Sir Thomas "Customer" SMYTHE

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• FamilySearch ID: LJG2-J9F
• Name: Customer
• Name: Thomas Customer SMYTHE
• Name: Thomas SMYTHE
• Occupation: ; Special Ambassador to the Russian Tsar Boris Godunov
• Reference Number: 57042
• Residence: Hill Hall, Essex
• _UID: E6E3622A39894C0A8D6360DD2B1480429BE4
• Merchant Taylors School Founder: 1551, Manor of the Rose, St Lawrence Pountney Parish, London, London, England

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Name Prefix: Sir
1 NAME Thomas /Smythe/
2 GIVN Thomas
2 SURN Smythe
2 SOUR S236

Thomas married Alice JUDD about 1553 in England. Alice (daughter of Andrew JUDDE and Mary MIRFYN) was born on 25 Jun 1535 in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England; died before 21 Jun 1593 in London, England; was buried on 21 Jun 1593 in Ashford, Kent, 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

Alice married Sir William HARRIS on 6 May 1583 in Saint Gabriel, Fenchurch, Landcaster, England. William (son of Arthur HARRIS and Dorothy WALDEGRAVE) was born on 21 Sep 1556 in Creeksea, Essex County, England; was christened on 4 May 1563 in Cold Norton Parish, Essex, England; died on 14 Nov 1616 in Creeksea, Essex County, England; was buried in Creeksea, Essex County, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: 92021
• _UID: EDDD55C1E4AA4442993D81B0101269D25831

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Name Prefix: Sir
Sir Thomas Smythe (1558-1625) - The son was therefore the namesake of a very powerful and well connected family. He also must have been quite brilliant. The deeds of both father and son seemed to ge combined but the son did have several notable accomplishments which can be attributed to him. In 1588, he lent ?31,000 to Queen Elizabeth and raised the necessary funds for her to finance the English fleet which would destroy the Spanish Armada.

He was the Governor (Director) of the very successful and famous East India Company which contributed vast revenues to England after 1609. He was a member ofthe Levant Company, organized the Bermuda and Hudson Companies. He incorporated the Turkey Company in 1581, was a member of the Russian Company in 1587, succeeded his father as Master of Customs in 1591, sent exploratory ships to East India.

In 1596, he was knighted for bravery by Lord Essex at Cadiz, and served as sheriff of London from 1600-1601.

Smythe also served with Essex in Ireland in 1599, and was an acknowleded friend of his. This friendship would lead Smythe to the Tower of London with Essex in 1600 because he apparently had pledged to support Essex in London with 1,000 men, but apparently reniged at the last moment. While Essex was beheaded, Smythe was released. Smythe became the Governor of the East India Company at this time, and the new King James I knightedSir Thomas Smythe at the Tower of London in 1603. He was soon appointed to many commissions, was generally recognized as the best business man in England, and made Treasurer of the London Company of Virginia.

Sir Thomas Smythe is buried in St. John the Baptist Church at
Sutton-at-Hone,Kent. It is located aboutone mile east of the M-25 (the
beltway around London). The effigy of Sir Thomas in alabaster exhibits
a family likeness to that of his father (The Customer) in Ashford. As
you enter the church, you see a mound of soil on each side,and according
to the Vicar,contains the remains of plague victims. It is believed by
some that Sir Thomas died of the plague also. Marie Gay



Washington map Society member Douglas McNaughton recently traveled to the
Canadian north in an effort to retrace the last voyage of Henry Hudson and to
reconcile it with a mysterious Dutch chart that appeared immediately after
the return of Hudson's mutineers to England.

By Douglas McNaughton

On September 1611 the bark Discovery sailed in among an English fishing
fleet off the Southwest coast of Ireland like a ghost ship. At first no
fisherman would venture anywhere near the tattered vessel in answer to the
mournful cries of her meager crew. The ship had last been seen in April 1610
when it left England under the command of Henry Hudson, master navigator and
explorer. Twenty-two men, including Hudson and his son John, had left
England. A year later onlysix souls called from the Discovery's deck for
help, and the group did not include Hudson, his son, or any of his
experienced Arctic seamen.
For centuries many thought Hudson made TABVLA NAVTICA, but practically
nothing from Hudson's voyage appears on this map (the first printing appeared
in a 1611 book by Hessel Gerritsz). The Dutch text on the verso states that
the mutiny occurred on the west coast of the (Hudson) bay at around 63
degrees. This location was independently confirmed in 1612 by the voyages of
Captains Button and Ingram, who sailed across the bay with two of the
surviving mutineers. More than 250 years later, English historians began to
create different locations for the mutiny, some seven hundred miles away, as
part of the Victorian mythology about Hudson.
The six survivors claimed to be innocent victims of a bloodless mutiny led by
a hungry passenger who had taken over the ship and forced Hudson into another
boat in the icy Northwest Passage. The survivors said that during the mutiny
they were either asleep or

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• FamilySearch ID: LCR7-L54
• Reference Number: 11662
• _UID: DCFB988C98474C7D8DD12AFB98AC6B7F5426
• unknown: Abt 1592; Alt. Birth

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Name Suffix: Jr.
2 SOUR S109

Died Unmarried, And W/O Issue

More About WILLIAM JR. HARRIS, ATTY.:
1: 1616, Mentioned in father's will
Lived location: Pembroke, England buthad come to Virginia on the "George" in 1621 then
returned to England sometime later
Occupation: 1611, Baccalaureate degree in law from Pembroke College, Cambridge
University admitted to the bar at Lincoln's Inn, 25 Feb 1612
Will:11 May 1622, Will probated (he never married)

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• AFN: 9NQN-G4
• FamilySearch ID: LCYM-CZP
• Reference Number: 21896
• _UID: FDC6E6E577744498AC1DFBCD37783AEEBDE3

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Name Prefix: Sir
Name Suffix: Knight
2 SOUR S236


More About ARTHUR HARRIS, SIR KNIGHT:
1: 1616, Mentioned in father's will
Acceeded: 15 July 1606, Knighted at Oatlands and was member of parliment for Maldon,
Essex 1624-25 and again 1628-29
Burial: Abt. 11 January 1631/32, Parish Church, Crixie, Esses, England
Occupation: Incorporator of Virginia Company of London

Arthur married on 17 Jul 1606 in Saint Mary The Virgin, Aldermanbury, London, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Arthur married on 31 Jan 1615 in Saint Olave, Hart Street, London, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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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

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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: LWVS-B6G
• Name: Capt. Thomas HARRIS
• Name: Thomas HARRIS
• Reference Number: 56947
• _UID: 0975CA2526514DE686583F42CF96E3E9A7BC
• unknown: 10 Mar 1616, Essex County, England; Will Written
• Probate: 8 Jul 1716

Notes:

Essex County Records Office In Chelmsford

sounds like a will for Thomas Harris, the son of Sir Wm. of recordin England has been found. He died bet 1616-17, young and without issue.


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Thomas married in 1624. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Joane GURGANY. Joane was born between 1659 and 1691; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• AFN: 9NQN-KM
• FamilySearch ID: LZKJ-512
• Reference Number: 21898
• _UID: 3AC5795DA748484B84995E2A70BCD31510E5

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2 SOUR S109
2 SOUR S236


More About ALICE HARRIS:
1: 1616, Her husband Sir Knight Mildmay named in father's will

Notes for Alice HARRIS:
Visitation of Essex 1612 - mar. to Sr Henry Mildmay of Grayes in littell
Baddow in Essex Knight
From - "The History of an Essex Village - CRICKSEA - in the Hundredof
Dengie" by Donald A. Rooke

....... married Sir Henry Mildmay of Graces,Little Baddow, by special
licence granted on 14th May 1609, at Woodham Mortimer. Deeds now in the
possession of Sir Anthony Mildmay of Dogmersfield Park, Hants, show that
certain of the Herrys estates then passed to the Mildmay family (letter from
Isabel, Lady St. John Mildmay, dated 18th February, 1933). LadyAlice
Mildmay predeacesed her parents, and is believed to have taken her life
about 1615. The tragedy, from the time of her betrothal at Cricksea Place,
is told in 'Gracys Walk' by Jesse Berridge (1929).
Both she and her husband
were buried in Woodham Mortimer Church.


Notes for Sir Henry MILDMAY:
Sir Henry was the third son of Sir Thomas Mildmay of Springfield, Barnes. He was knighted during the Irish Wars in 1605.


More About Sir Henry MILDMAY:
Baptised: 12 October 1578, Terling, ESS ENG

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Alice married on 14 May 1609 in Woodham Mortimer, Southminster, Creeksea, Essex County, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• AFN: 9NQN-LS
• FamilySearch ID: MFFN-N61
• Reference Number: 21901
• _UID: 690D409E7F7F4F25BC001205F54AC6BB5903

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Notes for MARY HARRIS:
The will of her brother Thomas Harris mentions "my three sisters
Mistresses Mary Brown, Frances Harris, and Elizabeth Harris" and "my
brother-in-law Mr. Giles Brown's sisters"; he appoints "my loving
brother Giles Brown" as executor.

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

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• AFN: 9NQN-M0
• FamilySearch ID: LVMW-NWS
• _UID: A3E152BFCBA74D38A8FA43B5D41F5CB62B85

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• FamilySearch ID: MCBJ-BCS
• Reference Number: 21900
• _UID: A18F14678BF34565AFC57D94FF4732AE7E88

Notes:

See attached sources.

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• _UID: 23C9AF5B9F584F9388C5F695E80FCC349E8E

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Of, Crixe, Essex, Wales
Came To Virginia

Thomas married in 1611 in France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Thomas married in 1626 in Henrico County, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FamilySearch ID: GHKP-ZBD
• 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

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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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• Reference Number: 10563
• _UID: 278A8D865A014E819621DC5926901933DC0B
• unknown: 1619, London, London, England; Alt. Birth
• unknown: 10 Jul 1684; Will Written
• unknown: 9 Oct 1684; Will Written

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See attached sources.

Dorothy married about 1638. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Dorothy married about 1643 in Isle Of Wight, Virginia, Colonial USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: 17440
• _UID: E2E6F1F9F78540969C4C1223A53DA3B258D0
• unknown: 1 May 1624, London, London, England; Alt. Birth

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See attached sources.

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

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REFN: 1604

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REFN: 1603

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• _UID: EA4CB9F646714DB6B0334D199E2F165F2AFB

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REFN: 1601

Family/Spouse: Alice. Alice and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]