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William Harris (Tudor person)

English landowner in the 16th Century

Field	Value
honorific_prefix	Sir
name	William Harris
birth_date
birth_place	Woodham Mortimer, Southminster, Creeksea, Essex
death_date
death_place	Creeksea, Essex
resting_place	All Saints' Church
nationality	English
known_for	Incorporator in the Virginia Company of London
occupation	English knight, subscriber of the Virginia Company, and landowner
title	High Sheriff
predecessor	Sir Arthur Harris
spouse
children	Sir Arthur, William, Thomas, John, Alice, Frances, Elizabeth, Mary
parents	Sir Arthur Harris and Dorothy Waldegrave

Sir William Harris (21 September 1556 – 14 November 1616) was an English knight, land owner, and a notable incorporator in the third Virginia Company of London.

This Harris family appears to have originated some 40 to east-north-east of London and on the north bank of the River Crouch. The village of Cricksea (or Creeksea) exists today on this peninsula in Essex County. Creeksea is located about 2 mi west of Burnham-on-the-Crouch and about 18 mi inland from the North Sea. Anciently called "Danes Island," this area was inhabited largely by Norman families after the conquest in 1066.

Sir William Harris was knighted on 23 July 1603 at Whitehall on the eve of the coronation of James I. His elevation to the knighthood was the result of military service in Ireland during the Nine Years' War along with his cousin Sir William Harris of Shenfield, Essex.

Family life

William Harris was born on 21 September 1556 in Essex. His parents were Sir Arthur Harris and Dorothy Waldegrave. He made his home at Creeksea Place Manor

Harris Arms of William's grandfather and namesake, presumed to be similar or the same as Sir William's

William married Alice Smythe on 6 May 1583 in St Gabriel Fenchurch, London, England. Alice was the daughter of Thomas Smythe of Westenhanger, Kent.

The children of Sir William Harris and Lady Alice Harris were:

Sir Arthur Harris b 1584....d 9 Jan 1632

William Harris b 1585....d 1622 in Lincolns Inn, Middlesex.

Thomas Harris b 1586....d 1617 in England, unmarried and without issue

John Harris b 1588....d by 14 Oct 1638 in Charles City County, Virginia.

Alice Harris married Sir Henry Mildmay

Frances Harris married Mr. Roope

Elizabeth Harris

Mary Harris married Gyles Browne

Virginia Company

Sir William Harris, his brother in law, Sir Thomas Smythe and his son, Sir Arthur Harris, each, were Incorporators and Subscribers to the third charter of the Virginia Company of London, and each paid £75 as their subscription. Both Harris and Smythe were very interested in the development of Virginia. They exerted their influence to secure money, men, equipment, supplies, and ships for the colonization efforts.

Lady Alice died 10 November 1615 and Sir William on 14 November 1616. Both are buried at All Saints' Church in Creeksea. All Saints still displays a depiction of Sir William and his sword, a rapier, which was found in Creeksea Place and given to the church.

Sources

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The Virginia Company of London, 1606-1624, by Wesley Frank Craven, published by University Press of Virginia, 1957, Charlottesville, Virginia.

References

[http://www.burnham.org.uk/creekseachurch.htm ] {{webarchive. link. (4 July 2009)
Brown, Alexander (1890), ''The Genesis of the United States'', New York, NY: Houghton Mifflin & Co.
Burke, Sir Bernard (1864), Royal Descents and Pedigrees of Founders' Kin, London: Harrison
Pam and Joe Stone, 2905 Pembrooke Rd.,Titusville, FL 32796. "Harris Family of Virginia: Captain Thomas Harris - Immigrant of 1611; Robert Harris - Immigrant of 1634-1635; compiled by descendant J. McFarland Williams, Jr. Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1971 (1 Microfilm reel); held at the Family History Library, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Salt Lake City, Utah; Copyright, 1987; August, 1996 by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Browning, Charles H. (1891), Americans of Royal Descent: Genealogies Showing the Lineal Descent from Kings of Some American Families, Philadelphia: Porter & Coates
[http://www.creeksea.org.uk/creekseaplacehistory.pdf] {{webarchive. link. (9 February 2005)
"Sir Thomas Smythe (British entrepreneur) - Britannica Online Encyclopedia". Britannica.com.
"Sir Thomas Smythe". Tonbridgehistory.org.uk.
Will of Sir William Harris of Creeksea, Essex. On file with Essex County records in Chelmsford, with the signature of the testator and witnesses, and is classified as Essex Archdeaconry Wills DABW20/299.
Metcalfe, Walter C. (1878), The Visitations of Essex by Hawley 1552; Hervy 1558; Cooke 1570; Raven 1612; and Owend and Lilly 1634., London: Mitchell and Hughes
David Plant d 1615 suicide. (2005-08-06). "Sir Henry Mildmay, regicide, c.1593-1664". British-civil-wars.co.uk.
Brown, Alexander. (1890). "The Genesis of the United States". Houghton Mifflin & Co.
Harris, Francis Gray (2006), Harris: From Essex, England and Allied Families, II, Ashland, OH: Atlas Books, {{ISBN. 0-9774139-0-X

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