Robert HARRIS, (MAJOR)

Birth:
1615/30
Essex, England or, Virginia
Death:
1701/12
Virginia
Marriage:
1660/74
Virginia
Notes:
                   From "Finding Your Forefathers in America" pg 74 and History of Louisa Co. pg
348. Robert Harris came to va. 1650
The first record we have of this family is that Capt. Thomas Harris and Thomas
Osborn settled in Virginia in 1611 on lands that are now located in Henrico
County. Captain Harris in the long Indian Wars of 1622 was second in command
to Thomas Osborne. He was member of the House of Burgesses in 1623, 1637,
1647. He married Adria Osborne, and from this marriage descended Maj. Robert Harris
of "The Forks" who married a widow, Mrs Mary (Claiborne) Rice, youngest daughter of
Col William Claiborne, the first Secretary of the Virginia Colony. Their
son William Harris married Temperance Overton, daughter of William Overton, the
immigrant, and his wife, Mary Waters; this William Overton was the son of
Colonel Overton, Governor of Hull, England, under Oliver Cromwell and later
commanded a brigade at Dunbar and Inver Keithing. (Harris Family of
Virginia, by Thomas Henry Harris of Fredericksburg, Virginia. COLONIA FAMILIES
OF THE UNITED STATES P. 265. Some records show Robert's birth date 1630
Mary CLAIBORNE
Birth:
Abt 1630
of Hanover, Hanover, Virginia
Death:
9 Feb 1710
Doswell, Hanover, Virginia
Notes:
                   Mary Claiborne, daughter of Secretary Claiborne married first Edward or Edmund
Rice ,second Robert Harris in 1660 "Old Virginia and Her Neighbors" by John Fiske.
William Crosse of Botetourt Col. Va. and His Descendants (B15A90) p. 155
Son. Thomas married to Mary Giles was killed by Indians 1725
Robert Harris married to Mary Claiborne Rice, widow of Edward and daughter of Col.
William Claiborne, of King William Co. They lived in New Kent County, that part
later being Hanover, at the Forks, which indictes they were near the junction
of the N. and S. branches of the Pamunkey. (Malcolm H. Harris: A History
of Louisa County, Va 1936, (VA. L 4b), p. 348
"An old Harris Bible in the possession in 1902 of Mr. E. Stuart Johnson of
Richmond, Va., has this record : Robert Harris came from Wales 1650 -1660 and
located in the Forks of Hanover, married Mrs. Rice, nee Claiborne, Issue: Col William
Harris, Burgess for Hanover also Henrico, married Temperance Overton."
Children
Marriage
1
Matthew HARRIS, (MAJOR)
Birth:
1661
York, Virginia
Death:
1727
York, Virginia
Elizabeth LEE 
Marr:
1712
York, Virginia 
2
Edward HARRIS
Birth:
1665
Hanover, Hanover, Virginia
Death:
1723
Hanover, Hanover, Virginia
 
Marr:
 
3
Thomas HARRIS
Birth:
1667
of Virginia
Death:
1725
Mary GILES 
Marr:
1693
Hanover, Hanover, Virginia 
Notes:
                   Thomas was killed by Indians in 1725.
4
William HARRIS, CAPTAIN
Birth:
1669/75
Hanover/Louisa, Virginia
Death:
1730
Hanover, Hanover, Virginia
Mary  
Marr:
 
Notes:
                   Other ord. dates bapt. 20 Oct. 1962 and 8 June 1929: End. 19 Jul 1939 and 23
May 1930. Burgess for Hanover and Henrico Co. Va. History of Virginia
Cap. and/or Col.

Other Sealed to Parents date: 8 Dec 1992, Lvega.

6 May 2000 - Child 2, Christopher, is not listed on Bill Packer's genealogy sheets. William and Temperance only had ten children acccording to Bill's genealogy. All other info match.
5
Mary HARRIS
Birth:
1671
of Hanover, Hanover, Virginia
Death:
 
Marr:
 
6
Judith HARRIS
Birth:
1673
Hanover, Hanover, Virginia
Death:
 
Marr:
 
7
John HARRIS
Birth:
Abt 1675
of Hanover, Hanover, Virginia
Death:
 
Marr:
 
8
Robert HARRIS, JR.
Birth:
1677
of Hanover, Hanover, Virginia
Death:
 
Marr:
 
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Robert Harris, (Major) - Mary Claiborne

Robert Harris, (Major) was born at Essex, England or, Virginia 1615/30. His parents were Thomas Harris, (Captain) and Adria (Osborn) Gurgany.

He married Mary Claiborne 1660/74 at Virginia . Mary Claiborne was born at of Hanover, Hanover, Virginia Abt 1630 daughter of William Claiborne, (Clayborne) Colonel and Elizabeth Boteler .

They were the parents of 8 children:
Matthew Harris, (Major) born 1661.
Edward Harris born 1665.
Thomas Harris born 1667.
William Harris, Captain born 1669/75.
Mary Harris born 1671.
Judith Harris born 1673.
John Harris born Abt 1675.
Robert Harris, Jr. born 1677.

Robert Harris, (Major) died 1701/12 at Virginia .

Mary Claiborne died 9 Feb 1710 at Doswell, Hanover, Virginia .