Sarah Tyner (abt. 1668 - aft. 1710)

Born about 1668 in Isle of Wight, Isle of Wight, Virginia

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Died after 1710 after about age 42 in Chowan, Chowan, North Carolina

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Biography

Sarah Tyner was the mistress of John Harris. She was the daughter of Nicholas Tyner. Sarah Tyner and John Harris were never married.

When Sarah Tyner's father, Nicholas Tyner, wrote his Will in 1708, he named his children including and specifically, Sarah.

YDNA on FTDNA show descendants of Sarah Tyner as matching Harris' even though they carry the Tyner last name.

Sarah Tyner was the mistress of John Harris. They were never married. His Will, dated 16 Dec 1711, names Sarah Tiner and her three children, and also names his wife. (See attached.)

J. Bryan Grimes, NORTH CAROLINA WILLS AND INVENTORIES (1912) "In the Name of God Amen. I, Jno Harris, in ye County of Albemarle, in ye precinct of Chowan, in ye province of North Carolina, planter, being sick & weak in body, but of perfect sound mind & memory, Doe make this my last will & Testimony, revoking all other wills, verbal or writeing, made before by me, I Committ my Soul To almighty God that Gave itt me; & my body to ye Dust from whence itt came, to be Decently buried according to ye rules of ye Christian burial, in full & certain hopes of ye Glorious resurrection att ye last day; & as for all my personal and real Estate wch itt hath pleased God to Endew me withall I bequith & bestowe as followeth, after my Debts is paid & my funeral Expences is Discharged. .....I Give and bequeath unto Harris, ye Son of Sarah Tiner, ye plantation wheron I now Dwell & all ye land belonging to itt, after my wifes Decease, when he shall Come to ye Age of twenty one years, to him ye sd. Harris, & to ye heirs of his Body lawfully begotten for ever, not to Sell any part or parcel whatsoever, Likewise, I Give unto Harris, ye Son of Sarah Tiner, my Gunn & also my proper marke after my Decease, which is a crope and Slite in ye right year and a swallow forke in ye left yeare. .....I give & bequest unto William, ye son of Sarah Tiner, two plantations leying on ye head of Machacomack Creek, call by ye name of ye holes, with all ye land thereunto belonging, to ye sd. William, & the heirs of his body lawfully begotten for ever, to be possessed when he shall Come to ye Age of twenty one years, not to Sell no pt. nor parcel of it whatsoever; & if any one of these Sons of Sarah Tiner, Either Harris or William, Dye before they Come to ye Age of twenty one years without heirs of their Body lawfully begotten, then it is my Desire ye land of him that Dyes Shall to Sarah, ye Daughter of Sarah Tiner, for a legace to ye said Sarah & to ye heirs of her body lawfully begotten for ever; & if ye said Sarah, ye Daughter of Sarah Tiner, Dye without heirs lawfully begotten, then ye land to fall to ye son that's living & to ye heirs of his body lawfully begotten for Ever. Likewise, I Give unto Sarah, ye Daughter of Sarah Tiner, one young Gray mare runing in ye rockahock neck, with all her Increase, to ye sd. Sarah & her heirs for Ever. .....I Give & bequeith unto Sarah Tiner one plantation & all ye tract of land belonging to itt, lying in Rockahock neck, is nowne by ye name of Jno. fryers, to ye sd. Sarah Tiner & her heirs for Ever; & as for my personal Estate, my stock & housall Goods I bestow as followeth: .....I Give & bequeath unto my loving wife, Mildred Harris, ye one half of my Estate During her life; & all ye rest of my Estate moveables & Immoveables, I Give & bequeath as legace unto Harris & William, ye sons of Sarah Tiner, to be equally & farely devided between them ye sd. Harris & William when they Shall arrive to ye age of Eighteen years. .....& I Doe here Impute Constitute & appoint my true & Trusty friends, Jno. Mixon & Sarah Tiner, to be my whole & Sole Exect. & Extrx. of this my last will & Testamt. .....As wittness hereof, I have fixed my hand & Seal this 16th (:) Day of December, 1711. John X Harris Signed Sealed & Delivered in ye p'escence of us: Edward E. Patchet John X Wells Mary M. Tiner Recorded in Will Book 2, page 48."

Sources

• Grimes, J. Bryan. Transcription of Will of John Harris, Chowan, NC - 16 Dec 1711. North Carolina Wills and Inventories (1912).

• Will and Deed Book 1 (1662-1668). Isle of Wight, VA. p479-498; Isle of Wight County, VA Will and Deed Book 2 (1666-1719). p264. Transcription of Will of Nicholas Tyner, Isle of Wight VA, 1708.