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A PROPOSED ENGLISH ANCESTRY OF VINSON AND DUKE FAMILIES OF VIRGINIA – part 2.

Posted on July 12, 2025 by genealogy1066

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 →

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

Posted on July 12, 2025 by genealogy1066

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

Posted on June 4, 2025 by genealogy1066

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

Posted on December 22, 2024 by genealogy1066

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

Posted on December 22, 2024 by genealogy1066

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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A HARRIS FAMILY OF VIRGINIA – FAMILY AND LAND ASSOCIATIONS

Posted on December 8, 2024 by genealogy1066

There was a Harris family in Virginia from the mid-17th century which was a densley mixed association of peripheral kin, deriving from the several branches that stemmed fom the marriage of William Harris and Dorothy Westbrooke, on Aug. 31, 1562, … Continue reading →

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NORMANS AND VIRGINIANS

Posted on November 1, 2024 by genealogy1066

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

Posted on October 24, 2024 by genealogy1066

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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THE WORMLEY FAMILY OF WOMERSLEY, WEST YORKSHIRE

Posted on October 12, 2024 by genealogy1066

These notes on the Wormley family are an amendment and extension of previous ones. They are a tribute to the great research efforts of Nick and Kevin Wormley, who over the years have explored their family history, creating a path … Continue reading →

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THOMAS WHITE AND GEORGE MOORE OF VIRGINIA – RECOMMENDATIONS

Posted on October 11, 2024 by genealogy1066

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

Posted on October 4, 2024 by genealogy1066

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

Posted on October 1, 2024 by genealogy1066

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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HISTORY OF THE STANHOPE FAMILY

Posted on October 30, 2015 by genealogy1066

THE HISTORY OF THE STANHOPE FAMILY By Michael Stanhope Dedicated to the memory of Philip Henry Stanhope, 1805-1875 INTRODUCTION I commenced this history of the Stanhope family in 2005, many years from when my curiosity about the origin of my … Continue reading →

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