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    1. [HARRIS-HUNTERS] Benjamin Harrises Pt. 20
    2. Pam Stone
    3. Here's Part 20. Pam ==================================== Genealogical Publishing Co., op. cit. p. 115: July 2, 1788. James CREW, of Hanover, app't his daughter Unity STANLEY, wife of Thos. STANLEY [Power of Attorney.] [James CREW appears to have moved, apparently first to Rich Square meetin, NC?, and then to Richmond, VA? He was the husband of Judith Harris, daughter o Benjamin & Sarah Dumas Harris. ] ==================================== Wright, op. cit. p. 73: 2/8/1788. Reported that Lucy DRIVER and Gulielma LADD were lately married by hireling ministers - disowned. [Gulielma, daughter of John & Unity Harris Ladd, and granddaughter of Benjamin & Sarah Dumas Harris] ==================================== Brewer, op. cit. p.160: 8/11/1788. Clark T. MOORMAN & Thomas HARRIS Junr recommended to the consideration of the Quarterly meeting as sutable [sic] persons to be appointed elders. [Clark & Thomas "Jr.", the son-in-law & son of Benjamin & Sarah Dumas Harris] - p. 161: 10/1/1789. Thomas TERRELL, Pleasant TERRELL, Catlet JONES, Thomas STANLEY, Robert DOUGLAS, Elijah JOHNSON & Samuel PARSONS appointed to hear the reasons for the objections made to the friends recommended as sutable persons to be appointed elders. [Thomas Stanley was the husband of Unity Crew, and the son-in-law of James & Judith Harris Crew. - p. 17: 10/10/1789. Ann HARRIS (wife of Jeremiah HARRIS) hat almost wholly forsaken the attendance of our religious meetings and her general deportment also is inconsistent with our profession, we therefore disown her. [Anne Chiles Harris, daughter of Menoah & Anne Cheadle Chiles of Caroline Co. Jeremiah Harris had died by 1797 in Hanover Co., as his land was recorded as his estate that year {DAVIS, Virginia, Tidewater Virginia Families, op.cit., p. 469 (she cited Hanover County, Virginia Tax Records, 1797.)}] - p. 18: 14/11/1789. James HARRIS is in the practice of overseeing slaves contrary to the established rule of our society, we therefore disown him. [James Harris was the son of Benjamin & Sarah Dumas Harris; his wife was Mary Cheadle,] - p. 167: 12/12/1789. George & Edmond WINSTONE [Winston] & James HARRIS' wife & children from Caroline are now residing within the limits of White Oak Swamp Meeting. Clark T. MOORMAN & Micajah CREW appointed to enquire into their affairs & produce certificates. - p. 167: 9/1/1790. A certificate from Mary HARRIS (wife of James HARRIS) and her children Benjamin, Judith, Elizabeth, Mary, Thos, Lucy & James to join them to White Oak Swamp meeting approved. [James & Mary moved their family to Richmond, Virginia after James was disowned by the Friends for overseeing slaves. James became a wealthy businessman; by 1787 he was the manager of the James River Canal, and James was named General Manager of the James River Company which built the first canal system on the North American continent,. His land holdings were considerable; he and Mary owned land in Caroline, Henrico, and Hanover Cos., and he had patented a large tract in Greene County, Kentucky. Mary Cheadle Harris appears to have not presented a certificate for herself to the White Oak Swamp/Henrico meeting, but her children are mentioned in the minutes on several occasions. Richmond became the capitol of Virginia just as James started His business dealings there, so the properties in that city would have been both expensive and a good investment. {DAVIS, Virginia, Tidewater Virginia Families, op. cit.; pp. 471- 472.}] ==================================== Genealogical Publishing Co., op. cit. p. 148: Feb. 4, 1791.-Robt SYDNOR & Lucy, his wife, to James HARRIS 400 a. (being same sold by James HARRIS to Jno. TAYLOR & by him to Robert SYDNOR Jan. 11, 1791, adj. Ambrose LIPSCOMB, Peter WINSTON decd, Mrs. CLARKE, Henry PRIDDY & Mrs. KING. [Note that this was the land on Sinking Hole Creek that James sold to Taylor in 1786.] ==================================== [END OF FILE] ====================================

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