THE CHRONICLES OF AMERICA SERIES, Allen Johnson, Editor PIONEERS OF THE OLD SOUTH A Chronicles of English Colonial Beginnings by Mary Johnston Copyright 1918, by Yale University Press New Haven: Yale University Press Chapter VII: YOUNG VIRGINIA, Page 100 "In 1621 Yeardley, desiring to be relieved, was succeeded by Sir Francis Wyatt. In October the new Governor came from England in the GEORGE, and with him a goodly company. Page 114 "Virginians were already preparing for an expansion to the north. There was a man in Virginia named William Claiborne. This individual --- able, determined, self-reliant, energetic --- had come in as a young man, with the title of surveyor general for the Company, in the ship that brought Sir Francis Wyatt, just before the massacre of 1622" ************************* Among the persons brought over by William Claiborne was William Harris. William Harris was part of the surveying party of Secretary Claiborne. For the next several years, William Harris was busy taking care of the affairs of Secretary Claiborne, surveying and dealing in land, around Jamestown. Among the very sparse land records about Jamestown, his name is mentioned. Ira L. Harris III Member, Group 6, Harris Y-DNA Family Study Line of Robert Harris of Ware Creek, New Kent County, Virginia