Need a little New Year's Magic for the Harris Couple

Question

Have you been down a "Rabbit Hole" and not been able to track down sufficient sources?
I'm Late, I'm Late, I'm Late ... I'm LOST! 
Harris-4300 and Harris-32960 are in dire need of some "Fresh Eyes". Are they really husband and wife or do they need to be split apart permanently? Who is Mary Drew and How does she play into their situation?
Please take a look at this couple. Can they celebrate New Year's Eve together as a couple or will they be left in despair?

Answer 1

The Connection Finder did not find a connection within 10 degrees. The Relationship Finder did not find a relationship.

Comments

He's my 5th Gr grandfather as verified by the SAR.and by DNA

Answer 2

I don't see a valid source for place of birth.  Just because he received a Patent in the county does not mean he was born there.  Being along the shore of the bay means it was easily accessible by boats.

So, he may very well have been born in England and arrived on a boat.

Comments

Since his father Edward Harris Jr is documented in Isle of Wight in 1677 when he was 13 years old, and lived there his entire life, how can his sons Thomas and Henry have been born elsewhere.

Answer 3

Te 1745 Will abstract you posted for Edward Drew has an error from pg 9 of his original Will that states his granddaughter Mary Harris married to Henry Haris, not as this abstract claims as 'daughter Mary Harris married to Henry Harris'. This is why so many people have wrongly named his wife as Mary Drew., due to this faulty abstract.

Comments

@ anonymous please see https://www.wikitree.com/photo/png/Drew-256 for handwritten copy of Will? Should I take down the Transcribed copy?

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Yes, this is the original page 9 that clearly states his grandaughter Mary Harris, wife of Henry Harris, to receive a slave named Robin, etc. This is the way the Southamnpton Court Clerk and Probate Judge both decided that it was a daughter of John Harriis and Nary Drew named Mary Harris that was married to Henry Harris.This is exactly the way this couple and Will was documented in the 1995 'The Five Thomas Harrises of Isle of Wight County Virginia' on pgs 63 & 65 for the Will and family of John Harris & Mary Drew, and on pg 120 for Henry Harris and wife Mary Harris.

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Yes,remove the fraudulent transcription. I'd like to know its source as I have been tracing fraudulent Harris ancestry for many decades beginning with those by John Boddie

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Original Link is no longer valid.

I will try to insert the full handwritten Will but I will have to do it either in a PDF or 3 separate images. I will work on it tonight.

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@ anonymous Thank you! Does the rest of the profile look ok?