Does anyone know Who Major William Harris, son of Captain Harris married? Does anyone know who Major William Harris's son, Edward married and who his children were? To anyone who can help with this, thank you in advance Best Regards, Anne Harris amh504@yahoo.com >________________________________ > From: "boxerb@aol.com" <boxerb@aol.com> >To: harris-hunters@rootsweb.com >Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2012 7:59 PM >Subject: Re: [HARRIS-HUNTERS] Major William Harris > > >I am not real swift on this DNA stuff but I am in group 8. And I probably should have known this!! My ancestor is George Sr of Warren Co KY. > >Thanks for the answer. > >Mary June > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Ira Harris <barebear@insightbb.com> >To: harris-hunters <harris-hunters@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Wed, Aug 29, 2012 7:28 pm >Subject: Re: [HARRIS-HUNTERS] Major William Harris > > >No, this is Group 8 (Captain Thomas Harris) > >Group 6 is the line of Robert Harris of Ware Creek, New Kent County, Virginia > >Ira L. Harris III > >On Aug 29, 2012, at 5:55 PM, boxerb@aol.com wrote: > >> >> Is this group 6? >> >> Mary June >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Lynda SoRelle <clsorelle@sbcglobal.net> >> To: Anne Harris <amh504@yahoo.com>; harris-hunters <harris-hunters@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Wed, Aug 29, 2012 6:23 pm >> Subject: [HARRIS-HUNTERS] Major William Harris >> >> >> Major William Harris left three children when he died, Thomas, William and >> Edward. According to the following wills and deeds, Thomas Harris died >without >> issue. >> Alice Harris, widow of Major William Harris, later married George Alves. They > >> lived in New Kent and Hanover Co., VA where William and Edward Harris, >younger >> sons of Major William, also lived in close association with George Alves. The > >> descendants of William and Edward Harris of New Kent/Hanover Co. are Group 8 >in >> the Harris DNA project. >> >> >> From Adventurers of Purse and Person, 2nd edition 1964, p. 384 >> WILL OF MAJOR WILLIAM HARRIS >> Not knowing what the Lord hath ordained or at what tyme he may take out of >> this life, I doe settle my estate of lands as followeth: I give & bequeath to >> my sonne Thomas all my lands below the ware and to keep the ware run for his >> Bownes till it shall come to ye spring at ye hed & then to follow a bottom on >> ye lower side of the clearing of John Rabon, to the hundred roade path, and >> then on a straight roade or course to the land of Coll. Petter Ashbrooke, but >> in no case to cross pocketts' path; to my younger sonns Wm. & Edward Harris, >> I give the rest of my dividend, Wm. to have the plantation where I now live & >> Edward ye land next Ashbrooke. But Wm. to extend outwards one hundred yards >> beyond ye clearing of John Rabon on the path called pocketts' path & thence >> on a straight course to ye redd watter & Edward the Heds, vizdt: to Petter >> Ashbrooke's line as allsoe to ye Ashen swamp above, to them & their Heires; >> neyther to sell unless the one to ye other & if eyther die without ishew, the >> land to come to ye survivor; my two younger sons to live with their mother >> till ye age of sixteene, if shee marry; if not, till 19 years of age. My will >> is that my wife live on the plantation during her life but not to hinder my >> sonne Wm. at the head of ye Ware if he come for himself. I desyre my friends >> Mr. Thomas Cocke & Mr. Wm. Randolph to see this my will performed. In witness >> of every pte. >> hereof, I putt to my hand this 20th day of April, 1678. >> Signed Wm. Harris >> Signed in ye presence of Rich. Lygon ye mark of X >> Proved in Henrico County Court the first day of Feby., 1678/79 by the oath of >> Ann Steward, one of the witnesses to the will above written, >> and entered amongst the records of the sd. Court per. Wm. Randolph Cl. Cur. >> Henrico CountyRecords (Deeds & Wills) 1677-1692, p. 68 >> Ann Stuart >> >> Will of Thomas Harris dated Feb. 10, 1678/9, proved June 2, 1679. >> In the name of God, Amen, I, THOMAS HARRIS, being very ill and sicke and very >> weake, make this my last Will and Testament, being in sound mind and perfect >> memory. First I bequeath my soul to God who gave it, & my body to the earth >from >> >> whence it came. I give and bequeath unto my sister-in-law, Loue Harris, my >land >> at ye ware, according to the bounds sett in my father's will, to her and her >> heirs forever and give her as much power of the afores'd land as I myself had >in >> >> my lifetime. I give and bequeath unto my Cozen, Richard Lygon, all my horses, >> mares or folds y't can be found or to be said or proved to be mine to him and >> his heirs forever, they not being given by my Grandfather into the hands of >the >> overseers for the true and honest p'formance of this my last will. I have >> hereunto sett my hand and seale In the years of our Lord God, February the >10th, >> >> Anno 1678-9. Thomas Harris. >> Teste: Alice (X) Harris, Mary (X) Lygon, Junr. - : Richard Lygon. >> Proved in Henrico County Court the 2nd day of June, 1679, by the oath of Mrs. >> Mary Lygon, the younger. >> Tste: Wm. Randolph, Cl. Cur. And recorded , per W. Rid p'h. >> Henrico Co. Wills & Deeds 1677-92, pg 90-91 - Weisiger >> >> >> William Harris, son of Maj. William Harris, dec’d., for a tract of 250 acres, >> now conveyed to me by Hon. William Byrd, Esq., being that tract on south side >of >> >> James River called “The Ware,” given by Maj. Harris to his son Thomas Harris, >> Dec’d, and since escheated to His Majesty, sells to said Byrd a tract also on >> south side of James River, part of a tract Maj. Harris died seized of on Ware >> Run, 225 acres, 1 Oct. 1692. >> >> /s/ William Harris >> Wit: Wm. Soane, George Alves >> Rec: 1 Oct. 1692Henrico Co., VA Deed & Will Bk. 1688-1697, p. 347 - Weisiger >> >> >> >> Lynda Harris SoRelle >> >> >> >> >> ________________________________ >> From: Anne Harris <amh504@yahoo.com> >> To: EVELYN WALLACE <hdanw@verizon.net>; "harris-hunters@rootsweb.com" >> <harris-hunters@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Tue, August 28, 2012 11:29:39 PM >> Subject: Re: [HARRIS-HUNTERS] Some Edgecombe Co. NC Info >> >> Is there information on Major William Harris, son of Captain Thomas Harris as >to >> >> the names >> of his children and wife? >> >> >> Have a good day, >> Anne >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to HARRIS-HUNTERS-request@rootsweb.com > >> with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of >> the message >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to HARRIS-HUNTERS-request@rootsweb.com >with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of >the message > > > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to HARRIS-HUNTERS-request@rootsweb.com >with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of >the message > > > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to HARRIS-HUNTERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >
Have a good day, Anne ----- Forwarded Message ----- >From: Anne Harris <amh504@yahoo.com> >To: "harris-hunters@rootsweb.com" <harris-hunters@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Friday, August 31, 2012 10:07 AM >Subject: Re: [HARRIS-HUNTERS] Major William Harris > >Does anyone know Who Major William Harris, son of Captain Harris married? >Does anyone know who Major William Harris's son, Edward married and who his children were? > >To anyone who can help with this, thank you in advance > >Best Regards, >Anne Harris >amh504@yahoo.com > > > > >>________________________________ >> From: "boxerb@aol.com" <boxerb@aol.com> >>To: harris-hunters@rootsweb.com >>Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2012 7:59 PM >>Subject: Re: [HARRIS-HUNTERS] Major William Harris >> >> >>I am not real swift on this DNA stuff but I am in group 8. And I probably should have known this!! My ancestor is George Sr of Warren Co KY. >> >>Thanks for the answer. >> >>Mary June >> >> >>-----Original Message----- >>From: Ira Harris <barebear@insightbb.com> >>To: harris-hunters <harris-hunters@rootsweb.com> >>Sent: Wed, Aug 29, 2012 7:28 pm >>Subject: Re: [HARRIS-HUNTERS] Major William Harris >> >> >>No, this is Group 8 (Captain Thomas Harris) >> >>Group 6 is the line of Robert Harris of Ware Creek, New Kent County, Virginia >> >>Ira L. Harris III >> >>On Aug 29, 2012, at 5:55 PM, boxerb@aol.com wrote: >> >>> >>> Is this group 6? >>> >>> Mary June >>> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Lynda SoRelle <clsorelle@sbcglobal.net> >>> To: Anne Harris <amh504@yahoo.com>; harris-hunters <harris-hunters@rootsweb.com> >>> Sent: Wed, Aug 29, 2012 6:23 pm >>> Subject: [HARRIS-HUNTERS] Major William Harris >>> >>> >>> Major William Harris left three children when he died, Thomas, William and >>> Edward. According to the following wills and deeds, Thomas Harris died >>without >>> issue. >>> Alice Harris, widow of Major William Harris, later married George Alves. They >> >>> lived in New Kent and Hanover Co., VA where William and Edward Harris, >>younger >>> sons of Major William, also lived in close association with George Alves. The >> >>> descendants of William and Edward Harris of New Kent/Hanover Co. are Group 8 >>in >>> the Harris DNA project. >>> >>> >>> From Adventurers of Purse and Person, 2nd edition 1964, p. 384 >>> WILL OF MAJOR WILLIAM HARRIS >>> Not knowing what the Lord hath ordained or at what tyme he may take out of >>> this life, I doe settle my estate of lands as followeth: I give & bequeath to >>> my sonne Thomas all my lands below the ware and to keep the ware run for his >>> Bownes till it shall come to ye spring at ye hed & then to follow a bottom on >>> ye lower side of the clearing of John Rabon, to the hundred roade path, and >>> then on a straight roade or course to the land of Coll. Petter Ashbrooke, but >>> in no case to cross pocketts' path; to my younger sonns Wm. & Edward Harris, >>> I give the rest of my dividend, Wm. to have the plantation where I now live & >>> Edward ye land next Ashbrooke. But Wm. to extend outwards one hundred yards >>> beyond ye clearing of John Rabon on the path called pocketts' path & thence >>> on a straight course to ye redd watter & Edward the Heds, vizdt: to Petter >>> Ashbrooke's line as allsoe to ye Ashen swamp above, to them & their Heires; >>> neyther to sell unless the one to ye other & if eyther die without ishew, the >>> land to come to ye survivor; my two younger sons to live with their mother >>> till ye age of sixteene, if shee marry; if not, till 19 years of age. My will >>> is that my wife live on the plantation during her life but not to hinder my >>> sonne Wm. at the head of ye Ware if he come for himself. I desyre my friends >>> Mr. Thomas Cocke & Mr. Wm. Randolph to see this my will performed. In witness >>> of every pte. >>> hereof, I putt to my hand this 20th day of April, 1678. >>> Signed Wm. Harris >>> Signed in ye presence of Rich. Lygon ye mark of X >>> Proved in Henrico County Court the first day of Feby., 1678/79 by the oath of >>> Ann Steward, one of the witnesses to the will above written, >>> and entered amongst the records of the sd. Court per. Wm. Randolph Cl. Cur. >>> Henrico CountyRecords (Deeds & Wills) 1677-1692, p. 68 >>> Ann Stuart >>> >>> Will of Thomas Harris dated Feb. 10, 1678/9, proved June 2, 1679. >>> In the name of God, Amen, I, THOMAS HARRIS, being very ill and sicke and very >>> weake, make this my last Will and Testament, being in sound mind and perfect >>> memory. First I bequeath my soul to God who gave it, & my body to the earth >>from >>> >>> whence it came. I give and bequeath unto my sister-in-law, Loue Harris, my >>land >>> at ye ware, according to the bounds sett in my father's will, to her and her >>> heirs forever and give her as much power of the afores'd land as I myself had >>in >>> >>> my lifetime. I give and bequeath unto my Cozen, Richard Lygon, all my horses, >>> mares or folds y't can be found or to be said or proved to be mine to him and >>> his heirs forever, they not being given by my Grandfather into the hands of >>the >>> overseers for the true and honest p'formance of this my last will. I have >>> hereunto sett my hand and seale In the years of our Lord God, February the >>10th, >>> >>> Anno 1678-9. Thomas Harris. >>> Teste: Alice (X) Harris, Mary (X) Lygon, Junr. - : Richard Lygon. >>> Proved in Henrico County Court the 2nd day of June, 1679, by the oath of Mrs. >>> Mary Lygon, the younger. >>> Tste: Wm. Randolph, Cl. Cur. And recorded , per W. Rid p'h. >>> Henrico Co. Wills & Deeds 1677-92, pg 90-91 - Weisiger >>> >>> >>> William Harris, son of Maj. William Harris, dec’d., for a tract of 250 acres, >>> now conveyed to me by Hon. William Byrd, Esq., being that tract on south side >>of >>> >>> James River called “The Ware,” given by Maj. Harris to his son Thomas Harris, >>> Dec’d, and since escheated to His Majesty, sells to said Byrd a tract also on >>> south side of James River, part of a tract Maj. Harris died seized of on Ware >>> Run, 225 acres, 1 Oct. 1692. >>> >>> /s/ William Harris >>> Wit: Wm. Soane, George Alves >>> Rec: 1 Oct. 1692Henrico Co., VA Deed & Will Bk. 1688-1697, p. 347 - Weisiger >>> >>> >>> >>> Lynda Harris SoRelle >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> ________________________________ >>> From: Anne Harris <amh504@yahoo.com> >>> To: EVELYN WALLACE <hdanw@verizon.net>; "harris-hunters@rootsweb.com" >>> <harris-hunters@rootsweb.com> >>> Sent: Tue, August 28, 2012 11:29:39 PM >>> Subject: Re: [HARRIS-HUNTERS] Some Edgecombe Co. NC Info >>> >>> Is there information on Major William Harris, son of Captain Thomas Harris as >>to >>> >>> the names >>> of his children and wife? >>> >>> >>> Have a good day, >>> Anne >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to HARRIS-HUNTERS-request@rootsweb.com >> >>> with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of >>> the message >>> >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to HARRIS-HUNTERS-request@rootsweb.com >>with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of >>the message >> >> >> >>------------------------------- >>To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to HARRIS-HUNTERS-request@rootsweb.com >>with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of >>the message >> >> >> >>------------------------------- >>To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to HARRIS-HUNTERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to HARRIS-HUNTERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >