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

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

Mary June,     No my group is 7. I know there are a lot of William Harris. My family settled in Albemarle and Nelson County, Virginia. Diane D. Holmes ________________________________ From: "boxerb@aol.com" <boxerb@aol.com> To: harris-hunters@rootsweb.com Sent: Wed, August 29, 2012 6:56:30 PM Subject: Re: [HARRIS-HUNTERS] Major William Harris 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? 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Dear Diane Holmes,  If your Harrises were in Albemarle Co.,formed 1744 from Goochland and Louisa Cos., VA can you give some approximate dates?  My Christopher Harris, son of Major Robert Harris, surveyor of colonial Louisa Co., was in the process of moving ca 1787 to Madison Co., KY.  However, I am fairly certain that he left behind (maybe the eldest) a son named John Harris who became his executor in Albemarle Co.  If you have access to the digitized database HeritageQuest through your local (or State) library system, you can find The Boone Family by Hazel Spraker.  Toward the back of the book are related families and there is a list of Christopher's children (19 if I remember correctly) by two wives.  The first wife is said to be Mary Dabney (can be conjectured from the will which mentions Cornelius Dabney) and the second wife was Agnes McCord--one of those Scotch-Irish persons from Pennsylvania who settled in Augusta Co, VA.  Some McCords were later in Albemarle Co.  Evelyn W.Wallace ________________________________ From: Diane Holmes <holmes-diane@att.net> To: harris-hunters@rootsweb.com Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2012 5:29 AM Subject: Re: [HARRIS-HUNTERS] Major William Harris Mary June,     No my group is 7. I know there are a lot of William Harris. My family settled in Albemarle and Nelson County, Virginia. Diane D. Holmes ________________________________ From: "boxerb@aol.com" <boxerb@aol.com> To: harris-hunters@rootsweb.com Sent: Wed, August 29, 2012 6:56:30 PM Subject: Re: [HARRIS-HUNTERS] Major William Harris 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