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Sir William Harris, Knight 1573 – 1616 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: ABT 1573

Birth Location: Elsworth, Cambridgeshire, England

Death Date: Abt. 1616/17

Death Location: Elsworth, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom

Father: Nicholas Harris

Mother: Elizabeth Harris

Spouse(s): Sarah Mannes

Children(s): Margaret Chalfont

Sir William Harris, Knight was born in 1573 in Elsworth, Cambridgeshire, England, the child of Nicholas Harris and Elizabeth Gray Harris. Sir William Harris, Knight married Sarah Mannes, and had children including Margaret (HARRIS) Chalfont. Sir William Harris, Knight passed away in 1616 in Elsworth, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • Sir William Harris, Knight was born in 1573 in Elsworth, Cambridgeshire, England, the child of Nicholas Harris and Elizabeth Gray Harris.
  • Sir William Harris, Knight married Sarah Mannes, and had children including Margaret (HARRIS) Chalfont.
  • Sir William Harris, Knight passed away in 1616 in Elsworth, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom.

Immediate Family

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Sir Knight's Ancestors

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Sir Knight
1573 – 1616
Birth Place: Elsworth, Cambridgeshire, England
Parents
Nicholas Harris
1539 – 1613
Elsworth, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom
Elizabeth (Gray) Harris
1542 – 1608
Elsworth, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom
Grandparents
Sir (John Percy Harris, Knight of) Hatherup
1500 – 1554
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England
Lady (Anneannis TRAGGE BRADY) HARRIS
1512 – 1585
Hatherop, Gloucestershire, England
Henry Gray
1520 – 1558
Elsworth, Cambridgeshire, England
Elizabeth
1521 – 1608
of Elsworth, Cambridgeshire, England
Great-Grandparents
Sir (H)
1475 – 1537
Johanna Percy
1500 – 1547
Alexander Gudsall
1500 – 1540
Judith Gustall
1500 – 1540
2nd-Great-Grandparents
SirJohn Percy
1462 – 1510
Margaret Percy
1462 – 1567

Sir Knight's Descendants

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Sir (William Harris,) Knight (ABT 1573 – Abt. 1616/17) m. Sarah Mannes (Mar 1580 – Unknown)
  1. 1. Margaret ((HARRIS)) Chalfont (Abt 1593-1597 – abt 1630) m. Thomas Chalfant (03 May 1590 – 03 Mar 1624)
    1. 1. Ann (Elizabeth) Chalfont (3 June 1614 – 10 October 1686) m. Thomas (Warman (Waryean)) Perrin (22 February 1610 – 1689)
      1. 1. Richard (Horrible Slave Owner Perrin) Jr (1637 – 1 April 1695) m. Ann (Katherine) Royall (1642 – 10 October 1686)
        1. 1. Sarah Perrin (1669 – 1711) m. William (Powell) Cox (11 JAN 1670 – 02 JUN 1717)

Sir Knight's Timeline

3 Records

1573
ABT 1573
Birth of Sir William Harris, Knight in Elsworth, Cambridgeshire, England
Elsworth, Cambridgeshire, England
1603
ABT 1603
Age 30
Sir William Harris, Knight was married in Elsworth, Cambridgeshire, England
Elsworth, Cambridgeshire, England
1616
Abt. 1616/17
Age 43
Death of Sir William Harris, Knight in Elsworth, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom
Elsworth, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: ABT 1573
    Event Place: Elsworth, Cambridgeshire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: ABT 1603
    Event Place: Elsworth, Cambridgeshire, England

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: Cambridgeshire: - Registers of Marriages, 1539-1812

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: Abt. 1616/17
    Event Place: Elsworth, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom

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