Tag Archives: Virginia

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

Posted on October 17, 2025 by genealogy1066

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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THE HARRIS PATTERN

Posted on February 2, 2017 by genealogy1066

If you were asked to knit a cardigan with an image of your favourite horse on the front, it would probably turn out as a donkey if you did not follow a pattern. The lists of those ‘transported’ to Virginia … Continue reading →

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BENNETT HARRIS

Posted on January 23, 2017 by genealogy1066

1. Malachi Thruston, of West Buckland, Somerset. He was not of Buckland and Wellington, as the following deed concerning his son makes plain: Final Concord Martin Sanford, Esq., & Edward Thurstone gent., & w. Thomasine for 24a. meadow with appurtenances … Continue reading →

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DREW, HARRIS, AND NEWETT

Posted on January 6, 2017 by genealogy1066

  What seems chaotic in the genealogy of English settlers in Virginia is often the result of a single strand of connection accounting for the association of several families; wherehas when connections were within a kinship group, and comprised of … Continue reading →

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HARRIS GROUPS

Posted on January 5, 2017 by genealogy1066

With no little frequency I am asked to summarise my thoughts as to the origins of various families of Harris; a comment often being that what I have written is scattered over a range of articles, which have undergone much … Continue reading →

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HOLLAND AND WHITFIELD

Posted on January 5, 2017 by genealogy1066

The families of Holland and Whitfield shared associations in East Sussex/Kent: ESRO, ref. PAR498/24/2/1. 13 Apr. 1670: Agreement between the Churchwardens and Overseers of Wadhurst concerning the disposal of the arrears of Whitfield’s charity of the £22 received by the … Continue reading →

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BALDWYN, HARRIS, AND LANGFORD

Posted on December 14, 2016 by genealogy1066

1. John Bawdewin, of Diddlebury, Shropshire, m. Anne, da. of Richard Childe, of Diddlebury. 2. Thomas Bawdewin. 3. William Bawdewin, of Diddlebury, fl. 1333, m. a da. of William de Wigley and Alice Childe. 4. Thomas Bawdewin, of Diddlebury. 5. … Continue reading →

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LONGFIELD REVISITED

Posted on December 11, 2016 by genealogy1066

  1. Adam Lutley, of Bromcroft Castle, Shropshire, fl. 1584. m. Elizabeth Cressett, da. of Robert Cressett, of Upton Cressett. Adam Lutley’s sister, Joyce Lutley, m. John Holland Sr., enfeoffed in Lamberhurst, Kent, father of John Holland Jr., of Lamberhurst, … Continue reading →

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SYMES, JONES, HARDIE, VIRGINIA

Posted on December 11, 2016 by genealogy1066

1. Sir John Symes, m. Amy Horner, da. of Sir Thomas Horner of Mells, sheriff of Somerset. 1.1. Thomas Symes, 1621-1670, m. (3 June 1640) Amy Bridges, 1621-1662, da. of Edward Bridges Esq. (d. 1639), of Keynsham, by his wife … Continue reading →

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THE DERRICK FAMILY OF BRISTOL AND VIRGINIA

Posted on November 30, 2016 by genealogy1066

The Derrick family of Bristol, Gloucestershire, England, like many Bristol seafaring merchants, were originally of Somerset. Francis Derrick, Sen. is recorded in 1632 as gifting bread to the poor of St. Stephen’s, in Bristol. His will was probated in March, … Continue reading →

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DREW AND NEWETT

Posted on November 28, 2016 by genealogy1066

1. Thomas Drew, often quoted as coming from Exeter, on the sole basis of a namesake being recorded in the Visitation of Devon. He was more likely to have been the Thomas Drew, bapt. 7 May 1594 (son of Robert) … Continue reading →

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SOME HARRIS NOTES

Posted on November 27, 2016 by genealogy1066

It is impossible to understand settler families of America without understanding their origins, and their kinship associations in England, which were invariably repeated in America. These notes commence with ‘trimmed’ versions of the genealogies of those families of Somerset, England, … Continue reading →

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LANCELOT BATHURST OF VIRGINIA REVEALED

Posted on November 7, 2016 by genealogy1066

  HOTHORPE HILLS As the Norse Sagas of old, a certain caution must be attached to the writings of bygone genealogists, who tended to copy the works of each other. One of their genre, Mr. Collins, sent letters to the … Continue reading →

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COUNCIL/COUNSELL OF VIRGINIA

Posted on November 1, 2016 by genealogy1066

The Hodges and Lancasters were wealthy and armigerous families, and the aim of their tenants was an intermarriage with them. A route to this would be to intermarry with such as the Counsells. The Harris family were yeomen tenants of … Continue reading →

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DARWIN HARRIS

Posted on October 28, 2016 by genealogy1066

Although the determinants of family alliances in the 17th century appear to the continuing intermarriages within kinship groups; the desire to intermarry into families of a higher social strata (very often, the squirearchy); and the attraction of alliances with the … Continue reading →

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HORNER/SYMES

Posted on October 4, 2016 by genealogy1066

1. … 1.1. Sir Thomas Horner, purchased the manor of Mells in 1544. 1.2. John Horner, gent., of Stoke St Michael, Somerset. The Horners were landlords of the Peace family: (1. … Peace. 1.1. John Peace, bur. 19 Oct. 1677. … Continue reading →

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CHILDREN OF THE SOMERSET MARSH

Posted on September 26, 2016 by genealogy1066

HOUSE i. 1. Thomas Howse, m. ‘Susana Hixe‘, 28 May 1638, in Compton Martin, Somerset (St Michael the Archangel). 1.1. Thomas House, m. Francis Millard on 29 May 1664, in Compton Martin, she bapt. 10 June 1628, da. of Henry … Continue reading →

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SOMERSET FAMILIES IN VIRGINIA

Posted on September 13, 2016 by genealogy1066

Some intermarried families of Somerset, England, settled in Virginia, where their kinship ties are very evident. They came from small villages that bordered marshes. Some, such as the Hodges and Lancasters, were of the class of squires; others, such as … Continue reading →

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HODGES, RODNEY, AND TURNER

Posted on August 29, 2016 by genealogy1066

I. … Hodges. 1.1. Thomas Hodges. 1.1.1. Thomas Hodges.* The Will of Giles Hodges, of Middle Chinnocke, Somerset, gent, was proved Aug. 7, 1591, by Alice the relict. (61 Barber). ‘My friend Henry Compton,of Wigbeere, South Petherton. My son in … Continue reading →

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HARRIS, KITTERELL, PARKER

Posted on August 29, 2016 by genealogy1066

They circled the Bennetts: 1. Robert Bennett, a tanner, of Wivelscombe, Somerset, m. Elizabeth Edney. (1.  John Hutchins. Yeo v Hutchins. Plaintiffs: John Yeo. Defendants: John Hutchins and Mary (probably Lawrence) Hutchins his wife. Subject: property in Wiveliscombe, Somerset. (Nat. … Continue reading →

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