Mary (Harris) Swann (abt. 1645 - bef. 1702)

Born about 1645 in Isle of Wight, Virginia

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Descendants

Died before 14 Dec 1702 before about age 57 in Surry, Virginia

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Biography

Mary Harris was the daughter of Robert Harris, "immigrant to James Cittie," and the younger sister of Martha (Harris) Jennings.^[1] (current research indicates that Robert Harris and Mary Jane Crump had only two daughters: Mary and Martha).

Mary Harris, the youngest daughter of Robert Harris of Isle of Wight county, was married to Anthony Spiltimber by September 1665, when her husband filed suit against John Jennings:^[2].^[3]

"Deed stating that Anthony Spiltimber,[1] of Surry, formerly commenced suit against John Jennings before the Gov'r and Council in Sept. 1665, in right of Mary his wife, dau. of Mr. Robert Harris, formerly of the Isle of Wight, deceased, and sister unto Martha, daughter of the said Robert Harris and late wife to John Jennings, concerning an interest in land which I suppose fell to me by right of marrying the said Mary youngest sister to the said Martha, which the said Jennings in his right to the part of the Land altogether defended; which suit &c. John Spiltember was father of Anthony &c."^[2][4]

[1] From Surry Co. records: Anthony Spilltimber made his will March 30, 1672. Names wife Mary, dau. Patty and dau. Martha, brother John. Speaks of a debt due from Capt. Jennings. In the same records, Anthony Spiltimber is mentioned as son of John Spiltimber, dec., who died about 1656, leaving James Mason overseer of his will.^[2][5]

Mary

Mary Harris, daughter of Robert Harris and wife of Anthony Spiltimber^[6][2]

Jane Plow, aged 74, said she knew Mary Harris afterwards wife to Anthony Spiltimber who had issue a dau. named Martha and she married Robert House Jr. and was delivered a dau. named Mary, now the wife of Thomas Carrell. 7 June 1704.^[7]

Research Note

Note: Matthew Swann was married to MARY Harris widow of Spiltimber, their daughter was Elizabeth Swann who married John Shugan. Katheryn Gearhart had to have made a mistake when putting in Elizabeth, all the records show clearly her name was MARY not Elizabeth.12/4/2018 A. Kreutzer. :Note: possibly "Elizabeth" was a mistake in the posting of information on the Gearhart site

"Elizabeth" Harris & connection to Edward Jones (from Katheryn Gearhart ^[8]):

• Edward Jones m Abigail Sugars, daughter of John Sugars (and possibly his first wife, Elizabeth, widow of (1) John Mason and (2) Thomas Clay of Surry County). John Sugars' second wife was Elizabeth Swann, daughter of Matthew Swann.
• In 1704, Elizabeth Swann, widow of John Drew, was married to John Sugars (as his second wife). (Quit Rents, information from Katheryn Gearhart^[8]

In the 1704 Quit Rents, John Sugars^[9] was taxed for his wife's land. This was his "second wife, Elizabeth Swann, widow of John Drew....She was the daughter of Mathew Swan and Mary {not Elizabeth} Harris, widow Spiltimber." (information from Katheryn Gearhart^[8]

• Matthew Swann's wife was "Mary Harris, widow Spiltimber"[not Elizabeth] (from Katheryn Gearhart^[8]
• Will of Matthew Swann, dated December 14, 1702 and probated January 5, 1702, names daughter Elizabeth, wife of John Drew, daughter Mary wife of William Phillips and daughter Sarah. Matthew Swann did not mention his wife Mary, so she had died before Dec 14, 1702. Daughter Sarah was single and one of the executors of her father's will.^[10]

from Stanhope's page:

Matthew Swann. His Will was dated December 14, 1702 and probated Jan. 5, 1702. He mentioned dau., Elizabeth, wife of John Drew, dau., Sarah; Elizabeth, dau. of John Drew; son-in-law John Drew; dau., Mary, wife of William Phillips; and grandson, John Phillips. Executors were John Drew and Sarah Swann. Witnesses were Arthur Allen, William Chambers, John Allen, and Robert Ruffin. (The Swann connection is through the Luxfords and Lunsfords, see anon). Edward Drew, probable br. of Matthew Swann's son-in-law, m. Frances Newitt; issue: Mary Drew m. John Harris, obit 1764 ... Drew m. Simon Turner. Edward Drew was most likely a grandson of 'Edward Drew senr.' noted in the above deed, a son of his son, Richard.

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Robert Harris d 1588... not this Mary's dad, but interesting that there's a Batte connection:

In his Will, dated 1 Aug. 1587 and proved 30 Oct. 1588, Harris described himself as ‘one of the masters of the court of Chancery’, and appointed his wife Anne sole executrix, leaving her his house in St. John Street, Clerkenwell, and a life interest in the manor of Woodmansterne, Surrey. He made provision for his two married daughters, Mary and Martha and their husbands, William Bowes and Marlyon Rithe,* and for his unmarried daughter, Katherine. His two sons-in-law were to share his armour and most of his books. Vis. London (Harl. Soc. i), 53; Foss, Judges, v. 401; Cam. Misc. ix (3), p. 60; HMC Hatfield, i. 527, 549; CPR, 1558-60, p. 242; 1560-3, pp. 282-3, 440; PCC 3 Leicester. *1st s. of Christopher Rithe of Twickenham. educ. L. Inn 1570. m. (1) Martha (d. 1593), da. and coh. of Robert Harris , 1s. 4da.; (2) Urytha (d.1595), wid. of William Batte or Battes, of Mitcham, Surr.* suc. fa. 1606.

Sources

1. ↑ from LaBach gedcom; mother and other siblings, if any, not known
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3} "Isle of Wight County Records," The William and Mary Quarterly Vol. 7, No. 4 (Apr., 1899), pp. 205-315 (Published by: Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture; Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/1919740)
3. ↑ both LaBach & Katheryn Gearhart agree on this, although LaBach did not specify the order of marriages
4. ↑ Isle of Wight Co, VA, Record of Deeds, Wills, Etc., Vol 1 (1662-1715) p 128-130
5. ↑ p551, Seventeenth Century Isle of Wight County, Virginia: A History of the County of Isle of Wight, Virginia, Vol 2
6. ↑ JSTOR article (page 226).
7. ↑ Seventeenth Century, Isle of Wight County, Virginia: A History of the County of Isle of Wight, VA p653, vol 2
8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3} Allied Families, accessed March 18, 2015
9. ↑ d 1726, named daughter daughter Abigail Jones and grandson Sugars Jones in his 1726 will. She was m to Edward Jones of Isle of Wight, who was the son of Edward Jones who married Deborah Exum
10. ↑ information posted by M Stanhope, Thomas Harris of Virginia, 1636-1688

Acknowledgements

• Katheryn Gearhart, creator of Early Virginia Jones Families
• The WikiTree profile Harris-1860 for Mary Harris (m Anthony Spiltimber & Matthew Swan) was created through the import of LaBach Family TreeApril28_2011.ged on 05 May 2011. It included the user ID A79DD276FE3840C69DEB3EEACDAD6DCD2C20.
• The WikiTree profile Harris-1921 was created through the import of LaBach Family TreeApril28_2011.ged on 05 May 2011. It included the user ID: 198CD58B23B341E39F4F83029FC6F35E28A2.
• The WikiTree profile Harris-2755 was created through the import of FISCUS Family Tree.ged on Jun 6, 2011 by Liisa Small.
• The WikiTree profile Harris-6040 was created through the import of The Tuter and Bunch Families_family line_2012-08-23_01.ged on Aug 23, 2012 by Rick Tuter.
• The WikiTree profile Harris-9016 was created by Linda Plummer on July 19, 2013. Source citation: Ancestry.