Tag Archives: Virginia

VERY CONNECTED HISTORIES

Posted on August 16, 2016 by genealogy1066

ALLERTON CHURCH COBB/BOND/COUNCIL/LAWRENCE/TOOKE 1. Nicholas Cobb, mariner, m. Susanna Byrd. William Tooke assigned 900 acres of land to Nicholas Cobb on 3 Jan. 1661. 1.1. Edward Cobb, d. 1731, aged 67, m. (1687) Dorothy Bond, dau. of John Bond, son … Continue reading →

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CONNECTED HISTORIES OF ENGLAND AND VIRGINIA

Posted on August 5, 2016 by genealogy1066

BOLLING 1. Robert Bolling, d. 1639, London, m. Ann Clarke, dau. of Thomas Clark. 1.1. John Bolling, m. Mary Carey, d. 1618. 1.1.1. Robert Bolling, m. 1. Jane Rolfe, granddau. of Pocahontas; 2. Ann Stith. 1.1.1.1. John Bolling (by Jane … Continue reading →

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CHILDREN OF THE BRISTOL CHANNEL AND VIRGINIA

Posted on August 3, 2016 by genealogy1066

  Some Harris families of Virginia came from Western England, as did families of Bond, Bridger, Council, Driver, Fulgham, Hobbs, Pitt, Sharpe, and Tucke, particularly from the counties of Somerset and Gloucestershire. They were minor land holders and mariners, who … Continue reading →

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ODDS AND ENDS – TWO BOONES?

Posted on July 31, 2016 by genealogy1066

1. Jerome Boune (Boone, most likely contractions of Bourne), m. Katherine Snowe (St Edmunds, Exeter), 15 May 1603. She was probably of the Snowe family of Winkleigh, situated 23 miles from Stoke Cannon, and 28 miles from Exeter. ‘Richard Snowe … Continue reading →

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HARRIS OF SOMERSET MARRIAGES

Posted on July 19, 2016 by genealogy1066

A common misconception of genealogy places 18th century ancestors in such places as Virginia and Carolina as descendants of very early settlers, when, in fact, emigration from England was a continuous process, and it is as likely as not that … Continue reading →

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PARKER AND TURNER FAMILIES OF SOMERSET AND VIRGINIA

Posted on July 17, 2016 by genealogy1066

In part, what follows is a summary of my notes on the likely ancestry of Hodges Councell, of Virginia, but with a focus on the Parker and Turner families. Many of the intermarried families of Wedmore were tenants of the … Continue reading →

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BENNETTS AND PITTS OF BRISTOL

Posted on July 15, 2016 by genealogy1066

1. Thomas Pitt of Blandford, m. Priscilla … That is, Blandford Forum, North Dorset. If you imagine a triangle to be 70 mls along its base, with two sides of 40 mls, and slightly tilted to the right, you have … Continue reading →

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SERGEANT JOHN HARRIS OF VIRGINIA, CONDENSED

Posted on July 12, 2016 by genealogy1066

I have been asked to condense some information in the form of a genealogcal table, including such as Nathan Harris, and assuming that John Harris, bapt. 17 Feb 1587, in Mells, Somerset, was Sergeant John Harris of the 1624 Virginia … Continue reading →

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SERGEANT JOHN HARRIS, OR NOT?

Posted on July 9, 2016 by genealogy1066

  If the most tentative of cases were to be made for Sergeant John Harris of Virginia having a male heir, then some understanding of the English kinship system is necessary: English kinship groups in Virginia were as a spider’s … Continue reading →

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ALICE WEST

Posted on June 27, 2016 by genealogy1066

NUNNEY/MELLS. Nunney is 2 miles from Mells. William Harris bapt. 9 Dec 1627 Nunney (All Saints) Alice West & Thomas Harris Oct 1635 Nunney Thomas Harris bapt. 14 Aug 1636 Nunney John Harris bapt … … 1640 Nunney Nunney deeds. … Continue reading →

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VIRGINIA HAYSTACK

Posted on June 17, 2016 by genealogy1066

There is a priceless piece of information contained in a Will of 1685; that Nathaniel Upton of Fitzhead was related to Henry Upton of Burlescombe, whose son, William, leaves a bequest to ‘Mrs. Paris Sloughter’, that is, the wife of … Continue reading →

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HARRIS AND WEST

Posted on June 17, 2016 by genealogy1066

1. Robert Bennett, m. a dau. of Richarde Edneye, of Wivelscombe, Som., Vintner. 1.1. Thomas Bennett. 1.1.1. Richard Bennett. PROB 11/351/440. Description: Will of Richard Bennett of Nansemond River, Virginia. 3 August 1676. 1.1.1.1. Anne Bennett, b. 1641, married, 1st, … Continue reading →

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HODGES COUNSELL OF VIRGINIA

Posted on June 7, 2016 by genealogy1066

  The Counsell and Hobbs families were intermarried from an early period (Hobbs v Councell. Plaintiffs: John Hobbs. Defendants: William Councell. Subject: property in Barrow Gurney, Somerset (Nat. Arch., ref. C 3/275/51, 1596-1616); with Thomas Hobbes marrying (15 April 1564) … Continue reading →

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HARRIS OF BUCKINGHAMSHIRE

Posted on May 21, 2016 by genealogy1066

Central to the kinship group of a Harris family of Buckinghamshire (Bucks.) was the Pigott family of Bechampton, Bucks., an account of which may commence with Richard Pigott, of Little Horwood, Bucks., who was of a family of well-established yeomen … Continue reading →

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THE BYRDS OF VIRGINIA

Posted on May 7, 2016 by genealogy1066

                                                                    William Byrd  II Mr. Collins, the somewhat verbose genealogist, who never wasted an opportunity to lavish praise on those of the higher order of English society, and who I suggest was the source of many characters in Jane Austen’s … Continue reading →

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GRINDALL AND GRENDON – A MODERN PROMETHEUS

Posted on April 30, 2016 by genealogy1066

  You can not always tell someone’s ancestry by looking at their coat; of arms, that is. Neither is ancestry revealed by assuming two people with similar names are synomous. An example of both mistakes is found in Virginia in … Continue reading →

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HOLLAND AND BASSANO – VIRGINIA LINKS

Posted on April 22, 2016 by genealogy1066

   Amelia These notes demonstrate a connection of Noel Bassano, who witnessed the Will of Thomas Grendon in Virginia, and the family of Michael Holland of Goochland; that is, they identify Noel Bassano as a cousin of the Whitton family, … Continue reading →

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HOLMANS OF VIRGINIA

Posted on April 18, 2016 by genealogy1066

Any Holmans of Virginia, connected to the Holmans of Southwark, London, would have been quite a specific family among many families so named. Their connections to the Harris family of St Saviour, Southwark, cousins of the Griffins and (probably) the … Continue reading →

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CHILDREN OF THE MALVERN HILLS

Posted on April 14, 2016 by genealogy1066

The following notes concern the Baugh, Cocke, Harris, and Price families of Shropshire and Virginia. Although detail is also given of the Baugh family of Worcestershire, county demarcations of this time are quite meaningless. The families mentioned hereinafter can be … Continue reading →

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HARRIS OF SOUTHWARK AND VIRGINIA

Posted on March 31, 2016 by genealogy1066

  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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