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