Whitesell-Somers Family Web Project - Person Sheet
Whitesell-Somers Family Web Project - Person Sheet
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Birth1636, England [51423]
Death1677, Westover, Charles City County, Virginia [51423]
BurialWestover Parish Church Cemetery, 6401 John Tyler Memorial Hwy, Westover, Charles City County, Virginia [51423]
FatherThomas HARRIS I (1614-1677)
MotherAlice WEST (1615-1672)
Marriage1654 [51424]
ChildrenEdward (1663-1734)
Obituary Online notes for Ebbett FERRIS
Mrs. Ebbett Harris, widow of Thomas Harris of Charles City County, Virginia, survived her husband only briefly, dying during the summer of 1677.
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NOTE: Etymologically, Ebbett is a derivative of Ibb, a nickname for Isabella. It was also written historically with variable spelling, such as Ibbot and Ybet (or "Yvet" in one instance in Charles City County, Virginia court records).
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Sources:
1. The Virginia Genealogist, volume 37, pages 18–28 (1993).
2. Charles City County, Virginia Order Book 1676–1679 by Margaret McNeill Ayres (1968).
3. "Additions and Corrections" to Charles City County, Virginia Order Book 1676–1679 by Margaret McNeill Ayres, page 114 (1968).
4. Order Book 1676–1679, Charles City County, Virginia, page 407 (original).
5. The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland edited by Patrick Hanks, Richard Coates and Peter McClure, volume 1, pages 809 and 1371 (2016).
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Gravesite Details
No remaining marker. [51424]
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NOTE: Etymologically, Ebbett is a derivative of Ibb, a nickname for Isabella. It was also written historically with variable spelling, such as Ibbot and Ybet (or "Yvet" in one instance in Charles City County, Virginia court records).
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Sources:
1. The Virginia Genealogist, volume 37, pages 18–28 (1993).
2. Charles City County, Virginia Order Book 1676–1679 by Margaret McNeill Ayres (1968).
3. "Additions and Corrections" to Charles City County, Virginia Order Book 1676–1679 by Margaret McNeill Ayres, page 114 (1968).
4. Order Book 1676–1679, Charles City County, Virginia, page 407 (original).
5. The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland edited by Patrick Hanks, Richard Coates and Peter McClure, volume 1, pages 809 and 1371 (2016).
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Gravesite Details
No remaining marker. [51424]
Obituary Online notes for Thomas (Spouse 1)
Thomas Harris delivered letters to Sir William Berkeley, governor of colonial Virginia, in 1661, for which he received three days pay, as ordered by the court in Charles City County, Virginia.
On 25 July 1664, aged 28 years, he gave deposition in court in Charles City County, Virginia.
Charles City County juror in late 1664.
Father of three children.
He died before June 1677, but the administration of his estate was ultimately granted to his sons-in-law, John Echols and John Hardaway, on 13 September 1677.
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NOTE: Thomas Harris of Charles City County, Virginia has been confused with Thomas Harris of Isle of Wight County, Virginia.
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Sources:
1. "Sergeant John Harris of Charles City County, Virginia: A Reappraisal" in The Virginia Genealogist, volume 37, pages 18–28 (1993).
2. Charles City County, Virginia Order Book 1676–1679 by Margaret McNeill Ayres (1968).
3. "Additions and Corrections" to Charles City County, Virginia Order Book 1676–1679 by Margaret McNeill Ayres, page 114 (1968).
4. The Five Thomas Harrises of Isle of Wight County, Virginia by John Anderson Brayton (1995).
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Gravesite Details
No remaining marker. [51423]
On 25 July 1664, aged 28 years, he gave deposition in court in Charles City County, Virginia.
Charles City County juror in late 1664.
Father of three children.
He died before June 1677, but the administration of his estate was ultimately granted to his sons-in-law, John Echols and John Hardaway, on 13 September 1677.
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NOTE: Thomas Harris of Charles City County, Virginia has been confused with Thomas Harris of Isle of Wight County, Virginia.
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Sources:
1. "Sergeant John Harris of Charles City County, Virginia: A Reappraisal" in The Virginia Genealogist, volume 37, pages 18–28 (1993).
2. Charles City County, Virginia Order Book 1676–1679 by Margaret McNeill Ayres (1968).
3. "Additions and Corrections" to Charles City County, Virginia Order Book 1676–1679 by Margaret McNeill Ayres, page 114 (1968).
4. The Five Thomas Harrises of Isle of Wight County, Virginia by John Anderson Brayton (1995).
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Gravesite Details
No remaining marker. [51423]