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 I  have been trying  to   find  the possible burial of   DOROTHY  HARRIS   - NEE BASSANO
the  second wife  of THOMAS  HARRIS -- as there is a bit of evidence he went  to    Virginia    and that there was a third wife  there. .


BUT UNPROVEN -- i want to   first  prove   if this second wife   Dorothy HARRIS- NEE BASSANO  -actually  did die  in England or not . 

To give a little back ground as there was soooooooooooooo many HARRIS same name   birth  years of cousins etc -----and many joined this kin ship   type system and went to USA

Thomas HARRIS  --- Father    was  Sir William HARRIS
 Mother--- Lady Alice Smythe --- were very much involved in the third  charter of the Virginia  Company----  but   from England they never went  ..

Their Son  Sgt  John went abt 1626   ish  with wife Dorhty Lymbrey Calcott

But this THOMAS   HARRIS b-1636  i speak of here ---  was in fact   a grand son of their   other son Arthur  and is   VERY    VERY  frequently mixed up  with his cousin same name and birth year in Virgina  who descended from Sgt John HARRIS  i  mentioned . 

THEY are   frequently  mixed up  with each other .

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So my guy  is

Thomas HARRIS  born 8 Sept 1636 Chevening Kent
Father-    JOHN HARRIS ( NOT SGT JOHN )
Mother Frances DUCRE  -- this was her  * second marriage  she had Thomas b 1636  in .

His  FIRST MARRIAGE  marriage
HANNAH COULTMAN 13-1-1658 New FIsh St PArish St Margarite-- or --St Stephen Walbrook London
Possibly a daughter named HANNAH born ----she  ws under the care of her brother john as parents were dead .

HIS  **SECOND *****MARRIAGE
DOROTHY BASSANO  28 -2  1862 LONDON - BASSANO well known Italian  Musician family  in the Kings court .
POSSIBLY   - 4 -    CHILDREN BORN TO THEM.
DOROTHY 1663 ST MARY LE STRAND
JOHN 23--4 -- 1664 ST LEONARD  EASTCHEAP LONDON
 ANN  12-3-1667 ST ANDREW HOLBORN MIDDLESEX
THOMAS  9 - 5- 1669   ST MARY  -   WALTHAMSTOW ESSEX ---

DOROTHY WAS MENTIONED IN HER BROTHER  JOHN  BASSANO WILL IN 1671 ---

 THERE IS A   FAIT BIT OF SPECULATION--    BUT  I SEE NO PROOF --  THAT THIS THOMAS HAS REMARRIED IN USA --

  SO THATS WHY I AM  TRYING TO SEE IF   THERE IS ANY   PROOF DOROTHY BASSANO HARRIS    DID   DIED IN ENGLAND ..

I am  trying to find out if    -----changing your name  in Victoria or NSW ----  from about 1895  to 1910   required any paper work  and where those records would be  .

And

If the Victorian BDM held any  of their own ---- administrative records    for   1889 --1910 ---  and where they would be

Could some one please try and read the last 3 lines  of this para in this WILL
Thomas HARRIS is leaving    goods to his "DEAR WIFE MARY "   however it also looks to read   almost in the next line "LATE MARY "

This is literally 3   lines and   saying its too big i am having this issue  constantly
Any ideas why please.

Hi I have  JOHN LEE in 1831 in Sydney jail and after that i cannot find him  i am snot sure if his ticket  of leave was cancelled like previous ones  . Cant find him  at all

John Lee born 1804 London arrived 1819 on the Grenada   was in NEWCASTLE   NSW at times.
Cant find   a  permission to marry   or  a death cert in NSW .

I  have been looking for more admission /  discharge info  on this HENRY LEE   who died in the St George in the East   Workhouse .


 I   was hoping he is the Father   of  my  convict    -  HENRY LEE born 1803 Spitalfields  (   birth ref Convict record who was sent to NSW in 1821 on the Grenada  and he died in  Little River Australia in 1862 .

If this  Henry Lee Snr   is the correct  Henry   LEE  his wife should be Mary maiden name unknown .

When Henry Lee Jnr died in Australia  in 1862 his  Aust   death cert named his Father as Henry  ( Occ-    Waggoner)    and Mother as Mary  unknown m/name

While researching convict HENRY LEE Jnr   another brother turned up named JOHN LEE who was identified as his brother  by the Colonial Secretary  letters    who  sent Henry Jnr a  letter telling him his brother   John  in   also in Aust  had written him a letter. 


Brother  John LEE  born 1804  London ( birth  ref - convict record)   had arrived 1819 also on the  convict ship   GRENADA .

I   am hoping to identify their Father   as  i cant find  either of the boys Baptisms   that   i can prove    are them  and trying    to get more info on the family 

 I have one list that wont post that is just a list of   names  with his age and no more   inf at all .