In a message dated 9/3/2005 8:01:56 PM Eastern Daylight Time, Hdanw@aol.com writes: > Dear Subscribers to Harris hunters of colonial Virginia: > > I located a lone John Harris on Goochland Co. tithable list, 1747: > > Tithe List by Jas. Holman, 10 June 1747 > > 5 John Harris list: Demetrius Young, overseer. > > Preceding the above, however, is this Harris male: > > For Southam Parish by Thos Turpin, 10 June 1747: > > 13 for Benj. Harris: Jno. Scrugs, Jno Peters, Jno. Roberts > > (A. Jean Lurvey, GOOCHLAND COUNTY, VIRGINIA TITHE LISTS, 1735-47 > [Springfield, MO: 1979], p. 7) > > Evelyn, Thanks for the information. Someday I hope to go through those tax lists. I am not technically a Harris Hunter, but I believe the above Benjamin Harris was probably the father of Benjamin Harris, Jr., who married Lucy Gaines Turpin in 1795 in Powhatan Co. He was born ca 1716 in Henrico County, wife was Ann Eppes. They lived in what is now Powhatan County, VA. Benjamin Harris, Jr. died ca 1802 (will in Powhatan Co. VA). Lucy Gaines Turpin was probably the granddaughter of the Thomas Turpin above. Thomas was married to Mary Field Jefferson, aunt of President Jefferson. In 1803 Benjamin Harris, Jr.'s widow married William Weldon Bentley, a widower following his first wife Judith Archer's death. Both brought children into the marriage and added some of their own (have lots of info, wills, deeds drawing lines around these connections). William W. Bentley was the brother of my 4g grandmother Rachel Bentley, daughter of Samuel Bentley, d. 1794 Amelia Co. VA, and (we think) a Mary Weldon d/o Samuel Weldon & Sarah Efford. Rachel married Rev. John Hyde Saunders, Jr. in Amelia Co. VA in 1775. John H. Saunders Jr. was a Minister of the Southam Parish. He got formally kicked out of William & Mary College, after he refused to go quietly. Thanks again. Evelyn, I am entirely with you in using your local Family History Center if travel to a location is not possible. Often for counties for which court records have been filmed during the period you are searching (LDS has lots to go!), it is certainly much much cheaper to rent the films at $3.50 or so a pop, then take a trip to the courthouse. I find that on research trips, I'd much rather spend my time scouting out locations where they lived, meeting the local citizens and visiting cemeteries than courthouse research. Best Regards, Janet (Baugh) Hunter