Major Robert Harris

1635 - 1701  (~ 66 years)

• Name	Robert Harris  [1, 2, 3]
  Title	Major
  Birth	BET. 1630 - 1635  [3]
  Gender	Male
  Death	BET. 1700 - 1701	Harris graveyard, "forks" of James River, Hanover Co   [1, 2, 3]
  Person ID	I1004	a13193
  Last Modified	15 Mar 2022

  
  

  Father	Capt. Thomas Harris,   b. BET. 1583 - 1596   d. ABT. 1672 (Age ~ 76 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Joana Osborne
  Relationship	unknown
  Family ID	F0310	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Claiborne,   b. 1632, King William County, Virginia d. 9 Feb 1709/10, Glen Cairn, Doswell, Virginia (Age 78 years)
  Children	+ 1. Captain William Harris,   b. 1652, Hanover, Virginia d. 8 Mar 1686/87, Henrico Co., VA (Age 35 years)  [natural]
  Last Modified	15 Mar 2022
  Family ID	F0296	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  "(Maj.) Robert Harris and wife settled in the colony of Virginia on the James River near Weyanoke" (-R.R. Denton). Robert Harris & Mary Claiborne Rice " had one son, Capt. William Harris",(HARRIS FAMILY GENEALOGICAL NOTES, Virginia State Library). The marriage of Robert and Mary is substantiated in HARRIS FAMILY OF VIRGINIA FROM 1611 TO 1914, by Thomas Henry Harris. Some entertain the belief, and may be correctly, that Robert Harris came from Wales to Richmond, Virginia, and was employed in the tobacco house of one Rice, who soon died, and Robert Harris married his widow, Mary, who was a daughter of William Clayborne, Secretary of the Virginia Colony, and that William was born in Virginia. His father having engaged in the tobacco business, probably led William to be a tobacconist. [History and Genealogies, W.H. Miller, 1907]

  
  

• Sources

  [S04150] Br?derbund Software, Inc., World Family Tree Vol. 3, Ed. 1, (Release date: February 9, 1996), Tree #2558. Date of Import: Oct 5, 1998 [S04210] Harris.ftw. Date of Import: Oct 5, 1998 [S06595] all-fam.FTW, Tree #2558. Date of Import: Oct 5, 1998