Tag Archives: SOUTHWARK

HARRIS OF SOUTHWARK AND VIRGINIA

  PART 1: HERIZ AND HANKFORD St. Saviour’s Church – one of the finest parochial churches in the kingdom, in spite of the barbarous mutilation which it underwent when its nave was pulled down, is now almost the sole remaining … Continue reading

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EARLY HARRIS BAPTISMS, BIRTHS, AND MARRIAGES, SOUTHWARK LONDON

  ST SAVIOUR, SOUTHWARK There were two parishes of Southwark, London, that particularly represented families that settled in early Virginia, those being St Olave and St Saviour. The following is an account of the majority of the available birth, baptismal, … Continue reading

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DOUSABELLA HARRIS

  Dousabella Harris is one of those from the distant past whose name, preserved on a grave-slab in St Olave’s, Hart Street, gives a nudge toward wanting to know more of her. She and her husband, John Beare, have been … Continue reading

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