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One Name Studies: H to M / Re: HARRIS From Buckingham, Buckinghamshire, England
« on: Wednesday 30 March 16 15:57 BST (UK) »
Okay, my Harris line from Buckingham predated Page Harris. Page was born in North Carolina in 1795. His father and mother were John Harris and Nancy Williams Harris. John's father was Sherard Harris and this line goes back to a Captain Thomas Harris born in England in 1586/7. He came to Virginia on a ship called The Prosperous in 1611. He served in the House of Burgess in the Necke of land in 1624 and became Captain and Commander in Henrico County in 1639/40. Now, Pagie Harris's wife was the daughter of David Williams who was one of the sons of a wealthy Englishman. He was sent by the English government to Virginia to preach to the colonist. He was educated for the ministry and a primative Baptist preacher.