Harris’s on Curles Swamp, next to land given by Thomas Harris to his (step) dau. Mary Ligon, 90 ac., sold by Harris to Gilbert Platt, and by him to Leonard and William Ballew, and by them to John Pleasants, and by him to Hacliah Horner, and by his son Edward Horner to above John Woodson, and to Edward Lester for 1000 lbs tobacco. April 1, 1693. Signed: John Woodson, Sr. Recorded April 1, 1693.

Edward Mathews Sr. was the br. of Elizabeth Mathews: John Price of Henrico, Virginia, was bapt. Nov. 10, 1584, S.L. Muster of John Price, Feb. 24, 1624: “John aged 40, ship Starr in May, 1620. Ann his wife aged 21, ship Francis Bonaventure in August, 1620. Mary, a child, 3 months” (Hotten’s Original List, p. 203). John Price m. (1) *Elizabeth Matthews, S.L., on May 30, 1613; he subsequently m. Anne, Elizabeth’s sister or cousin, who m. (2) Robert Hallom; (3) Daniel Llewellin. On May 23, 1638, a patent was granted Matthew Price as son and heir of John Price for 150 ac. on Turkey Island Creek in Henrico Co. “granted by patent to his late father John Price, now in possession of his mother, Ann Hallom, widow – being due unto him in right of his father who had a patent granted Feb. 20, 1619, p. 558.

1.1.2.3.2.1. *Mary Harris, bapt. April 3, 1625, S.L. In 1689, Mary (Harris) Ligon gave a deposition stating her age to be 64.
1.1.2.3.2.2. Major William Harris, bapt. January 13, 1627, S.L. On June 22, 1663, Major William Harris acquired 450 ac. in Henrico County, on the north side of the James River, to a 4 mile creek, called by name “the Slashes”, adj. to Daniel Llewellin, E. upon the Malverne Hills plantation of Richard Cocke, p. 304.

The Captain Thomas Harris of the 1624 Virginia Muster descended from a John Harryes, who is recorded as of Walton, near Aylesbury, in 1431. His descendant, John Harris, in 1535, was paying a rent of £7 6s. 8d. to the manor of Maids Moreton with the mill there called ‘Brent Myll.’ The Woodliffe family also held tenements in Maids Moreton. His son was Robert Harris, Rector of Bechampton, which is situate 6 miles east of Maids Moreton. Robert Harris succeeded as Rector of Bechampton on June 11, Anno 1526. His son, John Harris is recorded in a legal case of ca. 1560, in which he is a defendant against the executor of John Finch, son of Sir Moyle Finch, and cousin of Erasmus Finch, who sponsored Margaret Bourdman in Virginia, habitee of the Captain Thomas Harris household of the 1624 Muster.

John’s sister married William Piggot, brother of Matthew Pigott, who succeeded as Rector of Bechampton. William Piggot’s sister, Ursula Pigott, married her kinsman, Christopher Pigott, of Doddershall, near Aylesbury, Bucks. Christopher Pigott’s brother, Thomas, represented Aylesbury in the 1589 Parliament before serving as county sheriff in 1593-4. Sir John Gibson married Anne, daughter of Sir John Allott, Fishmonger of Wood Street, London, and Mayor in 1590, widow of the aforesaid Thomas Pigott. Margaret Berman (Bourdman), recorded as being in the household of Captain Thomas Harris in the 1624 Muster, was a niece of Sir John Gibson on her mother’s side. (David R. Ransome, Village Tensions in Early Virginia, The Historical Journal, vol. 43, No. 2, p. 365, 2000). John’s son, James Harris, m. (Nov. 30, 1587) Luce Lucas; probable parents of Captain Thomas Harris of the 1624 Muster.

Thomas Harris died by 1646, when an act of the Assembly of Virginia of that year ordered a fort to be erected at the Falls of James River, to be called Fort Charles; an abstract being: “And, whereas, there Is no plantable land adjoynlng to fort Charles, and therefore no encouragement for any undertaker to maintnaine the same, lt is therefore, thought fitt and Inacted, that if any person or persons purchasing the right of Capt. Thomas Harris shall or will settle or inhabit on the south side of James River right opposite to the said fort, soe it be done this or the ensueing yeare. That hee or they underttkeing as aforesaid shall have and enjoy the houseing belonging to the said fort for the use of timber, or by burning them for the nailes or otherwise, as also shall be exempted from the publique taxes for the term of three years, provided that the number exceed not tenn, as also shall have and enjoy the boats and ammunition belonging to the said fort”.

Thomas Harris held land on the south of the James river called “Longfield”, a distinct entity from the 300 ac. acquired on August 15, 1637, north of the river, by Robert Craddock and John Davis, which had been assigned by ‘Jno. Baugh of Varina planter’ to Wm. Cooke & Richd. Carpenter, June 13, 1636, and by them assigned to Jno. Davis & Robt Craddocke of Harihatoxs planters. (B. 1. pp. 451, 452). John Davis also called his land “Longfield”, a common enough English practice concerning long strips of land. William Randolph purchased, from the colonial government, the escheated lands of Nathaniel Bacon in this locality. The Broadnax versus Soane case of 1700 shows the “Longfield” of Captain Thomas Harris to be Crown property, to be re-granted as an escheat, its last owner having died without issue.

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1. Richard Reynolds.
1.1. George Reynolds, bapt. July 13. 1565. He m. Margaret Barker, Oct. 26, 1608, in N.S. (Neene Savage).
1.1.1. Alice Reynolds, m. Richard Norgrove, Nov. 14, 1614.
1.1.2. George Reynolds.

THE COCKE FAMILY

The following gives a sense of the inportance of the Cocke family, in terms of their wealth and consequent influence among the Shropshire families connected to them. It is an absurdity to suggest that families from without their “kinship circle” associated with them in Virginia; absurd in that it would have broken every rule that governed how closely connected families intermarried over centuries in England. Truly, to know this subject matter is to know everything; not to know it is to know nothing.

1. …
1.1. Thomas Cocke, m. Agnes …
I give and bequeathe towards the repayring of the Cathedrall churche of Hereford twelve pence.
I give and bequeathe to the poore of the towne of Bewdley twenty shillings.
I give and bequeath to the poore of the parrishe of Chetton tenne shillings.
I give and bequeathe to the poore people of the parrishe of Muche Wenlocke six shillings eighte pence.
I will that my executors shall deliver Five pounds to the Collectors of the poore people of the same parrishe of Stotesdon to the use and benefite of the saide poore to be sett forth for a yearely Annuitye to be paide them at the discreacon and oversighte of my executors and overseers hereafter named.
I give and bequeathe to Richard Weaver and Roger my Servante men six shilllings eighte pence apeece.
I give and bequeath to my kinsman Thomas Cocke tenne shillings.
I give and bequeathe to John Barker, Clerk, Thomas Rea, Robert Bruckhouse junior (grandson) and John Norgrove six pounds thirtene shillings foure pence apeece to eache of them severally.
I give and bequeath to Humfrye, Richard, Alice, Anne, and Elizabeth; sonnes and daughters of Richard Norgrove of Overwoode the som[m]e of six pounds thirtene shillings foure pence apeece to be paide within one yeare next after the decease of me and my wyfe.
I give and bequeathe to Alice Holland my daughter my best Fetherbed with all that thereunto belongeth.
Thomas Holland of Burwarton gentleman* oweth me thirty pounds fourscore pounds The whiche my Will and minde is to have it distributed and equally devided amongest all his children.
I give and bequeathe to my kinsman Robert Cocke a heyfer.
I give and bequeathe to my sonne in lawe Mr Hollands five children Five pounds apeece.
I have certein sheepe in bargaine with my brother Humfrye Cocke* my Will is that the said sheepe shalbe equally devided amongest his Children.
I give and bequeathe to my kinsman William Cocke foure sheep.
I give and bequeath to Joane Norgrove my daughter Five pounds.
Further I will that Robert Bruckhouse iunior and John Norgreave shalbe two of my executors to whome I have given six pounds thirtene shillings foure pence apeece as it appeareth in this my said Last will and testament. Proved 2 Oct. 2, 1587 in London by Agnes, the relict.

1.1.1. Joan Cocke, m. Richard Norgrove, Nov. 2, 1567, in Stottesdon; br. of John Norgrove, Church Warden of N.S, 1592. Nene Savage,
1.1.1.1. Richard Norgrove; “1592, July 16. Richard Norgrove, of Overwoode … bur.”.
1.1.1.1.1. Richard Norgrove; “1580, Apr. 13. Richard, s. of Richard Norgrove … bap. N.S., m. Alice Reynolds.
1.1.1.1.1.1. John Norgrove, m. Frances … She m. (2) Colonel George Mason, 3. (Dr.) Edward Maddox, of Munslow, Shropshire.
1.1.1.1.1.1.1. Frances Norgove, m. John Watts.

1.2. William Cocke.
1.2.1. Thomas Cocke.
1.2.1.1. Richard Cocke, b. 1597, in Sidbury, Shropshire, which is near the Staffordshire border. The leading families of Sidbury, the Purslowes and Cresswells were landowners in Staffordhire, and it seems very likely that they shared this distinction with Richard Cocke, uncle of Richard Cocke of Bremo. It was probably he who was designated ‘Richard Cocke of Stafford‘ in Treswell’s Visitation of Shropshire, 1623. This seems the more likely in that his dau., Joane Cocke, born ca. 1595, m. John Rabon. The Rabons were an established Shropshire family. Thomas Rabon’s dau., Dorothy, was baptised on October 9, 1654, at Saint Mary Magdalene, Bridgnorth. The deanery of Bridgnorth is bounded by the county of Stafford on the east. These Rabons are also recorded in the following deed: “August 1, 1632. William Rabon s. of Ralphe Rabon of Wem co. Salop miller to Thomas Maddox departed” (Transactions of the Shropshire Archaeological and Natural History Society, vol 4, p. 234, 1881). Major William Harris made his Will on April 20, 1678: ‘Not knowing what the Lord hath ordained or at what tyme he he may take … out this life I doe settle my estate of lands as followeth, I give & bequeath to my sonne Thomas all my land below the Ware to keep the Ware runn for his Bounds till he shall come to ye spring at ye hed & then to follow a bottom on ye lower side of the clearing of John Rabon‘.*
1.2.2. Richard Cocke.
1.2.2.1. Joan Cocke, m. John Rabon.
1.2.2.1.1. *John Rabon.

NORGOVE.

A family not properly recorded, hence the following:

1576. “Sep. 9. Anne, d. of Ric. Norgrove … bap.”.
1577. “Feb. 6. Richard Yeoppe and Dorothie Norgrove … mar.”.
1577. “Feb. 1. Marye, d. of Humfrey Cocke, of Steeple … bap.”. Humphret Cocke, Church Warden of N.S.
1579. “Nov. 15. George, s. of *Humfery Cocke, of Steeple … bap.”.
1583. “Feb. 11. Thomas, s. of John Norgrove … bap.”.
1584. “Jan. 30. Elizabeth, d. of Richard Norgrove … bap.”.
1585. “Apr. 4. Jone, d. of John Norgrove … bap.”.
1587. “May 29. Richard Byshoppe and Dorothie Norgrove … mar.”.
1591. “June 20. Edwarde, s. of John Norgrove, of the Nashe … bap.”.
1602. “May 8. Andrewe Fifylde and Anne Norgrove … mar.”.
1602. “Dec. 14. Frances Yealfe and Ales Norgrove … mar.”.
1607. “June 5. Alice, d. of William Hullande … bap.”.
1607. “Nov. 24. George Hopkis & Elizabeth Norgrove … mar.”.
1608. “Apr. 10. Robart, s. of John Norgrove … bap.”.
1614. “Mar. 19. John Norgrove … bur.”.
1616. “Jan. 26. Margaret, d. of John Norgrove, of Overwood … bap.
1617. “John Farmer, Ch. W. there”.
1619. “John Norgrove, Ch. W.”.
1619. “May 6. Edward, s. of John Farmer … bap.”.
1619. “Dec. 8. Richard, s. of John Norgrove & Elizabeth … bur.”.
1619. “Dec. 13. Robart, s. of John & Elizabeth Norgrove … bur.”.
1640. “Nov. 29. Margaret, d. of Francis Norgrove & Sara … bur.

REYNOLDS cont.

1.2. Edward Reynolds, bap. Jan. 8, 1567.
1.3. Griffith Reynolds, bap. Aug. 29, 1568.
1.3.1. Griffith Reynolds, m. Florence.
1.3.1.1. Griffith Reynolds, bapt. July 14, 1629.
1.3.2. William Reynolds, bapt. Aug. 10, 1608.
1.3.3. Thomas Reynolds, bap. July 9, 1612, m. Joane Mathews, Feb. 21, 1636, presumably related to Gwen Mathews (bur. Sept. 5, 1639, shortly after giving birth), who m. John Harris, Oct. 30. 1630, as his second wife, by a first being father of Mary Harris Ligon, bapt. April 3, 1625 (In 1689, Mary (Harris) Ligon gave a deposition stating her age to be 64), and Major William Harris, bapt. Jan. 13, 1628. John Harris was bur. Feb. 3, 1639, leaving the aforesaid orphans, who probably were adopted by their uncle, Thomas; “Captain Thomas” of Curles Swamp. By Gwen Mathews, John had issue: (a) John Harris, bapt. June 8, 1632, m. Eleonor … , having issue: (1) John Harris, bapt. Aug. 4, 1661 (m. Elizabeth), (2) Richard Harris, bapt. Nov. 1, 1666; (3) James Harris, bapt. March 8, 1668. John Harris, bapt. Aug. 4, 1661, had issue: John Harris, bapt. Sept. 22, 1683; Thomas Harris, bapt. June 18, 1687. (b.). Thomas Harris, bapt. Sept. 2, 1638, m. Alice Greene, Sept. 6, 1664, having issue: Thomas Harris, bapt. Aug. 25, 1667; d. inf.; John Harris, bapt. Oct. 3, 1669; Richard Harris, bapt. Aug. 20, 1676; d. inf.; Thomas Harris, bapt. March 24, 1682. John Harris, father of Mary and William, was a son of Rowland Harris, whose relict. m. Edward Lewis, br. of Eleanor Lewis*.

Very likely some of these Harris inpacted on Virginia. (Colonisation was an ongoing process, not an “ancient planter” obsession).

Jan. 29, 1688. Edward Mathews of Henrico Co. (I suggest the son of a namesake, bur. June 18, 1632, in Ludlow, and very closely related to Gwen Mathews), sold to John Pleasants, 300 ac. on S. side Four Mile Creek, p. 44. Sept. 1691. Abraham Childers sold to John Pleasants 12 ac. on S. side Four Mile Creek for 750 lbs tobacco and cask, p. 238. May 16, 1692, John Pleasants deed of gift to Elizabeth Cocke (dau. of said John Pleasants and Jane, relict of Samuel Tucker), wife of James Cocke (son of Thomas Cocke of Henrico) to the said James Cocke and Elizabeth, his wife, 70 ac. on Curles Swamp, Henrico Co. purchased of Abram Childers, also plantation or dividend of land purchased by said John Pleasants of Henry Rowen and Robert Woodson, Sr.

“John Woodson, Sr. of Henrico Co. to Edward Lester, land next to Richard Cocke, next to land formerly William Harris’s on Curles Swamp, next to land given by Thomas Harris to his (step) dau. Mary Ligon, 90 ac., sold by Harris to Gilbert Platt, and by him to Leonard and William Ballew, and by them to John Pleasants, and by him to Hacliah Horner, and by his son Edward Horner to above John Woodson, and to Edward Lester for 1000 lbs tobacco. April 1, 1693. Signed: John Woodson, Sr. Recorded April 1, 1693.

In 1707, Robert Woodson, Sr., of Henrico, br. of John Woodson afors., made a deed to his grandsons William and Joseph Lewis, children of his dau., Elizabeth Woodson, and William Lewis. “Robert Woodson, Sr. of Henrico Co. For good causes to my loving grandson’s, William and Joseph Lewis, 450 ac. patented to me and Richard Farris, Giles Carter, William Harris,* and Roger Cummings, Oct. 21, 1687, on White Oak Swamp. April, 30, 1707. (Henrico County Land Deeds (microfilm), no. 21, p. 34). *Son of Major William Harris. It is strongly suggested that William Lewis was a grandson of Edward Lewis, afors., second husband of Jane Langford, and a close kinsman of Major William Harris and his son, William.

REYNOLDS cont.

1.3.3.1. Thomas Reynolds, m. Joyce James, April 29, 1665, N.S.
1.3.4. Eleanor Reynolds, m. George Pearce, Aug. 11, 1632.
1.3.5. Clementia Reynolds, m. William Holland, Nov. 20, 1635; he bapt. Sept. 1, 1605, son of Roger Holland and *Eleanor Lewis, m. Jan. 13, 1598. Roger Holland was probably a younger son of Thomas Holland* and Alice Cocke, second-cousin of Richard Cocke of Bremo (“friend” of Major William Harris), and uncle of Alice Holland, who m., in 1632, Thomas Harris, Esq., of Prescot,* first-cousin of (Captain) Thomas Harris (bapt. Sep. 4, 1603, St. Lawrence, Ludlow), and John Harris (bapt. March. 16, 1604, St Lawrence); sons of Rowland Harris. *Buried at Stottesden in 1612, and his widow in 1622. In his will (proved P.C.C. 19 Capell, in 1613) he is styled “of Pickthorne”. *Another cousin was Mary Harris, Lady Dormer, who m. (in 1673, as second wife), Fleetwood Dormer, of Arle Court, died aged 81, August 27, 1696; the son of Sir Fleetwood Dormer, of Shipton Lee, Buckinghamshire (obit. February 1, 1638), and Mary Isham, dau. of Sir Euseby Isham, of Braunston. Mary Isham was the aunt of Henry Isham, who resided at Bermuda Hundred, Henrico Co., who m. Katherine Banks, relict of Joseph Royal; their issue being: 1. Henry Isham (obit. 1678), 2. Anne Isham, who m. Col. Francis Eppes, 3. Mary Isham, who m. Col. William Randolph,* named as a ‘friend’ in the Will of Major William Harris, as was a son of Richard Cocke.

Fleetwood Dormer’s first wife was Katherine Ligon, second-cousin of Thomas Ligon, whose son and namesake married Mary Harris, b. 1625. *William Randolph purchased, from the colonial government, the escheated lands of Nathaniel Bacon, as shown in this deed: ‘Richard Ligon, of Bristol Parish, Henrico Co., is indebted to William Ligon, of Henrico Parish, Henrico Co., and bound for 200 pounds, Nov, 1, 1707. The condition is that there is a parcel of land on north side of James River, between plantation called ‘Curles’ belonging to Col. William Randolph, and plantation of John Woodson where he lives, containing 200 ac. left to Mary Ligon by her (step) father Capt. Thomas Harris, dec’d.’ (B. 4, p. 4). This land, on Curles Swamp, as given, was adjacent to that of Major William Harris, and was not the “Longfield” on the S. side of the James River, abandoned by 1649 at the decease of an earlier “Captain Thomas Harris” (clearly shown in later escheat records), who was of …, and was without any connection to the (kinship) families of this account – Cocke, Harris, Holland, and Lewis, etc.

AGAIN REYNOLDS.

1.4. Richard Reynolds, bap. April 26, 1576.
1.5. John Reynolds.
1.5.1. John Reynolds, bapt. March 1, 1601, removed to N.S.
1.5.1.1. Francis Reynolds, bapt. Sept. 24, 1626, N.S.
1.5.1.1.1. John Reynolds, m. Margaret.
1.5.1.1.1.1. John Reynolds, bapt. May 18, 1685, N.S. (Joshua Potter, m. Phebee Reynolds, June 18, 1686).
1.5.2. William Reynolds, bap. Aug. 10, 1610.
1.6. William Reynolds.
1.6.1. Samuel Reynolds, bap. Feb, 16, 1617, d. 1676; bailiff of Ludlow.
1.7. Humphrey Reynolds, bur. Oct. 1, 1651, in N.S.; m. Margaret Barker, Oct. 26, 1608, in N.S.

It is very likely that some members of the Reynolds family followed their Harris kin to New Kent County.

Genealogy is not about attempting the impossible – trying to convinvce the unconvincable; those weaned on old myths, who cling to them as if drowning as straw.

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Crest — A peacock’s tail issuing from the mouth of a boar’s head, couped, erect.

“The Tyrells have been of great consequence in different counties of England, particularly in Essex and Suffolk, and indubitably one of the most ancient families upon record. Sir Henry Tyrell, son of the above sir Walter, and father of Sir Richard, whose son, sir Edward, had sir Geffrey, father of sir Lionel, whose son, Sir Edward, m. Maud, daughter of Burgate, co. Suffolk, esq., and had issue, sir Hugh Tyrell, of East Horndon, co. Essex, knt., who lived temp. Edw. III., and became governor of Carisbroke-Castle, which he gallantly defended against the French in 1377-8. His son, Sir James, of East Horndon, m. Margaret, daughter and heiress of sir William Heron, knt., and was father of sir Walter, of Heron, whose son, Sir Walter, m. Jane, daughter and co-heiress of Sir William Swinford, knt., by whom he had a son, Sir Thomas, of Heron, who, by his 2d wife, Eleanor, daughter of lord Flamberd, had a son, Sir John, sheriff of Essex and Hertfordshire in 1423, who served in the wars under king Henry V., and was appointed by him surveyor of the carpenters for the new works at Calais, with the wages of 12d. a-day; m. Alice, daughter and co-heiress of sir William Cogeshal, of Little Sandford, co. Essex, (by Antiocha, daughter of the famous Sir John Hawkwood, co. Essex, knt.) by whom he had a numerous issue” (Debret): inc. –

1. Sir John Tirrel. 1.1. Sir Thomas Tirrell, m. Ann, dau. of Sir Wiliam de Marney, Sheriff of Essex and Hertford.
1.1.1. Sir Thomas Tirrell, held third part of the manor of Springfield, co. Essex, in capite, as of his honor of Bologne. He m., 1st, Elizabeth, daughter of Richard Devereux, lord Ferrers, of Chartley; and, 2dly, Beatrix, dau. of John Cockaine, co. Derby, esq., (by Elizabeth Beville); by the latter he had issue:
1.1.1.1. Sir Thomas Tirrell, d. 1476,
1.1.1.1.1. Sir Thomas-Tirrell, of Springfield; m. Constantia, dau. and heiress of John Blount, lord Mountjoy.
1.1.1.1.1.1. Sir Thomas Tirrel, sheriff of Essex in 1517; m. Anne, dau. of Sir William Browne, lord mayor of London, (who m., 2dly, sir William Petre).
1.1.1.1.1.2. Henry Tirrell, m. Thomasine, dau. of William Gounston, of London, esq., she was bur. in Great Burstaid in 1562.
1.1.1.1.1.2.1. Sir. Thomas Tirrell, knt., who was, at the death of his father, May 20, 1558, aged 40; m. Mary, dau. of sir John Sulyard; of Wethersden, co. Suffolk. Sir Thomas d. Sept. 25, 1592, holding Springfield, &c.
1.1.1.1.1.2.2. William Tirrell, m. Thomasine Tirrell.*
1.1.1.1.1.3. John Tirrell.
1.1.1.1.1.4. Thomas Tirrel, d. in 1510, holding the manor of Springfield of the king.
1.1.2. Elizabeth Tirrell, m. Sir Robert Darcy, of Malden, br. of Margaret Darcy.*

1.2. Sir William Tirrell, executed Feb. 23, 1462; m. (a) *Margaret Darcy, (b) Philliipa dau. of John Thornbury, of Faversham.
1.2.1. Jasper Tyrrell, by 2nd wife, d. Feb. 1539, involved in litigation betweem 1519-1529: “Roger Cholmeley of London, gentleman vs. Jasper Tirrell, gentleman, son of William Tirrell, knight”, concerning his refusal to make a new deed about his sale of lands in Leigh and Prittlewell (originals “lost” in fire). N.A. Prob. 11/5/167: Item, ‘I pray my feoffees in all the lands that I have purchased lying in the parish of Southchurch to grant immediately after my decease an annuity of 60s by the year to be divided in this form following, that is to say, unto Ralph Judde for term of his life 20s, unto Robert Stanner in like form 20s, and 20s unto Edmund Palgraffe, and if any die, the remnant overliving … Item, as for a tenement in Prittlewell that I bought of William Claidon & his wife, I will that Jasper Tyrrell, my son, have it to give and to sell, my wife to have the governance thereof during his nonage, and if he die before he come to lawful age, then John Tyrrell to have it to him and his heirs forever more”.
1.2.1.1. Edmund Tirrell: “M.P. b. by 1513, s. of Jasper Tyrrell by Anne, da. of one Goodinge or Goring of Suff. m. by 1543, Susan Cooke, 4da. suc. gd.-fa. 28 Sept. 1543. Edmund Tyrrell came of a cadet branch of one of the oldest and most prolific of Essex families … By 1543, and probably somewhat earlier, he had married Susan Cooke; she is said to have been of Gidea Hall and thus a kinswoman, although not apparently a daughter, of Sir Anthony Cooke. By his will of 5 Oct. 1576, revising an earlier one, Tyrrell replaced Sir William Petre as trustee for Thomas Tyrrell, his eldest daughter Thomasine Tyrrell’s son who was to succeed to the inheritance”. (S.T. Bindoff, “Hist. Parl. Trust”, 1982).

Susan Cooke was very likely to have been Sir Anthony Cooke’s cousin; the dau. of his uncle, Richard Cooke. John Cooke, by his first wife, Alice Saunders (d. 1510), the da. of William Saunders of Banbury, Oxfordshire, had an only son, Anthony. John Cooke’s Will states: ‘I make and ordain mine executors Gerard Danett, William Shelley and Richard Cooke, my brother, and I bequeath to every of them £6 13s 4d for their labour and all their costs; Item, I will that they that be seised of and in my lands in Southwark (London) shall after my father’s will performed be seised to the use of the performance of my will’ (TNA 11/18/537). His dau., Joanna Cooke, m. William Harris, prob. 1st s. of John Harris of Prittlewell. Hence, the wives of William Harris and Edmund Tirrell were first cousins. She was the 2nd wife of William Harris, the first being Johana Smyth, of whom I have previously given account.

William Harris m. 3rdly Agnes Rutter, dau. of William Rutter, of Southwark. In 1534, William Rutter leased (Chaucer’s) Tabard in Southwark, where he had been living for some time, and he passed the remainder of his life as an innkeeper. Rutter made his Will on Oct. 22, 1540, leaving his place of burial to the discretion of his wife. “Also I will that the executors of George Payne (d.1538) do pay to my brother Thomas Rutter 10s. for my wages when I was burgess”. He appointed his wife executrix and his ‘brother’ Edward Lowe (or in his absence John Smith of the Vine) overseer of the Will, which was proved on Oct. 8, 1541, seven days after Rutter’s burial at St. Saviour’s, Southwark. “The Vine” refers to the Vine Tavern, situated near the Tabbard, in St. Margaret’s Parish: Exemplification of recovery, with seal. Thos. Ohely and Clemencia his wife, Thos. Bulla (Bulley), Wm. Rutter, Jn. Kyltowe, Wm. Geffreson, Jn. Smith, Jn. Gardiner. 8 messuages, 5 gardens in St. Margaret’s. Nov. 28, 1533. (L.M.A, 92/SAV/496).

It can be reasonably suggested that John Smithe, of St Saviour, beer brewer, was of Johana Smyth’s family (and a son of “John Smith of the Vine”, who was, perhaps, William Rutter’s son-in-law). His Will was proved Jan. 15, 1592, naming: James Smith his son. David, John, Roger, and Samuel Smithe his underage sons. Gertrude and Audrey Smythe his underage daughters. Galfyn Turner his daughter, wife of Richard Turner. Margaret Longe, and Sara Rogers his daughters. Overseers: William Dassett; Edward Candishe. His dau., Sara Rogers, was the wife of (1) John Rogers, as follows, an overseer of the Will of John Audley, with Edward Candishe, (2) Thomas Cleyborne,* in 1598, at St Dunstan, Stepney (per register). Her sister, Gertrude m. Richard James, on June 12 1599, at St. Dunstan (Sarah was, thus, a sister-in-law of Richard and his br., George James of Mallendine, Essex, who m. her sister, Audrey). Gertrude Richard James had issue: Rev. Richard James, a graduate at Trinity College, Cambridge, who served as clergyman on Kent Island. *It is possible that William Claiborne, of Virginia note, was their son, who was associated with a William Harris, and a John Phipps, in Virginia. In this regard, the contention of Mr. Phillip Harris that this William Harris was of the Southminster family of Harris should be fairly considered.

William Sherwood (who m. the relict of Richard James), 28 acs., at the mouth of James City Island, Apr. 23, 1681, p. 97. Beg. at James Riv., at the head of a gr. slash issuing into the back river; to Block Howse Hill point; to Mr. Richard James; to a hr. of Pitch & Tarr Sw; and granted to John Baldwyn, Oct. 4, 1656. Given. by will of Baldwyn to John Fulcher, who sould to sd. Sherwood, Oct. 22, 1677. Same in James Citty on which formerly stood the brick howse formerly called the Country howse which said howse and land formerly belonged to … The Grand Assembly (and) was sould and assigned to Major Richard Webster, who assigned to Richard Ricks, deed., & by order (Oct. 17, 1660) was sould to John Phipps, whoe amongst other lands sould to John Knowles, Oct. 5, 1661, who conveyed said howse and acre of land to Jonathan Newell (Apr. 23, 1667), whoe dying without issue the same descended and came to David Newell, his bro. and heire at law, whoe sold the ruins of the sd. howse and the acre to sd. Sherwood (Feb. 6, 1677), whoe hath built a faire howse and appurtenances on the same; which acre begins at a stake before Col. White’s dove-house, running towards his howse, WNW, Apr. 23, 1681, p. 9.

1. William Harris, came to Virginia in 1621 as a surveyor with William Claiborne. Did he m. a sister of William Claiborne?
1.1. William Harris, lived in Jamestown in 1658. June 5, 1654: 24 ac. to Anthony Coleman assigned to John Fitchet and by him assigned to John Phips and William Harris.
1.1.1. John Harris. William Sherwood, deed, May 11, 1696, to John Harris for land in Jamestown; “formerly Fitchetts”. William Drummond Jr. makes a deed (June 15,1753) for one and a half acres in Jamestown, formerly granted William Sherwood and sold by said Sherwood to John Harris and by John Harris to William Drummond, father of the William Drummond Jr.

The questions become: who was this John Harris connected to William Sherwood? Did he have progeny? Was he connected to Sherwood Harris?

Sherwood Harris, Sr. His Will was proved Aug. 1763, execs. were his brother, Robert, and wife Jane. He bequeathed 100 ac. to his dau., Mary Hicks, wife of Absolom Hicks, part part of a tract bought fron Jonathan White, whose inventory of Nov. 1772 was purchased by Richard Harris, Christopher Harris, Ann Harris, Robert Harris, and Sherwood Harris Jr. Granville County N. C. lists Capt. Daniel Harris Company 8 Oct 1754: Claiborne Harris, Christopher Harris, Bartlett Young, Sherwood Harris, Thomas Young, Ed Young Jr. Isaac, Henry, John and Chamberlaine Hudson, Richard Bennet, Michael Harris, James Harris, Robert Harris.

1. Geoffrey Audley, administrator, of Berechurch, Essex.
1.1. Thomas, Baron Audley of (Saffron) Walden (1487/8–1544), lord chancellor. From the dissolved houses Audley, a man of modest origins, built up a substantial estate. On 26 May 1536 he was granted St Botolph’s in Colchester, and two days later he received the priory of Prittlewell, also in Essex. His Will made a bequest to Julyan Raynsford, wife of Sir William Waldegrave (d. 1554), see TNA PROB 11/37/466 and to his ‘cousin’, John Christmas (d. by 1554), and to his cousin’s children, including George Christmas (d. 1566), who was also his servant: “And where my cousin, John Christmas of Colchester, oweth me one hundred pounds of money lent, I give and bequeath thereof to my servant and cousin, George Christmas, his son, £20 thereof, and to Katherine Fleetwood, his sister, ten pounds, and to every of the children of my cousin, John Christmas, £3 6s 8d. And I give and bequeath to my brother, Thomas Audley, so much of my plate as shall be of the clear value of twenty pounds, and to every of my three nephews, his sons, so much of my plate as shall be worth ten pounds after the rates of the prices aforesaid, to be delivered to every of them at their ages of 18 years … I give to Margaret Smythe, my servant, ten pounds, to be paid at her marriage or at her age of 15 years if she so long live”.
1.2. Thomas Audley(d. 1577/8). indenture by which from Thomas Audley senior of Berechurch, Essex, esquire, brother of the late lord Audley of (Saffron) Walden, late lord Chancellor of England, deceased, and Thomas Audley junior, esquire, heir apparent of Thomas Audley of Berechurch, grants to John Lucas, George Foster, and George Christmas, esquires, the manor of Berechurch with appurtenances in Essex. Nov. 28, 1547.
1.2.1. Thomas Audley (d. 1572), m. Katherine Southwell, illegitimate dau. of Sir Richard Southwell (1503-1564).
1.2.2. Thomas Audley (d.1584).
1.2.2.1. John Audley, d. 1589, citizen and grocer of London. Will dated April 25, 1589. All my goods to be divided into three equal parts, one part to my wife, one part to my five children, John, Thomas, Richard, William and Susan Awdley … Exor., my brother Thomas Audley, citizen and grocer of London. Overseers, cousin *John Rogers, citizen and grocer of London, and friend Edward Candishe, citizen of London. Wits. John Simson, John Rogers, Thomas Greene. Signed, John Audley. Proved May 6, 1589, in P.C.C. (Leicester
47).
1.2.2.2. Thomas Audley (d. 1599).
1.2.3. John Audley (d. 1588).

1.2.1.1.1.*Thomasine Tyrrell, m. (a) William Tyrrell; (b) William Playters (d. 1584) of Sotterley, Suffolk; see TNA PROB 11/67/251.
1.2.1.1.2. John Tirrell. William Harris, and Ann, his wife, annuity, from John Tirrell, Essex. (Lists and Indexes, issue 21; P.R.O).
1.2.1.1.2.1. Ann Tirrell, m. William Harris, Sept. 9, 1574, in Gtreat Burstead. Sir Thomas Arundel of Lanherne and Katherine Dinham had issue: Anne Arundel, who m. Sir James Tyrrel, son of William Tyrrel of Gipping, and Margaret Darcy, the dau. of Sir Robert Darcy, who bore: Arg. 3 cinquefoils Gu.; assumed by the Harris family. Sir Robert Darcy, of Danbury, Essex (younger br. of Thomas Darcy, b. c. 1459, who m. Margaret Harleston, see TNA PROB 11/7/329), who held ‘Crixheth, Crixseth, Criksea’ manor: ‘Distant from Maldon nine miles, and from London, forty-two. In 1498, Thomasine Hopton held it of Thomas Darcy, esq., and Robert Darcy died possessed of it in 1516. The Harrys or Harris family had a large brick mansion here, pleasantly situated and enclosed in a park, well stored with timber. Some remains of the outer court, and the site of the building, and of fish-ponds, are yet to be seen’ (Hist. Essex, Cricksea Hall).
1.2.1.1.2.1.1. John Harris, m. Dorothie Norris, June 25, 1599.
1.2.1.1.2.1.1.1. William Harris, bapt. Oct. 7, 1602, perhaps “the surveyor”, and father of James Harris of York Co. VA.
1.2.1.1.2.1.1.2. James Harris, m. Elizabeth James, Nov. 5, 1638, sister of John James, who m. Marie Thresher, May 30, 1634. He was the son son of John James, “baker”. She was a sister of John Thresher, wh m. Elizabeth Salmon, Nov. 22, 1638, in Great Burstead. The Threshers were tenants of the Petre family in South Ockendon. (C 10/39/220).

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1… 1.1. William and John Harry, tenants of Waltham Holy Cross. 1413. (SC 8/149/7449).
1.1.1. “Thomas Harry of Spryngefeld”. Mar 20, 1436. (E 40/7734).
1.1.1.1. … Harry, b. ca. 1420, m. Thomas Salmon/Salman, br. of Robert Salmon, as follows, d. 1472. 1.1.1.1.1. Thomas Harry, b. ca. 1440, alias Thomas Salmon, of Spryngefeld, m. a dau. of William Smyth. Inquisition returned June 13, 1479, taken at Barking in Essex. William Smyth was seized in demesne on the day of the recognisance of a messuage and 60 acres of land in Waltham Holy Cross. Memorandum: on May 1, 1479 he handed it over to Richard Bull. (His grandson). Another dau. of William Smyth m. Thomas Bull; they the parents of Elizabeth Bull* and *Richard Bull.
1.1.1.1.1.1. John Salmon (alias Harris, of Prittlewell) m. (1) *Elizabeth Bull, (2) Jane …
1.1.1.1.1.1.1. John Harris, of Bristol, by Elizabeth Bull. Harrys v Bele. Plaintiff: John Harrys, of Bristol, grocer, son of John Harrys, of London. 1504-1515. (C 1/320/92). Hence:

HARRIS FAMILY OF VIRGINIA

1.1.1.1.1.1.2. William Harris, by Jane. “John Smyth, sheriff of the counties of Essex, and Hertford In 1539 purchased a chantry in the church of Long-Ashton, in Somerset …also all the guild, or fraternity, in Great-Walden, lately dissolved, with divers other lands and tenements, in Essex, and London. He m. Agnes, dau. of — Charnock, of Lancashire, Esq. (English Baronatage, 1721). His dau., Joan Smyth, m. her kinsman, William Harris, b. ca. 1495, a son of John Harris of Prittlewell (others being Richard and Henry). William Harris
received interest from the Dunmow estate, being paid 32 shillings by the Royal Commissioners from monies owed to him by the estates tenants, which they had recovered (E. Oxley, The Reformation of Essex, 1965, p. 112).
1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1. William Harris.
1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1.1. Christopher Harris, bapt. Jan. 26, 1568, Great Dunmow.
1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1.1.1. William Harris, m. Maria Loveday, Sept. 23, 1589; she bapt. Sept. 3, 1564, dau. of John Loveday and Maria Bernard/Barnarde.
1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1.1.1.1. William Harris, m. Elizabeth; perhaps Eliz. Burrell, bapt. July 8, 1599, in Great Dunmow.
1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1.1.1.1.1. John Harris, bapt. May 23, 1619.
1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1.1.1.1.2. Samuel Harris, bapt. March 18, 1620, bur. Nov. 18, 1644. (Plague)
1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1.1.1.1.3. Thomas Harris, bapt, March 3, 1623, bur. Nov. 18, 1644. (Plague).
1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1.1.1.1.4. Edmond Harris, m. Alice …
1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1.1.1.1.4.1. Samuel Harris, bapt. Oct. 18, 1655.
1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1.1.1.1.4.2. Thomas Harris, bapt. June 20, 1659.
1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1.1.1.1.5. Ann Harris, m. Thomas Barker, Oct. 20, 1657; he bapt. Nov. 30, 1629 (son of George Barker) and probable nephew of Joan Barker, sp. of Humphrey Bernard, br. of Sybil bernard, who m. William Burrell, Nov. 11, 1639, in Great Dunmow.

1.1.1.1.1.1.3. Richard Harris, b. ca. 1510. (Vis. Essex, 1552). (Great Burstead).
1.1.1.1.1.1.3.1. Bridget Harris, m. Henry Rawlyn. The sister of William Harris and Richard Harris was Margaret Harris, who m. Richard Rawlyn, having issue: (1) John Rawlyn, father of Thomas Rawlyn, bapt. Aug. 7, 1558, in Great Dunmow; William Rawlyn, bapt. May 4, 1562. (2) Henry Rawlyn, sp. of Bridget Harris. The Elizabeth Averell who m. Edward Waldegrave, Sept. 10, 1565, in Boxted, was probably of this family.
1.1.1.1.1.1.3.2. William Harris, m. Ann Tyrrel, Sept. 9, 1574. Sir Thomas Arundel of Lanherne and Katherine Dinham had issue: Anne Arundel, who m. Sir James Tyrrel, son of William Tyrrel of Gipping, and Margaret Darcy, the dau. of Sir Robert Darcy, who bore: Arg. 3 cinquefoils Gu.; assumed by the Harris family. Sir Robert Darcy, of Danbury, Essex (younger br. of Thomas Darcy, b. c. 1459, who m. Margaret Harleston, see TNA PROB 11/7/329), who held ‘Crixheth, Crixseth, Criksea’ manor: ‘Distant from Maldon nine miles, and from London, forty-two. In 1498, Thomasine Hopton held it of Thomas Darcy, esq., and Robert Darcy died possessed of it in 1516. The Harrys or Harris family had a large brick mansion here, pleasantly situated and enclosed in a park, well stored with timber. Some remains of the outer court, and the site of the building, and of fish-ponds, are yet to be seen’ (Hist. Essex, Cricksea Hall.
1.1.1.1.1.1.3.2.1. John Harris, m. Dorothie Norris, June 25, 1599; probable sister of Faith Norris, who m. Simon Barker, Oct. 29, 1599.
1.1.1.1.1.1.3.2.1.1. William Harris, bapt. Oct. 7, 1602, perhaps “the surveyor”, and father of James Harris of York Co. VA.
1.1.1.1.1.1.3.2.1.2. James Harris, m. Elizabeth James, Nov. 5, 1638, sister of John James, who m. Marie Thresher, May 30, 1634.
1.1.1.1.1.1.3.2.2. Benjamin Harris, m. Margaret Clark, July 25, 1613.
1.1.1.1.1.1.3.2.2.1. John Harris, bapt. Sept. 16, 1614.
1.1.1.1.1.1.3.2.2.2. Samuel Harris, m. Marie Kitrige, March 13, 1654. Keterige/Keteriche.
1.1.1.1.1.1.3.2.2.3. William Harris, bapt. Aug. 30, 1618.
1.1.1.1.1.1.3.2.2.4. James Harris, bapt. April 15, 1621.
1.1.1.1.1.1.3.3. James Harris, Will probated Aug. 5, 1594, makes substantial bequests; mentions sons: William, John, and James; he d. 1606.

SALMON/SALMAN

The name was not confined to any particular group of people, being used by both Christians and Jews; several Christian priests and abbots bore the name, it denoting wisdom; a biblical name brought over by the Normans.

The antiquarian sources quoted hereinafter, when refering to the antiquity of the Salmons around Prittlewell, are alluding to a deed of 1347, preserved here: Parties: John son of John Salman of Great Sutton & William de Hertecoumbe and Alice his wife. Place or Subject: Great Sutton (1 ml. fr. Prittlewell). 1347. (E 326/8460). There are several generations between John Salmon the younger and Robert and Thomas Salmon, heretofore given, that can not be accounted for, yet the John Salmon who fought at Agincourt (1415) may have been a link.

Transactions of the Essex Archaeological Society, vol. 3, p. 192, 1865:
The Will of Thomas Cock (Cooke), “yeman of the Kings Majestys most honorable Guard, late of Prittlewell, in the county of Essex”, proved Feb. 12, 1545, read in the presence of John Smith and Thomas Byrch, yeomen of the Kings Majestys honorable Guard, Thomas Salmon of Lye (Leigh)*, and Wyllyam Salmon of Prittlewell, and others”.

“Thomas Cocke held the lease of the farm called Shelford and Bredworth in Foulness, well stocked with sheep and oxen; owned a farm called Reynolds in Shopland; oyster layings in Little Wakering; many houses and shops in the town of Prittlewell; and other houses, woods, crofts, and the son of John Cocke the elder, and anciently descended by proof of sundry evidences (from one Ranulphus Cocus) dated in reign of Hen. III., Edw. III., Hen. IV., Hen. I., &c.” Then follows the blazon: “Sables and gould indented per pale. Crest a unicorn’s head coupé per pale, gould and sables upon a chapeau Royall gules, lined ermine”. (Harl. M.S., 1507). A grant also appears to have been made to John Cocke, of Little Stambridge, in 1588, “Sa. three bends arg.,” by Cooke, Clarenceux, Both coats are quartered on the monument of Mary, wife of Richard Davies, and cldest daughter of John Cocke and Elizabeth his wife, daughter of Lord Wentworth. Mary Davies died Sept. 2, 1623.

“Thomas Salmon, of an ancient family, resident there for three centuries. He died Aug. 5, 1576, aged 70, and was interred in the Church with an inscription in brass, now lost. Other sepulchral memorials of the family, however, remain, including a mural monument of Robert Salmon, Esq., Master of the Trinity House in 1617; one of his sons, Peter Salmon, was an eminent physician in the 17th century; educated at Eton and King’s College, Cambridge; and a graduate in Arts and Medicine of the Universities of Cambridge, Oxford and Padua. (Ped. penes me. Dr. Monk’s “Hist. of the Coll. of Physicians”). Several valuable and most interesting monuments in Leigh Church were destroyed or removed during the restorations about the year 1837. Iconoclasm and vandalism are not confined to 17th century Puritans.

The Salmons are also recorded by Mr. Benton, Hist. Rochford Hundred, vol. 1., 1867:

“There are several monuments and inscriptions in this church to the Salmon family, who resided here for three centuries, and were an opulent mercantile and maritime family. The first notice of them was on a stone in the north chapel, which contained a brass having the effigies of a man, and this:— “Hic jacet Robertus Salman, Alicia, & Johana uxor ejus. Robertus, ob. 15 Sept. 1472″. This historic relic is supposed to have disappeared at or about the restoration in 1837–8. The next is for Thomas Saman, who was churchwarden in 1552. It was formerly in the north chapel, but is now on the pavement of the south aisle, and on a brass plate is inscribed, “Thomas Saman, of the age of 70 years, a man worthy of praise, Frende unto the Frendles, a Father to this Town, Styll maintain good things and evill to throwe downe; Grandfather unto Thomas Saman, of the age of fourteen yeres, who both in one Day departed this Life 5 Aug., 1576”. On the floor of the north chapel is a blackstone, upon which is engraven on a brass plate, “Here lyeth Robert Salman, who took to wife Agnes, with whom he lived thirty-two years, and had issue by her, sixe Sonnes and foure Daughters. Ob. 6 Sept. 1591, aet. 58”. Upon the wall of this chapel is a black mural monument with a finely executed bust of Robert Salmon, Esq.”. This monument has been moved a few feet further to the east than it was originally erected. A stone on the floor below shows the place of his sepulture, and records he was born in this town in 1566, and buried 18th June, 1641. Upon the monument are his arms:— Sa. 3 Salmons haurient in fess Or.; impaling Or., on a bend engrailed between 2 cottises sa., three mullets of the field — Andrews”.

“To ye Memory of ye Right Worthy & Worll. Robert Salmon, Esquire, That great instrument of God’s glory and ye commonwealths good, ye restorer of Navigation almost lost 1614. Mr. of ye Trinity house 1617 & the glory of it 24 yeares, chosen Sheriff of London 1640 whose solid Judgement, Acute Witt, Uprightness to all, true piety to God, require Admiration & Imitation. Hee died to ye loss of all but his great comfort, June 18th, 1641 in his 74 yeare; was interred with his ancestors of above 300 years continuance in ye grave of his Father in this Chancell, where hee expecteth a joyfull Resurrection. One of his sons died during the life-time of his father, and his grand. son Robert, of Leigh, was amerced by the parliament committee in the sum of £120 for his loyalty to Charles I. Another son, Peter Salmon, was an eminent physician in the 17th century; educated at Eton and King’s College, Cambridge, and a graduate in arts and medicine of the Universities of Cambridge, Oxford, and Padua”.

Further elaboration is given in Transactions of the Essex Archaeological Society, p. 50, 1878:

The tower of the Church of S. Peter, South Weald, is justly described by Mr. Buckler as “noble in design and a master-piece of masonry in the Perpendicular style of Henry the Seventh’s period”. Morant, citing Dr. Bridge’s MS. collections, has already told us that this tower was built in the beginning of that reign and for that purpose a rate was granted for five years on which were collected £289 5s. 10d. In addition. I subjoin the following evidence that William Salmon of Brentwood, who by Will proved March 5, 1506, desired to be buried “in the pysshe church of Southwold in the small south dore of the same church in the aleye before the Roode,” gave “to the werke of the steeple v mres to be paid yerely as the werke of the said steple is areysed and goeth forward”. Farther he says “I wyll do make and glase the wyndowe of the steple at myn own charge, reasonably, whatsoev’ the said wyndow coste”.

Transactions, v. 4, p. 169

“When Samuel Purchas took up his residence at Eastwood (2 ml. W. of Prittlewell), it threw him into the society and into the very midst of a set of remarkable men, great voyagers and travellers … mariners and seamen were visiting France, Spain, Portugal and the Canaries, the Mediterranean, the Coast of Barbary, the River Plate, the East and West Indies, and the Greenland Sea. Cotemporary with Purchas, and living there, were the Moyers, the Salmons, the Goodlads, the Haddocks, the Bonners, the Harrises; the Hares, the Cockes: and many others, some of whose names as well as their letters and journals, are mentioned in the “Pilgrimage”. And it was there that he obtained from the lips of the narrator, one very remarkable and interesting narrative, entitled “The Strange Adventures of Andrew Battell, of Leigh, in Essex, sent by the Portugals prisoner to Angola, who lived there, and in the adjoining regions, neer 19 yeares”. “This narrative” says Purchas, “is out of his own reports to myself; other like things you may find from his relation scattered in my ‘ Pilgrimage’. The cotemporary of Purchas was Robert Salmon, a wealthy Merchant and Mariner, afterwards Master of the Trinity House. Died 18th June, 1641, and was buried at Leigh. Purchas refers to his letters. Robert Bonner, Master of the Dragon, whose Journal is mentioned by Purchas, was, at the time of his death, of Bristol. The Bonners were a maritime family at Leigh in the time of Purchas, and continued so for several generations. Richard Harris of Leigh, an Elder Brother of the Trinity House, died and was buried at Leigh in 1628, bequesting “To my sons Richard and William all my apparel, sea-plots, books, and instruments, with my rings and whistle and silver plate belonging to the sea”.

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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”. *Brother of John Bland, trading partner of Thomas Harris, d. 1677.
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. 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:

HARRIS FAMILY OF VIRGINIA

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 Susanah’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 (overseer of will of Edward Harris, d. 1677) 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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I wish everyone well, and if not well for Saint Margaret to intercede.

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1.1. William Smyth. Inquisition returned June 13, 1479, taken at Barking in Essex. William Smyth was seized in demesne on the day of the recognisance of a messuage and 60 acres of land in Waltham Holy Cross. Memorandum: on May 1, 1479 he handed it over to Richard Bull. (His grandson).
1.1.1. … Smyth, m. Thomas Salman (alias “Thomas Harri”).
1.1.2. Elizabeth Smyth, m. Thomas Bull.
1.1.2.1. Richard Bull.
1.1.2.2. Elizabeth Bull, m. (her cousin) John Harrys of London, who m. (2) Jane …, by whom:
1.1.2.2.1. William Harris.*
1.1.2.2.2. John Harris, by Elizabeth Bull. Harrys v Bele. Plaintiff: John Harrys, of Bristol, grocer, son of John Harrys, of London. Subject: Detention of deeds relating to a messuage and barn in Ware (Hertford), late of complainant’s father, in right of Elizabeth), his wife, dau. of Thomas Bull, of Roydon. 1504-1515. (C 1/320/92). Roydon is 20 miles NNE of London, in Essex, and 35 mls fr. Prittlewell.
1.1.2.2.2.1. David Harris, b. by 1511, s. of John Harris of Bristol by Alice. m. (1) Margery, wid. of Thomas Browne of Bristol, 3s. 1da.; (2) by Apr. 1543, Margaret. (Bindoff, ibid.).
1.1.2.2.2.1.1. David Harris, presumably married into the family of Thurston, alias Tristram.
1.1.2.2.2.1.1.1. Margaret Harris (cousin of John Harris of Blagdon), m. (1) Robert Crumpe, Sept. 17, 1605, in Painswick, Glouc., 4 ml fr. Rodley. (2) George Thorpe (of Virginia), Feb. 21, 1611.
1.1.2.2.2.1.1.1.1. Richard Crumpe, b. ca. 1606, of Rodley. (Glouc. Arch., D2957/139/70).
1.1.2.2.2.1.1.1.1.1. Mary Crumpe, b. ca. 1631, m. Robert Harris, b. ca. 1625-1630, son of John Harris of Blagdon (Sergeant John Harris).
1.1.2.2.2.1.1.2. Thurston Harris. Inquisition taken at Thornbury, Sept. 27, 1638.
1.1.2.2.2.1.1.2.1. William Harris. Marriage settlement of William Harris and Margaret Derrick, of a tenement known as the Rose and Crown in Redcliffe street and tenements in Marsh and Wine streets. Parties: (1) Thurston Harris of Bristol, baker. (2) Francis Derrick Jr, Margaret’s br.) and Edward Boulashe of Bristol, merchants. Nov. 2, 1628. (B.A., 19835/2f). Francis Derrick Jr. purchased land from the dau. of John Harris of Blagdon (Sergeant John Harris).
1.1.2.2.2.2. George Harris. Bargain and sale. 1. George Hares of London esq., Thomas Lucas of London, gent, Richarde Greye of Seggenhoe, Bedford, esq. 2. Robarte Saxey,* David Harrys (and his step-br.) John Browne aldermen, parishioners of St. Nicholas Consideration: 20 marks Chapel with appurtenances commonly known as Knappes Chapel or St.John the Evangelist Chapel on the Back in the churchyard of St.Nicholas. 1578. (Bristol Arch., P.St N/Ch/D/3). Conveyance: (1) Anne Saxey, widow of Robert Saxey (2) Bridget, her daughter, and John Whitson, husband of Bridget. A messuage in High Street and Wine Street and of a messuage called The Lamb in Wine Street and of a messuage in Horse Street May 27, 1586. (Brist. Arch., 00347/5a). John Barker was a trustee of John Whitson’s Will, and one of his landlords of the Manor of Burnet.
1.1.2.2.2.2.1. Benjamin Harris, tenant of Hugh Saxey.
1.1.2.2.2.2.2. George Harris, m. Joan (Jacosa) Webb, Apr. 28, 1623, in Wedmore, whon m. (2) John Lyde ‘of Heathouse’, on Oct. 22, 1640. John Lyde’s granddau, Anna Lyde, bapt. Nov. 20, 1676, m. Robert Champion, on Aug. 20, 1709. The Champions were fr. Meare, 5 mls fr. Wedmore. The Will of Thomas Moore named a number of this family. thomas Moore was the br. of George Moore, grandf. of Avis White, wife of John Harris, son of Robert Harris, son of Thomas Harris, d. 1688.
1.1.2.2.2.2.3. John Harris, b. ca. 1590, d. Feb. 21, 1624 (Chappel Allerton, Wedmore), m. (1) Penelope Millard, dau. of Thomas Millard and Amisia Counsell. (2) Christiana Thurston.
1.1.2.2.2.2.3.1. Thomas Harris, m. Joan Gardner, bapt. Apr. 6, 1617, in Cheddar, sister of John Gardner, bapt. Nov. 1, 1621, in Cheddar, who m. (2) Mary Coomer, on Oct. 24, 1664. John Gardner, dying intestate admin. requested by relict, Mary. Security Thomas Joyner,* James Gardner, 1684, p. 56. *Br. of Bridgman Joyner, guardian of an orphan of Thomas Harris, d. 1688.
1.1.2.2.2.2.3.1.1. Thomas Harris, bapt. Dec. 31, 1637, in Cheddar, d. 1688, in Virginia.
1.1.2.2.2.2.3.1.1.1. Robert Harris.
1.1.2.2.2.2.3.1.1.2.1. John Harris, m. Avis White.
1.1.2.2.2.2.3.1.1.2.1.1. John Harris, vestryman, Southwark Parish, Surry, whose Will was proved March 19, 1771. He m. Martha Eldridge, dau. of Judith Kennon, who m. Thomas Eldridge, of Surry, who was (of Samuel Eldridge’s family: June 21, 1665. Samuel Eldridge, of Bristol. Dying intestate, adm. requested by Thomas Moore, of Bristol, who m. the relict. Security George Moore, Thomas’s brother. John Harris held land on Ware Neck Mill Swamp (adj. Drury and Frederick Warren ), and on Hog Pen Swamp, that adjoined that of William Pyland, son of James Piland Jr., great-nephew of Thomas Moore, whose great-niece, Avis White, m. John Harris, son of Robert Harris, son of Thomas Harris, d. 1688. James Piland Jr. and Avis White were second-cousins.
1.1.2.2.2.2.3.1.1.2.2. Michael Harris. James Piland Jr. was: (1) the son of Richard Piland, son of James PIland, bapt. August 30, 1604, in St. Mary-le-Port, Bristol, whose niece, Margaret Smith, bapt. 23 Jan. 23, 1633, m. Richard Warren, which may suggest the true ancestry of the aforementioned Warrens; (2) the br. of George Piland. Samuel Clements Will (prob. Aug. 21, 1728) was witnessed by Michael Harris and George Piland. (B. 7, p. 854).
1.1.2.2.2.2.4. Richard Harris.
1.1.3.2.2.2.4.1. Edward Harris, bapt. August 8, 1624 (Chappel Allerton, Wedmore). Edward Harris: Appraisers, Edward Bechinoe, Richard Corsey, John Williams, and Richard Hansford. Presented by Mr. George Hardy. The Will of Francis Corsey, rec. May I, 1679, witnessed by George Moore, grandf. of the wife of a grandson of Thomas Harris, d. 1688.
1.1.3.2.2.3. John Harris, bapt. April 7, 1558, d. 1633. (Blagdon). He and his elder (half) br., David, witnessed a deed of Walter Kelke and his wife, dau. and heiress of Robert Woodward … late bookebynder; and Robert Smyth and Elizabeth his wife, late wife of Woodward. Oct. 3, 1582. (B.A., P.AS/D/CS/B/8). The Smyth(es) family held land in Blagdon, 10 mls fr. Long Ashton.
1.1.3.2.2.3.1. Joan Harris, bapt. May I, 1603, m. (as second wife and her second husband) John Oson, bapt. Apr. 22, 1604, the father of Ann Ozen (bapt. June 19, 1625), who m. James Derrick, July 20, 1648, cousin of Francis Derick Jr., bapt. March 10, 1607, in Long Ashton, who bought land from Dorothy, “daughter of the late deceased Sergeant John Harris”, p. 113.
1.1.3.2.2.3.2. John Harris, bapt. 1589/90, in Blagdon; 4 mls from Cheddar; 8 mls fr. Wedmore He was very probably Sergeant John Harris of Virginia, cousin of Thurston Harris, whose son, William, m. a sister of Francis Derrick Jr., b. 1607 (son of Francis Derrick Sr. of Long Ashton), cousin of James Derrick, who m. a stepdau. of Joan Harris, sister of John Harris.
1.1.3.2.2.3.2.1. Dorothy Harris. Sold land to Francis Derrick Jr., inherited from George Cockett (her probable uncle), a reasonably common name around Blagdon, and, in the Bristol basin patois of the time, similar to Caucot, etc.
1.1.3.2.2.3.2.2. John Harris, infant in 1624, witnessed a bond of Robert Mosley to John Felton in 1654. (“William Lea and Alice (Feltham), his wife, to William Heath, 150 ac. … formerly Thomas Felton’s … formerly (Robert) Moseleys … “joyneing upon the lands which was John Harryes lyeing in the County of Surry in Virginia commonly called Upper Chippoakes”). In 1663, William Heath transferred William Lea’s patent to William Simmons Sr.* May 2, 1654. Bond of Robt. Mosley to Jno. Felton. Wit. *John Harris, Sack. Brewster. (V.C.R, v. xi, p. 31).
1.1.3.2.2.3.2.2.1. John Harris, m. a dau. of Thomas Busby, as John Barker, son of William Barker, bapt. on May 7, 1592, in St. Werburgh’s, Bristol; merchant and mariner. Thomas Busby’s son and namesake m. Mary Simmons, dau. of *William Simmons Sr., and sister of William Simmons Jr., whose land adjoined that of Thomas Harris, d. 1729/30.
1.1.3.2.2.3.2.2.2. William Harris, m. Elizabeth, her widow’s estate admon. by (eldest son) Henry Harris. R. June 16, 1711. Wit. John Barker Jr.
1.1.3.2.2.3.2.2.2. William Harris, m. Elizabeth, her widow’s estate admon. by (eldest son) Henry Harris. R. June 16, 1711. Wit. John Barker Jr.
1.1.3.2.2.3.2.2.2.1. Henry Harris.
1.1.3.2.2.3.2.2.2.2. Thomas Harris, d. 1729/30; Will mentions br. Henry and son, Joshua.
1.1.3.2.2.3.2.2.2.2.1. Joshua Harris.
1.1.3.2.2.3.2.2.2.2.1.1.1.Thomas Harris.
1.1.3.2.2.3.2.2.2.2.1.1.1.1. Solomon Harris. The test results for a descendant (with Family Tree DNA) are a perfect match with Harris Group 4 males.
1.1.3.2.2.3.2.2.2.3. John Harris, m. Mary Drew. (The connection to the Drews was through the Barkers).
1.1.3.2.2.3.2.3. Robert Harris, m. Mary Crumpe.
1.1.3.2.2.3.2.3.1. Mary Harris, m. Mathew Swann.
1.1.3.2.2.3.2.3.1.1. Elizabeth Swann, m. (1) John Drew, br. of Edward Drew, who m. Frances, dau. of William Newitt; their dau., Mary Drew, m. John Harris.
1.2. … Smyth.
1.2.1. “John Smyth, sheriff of the counties of Essex, and Hertford, 30 Hen. VIII. He purchased, in 3 King Edward VI.,a chantry in the church of Long-Ashton, in Somerset …also all the guild, or fraternity, in Great-Walden, lately dissolved, with divers other lands and tenements, in Essex, and London. He married Agnes, daughter, and one of the coheirs of — Charnock, of Lancashire, Esq; and had by her several children”. (English Baronatage, 1721), inc. Thomas, George, and John.
1.2.1.1. Joan Smyth, m. her kinsman, *William Harris, b. by 1502, prob. 1st s. of John Harris of Prittlewell Essex by w. Joan. educ. L. Inn, adm. Feb. 16, 1520. m. (1) by 1527, Joan, da. and h. of John Smith of Essex. (The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1509-1558, ed. S.T. Bindoff, 1982). Hence, to the contention of Mr. Phillip Harris, about the ancestry of William Harris of Virginia, associated with Claiborne and Phipps, see previous post.
1.2.1.2. John Smyth, inherited Long Ashton from his father, landlord of the Derrick family.
1.2.1.2.1. Hugh Smyth, of Long Ashton, d. 1627. “Valuation of the estates of John Smyth, esq, deceased, which descended to his son Hugh”, Sept. 1, 1556. (Bristol Arch., AC/36074/36). Hugh Smyth was the son-in-law of Sir Thomas Gorges, of Langford, Wilts (Bristol Arch., AC/C/41), who was b. in Wraxall, Somerset. Hugh Smyth’s relict, Elizabeth, m. (2) Ferdinando Gorges (of Virginia fame), second son of Edward Gorges of Wraxall (by Cicely Lygon), son of Sir Thomas Gorges.

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Many south-coast merchant families had strong ties to both Bristol and London, with divisions of their family residing in both. This makes for a complicated picture, which hid the connections between families that migrated to Virginia. Those “connected” need to be discerned from those of the same name who were not. One feature of early Virginia settlement was the importance of the Bennett and (intermarried) Bland families, which would have attracted many associations through their tobacco trading empire. What is very evident in the following notes is the connection of many “Bristol-basin” migrants to the family of Thomas Harris, d. 1672; himself a Bristol merchant, whose family were intermarried with the Bennetts. Such as the Harris of Blagdon, who lived within 30 mls of Thomas Harris in Somerset, shared the same trading connections, without having familial ties.

1. William Watkins.*
1.1. John Watkins, cooper, of Bristol, ca. 1595-1673.
1.1.1. John Watkins, d.v.p, cooper. Edward Prince deeds George Stephens, George Hardy, John Watkins, for 17,500 lbs. tob. one water mill at the head of Lawne’s Creek. Wit: John Hammond, James Brewer, Stephen Web, p. 529.
(Sept. 1657: Jo. Pauley* patent 600 ac. at the head of Lawnes Creek (June 10, 1639), which he sold to Thos. Webb, Aug. 25, 1644, who sold same to George Stephens (Feb. 15, 1644), and by sold by him to George Hardye (May 21, 1653), witnessed by Robert Pitt and George Hardye, p. 23. John Pauley’s sale of land to Richard Wilmot (north upon Thomas Thorpe, east upon Lawne’s Creek), on May 13, 1644, was witnessed by John George, and James Drake. His sale of land to Richard Atkins in 1645 was witnessed by Daniel Boucher and Henry White. John Watkins m. (1) Alice …
1.1.1.1. George Watkins, m. Elizabeth, dau. of Edmund Prime and … Ridley, sister Charles Barham’s wife. George Watkin’s Will names “Goddaughter, Elizabeth Spensor, dau. of Robert Spensor”, and instructs that the residue if his estate “be divided equally between my wife, Elizabeth, and cousin, Christopher Watkins,* of White Hart Court in Long Lane, London”. He gifts a coat to William Newsum, and “to friend, Wm. Sherwood, 20 shillings for a ring”. His estate was administered (Feb. 7, 1675) by “Mr. Robert Ruffin, who married ye relict”.

*Christopher Watkins m. Susan Pann, dau. of Michael Pann, and niece of John Pann: “Michael Pann, of p. St. Sepulchre Newgate, London, gent. (Born in p. Haceby, Lincs. Lands in Somersetshire.) Will (147 Essex) pr. Oct. 9, 1647 by brother John, and Thos. Muttlebury”. (Abstracts of P.C.C., John Matthews, George F. Matthews, eds., p. 365, 1906). Pann v Watkins. Plaintiffs: John Pann and another. Defendants: Christopher Watkins, Susan Watkins his wife and others. (C 5/387/202). It is likely that Susan Pann’s sister m. John Westcombe. Westcombe v Pann. Plaintiffs: John Westcombe. Defendants: John Pann. Subject: property in Dunster, Somerset. 1649. (C 10/37/215). Dunster was on the main trade road to Bristol, which passed through Glastonbury.

1. Thomas Sherwood, of London, gent.
1.1. …
1.1.1. Will of John Sherwood, Merchant Tailor of London, pr. Aug. 5, 1542.
1.1.1.1. John Serwood.
1.1.1.1.1. William Sherwood, m. Dionisia Butler, of All Hallows, May 7, 1577, at that place.
1.1.1.1.1.1. Robert Sherwood, of St Martin-in-the-Fields, merchant taylor, m. Judith Warters, of St Andrew, Holborn, dau. of Raphael Warters, cooper, at St. Catherine, Coleman, July 23, 1616.
1.1.1.1.1.1.1. William Sherwood, “born in the parish of White Chappell near London.” His Will was proved in James City on Feb. 7, 1687. Petition of William Sherwood of James City, Virginia, for himself and for Richard James, an orphan, to the King. During the rebellion on Sept. 19, 1676 houses were burnt in James Town belonging to Sherwood in the right of Richard James, to a value of L1,000. The houses were destroyed by Richard Lawrence, who has fled the country. Requests to receive from Lawrence’s estate as much as will bee needed to rebuild the houses. (In 1675, he m. the widow of Rev. Richard James,* who had patented a part of the western portion of Jamestown Island (Land Register). John Jarrett, d. bef. 1710, nephew of William Sherwood, m. Joanna Lowe, sister of Micajah Lowe (d.1703), a merchant in Charles City Co., and a grandniece of Micajah Perry, a prominent tobacco merchant. After John Jarrett’s death, Joanna (Perry) Jarrett was the housekeeper at Westover, of William Byrd. John Smith, Brewer, was an overseer of the Will of Roger James, Brewer, of London, proved on March 13, 1591. Roger James was the father of the three brothers who m. three Smith sisters: (1) Sarah m. Roger James, of Upminster Hall, Essex, eldest son of Roger James and Sarah Morskyn. (Miscellanea Genealogica et Heraldica. Fourth Series, pp. 105-113), at St Saviours, Southwark, on June 24 1588. He d. in 1596 and Sarah then m. Thomas Cleyborne,* in 1598, at St Dunstan, Stepney (per register). (2) Gertrude m. Richard James, on June 12 1599, at St. Dunstan, having issue *Rev. Richard James, a graduate at Trinity College, Cambridge, who served as clergyman on Kent Island. (3) Etheldreda m. George James, at St. Dunstan. *It is possible that William Claiborne, of Virginia note, was their son, who was associated with a William Harris, and a John Phipps, in Virginia. In this regard, the contention of Mr. Phillip Harris that this William Harris was of the Southminster family of Harris should be fairly considered.

(1. William Harris of Southminster, m. (1) Johanna Smith; (3) Agnes Rutter.
1.1. William Harris, m. Jane Seymour, of Bocking.
1.1.1. William Harris, of Willingale Doe, m. Joan Hardings, May 6, 1576.
1.1.1.1. William Harris, came to Virginia in 1621 as a surveyor with William Claiborne.
1.1.1.1.1. William Harris, lived in Jamestown in 1658. June 5, 1654: 24 acres to Anthony Coleman assigned to John Fitchet and by him assigned to John Philps and William Harris and by said Phlpps.
1.1.1.1.1. John Harris. William Sherwood, deed, May 11, 1696, to John Harris for land in Jamestown; “formerly Fitchetts”. William Drummond Jr. makes a deed (June 15,1753) for one and a half acres in Jamestown, formerly granted William Sherwood and sold by said Sherwood to John Harris* and by John Harris to William Drummond, father of the William Drummond Jr).

William Sherwood was born in White Chappell on Sept. 19, 1641, and, as “William Sherwood, gent, of St. Mary Whitechappell, bachellor, about 22”, m. “Elizabeth Palmer, of same, spinster, about 23, with consent of mother, Frances Palmer, of same, widow. Aug. 10, 1663. She was bapt. April 13, 1639, in St. Katherine by the Tower; dau. of Thomas Palmer.

William Sherwood, 28 acs., at the mouth of James City Island, Apr. 23, 1681, p. 97. Beg. at James Riv., at the head of a gr. slash issuing into the back river; to Block Howse Hill point; to Mr. Richard James; to a hr. of Pitch & Tarr Sw; and granted to John Baldwyn, Oct. 4, 1656. Given. by will of Baldwyn to John Fulcher, who sould to sd. Sherwood, Oct. 22, 1677. Same in James Citty on which formerly stood the brick howse formerly called the Country howse which said howse and land formerly belonged to … The Grand Assembly (and) was sould and assigned to Major Richard Webster, who assigned to Richard Ricks, deed., & by order (Oct. 17, 1660) was sould to John Phipps, whoe amongst other lands sould to John Knowles, Oct. 5, 1661, who conveyed said howse and acre of land to Jonathan Newell (Apr. 23, 1667), whoe dying without issue the same descended and came to David Newell, his bro. and heire at law, whoe sold the ruins of the sd. howse and the acre to sd. Sherwood (Feb. 6, 1677), whoe hath built a faire howse and appurtenances on the same; which acre begins at a stake before Col. White’s dove, running towards his howse, WNW, Apr. 23, 1681, p. 9.

William Sherwood, deed, May 11, 1696, to John Harris* for land in Jamestown.

1. John Harris, bapt. April 7, 1558, d. 1633. (Blagdon, Somerset). He was of the same family as the Harris of Southminster.
1.1. John Harris, bapt. 1589/90, in Blagdon
1.1.1. John Harris,* infant in 1624, witnessed, with Sackford Brewster, a bond of Robert Mosley to John Felton in 1654. (V.C.R, v. xi, p. 31). “William Lea and Alice (Feltham), his wife, to William Heath, 150 ac. … formerly Thomas Felton’s … formerly (Robert) Moseleys … “joyneing upon the lands which was (Sergeant) John Harryes lyeing in the County of Surry in Virginia commonly called Upper Chippoakes”. Surry Co. tithables, 1681. Chipoaks Precinct: Mr. William Newsum, *John Harris, William Barton, Henry and Thomas Hart (5). Taken by Robert Ruffin.
1.1.1.1. *John Harris, m. a dau. of Thomas Busby, as John Barker Jr., grandson of William Barker, mariner, bapt. on May 7, 1592, in St. Werburgh’s, Bristol; merchant and mariner. Thomas Busby’s son and namesake m. Mary Simmons, dau. of William Simmons Sr., and sister of William Simmons Jr., whose land adjoined that of Thomas Harris, d. 1729/30. John Barker Jr. was the admon. of the estate of John Harris, rec. Feb. 11, 1698.
1.1.1.2. William Harris, m. Elizabeth, her widow’s estate admon. by (eldest son) Henry Harris. R. June 16, 1711. Wit. John Barker Jr., son of John Barker Sr., son of William Barker, mariner.

SHERWOOD cont.

1.2. William Sherwood, bur. Dec. 22, 1558, Bruton, Somerset.
1.2.1. John Sherwood. John Herbert of London, gent., and Andrew Palmer, citizen and goldsmith of London, sold to John Dodington of the city of Westminster in the co. of Middlesex, gent., and Nicholas Harvie of Brockley, in the co. of Somerset, gent., land which included “a ten. in Brodestrete between the ten. once of Richard Harvie, now of John Sherwood. 1575. (Brist. Arch., P/AS/D/BS B 17). Andrew Palmer is mentioned in the i.p.m. of “Henry Roberts, citizen and brewer of London”, as being deeded by him on June 21, 1563, with John Jackson, and their heirs, three messuages in Knightrider street. Henry Roberts held land in common with John James.
1.2.1.1. John Sherwood, bapt. March 1, 1562, Bruton.
1.2.1.2. Thomas Sherwood. Parties: Sexey v Calcott and Sherwood. Subject: Proceedings on recognizance of debt. London and Somerset. 1582. (Crist. Arch., 43/9/145).
“Thomas Sherwood, gent, receiver of temporalities of the bishopric of Bath and Wells” (1591). Sherwood v Francics. Plaintiffs: Thomas Sherwood. Defendants: Humphry Francis and Thomas Catcott or Calcott and Ciceley Catcott or Calcott. Subject: Appears to relate to a demise made to the plaintiff by Thomas Catcott and John Catcott, of the capital messuage or farm of Lanivet, Somerset; and for securing him in possession thereof, they agreed to convey to him the fee of a messuage and land in Lanivet. (C 2/Eliz/S8/1).
Matthew Ewens to Fanshawe: for an attachment against Walter Illinge who seeks to remove the goods of Thomas Sherwood, deceased, whose debt for the profits of the bishopric of Bath and Wells sede vacante was stalled; his sureties fear Illinge will run away to Ireland. Robert Owen, *William Watkins, and Richard Hodges are appointed to seize Sherwood’s goods. 1596. (Brist. Arch., SP 46/40/fo96). Thomas Sherwood, bur. Aug. 3, 1596, Bruton.
1.2.1.2.1. … Sherwood.
1.2.1.2.1.1. William Sherwood, m. Joane Parsons, Sept. 29, 1664, in Bruton, Somerset.

WATKINS cont.

1.1.1. John Watkins m. (2) Elizabeth Corker, who m. (2) Sackford Brewster.
1.1.1.1. John Watkins, d. 1708), m. Elizabeth Spencer, orphan of Capt. Robert Spencer, who chose Thomas Jordan as her guardian, who had m. Robert Spenser’s relict, Jane Browne. (Order Book, p. 265), dau. of Colonel William Browne and his first wife, Mary, and the sister of Mary Browne, who m. George Jordan Jr., having issue: George Jordan, who m. Sarah, dau. of William Hunt and Sarah Simmons, dau. of William Simmons Sr.; sister of William Simmons Jr., whose land was adj. that of Thomas Harris, d. 1729/30; that is, also, adj. those formerly of (Sergeant) “John Harryes”, on Upper Chipoaks.

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1. Robert Warren, als Waren, who contested with “Sir William Clopton:* a messuage and (copyhold) lands in the manor of Melford (in Long Melford), Suffolk, parcel of Bury St Edmunds Abbey. Aug. 22, 1497 – Aug. 21, 1498. (REQ 2/2/147). Continued hereinafter. An ancestor of this Sir William Clopton was his namesake, and through Mr. Betham’s précis a sense of his family’s connection to the Leightons of Watlesborough, in Shropshire, is given:

ii.
“The castles and manors of Watlesborough and Alberbury, now in possession of the family, came to them, among other estates, upon the marriage of John Leighton, of Stretton, (who was thrice high-sheriff in Shropshire, in the reign of Edward IV.) with Anchoret, daughter and coheiress of Sir John Burgh, Jane, his wife, daughter and heiress of Sir William Clopton, of Gloucestershire; he was son and heir of Sir Hugh Burgh, treasurer of England, who was .descended from Hubert de Burgh, the famous politician, in the reign of Henry III. who married a daughter of William, King of Scotland”. Hence: 1. William Clopton, d. 1446, m Margery Francis, d. 1424. 1.1. Joan Clopton, m. John de Burgh. 1.1.1. Ankaret de Burgh, m. John Leighton. 1.1.1.1. Thomas Leighton 1452-1519, m. (1), Elizabeth, dau. of Sir Walter Devereux, 1st Lord Ferrers, of Chartley.

iii.
1.1.1.1.1. John Leighton, m. (1) Dorothy Ottley (see x., xiii) 1. … 1.1. John Ottley, of Shrewsbury, s.l. 1495. 1.1.1. Thomas Ottley, m. (1540), Joanna, (dau. of Hugh, alias Pipe, Walker), and sister of Thomas Walker. St Julian’s Church, Shrewsbury: One of Sheldon’s MSS. in the Heralds’ College, entitled “Gatherings of Shropshire 1584,” gives a few notes of arms in this church. Ottley: Quarterly, 1 and 4, 2 bars nebulée S., Blount. 2 and 3. a lion rampant, crowned, Scriven, of Frodesley. Ottley, as above, impaling the last, i. e. the quarterly coat, and over is written “Thomas Otteley of Shrewsbury died 25 April 1485. Anne, his first wife, Margaret, second wife, ob. 26 August, 1485″. B. and …… lozengy, each lozenge of the first charged with a fleur de lys A. A pair of clothiers’ sheers, in pale A, Walker. Party per chevron S. and A., Aston. 2 pales S. each charged with 3 cross crosslets fitchée, Betton. (Hugh Owen, History of Shrewsbury, v. 2, p. 426, 1825). 1.1.1.1. Dorothy Ottley.

iv.
1. David Walker, b. ca. 1370, Staffs. 1.1. John Walker, b. ca. 1400, of Wallibone, Shropshire. 1.1.1. Roger Walker , “Pipe alias Walker”, b. ca 1430. 1.1.1.1. “Hugonis’ (Hugh) Pipe alias Walker”. Pipe, of Pipe, azure, crusilly, two pipes, chevronwise, or. (Thomas Moule, Antiquities in Westminster Abbey, p. 40, 1825). Pipe, Pype; dweller by a Pipe or Aqueduct (M.E. pipe, pype, O.E. pipe), in this case, refering to the diverted water-course serving Lichfield, Staffs. 1.1.1.1.1. Richard Walker, of Leebotwood, 3 mls. fr. Church Stretton. (S.A. 3614/5/72). 1.1.1.1.1.1. Thomas Walker. 1.1.1.1.1.1.1. Ann Walker (1549), m. Richard Hopton, son of William Hopton, and grandson of Richard Hopton, and Joan, dau. of John Langford. William Hopton was the br. of (1) John Hopton, who m. Elizabeth, dau. of Thomas Sharpe, having issue: Elizabeth Hopton, who m. William Parker, and Anne Hopton, who m. Andrew Kirby. (2) Joan Hopton, who m. Ralph Marston.

v.
(Hence: 1. John Langford, b. ca. 1430. 1.1. Joan Langford (b. ca. 1460), m. Richard Hopton. 1.1.1. William Hopton (b. 1479), m. Elizabeth, dau of William Fox of Ludlow. 1.2. John Langford. 1.2.1. William Langford, recorded in a recovery of land in Ludlow, Diddlesbury, and Halton. Nov. 15, 1514. (S.A., 20/6/150). 1.2.1.1. William Langford, bailiff of Ludlow, in 1539. 1.2.1.1.1. Thomas Langford, gent, attorney of the Foxe family. 1.2.1.1.1.1. Jane Langford, bapt. Oct. 10, 1567, m. (Sept. 14, 1595) Rowland Harris of Ludlow, ob. 1605. 1.2.1.1.1.1.1. John Harris (see xii). 1.2.1.1.1.1.1.1. William Harris, bapt. “January 13, 1627, William s. of John Harris. 1.2.1.1.1.1.1.1.1. William Harris, named in father’s Will of 1678 as an infant. He moved to New Kent Co. He was involved in the determination of the lands of Thomas Langford, February 26, 1731. (Magazine of Virginia Genealogy, vol. 36, no. 3, pp. 214-2150). 1.2.1.1.1.1.1.1.1. George Harris. 1.2.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1. William Harris, who lived along Wolf Swamp, St. Martins Parish, Hanover Co. 1.2.1.1.1.1.1.2. Mary Harris: “Apr. 3. 1625. Mary, d. John Harris & Margaret”. 1.2.1.1.1.1.2. Thomas Harris. 1.2.1.1.1.1.2.1. Mary Harris, bapt. ca. 1625. In 1689, Mary (Harris) Ligon gave a deposition stating her age to be 64. Her land holding is recorded thus: “John Woodson, Sr. of Henrico Co. to Edward Lester, land next to Richard Cocke, next to land formerly William Harris’s on Curles Swamp, next to land given by Thomas Harris to his dau Mary Ligon, 90 ac.”. This was not the Thomas Harris of “Longfield”, who had abandoned his land in 1648, and whose land was escheated to the Crown. 1.2.1.1.1.1.2.1.2. Thomas Harris: “1627, July 24. Thomas, s. Thomas Harris & Alice”. Thomas Harris , brother of Mary Harris Lygon, in his will of June 2, 1679, bequeathed horses to his nephew, Richard Lygon.

vi.
1.2.1.1.1.2. Thomas Langford. 1.2.1.1.1.2.1. William Langford, m. Jane Jordan, of Stone Acton. (Shrop. Arch. 5001/4/1). William Langford was a neighbour of Henry and John Fleming (Nat. Arch. C 5/482/9), benefactors of Diddlesbury Church. Henry Fleming was born in 1624. His Will was proved in 1656 (P.C.C. 124 Wootton), which mentioned his “brother Fleming” and “brother (in-law) Bassett”. Henry Fleming’s brother was probably the John Fleming who died in New Kent county, April 27, 1686, whose son, Charles Fleming, owned land land next to his cousin, William Basset, whose Will was proved May 14, 1724. Samuel Jordan was likely to be of the family Stone Acton: Will of Samuel Jordan of New Kent Co., probated June 11, 1719: ‘being weak of body … It is my will that my beloved friend (br.-in-law) John Fleming have the plantation of Thomas Langford dec’d, & the management of his estate & the bringing up of his son Thomas Langford as wholely to himself … executors wife Elizabeth (Fleming) Jordan, friends Charles Fleming, John Fleming, Tarlton Woodson, and Thomas Pleasants, son of John Pleasants, and nephew of Elizabeth Pleasants, who m. James Cocke, grandson of Richard Cocke, of BremoTarleton Woodson made a deed in 1721 in Henrico county to William Randolph for land conveyed by Nathaniel Bacon to his grandfather, Robert Woodson, in 1674; Robert being the br. of John Woodson, whose son and namesake was a neighbour of Mary (Harris) Ligon and Major William Harris on Curles Swamp.

vii.
1.2.1.1.1.2.1.1. Thomas Langford: ‘John Robinson, Sept. 22, 1682, granted 1,252 acres on the Dragon Swamp in New Kent Co. Beginning &c. belonging to the land of Thomas Langford. 1.2.1.1.1.2.1.1.1. Thomas Langford, d. bef. 1720, in New Kent Co. 1.2.1.1.1.2.1.1.1.1. Thomas Langford, orphan. 1.2.1.1.1.2.1.1.2. John Langford, claimed as a headright by William Major in a land transaction in New Kent Co, on the south side of the York River, near Nanteco1ck Creek, May 2, 1705. (B. 9, p. 95). John Langford m. Rebecca Lawrence. 1.2.1.1.1.2.1.1.2.1. Judith Langford, m. Tandy Walker, son of Sylvanus Walker, and grandson of William Walker, whose Will was proved at the August 1723 Court of Henrico Co. Joseph Woodson Jr., William Woodson, John Woodson, and Robert Woodson of Goochland Co. to Tandy Walker of Lunenburg Co. 460 a. in Goochland Co.,south side James River … formerly granted them by patent dated April 11, 1712. 1747, p. 38. Sylvanus Walker was the br. of Hannah Walker, wife of Evan Ragland. Robert Harris and wife Lemenda, to Stephan Ragland, Oct. 16, 1742, 60lbs for 230 ac. Robert Harris late of Hanover Co. Virgina, now of Bertie, land on Roanoak River adj. to Ragland at Turbevills Run. (NC Deed B. 5, p. 368).

viii.
Walker cont. 1.1.1.1.1.1.2. William Walker. Grant. 1. William. Walker, son and heir to Thomas and Elizabeth his wife, late of Woodhouse Fields (S.A. 3614/5/74). 1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1. “Thomas Walker de Burcote” by his ½ virgate of land in by Burcote before given to William Walker, half to the use of Thomas Walker and Jane his wife: and after their death to Richard son of Thomas 1600. Remainder to Richard’s heirs, or to John younger son of Thomas, (S.A, 1/58). 1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1.1. Richard Walker, b. ca. 1580. 1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1.1.1. William Walker, b. ca. 1610. Tourneur v Screven. Plaintiffs: Timothy Tourneur. Defendants: Richard Screven, Edward Henedge, Richard Walker and William Walker. Subject: property in Frodesley* (1666, C 6/176/77), ca. 15 mls W. of Burcote. *5mls N. of Church Stretton. Burcote is a township in Worfield, 1 ml. distant, where this family of Walker were also tenants at an earlier time. 1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1.1.1.1. William Walker, b. ca. 1635, m. Elizabeth Clopton.*

ix.
1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1.1.2. Margaret Walker, m. Rowland Holland, Sept. 19, 1636, in Ludlow. The 1561 administration of the goods of John Holland, of St. Leonard’s, Bridgnorth, was granted at Lichfield to bis son Roland Holland, and to his grandson, another Roland. Moreover. Francis Holland, of Burwarton, in his will mentions “my cousin Thomas Holland of Bridgnorth”.

x.
John Leighton m. (2) Joyce, dau. of Edward Sutton, 2nd Lord Dudley, and Cicely Willoughby, who, on his decease, in 1632, m. Richard Lee, as seen in the case of Hyggons v Lee: Plaintiffs: Peter Hyggons of Stretton, yeoman. Defendants: Richard Lee, esquire, of Langley, husband of Joyce, late the wife of John Leyghton, esquire, and John Harrys, of Cardeston (later of Cruckton); the bailiffs of Shrewsbury. 1533-1538. (S.A. C 1/827/31).

xi.
Peter Hyggons was husband of Katherine, dau. of Roger Baker, of Shrewsbury. John Harrys was the son of Richard Harris, son of John ap Harry and Margaret Leighton, dau. of Sir Thomas Leighton and Anne Baker, dau. of Roger Baker of Shrewsbury. John ap Harry (Henry) ap Adda (Adam); per Bromley pedigree, was of Howle. John Leighton was the br. of Richard Leighton, who m. Katherine ap Harry, likely sister of John Harrys, aforementioned. Richard Harris was the br. of William Harris, of Wheatfield, “gosshop” of Peter Higgons.

xii.
At Pontesbury, Feb. 28, 1582: Katheryne Hyggons of Stretton widow aged 84 deposes that she knows all the parties … and that Peter Higgons was her husband. He was owner of the manor of Moore … Before his going to Boulogne he was determined to convey the parsonage to his 3 sons George, Richard, and Raulf … and she was is company with her husband and William Harris … in the parlour of Thomas Morton in Salop and saw the deed … Afterwards before his going towards “Bullen”, she saw him deliver the deed with wax to Richard saying “This is for you and your bretherne” – this delivery was at Stretton – and “his gosshopp Harries”. (Shrop. Arch., 1037/5/36). “Gosshop” (gossip) was a confidante, usually related. Peter Higgons was the cousin of Margery Thynne, wife of John Owen, and mother of “Richardus Owen de Shrewsbury in com. Sal. Aldermanus (Baliff 1559), who m. Kahterine fil Thomas Montgomery de Shrewsbury” (Vis. Shrop., 1623).

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(Hence: 1. Peter Higgons, m. Katherine, dau. of Roger Baker. 1.1. Richard Higgons, m. Mary, dau. of John Wilding; see bill to establish title by descent; a messuage and 150 acres of land held in the manor of Stretton, Shropshire. (C 2/Eliz/B23/52). 1.1.1. Thomas Higgons, m. (1) Jane, dau. of Richard Mitton. 1.1.1.1. George Higgons, bailiff of Shrewsbury, 1584, m. Elizabeth, dau. of Roger Farmer. 1.1.1.1.1. Edward Higgons, entered Shrewsbury School in 1570, m. Ann, dau. of Edward Sherar. Thomas Higgons. 1.1.1.1.1.1. “Judeth Higgones” m. William Owen, April 30, 1628, in St. Chad’s. 1.1.1.1.1.1.1. Thomas Owen, bapt. July 16, 1635, m. Jane …, who, as a widow, resided with William Walker Sr., of New Kent Co.

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(Hence: 1. John Harris of Cruckton, Pontesbury (bur. Apr. 12, 1614), burgess of Shrewsbury, m. Eleanor Prowde, dau. of Thomas Prowde, of Sutton, Shropshire. 1.1. Rowland Harris.”1595. Sep. 14. Rowland Harris & Jane Langford”. 1.1.1. John Harris, m. Margaret (probable dau. of Roger Holland, bapt. Sept. 29, 1603, and Elinor Lewis, who m. Jan. 13, 1597, in Ludlow), she the dau. of Edward Lewis of Sutton Magna, who m. Jane Langford, the relict of Rowland Harris, and sister of William Lewis of Sutton (Diddlebury), the uterine brother of John Harris.

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Roger Holland was the probable br. of Francis Holland, of Burwarton … nephews of (1) Thomas Holland of Burwarton, the husband of Alice Cocke, aunt of Richard Cocke of Bremo, bapt. December 13, 1597 at Sidbury, Shropshire; obit. Bremo Bluff, Henrico, 1665, whose son, Thomas, was named as a ‘friend’ in the Will of Major William Harris. (‘Colonial Wills’, 1677-92, p. 68). (2) John Holland, b. 1535, who m. Joyce Lutley; he being John Holland Sr., enfeoffed in Lamberhurst, Kent; father of John Holland Jr., of Lamberhurst, who m. Mary Barham; having issue: David Holland, grandf. of Michael Holland of Goochland. The said Edward Lewis had firstly m. Anne Blashfield, da. of Thomas Blashfield,of Ludlow, and was, thus, br.-in-law of William Marston, who m. (Ludlow, March 5, 1571), Katherine, the dau. of Thomas Blashfield.

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1.1.2. “Captain” (the second so designated) Thomas Harris: ‘1603 Sep. 4. Thomas, s. Rowland Harries baptised. 1.1.2.1. Thomas Harris: ‘1627, July 24. Thomas, s. Thomas Harris & Alice‘. Alice, dau. of Evan Lewis bapt. Nov. 20, 1603, Ludlow (he who m. Gwen Llewelin, April 26, 1589; son on Evan ap Lewis and Gwen v. Morris, m. April 14, 1560, in Ludlow), br.of Edward Lewis.

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1. William Holland, enfeoffed in Burwarton. 1.1. Thomas Holland, m. Elizabeth Wall, of Wheathill. 1.1.1. William Holland, bur. Burwarton, 1591, m. Alice, dau. of John Detton, of Detton. 1.1.1.1. Thomas Holland “student of ye Middle Temple de Burwarton et de Medio Templo Lond”, “had good advancemt with his wife”, Alice, dau. of Thos. Cocke* of Pickthorne in Com. Salop, a man of worth and credit”; and his wife, Agnes., whom he m. in 1573. * (Grandfather of Richard Cocke, of Bremo). Thomas Holland was bur, at Stottesden in 1612, and his widow in 1622. In his will (proved P.C.C. 19 Capell, 1613) he is styled “of Pickthorne”. 1.1.1.1.1. William Holland, was bapt. at Burwarton in 1574, and buried there in 1642. (Will proved P.C.C. 94 Campbell). 1.1.1.1.1.1. Alice Holland, who was baptized at Burwarton in 1607, and was m. there in 1632 to Thomas Harris, of Prescott (Baschurch), cousin of Thomas* and John Harris**. 1.1.1.1.2. Roger Holland. 1.1.1.1.2.1. Margaret Holland. 1.1.1.2. Francis Holland. His estate at Burwarton, was inherited by Thomas, son of Robert Lutley, whose sister, Anne, m. (at Burwarton in 1634) William Lewis of Sutton (Diddlebury), the half-brother of *Thomas Harris, b. 1603, and **John Harris, b. 1604, his father, Edward Lewis of Sutton Magna having m. Jane Langford, the relict of Rowland Harris.

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1. William Lewis, m. (Aug. 21, 1634) Anne Lutley, of Burwarton, Shropshire, da. of Robert Lutley and Mary Holland, da. of Francis Holland, b. 1544, in Burwarton, Shropshire, br. of Thomas Holland, who m. Alicia, ‘fil. Thomas Cocke of Pickthorne’. 1.1. John Lewis, granted 400 ac. on the north side of the James River adj. to William Humphries, Nov. 7, 1673. 1.2. Edward Lewis. 1.2.1. William Lewis, bapt. March 16, 1661, in Diddlebury, husband of Elizabeth Woodson. “Robert Woodson, Sr. of Henrico Co. For good causes to my loving grandson’s, William & Joseph Lewis (children of his da., Elizabeth Woodson, and William Lewis), 450 ac. patented to me and Richard Farris, Giles Carter, (Major) William Harris, and Roger Cummings, Oct. 21, 1687, on White Oak Swamp”. R. May 1, 1707.

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1.1.1.2. Elizabeth Leighton, m. John Bawdewyn (Baldwin), of Diddlebury. 1.1.1.2.1. John Bawdewyn, of Diddlebury, fl. 1473, m. a dau. of Robert Parker, of Norton Lacy. 1.1.1.2.1.1. Frances Bawdewyn, m. Thomas Crump, 24 Apr. 24, 1596, Ludlow. 1.1.1.2.1.1.1. Thomas Crump, m. Joan (possibly the dau. of Charles Bough), bapt. Sept. 9, 1609, in Ludlow. 1.1.1.2.1.1.1.1. William Crump, bapt. Nov. 1, 1627, Ludlow. Nov. 9, 1665. Patent of Mr. Wm. Crump, Charles Edmonds & Robert Whitehaire for 2700 acres in New Kent Co. William Walker and his father in law, Francis Warren, were both transported to Virginia in 1658 by Charles Edmonds. April 24, 1671. Charles Edmonds of New Kent Co. appoints “loving friend” Mr. William Crump of same his attorney to appear at next York court and implead to Mr. Robert Whitehaire and Mr. John Bowler. The term “loving friend” often refered to a br.-in-law.

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1691. Mr. John Chiles, 900 acs., New Kent Co.; S. side & in the freshes of York Riv., above Mehixon, 28 Apr. 1691, p.163. Part of 2700 acs. Granted Mr. William Crump, Mr. Charles Edmonds & Mr. Robert Whitehair, 3 Nov. 1688 & in division fell to sd. Whitehair from whom it escheated by inquisition under Mr. William Leigh, Depty, Esch’t & is now granted. The deposition of Richard Crump planter aged 25 years, concerning a dispute … between George Browne & William Dickonson both of York County concerning a dividend of land sold by the sd. Dickonson to G. T. Browne.

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1.2. John Clopton, m. (in Malden, Essex), Alice d’Arcy. 1.2.1. *William Clopton, b. 1450, m. (3) Thomasine, dau. of Sir Thomas Knevet of Great Stanway, in Essex. His will dated Oct. 14, 1530 expressed a desire to be buryed within the parish Church of Melford”. 1.2.1.1. Richard Clopton, b. ca. 1500, in Melford, m. Margaret Playters. 1.2.1.1.1. William Clopton, d. 1616, m. Margery Waldergrave. 1.2.1.1.1.1. Walter Clopton, m. Margery Maydstone. 1.2.1.1.1.1.1. Rev. William Clopton, of Boxted, Essex, d. 1671, m. Elizabeth Sutcliffe. 1.2.1.1.1.1.1.1. William Clopton, d. 1733, New Kent Co. VA., m. Ann Booth. 1.2.1.1.1.1.1.1.1. Elizabeth Clopton, m. Jan. 19, 1713, New Kent Co., William Walker, d. 1718. 1.2.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1. Sylvanus Walker.

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Mr. Betham also gave a sense of the more ancient connections of the Leighton family, outlining the dense patchwork which bound the families of thr ruling strata of society: “Sir Richard Leighton levied a fine of lands in Cheshire to the abbot of Cumbermere, in which he acknowledges them to be the right of the said abbot. Some of the heirs and successors of these knights, highly advanced the reputation, interest, and fortune of their family, by their civil and military employments, in the service of their kings and country; of which John Leighton, in the reign of King Edward III, is a particular instance, who had several pensions granted to him by that king, for the good and faithful services he had done for him, and the prince his son, as they, and others did by their marriages, both with the daughters of the noble families of Le Brun, Butler, L’Estrange, Devereux, Sutton, and Gerard, and with the daughters and heirs, or coheirs, of the ancient families of Warren, Cambray, Drake, Cornwall, and Stapleton”.

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1.1. Thomas Warren, younger son, d. 1589. 1.1.1. Robert Warren, m. Margaret. Warren v Grocer. Plaintiffs: Robert Warren. Defendants: John Grocer and Susan Grocer his wife. Subject: title to a messuage, parcel of the manor of Melford, Suffolk. 1610, ca. (C2/JasI/W14/6). 1.1.1.1. Robert Warren. 1.1.1.1.1.1. Robert Warren, bapt. Aug. 30, 1651. 1.1.1.1.1.2. Thomas Warren, bapt. Nov. 3, 1652. 1.1.1.2. Mathew Warren. 1.1.1.2.1. Mathew Warren, bapt. April 13, 1653. 1.1.1.2.2.. Edward Warren, bapt. Nov. 28, 1654.

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1.1.2. Thomas Warren, bapt, June 5, 1569, Bury St Edmunds. 1.1.2.1. Henry Warren, bapt. May 1, 1597, d. in Mittingham, Suffolk, bef. 1671, estate contested by William Warren, son, and his sister, Barbara, wife of John Freere. (Lists and Indexes, 42). Norton v Thynne. Plaintiffs: Roger Norton and John Norton. Defendants: Sir Henry Frederick Thynne baronet, George Norton, Henry Warren, George Halliwell and John Powell. Subject: property in Church Stretton, Shropshire. 1647. (C 6/105/25). 1.1.2.1.1. William Warren.

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1.1.3. Henry Warren. 1.1.3.1. Thomas Warren, bapt. July 4, 1591. 1.1.3.1.1. William Warren, bapt. Nov. 6, 1597. 1.1.3.1.1.1. John Warren, bapt. Jan. 12, 1639. 1.1.3.1.1.2. Francis Warren. 1.1.3.1.1.3. Elizabeth Warren, bapt. Oct. 31, 1641, m. William Walker. 1.1.3.1.1.4. William Warren. Warren v Cowper. Plaintiffs: William Warren and Elizabeth Warren his wife. Defendants: William Cowper. Subject: money matters in Shropshire.* 1655. (C 3/466/71). *Church Stretton. 1.1.3.1.1.4.1. William Warren, bapt. March 24, 1662.

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1.1.3.2. Giles Warren. 1.1.3.2.1. John Warren, bapt. April 14, 1611. 1.1.3.2.1. John Warren, m. (1) Margaret. 1.1.3.2.1.1. Francis Warren. bapt. March 29, 1671. “273 acres on the north side of James River begg. at a corner white oak of”Francis Warrens” being Captn. Massey’s corner parting the said Massey and Obediah Smith. 1735, p. 256. 1.1.3.2.1. John Warren, m. (2) Elizabeth. 1.1.3.2.1.1. Thomas Warren, bapt. Jan. 21, 1673. 1.1.3.2.1.2. John Warren, gent., bapt. Jan. 21, 1673, m. Joan. 1.1.3.2.1.2.1. Richard Warren, bapt. Sept. 15, 1695. 1.1.3.3. John Warren. 1.1.3.3.1. John Warren, bapt. July 10, 1616. 1.1.3.3.1.1. John Warren, m. Frances. 1.1.3.3.1.1.1. William Warren, bapt. May 19, 1678. 1.1.3.3.1.1.2. John Warren, bapt. Sept. 23, 1680. 1.1.3.4. Edward Warren. 1.1.3.4.1. Thomas Warren, bapt. Jan. 9, 1619. 1.1.3.4.2. Edmund Warren, bapt. Jan. 21, 1620. 1.1.3.4.3. George Warren, bapt. July 4, 1623.

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BELFOU, CADURCIS, CRAVANT, CUNELLE, AND DASTIN

(Something from my personal notes, at this quiet and strange time, in which I wish all to be well).

What follows leads to the family of Dastin, that also took the toponym of Cunelle, from a fief they held of their overlords, the Crispin family. To better understand the relationship between these families, and that of Albert de Cravant, it may be relevant to consider his family in the wider context of them being a branch of the seigneurs of “Isle Bouchard”.

The oldest of the most honest voices tell us that we can not know anything of the true descent of the premier family of “Isle Bouchard”. A chronological account of the seigneurie of “Isle Bouchard” can be deduced from ancient charters, but the same informs little as to genealogy – a father, a uncle, a son, a nephew, who knows? Within this labrynth of supposition may be gleaned a strand of this seigneurie; the family of Cadurcis (Chourses – Chaworth, in England).

The following construction of their lineage has not been taken from any “voices of old”, a mere copy of their suppositions, but is given as a result of reading the relevant cartularies in which they are mentioned, and applying the most relevant of questions in genealogical enquiry – are recorded instances of connections between families repeated in future generations; that is, is there any proof of “continuation of association”? It is this factor, and this alone, which suggests the origin of families, where “proof” is missing, or relies on the accounts of the chroniclers (propagandists) of the Norman Dukes, which is not really “proof” at all, but is taken as sacrasant by those who “validate” their work with reference – the modern taste format over substance.

BELFOU, CADURCIS, CRAVANT, CUNELLE, AND DASTIN

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1.I. Ernaud de Brisay (Brisiaco), lord of Brisay in Touraine, born ca. 960, lord of Cadurcis (Chourses), in Maine.
1.1.1. Simon de Brisay, a witness in 1050 of the foundation charter of the priory of Saint-André de Mirebeau. (Cart. de Bourgueil).
1.1.1.1. Payen de Brisay, witnessed (with Robert de Blois and (n.b.) Guillaume de Rivière), a charter by which the sons of Renaud Maingot confirmed a donation made to the abbey of Noyers by Cadelon, son of Boson de Forniols, which was ratified at Isle-Bouchard by Garnier Maingot, in the presence of Boson, viscount of Châtellerauld (Cart. Abb. Noyers).
1.2. Hugues de Cadurcis (Chourses), witnessed (with Foucaud de Chevillé, Drogon de Saint-Denis, Habis de Chastillon, Garin l’Entrâmes, Robert de Montpinton, Lisiard d’Arquenay, and others), the foundation charter of the priory of Saint-Martin de Laval, made by Gui (see as follows), lord of Laval, and his children, Hamon, Hildelinde, Agnes, Hildeburge, Gui, and Gervais. (Cart. Marmoutier, t. iii, fol. 2 and 3).
1.2.1. Burchard, fl. 1020.
1.2.1.1. Burchard, d. 1070, succeded to the lands of his father at a young age, and was placed under the tutelage of his uncle:
1.2.2. Geffroi “Fuel”.

1.3. Burchard de Cadurcis (Chourses), witnessed (with Geoffroi Martel, count of Anjou, Eudes, son of Etienne II, count of Blois, Gui de Preuilly, Artaud de Bourgogne, Morin de Bretagne, and others), a donation made ca. 1045 to the monastery of Tavant, diocese of Tours, by Geoffroi, nicknamed “Fuel”, seigneure of Isle Bouchard, of the customs he had in Tavant, near his castle, and various pieces of land located in Lentigny, Cravant, Rambicornant, Anché, and Sazilly. (Cart. Marmoutier, t. ii., p. 287). He is named “Burchard de Chourses” in a charter of donation made to the priory of Laval (ca. 1050), by Gui, lord of Laval; other witnesses being “Guillaume, count of Normandy, Rivalon of Donges, Richard, viscount of Avranches, Ranulfe, viscount of Bayeux, Gautier Tyrel, Hamon of Laval, son of Gui, Lisiard d’Auvers”. (Cart. Marmoutier, t. iii., fol. iii.).
1.3.1. Patric de Cadurcis (Chourses). Cart. Abbey of la Couture, le Mans: “Notification by Patrick de Cadurcis and his wife Mathildis (de Hesdin) that they give and grant to the abbey of St. Pierre de la Couture (de Cultura) and the monks there serving God the church of Dedintona with all its appurtenances for the weal of their souls and those of their predecessors, and of their sons, and specially for the soul of Ernulf de Hodine (Hesdin), who held before them the land which they now hold, and for the weal of the soul of William father of their lord Henry (I.), and of another William his son, and for the weal of the soul and body of their most blessed king Henry”.

Patri de Chaources et Payen son fils, donnent à l’abbaye de S.-Vincent tout ce qu’ils possèdent dans l’église de Beaufai (Bello-Fago); ils scellent l’acte de leurs sceaux, en présence de l’évêque Hamelin, du doyen Nicolas, etc. ; Patrieius et Paganus de Chaureiis filius ejus … dedimus et concessimus in perpetuam elemosinam Deo et beato Vincentio Cenomanensi id juris quod hahebamus in ecclesia de Bellifagio … actum coram domino Hamelino tunc tempore episcopo … Micholao decano Cenomanensi. (Arch. Sart.).

Beaufai (Bello-Fago) is also recorded as Belfagium (Cart. S. Vinc.); synonomous with Bellofaeto. In 796, Bishop Merode granted it to Wilibert: “Domnus Karolus gloriosus rex villam sancti Gervasi Belfaidum, vicum publicum”. In the 9th century, “Belfaidissis Vicaria” included the parishes of Fyé, Béru, Mont-Saint-Jean, Crannes-sur-Fraubé, etc. In 900, Louis le Simple confirmed to the monastery of Saint-Evroul that which he owned in Béru, in “vicaria Belfaidisse”. (Ampl. Coll., I, 256.) In 1128, Henry I. granted to the abbey of Saint-Evroul two messuages of land in the parish of Fyé … “apud Belfai“. (Gal. Christ., XI. Inst. 207.)

Beaufai is situated in the parish of Ballon (arr. Beaumont-le-Vicomte, ca. 10 mls fr. le Mans); a fief in the posession of Herbert, Count of Maine in 1031, which later passed to the family of Cadurces.

1.3.2. Albert de Cravant, donated land in Mateneio to the church of Saint-Hilaire de Blaru in 1052, a gift approved by Pierre, son of Odard de Vernon,* with the consent of his suzerain lord, Simon de Neaufles; of which place, William Crispin II. was castelan.*Domesday tenant of Ralph de Bello-Fago.

Albert de Cravant m. Aubree, da. of Hugh, Archbishop of Bayeux, son of Rodolf d’Ivri. (See Astrid Lemoine-Descourtieux, La Frontière normande de l’Avre: From the founding of Normandy, p. 100, 2011).

COUNTS AND VICE-COUNTS OF MAINE

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1.1. “Rodulfi vicecomitis”, in 967 witnessed a charter by which “Girardus” donated property to Tours Saint-Julien. He was probably appointed “vicecomitis” by Hugh I., Count of Maine (See Boussard, Mayenne Arch. Hist. 3, pp. 242-3, 1981).
1.1.1. Rodulf/Raoul, m. (1) Godehildis, probable dau. of Yves de Bellême, (2) Gunnor … Yves de Bellême was probably the son of Yves de Creil, who saved the young Richard 1 (uterine br. of Rodolf d’Ivri) fom being killed by King Louis IV of France, Yve de Creil’s overlord. Yves held Bellême was a vassal of the Count of Maine in the Sonnois. That is, Hugh II, Count of Maine.

This might suggest the ancestry of Richard de Bello-Fago, who m. a sister of Rodolf d’Ivri, and, thus, must have been of a family of the highest rank. As heretofore given, Beufou/Belfai/Bello-Fago was held at an early time by the Counts of Main, and, if Richard de Bello-Fago was a younger son of Hugh II, Count of Maine, and br. of Herbert, Count of Maine (in 991), then, the social qualification is met, and, as importantly, also a political/familial one: Herbert’s wife was probably the sister of Judith de Rennes, the wife of Richard II, Duke of Normandy, son of Richard I.

It was by such entangled networks that the Norman dukes consolidated their power. Marriages between the families under discussion were arranged as peace treaties, or to create alliances as a bullwark against rival factions. An example of this was the marriage of William Crispin II. to a dau. of Raoul Mauvoisin, sealing an alliance between two powerful (Norman/French) frontier lords, and, by extension, securing the territorial holdings of the Norman dukes.

Yves de Bellême was the father of William (Talvas) de Belesme, who m. a dau. of Rodulf III, Vicomte of Maine; their dau., Mabile, m. Roger de Montgomery; their dau., Maud,* m. Robert de Mortaine (son of Herluin de Conteville and Herleva, mother of Duke William); their dau., Denise de Mortain, m. Gui, count of Laval.* *Maud m. (2) Richard FitzRichard de Clare (overlord of the Crispin family of Damville and Cunelle); (3) Gervaise de Châteauneuf, son of Albert de Châteauneuf, son of Ribauld de Thimerais (de Chateauneuf, de Brezolles). Gilbert Crispin II. m. a dau. of Ribauld, and became enfeoffed at Brezolles, naming a son, Ribaud, and Armentieres.

1.1.1.1. Rodulf III, Vicomte of Maine.
1.1.1.1.1. … m. William (Talvas) Belesme.
1.1.1.2. Geoffrey. “Le premier Seigneur de Laval dont le nom soit appuyé sur des titres authentiques, est Geoffroy-Guy, appelé Potentissimum dominum de Valle dans une charte d’Avesgaud, évêque du Mans. Elle porte la date de la cinquième année du règne du roi Robert (1002). (Martin Foucaul, “Seigneurs de Laval”). What is suggested here is that the first “two” Gui de Lavals have been compounded, with Gui, count of Laval being the son of Geoffrey de Sable.
1.1.1.2.1. Gui, count of Laval (overlord of the Cadurcis family in Bello-Fago, in 1031), m. Bertha de Tosni, sister of Robert, lord of Belvoir. William Crispin I., ob. ante 1084, m. Eve de Montfort, whose niece, Isabel de Montfort, m. Ralph de Tosny, br. of Robert de Tosny, Baron of Belvoir (Dictionnaire de la noblesse, p. 583, 1772). They were the sons of Roger ‘the Spaniard’ de Tosny, who, In 1013, with his father, Rodolf, guarded the castle at Tillières for Richard II., Duke of Normandy. A few years later, they were forced into exile, and the defence of Tillières was given to Gilbert Crispin 1. Adeliza de Tosny, sister of Ralph and Robert, m. William FitzOsborn.

MARRIAGES AS POLITICAL ALLIANCE

1. Sprotta (Scand. Sprottr), concubine of William Longsword.
1.1. Richard I., m. Gunnor, his former concubine.
1.1.1. Richard II., ‘the Great Prince’.
1. Sprotta, m. (2) Asperlenc.
1.1. Raoul (Rodolph) d’Ivri.
1.1.1. Hugh, Archbishop of Bayeux. Between 1042-1049, Hugh gave Celloville, that is Serlos villa (Seine-Maritime, cant. de Boos), and Sahurs (Seine-Maritime, cant. Grand-Couronne), to St Amand. (See Pierre Bauduin, ‘La première Normandie’, p. 206, 2004).
1.1.1.1. Aubree, m. Albert de Cravant.
1.1.1.1.1. Raoul, died in the lifetime of his father, who had him buried at Ouche, gifting his tithe at Lommoi, with the permission of his lord, Raoul Mauvoison, father-in-law of William Crispin II. This gift was confirmed by Albert’s heirs, one of which was Raoul de Connelles/Cunelle.
1.1.1.1.2. … de Cravant, m. Rodolf “de Connelles”,* alias Raoul d’Astin. The fortress of Dastin (d’Astin) was situated in the parish of Duranville (Durandivilla), Lisieux, the caput of the Crispin family; its castelans being the family of Astin, as vassals of the Crispins. Raoul d’Astin witnessed (ca.1050), the charter by which William Crespin I gifted land in Blangy to the abbey of Bec, a gift later ratified by his son, Gilbert Dastin, alias Gilbert de Cunelle. The family of Dastin were “seigneures de Vezins” (a mot vicinium), of canton d’Isigny, in Maine. Raoul Dastin and his brother* donated the church of Notre-Dame-de-Vézins to Couture Abbey, in the Diocese of Le Mans, in 1082, which Guillaume des Biards (of Domesday note, seneschal of Robert de Mortain), their overlord, approved and added to – an acre of land near his orchard, to make a vineyard. Johel d’Astin, their brother, was the abbot.

*Rodolf de la Cunelle (La Cunelle Eure, cant. de Damville, comm. de Buis-sur-Damville). Cunelle is taken from the general location of Damville/Cunelle, Thimerais, a pun being “wild thyme” (Cunelle), which is a different orthography from the Anglo-Saxon Cnoll (Knoll) and other derivatives, meaning a hill, summit; an extremely common source of toponyms in England. Some commentators of old have suggested Dastin to be a derivative of d’ astings (danois); be that as it may.

*”Regnauld l’Enfant, fils de Rannulfe Avenel, souscrivit la charte de l’an 1082, par laquelle Gautier et Raoul Dastin, frères, donnèrent l’église de Vezins à l’abbaye de la Couture avec la dixme de leurs animaux decinnables en toute la Normandie”. (Jacques-Joseph Villevieille, Trésor généalogique de Dom Villevieille, p. 204, 1875; cit. Cartul. de l’abb. de la Couture, au Alans, fol. 24, v.).

1.1.2. … m. “Richardus de Bello-fago”, probable grandfather of Ralph de Bello-Fago, aforementioned.
1.1.2.1. … m. Vicecomes Erchembald, who, on entering La Trinité du Mont, gave to the house his meadow in Sahurs, and all that he held by hereditary right in Celloville. (RADN, no. 82, 1030-1035).
1.1.2.1.1. Gilbert Crispin I, who attempted to defend Osmund the dapifer during the successful attempt to kill him in 1040. Gilbert made a gift to St. Amand to honour Osmund’s memory, a gift witnessed and approved of by Emma d’Ivri (Receuil, ed. Fauroux, no. 82).

1.3. Emma d’Ivri, Abbess of St Amand, m. Osborn the dapifer. Cart. St. Amand: “We donate from the area of Rothornagensi our mill in Rauleni villa, and our fields in Chevilly. In addition we give our cultivated land, which is near the valley Erchembald and the mountain called Cochetel”.
1.3.1. William FitzOsbern.
1.3.2. … de Crepon, m. Osmund de Centville.
1.3.2.1. Foulques d’Anet, from the vil of Anet, south of Ivry. To paraphrase D’Anisy (1842) – “We must note that, as a result of a false interpretation of the text of Orderic Vitalis and Guillaume de Jumièges, Foulques d’Aunou, son of Baudry the Teuton, was often confused with Foulques d’Anet, son of ‘Osmond de Centville, who are two different characters”. He points to the latin ‘primus Fulco de Aneio’, being wrongly translated, as shown by entries in the Norman Exchequer accounts of Simon d’Aneio being synonomous with Simon d’Aneto, descendant of Foulques d’Anet, citing Ducarel, pp. 229,230. There was a close and ongoing association between the Crispins and the d’Anets.
1.3.2.2. Gunnora d’Anet, m. Gilbert Crispin I. “Nous ignorons à quel titre Gislebert Crespin etait appele à ratifier cette donation; mais nous supposons que ce pouvait être à raison de quelque alliance avec la famille d’Ivri, dont le souvenir est perdu” (‘Ordericus Vitalis’, ed. le Prevost et. al., p. 398, 1840). Gilbert Crispin’s mother was probably a granddau. of Raoul d’ Ivri.
1.3.2.2.1. Gilbert Crispin ii., held the fief of Armentieres.
1.3.2.2.2. Robert Crispin. (It may have been a son of his who was Robert d’Armentiers).
1.3.2.2.3. William Crispin.
1.3.2.2.3.1. William Crispin II.

Henry II. Confirmation of earlier donations:

Henricus, Dei gratia rex Anglorum, et diix Normannorum et Aquitanorum, et cornes Andegavonim, archiepiscopis , episcopis, abbatibus, comitibus, baronibus, justiciis, vicecomitibus, et omnibus ministris et fidelibus suis totius … Sciatis me dédisse et concessisse et presenti carta confirmasse in puram et pe petuam eiemosinam, pro salute anime patris mei G[aufridi], comitis And[egavorum], et matris mee M[athildis] imperatricis, et pro salute mea et omnium antecessorum et heredum meorum, Deo et Sancte Marie et monachis de Becco omnes donationes et elemosinas ecclesiarum, decimarum, terrarum et reddituum, possessionum et omnium quarumlibet aliarum rerum, que eis facte sunt in tota terra mea, tam in Normannia quam in Anglia, videiicet: Ex dono Raduifi Dastin, ecclesiam de Duranvilla, cum terra et décima, etc. Ex dono Roberti Malet, sedem unius molendini juxta Rosteriam et unam acram terre. Ex dono Ricardi filii Herluini, medietatem ecclesie Sancti Christophori. Ex dono Ricardi, filii Gisleberti comitis, ecclesiam de Luceio cum terra et décima, etc. Ex dono Fulconis de Alno (d’Anet) et hominum suorum, manerium de Mesnillo Simonis, cum ecclesia et omnibus ecclesie et manerii pertinentiis. Ex dono Alberede, sororis ejusdem Fulconis, assensu et voluntate ipsius, terram de Groselers, que est juxta Landam sita, cum omnibus pertinenciis suis. … Ex dono Gaufridi de Berou et Agnetis uxoris sue, eccîesiam de Donna Maria, cum terra et décima, etc. … Ex dono Odonis filii Turoldi et Eustachie uxoris ejus, eccîesiam de Belsath, cum omnibus pertinenciis suis, et medietatem ecclesie de Contevilla, et quartam partem ville que dicitur Formeria, et eccîesiam de Longo Mesnillo cum terra et décima. … Ex dono Herluini filii Helgoti, eccîesiam de Fo(ul)kevilla, cum terra et décima, etc., et eccîesiam Sancti Pétri de Valle cum tota décima. … Ex dono Roberti de Belfou, quidquid habebat in burgo Sancti Georgii de Wivera, et eccîesiam de Beverone, cum terra et décima et omnibus aliis pertinenciis suis. … Ex dono Willelmi Malet, manerium quod vocatur Mesnil Joscelini, cum ecclesia et omnibus ejusdem manerii et ecclesie pertinenciis. … Ex dono Rogerii filii Ricardi, manerium de Colevilla (juxta Valmont) cum omnibus pertinenciis suis. Ex dono Roberti de Moritonio et Ricardi fratris ejus, LX. acras terre apud Lurreium. Ex dono Willelmi Malet, manerium de Contevilla (juxta Pont-Audemer).

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FARMER AND POTTER

What follows are notes relating to a previous post – https://tinyurl.com/y8g8tqho – and chiefly concern a family of Farmer, of Cleobury Mortimer, Shropshire, with additional notice of a family of Potter of that place. It is probably worth noting the connection of Evan Ragland to the Walker family, and his connection to Robert Harris, as given hereinafter.

FARMER

1. James Farmer, 1540, executor, Roland Cocke.
1.1. Edward Farmer.
1.1.1. John Farmer, m. Elizabeth, Will dated 1572. “I make my twoo sonnes Willm. Farmer & Homfrey Farmer my true & lawfull executors. I make my sonne Edward Farmer oversear of this my last will & testament”.
1.1.1.1. Richard Farmer, d.s.m.
1.1.1.1.1. John Farmer.

1.1.1.2. Thomas Farmer, d.s.m.
1.1.1.3. Edward Farmer.
1.1.1.4. William Farmer.
1.1.1.5. “Humphrey Farmer (Will dated March 23, 1595), alias Smyth of Cliburye Mortimar in the County of Salopp”.
1.1.1.5.1. George Farmer.
1.1.1.5.1.1. George Farmer.
1.1.1.5.2. Edward Farmer.
1.1.1.5.2.1. “Richard Farmer (Will dated April 10, 1614), als. Smith of Cleburie Mortimer in the county of Salopp and dioces of Hereford blacksmith”.

1.1.1.5.3. “Humfrey Smithe (Will dated Oct. 4, 1621), alias Farmer of Cleobury Mortimer in the Countye of Salop”.
1.1.1.5.3.1 “Elizabeth Smithe alias Farmer”, m. William Newall.
1.1.1.5.3.1.1. William Newall.

1.1.1.5.2.2. “Edward Smithe, alias Farmer”.
1.1.1.5.2.2.1. “John Smithe als. Farmer”. Copy of court roll. Parties: Sir Francis Lacon, John Smith alias Farmer. 1634. (S.A. 3320/10k).
1.1.1.5.2.2.1.1. Margery Smithe (bapt. March 10, 1617), m. Thomas Walker,* May 29, 1648.
1.1.1.5.2.2.2. “Humphrey Smithe als. Farmer”.

1.1.1.5.2.2.3. Johan Farmer, m. Humphrey Perkins, son of Humphrey Perkins (br. of Thomas Perkins), sons of Humphrey Perkins, Will dated July 16, 1550; overseer, Richard Newall; creditor, Richard Longford. (Langford). “Mar. 28, 1654, John, s. of Richard Langford, of the Betthouse, & Elinor, d. of John Hardman“.

These Perkins, as the Walkers, were a branch of those of Stafford, where the 1618 Will of Thomas Perkins of Draycott leaves a bequest to his son, Nicholas Perkins, br. of John, George, and Anthony. It may have been his grandson, Constantine Perkins, wh m. Mary Walker, relict of William Atkisson, dau. of David Walker, br. of (1) Sylvanus Walker, husband of Sussanah Tandy, (2) Hannah Walker, wife of Evan Ragland. Robert Harris and wife Lemenda, to Stephan Ragland, Oct. 16, 1742, 60lbs for 230 ac. Robert Harris late of Hanover Co. Virgina, now of Bertie, land on Roanoak River adj. to Ragland at Turbevills Run. Witn. P. Smith, Nathaneil Hill, Jn., Arnold Brown. NC Deed B. 5, p. 368: James Lee and Frances his wife of Edge. Co. to David Rozar. For 60 pounds current money of Virginia, 300 ac. on the S. side of Moratock river, as by patent to Seth Hatcher. Feb. 1, 1725. Wits.: Robert Harris, Evan Ragland, Nathaniel Merritt (probably Evan Ragland’s father-in-law).

1.1.1.5.4. Eleanor Farmer, m. William Phillips.
1.1.1.5.4.1. William Phillips.
1.1.1.5.4.2. George Phillips.

1.1.1.5.2.3. “John Smithe als. Farmer of Priseley in the parishe of Cleobury Mortimer in the Countie of Salop”, Will dated March 17, 1618, withessed by William Marston, vicar, presumably related to William Marston, vicar, “William Marston Clerke vicar of Cleobury Mortimer in the county of Salop”, Will dated Feb. 26, 1606, naming daus. Anne and Mary, and a son, Robert, and mentioning “Johan Cocke (widow) oweth me for tythes & offering for five yeres”.
1.1.1.5.2.4. “Thomas Farmer als. Smith”.
1.1.1.5.2.4.1. “Thomas Farmer of Cleobury Mortimer within the Countie of Salop Blacksmithe”, Will dated Nov. 18, 1645. Lease for 3 lives, lease for 99 years. arties: Sir Francis Lacon, Margaret Ealfe, Elizabeth Hardman, William Badger, William Childe, Thomas Farmer alias Smith. 1641. (S.A.. 3320/10f/1-2).
1.1.1.5.2.4.1.1. Edward Farmer.
1.1.1.5.2.4.1.2. Thomas Farmer, bapt. in 1634, endorsed the aforesaid lease in 1659. He may have been the father of Thomas and George Farmer*:

In the marriage settlement (1695) of Edw. Cressett, esq., grandson of Robt Cressett of Cound, esq., and Eliz. Doughty of Betton, the following messuages are transfered: capital messuage of Robt Cressett and Edw. Cressett in Upton Cressett, several messuages and farms in Meadowley, now or late in the occ. of Thos Walker, Sam. Peach, Wm Walker* and Jn. Hanson; Several messuages and farms in Felhampton, now or late in the occ. of Jn. Mousle, Wm. Urwick, Tim. Jorden, Hugh Pugh, Wm. Owen and Wm Philpott. Power to be given in the settlement for Edw. to lease or grant … all or part of 1 messuage in Ley in the occ. of Geo. Farmer, and all or any other messuages in the Manor of Upton Cressett in occ. of Rd Edwards, Geo Farmer, Thos Farmer, Thos Baynham, Thos Walker, Sam. Peach, Wm Walker, Thos Cheese, Thos Pardoe, Martin Weale, Rd Corser, Jane Dod, Christopher Short, Jn Shipman. (S.A. 5460/3/20). Wm Walker of Meadowley, yeo. Lease of April 19, 1649 by Rd Cressett of Upton Cressett. Conveyance of Jan. 4, 1650 by Edw. Lye and Chas Didlicke of all their interest and term of years in the premises to Wm. Walker and Sarah his wife for the rest of the lease. Now for £40 Wm. Walker assigns 2 pieces of meadow and 2 pieces of pasture called the Oakes. April 3, 1674. (S.A., 5460/4/2/6).

1.1.1.5.2.4.1.3. Richard Farmer, m. Joan, Will dated Nov. 27, 1661; executor, Thomas Holland.*
1.1.1.5.2.4.1.3.1. John Farmer, of Bridgnorth, it is presumed, d. by 1646, m. Jane Holland, sister of *Thomas Holland.
1.1.1.5.2.4.1.3.1.1. John Farmer, m. Mary Bathurst, July 3, 1677.
1.1.1.5.2.4.1.3.2. Richard Farmer, executor of Mother’s Will.
1.1.1.5.2.4.1.3.3. William Farmer.

Margaret Walker (sister of Edward Walker, as follows), m. Roland Holland, Sept. 19, 1636, in Ludlow. The 1561 administration of the goods of John Holland, of St. Leonard’s, Bridgnorth, was granted at Lichfield to bis son Roland Holland, and to his grandson, another Roland. Moreover. Francis Holland, of Burwarton, in his will mentions “my cousin Thomas Holland of Bridgnorth”. Roland Holland (the grandson), had a son, John Holland, who m. Jane Steward (Stuard), and was father of Thomas Holland, of Bridgnorth, who d. in 1649. His will is dated 1646, but was not proved till 1654 (Alchin 484). He m. Margery Harrison, of Stourbridge, and had two sons (inc. *Thomas), and five daus., inc. Jane, wife of John Farmer, of Bridgnorth, a widow in 1646. Mary, called ”Mary Stanton, widow,” in her father’s will, afterwards the wife of Edward Walker, Rector of Glazeley (Vis.) Margaret and Edward Walker were children of Richard Walker “of Wooton in the county of Salop, gentleman, deceased, by his last will and testament dated on or about the 25th day of September 1666, gave and devised as follows: “Item, 1 give to the poorest of the people that do not receive alms in the parish of Cleobury Mortimer … to be bestowed in bread, and upon every Christmas-day”. (Statement in pursuance of an Act for registering and securing Charity of Charitable Donations). They were siblings of Francis Walker, eldest son.
1.1.1.5.2.3.1.3.4. Margarett (Farmer) Stuard.
1.1.1.5.2.3.1.3.5. Elizabeth (Farmer) Newall.
POTTER

1. Henry Potter.
1.1. William Potter, bapt. Jan. 20, 1614.
1.2. John Potter.
1.2.1. John Potter, m. (1) Joan …
1.2.1.1. Thomas Potter, bapt. Jan. 23, 1680. A Thomas Potter had land adjacent that of Michael Holland of Goochland.
1.2.1.2 John Potter, m. Ann Corbett, May 24, 1703.
1.2.1.3. Richard Potter, bapt. June 9, 1695 (two previous Richards, d.s.p.); m. Christiana Palmer, April 5, 1719.
1.2.2. Joshua Potter, m. Phebee Reynalls, June 18, 1686.
1.2.2.1. Benjamin Potter, bapt. April 24, 1690.
1.2.2.2. Joshua Potter, m. Mary …
1.2.2.2.1. Joshua Potter, bapt. May 31, 1716.
1.2.2.3. Francis Potter, m. Mary …
1.2.2.3.1. John Potter, bapt. July 5, 1713.
1.2.2.3.2. Thomas Potter, bapt. Aug. 5, 1716.
1.2.2.3. Joseph Potter.
1.2.1. John Potter, m. (2) Mary Marston, sister of John Marston, who m. Mary Barker, Feb. 11, 1686.

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These blocks of notes are given as raw data from which people may reach conclusions about the the possible ancestry of such as the Walker family of New Kent County, and those associated with them, such as the Harris, Langfords, and Owens; associations in Virginia of ancient English origins. Jane (Walker) Owen?

WALKER

1.
1. William Walker was a tithable in St. Peter’s Parish, New Kent Co. in 1698. He owned 650 ac. in New Kent Co., and 500 ac. in Henrico Co. in 1704, His will was proved at the August 1723 Court of Henrico Co. William Woodson and John Walker, were securities for Elizabeth (probably Tandy) Walker, executrix. 1.1. Sylvanus Walker, m. Ann Tandy, sister of Roger Tandy, father of Henry Tandy (who m. Ann Mills on Nov. 18, 1763 in St Martins Parish, Hanover), father of Sarah Tandy, wife of Claiborne Graves, son of Isaac Graves, born Sept. 2, 1741 in Abingdon, Gloucester Co.; son of John Graves and Susannah Chiles. 1.1.1. Tandy Walker, b. Dec. 13, 1714 in St. Peter’s Parish, m. Judith Langford. William Woodson, of St. James Parish, Goochland Co to Tandy Walker of Henrico for 40 acres on so. side of James River, part of patent of 1500 acres to sd Wm, Benj. Jr., Joseph, John Jr., & Robert Jr. (all sons of Benjamin Sr.), dated 1732. Sarah, wife of Wm. relinquished her dower rights. (Goochland Co. Wills & Deeds, June 21, 1737). 1.1.1.1. William Walker, 1739- 1836, m. Sarah Hunter.
2.
1.1.1.2. Sylvanus Walker, 1740-1827, m. (1) Sarah Blagrave (2) Alice Pilcher. 1.1.1.3. Henry Tandy Walker, 1741-1836, m. Sara, dau. of John Cargill Sr., son of Cornelius Cargill. 1.1.1.4. Langford Walker, 1749-1827.
3.
1.2. William Walker. William Walker of St. James Parish, Goochland Co. to John Bibey – on no. side of James River & no. side of Castle Branch, 300 acres, bounded by John Curd, Nicholas Parkins, Meadowy Creek, William Harris (of Wolf Swamp) & Phillip Walker. Wit. Robt. Woodson; ibid., May 16, 1741.
4.
1. John Woodson, tithable at Curles, N. side James River, 1679 (W&MQ, v. 6); d. 1684. 1.1. Robert Woodson, b. 1634., m. Elizabeth, dau. of Richard Ferris. He made a deed to his grandson, William Lewis Jr., in 1707 (W&MQ, v. 9). Robert Woodson, Sr. of Henrico Co. For good causes to my loving grandson’s, William & Joseph Lewis (children of his da., Elizabeth Woodson, and William Lewis), 450 ac. patented to me and Richard Farris, Giles Carter, (Major) William Harris, and Roger Cummings, 21 Oct. 1687, on White Oak Swamp”. Recorded May 1, 1707. 1.1.1. John Woodson, “cousin”, i.e. nephew of John Woodson, d. 1684; m. Judith, dau. of Stephen Tarleton, of New Kent Co. 1.1.1.1. Tarleton Woodson, m. Ursula, dau. of Charles Fleming of New Kent Co. Will of Samuel Jordan of New Kent Co., probated June 11, 1719: It is my will that my beloved friend (br.-in-law) John Fleming have the plantation of Thomas Langford dec’d, & the management of his estate & the bringing up of his son Thomas Langford as wholely to himself … executors wife Elizabeth (Fleming) Jordan, friends Charles Fleming, John Fleming, Tarlton Woodson, and Thomas Pleasants’.
5.
1.1.1.2. Robert Woodson, d. 1729, m. Sarah Womack. Thomas Randolph was the executor of his Will. (Richard Womack, neighbour of Major William Harris). 1.1.1.3. Josiah Woodson, m. Mary, dau. of Joseph Royall and Mary Kennon. Major William Harris was the second-cousin of Mary Harris, second wife of Fleetwood Dormer, whose mother was Mary Isham, the aunt of Henry Isham, who resided at Bermuda Hundred, Henrico Co., who m. Katherine Banks, relict of Joseph Royal; their issue being: 1. Henry Isham (obit. 1678), 2. Anne Isham, who m. Col. Francis Eppes, 3. Mary Isham, who m. Col. William Randolph, named as a ‘friend’ in the Will of Major William Harris, as was a son of Richard Cocke. 1.1.1.4. Elizabeth Woodson, m. Joseph, son of John Pleasants.
6.
1.1.2. Benjamin Woodson, m. Sarah Porter. 1.1.2.1. William Woodson, granted to Henry Tandy, of Henrico, part of 1,500 ac. granted to him in 1732 by his cousin, Robert Woodson. William Woodson’s Will of 1785 (Cumberland Co.; formerly part of Goochland) was witnessed by William Harris* and William Woodson’s wife, Sarah (Allen). *William Harris of Wolf Swamp.
7.
1.1.2. Robert Woodson. 1.1.2.1. Robert Woodson, d. 1729, m. Sarah Lewis. 1.1.2.2. Elizabeth Woodson, m. William Lewis.
8.
1.2. John Woodson, d. 1684. 1.2.1. John Woodson, m. Mary, dau. of Samuel Tucker, and Jane … who m. (2) John Pleasants. 1.2.2. Robert Woodson. 1.2.2.1. Samuel Woodson, per Will of grandfather. 1.2.2.2. Jane Woodson, per Will of grandfather
9.
Although initially not of obvious connection, a Tandy family of Shropshire, may have been the ancestors of these Tandys; Adam Tandy of Newton being recorded on Aug. 29, 1313 as father of Robert Tandy (chaplain) in a grant of land in Chirbury. (Ancient Deeds B. 929. P.R.O.) A William Tandy is recorded by John Holland (churchwarden) as having paid for his pew place in Ludlow in 1553. (Thomas Wright, Churchwardens’ Accounts of the Town of Ludlow, in Shropshire, vol. 102, 1869). A Thomas Tandy was a defendant in a court case brought by Thomas Peach, concerning money matters, in Shropshire. 1688. (C 5/179/14).
10.
Connections become apparent when other Shropshire families, such as the Langfords, are shown to share the same kinship network in Shropshire and Virginia – the principle of “continuation of association” – and, the more families identified within this framework, the less chance of “circumstance of association”; a genealogical “chaos theory” to Engish settlers, tantamount to certain economic doom.
11.
This account includes details of families connected to the Walkers in Shropshire, given as a background, so that when more closely connected families are introduced a context is given. The following families are armigerous, but those of them who settled in Virginia were mostly the outcome of generations of marriages by “lesser sons” – 3 slices or more beneath their family’s “top crust”, with an economic imperative to emigrate.
12.

BROOK/S, BALDWIN/HIGGONS/HOLLAND

1. Richard Brooke, m. Margery, dau.of John Lee, of Stanton. 1.1. Thomas Brooke, m. Margaret, dau. of Richard Spicer, of Claverley. 1.1.1. John Brooke, of Beventon, Suffolk m. a dau of …Butler of Bewsey. 1.1.1.1. Francis Brooke, of Blakeland, Staffordshire, m. Elizabeth, dau. of Robert Banester, of Lacon. 1.1.1.1.1. Edward Brooke, of Church Stretton, m. Frances, dau. of Richard Leighton, of Cotes (and Jane, dau. of Richard Wrotessly and Dorothy Dudley); son of Ralph Leighton of Cotes (and Ann, dau. of Thomas Trentham); son of John Leighton; son of Edward Leighton, of Stretton (and Anne, dau. of Thomas Hopton). Edward Leighton was the br. of John Leighton, of Stretton, later of Wattlesborough, Sheriff of Shropshire (d. 1493). Dorothy Dudley was a descendant of Edward III.
13.
(Deed to declare the uses of a fine. 1. John Lutley of Bromecroft, gent. (br. of Adam – MS), Nicholas Leighton of the Cotes, gent (“natural” son of Richard Leighton, of Cotes), Henry Whitton of Lamberhurst, Kent, gent., (son of Thomas Whitton of Lamberhurst, and Jane Cressett, whose sister, Elizabeth Cressett, m. Adam Lutley of Bromcroft, Shropshire, bur. Oct. 7, 1590, br. of Joyce Lutley); Francis Holland of Burwardyne, gent. and Thomasyn his wife. 2. Francis Cressett of Upton Cressett, esq., and Edward Cressett, gent., son and heir apparent of Franciss Cressett. A fine was levied for settling the manors and property to Francis Cressett for his life, remainder to Edward Cressett and his heirs forever. Signed: John Lutley, Nicholas Leyghton, Henry Whitton, Francis Holland, mark of Thomasyn Holland. 1605. (S.A, 5460/3/1tHE 11/8).
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1.1.1.1.1.1. Edward Brooke of Church Stretton (s.l. 1623), m. Elizabeth Higgins, dau of Richard Higgins of Stretton* (and Elizabeth, dau. of Richard Baldwin of Diddlesbury); br. of Edward Higgons (who m. Anna, dau. of Thomas Sherar), father of Thomas Higgons., father of Richard Higgons. *He was the son of George Higgons, son of Peter Higgons, and Katherine, dau. of Roger Baker. Higgons v Davies. Plaintiffs: Richard Higgons (son of Thomas). Defendants: Thomas Brookes and … Davies. Place or subject: money, Shropshire. 1647. (C 7/180/94).
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BALDWYN

(1. William Bawdewyn, of Diddlebury, fl. 1458, m. Matilda, dau. of Thomas Corbett, of Longnor. 1.1. John Bawdewyn, of Diddlebury, b. bef. 1418, m. Elizabeth, da. of John Leighton of Wattlesborough. 1.1.1. John Bawdewyn, of Diddlebury, fl. 1473, m. a dau. of Robert Parker, of Norton Lacy. 1.1.1.1. John Bawdewyn, of Diddlebury, fl. 1495, m. Alice, da. of John Botterell, of Aston Botterell. 1.1.1.1.1. Richard Baldwyn, of Diddlebury, m. (1545), Margery, da. of Lawrence Ludlowe, of Stokesay Castle. 1.1.1.1.1.1. William Baldwyn, of Elsich, m. Barbara, da. of Richard Brooke, of Whitchurch. 1.1.1.1.1.1.1. Charles Baldwyn, of Stokesay Castle (b 1593), m. (1617) a sister (n.b.) of Mary Holland, da. of Francis Holland of Burwarton … hence to Graves Harris, who m. Elizabeth Baldwin, Nov. 20, 1787).
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Charles Baldwyn was surety to the estate of his br.-in-law, John Holland. The aforesaid Francis Holland (s.l. 1606) was the husband of Thomasine Cressett, sister of Elizabeth Cressett, wife of Adam Lutley, of Bromcroft Castle, Shropshire, s.l. 1584; their son, Robert Lutley, of Burwarton, m. Mary Holland, da. of Francis Holland (son of William Holland), whose br., Thomas Holland of Burwarton, was the husband of Alice Cocke, great-aunt of Richard Cocke of Bremo, bapt. December 13, 1597 at Sidbury, Shropshire; obit. Bremo Bluff, Henrico, 1665, whose son, Thomas, was named as a ‘friend’ in the Will of Major William Harris. (‘Colonial Wills’, 1677-92, p.68).
17.
Adam Lutley’s sister, Joyce Lutley, aforesaid, m. John Holland Sr., enfeoffed in Lamberhurst, Kent, father of John Holland Jr., of Lamberhurst, who m. Mary Barham; having issue: David Holland, who m. Anne Burton; their elder son, John Holland (PAR/498/37/14. Oct. 23, 1654), being John Holland of Nansemund, father of Michael Holland of Goochland.
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BROOKE cont.

1.1.1.1.1.2. Robert Brooke. 1.1.1.1.1.2.1. Thomas Brooke. 1.1.1.1.1.2.1.1. Thomas Brooke. 1.1.1.1.1.2.1.2. William Brooke. Brookes v Brookes. Plaintiffs: Thomas Brookes. Defendants: William Brookes, John Lovell and Thomas Lovell. Subject: land and personal estate of the deceased Anne Lovell, in Broughall, Shropshire. 1683. It is likely that these Lovells were related to William Lovell, who m. Elizabeth Kerby, on May 23, 1664, in Wem (juxta Shrewsbury), 8 mls fr. Broughall.
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LANGFORD (AND WALKER)

1. John Langford, b. ca. 1430. 1.1. Joan Langford (b. ca. 1460), m. Richard Hopton. 1.1.1. William Hopton (b. 1479), m. Elizabeth, dau of William Fox of Ludlow, sister of Edmund Fox, who m. Katherine, dau. of Thomas Trentham of Salop., having issue: (1) Edward Fox, of Ludlow, who m. Jane, dau. of Adam Oteley of Pichford; (2) Mary Fox, who m. Thomas Horde, of Park Bromage. 1.1.1.1. Richard Hopton, m. Anne Walker, dau of Thomas Walker, of Stretton, as follows.
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1.2. John Langford. 1.2.1. William Langford, recorded in a recovery of land in Ludlow, Diddlesbury, and Halton. Nov. 15, 1514. (S.A., 20/6/150). 1.2.1.1. William Langford, bailiff of Ludlow, in 1539. 1.2.1.1.1. Thomas Langford, gent, attorney of the Foxe family. 1.2.1.1.1.1. Jane Langford, bapt. Oct. 10, 1567, m. (Sept. 14, 1595) Rowland Harris of Ludlow, ob. 1605. She m., secondly, Edward Lewis of Diddlesbury, and had issue, William Lewis, who m. (Aug. 21, 1634), Anne Lutley, of Burwarton, Shropshire, dau. of Robert Lutley and Mary Holland, aforesaid.
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It is very probable that William Lewis and Anne Lutley were the parents of John Lewis, granted 400 ac. on the north side of the James River adjacent to William Humphries for transporting 8 persons, 7 Nov. 1673; he the brother of Edward Lewis, father of William Lewis, bapt. March 16, 1661, in Diddlebury, husband of Elizabeth Woodson. “Robert Woodson, Sr.* of Henrico Co. For good causes to my loving grandson’s, William & Joseph Lewis (children of his da., Elizabeth Woodson, and William Lewis), 450 ac. patented to me and … (Major) William Harris, and Roger Cummings, 21 Oct. 1687, on White Oak Swamp”. Recorded May 1, 1707.
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The said Edward Lewis had firstly m. Anne Blashfield, dau. of Thomas Blashfield,of Ludlow, and was, thus, br.-in-law of William Marston, who m. (Ludlow, March 5, 1571), Katherine, the dau. of Thomas Blashfield. The continuation of association between the Marstons and their Shropshire kin continued in Virginia, as given by B.T. Shannon: “Elizabeth Marston (d. Aug. 11, 1759) m. Thomas Green, their daughters, Martha and Lucy Green, m. the brothers Rev. Charles Clay and Henry Clay, brothers of Rev. John Clay, who m. Mary Watkins; they were the parents of Rev. John Clay (d. 1781, Hanover Co.) who m. Elizabeth Hudson, their son being the statesman Henry Clay. Elizabeth Hudson, was the da. of George Hudson, son of John Hudson (d. 1732) of Hanover Co. and his wife Elizabeth Harris, granddau of Maj. William Harris. Another son of John Hudson and Elizabeth Harris was William Hudson of Prince Edward Co. whose da., Sarah, m. George Harris, her second cousin. George Harris’ father was William Harris of Wolf Swamp, son of George Harris, whose sister was the said Elizabeth Harris, wife to John Hudson. All of which evidences the same patterns of interbred kinship continuing in Virginia”.
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1.2.1.1.1.1.1. John Harris. 1.2.1.1.1.1.1.1. William Harris, bapt. “January 13, 1627, William s. of John Harris. 1.2.1.1.1.1.1.1.1. William Harris, named in father’s Will of 1678 as an infant. He moved to New Kent Co., as evidenced on Aug. 1, 1694, when Hugh Ligon, son of Mary Harris, witnessed an acknowledgment of debt by William Harris, son of Major William Harris, decd. of New Kent County, to Sarah Knibb of Henrico (B. 5, p. 508.). He was involved in the determination of the lands of Thomas Langford, February 26, 1731. (Magazine of Virginia Genealogy, vol. 36, no. 3, pp. 214-215).
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1.2.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1. Elizabeth Harris, bapt. Nov. 27, 1698, in St. Peters Parish, New Kent Co., m. John Hudson, br. of Charles Hudson (3). John Hudson held land adj. the 1,000 ac. patented by Charles Fleming, 0ct. 26, 1690, on Mattadequin Creek, see transaction dated May 5, 1735. betw. ‘Sam’l Weldon to Wm Alsup’, which shows John Hudson to be deceased (Hanover Co., ‘The Small Book’, 1734-1735). 1.2.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1. William Hudson, b. c. 1719, New Kent Co.; d. April 21, 1800. 1.2.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1. Sarah Hudson, m. George Harris, as given. 1.2.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2. William Harris, m. Judith … 1.2.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1. Samuel Harris. William Harris of Lunenburg co. to Samuel Harris of same for 60 pds, 70 acres granted to William Harris April 5, 1648; an island plantation in the Staunton river adjacent Byrd’s and Cargill’s islands. Wit. John Cargill; William Hunt. 1750. Judith, wife of William Harris, relinquished her right of dower. (B. 2, p. 50). As given, John Cargill was the father-in-law of Henry Tandy Walker, son of Tandy Walker and Judith Langford.
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1.2.1.1.1.1.1.1.3. George Harris. 1.2.1.1.1.1.1.1.3.1. William Harris, who lived along Wolf Swamp, St. Martins Parish, Hanover Co., first appeared in the land tax list in 1762. Property taxes of William Harris in 1799 and 1800 were listed as ‘William Harris estate on Buffelow‘. His estate was last mentioned in 1805, when Graves Harris and George Harris were involved as executors of the estate. 1.2.1.1.1.1.1.1.3.1.1. Ralph Harris, m. (2) Agnes Baldwin, Dec. 16, 1790. 1.2.1.1.1.1.1.1.3.1.2. Graves Harris, m. Elizabeth Baldwin, sister of Agnes, Nov. 20, 1787.
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1.2.1.1.1.2. Thomas Langford, bapt. 1602. 1.2.1.1.1.2.1. William Langford* (second-cousin of Major William Harris), m. Jane Jordan, of Stone Acton, Shropshire. (See Deed declaring the use of a fine levied by Edward Lutwyche: (1) Edward Lutwyche Esq. (his dau. m. George Holland, br.-in-law of Alice, dau. of Thos. Cocke of Pickthorne), (2) William Jurden of Felhampton, Thomas Langford of Stone Acton. (3) Edward Jurden of Wooston. To hold to William Jurden for 99 years if Richard Jurden and Edward Jurden, sons of William Jurden and Jane, dau. of William, so long live at the yearly rent of £4. Whereas Edward Lutwyche, by deed of July 10, 1623, demised to Thomas Langford, Alice his wife and William their son a house in Stone Acton. Dec. 27, 1632. (Shrop. Arch. 5001/4/1).
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1.2.1.1.1.2.1.1. Thomas Langford: ‘John Robinson, Sept. 22, 1682, granted 1,252 acres on the Dragon Swamp in New Kent Co. Beginning &c. belonging to the land of Thomas Langford; thence &c. over certain branches of Arracxicoe to a Corner Red Oak by the Mill Path’. 1.2.1.1.1.2.1.1.1. Thomas Langford, d. bef. 1720, in New Kent Co. 1.2.1.1.1.2.1.1.1.1. Thomas Langford, orphan. 1.2.1.1.1.2.1.1.1. John Langford, claimed as a headright by William Major in a land transaction in New Kent Co, on the south side of the York River, near Nanteco1ck Creek, May 2, 1705. (B. 9, p. 95). John Langford m. Rebecca Lawrence. 1.2.1.1.1.2.1.1.1.1. Judith Langford, m. Tandy Walker, grandson of William Walker, whose Will was proved at the August 1723 Court of Henrico Co. William Woodson and John Walker, were securities for Elizabeth Walker. 1.2.1.1.1.2.1.2. John Langford. Sarah Baldwyn, named as Sarah Langford in her mother’s Will of 1696, m. John Langford, in 1670, in Ludlow. Sarah Baldwyn’s br., William, was the possible ancestor of the wives of Ralph and Graves Harris. Sarah Baldwyn was the gteat-niece of Edward Bawdewyn, of Diddlebury, who m. Mary, dau. of Edward Lutwich.
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*William Langford was a neighbour of Henry and John Fleming (Nat. Arch. C 5/482/9), benefactors of Diddlesbury Church. Henry Fleming was born in 1624. His Will was proved in 1656 (P.C.C. 124 Wootton), which mentioned his “brother Fleming” and “brother (in-law) Bassett”. The salient point is that Henry Fleming’s brother was probably the John Fleming who died in New Kent county, April 27, 1686, whose son, Charles Fleming, owned land land next to his cousin, William Basset, whose Will was proved May 14, 1724.
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Walker v Walker. Plaintiffs: Hannah Walker. Defendants: Francis Walker, Job Walker (son of Francis), Paul Neave, Henry Lamb, George Lamb, Samuel Jorden, John Gower and William Penell. Subject: personal estate of Richard Walker, Mibury, Shropshire. 1696. (C 8/464/9).
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Samuel Jordan was likely to be of the family Stone Acton: Will of Samuel Jordan of New Kent Co., probated June 11, 1719: ‘being weak of body … It is my will that my beloved friend (br.-in-law) John Fleming have the plantation of Thomas Langford dec’d, & the management of his estate & the bringing up of his son Thomas Langford as wholely to himself … executors wife Elizabeth (Fleming) Jordan, friends Charles Fleming, John Fleming, Tarlton Woodson, and Thomas Pleasants.
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Tarleton Woodson made a deed in 1721 in Henrico county to William Randolph for land conveyed by Nathaniel Bacon to his grandfather, Robert Woodson, in 1674; this Robert being the br. of John Woodson, whose son and namesake was a neighbour of Major William Harris on Curles Swamp; whose dau, to repeat, m. William Lewis, close kinsman of (it is strongly suggested) of Major William Harris. *The lands of Thomas Langford, deceased, were determined in a report dated February 26, 1731 – ‘the line between Wm Bird esq. & Alex Cock cannot be found, Edward Hundley present for Wm Bird, present Henry Hix for Mr. Sam’l Welden, Daniel Patrick, William Harris, Jr., son of Major William Harris.
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OTTLEY, OWEN (AND WALKER)

1. … 1.1. John Ottley, of Shrewsbury, s.l. 1495. 1.1.1. Thomas Ottley, m. (1540), Joanna, (dau. of Hugh, alias Pipe, Walker), and sister of Thomas Walker. St Julian’s Church, Shrewsbury: One of Sheldon’s MSS. in the Heralds’ College, entitled “Gatherings of Shropshire 1584,” gives a few notes of arms in this church. Ottley: Quarterly, 1 and 4, 2 bars nebulée S., Blount. 2 and 3. a lion rampant, crowned, Scriven, of Frodesley. Ottley, as above, impaling the last, i. e. the quarterly coat, and over is written “Thomas Otteley of Shrewsbury died 25 April 1485. Anne, his first wife, Margaret, second wife, ob. 26 August, 1485″. B. and …… lozengy, each lozenge of the first charged with a fleur de lys A. A pair of clothiers’ sheers, in pale A, Walker. Party per chevron S. and A., Aston. 2 pales S. each charged with 3 cross crosslets fitchée, Betton. (Hugh Owen, History of Shrewsbury, v. 2, p. 426, 1825). 1.1.1.1. Maria Ottley, m. Richard Owen, of Shrewsbury, son of Owen ap Griffith of Llunllo, who m. (2) Gwenhwyvar, eldest dau. and co-heir of Thomas Ireland, esq. of Oswestry.
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Owen ap Griffith, of Llunllo, m.: (1) Isabel, dau. of David Lloyd Middleton, by whom he had issue: Howel ap Owen, of Machynlleth, father of 1. Richard Owen, of Shrewsbury, who had issue: 1.1. Edward Owen, of Shrewsbury, who m. Johanna, dau of Richard Purcell, of Dinthill, Salop. Edward Owen’s Will, probated Jan. 18, 1613, requested him “to be buried in the South aisle of St. Chad’s”. 1.1.1. Thomas Owen, esquire, d. 1661, m. Priscilla, dau. of Arthur Chambre, of Petton, Salop. 1.1.1.1. William Owen?, d.s.p. The only alternative to a William Owen of the Bodsilin Owens, that is, an alternative to the husband of Judith Higgins.
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1.1.1.1. Edward Owen. 1.1.2. Robert Owen of Woodhouse, Sheriff of Salop, m (1)Robert Owen of Woodhouse Susan, dau of Lancelot Bathurst of London. Marriage Settlement. 1. Sir Edward Kynaston of Otteley, Edmund Pershall, gent, citizen and grocer of the City of London 2. Edward Owen of Shrewsbury, gent. It is agreed between parties before 24 June next a marriage should be solemnized between Robert Owen, gent, son and heir apparent of Edward Owen and Suzan Batherst, daughter of Launcelott Batherst, Esq., late Citizen and Alderman of the City of London … *Robert Owen m. (3) Mary, dau. of Thomas Leighton. Counterpart marriage settlement. 1. Sir Richard Greaves of Moseley, of Robert Owen and Meriell Greaves, daughter of Sir Richard Greaves.In Worces., knt. Thomas Greaves, gent, brother of Richard Greaves. 2. Robert Owen of the Woodhouses, Esq. Mary Owen, wife of Robert. 3. Edward Owen, son and heir apparent consideration of a marriage shortly to be had between Edward Owen and Meriell Greaves, and of 2,000 marks to Robert Owen as a jointure, conveyance by the Owen to Sir Richard Greaves and Thomas Greaves. July 19, 1629. (Shropshire Archives, 3890/4/3/1). Their son, William Owen, d. 1632, buried at St. Chad’s. 1.1.2.1. Edward Owen of Woodhouse (b. 1602). Mayor of Shrewsbury v Owen. Plaintiffs: Mayor etc of Shrewsbury. Defendants: Edward Owen, Thomas Wright, Eleanor Prowde, widow and Richard Gibbons. Subject: property in Frankwell, Woodcote, Burton etc, Shropshire. 1650. (C 10/57/256)
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Owen ap Griffith, of Llunllo, m.: (2) Gwenhwyvar, eldest dau. and co-heir of Thomas Ireland, esq. of Oswestry, having isue: 1. Richard Owen, of Shrewsbury, d. 1577. 1.1. Thomas Owen (d. 1598), judge, second son of Richard Owen, a merchant of Shrewsbury, by his wife Mary (d. 1568), dau. of Thomas Ottley of the same town, was born at Condover, in Shropshire. He m. (1) Sarah, dau. and coh. of Humphrey Baskerville, alderman of London.
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Tenants of Condover v Owen. Plaintiffs: Arthur Jenyns gent of Wallyburne, William Crompton, Richard Harryes, William Eastoppe and William Kyldare of the town of Great Ryton, William Adams of the Myne town, Richard Bromlowe of Stepleton, William Atkys of Little Ryton, John Campyon of Whetall, Thomas Bechcott of the said town, John Kenrycke servant to Richard Lee of Langley esq, Thomas Kenricke of Shenton, John Eastoppe of Madeley, Thomas Sager of Condover, RIchard Mynsterley of Condover, William Arnewey yeoman of Weston, customary tenants and copyholders of the manor of Condover, Shropshire. Defendant: Thomas Owen, esq. Subject of decree: Performance of terms of Star Chamber decree of 4 Edward VI requiring lord of manor of Condover to assign 200 acres of Berrywood in Condover for tenants’ allotments. 1586. C 78/85/15A
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1.1.1. William Owen (5th son), Sheriff of Shropshire, 1623, m. Ellen, dau. of Sir Robert Needham, of Shavington. 1.1.1.1. Edward Owen, m. his kinswoman, Martha Owen, relict of Edward Leighton, of Wattlesborough. 1.1.1.1.1. William Owen, bapt. Jan. 18, 1617; mentioned with his dau., Ellen, in the Will of his brother-in-law, Sir George Norton. 1.1.1.1.2. Thomas Owen, bapt. April 3, 1632, at Condover (by second wife, Lettice, dau. of Walter Bagot and Elizabeth Cave), also mentioned in the Will of Sir George Norton. 1.1.2. Roger Owen, d. 1617; without male issue. 1.2. “Robert Owen the elder of Shrewsbury, Salop, gent”, Will proved May 18, 1604; sans issue. 1.3. Richard Owen, m. Sarah, dau. of Thomas Ireland of Shrewsbury. “Here lyeth Richard Owen one of the counsell and Chamberlayne of this Towne when he lived: which married Sara the daughter of Thom. Ireland Esq. who had yssue 2 sons and 3 daughters; he was sone of Richard Owen and brother to John Owen both of the Counsell of this towne … Obiit 25 die Oct. an. dni 1594. (Mon. St Chad’s). He bequeathed his lands and tenements to his son Richard Owen viz Whetley and Whelbeche, and all his lands and tenements in Salop, and also one half of his goods.
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1.3.1. Richard Owen; had built the house opposite Ireland’s Mansion in High Street, Shrewsbury. He also probably built the original house at Whitley (which was in St. Chad’s parish). 1.3.1.1. Richard Owen, 1577-1652), m. Mary Prowde of Shrewsbury. He was of Whitley in 1610, which he gave to his younger brother, Thomas. 1.3.1.2. Thomas Owen, a Leut.-Col. in the Royalist cause, who was buried at St. Chad’s, July 12, 1650. 1.3.1.1.1. Thomas Owen.” Thomas Owen, sen., ot Whitley, gent”. 1.3.1.1.2. William Owen, burgess of Shrewsbury in 1676; died at Worcester in 1697. He m. Mary … by whom, his surviving son, Edward, was heir to his estates. 1.4. John Owen, Admitted to the Mercers’ Company on March 9, 1563, and to the Drapers’ Company in 1572. 1.4.1. John Owen, “glover”. 1.4.1.1. Rowland Owen, bapt. July 27, 1617.
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OTTLEY, LEIGHTON, AND HARRIS

1.2. Richard Ottley. 1.2.1. Thomas Ottley, m. (2) Ann, dau. of Robert Scryven. 1.2.1.1. William Ottley, sheriff, d. 1529, m. Margery, dau. of John Bruyn, of Bridgnorth. 1.2.1.1. Thomas Ottley, d. Dec. 28, 1534. 1.2.1.1.1. William Ottley, m. Margaret, dau. of Edward Leighton, of Wattlesbrough.* 1.2.1.1.1.1. Adam Ottley. 1.2.1.1.2 Dorothy Ottley, m. John Leighton, of Wattlesborough, son of Sir Thomas Leighton and his first wife, Elizabeth, dau. of Sir Walter Devereux, 1st Lord Ferrers, of Chartley.
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John Leighton m. (2) Joyce, dau. of Edward Sutton, 2nd Lord Dudley, and Cicely Willoughby, who, on his decease, in 1632, m. Richard Lee, as seen in the case of Hyggons v Lee: Plaintiffs: Peter Hyggons of Stretton, yeoman. Defendants: Richard Lee, esquire, of Langley, husband of Joyce, late the wife of John Leyghton, esquire, and John Harrys, of Cardeston (later of Cruckton); the bailiffs of Shrewsbury. Subject: Action on a bond given on behalf of the said Harrys, for redemption of pledges given by the said Joyce. Subpoena and certiorari. 1533-1538. (S.A. C 1/827/31).
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Peter Hyggons was the aforementioned, husband of Katherine, dau. of Roger Baker, of Shrewsbury. John Harrys was the son of Richard Harris, son of John ap Harry and Margaret Leighton, dau. of Sir Thomas Leighton and Anne Baker, dau. of Roger Baker of Shrewsbury. John ap Harry (Henry) ap Adda (Adam); per Bromley pedigree, was of Howle, as follows, yet whether Adam of Howle was in any way related to an earlier Adam de Howle, as follows, is unknown.
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John Leighton was the br. of Richard Leighton, who m. Katherine ap Harry, likely sister of John Harrys, aforementioned. John Leighton and Joyce Sutton had issue: *Edward Leighton, of Wattlesbrough, who had issue: Thomas Leighton of Wattlesborough* (d 1600) who had issue: Mary Leighton, who m. Robert Owen, of Woodhouse. *Thomas Leighton of Wattlesborough was the br. of Elizabeth Leighton, who m. Edward Fox; Katherine Leighton, who m. Charles Fox; Joyce Leighton, who m. (1) Francis Bromley. 1.2.1.1.3. Johanna Ottley, m. Thomas Ireland, of Shrewsbury, d. 1554, whose dau., Gwenhever, was the second wife of Owen ap Gruffith, parents of Richard Owen, who m. Mary Ottley, dau. of Thomas Ottley of Shrewsbury and Johanna, dau. of Hugh (alias Pipe) Walker; of his likely lineage, anon. 1.2.1.1.4. Kathryn Ottley, m. Thomas Jennyns, of Wallibone.
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BROMLEY (the pointer of significance).

1. Roger Bromley, of Mitley, m. Jane, dau. of Richard de Mitley. 1.1. William Bromley, m. Beatrice, dau. of Humphrey Hill of Blore and Buntingdale. 1.1.1. George Bromley, of Worfield, m. a dau of Sir Thomas Lacon, of Witney. 1.1.1.1. George Bromley. “Sir George Bromley, Knight, Chief Justice of Chester, and of The Covncell in the Marches of Wales: a Jvst man and a Great professor of the Religion now established, departed this life the second of March 1588, Aged 63. The said Sir George Bromley and his younger brother, Sir Thomas Bromley, Knight, Lord Chancelor of England, were the only sonnes of George Bromley, of Hawkstone, Esqvier, and of Jane, one of the Davghters of Sir Thomas Lakon, of Willey, Knight”. (Altar tomb, St. Peter’s, Worfield). 1.1.1.1. Francis Bromley, ob. 1590, MP for Shropshire. 1.1.2. Elizabeth Bromley, m. Rowland Jennyns. 1.1.3. Dorothy Bromley, m. William Leighton. 1.2. Roger Bromley, m. Jane, dau. of Thomas Jennyns.
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JENNYNS

1. William Jennyns. 1.1. Thomas Jennyns of Wallibone, m. Eleanor Jay (dau. of Roland Jay), sister of Elizabeth Jay, who m. Robert Knight, of Shrewsbury, having issue: Kathrine Jay, who m. David Ireland, of Shrewsbury, parents of *Thomas Ireland, whose dau. m. … 1.1.1. Rowland Jennnyns m. Elizabeth, dau. of William Bromley. 1.1.1.1. Thomas Jennyns, of Wallibone, m. Kathryn Ottley. 1.1.1.1.1. William Jennyns, of Wallibone, m. Cecilia, dau. of John Leighton, of Wattlesborough. 1.1.1.1.1.1. Eleanor Jennyns, m. Richard Harris, son of John ap Harry* (John Harris) and Margaret Leighton, dau. of Sir Thomas Leighton and his second wife, Anne Baker, dau. of Roger Baker, of Shrewsbury. Richard Harris was the father of John Harris, of Cruckton, d. 1614, who m. Eleanor Prowde, bur. Pontesbury, March 13, 1599, dau of Thomas Prowde. Their son was Rowland Harris, obit. 1605, m. (September 14, 1595), Jane Langford (bapt. October 10, 1567), dau. of Thomas Langford, of Ludlow. 1.1.2. Jane Jennyns, m. Roger Bromley. (The following authorities give the surname of his second wife as “Baker, 1 Harl. MSS., 1987, 7; 1984, 224; 2146, 7; 1396, 247; 1241, 21, etc. Furthermore Harl. MSS. 1977, 50, gives a Welsh descent for her father, “Roger Baker” (ap John ap Jeuan Vychan, descended from Llwddocca ap Tudor Trevor).
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SOME ACCOUNT OF THE MANOR OF FAINTREE (a précis of) (Trans. Shrop Arch. Soc. 1893).

About the beginning of Henry III.’s reign, Geoffrey Griffin, of Long Stanton, held this Manor as Feoffee of the Chetwynds. About 1250, he gave all his land of Howle to the Abbeys of St. Mary of Lilleshall and St. John the Evangelist of Haghmon; together with the dower of Sigherit, widow of Adam de Howle, when she should die (probably his sister). Carta Adam dm’ de houla’ ‘howle’. 1 Adam lord of Howle. 2. God, St Mary, St Michael and Combermere. 1 grants to 2 all his land which lies between the old ditch of Howle and the boundary posts of Ercall and Nagington and from Hinstock, as far as the enclosed ditch, and 1 place of land in Howle with common of pasture in all the places pertaining to the same and all pastures within 1’s demesne of Howle to graze their animals of Dodecote at all times of the year without impediment. Holding in pure and perpetual alms. Witnesses, Elias de ‘Phanecourt’, Philip de … , of Burnham, Richard of Chesthill, Thomas de ‘Godelot’, and others. (S.A., 327/2/4/1/7/16).
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In 1086, Howle was held by Turold de Verley from Earl Roger. The chief lordship descended with that of Chetwynd. Turold’s undertenant at Howle was Walter. In the early 13th century Adam (d. by 1248), son of John de Howle, was lord of Howle ( S.R.R. 972/222/4/8.) In 1086, Longford ‘Laganford’ was held by the same tenants.
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THE ORIGINS OF THE NAME OF A PARTICULAR FAMILY OF WALKER

At Domesday “Walcheline holds Faventrei”, probably Earl Roger’s tenant. A Stottesdon jury, two centuries after Domesday, record his tenure of Faintree as a serjeantry, which it certainly became under Henry I., when all the tenants of the Norman Earls became tenants in capite. Walcheline’s manor was, it seems, of greater extent than it is at present. “Walk ham’s Wood,” a farm bordering on the present estate, probably preserves his name, and “Walker’s low” (of which the earliest form is “Walkeslow,” in 1300), considerably to the SW., may do the same.
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Robert Fitz Walkeline, who held Aston and Munslow under de Hastings in 1167, and whose estates there were temporarily escheated to the Crown in consequence of his having joined in the rebellion of 1173, was son, I conjecture, of this or a second Walcheline; and in the latter case probably identical with Robert de Fagnotre, who was a Recognizer in an Assize concerning land in Hollicote in 1194. In 1211, his serjeantry is returned as consisting in the service of one footsoldier, with a bow and arrows in the King’s army in Wales. In November, 1221, Robert de Faintre was pledge of Adam le Breton in a suit against William le Harpur of Upton.
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In 1256, Adam de Fayntre was a juror for the hundred of Stottesden, and in February, 1262, one of the “Regarders” of the Royal Forests in Shropshire. Some further notices of him are given by Eyton (i. 161). In 1274, Adam de Fayntre was dead, and his estate was divided among his five daughters, coheiresses: Clemence, wife of Richard de Holicote, Alice, wife of Henry le Taylor (or “Oissor”), Isabel, wife of Peter le Chamberlain, Marjery, unmarried at the time of her father’s death, but wife next year of Henry de la Porte, and Mabil, wife of Hugh le Massun. In March 1316, John de Knockyn is returned as lord of Faintree, and the inquest on his death in 1320 implies his possession of the major part of it.
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PYPE AS WALKER

In 1366, James de Pipe was lord of Faintree (Inquis. p. mort., No. 48), and in an entry for next year the name of Margaret, wife of John de Pipe, occurs in connection with the manor. John de Pipe probably succeeded the Knockyns here. James de Pipe, who died 1372, had a daughter and heir Margaret, who held a messuage and one carucate of land herein 1386 (Inquis. p. m. 33). (Comment: James and John de Pipe were named as half-brothers by Ralph de Stafford (Wickham’s Reg. I.), 1st Earl Stafford, obit. 1372, who was co-heir in 1347 to the estates of the Corbet family of Caus, in Shropshire. Ralph de Stafford was a military leader of distinction – M.S.).
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STAFFORD. BARONS BY TENURE

1. Robert de Stafford; held numerous Lordships at the General Survey. 2. Nicholas de Stafford, s. and h. ob. III. H. II. 3. Robert de Stafford, s. and h. ob. circa 1176. 4. Robert de Stafford, s. and h. ob. s. p. leaving Milisent his sister and heir, who married Hervey Bagot their son ( 5) Hervey, assumed the name of Stafford; ob.1237. 6. Hervey de Stafford, s. and h.; ob. 1241. 7. Robert de Stafford, brother and heir; ob. 1282. (m. Alice, dau. and heir of Thomas Corbet). 8. Nicholas de Stafford, s. and h.; ob. 1287; m. (2) Eleanor de Clinton. By Writ. 1299. 9. Edmund de Stafford, s. and h. Summ. to to Parl. from 1299 to 1307, as “Edmundo Baroni Stafford;” ob. 1308; m. Margaret,* dau. of Ralph, Lord Basset of Drayton. Earls. 1308-1351. 10. Ralph de Stafford, s. and h. Summ. to Parl. from 1337-1350; Created Earl of Stafford March, 5, 1351. He m. Margaret, dau. and heir of Hugh de Audley II, Baron Audley, by Writ, and (jure uxoris) Earl of Gloucester, by Elizabeth de Clare, grand-daughter of King Edw. I.; K. G.; ob. 1372. (See Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas, “Synopsis”). *She m. (2) Thomas de Pipe (of Drayton, Staffs., ob. 1326 in Shipston on Stour, Warwickshire); having issue: John and James de Pipe.
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1. ‘Henricus de Pipa witnesses the grant of Bromhale (Bromley) by Walter Durdent, bishop, 1149 to 1161, to Ralph, his dapifer, stated in Shaw, II. 124. And the next bishop, in 1166, certifies the king (see Lib. Nig.), that Henricus held of him 8m partem militis, de tempore avi vestri” (scf Hen. I. ml). About 1240, and later, ” Ricardus, dominus de Pipa, et Robertus, filius,” appear in various charters. Sir Robert Corbet died seized of Bromley, 43 Hen. III. The Offlow hundred-roll (Shaw’s Appendix to General Hist. xvii.) seems to say that the Corbets had Bromley from Henry the Second’s time. 1.1. Robert de Pype. 1.1.1. Richard de Pype. About 1240, and later, “Ricardus, dominus de Pipa, et Robertus, filius,” appear in various charters. 1.1.1.1. Robert de Pype. 1.1.1.1.1. Robert de Pype. Swinfen Manor. Quitclaim, Robert de Auste; his brother, Philip. (Witnesses include “Lord Robert de Pype, knight”). 1300, ca. (Staff. Arch. D948/3/14). 1.1.1.1.1.1. Thomas de Pype, of Drayton, Staffs., ob. 1326. Thomas de Pype, 8 Edw. II. had command to repair to Newcastle-upon-Tyne well fitted with horse and arms, to march with the king against the Scots, who were then in arms. (See Sampson Erdeswicke, Survey of Staffordshire, pp. 175-176, 1820).
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An Inquisition made before Simon de Ruggeleye, Sheriff of Staffordshire, at Kyngesbromleye, on Monday next after the Feast of St. Peter ad vincula (Aug. 6, 1347) … upon their (the jury’s oath) that Thomas son of Robert de Pype held for the term of his life of the demise of Sir Thomas de Arderne, Chivaler, one messuage, twenty acres of land, sixteen acres of meadow in Rydeware Hamptall, and Little Rideware. 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1. James de Pype. James de Pipa, knight, Seneschal of Aquitaine. 1353. (N.A. E 43/438). James de Pipe: Inq. taken at Bruggenorth, Shropshire, July 11, 1386. The under-mentioned messuage and land came into the late king’s hands by the death of James de Pipe and by reason of the minority of Eleanor and Margaret, his daughters and heirs, and are still in the present king’s hands.
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1.1.1.1.1.1.2. John Pype. Inq., Margaret late the wife of John de Pype or Pipe: Shropshire. 1367-8. (C 135/198/16). 1.1.1.1.1.2. Richard de Pype. Gift by William de Bromleye, chaplain, to Robert de Chetewynde and Agnes his wife and their lawful issue of a messuage with appurtenances in Lichfield which lies within Starestreet between his land and the land of Adam de Ruggeleye on one part in width and the land of John de Sallare and the land of Thomas Baucus on the other as is indicated by metes and bounds: remainder to Alice daughter of Robert and her lawful issue. Witnesses: John de Bollenhul, John de Elmhurst, Richard de Leycestre, Richard de Pype, Ralph de Barton and others. 1342. (Staff, Arch. 3764/60).
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1.1.1.1.2. Ralph de Pype. Grant, by Roger de Morteyn and Thomas Ruffus, knight, lords of Wallsall, to the Burgesses of tallage and pannage. Witnesses: John, lord of Bentley, William de Bowelys, lord of Rushale, William lord of Alderich, Hugh le Rydes’, lord of Aston, Thomas lord of Darlaston, Ralph de Pype, John le Lappeleys, clerk. 1309. (Walsall Arch. 276/9). 1.1.1.1.2.1. John de Pype. 1.1.1.1.2.1.1. Robert de Pype. Grant by John pipe of Bilston to Robert de Pipe of Darlaston of a plot of meadow in Darlaston in a field called Blakenhullesfeld lying in width between land of the lord of Darlaston on both sides and in length from the meadow of John Wilkys to the Hyndebrokes. 1375. (Staff. Arch, D4407/37).
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GEOGRAPHICAL PROXIMITIES

Rugeley to Ludlow, 6 mls. Rugeley to Shrewsbury, 33 mls. Rugeley to Worfield, 24 mls. Lichfield to Ludlow, 43 mls. Lichfield to Shrewsbury, 38 mls. Lichfield to Rugeley, 8 mls. Shrewsbury to Howle, 16 mls. Howle to Lee Brockhurst, 16 mls. In this period, seperating families by modern-day concepts of county boundaries is meaningless.
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PYPE INTERMARRIED WITH WALKER

David Walker. Grant 1. Robert Menton of Wrontenhall. 2. Wm. Smethecote and Wm. Webbe, chaplains. 1 messuage and ½ virgate of land in township of Wrontenhall to hold of chieff Lord of the fee by the services due and accustomed for ever on condition that 2 will reinfeoff 1 for life and after his death to John Walker son of David Walker of Lee* and his heirs for ever; in default of such heirs to Robert son of William Walford of Ekes and his heirs; if they die without heirs property to revert to heirs of 1. Witnesses: Roger Kadigan, Robert Bayliff, William Kadigan, John Waliborn, Thomas Pyklescote 1419. (S.A. 4229/1/6). *Lee refers to Lee Brockhurst, ca. ten miles north of Shrewsbury. John Waliborn probably refers to John Jennyns.
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John Walker. Grant by David Grynder de Ruggeley, Staffs., Cotyler and Sibilla, his wife, kinswoman and one of the heirs of Richard Whitley de Beyston, daughter of John Whitley, brother of Richard, and Nicholas Parker de Conde in Salop, and Alice, his wife, kinswoman and another heir of Richard Whitley, sister of Sibilla, to Thomas Stone of Salop, Wollemon, and Agnes, his wife, all lands, tenements, rents and services with their appurtenances in the vill and fields de Beyston, which Alice and Sibilla inherited after the death of Richard Whitley. Witnesses: Thomas Cleobury de Licha parva, William Beyston de Beyston, John Walker de Walyngborne, William Pulliley de Liche Magna, John Adams de Pulley and many others. At Beyston, April 6, 1448. (S.A. 465/446).
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Rugeley: Grant from Ralph Bromley, vicar of the parish church of Ruggeley (Rugeley, co. Staff.) and William Attewode of the same place, to John Heyfild of Ruggeley and Alice, his wife, of a messuage a croft, half an acre of meadow and thirteen selions of land with appurtenances in Ruggeley, had of the gift of Thomas Grynder of Ruggeley and Alice, his wife. March 25, 1453. (Birm. Arch. MS 3415/228). The Chetwynds were major land owners in Rugeley. Quit claim by Richard Massen de Forieta Monachorum to Thomas Stone of Salop of all lands, tenements, rents with all appurtenances in Bayston, which were of Richard Whitley of Bayston. Warranted before all people. Witnesses: Fulk Sprenchaus Esq., John Skryven, John Corbet, Thomas Cleobury, John Richardes, and many others. 1449. (S.A. 465/448).
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1. … Pype, m. either a sister of David or John Walker: (1. David Walker, b. ca. 1370, 1.1. John Walker, b. ca. 1400, of Wallibone). 1. 1. Roger Walker , “Pipe alias Walker”, b. ca 1430. 1.1.1. “Hugonis’ (Hugh) Pipe alias Walker”. Pipe, of Pipe, azure, crusilly, two pipes, chevronwise, or. (Thomas Moule, Antiquities in Westminster Abbey, p. 40, 1825). Pipe, Pype; dweller by a Pipe or Aqueduct (M.E. pipe, pype, O.E. pipe), in this case, refering to the diverted water-course serving Lichfield, Staffs. 1.1.1.1. Richard Walker of Leebotwood, and Elianora his wife, late wife of Thomas Sonkye, decd. Grant Aug. 29, 1536. (S.A. 3614/5/72). 1.1.1.1.1. Thomas Walker. 1.1.1.1.1.1. Ann Walker (1549), m. Richard Hopton, heretofore given. 1.1.1.1.1.2. William Walker. Grant. 1. William. Walker,* son and heir to Thomas and Elizabeth his wife late of Woodhouse Fields, Wollzaston, yeoman. 2. Oliver Hannes of Lydleys Hayes, husbandman. Consideration L40. Messuage in which Thomas Walker, decd. lived and two fulling mills adjoining as well as all belongings of Thomas and Elizabeth in Woolstaston. March 2, 1568. (S.A. 3614/5/74). *Husb. of Eleanor Pyke, sister of John Pyke, husband of Alice Harris, aunt of Roland Harris, as follows.
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Commission from the Queens Council in the Marches of Wales . Hugh Harries and Oliver Hannes, plaintiffs. 2. Rowland Wilcox and Eleanor, his wife, John Lea, and Jane Leighton, widow, defendants. Appeal for witnesses who know the above parties, and a messuage or tenement called Woodhouse Field, and two fulling mills with arable lands, meadows, pasture and woods in Woolstaston, now in variance between the two parties. Appeals for information about Isabell Sancky, widow, Thomas Sancky, her son, Thomas Walker, and William Walker, his son, deceased, and their respective ownerships of the above premises, and whether William Walker conveyed it to Oliver Hannes, who then conveyed it to Hugh Harries. Statement from witnesses taken at Ludlow, March 21, 1579. Charles Hibbins and William Weale, gents., by Letters tements from witnesses at Leebotwood, March 31, 1581. (S.A., 2922/13/3/1).
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1.1.1.1.1.2.1. Thomas Walker. Worfield. Surrender and Admission. At the Court Baron of Edward Nevell, Lord Bergavenny lord of 2 parts of the manor of Worfield and of William Sebley and Elizabeth Lady Bergavenny, his wife, lords of 1 part of the manor. (Elizabeth’s dowry). Thomas Walker de Burcote by his ½ virgate of land in by Burcote before given to William Walker, half to the use of Thomas Walker and Jane his wife: and after their death to Richard son of Thomas, and Isabelle Groome and their heirs. Remainder to Richard’s heirs, or to John younger son of Thomas, the other half to use of Richard Walker and Isabelle Grome and heirs. 1600. (S.A, 1/58).
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1.1.1.1.1.2.1. Richard Walker. 1.1.1.1.1.2.1.1. Francis Walker. Assignment of lease. (1) William Crumpton of Great Ryton, yeoman. (2) Thomas Campion of Wheatall, yeoman. Whereas Sir William Owen of Condover, and Roger Owen Esq., son and heir apparent of Sir Wm Owen, by indenture of March 6, 1630) between Sir Wm Owen and Roger Owen (1) and Frauncis Walker, yeoman, of Great Ryton, demising to Frauncis the tithes of corn, grain, hay and other grain which shall arise in the townships of Great Ryton, Little Ryton and Wheatal … to hold to Frauncis Walker for 99 years if Frauncis, Joyce his wife, and Richard their eldest son so long live. April 27. 1636. (S.A., 867/96). Indenture between (1) Roger Owen, the elder, of Condover, son & heir of Sir William Owen and (2) William Owen, of Stretton, clerk, and Francis Walker of … co. Salop. Lease of 6000/13437).
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1.1.1.1.1.2.1.1.1. Richard Walker. Statement in pursuance of an Act for registering and securing Charity of Charitable Donations–Whereby it is declared by the undersigned. Edmund Meysey of Shakenhurst in the county of Worcester, that Richard Walker, of Wooton in the county of Salop, gentleman, deceased, by his last will and testament dated on or about the 25th day of September 1666, gave and devised as follows: “Item, 1 give to the poorest of the people that do not receive alms in the parish of Cleobury Mortimer … to be bestowed in bread, and upon every Christmas-day; two shillings in bread, the same to be provided and equally distributed by the churchwardens without deceit, the said money to be paid by my son Francis Walker; and if my said son, or his heirs, shall fail to pay the same, then it may be lawful for the said churchwardens into those lands, known by the names of Peck’s Meadow and Tup Marton Meadow, to enter for that year and take the profits thereof, rendering the overplus of the rent to my son, or his heirs; which will is duly proved, and remains in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury.
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1.1.1.1.1.2.1.1.2. Margaret Walker, m. Rowland Holland, Sept. 19, 1636, in Ludlow. Rowland Holland, who heads the Pedigree entered in 1663, is described as a younger son of Holland of Denton (Co. Lanc.); and the Arms allowed are those of that family, with the lion debruised by a bend. But in 1561 administration of the goods of John Holland, of St. Leonard’s, Bridgnorth, was granted at Lichfield to bis son Roland Holland, and to his grandson, another Roland. 1.1.1.1.1.2.1.1.3. Edward Walker.
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Moreover. Francis Holland, of Burwarton, in his will mentions “my cousin Thomas Holland of Bridgnorth”. Roland Holland had a son, John Holland, who m. Jane Steward, and was father of Thomas Holland, of Bridgnorth, who died in 1649. His will is dated 1646, but was not proved till 1654 (Alchin 484). He m. Margery Harrison, of Stourbridge, and had two sons and five daughters, inc. Jane, wife of John Farmer, of Bridgnorth, a widow in 1646; Eleanor, called ” Eleanor Hill” in her father’s will, and then a widow, afterwards m. to Jeroboam Worsley, of Bridgnorth (Vis. 1663); Mary, called ” Mary Stanton, widow,” in her father’s will, afterwards the wife of Edward Walker, Rector of Glazeley (Vis.)
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In the Extracts from the Registers of Bridgnorth (Shrewsbury Free Library) there is the record of the burial of Frances, wife of Thomas Holland, at St. Leonard’s, in 1626, and his marriage with Margery Hord at St. Mary’s, in 1630, she being buried in 1639 at St. Leonard’s, where also Thomas, son of Thomas Holland, gent, was baptized in 1616, John in 1618, and his daughter Alice in 1621. John Holland, of Caun Hall, Bridgnorth, entertained Prince Rupert in 1642.
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1.1.1.1.1.2.2. John Walker. Grant. Richard Purcell of Dyntell, Esq., son and heir of Nicholas Purcell, Esq., decd., and Thomas Purcell, gent, son and heir apparent of Richard Purcell, for £60 from Edward Owen of Shrewsbury, draper, grant to Edward Owen the annual rent of 5 marks from houses and lands in Swynney, Treveleghe and llanvorda, late of Thomas lloyd, gent, decd. To Edward Owen and his heirs forever. Witnesses: John Webbe, John Walker, draper, William Haries, Peers Maddox, corvisor, R. Wright, Ric. Langley, George Prees. Sept. 21, 1579. (S.A., 3890/2/1/22).
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HYGGONS

1. Hugh Hyggons, of Stretton. 1.1. John Hyggons, m. Alice Middleton. 1.1.1. Thomas Hyggons, m. … Baldwin. 1.1.1.1. John Hyggons. 1.1.1.1.1. Hugh Hyggons, m. Jane, dau. of Bedo ap Howell. 1.1.1.1.1.1. Thomas, m. Mary, dau. of Roger Karan, of Llangynor (north of Bridgend). Higgons v Holl. (Howell). Plaintiffs: Thomas Higgons. Defendants: Maurice ap John ap Holl. Subject: property in Rushton, Shropshire. c. 1560. (C 3/82/96).
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1.1.1.1.2. Peter Higgons, m. Katherine, dau. of Roger Baker. Deed poll of Laurens ap John ap Rydythe of Lee gentleman, appointing George Baker clerk his attorney to enter into a moiety of the manors of the Lee and Moore and deliver seizin of them in Laurens’ name to Peter Higgons to use of him, his heirs and assigns, according to a recovery had against Laurens in Hillary term. 1530. (S.A. 1037/4/12). Deed poll of Peter Higgins of the town of Salop yeoman, patron of the parish church of More in the diocese of Hereford. He gives the advowson to his sons George, Richard, and Ralph Higgins and their heirs, whenever it becomes vacant; Per me Petyr Hyggons. Nov. 5, 1544. (S.A. 1037/5/1).
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1.1.1.1.2.1. George Higgons. 1.1.1.1.2.2. Ralph Higgons. 1.1.1.1.2.3. Richard Higgons, m. Mary, dau. of John Wilding. Baldwyn v Hayward. Plaintiffs: Edward Baldwyn, his wife Elizabeth, Richard Higgons and his wife Mary.Defendants: Sir Rowland Heyward and Robert Davyes. Subject: bill to establish title by descent; a messuage and 150 acres of land held in the manor of Stretton, Shropshire. (C 2/Eliz/B23/52). 1.1.1.1.2.3.1. Thomas Higgons, d, 1635, m. (1) Jane, dau. of Richard Mitton. 1.1.1.1.2.3.1.1. Ralph Higgons. 1.1.1.1.2.3.1.1.1. Richard Higgons. 1.1.1.1.2.3.1.1.1.1. George Higgons, burgess and alderman of Shrewsbury, d. 1591. Deed poll. George Higgins of Salop gentleman, Richard Higgons of the same tanner and Ralph Higgons of Stafford, brothers of George, confirm to Thomas Burnell of Salop gentleman and his heirs the advowson of the parish church of More in the diocese of Hereford. Witnesses to sealing: Rychard Harys, Edward Hares, Richard Tarlton, Frauncis Wilkes, Richard Hamond, Thomas Poyner, Nycles Onslowe. 1573. S.A. 1037/5/21
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1.1.1.1.2.3.1.1.1.2. Richard Higgons. 1.1.1.1.2.3.1.1.1.3. Ralph Higgons. 1.1.1.1.2.3.1.2. Thomas Higgons, of Lincoln’s Inn. Higgons v Owen. Plaintiffs: Thomas Higgons gent of Lincoln’s Inn, and Mary Higgons his wife, granddaughter of Edward Powys gent, deceased. Defendants: Cadwalader Owen and Jasper Griffith clerks, Morgan Braneys, Owen ap John ap Meredith, and others. Subject: Perjury at Bridgnorth assizes, Shropshire, concerning messuages and lands in Trawsfynydd, Nannau, Llanelltyd, Ritcrewe, and Llanegryn. Merionethshire. 1601. (STAC 8/171/26). Edward Powys had settled these lands on his son, John, on his marriage. 1.1.1.1.2.3.1.3. George Higgons, bailiff of Shrewsbury, 1584, m. Elizabeth, dau. of Roger Farmer. 1.1.1.1.2.3.1.3.1. Edward Higgons, entered Shrewsbury School in 1570, m. Ann, dau. of Edward Sherar. 1.1.1.1.2.3.1.3.1.1. Thomas Higgons.
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1.1.1.1.2.3.1.3.1.1.1. “Judeth Higgones” m. William Owen, April 30, 1628, in St. Chad’s. Knight v Newbery. Plaintiffs: Thomas Knight, draper of Shrewsbury, Shropshire. Defendants: Thomas Newbery, William Owen, Thomas Richolt, Richard Jack and James Higgins. 1654. Subject: property in Fernhill, Shropshire (C 2/ChasI/K13/15). Knight v Jones. Plaintiffs: John Knight. Defendants: John Jones, William Owen, John Turbridge, John Trevor, John Sowther and Henry Brookes and others. Subject: property in Fernhill, Shropshire. 1654. (C 9/19/63). 1.1.1.1.2.3.1.3.1.1.1.1. Edward Owen, bapt. Feb. 5, 1629. 1.1.1.1.2.3.1.3.1.1.1.2. Ann Owen, bapt. Sept. 27, 1632. 1.1.1.1.2.3.1.3.1.1.1.3. Thomas Owen, bapt. July 16, 1635. 1.1.1.1.2.3.1.3.1.1.1.4. William Owen, bapt. Feb. 2, 1637. 1.1.1.1.2.3.1.3.1.1.1.5. Elizabeth Owen, bapt. Feb. 4, 1640.
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1.1.1.1.2.3.1.3.2. Richard Higgons, of Shrewsbury, m. Elizabeth, dau, of Richard Baldwin. of Didlesbury. 1.1.1.1.2.3.1.3.2.1. Elizabeth Higgons, m. Edward Brooke, of Stretton, son of Edward Brooke and Francis, dau. of Richard Leighton of Cotes. 1.1.1.1.2.3.1.3.2. William Higgons. 1.1.1.1.2.3.1.3.2.1. George Higgons. 1.1.1.1.2.3.1.3.2.2. James Higgons (S.A. 2919/2/51).
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FERNHILL

1. Owen ap Robert, of Bodsilin, m. Angharad verch Dafydd ap William ap Griffith ap Robyn. 1.1. Robert Owen, of Bodsilin, co. Carnarvon, and Fernhill, Shropshire, d. aft. 1588, m. (1) Anne Wynne, da. of John Wynne of Hirdrefaig; (2) Lowry (Laura) Coytemore, da. of William Coytemore. A settlement, prior to the marriage of Richard Vaughan with Elizabeth, daughter of John Owen, Esq. of Fernhill (who married Ellin, grand-daughter to Sir William Maurice. He could only have rented Fernhill, for it certainly did not belong to him), in the county of Salop, bears date on the 12th April, 14th James I. (1617). At this time Richard Vaughan, it is stated in the settlement, was under the age of fourteen years, and it is covenanted that the parties shall be married before the ensuing 1st of May. He died on the 14th of July, 1636, leaving a son, William, of the age of five years and thirteen days, and a daughter, Ellen.
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1.1.1. (By first wife) John Owen, d. March 27, 1611, m. Ellin Morris, da. of William Wynne Maurice, of Clenneney. 1.1.1.1. Sir John Owen, Royalist commander, b. c. 1600, Clenennau, near Dolbenmaen, Caernarvonshire, his mother’s estate. He possibly had a younger br., Thomas. 1.1.1.1.1. William Owen, m. Katherine Anwyl, da. of Lewis Anwyl, whose aunt was the wife of Cadwalladr Owen. 1.1. Robert Owen, of Bodsilin, by 2nd wife: 1.1.1. Robert Owen, m. Judith, dau. of Edward Holland.  1.1.1.2. William Owen, m. Judith Hyggons, as given. Their son, Thomas, b. 1635, was most likely he who m. Jane …, in Virginia, who, as a double-widow, was recorded in the household of William Walker in New Kent County. 1.1.1. William Owen. Will of William Owen, Clerk of Fernhill, Shropshire, June 13, 1609, leaves estate in Fernhill to br., John.

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CADWALADR OWEN

1. Richard ap Morris Owen, of Rhiwsaeson, Sheriff in 1579, who married Elen Lloyd, da. of John Vaughan ab Rhydderch of Glanlery. 1.1. Morris Owen Esq., of Rhiwsaeson, fl. 1612 (Dwnn), m. (1) Lucy BLayney, da. of David Lloyd Blayney, c. 1515-1595, and Elizabeth Gwyn, d. 1590; da. of Lewis Gwyn, Constable of Bishop’s Castle. (2) Mary verch Howell Vaughn ap Howell ap Griffith Jenkyns, relict of Hugh ap Evan, Esq. She was the mother of Sir Lewis ap Hugh, vicar of Llanbrynmair, in the township of Rhiwsaeson, and John ap Hugh, who m. Catherine verch Sir Richard Herbert, of Montgomery. 1.1.1. Athelstan Owen, deputy sheriff of Mont., noted in Owen v Herbert (Nat. Arch. ref. 2/JasI/O2/19. 1603-1612). 1.1.2. Randle Owen, second son of Maurice Owen of Rhiwsaeson, m. Elen Wyn, da. and heiress of Humphrey Wynne of Gellidywyll, son of Thomas ap Humphrey ap David ap Howell ap Owen ap Griffith, of Rhiwsaeson. 1.1.3. David Owen. 1.1.4. Richard Owen, M.A. 1.1.5. Rowland Owen. Matthew Herbert, lessee of Penrhos Mill, bought a suit in the Exchequer against Rowland Owen. 1.1.6. Cadwaladr Owen, 1562-1617, proposed by the Herberts as vicar of Llanbrynmair.

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It can be suggested that a family of Harris established itself at Creech St. Michael, Milverton (10 mls easterly) and Wiveliscombe (3 mls easterly of Milverton) in Somerset in the sixteenth-century, and these Harris were of the Harris family of Hayne, in Devon; and a branch of that family from Cullompton, in Devon; and were of Welsh extraction.

These Harris intermarried with a family of More:

John More of Cullompton: More v Osborne. Plaintiffs: John More and Isabel, his wife, Richard Beryman and Margaret, his wife, John Bilcheford and Johane, his wife, William Cornysse and Elizabeth, his wife, and John Ferys and Catherine, his wife, daughters of John Harrys, the younger, son of John Harrys, of Monkelegh, the elder. Defendants: Hugh, son of John Osborne. Subject: Land at Tokkeslond in Abbotsham. Devon. 1475-1485. (C 1/52/198).

1. John Moore of Moor Hayes (d. 1509), m. Elizabeth, dau. of John Clivedon of Willond.

1.1. Margaret More, m. John Walrond of Bradfield.

1.2. John Moore of Cullompton, 3rd son, co-ex. of father’s Will, m. Isabell Harrys.

1.2.1. “John More, gentleman”,* as follows.

Annery, in this parish (of Monkleigh), was the seat of the Stapledons, whose heiress brought the manor to Hankford. Sir William Hankford, Lord Chief Justice of the King’s Bench, resided here; and dying in 1422, was buried in Monkleigh church, where is a monument to his memory, the inscription of which was visible when Westcote wrote his survey, in the reign of Charles I. Arms of Hankford : — gules, a chevron barry wavy argent and sable

John Harrys, the younger was he m. to Katherine Hankford. His family are commonly designated as “of Radford”, where they held land, without it being their main residence.

HANKFORD

1. Sir William Hankford, Kt. of Monkelegh, Devon .

1.1. Richard Hankford, who d. in 1419, the king’s writ for taking on his death being dated May 23, 1419, when Richard the son was found his heir and of full age. Dying intestate, administration of his effects was granted the November 30th following to Sir William Hankford, Kt. his father, and John Hankford, brother of Sir William.

1.1.1. Sir Richard Hankford, appointed Sheriff of Devon on Nov. 13, 1423; styled “Ricardus Hankeford, miles,” in the inquisition after his death, dated Feb. 28, 1431.

1.1. Katherine Hankford, m. John Harry, d. ca. 1430.

1.1.1. John Harry. June 7, 1450. Parties: William Hyndeston and John Fitz, querents, and John Harry, esquire, deforciant. Property: The manor of Radford and 1 messuage and 40 acres of land in Plympstoke and Plymphome. Action: Plea of covenant. Agreement: John Harry has acknowledged the manor and tenements to be the right of William, as those which William and John Fitz have of his gift, and has remised and quitclaimed them from himself and his heirs to William and John Fitz and the heirs of William for ever. Warranty: For this: William and John Fitz have given him 100 pounds sterling.

1.2. Jane Hankford, m. Sir Theobald Gorges, lord of Wraxall, Somerset, and Braunton Gorges, co. Devon.

1.2.1. Elizabeth Gorges, m. Thomas Grenville, who had m. (1) Anne Courtenay, mother of Elizabeth Courtenay, wife of William Hyndeston, and …. Courtenay, the wife of John Fitz.

1.2.1.1. Mary Grenville, m. Richard Bluett (1479 – c. 1523), of Holcombe Rogus, in Devon, later of Kittisford, Somerset. The Bluetts were of Welsh extraction.

1.2.1.2. Philipa Grenville (d. 1524), m. (1) Francis Harris (1475–1509) of Radford

1.1.1. John Harris, ob. ante October 16, 1485. John Harrys, esquire: Devon. (C 142/1/82).

1.1.1.1. Francis Harris, m. Philippa Grenville, born 1489, sister of Katherine Grenville. Francis Harrys, son and heir of John Harrys, esquire. Writ April 22, 12 Henry VII. The writ recites that the said John lately held of the king, as of the honor of Plympton, late in the king’s hands, by knight-service; that afterwards, viz. 26 October, 1 Henry VII, the king by charter gave the said honor to Edward, earl of Devon, in tail male, with knights’ fees, advowsons, &c.; and that the lands of the inheritance of the said Francis are in the custody of Roger Holand, esquire, by the king’s grant. He was born at Plympstoke, and baptized in the parish church there, and was of the age of 21 years and more on 16 October last, as John Speccot, Thomas Tregarthyn, John Arundell Trereys and Nicholas Yeo, esquires, Alexander Arundell, Richard Upcote and Henry Thorne well know, inasmuch as they were present in church at his baptism, and then were there David, the prior of the house and church of Plympton, and David Blakhede, his fellow-monk, godfathers of the same Francis, and Katharine Spicer, his godmother. William Harrys, aged 50 and more, held the salt at the child’s baptism. John White, aged 50 and more, being then servant of the said John Harrys, esquire, the father, was sent to fetch the said godparents. The said Roger Holand, esquire, to whom by letters patent, 1 March, 1 Henry VII, the king gave the wardship of the lands, &c. late of John Harrys, the father, together with the marriage of the said Francis, appeared, 12 April aforesaid, at Plympstoke, and could not gainsay, &c.

GRENVILLE

1. Sir Thomas Grenville of Stow, Sheriff of Cornwall (d. 1513), m Isabella, dau. of Otho Gilbert, of Compton.

1.1. Roger Grenville.

1.2. Honora Grenville, m. (2) Arthur Plantagenet.

1.3. Jane Grenville, m. (1) John Arundell of Trerest.

1.4. Catherine Grenville, Sir John Arundell of Lanherne.

1.5. Philippa Grenville, m (1) Francis Harris.

1.6. Mary Granville, m (1) Richard Bluet.

1.6.1. Roger Bluett.

1.6.1.1. Catherine Bluett, m. Richard Warre, of Milverton, Somerset, as follows.

1.1.2. William Harrys.

His grandson, I presume:

1.1.2.1. Henry Parrys . More v. Toker. Plaintiffs: *John More, gentleman and Henry Aparys (Parrys), merchant, both of Cullompton. Defendants: John Toker, late abbot of Buckland. Subject: Loan for repayment of which defendant promised to obtain the convent seal. Devon. 1538-1544. (C 1/1034/53-54).

Lease for life. 1. Humphry Walrond esq. and Mary his wife. 2. Henry Parrys and John and Humphry, his sons. 1554. (Dev. Arch., 1926 B/W/L/6/12).

Lease for 6 years. 1. Humphry Walrond esq. 2. Humphry and William Parrys of Cullompton, merchants. 1567. (Dev. Arch., 1926 B/W/L/6/73).

Parrys v Cogeyn. Plaintiffs: John Parrys alias Court. Defendants: Richard Cogeyn of Chard, mercer. Subject: Ill-treatment of complainant when his apprentice, and dispute as to account of goods sold. Somerset. 1538-1544. (C 1/1046/18).

(Of John Parrys: Creech manor in Somerset (10 mls. E. of Milverton) was held in 1558 by John Radford (d. 1565) and John Harris, who was dec. by 1585, when Nich0las Harris sold John’s portion to John Radford’s son, Lawrence. (Cal. Pat. 1558-60, 137; P.R.O., C 3/37, no. 40; C 3/211, no. 10; ibid. CP 25(2)/206/27 Eliz. I). Lawrence’s son sold the manor to Robert Cuffe (br. of John) in 1598, son of Robert Cuffe, son of John Cuffe, d. 1557 ( P.R.O., SC 6/Hen. VIII/3137; ibid. C 142/114, no. 43), who farmed the capital messuage of Creech in 1535. Creech manor was conveyed by George Farwell to Thomas Warre in 1609. John Sydenham (d. 1547), was the largest taxpayer in the parish in 1526; his eventual heir, his granddau Elizabeth, m. Sir John Poyntz. A coat of arms evident in Creech church were those of the Harris of Monkleigh).

Evidently Henry Parrys had married into the family of Courte. Courte v Sydenham. Plaintiffs: William Courte alias Parrys. Defendants: George Sydenham esquire (m. Mary Warre), Richard Metford and John Metford. Subject: bill to establish title by lease. Two closes of land and a moor called Ayshelandes in the parish of Merriott, Somerset, demised to plaintiff on a lease for lives. 1585, ca. (C 78/60/21).

Gift: (1) Trystram Gorges of Butsheade, Devon, Esq. (2) John Courte of Bristol, Esq., George Hoop of the Middle Temple, gent., and John Cuffe of Bristol, gent. Capital messuage called the Mawdlens on St. Michael’s Hill … late parcel of the inheritance of Maurice Rodneye. 1596. (Brist. Arch., 26389/2). Marriage Settlement: (1) Simon Courte (br. of John) of Glastonburie, Som. gent.(2) George Norton of Abbotts Lighe, Som. esq. and Edward Popham of Huntworthie, Som. esq. In consid. of marriage between John Courte of Christon, nephew of Simon (br. of John) and Joane d’ter of Samuell Norton of Abbotts Lighe and sister of George. – same premises. 1611. (Brist. Arch., AC/D/10/20).

Courte of Stoke St Gregory [Arms: Paly of six [or] and [az.], on a chief [sa]. a demi-eagle displayed (of the first). Crest: A demi-eagle displayed. I. John Courte of the Citty of Bristoll Esq; will pr. 28 Apr. 1600; mar. Sarah da: of Edward Popham of Huntworthy in Com Somersett (her will pr. 29 June 1631). The Pophams were interm. with the Warres.

In 1564, “Walronds” in Cullompton was bought by Henry Parish, who left it to his eldest son, Humphrey, from whom it passed to his daughter, Emilyn, wife of John Petre, a member of a junior branch of that family.

The Devon muster roll for 1569, Cullompton Parish: “Humphrey Parrys, 1 cors, l pike”.

Devon lay subsidy rolls, 1543-5. In order of most taxes paid: Henry Parrys, £66. Thomas Warryn, £50. Nicholas Menefy, £33. John More, armiger, £30.

Furse v Parrys. Plaintiffs: John Furse. Defendants: Henry Parrys and another. Subject: copyhold held of the manor of Smynye in Milverton, Somerset. 1558-1579. (C 3/67/19).

 WALROND

1. John Walrond of Bradfield, m. Margaret, dau of John Moore, of Moor Hayes, in Cullompton.

1.1. Humphrey Walrond of Bradfield, m. Eleanor, dau of Henry Ogan of Saltwinch.

1.1.1. Henry Walrond, of Bradfield (d. 1550), m. Agnes dau of John Whitinge, of Woode.

1.1.1.1. Humphrey Walrond of Bradfield (d. 1586) m. Mary, dau of Sir Thomas Willoughby.

1.1.1.1.1. William Walrond, of Bradfield (d. 1627), m. Mary, dau. of Nicholas Sandford of Cerne, relict of John Warre of Chipleigh.

1.1.1.1.1.1. Henry Walrond, of Bradfield (1584-1649), m. Penelope, dau. of Humphrey Sydenham, of Dulverton.

WARRE

1. Sir Richard Warre, d. 1542, lord of Milverton, Somerset.

1.1. Thomas Warre, m. Joan, dau. of William Malet, of Enmore.

1.1.1. Mary Warre, m. George Sydenham, of Chilworthy.

1.1.2. Richard Warre, his eldest son and heir, m. Catharine, dau. of Sir Roger Bluett, of Holcombe-Rogus in the county of Devon, lord of North-Petherton and Milverton, Somerset.

1.1.2.1. Roger Warre, m. Eleanor, dau. of Sir John Popham, chief justice of the Queen’s-Bench.

1.1.2.1.1. John Warre of Chipleigh.

 

THE HARRIS FAMILY OF MILVERTON AND WIVELISCOMBE

The Harris of Milverton and Wiveliscombe, 3 mls distant. It is very likely that the Harris family of Wiveliscombe derived from that of Milverton. In the former place: William Harris, m. Dorothy Westbrooke, Aug. 31, 1562. Richard Harris, m. Eleanor Bennett, Oct. 8, 1594; father of Richard Harries, bapt. Jan. 28, 1595, etc. There are hardly any notices of the Harris family in Wiveliscombe before 1590.

1. Henry Aparrys, m. … Courte
1.1. Henry Parrys.
1.1.1. Thomas Parrys, bapt. April 27, 1547.
1.2. William Parrys, m. Elizabeth Tremayl, Jan. 29, 1541.
1.2.1. John Parrys.
1.2.1.1. John Parrys, bapt. May 8, 1564.
1.2.2. Lewis Parrys, m. Phyllis Stevens, Jan. 29, 1570.
1.2.3. Elizabeth Parrys, m. James Boucher, Sept. 17, 1582.
1.3. John Parrys, m. Alice Mugge, Aug. 3, 1545.
1.3.1. Robert Parrys, bapt. Nov. 4, 1549, m. Johan Daniel, Jan. 25, 1579.
1.3.1.1. John Parrys, bapt. Jan. 25, 1580.
1.3.1.1.1. Richard Parrys, m. Joan Parrys.
1.3.1.1.2. Edward Parrys, m. Friswell …
1.3.1.1.2.1. Mathew Parrys, bapt. March 13, 1625.
1.3.1.1.3. John Parrys, m. Margaret …
1.3.1.1.3.1. Henry Parrys, bapt. Oct. 25, 1629.
1.3.1.2. Robert Parrys, m. (1) Elizabeth Wolcott, June, 19, 1602; (2) Agnes Hill, Sept. 20, 1615.
1.3.1.2.1. Joan Parrys, m. Richard Harris, June 21, 1622, son of John Harris, who m. Isabell Rowley, Jan. 9, 1586.
1.3.1.2.1.1. Elizabeth Parrys, m. Edward Bennett, Aug. 14, 1655.
1.4. Agnes Parrys, m. John Williams, Oct. 24, 1549.

It may be that Virginia was host to a Harris family whose Welsh ancestry is hidden.

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BROWNE
1. William Browne, “alias Joyner“, bur. Feb. 11, 1613, Wiveliscombe.
1.1. John Browne.
1.1.1. John Browne, bapt. July 7, 1586, m. (1) Margaret Jennings, Nov, 29, 1609. (2) Joan Voules, Oct. 12, 1620; perhaps by the latter:
1.1.1.1. William Browne, d. Dec. 4, 1705 – Four Mile Tree, Surry, m. (1) Mary, dau. of Colonel Henry Browne, perhaps he bapt. Dec. 15, 1592, in North Petherton (13 mls fr. Stogumber. (2) Elizabeth, relict of Nicholas Meriwether, whose headright (1654, Westmoreland co.) was William Rose. Wm. Seward (son of John) to Nicholas Meriweather, James City Island in Virginia, 300 ac. in Surry Co., May 3, 1666, p. 270. Bartholomew Owen granted a power of attorney to Nicholas Meriweather, on Oct. 8, 1677.
1.1.1.1.1. Jane Browne, b. ca. 1650, stepdau. of the relict (Elizabeth) of Nicholas Meriwether Sr. (d. Dec. 19, 1678). She m. –

(a) Bartholomew Owen.
1.1.1.1.1.1. Robert Owen.
1.1.1.1.1.2. Katherine Owen, m. Joshua Proctor.

(b) Thomas Jordan,* who m. (2) Lucy … , who m. (2) William Rose.
1.1.1.1.1.1. Mary Jordan, m. (1) Francis Sowerby Jr.; (2) John Tyus, Sr., d. 1724.
1.1.1.1.1.1.1. John Tyus, Jr., m. Ann, dau. of Francis Branch and Elizabeth Norwood. Francis England’s* grandson (by George Branch), Francis Branch, m. Elizabeth Norwood, niece of Henry Norwood, son of Henry Norwood and Elizabeth Rodney, of Cheddar, granddau. of George Rodney. George Rodney’s dau., Agatha, m. Captain Thomas Hodges, d. 1583, of Wedmore, and was ancestress of Hodges Counsell (English register spelling), of Virginia.

(1. …
1.1. George Moore, of Bristol, b. 1632.
1.1.1. Ann Moore, m. Thomas White.
1.1.1.1. Avis White, m. John Harris, son of Robert Harris, son of Thomas Harris, d. 1688
1.2. Katherine Moore, m. (1) … (2) Robert Flake (partner of Samuel Eldridge).
1.2.1. Joyce, m. (1) Francis England).

JORDAN
1. Thomas Jordan.
1.1. Thomas Jordan, m. (1) Thamsin Hollins, Jan. 21, 1618. 2. Elizabeth Gready, July 3, 1638, in Stogumber, 7 mls fr. Wiveliscombe.
1.1.1. John Jordan. Jordan v Gready. Plaintiffs: John Jordan and others. Defendants: Alexander Gready and others. Subject: property in Milverton, Somerset. 1651. The family of John Jordan held the title of Esquire. Gredye v Harrys. Plaintiffs: John Gredye. Defendants: Robert Harrys (probably of Wiveliscombe). Subject: money matters, Somerset. 1591-1596. (C 3/240/81).
1.1.2. Thomas Jordan.
1.1.3. George Jordan, m. Jane Browne’s sister, Mary.
1.1.4. Richard Jordan, m. Elizabeth Raynolds, in 1654, dau. of Christopher Raynolds.
1.1.4.1. Richard Jordan m. (2) Alice … On March 1, 1686, Charles Savage* was granted probate of Alice Jordan’s estate, p. 565. On Aug. 4, 1688, Charles Savage witnessed two deeds of George Branch and Susannah Branch of the upper parish of Surry Co, pp. 3-4. Thomas Smith and Elizabeth Smith of Surry Co to William Goodman of the same … 250 acres lately purchased from Mr. Robert Flake deceased and being in the upper parish with part in Surry Co, VA. Witnesses: Charles Savage and Nicholas Sessums, p. 249 . Richard Jordan, 260 acres Upper Parish of Surry Co on the NE side of John Checokuck Swamp being part of Mr. Owen’s deviant for transportation of 6 persons: Mary Hoskins, John Avery, John Cooke, George Miller, Thomas Bernard. Oct. 20, 1689, p 4. Richard Jordan of Surry Co., 568 tacres adj. Robert Owen and Nathaniel Roberts by John Chockuck Swamp and his own land. Will probated Nov. 7, 1699 – friends Joshua Proctor and John Fort; wit. Joshua Proctor, Robert Owen. John Fort was of a family of Wiveliscombe. *Charles Savage was probably of the same family as Francis Savage, headright of John Upton in 1637.

OWEN
1. …
1.1. John Owen, bapt. March 29, 1564, in Milverton, m. Anstice Jennings, Sept. 3, 1590, in Milverton; 3 mls fr. Wiveliscombe.
1.1.1. William Owen, m. Elizabeth Knight, Nov. 17, 1619, in Wiveliscombe. She was bur. Jan. 30, 1667, in Wiveliscombe.
1.1.1.1. … Bartholomew Owen?
1.1.1.2. Richard Owen, bapt. Oct. 26, 1636, in Wiveliscombe.
1.1.2. Robert Owen, of Milverton.
1.1.2.1. Bartholomew Owen?, named a son, Robert, after his father?
1.1.2.2. Jane Owen, bapt. March 15, 1633.
1.1.3. Henry Owen, bapt. May 20, 1599, in Milverton, m. Joan Newton, Apr. 23, 1627
1.1.3.1. Mary Owen, bapt. May 2, 1542, in Wiveliscombe.
1.1.4. John Owen, m. Mary Bickham, June 18, 1632, in Milverton
1.1.5. Augustine Owen, m. Mary Cross, Sept. 18, 1615, in Milverton.
1.1.5.1. John Owen.
1.1.6. John Owen, m. Elizabeth Cross, Nov. 10, 1619, in Milverton. Crosse v Godwyn. Plaintiffs: Leonard Crosse. Defendants: Gerrard Errington, Nicholas Errington, William Godden and Robert Owen. Subject: claim by purchase; lands within the manor of Wells, Somerset, sometime parcel of the possessions of the dissolved house of the priory and convent of St John Baptist in Wells, now the estate of defendants Errington. 1590, ca. (C 2/Eliz/C3/34).
1.1.6.1. John Owen, bapt. Feb. 2, 1620. John Owen a headright of Christopher Lewis in Isle of Wight in 1652?

1.2. Phyllis Owen, m. Richard Palmer, July 11, 1590.
1.3. Thomas Owen, m. Eleanor Daye, Feb. 11, 1595.
1.4. Elizabeth Owen, m. William Upham, April 4, 1597
1.5. John Owen, m. Elizabeth Nation, Aug. 31, 1608
1.5.1. Thomasine Owen, m. Phillip Hole, Oct. 25, 1632. Phillip Holle, bapt. May 2, 1604, in Wiveliscombe.
1.5.2. Thomas Owen, m. Elizabeth Packer, Jan. 30, 1633.
1.5.2.1. Margaret Owen, m. Richard Holman, Feb. 24, 1655.
1.5.3. Mary Owen, m. Richard Carswell, Oct. 27, 1635.

FLOOD
1. Robert Flood, m. Elizabeth …, Jan. 21, 1560. in Wiveliscombe.
1.1. John Flood, m. Margaret, who emigrated from Bristol in 1620, on the Supply. “John Fludd, Gent.” and was for 2100 acres “E. upon land of Capt. Henry Browne, N. upon the maine river, S. into the maine woods & W. upon Benjamine Harrisons marked trees being upon the W. side of Sunken Marsh Cr.”.
1.1.1. Thomas Flood.
1.1.1.1. Thomas Flood, m. Ann Rose, sister of William Rose, Jr.
1.2. Robert Flood.
1.2.1. Robert Flood, bapt. Feb. 15, 1618.
1.2.2. Henry Flood, bapt. May 27, 1620.
1.2.3. Marie Flood, bapt. May 24, 1622.
1.2.4. Judith Flood, m. William Hilling, Aug. 22, 1642. Elizabeth Hilling, m. “Antony Fulljames”, June 29, 1607, in Norton Fitzwarren, 7 mls fr. Wiveliscombe; 6 mls fr. Pitminster. 1.2.5. Agnes Flood, m. John Sharpe, Feb. 2, 1647.
1.2.1.5.1. Elizabeth Sharpe, m. Richard Reynolds Sr. John Sharpe appears to have been a son of Richard Sharpe, bapt. April 22, 1599, in Stogumber, son of Christopher; and br. of Richard Sharpe, who m. Ann White, Jan 17, 1643, in Stogumber; who may have been parents of the wife of Thomas Harris, d. 1688, in Virginia.

HARRIS/MEARE
1. …
1.1. Robert Harris, m. Margery Greene, May 7, 1565.
1.2. John Harris, m. Joan Daye, June 30, 1574
1.2.1. John Harris, bapt. April 18, 1579, m. Susan Holle, Oct. 24, 1619. (Fulgham connection).
1.2.1.1. Edward Harris.
1.2.1.1.1. Edward Harris, bapt. Aug. 11, 1553.
1.2.2. Dorothy Harris, m. Thomas Crosse, Sept. 25, 1592.
1.3. Joan Harris, Richard Daye, Nov. 14, 1585. (Pittman connection).
1.4. Alexander Harris, Isabell Rowley, June 30, 1676
1.2. John Harris, m. Isabell Rowley, Jan. 9, 1586, dau. of John Rowley and Joan Champion, and aunt of Edward Champion (bapt. Feb. 20, 1596), who m. Elizabeth Rowley (bapt. March 15, 1598), on Jan. 15, 1623, having issue: (1) Sarah Champion, who m. Hugh Bressie, nephew of William Bressie, whose Will bequests land “purchased of John Seward”, proved 1701, witnessed by Samuel Elbridge.* (2) Phyllis Champion, who m. Elias Fort (of Wiveliscombe), having issue: John Forte, who m. Elizabeth Jordan, dau. of Richard Jordan, whose Will was proved Nov. 7, 1699, bequesting to his son, Charles, “land which was formerly Mr. (Bartholomew) Owens“. Wit. brs.-in-law, Joshua Proctor and Robert Owen, son of Bartholomew. *This Samuel, of the same family of his namesake, aforementioned.

Most American genealogies are bunkum.

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Most genealogical enquiry of the remote past falls at the hurdle of “proof”, with suggested pedigrees being queried or rejected because of its lack. In most cases the suggested pedigrees would fall on the hurdle of extreme improbability. Those that seem more plausible can be judged on that criteria alone. When looking at the suggested pedigree, and the information around it, it can be asked, “what is the case here?”, what sense does this make?” – when judged against what we know of the custom among those being studied; the kinship groupings that repeated in each generation. If we were to simply rely on the “Oxbridge” method of reserach, with its emphasis on “proof” (which is often dubious), then we are left in the doldrums, with only an ancient mariner for company.

The sense I get from the following data is that the family of Thomas le Despencer, who held land at Burton-on-the-Wolds in the 12th century, was synonomous with that of Jort, and they were a branch of the Courcys.
1. Robert de Courcy, fl. 1058, m. Herleva de Bernieres, receiving as her dower land adjacent the river Dives at Jort, Bernieres, d’Ailly, Couliboeuf and Morteaux. Jort had belonged to Lesceline, Countess of Eu, and was associated with the Courcis: “Cil de Courci e Cil de Jort” (J. R. Planche, The Conqueror and his Companions).
1.1. Richard de Courcy, d. 1098, was described as of the family of the ‘seneschals de Corcie’, Wace, III, vv, 8481-82, 8526. Richard de Courcy, was tenant-in-chief in England temp. William. (Reg., I; D.B, 159a; Loyd, Origins, p. 36; Green, Government, pp. 242-4). Richardus de Curseio tenuit de eadam comitissa in Macel, Jort, Pont (Pont-de-Jort), etc., (Gal. Christ, 7, 159).
1.1.1. Robert de Courcy (le Despencer),* m. Rohais, dau. of Hugh de Grandmesnil. He donated land at Jort to St.-Pierre-sur-Dives, with the consent of Lesceline, comitesse d’Eu, that is, Lesceline de Harcourt, da. of Turchetil de Harcourt, wife of William d’Eu. Their son, William d’Eu II., m. Beatrice de Busli; sis. & event. h. in her issue of her brother, Roger de Busli.
1.1.1.1. William de Courcy, Dapifer of Henry 1., m. Avice (ca. 1125); the dau. and coheir of William Meschin (and Cecily de Rumilly), brother of Ranulf le Meschin, the Earl of Chester, d. 1129, whose “usher” was Robert de Jorz.
1.1.1.1.1. William de Courcy:

“William de Courcy, steward of the king of England, to the sons of Holy Mother Church, health. Know ye that I have granted and by this present charter confirmed that donation, which my mother, Avicia de Rumilly, gave to the nuns of Arthington, namely, the half part of the land of Helthwait free and quit in pure and perpetual frankalmoign, and in time of harvest to have the fattening of forty swine of their own free of charge in her wood of Swindon, and common pasture to their own animals in the aforesaid wood; upon the condition nevertheless that one nun, whom the lady Avicia shall place there, shall be always resident in the convent of Arthington. After the decease of my mother, I, her son and heir, and my heirs shall have for ever the same privilege in respect of the convent of Arthington. Of this donation these are witnesses, William, parson of Harewood, and William, chaplain of the mansion of the lady Avicia, and Gocelinus” (E.Y.C.). William’s widow m. William Paynel, son of Fulk Paynel, as his second wife. (ibid.).

1.2. William de Courcy/William Hostarius, held land in Bramcote: “William Hosiarius has there one plough”.
1.2.1. Robert de Courcy/Robert the Usher. Nichol’s Leicestershire, v.1-2, p. 107: “Robert the Usher” (Hostarius) possessed lands in two lordships in this county, Claxton and Howes.* He was the son of William the Usher, and his lordship devolved to Roger de Busli”.

Robert de Courcy was synonomous with Robert de Jort, a descendant being: “Robert de Jorz, who appears in the returns of 1166 as a holder on the Blyth fief, is entered, as a Tickhill knight, on the Pipe Roll of 1162, as Robert de Jort’. (Mr. Round).

Prestwold, Leicestershire. Folio 237r, Domesday Book (D.B.). People mentioned inc.: Hugh de Grandmesnil; Robert the usher son of William the usher; Roger de Busli.
Seagrave, Leicestershire. Folio: 234v, D.B. People mentioned inc.: *Robert Despenser; Roger de Busli.
*Hose, Leicestershire: Folio 235r, D.B.: Robert Despenser; Robert the usher son of William the usher.
*Hose, Leicestershire: Folio 237r, D.B.: Hugh de Grandmesnil: Robert the usher son of William the usher; Roger de Busli.
Wimeswold. “In 1086 Robert and Serlo held the manor under Hugh de Grentemaisnel, Roger de Busli had 2 carucates, which 8 servants held; Robert de Jorz held 2 carucates; 2 servants held a plough; there were 5 acres of meadow” (John Curtis, A Topographical History of the County of Leicester, p. 187, 1831).
Burton Jorz (Burton Joyce). Tenants -in-chief in 1086: Roger of Busli.

(1. Hugh de Segrave, d. ca, 1133.
1.1. Hereward de Segrave.
1.1.1. Gilbert de Segrave, named as tenant of land in Leicester in a fine of 1197; held the fourth part of one knight’s fee of William de Newburgh, Earl of Warwick, and he was joint sheriff with Reginald Basset, for the Trent. William son of Ralph de Meisham and Gilbert de Sadgrave. 1190-1200. William has acknowledged the homage of Gilbert for 1 virgate of land in Cusinton which Gilbert held of William’s father and which Herbert son of Roger de Sadgrave sold to Gilbert; rent 6d. a year at the feast of St. Martin. Witnesses: Thomas Despenser (Dispensarius), who was the father of Rose, first wife of Stephen de Segrave (d. 1241). 1190 -1200. (BCM/D/5/18/2).
1.1.1.1. Stephen de Segrave, m. (1) Rohesia, dau. of Thomas and sister of Hugh le Despenser. Thomas le Despenser endowed Rohesis with lands at Burton-on-the-Wolds.
1.1.1.1.1. Gilbert de Segrave.
1.1.1.1.1.1. Nicholas de Segrave, m. Alice de Armenters (the relict of Gerard de Lisle), dau. of Henry de Armenters, br. and heir of John, son of Geoffrey de Armenters. (Plac. de Quo Warranto, p. 527). Alice Tromewyne, widow of John Jors of Wymeswold; and Sir Nicholas de Segrave, knight, and Alice his wife. Alice has granted to Nicholas and Alice a messuage with all her holding in the vill of Wymundewold, which she had by grant of Thomas Tromewyne her uncle. Wit., Sir Robert Pouterel of Prestwold. Feb. 15, 1299. Robert de Heia, son of Robert de Heia of Humberstone, and Nicholas de Sagrave, son of Gilbert de Sagrave. Robert has quitclaimed to Nicholas 1 virgate of land in the territory of Hauthirne which Geoffrey son of Edith sometime held and which Robert de Humbrestam, his father, granted to Nicholas. Witnesses: Sir Richard de Thorp, Walter de Tatereshall, Stephen de Jort of Wymeswold. (BCM/D/5/54/1).

Mr. Yeatman takes up the story:

“We learn from Leicestershire History that, in some mysterious
manner, the great Roger de Busli succeeded as heir to the estates
of Robert fil Will Hostarius in that county; in Notts., they held
the Manor of Stanford jointly. Evidently this family were
faithful to the Conqueror, and unwisely for their interests,
remained attached to his unworthy heir — the Duke Robert —
for we find in that humiliating compact in 1088, by which the
rapacious and wily Prince Henry purchased from him the
Cotentin and other districts, including the Lordship of Hugh,
Earl of Chester, that Robert Hostarius was one of the
witnesses on the part of the Earl”. ‘Feudal History of the County of Derby, Mr. Yeatman, p. 385, 1886.

The “mysterious manner” being that their estates devolved in the same manner as that of their cousin, Robert de Courcy, as given; along the successors of their mesne lords, the Counts d’Eu. (The overlords of the Despencers, the family of Berges, may have derived from Asketil, brother of the Countess Lesceline, as suggested in previous notes).

1.2.1.1. Robert de Jorz, b. ca. 1080, noted in The Leicestershire Survey of 1124-1129.
1.2.1.1.1. Robert de Jorz. Temp. 1168-1179. Notification by Thomas the Despenser, Geoffrey de Jort, William de Munford, Henry son of Serlo and Richard his brother, and Robert son of Picot that they have given ‘Locholmewro de Fulefen’ beside Holywell Hall* to Garendon abbey. Robert and William de Jorz also donated from this holding, as exampled: “Heremitorium de Halliwellhaga dedit nobis Robertus de Jort et decem acras terre in campo de Wymundewaldà.” (1162). (Garendon cartulary, ff 8v.-9 and ff. 18v.-19v.). “Ranulph earl of Chester confirmed to the monks of Garendon the donations which had been made them at Haliwell-haw by Robert de Jort, William de Jort, and Thomas le Dispencer”. (The Hundred of East Gascote, Mr. Nichols, p. 122).
1.2.1.1.1.1. Geoffrey de Jorz, of Burton Joyce.
1.2.1.1.1.1.1. Richard de Jorz.
1.2.1.1.1.1.2. Robert de Jorz.
1.2.1.1.1.1.3. Ranulph de Jorz, “holds of the king’s serjeanty in the vill of Wymundwold and Houton 32 virgates of land. Temp. Thomas Putrell held in Hoton 4 bovates of the serjeanty of Ranulf de Jorz, and Gilbert de Segrave 2 bovates of the same. 1247-1248. Fine Rolls.
1.2.1.1.1.1.3.1. Stephen de Jorz.
1.2.1.1.1.1.3.1.1. Simon le Jorz of Wymeswold; and Sir Nicholas de Segrave and Alice his wife, widow of Sir Gerard de Insula, and Maud daughter of Nicholas and Alice. Wed. the feast of St. Mark. Simon has quitclaimed to Nicholas, Alice and Maud, for their lives, all the lands of the honour of Tykehil, which Stephen le Jorz, his father, formerly held of the honour in Wymundwold. Witnesses: Sir John de Nevile, Sir Robert Poutrel, Sir Thomas de Meynil, Hugh de Prestewold, William le Broun of Burton, Reginald le Berges of the same. 1313. (BCM/D/5/54/3).
1.2.1.1.1.1.3.1.2. John de Jorz.
1.2.1.1.2. William de Jorz. The Garendon cart. notes donations made them at Haliwell-haw by Robert de Jort and William de Jort (Mr. Nichols,The Hundred of East Gascote, p. 122).
1.2.1.1.2. Geoffrey le Despencer, b. ca. 1105.
1.2.1.1.2.1. Thomas le Despencer (ca. 1135-1207), granted lands at Burton-on-the-Wolds to Garendon Abbey, betw. 1168 and 1190, witnessed by Robert, Earl of Leicester, and his wife, Countess Petronella. Thomas Dispensator, filius Gaufridi Dispensatoris, salutem … x bovatas terre, cum omnibus pertinentiis suis, in campo de Burtona, concessu Asketilli de Berges domini mei de eadem terra “. Hence, Asketilli de Berges is the feudal lord of Thomas; no familial link is recorded, as exampled here: “Carta Asketilli de Berges de tribus carucatis terrae in Burtunia, et de octo acris (Ambr. Phil. fol. 37), concessionem etiam et confirmationem quas idem comes per idem scriptum fecit eisdem abbati et monachis, de donationibus quas Robertus de Jorz, Willielmus de Jorz, et Thomas Dispensarius fecerunt praedictis monachis in feudo ipsius comitis de Haliwellhawe. Concessionem insuper et confirmationem quas Asketillus de Berges per cartam fecit eisdem monachis, de donatione Thomœ Dispensatoris de decern bovatis terrae cum pertinentiis, de feodo suo in Burton“.
1.2.1.1.2.1.1. Hugh le Despencer.
1.2.1.1.2.1.1.1. Hugh le Despencer. Grant by Hugh le Despencer (dispensarius), son and heir of Hugh le Despencer, to Sir Geoffrey le Despencer, his uncle, of all his wood of Thorp Munfort and all the soil of the same, which descended to him from his said father, and from William le Despencer his uncle. Witness, Sir Gilbert de Segrave. (E 40/6877).
Release by Hugh de Berghes to Hugh Dispensar, for 20 marcs and a robe, of a windmill with its site in Saxelby. Witnesses: Stephen de Segrave, Gilbert his son, Hugh de Truvile, Gilbert Mallore, and others. Leic., ca. 1230. (E 40/1421). The Despencers remained feudatories of the family of Berges. Garendon Abbey and Sir Gilbert de Segrave. The abbey has agreed that Gilbert should have free entry and egress for his beasts and the beasts of his men in Hawthorne into the fields of Dixele between the feast of the nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary and the feast of the Purification, provided that the hay and corn be carried by the former date. Witnesses: Sir Hugh Dispenser. 1251. (BCM/D/5/26/7). As shown, the Segraves and Despencers were intermarried. Grant by Roger, son of Roger, clerk of Worksop, to William de Furnivall. Two shillings’ annual rent payable by Thomas Chambers (de Camera) for a tenement in Langeburnedal; for six shillings. Witnesses: Stephan de Jorz, Nicholas de Ordeshil, Hugh de Dispensa. Bef. 1260. (Sheffield City Archives, ACM/WD/583).
1.2.1.1.2.2. Sir Geoffrey le Despencer. Release by Maud, dau. of Robert le Mouner of Thorp, to Sir Geoffrey le Despencer (dispensario), of her right within his close and park of Beaumanor (bellomanerio). Witnesses: Sirs Richard de Jorz and Richard de Torp, and others. Leicestershire. (E 40/7607). Beaumanor was *Holywell Hall.
1.2.1.1.2.3. Henry le Despencer, witnessed a deed of his bother-in-law, Stephen de Segrave, d. 1241, Justicar of England
1.2.1.1.2.4. Rohesia, m. Stephen de Segrave. Avice sister of Roger de Sidenhale and Stephen de Segrave. Avice has granted to Stephen 4 bovates of land in Wimundewald, Roger de Sidenhale had granted to his sister Avice 4 bovates of land with their tenants at a rent of 2d. a year. Witnesses: Peter de Sancto Edwardo, Ranulf de Jorz (held I fee in Wimeswould of the honor of Tickhill, and was br. of Robert de Jorz). 1220-1230. (BL Harl. MS 4748, f. 13d.).
1.2.1.1.2.5. Robert le Despencer, of Beeston. Its castle was built by Ranulph de Blundeville, Earl of Chester, after his return from the holy land. In 1236, Henry de Audley was sent with Hugh le Despencer and Stephen de Segrave to command this castle.

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It is suggested that the descendants of Sergeant John Harris of Virginia have been hidden from view by an over-emphasis on Thomas Harris, who d. in 1688. They were highly likely kin, and the abodes of their ancestors in  Somerset, Blagdon and Cheddar, were just a matter of several hedgerows apart.

1. John Harris, bapt. April 7, 1558, d. 1633. (Blagdon, Somerset).
1.1. John Harris, bapt. 1589/90, in Blagdon, mentioned as a “servant” of Arthur Bayley, as Thomas Busby, and William Barker, mariner in 1637. He was the br. of Joan Harris, bapt. May I, 1603, who m. (as second wife and her second husband) John Oson, bapt. Apr. 22, 1604, the father of Ann Ozen (bapt. June 19, 1625), who m. James Derrick, July 20, 1648, cousin of Francis Derick Jr., bapt. March 10, 1607, in Long Ashton, who bought land from Dorothy, “daughter of the late deceased *Sergeant John Harris”, p. 113.
1.1.1. Dorothy Harris, m. John Baker/Barker, a kinsman of William Barker, mariner. (See prevous notes).
1.1.2 John Harris,* infant in 1624, witnessed a bond of Robert Mosley to John Felton in 1654. (V.C.R, v. xi, p. 31). “William Lea and Alice (Feltham), his wife, to William Heath, 150 ac. … formerly Thomas Felton’s … formerly (Robert) Moseleys … “joyneing upon the lands which was (Sergeant) John Harryes lyeing in the County of Surry in Virginia commonly called Upper Chippoakes”). In 1663, William Heath transferred William Lea’s patent to William Simmons Sr.* John Harris was prob he who d. 1n 1686, the uncle of William Harris: Jan. 4, 1685: William Harris and wife Mary Harris, to William Newsum … 220 ac. now in the tenure of *Mr. John Harris; adj. William Newett, and the Sunken Marsh Path. Wit. Robert Ruffin. R. Jan. 5, 1685. William Harris was the son of of Thomas Harris, d. 1668. During his orpanage, a part of his father’s estate was leased to John Harris, d. 1686, whose Will was witnessed by William Newsum, John Clarke, and William Newitt. (B. 3, p. 82). John Harris is witnessed here: Surry Co. tithables, 1681. Chipoaks Precinct: Mr. William Newsum, *John Harris, William Barton, Henry and Thomas Hart (5). Taken by Robert Ruffin.

The other witness to the 1654 deed was Sackville Brewster, who m. Elizabeth, relict of John Watkins, cooper, who d. in 1655. She was the stepmother of John Watkins (d. 1708), husband of Elizabeth Spencer, orphan of Capt. Robert Spencer, who chose Thomas Jordan as her guardian, who had m. Robert Spenser’s relict, Jane. (Order Book, p. 265).

Jane Browne was the dau. of Colonel William Browne and his first wife, Mary. He m. (2) the relict of Nicholas Meriwether Sr., whom Bartholomew Owen (d. 1677) appointed power of atty. Jane Browne was the sister of Mary Browne, who m. George Jordan Jr., having issue: George Jordan, who m. Sarah, dau. of William Hunt and Sarah Simmons, dau. of  William Simmons Sr.; sister of William Simmons Jr., whose land was adj. that of Thomas Harris, d. 1729/30; that is, also, adj. those formerly of (Sergeant) “John Harryes”, on Upper Chipoaks.

Bartholomew Owen had highly reviled Captain George Jordan, calling him “Raskell and Rogue” and “shouten Raskell” and several other such base terms. Spencer rebuked Owen for his “Mullitious” words. Owen replied, swearing, “God damn him, of that raskell” George Jordan. (B. 1, p. 166). Bartholomew may have been referring to his wife’s br.-in-law.

(1. Robert Spenser (d. ca. 1680, m. (2) Jane Browne, relict (it is suggested) of Bartholomew Owen, d. bef. Feb. 1677), stated that “he heard Bartholomew (Owen), on several occasions and in various places speak very “scandulous” words against the Commissioners of Surry Co, saying he would never have justice done him in that Court”. (Deposition, Aug. 16, 1660). Jane Browne m. (3) Thomas Jordan. “Spenser, Robert (Capt.). Estate – Signed: Jane Jordan, Wife of Thomas Jordan, Swears it is a true inventory, 22 7br: 1681. Wit. Robt. Ruffin, Wm. Newsum”, p. 292. Jane Browne was the stepdau, of the relict (Elizabeth) of Nicholas Meriwether Sr. (d. Dec. 19, 1678).
1.1. Elizabeth Spenser (by first wife), m. John Watkins, stepson of Sackville Brewster, co-witness with John Harris of a deed of land, aforementioned.
1.1.1. Benjamin Watkins, m. Jane Flood, dau. of Thomas Flood Jr. and Ann Rose, dau. of William Rose Sr., headright of Nicholas Meriwether Sr. On July 3, 1666, Bartholomew Owen sold cattle of William Rose, Sr. and Ann Rose his wife for the benefit of their children, Jane, William, Ann, and Mary Rose, p. 271. Jane Rose m. Richard Avery, on whose death, William Rose Sr. became the guardian of his grandson, *John Avery, p. 61). Richard Avery departed from the Port of Bristol, in 1665. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, vol. 1, p. 56: Capt. Anthony Fulgham, 1600 ac. IOW, July 12, 1665, for transportation of 30 people, inc. Richd. Avery. (B. 5, p. 253). Will of Richard Avery, proved Jan 5, 1685, Surry Co., names wife Jane, sons George, William, John, and Thomas Avery, and “brothers” William Rose and Thomas Flood. Executors were wife Jane, William Rose, and Thomas Flood. Witnessed by William Browne, Thomas Flood, William Rose (B. 3, p. 45). He calls William Rose and Thomas Flood his “brothers”, i.e., William Rose was the brother of his wife, Jane, and Thomas Flood was Jane’s brother-in-law, husband of Ann Rose.
1.1.1.1. Elizabeth Watkins, m. John Nicholson.
1.1.2. Elizabeth Watkins, m. Robert Ruffin.
Robert Spencer was the probable cousin of Ann Spencer, wife of William Cockerham (d. 1669), of Purbeck, Dorset; sister of Elizabeth Spencer (who m. (1) Robert Sheppard,(2) Thomas Warren, mother of Anne Sheppard, who m. (1) Thomas Hart, (2) William Newsum).

1.1.2.1. John Harris, m. a dau. of Thomas Busby, as John Barker Jr., grandson of William Barker, mariner, bapt. on May 7, 1592, in St. Werburgh’s, Bristol; merchant and mariner. Thomas Busby’s son and namesake m. Mary Simmons, dau. of William Simmons Sr., and sister of William Simmons Jr., whose land, to repeat, adjoined that of Thomas Harris, d. 1729/30. John Barker Jr. was the admon. of the estate of John Harris (with Patrick Lashley, father of Walter Lashley*), rec. Feb. 11, 1698.
1.1.2.2. William Harris, m. Elizabeth, her widow’s estate admon. by (eldest son) Henry Harris. R. June 16, 1711. Wit. John Barker Jr., son of John Barker Sr., son of William Barker, mariner.
1.1.2.2.1. Henry Harris.
1.1.2.2.2. Thomas Harris, d. 1729/30, probably he who witnessed an indenture in 1708 between Robert and (his br.) William Ruffin to William Chambers; also witnessed by William Drew, nephew of Edward Drew.
1.1.2.2.2.1. Joshua Harris.
1.1.2.2.2.2. Thomas Harris.
1.1.2.2.2.2.1. Solomon Harris. The test results for a descendant (with Family Tree DNA) are a perfect match with Harris Group 4 males.
1.1.2.2.3. John Harris, estate probated June 15, 1720, wit. John Kitchen and Robert Ruffin, p. 273. May 20, 1710: Thomas Ward of Lawne’s Creek Parish to John Chambers of same (his mother was Olive Ruffin). Witnesses: William Newsum and John Harris. (p. 10). Olive Ruffin was the sister of Robert Ruffin, and had m. William Chambers, as his second wife, so was either mother or step-mother of John Chambers. John Harris and Robert Ruffin witness obligation on Mary Chambers, orphan of William Caambers, signed by Wm. Chambers, Wm. Newsum.

1.1.3. Thomas Harris, b. ca, 1625-1630. Granted 850 acs. Surry Co. S. James Riv., on N.W. & S.E. sides of Sunken Marsh above & below the mill; June 2, 1668. “The “Sunken Marsh” referred to is the marsh on “College Creek,” and there was for a long time a grist mill in this vicinity. The mill is mentioned in Robert Ruffin’s will, 1693″. (Tylers Q.).

1.1.3.1. William Harris, who was left a legacy in the Will of Christopher Lewis, in 1674, as Katherine, dau. of Bartholomew Owen. May 7, 1678: Indenture between William Harris, only son of Thomas Harris of Surry Co., and Thomas Jarrell for 1500 pounds of tobacco, 100 ac. of land on College Run bounding with William Newsum and Robert Ruffin on William Newett’s line. Surry, Nov. 6, 1683: Thomas Jarrell and William Newsum were witnesses to William Harris selling land adj. Thomas Jarrell to Robert Ruffin. Surry. January-March, 1702: William Hunniford, Edward Drew, Thomas Jarrell, and John Clarke were appointed to appraise the estate of Thomas Edwards, husband of Elizabeth, dau. of William Newitt and Elizabeth Jones. Thomas Edwards was the son of William Edwards, who, in 1645, with Rice Davis, obtained a patent for 1080 acres on the Sunken Marsh.

William Harris may have m. (2) Elizabeth, sister of John Nicholson, who m. Elizabeth Watkins, dau. of Benjamin Watkins (and Jane Flood, granddau. of William Rose Sr.), the br. of Elizabeth Watkins, who m. Robert Ruffin. “Harris, Elizabeth: Leg. – Son, Joseph Harris, cow, pewter dishes, etc. and daughter, Mary Horne, pewter dishes, etc. Daughter, Jane Harris, 300 lbs. of tobacco at (Elizabeth’s brother) John Nicholson’s. To daughter, Elizabeth Harris, all the remaining part of my estate and makes her Exerx. Mar. 23, 1710. Prob.: May 16,, 1711. Wit: Jethro Barker (br. of John Barker Jr.), John Cooke, John Averiss”. (Book 6, p. 55).

*John Averiss/Avery. William Rose guardian of John Avery acknowledges to have received of Edward Bookey who married the relict of RIchard Avery the whole of John Avery’s estate. (July 3, 1688, p. 62). John Averis 300 acres in Surry County on N. side of Otterdam Swamp, adj. Jethro Barker. (1704, p. 622). John Avery’s dau. m. John Lashley, son of *Walter Lashley and Hannah Barker, sister of John Barker Jr.

1.1.3.1. John Harris, m. Mary, dau. of Edward Drew and Frances, dau. of William Newitt, whose land, as given, was adj. that of William Harris, son of Thomas Harris, and nephew of John Harris, whose Will was witnessed by William Newitt.

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The same English families had shared association going back centuries, replicating them in Virginia. You only have to know the A and the C of the genealogical trail, and the B can be deduced in general, like the middle of a jigsaw, with sides complete.

1. Roger Jones, grocer, of Bristol (Will probated Oct. 20, 1574), m. Elizabeth, dau. of Henry White, thus was uncle of “John White of Bristowe, gent.” (to whom he was the executor of his Will), br. of Gyles White. “Inventory of the goods of John White of Bristol, in possession of Roger Jones, executor. Also inventory of John White’s goods in possession of Gyles White, executor, April 4, 1559”. (B.A., AC/36074/61).

John White held land in Bedminster. White v Crofton. Plaintiffs: John White of Bedminster, gentleman, son and executor of Henry White of Bristol.* Defendants: William Crofton, Joan (Agnes) his wife, late the wife of the said Henry, and Thomas Abyngton, her brother. Subject: Money in a coffer, late of the said Henry. Gloucestershire. 1544-1551. (Nat, Arch., C 1/1282/38-45).

The Smythe family of Long Ashton were the landlords of the Taylor family in Bedminster, who became of Bristol and Virginia. Richard Taylor, bapt. Sept. 8, 1562, bur. Feb 27, 1610. Deed. (1) Hugh Smythe of Long Ashton, esquire. (Landlord of the Derrick family of that place). (2) Richard Taylor of Bedminster, sailor, and Katherine his wife. Bedminster adjoins Long Ashton and Bristol.

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*Son of John White: Quitclaim. 1. John White. 2. Edmund Penson, John Harris (John Harrys, of Bristol, grocer, see hereinafter), William Edwards, Ralph ap Rees, William Wosley and 7 others (feoffess of St Nicholas). Houses, shops, gardens and rents in Bristol and the suburbs, White having enfeoffed (2) by feoffment. May 22, 1520. (B.A., 40365/D/2/59).

Roger Jones was the br. of George Jones: Quitclaim. John Mawdeley Geo. Jones and Giles White to John Smyth and Joan his wife of premises in preceding deed in accordance with uses therein specified. 3 seals. Nov. 2, 1555. (B.A., AC/D/3/48/b).

They were probable descendants of “Thomas Jones, coferer”, of Bristol, noted as a “parishoner of St Nicholas”, Bristol, with “John Cogan, mercer”, etc. in a quitclaim dated Nov. 4, 1452. (Bristol Archives (B.A), 40365/D/2/35). Lease for lives of the lessees. 1. John Burton, vicar of St Nicholas and John Cleyton and William Roberdes, wardens with the assent of the parish. 2. Thomas Watkyns, brewer and Elene his wife, late wife of Thomas Jones, coferer. Jan. 30, 1479. (B.A., 40365/

1.1. … Jones, m. “Richard Moore, of Bristol, grocer“; see “Bill of Complaint brought by Richard Moore of Bristowe grocer against his father-in-law Roger Jones” … “alleging that Roger had sold to him the manor of Ridgwey of which he had subsequently been dispossessed by Richard Barkley esq. who with Mathewe Smythe esq. (of Long Ashton) claim title to the premises”. Feb. 11, 1587. (B. A., AC/D/4/13). Berkeley v Jones. Plaintiffs: Sir Richard Barkley, Mathew Smyth and John Sackefeylde. Defendants: Roger Jones and Richard More. Subject of decree: Estate of John White, late of Bristol. Manor of Ridgeways, Gloucestershire, disputed inheritance. July 6, 1582. (Nat. Arch., C 78/41/44).

Richard Moore (Inquis. May 17, 1600), was one of the “parishioners of St. Nicholas”, enfeoffed of church lands by Robert Saxey. Sept. 20, 1583. (B. A., P.St N/Ch/D/4). David Harris and Robert Saxey bought land from George Harris of London, esq., as “parishioners of St. Nicholas” – “appurtenances commonly known as Knappes Chapel or St. John the Evangelist Chapel on the Back in the churchyard of St. Nicholas”. 1578. (Bristol Arch., P.St N/Ch/D/3). David and George Harris wers sons of David Harris Sr.*; son of *John Harrys, of Bristol, grocer, son of John Harrys, of London.

(This latter John Harrys was paternally a Salman, and was a descendant of a Smythe family of Essex that bought the manor of Long Ashton, in Somerset). *Award of Henry Brayne, Esq. and John White gent. arbitrators for *David Harrys and Thomas Walter :- (a) release of actions etc. to be executed by each to the other, (b) David Harrys to pay 26s. 8d. to Thomas Walter and bear costs of suit. (c) David Harrys to have possession of lands and tenements as in lease of June 23, 1517. August 13, 1556. (B.A., AC/WH/2/8).

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(1. George Harris.
1.1. Benjamin Harris, tenant of Hugh Saxey.
1.2. George Harris, m. Joan (Jacosa) Webb, Apr. 28, 1623, in Wedmore; she m. (2) John Lyde ‘of Heathouse’, bapt. Oct. 8, 1620, on Oct. 22, 1640. John Lyde’s granddau, Anna Lyde, bapt. Nov. 20, 1676, m. Robert Champion, on Aug. 20, 1709. The Champions were fr. Meare, 5 mls fr. Wedmore. The Will of Thomas Moore names Edward Champion, Jr. and members of his family.
1.3. John Harris, b. ca. 1590, d. Feb. 21, 1624 (Chappel Allerton, Wedmore), m. (1) Penelope Millard, dau. of Thomas Millard and Amisia Counsell. (2) Christiana Thurston.
1.3.1. Thomas Harris, m. Joan Gardner, bapt. Apr. 6, 1617, in Cheddar, sister of John Gardner, bapt. Nov. 1, 1621, in Cheddar, who m. (2) Mary Coomer, on Oct. 24, 1664. John Gardner, dying intestate admin. requested by relict, Mary. Security Thomas Joyner,* James Gardner, 1684, p. 56. *Br. of Bridgman Joyner, guardian of an orphan of Thomas Harris, d. 1688.
1.3.1.1. Thomas Harris, bapt. Dec. 31, 1637, in Cheddar, d. 1688, in Virginia.
1.3.1.1.1. Robert Harris.
1.3.1.1.1.1. John Harris,* m. Avis White, dau. of Ann Moore (who m. Thomas White), dau. of George Moore.
1.4. Richard Harris.
1.4.1. Edward Harris, bapt. August 8, 1624 (Chappel Allerton, Wedmore). (Some suggest: Edward Harris: Appraisers, Edward Bechinoe, Richard Corsey, John Williams, and Richard Hansford. Presented by Mr. George Hardy. The Will of Francis Corsey, rec. May I, 1679, witnessed by George Moore, grandf. of the wife of a grandson of Thomas Harris, d. 1688.

1.1.1. William Moore, per inquis. (Gloucestershire Archives, D2404/7)).
1.1.1.1. Thomas Moore. Assignment, John Cooke and Katherine his wife to Thomas Moore of lease. Aug 20, 1615. (B.A., 09457/4a).
1.1.1.1.1. George Moore, b. 1632.
1.1.1.1.1.1. Ann Moore, m. Thomas White.
1.1.1.1.1.1.1. Avis White, m. *John Harris.

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If I have been correct in my recent analysis, the Harris families of Cheddar and nearby Blagdon were cousins, and, if so, what would be witnessed in Virginia would be evidence of them being associated with the same families – the principle of ‘continuation of association’.

An associated family was that of Taylor.

1. John Taylor, d. Nov. 22, 1610, in Long Ashton.
1.1. Richard Taylor, bapt. Sept. 8, 1562, bur. Feb 27, 1610. Deed. (1) Hugh Smythe of Long Ashton, esquire. (Landlord of the Derrick family of that place). (2) Richard Taylor of Bedminster, sailor, and Katherine his wife. Bedminster adjoins Long Ashton and Bristol.
1.1.1. Richard Taylor, m. Mary Woodward Sept. 2, 1602.
1.1.1.1. John Taylor (bur. May 21, 1645), m. Jane Jones, Sept. 22, 1633, in Bristol.
1.1.1.1.1. John Taylor, bapt. May 7, 1635.
1.1.1.1.1.1. John Taylor, bapt. Aug. 19, 1662, at St. James.
1.1.1.1.1.2. Samuel Taylor, bapt. Oct. 25, 1677.
1.1.1.1.2. Thomas Taylor, b. ca. 1637, perhaps he recorded as a Surry tithable with neighbours William Newsum, and Roger Rawlings. He may have been the Thomas Taylor whose estate was appraised in 1674 by Thomas Lane, John Price, and Charles Barham.

On March 12, 1667, an indenture between Mrs. Alice Carter and Edward Warren for 2,500 lb of tob., land from the cart path from the Great Swamp to Chippoakes, formerly left to Peter Adams, (was stated to be) adj. William Newsum to William Harris,* belonging to William Carter, late husband of Alice Carter. Wit. George and Gertrude Watkins (relict of William Newsum Sr.), p. 203. *Perhaps a son of Sergeant John Harris.

Raphael Creed, bapt. Aug. 1605 in Westbury-On-Trym, Gloucester (4 mls fr. Bristol), d. bef. Aug. 2, 1668, in Surry Co. His widow, Grace Creed, m. (2), Edward Warren,* who had previously been m. to Mrs. Aylce (Croxon) Carter/Parke, widow successively of William Carter Jr., and Capt. Giles Parke. William Carter Jr. was the half-br. of Ann Newsum, dau. of William Carter Sr. and Alice Warren.

May 20, 1668: Edward Petway assigns 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.* Recorded at the request of Edward Warren. Signed; Edward Petway, Alice Carter, Geo. Carter.

*Their dau., Elizabeth, as anon, 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.

Samuel Judkins and Elizabeth Petway had issue: John Judkins; his 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.

Hannah Judkins was the niece of Elizabeth Petway, dau. of Elizabeth Carter, dau. of William Carter Jr. and Alice Croxon, who m. (2), Edward Warren; brother or close relative of Thomas Warren.

Mr. Thomas Warren, 290 acs. at Smith’s Fort, James City Co., July 3, 1648, p. 146. Adj. Goodman Spiltimber and John Corker. Part of a former patent for 450 acs. granted sd. Warren. Thomas Warren m. Elizabeth Sheppard, relict of Robert Sheppard, whose dau. Ann, m. (1) Thomas Hart, (2) William Newsum Jr.

(William Newsum may have been of London, his connections to this grouping being mercantile. Many of the Bristol merchants traded with London – the Derricks and Barkers, etc. – and many London merchants traded with Bristol – the Blands etc. They all traded with Virginia, mostly in tobacco. Such channels of connection acted as latter-day introductory agencies for marriage.

St Botolph Without Aldgate, London.
1. Thomas Newsum, d. 1626.
1.1. Robert Newsum, m. Dorothie …
1.1.1. William Newsum.
1.1.2. John Newson, bapt, June 29, 1643.
1.2. Mary Newsum, bapt. Jan. 31, 1611.
1.4. John Newsum, m. Dorothie …
1.4.1. John Newsum, b. 1628.
1.4.1. William Newsum, bapt. Jan. 1629, d. inf.
1.3. William Newsum b ca. 1612-1615, m. Elizabeth Abbett, 1637/38. This is Abbot, of the family of St Botolph.

In 1669, a Surry Co. 10, 1671. tithable group: (1st) William Harris, Thomas Taylor (3rd).

1.1.1.1.2.1. Elizabeth Taylor, m. Robert Judkins, d. 1693, br. of Samuel Judkins of Surry Co., who m. Elizabeth, dau. of *Edward Petway.
1.1.1.1.2.1.1. William Judkins, m. Margaret, dau. of Edward Taylor* (cousin of Thomas Taylor), and Margaret … She m. (2) Bartlett Moreland.
1.1.1.1.2.1.2. Hannah Judkins, m. Thomas Harris, d. 1729/30.
1.1.1.1.3. Elizabeth Taylor, m. John Meriott. (Probably the Marriot link).

1.1.1.2. William Taylor, bapt. Nov. 29, 1612, headright in 1648 of George Hardy, in Isle of Wight.
1.1.1.2.1. William Taylor, m. Elizabeth … Dec. 26, 1655.
1.1.1.2.2. On Feb. 17, 1671, an Edward Taylor was conveyed land on Marsh Street., Bristol, by Thurston Harris (B.A., 00381/22a), br. of William Harris, sons of William Harris. Marriage settlement of William Harris and Margaret Derrick, of a tenement known as the Rose and Crown in Redcliffe street and tenements in Marsh and Wine streets. Parties: (1) Thurston Harris of Bristol, baker. (2) Francis Derrick Jr, Margaret’s br.) and Edward Boulashe of Bristol, merchants. Nov. 2, 1628. (B.A., 19835/2f). Francis Derrick Jr. purchased land from the dau. of John Harris of Blagdon (Sergeant John Harris).

Edward Taylor, as tithable of Surry County:

1678. Thomas Lane Sr. (1st), Martin Johnson (2nd), Augustine Hunnicutt Jr. with William Alderson (3rd), Roger Rawlings (8th), Thomas Edwards with John Browne and Edward Taylor (11th), Timothy Ezell with Michael Ezell (12th).

Roger Rawlings was the son-in-law of William Newsome Sr. and br.-in-law of William Newsome Jr. (who m. Ann Sheppard, relict of Thomas Hart), the grandfather of Elizabeth Newsome, wife of Thomas Edwards.

1679. William Newsum was in this group of tithables: Henry Hart (first), Roger Rawlings (third), Thomas Edwards* with Edward Taylor and John Bishop (tenth), Timothy Ezell Sr. with (his son) Michael Ezell (11th).

Thomas Pittman (of Wedmore, Somrset), m. Mary, widow of (1) Thomas Atkinson, (2) Thomas Gwaltney, in 1666. Thomas Pittman, subsequently m. Lydia, relict of Samuel Judkins, and mother of Charles Judkins Sr., who m. Jane Harris, relict of Jones, dau. of Thomas Harris, d. 1688.

By her first husband, Mary had issue: John Atkinson, who m. Ann Holliman (dau. of Christopher Holliman); their issue: John Atkinsson Jr., who m. Elizabeth Ezell, having issue: Amos Atkinson, who m. a dau. of Charles Judkins Jr. Elizabeth Ezell was the dau. of Michael Ezell and Elizabeth Tooke.

William Gwaltney, son of Mary and Thomas, m. Alice Flake, dau. of Robert Flake Jr. and Margaret Marriott. William was the nephew of Thomas Carter, whose son, Thomas Carter Jr, m. Magdalen Moore. George Moore (grandfather of Avis White, wife of John Harris, grandson of Thomas Harris, d. 1688), in consideration of marriage between Thomas Carter and Magdalen, dau. of said George Moore, gives Thomas Carter 400 ac. out of my dividend of 1400 ac. on Blackwater Swamp, patent to Moore, May 12, 1669.

August, 1673. George Moore appraised the estate of George Bechinoe, son of Edward, p. 33, who appraised the estate of Edward Harris, d. 1677.

1681. Nicholas Wilson, Francis Taylor, Patrick Brady (next) William Cockerham, Edward Taylor (next) William Seward, John Greene (next) Walter Taylor. William Seward witnessed the 1721 Will of Margaret Harris (widow of Edward Taylor), in Surry Co.

1683 William Cockerham, Edward Taylor. 1688. George Ezell, John MacIntosh (next) Edward Taylor, James Ely (next) Michael Ezell. 1689. Robert Nicholson, Edward Taylor.

In 1676, James Nicholson m. Elizabeth, dau. of Francis Gray. In 1683, his br, Robert Nicholson, m. Mary, widow of John Gray. James and Elizabeth had issue, James, who m. Ann Davis in 1745, having issue: (1) Nathaniel Nicholson, who m. Mary Harris; their son Britton Nicholson, m. Molly Harris. (2) John Jordan Nicholson, who m. Sarah Shearin (dau. of Joseph Shearin and Amy Rivers) and sister of Sterling Harris Shearin, Frederick Kinchen Shearin. Joseph Shearin (the son of John), on Jan. 27, 1734, received a patent for 236 ac. in Brunswick Co. on both sides of Three Creeks and adj. his father’s land. John Peoples was the step-son of John Shearin, being a son of John’s wife. Mary Harris was the dau. of Daniel Harris, d. 1765 in Bute County, NC., son of Edward Harris, son of Thomas Harris, d. 1688.

1691. Thomas Busby Jr. Jeffrey Busby, Edward Taylor. Thomas Busby Jr. was the son of Thomas Busby. He m. Mary Simmons, dau. of William Simmons Sr., and sister of William Simmons Jr., whose lands adjoined those of Thomas Harris, d. 1729/30.

1. “William Lea and Alice (Feltham), his wife, to William Heath, 150 acres … formerly Thomas Felton’s … formerly (Robert) Moseleys … “joyneing upon the lands which was John Harryes* lyeing in the County of Surry in Virginia commonly called Upper Chippoakes”. 2. Ordered that Wm. Lee pay unto Richard Taylor 350 lbs of good tobacco and cask due per a bill of his predecessor, Thomas Felton. 3. Richard Taylor was the br.-in-law of John Barker Sr. 4. In 1663, William Heath transferred William Lea’s patent to William Simmons Sr. (per record of fine imposed on William Simmons Sr. after Bacon’s Rebellion. *Sergeant John Harris was the father John Harris (who had m. a dau. of Thomas Busby Sr.), and who, on May 2, 1654, witnessed a bond of Robert Mosley to John Felton. (V.C.R, v. xi, p. 31); the father of William Harris, who m. Elizabeth, her widow’s estate admon. by (eldest son) Henry Harris. R. June 16, 1711. Wit. John Barker Jr., who was the br.-in-law of John Harris, having m. Grace, dau. of Thomas Busby Sr. Thus, John Harris and John Barker Jr. were brs-in-law of Thomas Busby Jr., the br-in-law of William Simmons Jr., whose lands adjoined those of a younger son of William Harris and Elizabeth, Thomas Harris, d. 1729/30.

1698. Edward Taylor (next) James Eley (next) Thomas Holt, Robert Barham (next) William Harris, Thomas Jarrell Jr. William Harris appraised the estate of Edward Taylor on May 4, 1708, having m. Margaret, the widow of Edward Taylor.

1.1.1.2.2.1. Hannah Taylor, m. Christopher Clinch. Thomas Harris, d. 1729, m. Hannah Judkin,* d. April 10, 1739, who m. 1. Thomas Harris. 2. Christopher Clinch, d. Dec. 13, 1736, 3. Edward Brantley, nephew of Edward Brantley Sr., estate appraised by Henry Harris and Thomas Barrow, July 25, 1737. (B. 4., p. 176). In his Will, Thomas Harris names a brother, Henry Harris, son Joshua, and also an ‘unborn child wife now goes with’. (Thomas). Thomas Barrow m. Elizabeth Brantley, dau. of John Brantley, son of Edward Brantley Sr., headright of John Seward, of Bristol, grandfather of William Seward Sr. whose Will (dated March 16, 1702, in Surry Co.), was witnessed by Edward Barrow, br. of Thomas. William Seward m. 2. Ann Clinch. William Seward’s son, John, was the half.-br. of Christopher Clinch (B. 6, p. 126), who m. Hannah Judkin, relict of Thomas Harris, and subsequent wife of Edward Brantley. William Seward’s son, William, witnessed the Will of Margaret Harris, widow of Edward Taylor, parents of Margaret Taylor, who m. 1. William Judkins, having issue: Elizabeth Judkin, who m. John Berryman (of a Bristol family), and *Hannah Judkin.

1.1.1.3. John Taylor, headright in 1648 of George Hardy in Isle of Wight

1.1.1.4. Richard Taylor, m. Sara Barker, Oct. 27, 1646, in Rappahannock. She m. (2) Robert Lucy, and had issue: Mary Lucy, who m. Thomas Anderson.

April Court 1673, “Whereas Robert Lucy and Sarah his wife and Phillip Limbrey and Elizabeth his wife jointly own 1000 acres in Flower du hundred, inherited from John Barker Dec’d., brother to sd Sarah and Elizabeth, desire partition. Request that Col. Robt Wynne for the Lucys and Lt. Col Geo Jordan for the Limbreys meet James Minge surveyor on the 22nd instant and divide the land”. (Fleet, p. 347).

On June 4, 1677, Thomas Drew apparently m. (as her third husband) Frances Ward, relict of (1) William Barker, mariner, (2) Robert Letherland. Frances Drew petitioned the Court and received custody of her two grandchildren, John and Elizabeth Limbrey, the surviving children of her deceased dau., Elizabeth.

1.1.1.4.1.. Capt. John Taylor was the guardian for Mary Lucy, the mother of Jane Anderson, in 1694.
1.1.1.4.2. Maria Taylor, m. John Hardyman, of Bristol, merchant.
1.1.1.4.3. Sarah Taylor, m. Francis Hardyman. Richard Kennon was the executor of Francis Hardyman’s Will of 1741. The Hardyman brothers were sons of John Hardyman Sr. and Mary Eppes, dau. of Francis Eppes Jr. and Elizabeth Littleberry, relict oF William Worsham. Richard Kennon was the executor of Francis Hardyman’s Will of 1741. Richard Kennon m. Elizabeth, dau. of William Worsham and Elizabeth Littleberry.

Richard and Elizabeth Kennon had issue: William Kennon, who m. Ann Eppes, dau. of Francis Eppes Jr. Judith Kennon, whom. Thomas Eldridge, of Surry, having issue: Martha Eldridge, who m. John Harris (Vestryman, Southwark Parish, Surry), whose Will was proved (March 19, 1771) in Surry Co. I suggest him to be a son of John Harris and Avis White.

1.1.1.4.4. Elizabeth Taylor, m. … Henry Duke, the br. of Elizabeth Duke, who m. (3) Ehelred Taylor, the father of Ehelred Taylor, who m. Patience Kinchen, dau. of William Kinchen, who purchased 750 ac. on the lower side of Three Creeks from Christopher Hill, leaving this to his son Matthew Kinchen, who left it to William Taylor, his cousin, who transferred it to Ethelred Taylor Jr. In 1775, Henry Taylor bought out his brothers’ shares of this property. Henry’s son, Ethelred, sold much of this land in 1786.

On May 7, 1725, Elizabeth Duke sold land on the north side of Blackwater Swamp, bounded by William Harris, to Robert Hall.

Patience Kinchen’s sister, Elizabeth, m. Joseph Exum, son of William Exum Sr., who was entrusted with the cattle due to Margaret Duke, wife of Thomas Duke of Nansemond Co.

Patience Kinchen’s brother, William, m. Sarah House, dau. of Robert House Jr. “Jane Plow, aged 74, said she knew Mary Harris afterwards wife to Anthony Spiltimber who had issue a dau. named Martha and she married Robert House Jr. and was delivered a dau. named Mary, now the wife of Thomas Carrell”, p. 653. June 7, 1704. Robert House. Jr. m. Martha (dau. of Anthony Spiltimber, and Mary, dau. of Robert Harris), who m. (2) Mathew Swann (exerx. William Newitt, 1702), having issue: Elizabeth, who m. John Drew. I have suggested that Robert Harris was a son of Sergeant John Harris, see previous notes.

Ehelred Taylor and Patience Kinchen probably had issue: Kinchen Taylor, cousin of Sarah House, granddau. of Mary Harris.

 

1.2. John Taylor ; a partner of John Barker:, father of John “Baker”, b. 1613, who m. Dorothy Harris, and cousin of William Barker, merchant and mariner, bapt. on May 7, 1592, in St. Werburgh’s, Bristol, a partner of Francis Derrick Jr., who purchased land from Dorothy Harris. William Barker’s grandson, John, m. a dau. of Thomas Busby, as did John Harris, son of John Harris, br. of Dorothy Harris. John “Baker” was the br. of Sara Barker, wife of Richard Taylor.

Hugh Lewis, Edward Dendy v. John Barker, John Taylor, John Gunning, Richd. Vicaris alias Vicaredge, merchant : Ports of England generally, and those of London and Bristol particularly. Duties and fees of “searchers.” Farming of customs. 1637. (E 134/6Chas1/Mich15). Abel Kitchen, John Dowle, Humphrey Browne, Richard Holworthy, John Taylor, Giles Elbridge, Robt. Kitchen, John Rowberrow. v. William Wyatt: “Prisage wines” within the port of Bristol, composition made by merchants of London for wines brought into the port. Touching wines brought into Bristol by John Fowke, of London.: Bristol. 1631. (E 214/825).

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