For some of us Harris-Hunters, (of colonial Virginia) we need to keep track of families with the surname Overton, as one of the Harris wives was Temperance Overton, and she is buried (at least there is a tombstone, now literally destroyed)near Doswell in Hanover Co, VA. I will not quote the long Virginia land patent quoted in Cavaliers and Pioneers, Vol.II, p. 218-219. Patent for William Overton and Evan Jones dated 23 Apr 1681. For those who use the ONLINE database of land patents on the Library of Virginia website, do a search for either Evan Jones [definitely a name with Welch origins] or William Overton.  You are looking for a land patent for 4600 acres in New Kent Co. south side of Pamunkey [spelled Pomunky Riv.] 23 Apr 1681.    In C&P, there is a LONG list of imported persons under the patentees' names.  The oldest VA land patents will beat the end of the online list.  The newest VA land patents [some in the 21 century]will appear first. I spot in C&P in the long list or transported persons several persons with surnames matching those of the patentees.  The others, not named Jones or Overton, may have become indentured servants, to repay the *transporters* for their costs in transporting these early Virginians. One historian at a nearby branch of U of Calif said in a long-ago lecturer that about 75% of Chesapeake area (now encompassed by several states) were indentured. Reminder:  Look at a recent atlas for Virginia (or use google--probably google.earth--and locate Pamunkey River in present day Virginia.  It is a longish river and eventually empties into York River.  Hanover Co. was formed 1721 from New Kent.  Unfortunately, I am reading in Dr. George K. Schweitzer's handy book Virginia Genealogical Research [Chatanooga, TN: 1995] that most of New Kent's records have been destroyed and so have those of Hanover Co.   However, there may be some hope in the vestry book, which Family History Library (catalog section) states is online at familysearch.org.  Find this record at the URL given and see if you can read it at home. See bottom of this message. The vestry book for Hanover Co. has indexes and the index for the surname Harris is page 628 (see left side of screen on the FHL catalog website.  Page 18 has the first entry for William Harris, and the name Alvis is also listed.  According to a long-ago article in The Virginia Genealogist, this William Harris is NOT the one associated with Temperance Overton. (More research for some of you!) E.W.Wallace On the FHL website, look for the word catalog.  Look for church records and you will find this. The vestry book of St. Paul's Parish, Hanover County, Virginia, 1706-1786 author:Chamberlayne, C. G. (Churchill Gibson), 1876-1939 availability:Online