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THE OVERTON FAMILY OF SHROPSHIRE AND VIRGINIA
One of the greatest fallacies in the study of colonial Virginia is the belief that every Overton was of the Temperance Overton family, with every Overton being amalgamated into one unshakeable mould. Such misunderstanding has made research into the descendants … Continue reading
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THE TRUE ANCESTRY OF MAJOR WILLIAM HARRIS AND MARY (HARRIS) LIGON
For many years the ancestry of a Harris family of Ludlow, from which came Major William Harris, has not been known. His ancestry has been submerged beneath a sea of speculation, with various compositions making him derive from a minor … Continue reading
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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
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
BURTON OF LONGNOR, SHROPSHIRE, AND VIRGINIA – and kin
The notes that follow concern a number of families of English origin that settled in 17th century Virginia, such as that of Burton, which originated in Longnor, Shropshire. They, and families connected to them – Aston, Butler, Coyney, Crowther, Fewtrell, … Continue reading
THE REAL ROBERT BURTON OF VIRGINIA
The Burton Family of Atcham, Shropshire was a cadet of the Burtons of Longnor, and, as such, shared an ancestry with the family of Major William Harris of Virginia:“Among the recognised descendants of the Princes of Powys, through William, Lord … Continue reading
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
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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CARTER AND LEE OF VIRGINIA
The Territorial/Familial principle, without which everything in the context of English ancestries of America colonists is meaningless. What follows are examples of how English families formed associations, which were carried over to early Virginia. A particular eample is that of … Continue reading
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
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 2.
HAWKHURST CHURCH In introducing the habitation of a family of Duke, perhaps no better can be done than the following précis , taken from T.D.W. Dearn’s “Account of the Weald of Kent”, pp. 110/11, 1814. Hawkhurst, situated on the south … Continue reading
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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THOMAS HARRIS OF NUNNEY AND VIRGINIA DIED 1677
It seems so long ago that a Harris researcher sent me a record of a Thomas Harris who gave a deposition of his age in Virginia in 1664, making him to be born in 1636. On July 25, 1664, he … Continue reading
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THOMAS HARRIS (1668), WILLIAM HARRIS (1721) OF VIRGINIA
A John Harris witnessed a bond of Robert Mosley to John Felton in 1654. Bond of Robt. Mosley to Jno. Felton. Wit. John Harris, Sackford Brewster. (V.C.R, v. xi, p. 31). Six years later, William Lea and Alice, his wife … Continue reading
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