Elizabeth Harris

Sources:

"THE ENGLISH ORIGIN OF AGNES HARRIS OF HARTFORD, CONN., WIFE OF WILLIAM1 SPENCER AND WILLIAM 1 EDWARDS" by Douglas Richardson; The American Genealogist. New Haven, CT: D. L. Jacobus, 1937-. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009 - .) viewed by Kris Stewart, May 11, 2013

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• http://books.google.com/books?id=3F9nG8aFJ7MC&pg=PA229&lpg=PA229&dq...
• Pg. 229
• 39. HENRY COLLAMORE, 2nd s., event. h., chr. 12 Jan. 1541/2, Braunton, co. Devon, bur. 15 June 1625, Bishop's Tawton, co. Devon; m. by 1563, Margaret Blight, b. say 1545, bur. 27 Nov. 1626, Bishop's Tawton, co. Devon. (Parish Records of Braunton, Devon and Bishop's Tawton, Devon; Vivian, Visit. of Devon, pp. 216-217).
• 40. ELIZABETH COLLAMORE, chr. 2 Sept. 1566, Bishop's Tawton, Co. Devon, bur. 7 Dec. 1647, Barnstaple, co. Devon; m. 18 Jan. 1586/7, Braunton, co. Devon, Bartholomew Harris, yeo., mayor of Barstaple, co. Devon, 1602, b. say 1560, bur. 10 Oct. 1615, Barnstaple, co. Devon. Bartholomew's parentage not established but prob. related to John Harris, mayor of Barnstaple 1578 and 1596, will dtd. 1600, pro. 1602 (PCC 2 Montague) name Bartholomew Harris as a co-exec. of John Harris' estate. (Parish Records of Bishop's Tawton, co. Devon, of Braunton, co. Devon, and of Barnstaple, co. Devon; Abstract of probate (administration) of Bartholomew Harris, dtd. 1615, file with the Oswyn Murray Coll., the Devon Record Office, Exeter, co. Devon; Will of Elizabeth (Collamore) Harris, dtd. 1647, prob 1649, PCC 9 Fairfax).
• 41. AGNES HARRIS, chr. 6 Apr. 1604, Barnstaple, co. Devon, liv. 1680, Hartford, Conn.; m. (1) say 1634, prob. Cambridge, Mass., William Spencer, chr. 11 Oct. 1601, Stotfold, Bedford, d. 1640, Hartford, Conn., deputy to Mass. General Court, 1634 through 1637, rep. to Conn. General Court, 1639-1640, s. Gerard Spencer and Alice Whitbred; m. (2) 11 Dec. 1645, Hartford, Conn., William Edwards, chr. 1 Nov. 1618, . . . .
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• Elizabeth Collamore1,2
• F, #73551, b. 2 September 1566
• Father Henry Collamore3,2 b. 12 Jan 1542
• Mother Margaret Blight3,2 b. c 1545
• Elizabeth Collamore was christened on 2 September 1566 at Bishop's Tawton, Devonshire, England.1,2 She married Bartholomew Harris, Mayor of Barnstaple, son of John Harris, on 18 January 1587 at Braunton, Devonshire, England; They had 4 sons (George; John; Philip; & Richard, Mayor of Barnstable) and 7 daughters (Agnes (died young); Priscilla; Joan, wife of (Mr.) Strawbridge: Philippa, wife of Willliam Baker, & of John Gread; Elizabeth; Agnes, wife of William Spencer, & of William Edwards; & Mary, wife of John Gribble, & of John Thorne).1,2 Elizabeth Collamore left a will on 15 September 1647.1,2 She was buried on 7 December 1647 at Barnstaple, Devonshire, England.1,2 Her estate was probated on 27 January 1649.1,2
• Family Bartholomew Harris, Mayor of Barnstaple b. c 1564
• Child
  • Agnes Harris+1,2 b. 6 Apr 1604, d. a 1680
• Citations
  • 1.[S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. II, p. 365.
  • 2.[S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. III, p. 233.
  • 3.[S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. II, p. 364.
• From: http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p2448.htm#...
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The Collamore's record for at least six more generations. Elizabeth's grandmother: Margery Hext's line is recorded for dozens more beyond the Collamore's generations.

(Ed Poor)