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COUNCIL/COUNSELL OF VIRGINIA

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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BLOOD FROM MONEY – HARRIS OF HANOVER

One of the great difficulties in tracing ancestries with the commercial hub of 17th century Southwark is seperating the components of ‘blood’ from ‘money’, that is, people who shared a surname and not ancestry would often be associated with the … Continue reading

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THE ARNOLD FAMILY OF SOUTHWARK, LONDON, AND HANOVER COUNTY, VIRGINIA

The Arnold family of Virginia were inhabitants of Southwark, London. William Harris, husband of Temperance Overton, was almost certainly of the Harris family of Southwark, London. The family of Elizabeth (Waters) Overton were of St. Sepulchre, London. The Overton family … Continue reading

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