Edward HARRIS

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• FamilySearch ID: GJNQ-S69
• unknown: Isle Of Wight County, Virginia Formed 1634; Probated Will
• Reference Number: 21533
• _UID: BCF52E033DBC47D792E11F4EFEF9CCD97556

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Page 15, , Will Book 2, Page149.

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Married:
Reference Number:92487

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• Reference Number: 43161
• _UID: 45626C1FB58B4E0AA78AA1FF18BC42B869F3
• Alt. Birth: 1614
• unknown: 10 Jun 1672, Isle Of Wight County, Virginia Formed 1634; Probated Will

Notes:

Thomas Harris married 2nd wife Alice West. Alice, most likely, was a daughter of the West family that lived in Shirley Hundred Plantation in Charles City County, Va. Thomas and his new wife, with his children by his first marriage, moved about 1650 across the James River to the Pagan Creek area of Isle of Wight County, Va. This area has been referred to as a part of the great dismal swamp.
After the death of Thomas, Alice West Harris married John Sojourner of Virginia in 1673.

Sources:

Abbrev: Charles R. Harris
Title: Charles R. Harris
Text: Robert E. Harris, author of "From Essex England To The Sunny Southern USA"
Abbrev: Elizabeth DuBois Russo
Title: Elizabeth DuBois Russo
Publication: http://geocities.com/Vienna/Choir/1824/harris.html
Abbrev: Lafayette Claud Eaton, Jr.
Title: Lafayette Claud Eaton, Jr.
Publication: 125 TERRYBROOK CT,VALLEJO CA 94591-4249 , (707) 643 4677
http://hometown.aol.com/rphs44/page2/LeeHome.htm
Date: 24 May 1998

Robert E. Harris, author of "From Essex England To The Sunny Southern USA"
sent me several documents and notes acquired since the publishing of his
book in 1994.
RobertE. Harris
Attorney at Law
2380 Crestcliff Drive
Tucker, Georgia 30084

October 21, 1998

Charles R. Harris
2121 North Ballas Road
Saint Louis, Missouri 63131

Dear Chuck:
1. The prenuptial agreement between Alice Harris (the widow of
Thomas Harris who was born in England in 1614 and died in Virginia in 1672), and
her intended 2nd husband, John Sojornour.

I had learned of the existence of this document in Isle of Wight County,
Virginia while I was gathering copies of the old wills which supported the
early history of this Harris family. Even with the help of a clerk in the
probate office of the Isle ofWight Court House, we could not locate this
particular document. Finally, onanother trip three or four years ago, and
with the help of another clerk, we were able to find the document.

This document is important because of the information the widow of Thomas
Harris gave about the children she had borne to the deceased Thomas Harris.
This document and its contents, together with the information contained in
the will of 1672 of Thomas Harris, were quite important in proving that the
deceased Thomas Harris had, indeed, had more than one wife and that he had
fathered two sons by the name of Thomas Harris - one by his last wife and
one by an earlier wife.

These documents, written in the oldEnglish style, require a great deal of
effort, patience and time in being able to read their contents.

One or more family historians had questioned that the Thomas Harris that
was born to Alice Harris was old enough to be the Thomas Harris who was born
about 1636. Indeed, he was too young. But, the Thomas Harris who was born to
the earlier wife of the decease, Thomas Harris, was of the right age. He was,
indeed, the Thomas Harris who was born about 1636 in Charles City County,
Virginia. These documents, when construed together, tell the story. The
historic and traditional story of this family history is supported by the
facts preserved in the old courthouses.

2. The will of John Harris; born c. 1665; and died in 1712 in the
Chowan precinct of the old Albermarle County of North Carolina. This old
Albermarle County is no longer in existence. This John Harris was a son of
the Thomas Harris; born c. 1636 mentioned in the preceding paragraphs.
John Harris (d123) is listed in the book on pages 11 and 13.

Sincerely,
Robert E. Harris
Enclosures[]

Thomas was bornin England. Thomas arrived, with his parents, in Virginia Colony at the age of eight. He grew into manhood in Charles City County, Virginia in an area known as West Second Shirley Hundred. He died in Isle of Wright, Virginia when he was about 58 years of age.

Thomas married________________ .

Their children:
1. John Harris; b. 1635; d. 1713
2. Thomas Harris; b. 1636; d. 1688
3. Mary Harris; b. cir. 1638

Later, Thomas married Alice West. Alice, most likely, was a daughter of the West family that lived in Shirley Hundred in Charles City County.

Their children:
4. Thomas, II; b. after 1651
5. Other children

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
August 15, 1995. Robert E. Harris, Tucker, Georgia

The following is a revised translation of the will of Thomas Harris (d1) by
Robert E. Harris, the compiler of the family history, FROM ESSEX ENGLAND TO
THE SUNNY SOUTHERN USA/ A HARRIS FAMILY JOURNEY. This translation,
improved from that in the book mentioned above, is from the will of Thomas Harris which was recorded in 1672 on page 111 of Wills and Deed Book 1 in the courthouse of Isle of Wight County, Virginia. This translation has been comparedwith the translations of this document made by others.

Thomas married Alice WEST in 1634 in Isle Of Wight, Virginia, Colonial USA. Alice (daughter of Lt. Col. Nathaniel WEST and Frances GREVILLE) was born about 1621 in Shirley Hundred Plantation, Charles City, Virginia; died after 31 Mar 1672 in Isle Of Wight, Virginia, Colonial USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FamilySearch ID: GJNQ-WG1
• Reference Number: 89791
• _UID: 5141F695AB714DD5A002930F18328AAA1DC1

Notes:

Alice, most likely, was a daughter of the West family that lived in Shirley Hundred Plantation in Charles City County, Va. Thomas Harris and his new wife, with his children by his first marriage, moved about 1650 across the James River to the Pagan Creek area of Isle of Wight County, Va. This area has been referred to as a part of the great dismal swamp.
After the death of Thomas, Alice West Harris married John Sojourner of Virginia in 1673.
RE: The prenuptial agreement between Alice Harris (the widow of Thomas Harris who was born in England in 1614 and died in Virginia in 1672), and her intended 2nd husband, John Sojornour.
This document is important because of the information the widow of Thomas Harris gave about the children she had borne to the deceased Thomas Harris. This document and its contents, together with the information contained in the will of 1672 of Thomas Harris, were quite important in proving that the deceased Thomas Harris had, indeed, had more than one wife and that he had fathered two sons by the name of Thomas Harris - one by his last wife and one by an earlier wife.

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Married:
Reference Number:47574

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• AFN: 9NQN-JG
• FamilySearch ID: LVH2-W4H
• Name: Herris
• Name: Jno HARRIS
• Reference Number: 38850
• _UID: F984E421A28049CE9580AED33445C0E36DFE
• unknown: 1588, Creeksea, Essex County, England; Alt. Birth

Notes:

John married Dorothy Calcott (Colcott) in England. They arrived 1622 in Virginia Colony,
They lived on the east side of the James River in Charles City County, at West and Shirley Hundred Plantation

John Harris Sr. signed the Third Virginia Charter, about 1611 in England. He immigrated to Virginia in 1611.
Gentleman Thomas Harris , his father, subscribed 25 pounds on the Second Virginia Charter, about 1609 to help his son John. Thomas remained in England.

John married Dorothy (Lymbrey) COLCOTT in 1610 in Virginia. Dorothy (daughter of Edward CALCOTT and Dorothy DE LYMBEREY) was born about 1587 in Essex County, England; died in 1638-1642 in Isle Of Wight County, Virginia Formed 1634. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FamilySearch ID: G2DK-W99
• Name: Dorothy CALCOATE
• Reference Number: 10564
• _UID: 5FE3F917DC8C427482F0E9472715508B2981
• unknown: Abt 1590; Alt. Birth

Notes:

AKA: CALCOATE

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Married:
Reference Number:78858

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• FamilySearch ID: LX7R-232
• _UID: 407517FED8634835A0EF3E2358DA2E84568B

Notes:

Youngest child. 1620 Arrived in Virginia
West family lived on Shirley Hundred Plantation, Charles City, Virginia

Nathaniel married Frances GREVILLE about 1621 in Virginia. Frances was born about 1598 in England; died in May 1633 in Lancaster County, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FamilySearch ID: L8WY-Z2T
• Name: Frances HINTON
• _UID: 5719F28FFC5348DB98B99B5A47BF1AE9B2F3
• Immigration: Sep 1620, Jamestown, Virginia, British Colonial America

Notes:

Also known as Frances Hinton.

Plantagenet Ancestry of 17th Century Colonists
Author: David Faris
Publication: Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD, 1996
Probability: good to very good
Page: 1st ed, pp 141-145 "Humphrey"
Text: her 3rd marriage, date based on death of 1st husband

Frances Grevill was one of four women who arrived at Jamestown from Bristol, England in September 1620 aboard the ship, Supply. She was first married to Captain Nathaniel West, brother of Thomas West, the third Lord Delaware, who had been governor of Virginia beginning in 1610.

After West's death several years later, Grevill married Abraham Peirsey, a wealthy man who had purchased Sir George Yeardley's Flowerdew Hundred Plantation after his death. Peirsey died several years later. Twice widowed, but with considerable legacies, she next married Samuel Mathews.

They had two sons Samuel, and Francis (1632? 1673). Francis, a tobacco planter had a large estate of some two thousand acres in Northumberland County.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Matthews_(captain)

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• AFN: 8J5C-X7
• FamilySearch ID: LVFX-9HH
• Name: Sir William HARRIS
• Reference Number: 21249
• _UID: F0826FAFF7B547B9B417F6C5A84EA8FA5AE7
• unknown: 1563; Alt. Birth
• unknown: 10 Mar 1616, Creeksea, Essex County, England; Will Written
• unknown: 1617, Creeksea, Essex County, England; Probated Will

Notes:

Sir William Harris (21 September 1556 ? 14 November 1616) was an English knight, land owner, and a notable incorporator in the third Virginia Company of London.

Sir William Harris, his brother in law, Sir Thomas Smythe and his son, Sir Arthur Harris, each, were Incorporators and Subscribers to the third charter of the Virginia Company of London, and each paid ?75 as their subscription.[12] Both Harris and Smythe were very interested in the development of Virginia. They exerted their influence to secure money, men, equipment, supplies, and ships for the colonization efforts.[13]

This Harris family appears to have originated some 40 to 50 miles (64 to 80 km) east-north-east of London and on the north bank of the River Crouch. The village of Cricksea (or Creeksea) exists today on this peninsula in Essex County. Creeksea is located about 2 miles (3 km) west of Burnham-on-the-Crouch and about 18 miles (29 km) inland from the North Sea. Anciently called "Danes Island", this area was inhabited largely by Norman families after the conquest in 1066.

Sir William Harris was knighted on 23 July 1603 at Whitehall on the eve of the coronation of James I.[2] His elevation to the knighthood was the result of military service in Ireland during the Nine Years' War along with his cousin Sir William Harris of Shenfield, Essex.[3]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Harris_(Tudor_person)

Notes By No?l J. Harris Robertson

More About WILLIAM HARRIS, SIR: 1: 1563, Alternate birthdate found in "Visitation of Essex 1612" Baptism: 04 May 1563, Cold Norton, Essex, England Burial: All Saints Church in Creeksea, Essex, England Occupation: 1603, Knighted at Whitehall @ Otelands by King James I (Bible) THIS MAY BE INCORRECT Probate: 20 November 1616, Crixsey, Essex, 1615 Cope No. 119 Probate 1616 Will: 21 December 1615, Crixsey, Essex, England

He was was the high sheriff of Essex County, England.

Sir William Harris was Knighted on July 23, 1603 at Otelands by King James I of England. This same King gave us the King James verson of the Bible.

The English place of Orgin of the particular Harris family to be related herein is located some 40 to 50 miles east-north-east of London and on the north bank of the River Crouch.

The very old village of Cricksea (or Creeksea) exists today on this peninsula in Essex County. Creeksea is located about 2 miles west of Burnham-on-the -Crouch and about 18 miles inland from the North Sea. Anciently Called "Danes Island", this area was inhabitted largely by Norman families after the conquest 1066.

Here was the home of our immigrant ancestor, John Harris, and his parents, lady Alice and Sir William Harris.


Captain Thomas Harris was a nephew of Sir. Thomas Smith, Treasurer of the Virginia Company and Governor of the East India Company, and was grandson of "Customer" Smith who rose from obscurity in Queen Elizabeth's time by marrying the daughter of Sir Andrew Judd, the Lord Mayor, of humble origin himself. Sir William Harris, father of Captian Thomas,was descended from Sir thomas Percy, executed ! in Aske's Rebellion; five Percy Earls of Northumberland, the Spencers, Calthorpes, Drury's, Howards, Wentworth's and Waldegraves."

William married Alice SMYTHE on 6 May 1583 in Saint Gabriel, Fenchurch, Landcaster, England. Alice (daughter of Sir Thomas "Customer" SMYTHE and Alice JUDD) was born in 1556 in Westenhanger, Hythe, Kent, England; was christened on 21 Dec 1564 in London All Hallows Lombard Street, Middlesex, England; died in Nov 1615 in Creeksea, Essex County, England; was buried in Nov 1615 in All Saints Church, Creaksea, Essex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• AFN: 8J5C-ZD
• FamilySearch ID: MNKM-1F3
• Name: Alyce SMYTHE
• Name: Elles SMETHE
• Name: Lady Alice SMYTHE
• Reference Number: 39351
• _UID: A1B581CEF5FA49C0A1DB8AF30B2925DAC9CE
• unknown: 1570, England; Alt. Birth

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REFN: 1609

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Married:
Reference Number:84332

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• FamilySearch ID: 9VTS-MYV
• Reference Number: 56537
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Edward married Dorothy DE LYMBEREY. Dorothy was born about 1560 in Lymbrey, Oxfordshire, , England; died on 7 Apr 1647 in Wrenbury, Cheshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Thomas married Anne KNOLLYS on 19 Nov 1571 in Wherwell, Hampshire, England. Anne and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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