Robert Harris (abt. 1623 - 1701)

Born about 1623 in Jamestown, James City, Virginia

Husband of Anne (Fuller) Harris — married 1660 in York, Virginia Colony

Died 1701 at about age 78 in Blissland Parish, New Kent County, Virginia

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Biography

Maj Robert William Harris, born about 1623 in Jamestown, James City, VA, married Anne Fuller in 1660, York, Virginia. His son was Captain William Thomas Harris. Maj Robert William Harris died 1701 in Blissland Parish, New Kent Co., Virginia.

bio based on datafields as of Dec. 15, 2016^[1]

Research Notes

Project Maintenance

• Needs Research - This profile needs Research to substitute reliable sources for the Ancestry Tree cited above as the sole source for the claims.

Other Notes

This Robert?

Major Robert Harris died 1701 in battle with Indians near Richmond, in New Kent County.^[2]

See also:

• The New Kent/Hanover section of the WikiTree page Harris Families from England to America.
• This G2G discussion.

Possible Roberts & Williams

Williams

• This profile, Harris-11108 ("Robert William Harris")
• Harris-2874, William (1633-after 1698)
• A son of Harris-1904 William, m Ellen Burrows
  • Harris-12884, William (1630-1678)
  • Harris-1869, Robert (1630-1701)

Roberts

• Harris-2634, Robert (1615-after 1673)
• Harris-11357, Robert (1615-1678)
• Harris-2878, Robert (1625-1717)
• Harris-2889, Robert (1616-1700)
• Harris-2982, Robert (1625-1700)
• A son of Harris-1904 William, m Ellen Burrows
  • Harris-12884, William (1630-1678)
  • Harris-1869, Robert (1630-1701)

one of the sons of Jamestown William Harris

If so, J. Phillip Harris has his sons as

1. William Harris married Temperance Overton (Harris/Overton line of Hanover County)
2. Robert Harris married Mourning Glen (Harris/Glen line of Hanover County)

With the note: "I will not examine, nor challenge the traditional Harris genealogy that names the two sons of Robert Harris as William and Robert and has them migrating up river to 'The Forks' area around what is now Doswell in Hanover County."^[3]

Another passage from his article:

"Most of the property patented in the Ware Creek area at that time was being settled by people from the Jamestown area. This 389 acre parcel had first been patented by James Houlding in 1653. Houlding had been listed as a headright claim by Thomas Nowells in 1648. Nowells (Knowles) and his brother were property owners in Jamestown and were part of the deal with John Phipps on the Block House property. There was an old Indian road, Rickahock Path, which led straight out from the Middle Plantation area. Today, Route 60/30 roughly follows the old path and passes very close to the Robert Harris property, a distance of about 15 miles from the William Harris property at Jamestown. Of course, it is important to show that one of the neighboring property owners of Robert Harris was William Overton who was the father of Temperance Overton (Nugent II pg218)."^[3]

He (J. Phillip Harris) also states that this Robert did not marry Mary Claiborne Rice. There is no mention of him being killed in a battle with Indians

Giles connection?

Harris-9108, Thomas William Harris, m Mary Giles, is not connected to parents, but his profile has him born in 1672 at The Forks, Hanover, Virginia Colony.

Lots of Mary Giles in WikiTree - see Mary Giles.

Location Note

Blisland Paris, created about 1653, served

• James City Co to aft 1785;
• York Co to 1654
• New Kent Co to aft 1785

Blisland served both James City Co & New Kent Co (formed from York in 1654).

~ Parishes of Virginia

Merge

A profile that was imported as son of Thomas Harris & Adria Gurgany had dates/locations that matched closely with this Robert ([Harris-11108]). Adria Gurgany is a disproven existence profile - see Adriana Gurganey - and the Thomas that Robert had been attached to was not the Thomas Harris who married Adria (Thomas Harris m Adria Adria Hoare).

The merged-away profile (Harris-30735) said that Robert was born about 1615 in Essex, England and that he died about 1700 in Blissland Parish, James City, Virginia, British Colonial America.^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ Ancestry Family Trees (Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members), source for Harris-11108 created by Richard Lee Hall through the import of Lee Hall Family Tree.ged on Feb 24, 2014. BETTER SOURCE SOUGHT.
2. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 14 June 2023), memorial page for Robert Harris (1635–1701), Find A Grave: Memorial #141262976, citing Harris Family Cemetery, Ashland, Hanover County, Virginia, USA; Maintained by Garland Hill (contributor 46773120).
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~harrisessex/genealogy/WilliamHarrisJamestown.html (accessed 14 June 2020)
4. ↑ FamilySearch profile

See also:

{http://web.archive.org/web/20160316215904/http://hylbom.com/family/paternal-lines/paternal-go-to-ha/harris-12208/ Hylbom Family Ancestry Project], ((courtesy of archive.org's WayBack Machine). includes discussion of Robert Harris (1635-1701)

• Ancestors of Paul Robert Tobler (courtesy of archive.org's WayBack Machine). This page is given as source in various places, but there is no mention of any Harris on it. The WayBack Machine capture is from August 3, 2009, but the October 21 capture does not include a Harris either. The page is gone by the capture of October 28, 2009.