Mary Branch

Other Events and Attributes:

• Birth: 1660, Charles City, Charles, Virginia, USA

Mary married Thomas Jefferson about 1679 in James River, Henrico, Virginia, USA. Thomas (son of Samuel Jefferson and Elizabeth Carr Broom) was born about 1653 in St. Christopher Island, British West Indies; died before 7 Dec 1697 in Osbornes Plantation, Henrico, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mary married Joseph Mattox on 17 Feb 1700/01. Joseph was born about 1660. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Will: 13 Mar 1724/25, Chesterfield County, VA
• Probate: Apr 1731, Chesterfield County, VA

Notes:

1. COLONIAL WILLS OF HENRICO COUNTY, VIRGINIA, PART ONE 1654-1737
Abstracted and complied by Benjamin B. Weisiger III (1976)

Will of THOMAS JEFFERSON
To son FIELD, mourning ring worth 20 shillings
To son PETER, my land on Fine Creek and Manekin Creek
If he dies before 21, to my three daughters, JUDITH, MARY and MARTHA.
Also, to son PETER, negroes and items, some of which were bought of
TURPIN, JOSEPH WILKINSON and THOMAS EDWARDS.
To daughters MARY and MARTHA, the land I lately bought of GEORGE CARTER,
the land mortgaged by GRILLS, and all the rest of estate to be sold by
MAJOR WILLIAM KENNON and HENRY WOOD and then L 10 to be given to my
daughter JUDITH FARRAR and the rest divided between my daughters MARY and
MARTHA.
My sister MARTHA WINN to take care of my daughter MARTHA and CAPT. HENRY RANDOLPH to take care of my daughter MARY.
If daughters die before 21, survivor to get their share and if both die, to daughter JUDITH FARRAR.

Son PETER to be executor

Dated 15 March 1725
Witnesses: Benjamin Branch, Henry Moody
Recorded April 1731

This will proves that Martha Jefferson, daughter of Thomas Jefferson 1st and sister of Thomas Jefferson 2nd. married Winn (Wynne).

Mrs. Winn also states that it was Thomas Wynne (Robert's brother) that married Ann Bolling, daughter of Robert and Ann Stith Bolling. Thomas married (2) Martha_____? who she thinks was a Llewellyn....but has no
proof.

Thomas married Alice before 1715 in Henrico County, Virginia, USA. Alice was born about 1679; died before 1723. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Thomas married Mary Field on 20 Oct 1697 in Henrico Par., VA. Mary (daughter of Peter Field and Judith Soane) was born on 3 Feb 1679/80 in Henrico County, Virginia, USA; died on 13 Aug 1715 in Henrico County, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Will: 29 Oct 1744, Henrico County, Virginia, USA
• Probate: 1745, Henrico County, Virginia, USA

Mary married Thomas Harris in 1685. Thomas (son of William Harris and Lucy Stewart) was born in 1669 in Charles City County, Virginia, USA; died before 6 Jul 1730 in Henrico County, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Martha married Robert Wynne in 1708 in Surry County, VA. Robert was born in 1685 in Charles City County, VA; died on 12 Jul 1754 in Sussex County, VA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

History of Albemarle County, Virginia

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Peter Jefferson, the father of the President, was a native of
Chesterfield, and removed to the present limits of Albemarle in 1737. He
entered the wilderness literally, as when he first came there were but
three or four persons living in the neighborhood. His first entry was
that of a thousand

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acres on the south side of the Rivanna, between Monticello Mountain and
the Henderson land above Milton. Wishing a more eligible site for his
house, he bought from his friend William Randolph, of Tuckahoe, the
Shadwell tract of four hundred acres, where his distinguished son was
born. He had been a magistrate and Sheriff in Goochland, and when
Albemarle was formed, was one of its original magistrates, and its
Lieutenant Colonel. He also represented the county in the House of
Burgesses. He was employed with Colonel Joshua Fry to run the boundary
line between Virginia and North Carolina, and to make the first map of
Virginia ever drafted. When William Randolph died in 1747, leaving a son
of tender age, he committed him to Mr. Jefferson's care, and more
efficiently to discharge this trust Mr. Jefferson removed to Tuckahoe,
where he resided seven years. This circumstance explains the difficulty
in Mr. Waddell's mind, when in his Annals of Augusta County, he wondered
how Thomas Lewis and his friends, who had gone to Mr. Jefferson's to make
a map of the survey of the Northern Neck line, could ride from his house
to Richmond to hear preaching on Sunday. He returned to Albemarle in
1755, and died in 1757. His wife was Jane, daughter of Isham Randolph, of
Dungeness, and his children Jane, who died unmarried, Thomas, Randolph,
Mary, the wife of Thomas Bolling, Martha, the wife of Dabney Carr, Lucy,
the wife of Charles Lilburn Lewis, and Ann, the wife of Hastings Marks.

Thomas was born in 1743, married in 1771 Martha, daughter of John Wayles,
of Charles City, and widow of Bathurst Skelton, and died July 4, 1826. He
had two daughters, Martha, the wife of Governor Thomas Mann Randolph, and
Mary, the wife of John W. Eppes. He was one of the largest landholders in
the county, being assessed in 1820 with four thousand eight hundred and
ninety-nine acres. Soon after attaining his majority, he was appointed a
magistrate of the county, and at the first session of the County Court
after his decease, the following memorial was entered upon its records:

"As a testimonial of respect for the memory of Thomas Jefferson, who
devoted a long life to the service of his country,

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the principles of liberty, and the happiness of mankind; who aided
conspicuously in the cause of the American Revolution; who drafted the
Declaration of the principles, on which the Independence of these States
was declared; who uniformly exerted his great talents to aid both the
civil and religious liberties of his countrymen, and by whose practical
administration of the principles he had promulgated in many stations,
legislative, diplomatic and executive, in which he had acted as a public
functionary, the equal rights of his countrymen were promoted, and
secured at home and abroad; who, uniting to a native benevolence a
cultivated philanthropy, was peculiarly endeared to his countrymen and
neighbors, who were witnesses of his virtue:

Resolved therefore that this testimonial be recorded as a perpetual
memorial of respect and affection of his countrymen, and of the Court of
Albemarle, of which he was once a member; and

Resolved that this Court and its officers, as a testimony of public
respect, will wear crape on the left arm for thirty days, and will now
adjourn."

Randolph Jefferson in 1781 married Ann, daughter of Charles Lewis Jr., of
Buck Island. He had his residence in Fluvanna County. He had two sons,
Thomas and Isham R. Thomas was twice married, first to his cousin Mary
R., daughter of Charles Lilburn Lewis, and secondly in 1858 to Mrs.
Elizabeth Barker, daughter of Henry Siegfried. His children were Peter
Field and Robert L. Peter Field lived in Scottsville, and by his
shrewdness and frugality amassed a large fortune. He died in 1861,
leaving a son bearing his own name, and a daughter, the wife of Peter
Foland. Peter Field Jr., died in 1867. Robert L. married Elizabeth,
daughter of Robert Moorman, lived near Porter's Precinct, and died in
1858. His children were Eldridge, who lived in the same section of the
county till after the war, and Mary, the wife of Albert W. Gantt.

A story is told of Randolph, that one day he came to his brother to
unburden his mind of a weighty idea that had struck him, and announced
himself thus: "Tom, I'll tell you

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how to keep the squirrels from pillaging the corn. You see they always
get on the outside row. Well then, don't plant any outside row"--which,
if true, well illustrates a reflection of Miss Sarah Randolph, "It is
curious to remark the unequal distribution of talent in this family, each
gifted member seeming to have been made so at the expense of one of the
others."

A Thomas Jefferson, who in the first days of the county was one of its
deputy Surveyors, was no doubt a brother of Peter, the President's
father.

Ref: from Issue #3 of The Fields Cousins Online Justice of Goochland Co Court 1735; High Sheriff 1737-39; JP Albemarle Co 1744 Lt. Col. 1745, Col. & County Lieut. 1754, and Burgess 1755 M. Ragan According to The Collected Papers of the Monticello Association I have that Jane Rogers married Isham Randolph on July 25, 1717 dau Jane Rogers and Isham Randolph: Jane Randolph was born 2/9,1720 in Shadwell Parish, England. On October 3,1739 Jane Randolph married Peter Jefferson born ( according to entry in his Prayer-Book made by his son, Thomas) on 2/29/1707 or 08 and Peter died 8/17/1757. Peter and Jane Randolph had ten children: Jane 1740-1765 died single; Mary 1741-? married (Col.) John Bolling in 1760; Thomas 1743-1826 married Martha Wayles Skelton in 1772; Elizabeth 1744-1774 died single; Martha 1746-1811 married Dabney Carr in 1765; Peter Field Oct 16-Nov. 29,1748; A male 3/9/1750-3/9/1750; Lucy 1752-? married Charles Lewis in 1769; Anna Scott 1755-1828 married Hastings Marks in 1788; and twin to Anna, Randolph 1755-1815 married Anna Lewis in 1781.

Susan L. Burgess suelburg@aol.com http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin JEFFERSON-L, 2000 S.L. Burgess

GENEALOGY OF WOODROW WILSON http://www.usgenealogy.com/wilson/index.htm *Peter JEFFERSON was born on 29 Feb 1708 in Albemarle County Virginia He died on 17 Aug 1757. Parents: Thomas JEFFERSON II and Mary FIELD. He was married to Jane RANDOLPH in 1739 in Goochland County VA (later Albenarle Co.). Children were: Mary JEFFERSON.

Famous Folks, Anc Thos. Jefferson http://www.genealogy.com/famousfolks/Jefferson/i0000001.htm rhondam@magicnet.net

Peter2 Jefferson (Thomas3, Thomas4) was born in Osborne's, Chesterfield, VA 29 Feb 1707/8. Peter died 17 Aug 1757 in Shadwell Estate, Goochland, VA, at 49 years of age. He married in Goochland County VA, 3 Oct 1739 Jane2 Randolph (Isham3, William4, Richard5) was born bef 20 Feb 1720, baptized in Shadwell, London, Eng, 20 Feb 1720. Religion: religion unknown Jane died 31 Mar 1776 in Monticello, Albemarle, VA Peter Jefferson and Jane Randolph had the following child: 1 Thomas1 Jefferson was born 2 Apr 1742/3.

Peter married Jane Randolph on 30 Oct 1739 in Dungeness, Goochland County, VA. Jane (daughter of Isham Randolph and Jane Rogers) was born on 5 Feb 1719/20 in Shadwell, London, England; was christened on 20 Feb 1719/20 in St Paul's Church, Shakespeare's Walk, London, England; died on 31 Mar 1776 in Monticello, Albemarle County, VA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

FIELD JEFFERSON, VESTRYMAN Cumberland Par, Lunenburg County, Va 1746-1816, Vestry Book, 1746-1816, by Landon C. Bell

File contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Margaret Driskill

"Lunenburg, VA had, as we shall see, an important part in the struggle between the vestries and the Colonial Governors". "When the county was created in 1745 it embraced, in addition to its present area, the now comprised in Mecklenburg, Charlotte, Halifax, Pittsylvania, Henry, Franklin, and the greater part of Bedford and Campbell counties". "This great area was comprised in one parish and was named Cumberland. While Lunenburg County and Cumberland parish were created by the act of 1745, it was provided that they should come into existence 'from and immediately after the first day of May next'". "in 1746 the vestry ordered a chapel forty-eight feet by twenty-four feet to be build near Reedy Creek. This was near Lunenburg Court House. Reference: Hening V. 3110 "it was directed by the Act that the sheriff should advertise 'some convenient time and place' for the meeting of the 'freeholders and housekeepers' to elect 'twelve of the most able and discreet persons' of the parish as vestrymen". "The first vestry of Cumberland parish seems to have been composed of the following: Lewis Deloney, Clement Read, Matthew Talbott, Abraham Martin, Lyddall Bacon, David Stokes, Daniel Ferth, Thomas Bouldin, John Twitty, **Field Jefferson**, John Edloe, and John Cox".

Field married Mary Frances Robertson after 1721 in Virginia, USA. Mary was born after 1700 in Virginia, USA; died before 29 May 1762 in Mecklenburg County, VA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Field married Mary Hunt on 29 May 1762. Mary died after 1765 in Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Mary Jefferson, aunt of President Thomas Jefferson. "CAPT. HENRY RANDOLPH to take care of my daughter MARY."

Mary married Jr. Thomas Turpin on 4 May 1732 in Virginia, USA. Thomas was born on 9 May 1708 in Henrico County, Virginia, USA; died on 20 Jun 1790 in Powhatan County, VA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

"My sister MARTHA WINN to take care of my daughter MARTHA" Martha Jefferson m William Bolling.

Martha married Bennett Goode in 1740 in Osbourne, Powhatan County, VA. Bennett (son of John Goode and Mary Harris) was born about 1710 in Mecklenberg County, VA; died in 1771 in Southam Parish, Cumberland County, VA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Judith married George Farrar after 1718 in Farrar Island, Henrico County, VA. George was born on 30 Aug 1698 in Farrar Island, Henrico County, VA; died in 1772 in Mecklenburg County, VA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1746, Farphan Parish, Richmond County, Virginia, USA
• Will: 28 Mar 1749
• Probate: May 1751, Cumberland County, Virginia, USA

Notes:

John Harris, son of Thomas Harris and Mary Jefferson, married c.1728 in Henrico County, Virginia to Ursula Jordan. They lived in Goochland County, Virginia the part that was south of the James River when it broke off Henrico. In King William Parish this was right in the middle of the Huguenot settlement around Manikin and early records lists him sometimes as John or sometimes as Jean depending on who made the list. King William parish had services in both French and English. He and his brother in law Captain Francis James were both listed as house carpenters at times. John and Ursula had A. Elizabeth Harris b 31 Dec 1729 in Goochland County, Virginia and died 19 May 1791 her will is in book 1 Powhatan County, Virginia. She married in April 1748 to Samuel Flournoy son of the Huguenot immigrant John James Flournoy. B. John Harris b 1732 in Goochland County, Virginia his will was proved Nov 1800 in Powhatan County, Virginia see will book 1. He married 29 August 1754 (see Douglas Register) to Anne Obedience Turpin. Most of their records are in Cumberland before Powhatan County, broke off. Ursula died shortly after John was born and Sarah Harris daughter of Thomas Harris and Mary Jefferson - John's sister came to live with them and raise the children. John accumulated much land and eventually was known as Gent rather than house carpenter the Gent probably referring to the offices he held in the county. He did have a reputed son Jesse Harris born 14 June 1741 to Elizabeth Robards in King William parish the godfather was John Bernard and Jean Chastain. the Godmother Charlotte Judith Chastain. Elizabeth Robards was put out of the parish. John Harris will was written 28 March 1749 and proved May 1751 in Cumberland County, Virginia His executors were brothers James Harris, Benjamin Harris and William Harris witnessed by Bennet Goode (his nephew) and Charles Clark.

Will abstract to brother Benjamin Harris 45 acres from an escheat patent of Jacob Maton to brother William Harris 60 acres bought of Susannah Carnier, 45 acres bought of Thomas Richardson and 22 acres got of Henry Trent To James Mosby 75 acres on Fluvanna River in Albemarle County, Virginia to son John Harris not 21 my land lying on Jones Creek adjacent land of Robert Goode and Captain Thomas Porter. To my daughter Elizabeth Flournoy 250 L also slaves, Phil, Dicey and Hannah. To my granddaughter Ursula Flournoy a negro Magdelen To bro James Harris to sister Sarah Harris inventory mentions slaves, Bob, George, Chloe and her child Jane. Phyliss and her child Sarah. Dick, Pompey, James (butler) Nell, Phil, boy Diley girl Hanah, Debra and her child.

John married Ursula Goode about 1728 in Henrico County, Virginia, USA. Ursula (daughter of John Goode and Anne Bennett) was born in 1707 in Whitby Plantation, Henrico County, Virginia, USA; died about 1734 in Henrico County, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Elizabeth Robards about 1740. Elizabeth was born about 1700. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Mary Harris daughter of Thomas Harris and Mary Jetterson married 1. John T. Goode son of John Goode Senior of Henrico County, Virginia and his wife Anne Bennet (her family from Holland migrated to Virginia) John died between 1720 and 1730 killed by Indians. lived at the "Falls" in Chesterfield County, Virginia Their children were A. John Goode 111 B Bennet Goode married 1740 Martha Jefferson d of Thomas Jefferson and Mary Field C. Mary Goode married 27 May 1740 Goochland County, Virginia William Meggison they lived Bent Creek, Buckingham Co., VA.

Mary Harris Goode then married as his 2nd wife Capt Francis James of Goochland co Va. their children were D. Richard James who married 9 May 1761 Cumberland co Va. Mary Turpin b 1739 d of Thomas Turpin 11 and Mary Ann Jefferson E. Francis James dead by 1756 F. Martha James married l. James Meredith who d 1751 and 2. William Clarke G Phoebe James married Thomas Merriman H. a son who died young I. daughter who died young. I have Bennet Goodes family

Family/Spouse: Francis James. Francis was born about 1694. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: John Goode. John was born about 1698. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Edith Harris daughter of Thomas Harris and Mary Jefferson. married l. Henry Trent who left a will 5 Sept 1726. their children were A. Henry Trent B Edith Trent C. Mary Trent. Edith Harris Trent then married Mr. Osborne and had D. John Osborne who d 27 March 1760 E. Francis Osborne who married Mary Hardaway and left a will 28 Oct 1792 in Chesterfield County, Virginia F Thomas Osborne who md Frances------------He died 13 Nov 1781 in Chesterfield County, Virginia G. Phoebe Osborne married Col Edward Friend Edith Harris Trent Osborne then Maryland Peter Fitzpatrick. - Nov 3 1746 Field Jefferson (Ediths uncle) of Dale Parish Henrico County, Virginia sold Peter Fitzpatrick 576 acres for 290L witness Richard Randolph, thomas Jetterson,James Harris (Ediths brother) Frances Robertson wife of Field Jefferson relinquishes dower. probably no children by this third marriage. Though records show an Anner Fitzpatrick that might have been from this marriage

Edith married John Osborne in 1743 in Patrick County, VA. John was born about 1684. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Edith married Peter Fitzpatrick on 3 Nov 1746. Peter was born about 1684. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Edith married Henry Trent in 1713 in Henrico County, Virginia, USA. Henry was born in 1676 in Henrico County, Virginia, USA; died on 5 Sep 1726 in Henrico County, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Will: 18 Mar 1740/41, Henrico County, Virginia, USA
• Probate: 1 Aug 1741, Henrico County, Virginia, USA

Notes:

Thomas Harris, son of Thomas and Mary, will dated March 18, 1741, Henrico Rec., probated Aug. 1, 1741. Mentions: brothers, James, William, Francis, Benjamin John; sisters, Martha Pasture, Sarah, Ann, and mother, Mary Harris.

The will of Thomas Harris Jr. proved August 1741 in Henrico co Va. this man did not marry and had no children but sort of helps glue the family together It was written in May 1741 He had received from his Fathers will in 1730 200 acre plantation, buildings, houses, orchards etc. at age 21 also negro "Bristo" after mothers death( however his mother Mary Jefferson Harris outlived him.) 1. to my brother John Harris my plantation but he is to pay brother Benjamin Harris 16L. 2. to brother James Harris a slave "Bristo" 3. to my mother Mary Harris 20L and my "Troopers Arms". 4. to brother William Harris a slave "Hampton" 5. to brother Francis Harris the plantation called "Whidby" but my mother Mary Harris is to have use of the place for life. 6. to sister Sarah Harris 8 L and slave "Hannah" 7. to sister Martha Pastuer a slave "Ebo" 8. To loving mother Mary Harris a negro "Aneke" 9. to sister Anne Harris a gold ring. Thomas Harris xtrs brother John Harris and brother James Harris

will of Francis Harris w May 12 1743 Henrico County, Virginia l. My plantation "Whidby" left me by my deceased brother Thomas Harris Jr. to my brother James Harris. 2 to my sister Anne Harris a negro "Bristo"(which had been willed to James by Thomas Harris evidently given to Francis in the interim as he now owns the slave Bristo at the time of his will) 3 to my Mother my horse. 4. to my nephew John Harris Jr. (son of John Harris and Ursula Jordan MY LINE) my featherbed 5 to my brothers and sisters John Harris, James Harris, Benjamin Harris, William Harris, Mary James, Sarah Harris, Edith Osborne, Martha Pastuer, and Ann Harris mourning rings. Francis Harris Also died unmarrried with no children

Other Events and Attributes:

• Will: 12 Apr 1753, Cumberland County, VA
• Probate: 24 Sep 1753, Cumberland County, VA

Ann married Booth in 1728. was born about 1700. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ann married Samuel Yeargain in 1732 in Henrico County, Virginia, USA. Samuel was born in 1707 in Wales; died on 24 Dec 1784 in North Carolina, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Will: 27 May 1767, Cumberland County, VA
• Probate: 27 Jul 1767, Cumberland County, VA

Notes:

(W. B. 1, P. 328)

James Harris son of Thomas Harris and Mary Jefferson married c 1741 in Henrico co Virginia to Sarah Baily daughter of Thomas Baily will 1723 Henrico County, Virginia and Phoebe Handcock. their children were A Phoebe Harris b c 1743 died 1769/70 She married Joseph Royal Farrar had 4 children before she died he married for a second and third time B Col Thomas Harris married Frances Moseley d of John Mosely no issue Capt James Harris 1749 - 1805 served in Revolution, lived Chesterfield co Virginia md 20 May 1769 in Cumberland County, Virginia to Ursula Flournoy d of Sam. Flournoy and Elizabeth Harris (John Harris and Ursula Jordan family_ D Francis Harris b 10 Jan 1752 will 1822 Goochland County, Virginia not traced E. Ensign John Harris md 16 Feb 1779 Chesterfield County, Virginia to Elizabeth Branch lived in Buckingham Co Virginia F. william Harris b May 1757 died after 1817 in Bedford County, Virginia married Aug 11 1803 Bedford County, Virginia to Mary Pollard G Mary Harris died young James Harris will book 1 pp 328 Cumberland County, Virginia

Family/Spouse: Sarah Bailey. Sarah was born about 1704. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Will: 16 Jan 1791, Powhatan County, VA
• Probate: 18 Dec 1794, Powhatan County, VA

Notes:

William Harris son of Thomas Harris and Mary Jefferson md l. Martha Osborne and had A. Wm Harris Jr. who marriedElizabeth Evans B. daughter Harris who died before Dec 1794 . He then married Mrs. Martha Ward Gaines a widow of Bernard Gaines with one daughter. William then had C. Mary Harris d 3 April 1825 in Henry County Kentucky. married l1 may 1764 Manikin to Col Bernard Markham of Chesterfield County, Virginia D Sarah Harris b 17 Jan 1754 married 28 June 1773 Cumberland County, Virginia to wm M Turpin bro of Thomas Turpin III E. elizabeth Harris b 13 Jan 1755 married 1776 Vincent Markham l child F. Alice Harris b 9 August 1756 married 18 Nov 1774 in cumberland County, Virginia to Francis Goode son of Robert Goode and Mary Turpin he died at sea 28 april 1795 G Col. thomas Harris b 26 Nov 1762 died 19 Sept 1815 married 20 January 1791 Powhatan co Virginia to Caroline Matilda Harris d of Col John Harris

More About William Samuel Harris, Rev.: 1: A Burgess 21 2: Left children in Patrick County VA21 3: 05 October 1729, receives from father's will a "mare" Occupation: Baptist Minister named the "Apostle of Virginia"21 Religion: Baptist Minister named the Apostle of VA

William Harris son of Thomas Harris and Mary Jefferson md l. Martha Osborne and had A. Wm Harris Jr. who marriedElizabeth Evans B. daughter Harris who died before Dec 1794 . He then married Mrs. Martha Ward Gaines a widow of Bernard Gaines with one daughter. William then had C. Mary Harris d 3 April 1825 in Henry County Kentucky. married l1 may 1764 Manikin to Col Bernard Markham of Chesterfield County, Virginia D Sarah Harris b 17 Jan 1754 married 28 June 1773 Cumberland County, Virginia to wm M Turpin bro of Thomas Turpin III E. elizabeth Harris b 13 Jan 1755 married 1776 Vincent Markham l child F. Alice Harris b 9 August 1756 married 18 Nov 1774 in cumberland County, Virginia to Francis Goode son of Robert Goode and Mary Turpin he died at sea 28 april 1795 G Col. thomas Harris b 26 Nov 1762 died 19 Sept 1815 married 20 January 1791 Powhatan co Virginia to Caroline Matilda Harris d of Col John Harris

More About William Samuel Harris, Rev.: 1: A Burgess 21 2: Left children in Patrick County VA21 3: 05 October 1729, receives from father's will a "mare" Occupation: Baptist Minister named the "Apostle of Virginia"21 Religion: Baptist Minister named the Apostle of VA

William married Martha Osborne about 1720. Martha was born about 1700. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Elizabeth Ward. Elizabeth was born about 1696. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

William married Martha Ward about 1755. Martha was born about 1700. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Death: 29 May 1759, Southam, Cumberland, Virginia, USA
• Will: 24 Apr 1776, Cumberland County, VA

Notes:

Benjamin Harris son of Thomas Harris and Mary Jefferson married 1. Frances Platt d of Thomas Platt and Sarah ===== of Henrico County, Virginia. They had 2 daughters before Frances died. they were Mary Harris who married 20 May 1769 Manikin D.R. to Sion Spencer eldest son of Thomas Spencer and Elizabeth Julia Flournoy daughter of John James Flournoy french Huegenot and sister of Samuel Flournoy (see John and Ursula Jordans family) the other girl was Anne Harris who married 1770 in Manikin to Joel Estes of Lunenberg County, Virginia Benjamin Harris then married a 2nd time to Priscilla Wager daughter of William Wager clerk of the Elizabeth City Virginia County, Ct and his wife Ann Henson. the children of this mg were 4 Children. Henson Wager Harris who married 14 Sept 1770 D.R. Manikin to Edward Moseley D. Phoebe Harris who married Nathanial Carrington E Edith Harris who never marreid her will 18 Nov 1779 Powhatan County, Virginia FAnnHenson Harris not traced G. Benjamin Haris Jr. b c1761 Cumberland County Virginia, married l. 27 March 1783 Amelia County, Virginia to Martha Wilson had 3 children by her and 2 Lucy Turpin who married after she was widowed to William Bentley. He died in Amelia County, but his will was proved in cumberland County, 20 Oct 1802. H. William Wager Harris married 9 Dec 1788 Powhatan County, Virginia to Mary Farrar d Joseph Royall Frarrar and Phoebe Harris

The Benjamin that was the son of Thomas Harris and Mary Jefferson (also my line was raised in Henrico County, where you will find the will of both Thomas Harris and Mary Jefferson Harris. He married Frances Platt the daughter of thomas Platt of Henrico County, and his wife Sarah ?. When Goochland broke off Henrico in 1727 or 28 the Harris boys were in Goochland in the part that then lay south of the James R. Benjamin had to sue his brother in laws for Frances inheritance and that is found in Goochland Records. There is also a later notation that Sukey and Joe negro slaves of Benjamin Harris were charged for giving poisen to Mary and Anne Harris daughters of his first marriage. This was some time after his second marriage to Priscilla Wager daughter of Wm Wager who I believe at that time was the clerk of the Elizabeth City County, court The slaves were found NOT GUILTY. these girls were both married in Manikin see Douglas Register. Mary is mentioned in Benjamins will written 24 April 1776. See W.B. l Cumberland County, Virginia the executors were Edward Mosely (son in law) Saml Nevins (a physician) Bernard Markham (a son in law of Benjamins younger brother William Harris having married11 May 1767 in Cumberland County, Virginia Mary Harris who died in April 1825 in Henry County, Kentucky. ) HE WAS NOT BENJAMINS SON IN LAW. two of William Harris girls me Markhams. Mary to Col Bernard Markham of Chesterfield County, Virginia and Vincent Markham who married Elizabeth Harris d of Wm in 1776 Now for the daughters of the first marriage of Benjamin. Mary Harris married in Manikin by Rev Douglas Sion Spencer eldest son of Thomas Spencer and Elizabeth Julia Flournoy Elizabeth Julia was the daughter of Elizabeth Harris daughter of John Harris who was elder brother of Benjamin Harris of this discussion. Sion owned land in Chesterfield that he had purchased from Wm Byrd died during Revolution leaving Mary with Thomas Harris Spencer and several others. Mary lived to an old age at least part of the time in Charlotte County, Virginia home county of the elder Spencers. I know that Anne married Joel Estes of Lunenberg County, Virginia in 1770 and was dead by 1776 probably of childbirth. Benjamin Harris then married Priscilla Wager see mg 1751 in Goochland County, see Douglas Register. as said before she was the daughter of William Wager and Ann Henson. they had the following children HENSON WAGER HARRIS b1753 ref: D.R. she married 24 September 1770 at Maniken Edward Moseley ref: Douglas Register PHOEBE HARRIS b 1755 again ref Douglas Register married by 1778 location unknown to Nathanial Carrington who was b 28 Feb 1743 EDITH HARRIS B C 1757 in Cumberland County, Virginia never married. Her will is found in Book l pp 40 Powhatan County, Virginia which had broken off Cumberland by that time proved 18 Nov 1779 her extrs were Edw Mosely Dr. Saml Nevins and Bernard Markham. She willed slaves to the Dr.s family as well as others. a slave Patti to her sister Henson Wager, a slave Loue to her sister SALLY OR SARAH HARRIS b August of 1759 in Cumberland County, Virginia married 20 December 1785 to William Yates. Surety Thomas Harris (who had been appointed her Gaurdian) ANN HENSON WAGER HARRIS KNOWN AS NAncY. she was listed as head of household in 1785 in Powhatan received a slave Jude from Ediths will. I have no record of her ever marrying BENJAMIN HARRIS JR. b c 1761 in cumberland County, Virginia He received a slave Bristo from sister Ediths will. He married l. 27 March 1793 in Amelia County, Virginia to an heiress Martha Wilson that brought with her marriage some 30 odd slaves. this marriage produced Sarah Harris who married Wm Saunders 2 July 1803 in Powhatan County, Virginia and Egbert and Wilson Harris. He married 2 9 Jan 1795 Lucy Turpin of Thos Turpin. after Benj Jr.'s will was proved October 1802 in Powhatan County, Virginia Lucy Turpin Harris married William Bentley.By Lucy Turpin Benjamin had Martha Eveline Harris who married 17 Nov 1819 William Ligon and Marcus Aurelius Harris who d 1844 Powhatan County, Virginia unmarrried Benjamins Harris and Priscilla Wagers last child was WILLIAM WAGER HARRIS (named for her father) b c 1766 Cumberland County, Virginia married 9 Dec 1788 Powhatan County, Virginia Mary Farrar daughter of Joseph Royall Farrar and Phoebe Harris daughter of Benjamin Harris older brother James Harris and Sarah Baily of chesterfield County, Virginia surety was Thomas Harris gaurdian. Chuck this is all original research not printed Benjamins will of Manikin Cumberland County, old and infirm to wife Priscilla land on the James River bought of James Sublette and Peter David to son Benjamin land in Mechlenberg County, Virginia son William Wager to have land on James River and Salle's Creek and lower Manikin Creek in Chesterfield County, and Cumberland co's Virginia To daughter Mary Spencer land in Transylvania executor Edward Moseley , Abraham Salle' Bernard Markham signed 24 April 1776 witnesses Saml Bellamey Wm Kerr, Geo Shafter and Abraham Salle' security Charles Woodson, John Mayo, and Richard Crump. i In 1778 county records Edith, Sally, Nancy, Wm and Benjamin represented by friend Bernard Markham versus Edward Mosely and Henson Wager Mosely asking their cousins John Harris, Thomas Harris, Wm Harris and Charles Clarke to divide the estate for them. At the time of Benjamins Harris death he had 57 slaves #46 Jupiter he had received from his sister Sarah Harris in her will. I HOPE THAT THIS CLEARS UP THE CONFUSION AND ALTHOUGH IT IS POSSIBLE FROM THE RECORDS I HAVE OF LAND PURCHASES ETC. IT WOULD BE DIFFICULT TO PLACE BENJAMIN HARRIS IN MARYLAND UNLESS IT WAS FOR A VERY BRIEF TIME . THE SECOND MARRIAGE WAS NOT A VERY HAPPY ONE I GATHER PRISCILLA REFUSED TO HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE ESTATE. FRAN FLETCHER - This is my family I know it inside and out after almost 40 years of searching.

Benjamin married Priscilla Wager in 1751 in Goochland County, Virginia, USA. Priscilla was born about 1710. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Benjamin married Frances Platt about 1742. Frances was born about 1710. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: William Pasture. William was born about 1702. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Martha married Matthew Parham about 1740 in Surry County, VA. Matthew was born about 1697 in Surry County, VA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Lucretia married Joseph Tudor Tucker about 1738 in Surry County, VA. Joseph was born about 1710. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: William Raines. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Thomas Butler. Thomas was born about 1719. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Alt POB: Shadwell, Goochland City, VA

Martha married Dabney Carr on 20 Jul 1765 in Charlottesville, VA. Dabney (son of John Carr and Barbara Ann Overton) was born on 26 Oct 1743 in Bear Castle, Louisa County, VA; died on 16 May 1773 in Charlottesville, VA; was buried in Monticello, Albemarle County, VA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

THOMAS JEFFERSON

Religion: No formal affiliation
Education: Graduated from College of William and Mary (1762)
Occupation: Lawyer, planter
Political Party: Democratic-Republican
Other Government Positions:
Member of Virginia House of Burgesses, 1769-74
Member of Continental Congress, 1775-76
Governor of Virginia, 1779-81 Member of Continental Congress, 1783-85
Minister to France, 1785-89
Secretary of State, 1790-93 (under Washington)
Vice President, 1797-1801 (under J. Adams)
CF
Thomas Jefferson, Son of Virginia
http://www.history.org/other/journal/jeffart.htm
by Dennis Montgomery

JEFFERSON ON HIS CHILDHOOD & YOUTH

"When I consider that at fourteen years of age the whole care and direction of myself was thrown on myself entirely, without a relative or a friend qualified to advise or guide me, and recollect the various sorts of bad company with which I associated from time to time, I am astonished that I did not turn off with some of them, and become as worthless to society as they were. From the circumstances of my position, I was often thrown into the society of horseracers, cardplayers, foxhunters, scientific and professional men, and of dignified men; and many a time have I asked myself, in the enthusiastic death of a fox, the victory of a favorite horse, the issue of a question eloquently argued at the bar, or in the great council of the nation, "Well, which of these kinds of reputation should I prefer--that of a horsejockey, a foxhunter, an orator, or the honest advocate of my country's rights?"

He caroused with the boys, flirted with the girls, studied late into the night, and fixed his eye on Rebecca Burwell, a beautiful orphan whom moony 19 year old Tom petnamed Belinda. For months his adolescent letters--embarrassing now to read--were full of Belinda. His selfconscious infatuation soon embarrassed him, too. When he gathered up his courage to approach her, Tom made a fool of himself. He wrote "in the most melancholy fit that ever any poor soul was":

"Last night, as merry as agreeable company and dancing with Belinda in the Apollo could make me, I never could have thought the succeeding sun would have seen me so wretched as I now am. I was prepared to say a great deal. I had dressed up in my own mind such thoughts as occurred to me, in as moving language as I know how, and expected to have performed in a tolerably creditable manner. But, good God! when I had an opportunity of venting them, a few broken sentences, uttered in great disorder, and interrupted with pauses of uncommon length, were the too visible marks of my strange confusion."

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Six feet two and a half inches tall, thin, square shouldered, strong, Jefferson was straight as a gun barrel. He neglected fashion in clothes and hair, never lost a tooth, but seldom smiled or showed any expression. Stiff with strangers and acutely sensitive to personal slights, he found nothing so goading as to be contradicted in company by his wife. Under stress he was prone to migraines that lasted weeks. He liked to toss off bits of his learning, but when he spoke in public his voice was hoarse and guttural. He ate little meat, and then as a condiment for his vegetables. Peas were his favorite. He did not drink strong wines or spirits, rose by dawn, and left his room by eight after bathing his feet in cold water.

1781/82 Francois Jean, Marquis de Chastellux, who found Jefferson at his best. Chastellux wrote:

Let me describe to you a man not yet forty, tall, and with a mild pleasing countenance, but whose mind and understanding are ample substitutes for every exterior grace. An American who without ever quitting his country, is at once a musician, skilled in drawing, a geometrician, an astronomer, a natural philosopher, legislator, and statesman . . . and it seems as if from his youth he had placed his mind, as he had done his house, on an elevated situation, from which he might contemplate the universe. . . . We may safely aver that Mr. Jefferson is the first American who has consulted the arts to know how he should shelter himself from the weather.

A LEGAL ANALYSIS OF THE PARENTAGE OF SALLY'S CHILDREN
by Richard E. Dixon - Attorney at Law
IX. Conclusion
Under Virginia law, unless there is an admission of paternity by the father, a claim must be pursued under the statutory procedure. Evidence to establish paternity means oral testimony or documents that pass the legal test of admissibility. The case against Thomas Jefferson is devoid of admissible evidence.

There is no direct evidence from any source during JeffersonÃss%sss lifeeeee that he was the fatttheeer of any of the children born to Sally Hemings between 1790 and 1808. Although Jefferson was present at Monticello during each of SallyÃss%s conceptions, there is no proof thattt shhhee waaasss att Monticello during these periods. There is also not a scintilla of proof of any cohabitation or physical intimacy between Jefferson and Hemings during the approximate thirty years she resided at Monticello.

The two prominent documents written after Jefferson's death and relied on as paternity evidence are hearsay and inadmissible. These are the Parton letter, which raised for the first time the resemblance claim against Jefferson, and the Madison Hemings memoirs which created the treaty legend.

The 1998 DNA test results identify a chromosomal link between Eston Hemings and the male Jefferson line. Thomas Jefferson is included among the twenty-five possible fathers, but he is eliminated because of the lack of admissible evidence.

It is surprising that the sources and the nature of the information that make up the Tom and Sally myth has put the academic community into such a quandary. It is a tale which should return to its status as no more than a footnote to the Jefferson legacy.

The Report may be downloaded from
http://www.monticello.org/plantation/hemings_report.html. Special attention should be given to the Minority Report. See also, Research Report on the Jefferson-Hemings Controversy, A Critical Analysis, by Eyler Robert Coates at
http://www.angelfire.com/va/TJTruth
Richard E. Dixon
Attorney at Law
4122 Leonard Drive
Fairfax, Virginia 22030
703-691-0770
redixonlaw@aol.com
April 2000

Poplar Forest Commentary

"Thomas Jefferson and his wife, Martha, inherited the plantation known as Poplar Forest from her father in 1773. Theworking tobacco farm of 4,812 acres eventually provided Jefferson with a significant portion of his cash income. The plantation also offered the perfect site for his most personal architectural achievement -- a unique octagonal house set withinan elaborately designed landscape. In this meticulously planned retreat he had the seclusion to pursue his passion forreading, writing, studying, and gardening." In the early years of his ownership of Poplar Forest, Jefferson was increasingly active in public service. He practiced law, was a member of the House of Burgesses, Governor of Virginia, Minister to France, and President of the United States for two terms. Even with these responsibilities, he began managing the plantation operations at Poplar Forest and moved slave labor there. In 1781, Jefferson eluded capture by the British by retreating to his Bedford County plantation. During this extended visit Jefferson compiled much of the material for his only book, Notes on the State of Virginia. Little is known about the dwelling used by Jefferson during these early visits.

In 1806, Jefferson supervised the laying of the foundation for the octagonal house he had designed. After his second term as President ended in 1809, Jefferson made regular visits to his Bedford retreat. He usually took three to four trips per year and stayed from two weeks to two months. His visits often coincided with the seasonal responsibilities of the working plantation and he also oversaw the embellishment of the house, the planting of his vegetable garden and the adornment of the grounds. Family members, usually his grandchildren, joined Jefferson on many of his visits. At Poplar Forest he could escape the almost perpetual round of visitors at Monticello and enjoy what he called "the solitude of a hermit."

Jefferson made his last trip to Poplar Forest in 1823 when he settled his grandson, Francis Eppes, on the property. Ill health prevented future visits to his retreat. In 1828, two years after Jefferson's death, Eppes sold Poplar Forest to a neighbor.
http://www.poplarforest.org/history.html

Famous Folks, Anc Thos. Jefferson http://www.genealogy.com/famousfolks/Jefferson/i0000001.htm
rhondam@magicnet.net

Jefferson, Thomas 1743 -- 1826
Famous Folks http://www.genealogy.com/famousfolks/index.html
Biography.com http://www.biography.com/
Apart from Jefferson's philosophical stance on slavery, there was the paradox inherent in his own life. Though he undoubtedly believed that slavery violated the principles of natural law he had included in the Declaration of Independence, he was a wealthy slave owner whose lifestyle depended upon the institution. Jefferson viewed himself and his slaves as victims of mankind's failure to rid itself of this terrible institution, and he contented himself with the idea that he would be a benevolent master to those he owned, until the "peculiar institution" met with its rightful end.

In hindsight, Jefferson's stance on slavery is inescapably hypocritical. History's view of him has been complicated even more by the increasingly unavoidable conclusion that he was sexually involved with one of his house servants, Sally Hemings, and that he fathered at least one, if not several, of her children. Allegations that he was sexually involved with Hemings surfaced as early as 1802, when the disgruntled journalist James Callendar (allegedly the same man Jefferson had hired to libel Adams during the 1796 presidential election) published the accusation, which had been circling as gossip in Virginia for several years. In the latter half of the nineteenth century, contradictory evidence surfaced: Madison Hemings, born in 1805, claimed to be Jefferson's child; just a year later, an account was published claiming that Jefferson's nephew, Peter Carr, had confessed to Jefferson's daughter Martha that he had been the father of all or most of Sally's children. Jefferson's direct descendants, Thomas Jefferson Randolph and Ellen Randolph Coolidge, stood by the conclusion that either Peter or Samuel Carr (both Jefferson's nephews) had fathered Hemings' children.

The question of a Jefferson-Hemings liaison remained a bone of contention among branches of the Jefferson, Randolph, and Hemings familiesÃssaassssss welllll as Jefferson scholars throughouuuut tthee nineteenth and twentieth centuries... In November 1998, dramatic new scientific evidence became available through the analysis of the DNA of male descendants of both Hemings and Jefferson. After comparing the Y-chromosome component of the DNA of a descendant of Jefferson's paternal uncle, Field Jefferson, with that of a descendant of another of Hemings' sons, Eston (born 1808), Dr. Eugene Foster of the University of Virginia found an exact match of certain portions of the DNA (the odds of a perfect match in a random sample are less than one in a thousand). In January 2000, the Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation accepted the conclusion, supported by Foster's DNA evidence, that Jefferson and Hemings were sexual partners, and that they had between one and six children between 1790 and 1808.

Thomas married Martha Wayles on 1 Jan 1772 in The Forest, Charles City County, Virginia, USA. Martha (daughter of John Wayles and Martha Eppes) was born on 30 Oct 1748 in Charles City County, VA; died on 6 Sep 1782 in Monticello, Albemarle County, VA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Thomas married Sally HemingsVirginia, USA. Sally was born about 1769. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Randolph Jefferson 1755 Shadwell, Ablemarle County VA - d. 15 October 1815 married 7-30-1780 in Virginia Anna Jefferson Lewis born in Buck Island, VA d. bfr 1809; Anna is the daughter of Charles Lewis, Jr. of Buck Island, Virginia ; Randolph married twice. He
had four sons with first wife, Anna Jefferson Lewis (a first cousin of his), and then two more son with his second wife, Mitchie Pryor, d/o David Pryor


i. Isham Randolph Jefferson
ii. Thomas Jefferson +Mary R Lewis +Elizabeth Seigfried; Mary R is Mary Randolph Jefferson Lewis, daughter of Charles Lilbourne Lewis (Anna's brother) and Lucy J. Jefferson, (the President's sister and the daughter of Peter Jefferson and Jane Randolph)
mcclaran@concentric.net
iii. Robert Lewis Jefferson
iv. James Lilburne Jefferson
v. Anna Scott Jefferson
*2nd Wife of Randolph Jefferson +Mitchie Prior
vi. John Thomas Jefferson b: 1810 in Virginia
vii. Mitchie Jefferson
viii. Randolph Jefferson

Randolph Jefferson, (have seen some reference to his first name being John) younger brother of Preident Thomas Jefferson was first married to his first cousin, Anna Lewis, daughter of Charles Lilburn Lewis and Mary Randolph. His second marriage was to
Mitchie B. Pryor, daughter of David Pryor of Buckingham County Virginia.

Herbert and Evelyn Barger, compilers of this Jefferson genealogy, have visited the outside of this home, "Snowden" located just across the James River from Scottsville, Virginia on State Route 747. A painting of this old, but now renovated home, is on display at the Scottsville Museum. The Bargers have a picture of this painting and slides and information of the home of Peter Field Jefferson, Randolph's grandson and son of Thomas. The former Scott home, "Mount Walla" was built by John Scott of the town's founder's family. Evelyn Barger is Randolph's first cousin, six generations
removed.

Randolph attended William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia beginning at age sixteen n 1771 and finishing in 1772. He also shared his brother Thomas's love of music and studied the violin under the same instructor as did Thomas. During the Revolutionary War he served in the Virginia Light Dragoons. He was commissioned a Captain of Buckingham Militia in 1794. Randolph patented or was granted 1327 acres in Buckingham County Virginia on May 30, 1800. The land was adjoining Robert Craig on Big
Georges Creek.

The book THOMAS JEFFERSON AND HIS UNKNOWN BROTHER RANDOLPH,
University of VA, Charlottesville 1942 states:
"Randolph, born at Shadwell on Oct 1, 1755, was 12 years younger than Thomas, With his twin sister, Anna Scott, he was the last of the ten children... He was two years old, and Thomas was fourteen when his father died in 1757. ... "He twice married. On July 30, 1780 he married Anne Jefferson Lewis the daughter of colonel Charles Lewis of Buck Island. she was his first cousin, and the sister of Charles Lilburne Lewis, who in 1769 had married Randolph's sister Lucy. The Lewis and Jefferson families became even more closely connected later on when Thomas, the son of Randolph, married Mary Randolph, the daughter of Lucy Jefferson Lewis

Randolph, by his first wife, who died sometime before 1808, had five sons: Thomas, Robert Lewis, Field, Isham Randolph, and James Lilburne; and a daughter, Anna Scott. His second wife was Mitchie B. Pryor, Daughter of David Pryor of Buckingham county.
He married her in 1808 or 1809, and by her had one son, John Jefferson. ... A grandson Peter Field (the son of Randolph's son Thomas) was a country merchant made what the little town of Scottsville considered a large fortune.

http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/ JEFFERSON-L, 1999

Randolph married Anna Jefferson Lewis on 30 Jul 1780 in Virginia, USA. Anna (daughter of Charles Lewis and Mary Randolph) was born about 1754 in Buck Island, VA; died in May 1808 in Albemarle County, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Randolph married Mitchie Pryor in 1809. Mitchie died after 1814 in Albemarle County, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Anna married Hastings Marks in 1788. Hastings died after 1788. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Mary Jefferson b 1 Oct 1741 in: Shadwell, Albemarle, Virginia 1 Died: aft 1762 in: Virginia 1 Father: Peter Jefferson Mother: Jane Randolph GENEALOGY OF WOODROW WILSON http://www.usgenealogy.com/wilson/ *Mary JEFFERSON was born on 1 Oct 1741 in Fine Creek, Goochland County VA, d/o Peter JEFFERSON and Jane RANDOLPH. She was married to John William BOLLING on 24 Jan 1760.

Mary married John William Bolling on 29 Jun 1760 in Virginia, USA. John (son of John Bolling and Elizabeth Bland Blair) was born on 24 Jun 1737; died in 1797. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Lucy married Charles Lilburn Lewis in 1769. Charles (son of Charles Lewis and Mary Randolph) was born about 1752; died in 1853 in Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Anne married John Jordan Harris on 27 Aug 1754 in Cumberland County, VA. John (son of John Harris and Ursula Goode) was born in 1732 in Powhatan County, Virginia, USA; died before 19 Nov 1800 in Norwood, Powhatan, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Martha married Charles Povall in 1777/1798. Charles (son of III Robert Povall and Winifred) was born in 1763; died in 1803. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Probate: Powhatan County, VA

Notes:

W.B.1, P. 200

Elizabeth married Samuel Flournoy on 9 Apr 1748 in Goochland County, Virginia, USA. Samuel (son of Jean Jacques Flournoy and Mary Williams) was born on 4 Oct 1724 in Manakin, Goochland, Virginia, USA; died on 12 Dec 1780 in Goochland County, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Will: 11 Mar 1797, Powhatan County, VA
• Probate: 19 Nov 1800, Powhatan County, VA

Notes:

John was a member of the Cumberland County Committee of Safety 1775-76 Col John Harris PSVA Revolution Comm. of Safety for Cumberland County Virginia One of the builders of the James River and Kanawa Canel which made it possible for tobacco shipments and other shipments to get around the Falls on the James River at Richmond and on downriver to be shipped. The other men involved in the building were George Washington, yes the president, David Ross, Wm Cabell and Edward Randolph.

Col. John Harris was born in Goochland County, Virginia in 1732 married 17 August 1754 in Cumberland County, Virginia (mg record) to Anne Obedience Turpin b 1734 daughter of Thomas Turpin and Mary Jefferson. Thomas Turpin was the son of Thomas Turpin and Obedience Branch. Mary Jefferson was daughter of Thomas Jefferson and Mary Field. Col. John had 8 children according to the Turpin daybook which is now in a California museum and has been published in the Virginia Mag. Col. John built a large brick mansion which I have a picture of which I got from the Museum in Richmond and which has since been destroyed. Obedience Turpin Harris died before her husband. Col John his will was proved November of 1800 in Powhatan co Virginia see will Book 1 their children were A. b c 1755 Thomas Harris who supposedly died young B. Lucy Harris b 1757 Cumberland County, Virginia married Obadiah Smith Revol. b 1749 in Virginia son of Obadiah Smith and Mary Burks of Albemarle County, Virginia Lucy Harris Smith outlived her husband Obadiah who left a will in Rowan County N. C. i n 1810 had children as follows: a. John Harris Smith married his first cousin Harriet Crittenden of Kentucky son of her sister Judith see later b . Mary Smith known as Polly married William Watts I do not have exact dates c. Matilda Smith b ? Maryland? Henry Randolph d. Lavinia Smith b? married ? d. Peterfield Smith married 18 Dec. 1807 in Virginia to Mary Jefferson Turpin d of Wm Turpin and Sarah Harris d of Wm Harris and Sarah Ward cousin e. Jourdan Smith served in war of 1812 married ? f. daughter Smith Note: John Harris Smith and Harriett Crittenden had Rev. Obadiah Smith who married Mary Jane Wallace - Peterfield Smith and Mary Jefferson Turpin had Louisa Matilda Smith married John Holloway. Lucy's brother John Harris below MY LINE in 1815 bought land in Chesterfield County, Virginia from the distributees of his brother in law Lt Obadiah Smith. Obadiah Smith 1790 Rowan County, North Carolina census 2 +16 3 males - 16 and 6 females.

C. Lt John Harris Revol b 12 October 1758 Cumberland County, Virginia MY LINE he was the son of Col John Harris and Anne Obedience Turpin. His father deeded him land in Powhatan County, Virginia in 1785 and it is thought that he married about that time. I do not have his first wifes name or place of mg. according to later census he had a boy and a girl born shortly after 1785 living with him I believe the boy was named John but untraced. and I do not know the name of the girl or if either survived to adulthood. I do know that John sold out his Powhatan co land to a relative Thomas Harris which deed also covered household furniture etc. Lt. John married 2nd 24 May 1794 in Chesterfield County, Virginia to Rebecca Britton daughter of Anderson Brittton and Ann Mills Rebecca was much younger than John and in the 2 0 years that they were married had 12 children as follows (taken from pension application which copied the family bible) l. Xenophen Harris 11 March 1795 - dead by 1810 never married 2. HIRAM HARRIS MY LINE b 15 Sept 1796 died between 1st of May and June 3 1867 who married l. 30 May 1822 in St. Johns church Richmond Virginia to Margaret Christian of charles city County, Virginia daughter of Henry Benskin Christian and his wife Elizabeth Christian . THIS MY LINE SEE LATER they had 2 children Mgt christian Harris died in 1825 He married 2. Margaret Wilson and had a daughter Eleanor Harris Mgt Wilson died and he married 3. Elizabeth Gathwright and had Hiram Jr. John W. and Margaret Harris who married Mr. Benson I do not know what happened to that marriage whether Elizabeth Gathwright Harris died or left. However Hiram Harris married 4. Frances Gordon of Powhatan co Virginia Hiram Harris served in the war of 1812 in a Calvary unit known as Capt Heths County Hiram lived at Fairfield in Powhatan County, until he died leaving a will there mentioning his children including his first children Dr. Henry Benskin Christian Harris of Missouri and his daughter Rebecca who Had married John Wilson she became a widow and married 2nd ----------Douglas. Frances Gordon Harris applied for a pension on Hirams war of 1812 service. which I have.

3, Hypatia Harris d of Lt John and Rebecca Britton b 15 February 1798 died 7 August 1818 married as 2nd wife colin McRae married by Rev. Kirkpatrick on 28 March 1816. They had l daughter Hypatia Harris McRae see below for her mg.

4. Ann Obedience Turpin Harris d of Lt John and Rebecca Britton b 27 April 1799 married 8 April 1819 Chesterfield County, Virginia to Dr. Wm ANDERSON Pattison. She died 31 August 1831.

5. Judith Jordena Harris d of Lt John and Rebecca Britton b 14 Sep t 1800 Chesterfield County, Virginia died 20 January 1832 married 16 October 1818 in Chesterfield co Virginia becoming the third wife of Colin McRae her sister Hypatias widower. She raised her sister Hypatias daughter and had several children by Colin McRae she left a non computive (sp) will providing for her sisters daughter and her own children equally.

6. Delia Adelaide Harris d of Lt John Harris and Rebecca Britton b 7 June 1802 md 1st. March 1727 Blair Burwell of Powhatan County, Virginia Delia died by 1842 but left children which I have.

7. Louisiana Harris b 14 March 1804 married l 16 Nov 1826 Thomas Adkins she md 2. 1837 to Alex Brander died ?

8. Caroline Matilda Rosena Harris b 9 June 1806 died young

9. Phillip Francis Harris b 8 May 1808 died unmarrried by 1842 intestate

10 Caroine Matilda Harris ll bor 20 May 1810 chesterfield County, Virginia married 14 april 1831 to Dr. David McCaw widower who had been married first to her cousin Caroline Matilda Harris of Powhatan County, Virginia Dr. McCaw was in charge of Chorizo Hospital Richmond during the civil War. I have their children

11. Mary Ellen Harris b 26 April 1812 in Chesterfield County, Virginia married 10 October 1833 Chesterfield County, Virginia to Samuel Austin Pattison she died 6 weeks later and he married her niece Hypatia Harris McRae only child of her sister Hypatia Harris and Colin Mc Rae I have their family.

12. Camilla Harris b 28 October 1814 in Chesterfield County, Virginia married 10 October 1848 in Chesterfield or Richmond Virginia to the Rev. Horace Stringfellow.

While living in Chesterfield they had a plantation known as "Rattlesnake Springs" Lt. John died there the 4 December 1815 and was buried there. Said plantation now covered by the city of Chesterfield but formerly Manchester. Rebecca Britton Harris died in 1857 leaving a will and is buried in Hollywood Cemetery Richmond Virginia on a large corner lot surrounded by an iron fence. I believe her husband Johns son by the first mg is also buried there. but I know nothing about him.

4, Judith Harris daughter of Col John and Anne Obedience Turpin b 1760 In Cumberland County, Virginia married 21 August 1783 in Powhatan County, Virginia to Lt. John Cirttenden Revol. Virginia they removed to woodford County, Kentucky where he died in 1806 They left a family of Judges, Statesmen and legislaturs establishing the Crittenden family of Kentucky with a county named after them.

5. Mary Elizabeth Josepha Harris d of Col John and Anne Obedience Turpin b 1761 in Cumberland County, Virginia married 29 February 1792 Powhatan County, Virginia to Lt Wade Netherland Woodson Revol. They lived in Powhatan County, Virginia had a family and when Mary died there 22 May 1812 He removed to Knox County, Kentucky where he married an Alice Cheek and had 2 children one of which became Gov. of Missouri.

6 Lt Jordan Harris son of Col John Harris and Anne Obedience Turpin was born 20 May 1863 in Cumberland County, Virginia married l. Elizabeth Mosby Cannon 2 April 1869 in Powhatan County, Virginia She was the daughter of William Cannon and Sally Mosby. They A. Dr. Wm Jordan Harris 1791-d 1829 Barren County, Kentucky not married B Maria Turpin Harris b 1793 Powhatan County, Virginia married l 16 Sept 1812 in Powhatan co Virginia Samuel H. Flournoy. with children she married 2. James Kirkpatrick C. Dr. James Madison Harris b 14 Feb 1796 Powhatan County, Virginia married 4 June 1819 Powhatan County, Virginia Obedience Amanda Turpin known as Biddy he lived in Powhatan co Virginia and died there D. John Harris who was dead by 1810 E. Horatio Turpin Harris b 24 March 1799 in Powhatan County, Virginia married Keturah Taylor d Col James Taylor of Caroline County, Virginia and Newport Kentucky. Horatio Turpin Harris served in the Kentucky legislature from Campbell County, Ky

Lt Jordan Harris married 2. 9 January 1803 Anne Price Jude b 22 August 1803 w of Benj Jude. they had F. Mary Elizabeth Jordena Harris by 26 October 1803 she md 19 Nov 182l Caldwell County, Kentucky to Thomas H. Flournoy son of John Flournoy and Eliz Farrar. Mary Eliz Jordena Harris died in Caldwell County, Kentucky G. John Franklin Harris b 28 January 1805 Powhatan County, Virginia married Mary Duke Patton he died 4 October 1880 McCracken County, Kentucky with no male heirs. Lt Jordan Harris died in Campbell County, Kentucky 7 October 1826

7. Caroline Matilda Harris daughter of Col John Harris and Anne Obedience Turpin was born 1 December 1765 in Cumberland County, Virginia she married 20 January 1791 in Powhatan County, Virginia to Thomas Harris her first cousin once removed.son of William Harris and Martha Ward Gaines. security her grandfather Thomas Turpin. She died 23 Dec 1825 in Powhatan County, Virginia Her obituary was published in the Whig newspaper Richmond Virginia

8. Dr Francis Harris son of col John Harris and Anne Obedience turpin. b 7 May 1768 in Cumberland County, Virginia he died 5 December 1836 and his inventory was made 20 Dec 1836 in Powhatan County, Virginia he married January 20 1799 in Powhatan Co Virginia to Sally Gaines Turpin. He had several children but only one known son Lawrence Browne Harris not traced Note many of the early genealogies assumed Benjamin Harris son of Thomas Harris and Mary Jefferson of Henrico County, married Anne Eppes. This confusion was compounded by the fact that Anne Eppes father Francis Eppes had left 2 or his daughters land in what became Cumberland County I have worked on the line of this Benjamin Harris who had sons Richard, Benjamin , John Skip Harris Francis Harris and Joseph Harris to name a few without much success I know this Benjamin was a Lawyer and in partnership at one time with John Wayles Thomas Jeffersons father in law. Joseph his son married twice to a Howard and a Shelton John Skip married a Walker and had a daughter Francis and Richard went south Benjamin I believe married a Nance. would be VERY MUCH INTERESTED IN WHERE THIS BENJAMIN who died I think in 1757 fit into the Harris line Fran

John married Anne Obedience Turpin on 27 Aug 1754 in Cumberland County, VA. Anne (daughter of Jr. Thomas Turpin and Mary Jefferson) was born on 17 Sep 1734 in Henrico County, Virginia, USA; died on 8 Aug 1800. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Will: 1794
• Probate: 18 Dec 1794, Powhatan County, VA

Notes:

W.B. 1, P. 301

Family/Spouse: Osborne. was born about 1727. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

William married Elizabeth Evans on 15 Jun 1770. Elizabeth was born about 1745. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Bennett was a prosperous planter who grew up at Osbourne, a hamlet on the James River 15 miles below Whitby. He later settled in Powhatan County, Virginia, on the James River near the mouth of Genito Creek.

There was reference in the Colonial Statutes of 1742, of the establishing of a ferry from Bennett Goode's land across the James River to the land of Col. John Flemming, in Gouchland County, Virginia. This he sold in1759 to man named Jude, and it later became known as Jude's Ferry. he then moved to a place on Fine Creek, about five miles away, which he later left to his son John. On September 5, 1768, 369 acres in Gouchland County, Virginia were listed in his name.

Moved with his mother to Mechlenburg County, Virginia, and subsequently established "Fine Creeks" in Powhatan County, Virginia

1720 is also given as a possible birth date.

Information From;
Frank Cothran
fcgolfs@ruralfree.com

and
Roscoe Lee (Rocky) Strickland
rockyiii@aol.com

The Will of Bennett Goode
In the name of God amen, I Bennit Goode of the Parrish of Southam and the county of Cumberland, being sick & weak of body but in perfect sence and memory, do make & ordain this to be my last will and testament: My will is that my body be decently interred: and my worldly goods which it hath bin pleased
God to give me (after my just debts be paid) I give & dispose of them in manner and form as followth.

First I lend my beloved wife Martha Goode the plantation whereon I now live, and the use of the and adjoining and included within a line, beginning at a new mark'd Pine on Deep Creek road, thence to a new mark'd line to my spring branch, down the spring branch to the mouth (I mean to where the ditch that runs down the spring branch ends (thence a south line to Fine Creek, up the creek to a white oak formerly a corner of Bassetts & Stephen Woodsons, thence a new line of mark'd trees to a corner White oak, formally a corner between Daniel Willmore and myself, thence on a line that was between Willmore and myself to the road, thence down the road to the beginning, during her natural life. I also lend my beloved wife Martha Goode, during her natural life, five Negroes to wit: Sezar, Mary, Dinah, Chas, Hamtom and at her death I desire that she may divide them among my children as she thinks proper, to them and their heirs forever.

Item; I give and bequeath to my son John the plantation and land as mentioned before (and lent to my beloved wife, being the same as I now live on) after the death of my wife, to him and his heirs forever, also one feather bed and furniture & my young boy James Alley to him and his heirs forever.

Item; I give and bequeath to my son Bennit the tract of land I bought of Capt John Bailey and part of my other land adjoining to the line to begin at the corner between David Seizer and Baileys tract and run strait a southwest corse to Deep creek road thence down the road to Daniel Willmore's line till it joins Bailies tract to him and his heirs forever.

Item; I also give and bequeath to my son Bennit one feather bed and furniture to him and his heirs forever.

Item; I give and bequeath to my son Thomas a parcel of land adjoining the land that I have lent my wife and given to my son John beginning at John upper corner on Deep creek and thence up the road to Bennits corner, thence down Bennits line to David Seizers corner, thence on David Seizers land to his upper corner, from thence a short line to where the long branch crosses Deep creek road, thence dowh the long branch to Fine creek, thence down Fine creek to my son Johns corner, thence on my son Johns line to Deep creek road to the beginning, to him and his heirs forever.

Item; I give and bequeath to my son William that parcel of land which now lies below my son Johns new line and the spring branch, adjoining Deep creek road Pleasants line and Fine creek to him and his heirs forever.

Item; I lend to my daughter Mary Saunders two Negroes, to wit Neptun and Nell for her use during her natural life, and at her deth, to be equally divided between her children (if she has any) if not they are to return and be equally divided between my other daughters to them and their heirs forever.

Item; My will is that my Negroes remain together till the twenty fifth day of December seventeen hundred and seventy one, in order to raise as much money as will pay Captn. Bailey for his land, but if it should so happen that the money should not be raised in that time, they must be continued together till the twenty fifth of December following.

And my will further is, that when Captn Bailey has received payment for his land which I expect may be done in the time I have allotted that the remainder of my Negroes which I have not before mentioned in this my will, be equally divided between my sons, John, Bennit, Thomas, William, and my daughters, Martha, Alice, Elizabeth, Lucy, and Salley, to them and their heirs forever.

And, I do by this my will appoint Richard Liggon, Jacob Michaux, Joseph Mayo & John Hughes to divide the remainder of my Negroes equally between my children as mentioned above.

Item; I give and bequeath to my son Bennit one dark bay horse with a blase face called & known by the name of Harliquin, to him & his heirs forever.

Item; I give and bequeath to my beloved wife Martha Goode the one half of my stock of cattle , hogs, sheep, and horses to her and her heirs forever. I also lend her the use of my household furniture that I have not given during her natural life and at her deth to be equally divided between my four sons John, Bennit, Thomas, and William, to them and their heirs forever.

Item; I also give the other half of my stock of cattle, hogs, sheep, and horses to be equally divided between my four sons to them and their heirs forever.

I desire that my estate not be appraised.

Lastly, I do ordain and appoint my two sons John Goode, Bennit Goode and John Hughes executors to this my last will and testament hereby revok9ing all former wills made by me.

In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 1st day of October in the year of out Lord Christ one thousand seven hundred and seventy one.

Bennett Goode L. S.

Sign'd seal'd and delivered as my last will and testament in the presence of;
John Bailey
John Bailey Junr.
Thomas Bailey

At a court held for Cumberland County 23rd September 1771
This last will & testament of Bennet Goode deceased was proved by John Bailey Junr. & Thomas Bailey two of the witnesses thereto and ordered to be recorded whereupon John Hughes one of the executors therein named refused to take upon himself burthen and execution thereof and on the motion of John Goode and Bennet Goode the other executors therein named who made oath according to law certificate is granted them for obtaining a probate thereof in due form giving security. Whereupon they together with William Harris Richard and Thomas Turpin junior their securities entered into bond according to law.

Teste: Thompson Swann Clerk
A Copy-- Teste: Lewis Crawley Clerk
Will Book # 2 pages 43 - 44 - 45

Information From:
Family Tree Maker, CD 187 Family History: VA Genealogies # 3 1600's - 1800's, Genealogies of Virginia Families, Volume II, The Will of Bennett Goode CD 187 pages 16 - 17 - 18

Bennett married Martha Jefferson in 1740 in Osbourne, Powhatan County, VA. Martha (daughter of Jr. Thomas Jefferson and Mary Field) was born about 1712 in Osbourne, Powhatan County, VA; died on 20 Oct 1796 in Southam Parish, Cumberland County, VA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Anne Harris

Anne married Samuel Yeargain in 1752 in Chesterfield County, VA. Samuel was born about 1735 in Wales; died after 24 Dec 1784 in Warren, North Carolina, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

James married Ursula Harris Flournoy on 26 May 1769 in Manikintown, Virginia, USA. Ursula (daughter of Samuel Flournoy and Elizabeth Harris) was born on 15 May 1749 in Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Francis married Ann Diugud on 7 Jun 1773 in Cumberland County, VA. Ann was born about 1760. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Phoebe married M.B.C.R. Joseph Royal Farrar on 3 Aug 1762 in Cumberland County, VA. Joseph (son of Joseph Farrar and Mary Royall) was born about 1734 in Goochland County, Virginia, USA; died in 1796 in Fayette County, KY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Will: 22 Nov 1810, Powhatan County, VA

Family/Spouse: Frances Moseley. Frances was born about 1732. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Mary Pollard. Mary was born about 1760; died about 1830 in Bedford County, VA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Bernard Markham. Bernard was born about 1720 in Chesterfield County, VA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Elizabeth married Vincent Markham in 1776. Vincent was born about 1750. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Thomas married Carolina Matilda Harris on 20 Jan 1791 in Powhatan County, VA. Carolina (daughter of John Jordan Harris and Anne Obedience Turpin) was born on 1 Dec 1756 in Cumberland County, VA; died in 1815. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The Carrington Family of VA, from Natl. Gen. Soc. Quarterly, Vol. 70 (1982), p. 265. Phoebe was the daughter of Benjamin and Priscilla (Wager) Harris of Cumberland Co., VA.

Phoebe married Nathaniel Carrington in 1778. Nathaniel (son of George Carrington and Ann Mayo) was born on 28 Feb 1743/44; died in Nov 1803. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Her will is found in Book l pp 40 Powhatan County, Virginia which had broken off Cumberland by that time proved 18 Nov 1779 her extrs were Edw Mosely Dr. Saml Nevins and Bernard Markham. She willed slaves to the Dr.s family as well as others. a slave Patti to her sister Henson Wager, a slave Loue to her sister SALLY OR SARAH HARRIS b August of 1759 in Cumberland County, Virginia married 20 December 1785 to William Yates. Surety Thomas Harris (who had been appointed her Gaurdian) ANN HENSON WAGER HARRIS KNOWN AS NAncY. she was listed as head of household in 1785 in Powhatan received a slave Jude from Ediths will. I have no record of her ever marrying BENJAMIN HARRIS JR. b c 1761 in cumberland County, Virginia He received a slave Bristo from sister Ediths will. He married l. 27 March 1793 in Amelia County, Virginia to an heiress Martha Wilson that brought with her marriage some 30 odd slaves.

Henson married Edward Moseley on 24 Sep 1770. Edward was born about 1753. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

William married Mary Farrar on 9 Dec 1788 in Powhatan County, VA. Mary (daughter of M.B.C.R. Joseph Royal Farrar and Phoebe Bailey Harris) was born about 1766. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mary married Sion Spencer on 20 May 1769. Sion was born about 1744. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Anne married Joel Estes in 1770. Joel was born in 1741 in Lunenburg County, VA; died in 1825 in Clay County, MO. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Martha married Benjamin BellHenrico County, Virginia, USA. Benjamin was born about 1725 in Surry County, VA; died in 1773. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]