My line is supposedly off the harris/baker/burnett lines.  Moses Harris was reportedly a son of William Harris and Henerietta Baker. Moses' daughter Rebecca married a Thomas Bibb.  Moses died in 1813 in Orange Co., VA.  It will be interesting to see how this comes out.  My grandmother was a Harris so DNA is not a source I can use.  We have done the test on the mother's side.  Please let me know if I can provide anything on this line. --- On Sat, 11/29/08, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: From: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [HARRIS-HUNTERS] re william harris/ henrietta baker/ william harris/ eliz... To: [email protected], [email protected] Date: Saturday, November 29, 2008, 2:20 PM In a message dated 11/29/2008 4:29:06 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, [email protected] writes: again, the following version of this same deed which pat posted and discussed recently had been posted earlier by e. w. : She indicates her source is a deed in Louisa Co., VA. She abstracts Louisa Co., VA DB 2-298, 24 Apr 1759. A fuller abstract of this deed is found in a later-published book of Louisa Co., deeds. I will copy it here for the use of other Harris-Hunters. (Please cite the sources if you use this material.) [Louisa Co., VA DB B-298-300] 24 Apr 1759 William Harris of Fredericksville Par., Louisa Co., and Hennerittah, his wife, to Martin Baker of St. Martin's Par., Hanover 325 pds currt. money. 350 acres in Fredericksville Par; part of a tract of 1,500 acres granted by patent 24 Mar 1725 to one William Harris by records of Williamsburg and by sd. Harris, who was the father of sd. William Harris, gave unto his son in his Last Will and Testament recorded in Hanover Co. Land lyeth on north fork of the Little River ... at the mouth of Horsepen Swamp, up sd. Swamp to Benjamin Bibb's line ... near the head of the old mill pon(d) crossing the River south. Wm. Harris Henrita Harris Wit: David Smith, Thos. Rice., Jos Goodman. 24 Apr 1759 acknowledged by William Harris and Renrita, his wife who declared her consent. (Rosalie Edith Davis, LOUISA COUNTY, VIRGINIA DEED BOOKS A AND B, 1742-1759 [Bellingham, WA: Published by author, 1976], p. 142) This deed walks and talks like a Group 8 Harris, but it is very difficult to sort out the apparent multiple Henrietta Harrises. The William Harris who went to Mercer KY and who left a widow in 1793 is often said to be this William Harris above, but that William Harris had daughters under 16 in 1793, which is not a possibility for a Henrietta Baker born to fit a William Harris born as early as William Harris/Henrietta Baker needs to be.(ca 1715-1722?) In the name of God Amen: I******************* William Harris desires this writing to be taken and received as my last will and Testament. I lend all my estate to my loving wife, Henrietta Harris, till my daughter Ann Harris is sixteen years of age, that my wife have all my estate she paying all my just debts and when my daughter Ann Harris is sixteen then my desire is that an equal division be made of the estate between my loving wife & all my children excepting my daughter Bradbourn, to her and I leave one shilling. Lastly I appoint my loving wife my Executrix and my friend George Thompson my Executor of this my last will and testament. In witness my hand and seal this 7th day of May 1792. William Harris Signed, Sealed & Delivered in the presence of William Clark, Richard Fields, George Thompson jr., George Thompson Mercer County Kentucky. July Court 1793. This last will and testament of William Harris was Exhibited in Court and Proved by the Oaths of George Thompson jr. and George Thompson senior, both subscribing witnesses thereto and is admitted to be recorded.15" " _______________ Is this below the same Henrietta Harris who is still alive when the daughter Ann marries in 1804? Marriage Bonds and Consents 1786-1810 Mercer County, Kentucky, by: Alma Ray Sanders Ison, Rebecca Wilson Conover, Harrodsburg, KY 1970, 1982, 1989 p 95, Robards, Joseph *****and Nancy Harris, September 11, 1804 Bondsman: William Harris Bride's mother: Henrietta Harris***************** Teste: Nathaniel and Frederick Harris <_http://genforum.genealogy.com/cgi-bin/pageload.cgi?Mercer,Co::robards::134.h tml_ (http://genforum.genealogy.com/cgi-bin/pageload.cgi?Mercer,Co::robards::134.html) > Also, there was no response from any Group 6 researcher who claimed any Baker name, so far. Maybe someone can check the Malcolm Harris works for the recipients of the division of the 1500 acres and we can look at them again. Everyone assumes the names belong to Group 6, but with the multiple use of common names, another look is probably needed. Two families with links to Group 8 have an oral tradition that they come from William Harris/Henrietta Baker, and it has to be an earlier Wm Harris than the one who died on the way to Mercer KY as descibed by Malcolm Harris. **************Life should be easier. So should your homepage. Try the NEW AOL.com. (http://www.aol.com/?optin=new-dp&icid=aolcom40vanity&ncid=emlcntaolcom00000002) ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message