Thanks for publishing so much good information on the Harris family on the Harris Hunter's web site. In my own research, I am trying to determine if any of the children of Sergeant John Harris of Shirley Hundred, Charles City County, later lived in Henrico. Is it possible that Major William Harris of Henrico was the Sergeant's son, and not son of Captain Thomas? That's what I'm proposing. My logic resulted from tracing the Sergeant's wife Dorothy as she moved from Shirley Hundred to Henrico. The patents (CAVALIERS AND PIONEERS Abstracts of Virginia Land Patents ) report that the Sergeant died early but they don't clearly show what happened to his wife. His daughter married John Baker and their patent reports Sergeant John as deceased. My idea is that Dorothy married neighbor Edward Gardner after the Sergeant died. The Gardners and Harrises lived next to each other in Shirley Hundred. The next fact, that Gardner died and his widow Dorothy married William Clarke, is shown in the patents as is the fact that, together with Clarke, Dorothy received land along the north side of the Appomattox. This appears to be land the same as or near to land Maj. William Harris held. And this location was just across the river from John Baker's patent. From reading the notes on Harris Hunters by Chuck and Phil Harris, I understand that there were two William Harrises in Henrico, one who died in Bacon's rebellion and the Major who died a few years later and that the confiscation of land seems to be tied to Captain Thomas' land. Could the William who died in Bacon's Rebellion be son of Captain Thomas, and the other William be the son of Sergeant John? Let me know what you think. I'm actually a descendant from Dorothy's marriage to William Clarke, but I'd still like to get the other connections right as well. If anyone needs me to upload the patents in question, I will be glad to do that. Thanks, Jim Farmer farmer@visa.com