Subscriber Janet Harris is somewhat interested in Benjamin Harris. I have notes I have collected over the years on several Benjamin Harrises--in an effort to try to sort out whether any are linked to Major Robert Harris (wife Mourning, maiden name said to be Glen). I have not drawn any conclusions on this fellow. If you have, please share with all of us. I have not checked to see whether he got a land patent. I think I have notes on a couple of other Benjamin Harrises. Question: Is Soblet a Huguenot name? I know Manakin Town, where many of the *French refugees* settled is or was in Goochland Co. For a time, Goochland Co. extended below the James River. For those who suspect he/she may have a Huguenot ancestor of Manakin town, I suggest a google.com search for manakin town + virginia. There are several hits--I didn't read them all. A couple, however, seem to give a brief history, and one is a bookseller. E.W.Wallace BENJAMIN HARRIS OF GOOCHLAND COUNTY, VA - 1737 Goochland Co. Deed Bk A-98 Deed 1 Feb 1737 Benjamin Haris of Goochland Co., carpenter, to Joseph Painter of same, for 20 pds., land on Dutoys branch, bounded by James Soblet, Peter Debt and Thomas Dickins, 200 acres, being part of 400 acres, 200 of which was sold to James Soblet and Joeph Painter. Wit: Tho. Porter, Ralph Flippen, James (+) Patey Signed: Benjamin Harris Recorded 21 March 1737 (Benjamin B. Weisiger., GOOCHLAND COUNTY, VIRGINIA WILLS AND DEEDS, 1728-1736 (Richmond, VA: B. B. Weisiger, c. 1983], p. 13)