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ANCESTRY OF THE WOODSON FAMILY OF VIRGINIA – suggested

When stripping away centuries of family lore, oral traditions, and romanticized genealogies, very few primary, 17th-century historical records remain for John Woodson Sr. of Virginia. Genealogists and historians point out that the vast majority of the famous details – including … Continue reading

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WOMACK AND WORSHAM – ENGLAND TO VIRGINIA

This essay explores the genealogical connections between the Worsham family of Virginia and their ancestral roots in Hampshire and Shropshire, England. It highlights key familial ties and property disputes that reflect the interconnectedness of several prominent English families, including the … Continue reading

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MEEK, NASH, AND HOLLAND FAMILIES OF HEREFORDSHIRE AND SHROPSHIRE, ENGLAND, AND HANOVER/GOOCHLAND, VIRGINIA

INTRODUCTION This article aims to make certain the strong suggestion, made in previous posts, that Michael Holland of Goochland was the son of Thomas Holland and Elizabeth Kettleby. 1. Michael Holland, of Pickthorne, b. ca. 1581, d. 1655, m. (1) … Continue reading

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A BYNUM FAMILY OF VIRGINIA – DESCENDANTS OF THOMAS BENHAM OF WIVELISCOMBE

Precis from Proceedings, vols. 29-30, Somersetshire Archaeological and Natural History Society, pp. 19-32, 1884: “In the Gheld Inquest of Somerset, taken in 1084, it is recorded that in Wivelscoma there was one mill, and rent amounting to fifty pence; there … Continue reading

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NORFLEET, HARRIS, AND WESTBROOKE IN VIRGINIA

1. John Westbrooke.1.1. Dorothy Westbrooke, m. William Harris, Aug. 31, 1562, in Wiveliscombe, Somerset, 10 miles N.W. of Pitminster, the home of the Fulghams.1.1.1. William Harris, born ca. 1563.1.1.1.1. Richard Harries, bapt. Jan. 28, 1595, “s.o. William”.1.1.1.1.1. John Harris, bapt. … Continue reading

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COLONEL RICHARD LEE OF VIRGINIA – a possible ancestry

The ancestry of Colonel Richard Lee of Virginia is not known. What is known is that past speculations have been treated as fact, which, with every repetition, is made to appear as truth, shared by a ‘majority of adherents’. It … Continue reading

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HARRIS, JONES, LEE, AND SKRYME OF VIRGINIA – ancestral roots

Why commence any account of Shropshire families of Harris, Jones, Lee, and Scryme, with a notice of the Whitmores of Claverley, Shropshire? The answer is that they were a family that were neighbours of the Jones and Lee families from … Continue reading

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ASSOCIATIONS IN COMMON – ONE FAMILY OF HARRIS IN VIRGINIA

INTRODUCTIONThis article follows on from one that consider the probable association of Stepney mariners (Barker, Harris, and Nicholson), which the Bennett/Bland tobacco cartel would have almost certainly used their ships to conduct England-Virginia trade. A Nicholson family of Stepney may … Continue reading

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THE REAL SERGEANT JOHN HARRIS OF STEPNEY AND VIRGINIA?

STEPNEYIt may be that families of Limehouse, Stepney, settled in Virginia. Stepney was a place of two halves; the poor of the dockland area; the more affluent of the palisaded forecourts. Those of this account were mostly of the more … Continue reading

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HARRIS OF VIRGINIA – expanded account

This article precedes one that consider the probable association of Stepney mariners (Barker, Harris, and Nicholson), which the Bennett/Bland tobacco cartel would have almost certainly used their ships to conduct England-Virginia trade. A Nicholson family of Stepney may have been … Continue reading

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A PROPOSED ENGLISH ANCESTRY OF VINSON AND DUKE FAMILIES OF VIRGINIA – part 1.

INTRODUCTION Many Virginia connections of the Harris family of Wiveliscombe, Somerset, came about as a direct consequence of an association to the Barham family of Kent, who were associated with Thomas Duke, and, in a wider manner, associated with the … Continue reading

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THE QUAKER FAMIlY OF WHITE OF SOUTH PETHERTON AND VIRGINIA

A revision of previous notices. The first traces of this family of White in Virginia were connected to a kinship circle, comprising of a nucleus of families of Bennett, Brantley, England, Fulgham, Harris, and Jordan, which, within this framework, continued … Continue reading

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NORMANS AND VIRGINIANS

The similarities between the Noman invasion of England in 1066 and the early colonisation of Virginia is lost on the vast majority. The Norman elite were typified by how they formed familial associations – “Foedus inter consobinos heredes” – inheritance … Continue reading

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SERGEANT JOHN HARRIS AND OTHER CLAIMANTS TO THE HARRIS CROWN

When asked, as the case several times recently, can any case be made for descendants of Thomas Harris of the Meherrin River, who died 1729/30, being also descendants of Sergeant John Harris of “Upper Chippoakes”, who died ca. 1638, the … Continue reading

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THOMAS WHITE AND GEORGE MOORE OF VIRGINIA – RECOMMENDATIONS

This post will make a case for the Thomas White who m. Ann Moore in Virginia ca. 1665 being of a family of Monksilver, Somerset, an adjacent parish of Stogumber, from which came a George Moore, bapt. Jan. 2, 1632/3. … Continue reading

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THE CLAIMANTS OF JOSHUA HARRIS OF VIRGINIA

A Harris researcher of very long standing wrote to me several days ago to ask my opinion on the possibility of the Thomas Harris who died in 1729/30 being a son of Edward Harris, son of Thomas Harris, d. 1688, … Continue reading

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THE (FAMILIAL) FULGHAM/HARRIS LINK

1. John Fuljames, yeoman, of Weston Zoyland, Somerset. Probate 11/55/485; Nov. 28, 1573. 1.1. John Fuljames, bur. May 10, 1601, in High Ham, Somerset (5 mls fr. Weston Zoyland). 1.2. John Fuljames, bapt. May 22, 1575. 1.2.1. Anthony Fuljames, of … Continue reading

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