I16745: Mary BAUGH (ABT 1760

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CONFLICTS:
Married 1st Unknown, the mother of Thomas Harris; Youette ? Birth: About 1744
Married 2nd Alice. 3 known children. Wm, Edward, and Love.
Father was Thomas Harris and mother Joane ?.
Adventurers of Purse and Person, 1987, pp. 354-361.

William Harris left a will in Henrico Co rec 1 Feb 1678 naming sons Thomas, William and Edward.

William HARRIS (Major) BIRTH: ABT. 1638 DEATH: ABT. 1678, Henrico Co., VA. Father: Thomas HARRIS Mother: Adria GURGANEY
Family 1: Lucy STEWART
Family 2: Alice ?
1.Thomas HARRIS
2.Edward HARRIS
3.William HARRIS

Family 3: Lucy DAY MARRIAGE: WFT Est. 1655-1675

Pittsylvania Co. VA History: A German explorer and physician, John Lederer, began in 1669, a series of three trips into the interior. The first was in a party headed by Major William Harris and was made at the bidding of Governor Berkeley. All went well until the gnawing fear of an Indian attack prompted the party to give up the quest for new discoveries and return home—all, that is, except Lederer. The physician-explorer had kept a meticulous diary of his observations but, in its original form did not attract a host of readers; it was written in Latin.

1636--William Harris and 6 others patented 8000 acres Charles City Co. ---commonly
called Berkley Hundred. (Cavaliers and Pioneers, Vol 1, p 53)

1677--Major. William Harris Henrico Co. A Justice on orphans Ct. with Col. Farrar, Col Francis Eppes, Thomas and Richard Cocke. (Source: Henrico Orphans Court) (In 1688, Richard Cocke and Mr. Wm. Farrar are on the court.)

1693--William Harris Est.---Surry.

He was Justice of Henrico Co., in the House of Burgesses 1652,-53,-56, -57,-58, Major in the regiment of Henrico and Charles City (Dec. 1656)

Lawson: "Will probated Feb. 1, 1678, Henrico Co., VA. He was a member of the House of Burgesses 1652-53 and 1656-1658, and was appointed Major of the Regiment of Henrico and Charles City in Dec. 1656. Married first about 1648 Lucy STEWART (name uncertain), by whom he had four children."

"Have also seen a speculation on a daughter of Maj. William Harris. These lines get very confused right in there! A will of Thomas Harris refers to his "sister-in-law LOUE, which some people read as "Love" and some people think is "Lucy", potentially the wife of Thos' brother Wm 1629-1678."

msg reply: "Albert Bell in his book states that Love Harris was the daughter of Richard and Ann Harris. "Adventures of Purse and Person" has a section on the Harris family on pages 202 - 205 that refers to Love Harris and takes the family back to Thomas Harris (b. 1587) who came to Virginia before 1611. I have not done much with this but will now look at it again. Bell also has a section located on page 30 of the Norfolk, Virginia section (at least on my copy) that cites some records regarding Richards wife and children." Preston Holt
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There seems to be a quite a variation in information relative to Captain Thomas HARRIS, his wives and his children, part of which is caused by the similarity of several William HARRIS' existing at about the same time and in nearly the same place.
This has been addressed by Malcolm Hart Harris of West Point, Virginia in his three articles in Volume 22 of The Virginia Genealogist, starting on pages 3, 99, and 187. The first page of Hart's works entitled THREE WILLIAM HARRISES IN HANOVER COUNTY states the following: "A good many years ago, the finding of three grants made on 24 March 1725 to three patentees named William Harris prompted a study in some detail of the three men, their families and their lands in the counties of Hanover and Louisa...The first of these three, recorded as Capt. William Harris and William Harris, Gent., was certainly the well known Capt. William Harris of Hanover County who resided in the Forks of the Pamunkey River at his plantation called Cedar Hill...
The second William Harris was designated as Junior in the patent, to identify him as a son or a younger man. It seems reasonably certain that he was a son of Capt. William Harris as the records prove.
The third William Harris was without rank or any identifying connection, except his association with George Alves in the records of St. Paul's Parish and patents of adjoining lands in Hanover County.
The three tracts of land which were granted on 24 March 1725 lay in widely separated areas of the county of Hanover, which in 1725 included Louisa County. The two tracts granted Capt. William Harris and William Harris Gent. lay along Little River and below the North Anna River. That granted William Harris, Junior, was also on Little River but about twenty miles to the west. The tract granted the third William Harris lay along Cub Creek which lies wholly within the county of Louisa and is about six miles from the nearest tract on upper Little River."

In his third article Hart tells about The Third William Harris of Hanover and identifies him as having land on Cub Creek in Hanover County. This William Harris is called Major William Harris and is associated with George Alves. George Alves later marries the widow of this Major William Harris. This association is also covered by William R. Taylor writing also in Volume 22 of The Virginia Genealogist starting on page 261.

In Adventurers of Purse and Person, VIRGINIA, 1607-1625, compiled and edited by Annie Lash Jester, second edition 1964, it is stated p. 202-205, 383-384 that Thomas Harris repatented 700 acres in Henrico, 12 July 1637, "called by the name of the Longfield with swamp and marshes". It continues on telling about Captain Thomas Harris' daughter Mary Ligon conveying 200 acres in Curles, Henrico County "being part of a greater divident granted unto Captain Thomas Harris deceased and given by will of said Thomas Harris unto his daughter Mary Ligon. This article goes on to state that William Harris (Major)(son of Captain Thomas Harris) fell heir to "Longfield" later known as Curles. He married (1)_____ (later identified as Lucy Stewart) and (2) Alice_____ whose (2) husband George Alvis,...is named as having married "the relict of Major William Harris deceased".
The above article lists on pages 384 and 385 the wills of Major William Harris and his brother Thomas Harris, both indicating association with the Ligons. These are found in Henrico County Records (Deeds & Wills) 1677-1692 on p. 68 and 90,91.
No where in these articles is named Robert Harris, who married Mary Claiborne Rice,as the son of Captain Thomas Harris. This seems to be brought up by Ligon writing in The Ligon Family and Connections, 1947, on p. 844.
In conclusion it appears that the articles named rather clearly identify two different families of William Harris, one which is the Harris/Overton line and does not seem to come from Captain Thomas Harris, and the other line which continues down through Major William Harris and is further identified as associaed with George Alves.

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My Southern Family

Mary BAUGH

ABT 1760 - 29 Mar 1856

ID Number: I16745

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Beneta Arnold CALLAWAY

11 Feb 1819 - 17 Aug 1904

ID Number: I80645

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Mary CRUTCHFIELD

ABT 1810 - ____

ID Number: I41949

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Stella Emma DEARMOND

1872 - ____

ID Number: I55441

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Greenwood GATEWOOD C.S.A.

9 Mar 1847 - 30 Apr 1885

ID Number: I29349

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Martha E GODWIN

1849 - 17 Feb 1919

ID Number: I77328

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Maj. William HARRIS of Cub Creek

ABT 1626 - BEF 7 Oct 1678

ID Number: I9451

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Betty Beryl JAMES

Capt. Phillip TALIAFERRO of Hockley

1745 - 1791

ID Number: I64724

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Stephen TURNER

ABT 1800 - ____

ID Number: I93249

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Eliza WORSHAM

ABT 1820 - ____

ID Number: I39520

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