On Sun, 13 Jan 2002, Carol wrote: > list > In looking for someone in my Rhodes(Rodes) line i came across this on the > Harris' and Overton's(Which is not my line).I can't vouch for it so check it > out if possible... but Hope it helps those who were looking for these folks > >From desendents of Tyree Rhodes Harris(1765-Albermarle > Co.Va......http://members.aol.com/CWMORETTi/family/page24.htm Comment: The URL cannot be found. Probaby one has to be a member of AOL and use their search engine. >: > His parents: > Capt Robert Harris(1740-ALb CO)mar to Lucretia Brown Comment: This marriage, Robert Harris [Jr.] to Lucretia Brown, can be deduced from Albemarle Co. Deed Bk 3, pages 174-175 (check this out, you Albemarle researchers.) > > Robert's parents: > Major Robert Harris(1673-Hanover Co.mar Mourning Glenn > > Major Robert's parents > William Harris(1652-Weyanoke,Va)mar Temperence Overton-1670-d/o William > Overton-s/o Col Robert Overton(b-1609-d-tower of London) and Anne Gardiner.) > and Mary Elizabeth Waters.Mary Elizabeth Waters was d/o Ann Waters.Col > Robert Overton was s/o John Overton-d-Easington,Yorkshire,England > > Children of William & Temperence: > Christopher>>Major Robert and Overton Harris(b-1675) My question: Do we have any proof that these are the sons of William Overton and his wife Temperance--such as a probate, deeds, anything other than published genealogies, many of which are erroneous? > > William Harris' parents > > Robert Harris(1625)-Henrico Co-d1701-New Kent Co-mar Mary > Claiborne-c1660-d/0 Sir William Claiborne and Elizabeth Butler Comment: A recent Claiborne genealogy (edited by John Frederick Dorman) states in a footnote that there is NO PROOF of a marriage of a Mary Claiborne to a Robert Harris. In fact, some other genealogists question the very existence of a Mary Claiborne, or, if there was such a person, she died prior to adulthood. > Robert Harris parents: > Thomas Harris(b-1586-England-d-1658- mar Adria Osborne > Thomas ' parents Comment: The latest edition of Adventurers of Purse and Person (First Families of Virginia) which was edited by John Frederick Dorman outlines the earlier descendants of Thomas Harris, and not included among the children is a Robert Harris. In fact, serious students of the Harris genealogy of the first Robert Harris define him as the immigrant ancestor. Comment: Therefore, the rest of this ancestor chart for William Harris and Robert Harris is highly questionable. > Sir William Harris _b-c-1562-Crixie,Essex,England-mar Alice Smythe > Sir Williams parents: > > Arthur Harris and Dorothy Waldengrave Comments and questions submitted by E.W.Wallace