'Harris01'
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Families covered: Harris of Malmesbury, Harris of Orcheston St. George, Harris of Sarum (Salisbury)

William Harris of Orcheston St. George, Wiltshire (d 1570)
m. (07.07.1561) Cicely (widow of _ Sherne)
1. Thomas Harris of Orcheston St. George (bpt 15.03.1565)
  m. Praxid Perry (dau of Robert Perry of Orcheston)
  A. James Harris of New Sarum (bpt 06.10.1605, d 24.08.1679, 4th/youngest son)
  m. Gertrude Tounson (d 1678, dau of Robert Tounson, Bishop of Salisbury)
i. Thomas Harris of The Close of Sarum (b 22.02.1643, d 13.01.1678-9, 3rd son)
  m1. Dorothy Cary (dsp 25.03.1672, dau of George Cary, Dean of Exeter)
  m2. (21.07.1673) Joan Wyndham (b c1649, d 20.01.1734, dau of Sir Wadham Wydnham of Norrington)
  a. James Harris of The Close of Sarum (b 17.04.1674, d 26.08.1731)
  m1. (03.08.1704) Catherine Cocks (d 13.06.1705/6, dau of Charles Cocks of Worcester by Mary, sister of John, Lord Somers)
(1) Catherine Harris (d 06.01.1740-1)
  m. (23.06.1730) Sir Wyndham Knatchbull-Wyndham, 5th Bart (b 26.11.1699, d 03.07.1749)
  m2. (20.04.1707) Elizabeth Ashley-Cooper (d 20.01.1743-4, dau of Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 2nd Earl of Shaftesbury)
  (2) James Harris of The Close of Sarum & The Manor House, Great Durnford (b 25.07.1709, d 22.12.1780)
  m. (08.07.1745) Elizabeth Clarke (d 16.10.1781, dau of John Clarke of Sandford by Catherine, dau of John Bowles)
(A) James Harris, 1st Earl of Malmesbury (b 09.04.1746, d 21.11.1820, ambassador)
  m. (28.07.1777) Harriot Mary Amyand (b 02.05.1761, d 20.08.1830, dau of Sir George Amyand, Bart)
  (i) James Edward Harris, 2nd Earl of Malmesbury (b 19.08.1778, d 10.09.1841) had issue
  m. (17.06.1806) Harriet Susan Dashwood (b 29.10.1783, d 04.09.1815, dau of Francis Bateman-Dashwood of Well Vale by Theresa Elizabeth, dau of John March of Waresley Park)
  (ii) Thomas Alfred Harris (b 24.03.1782, d 15.12.1823, prebendary of York, rector of Hartley) had issue
  m. (28.09.1812) Maria Markham (d 12.11.1851, dau of George Markham, Dean of York)
(iii) George Harris (d 1789)
  (iv) Catherine Harris (dsp 12.1855)
  m. (14.06.1821) Sir John Bell (d 20.11.1878, General)
  (v) Frances Harris (d 01.11.1847)
  m. (15.06.1815) Sir Galbraith Lowry Cole (d 04.10.1842, Lt. General, son of William, 1st Earl of Enniskillen)
  (B) Catherine Gertrude Harris (dsp 08.06.1834)
  m. (11.06.1785) Frederick Robinson (d 1792, son of Thomas, 1st Lord Grantham)
  (C)+ other issue - John Thomas (d 1752), Elizabeth (d 1749), Louisa Margaret (d unm 26.05.1826)
  (3) Thomas Harris (b 01.01.1711-2, dsp 21.02.1785, master in Chancery)
  m. (11.06.1754) Catherine Knatchbull (dau of Sir Edward Knatchbull, 4th Bart)
  (4)+ other issue - George William (b 19.09.1714, d unm 223.08.1777, prebendary of Sarum, rector of Excliffe), Gertrude (b 22.02.1708, d 20.09.1708)
  b. Wadham Harris (d young)
  ii. Margaret Harris (d 23.06.1679)
  m. (08.07.1669) Gabriel Ashley of Sarum (Captain)
  iii.+ other issue (d infant) - John (d 1641), James (d 1646), Gertrude, Jane, Praxid
  B.+ other issue - Thomas, John, Robert, Praxid, Sicell, Lucy

Main source(s): BP1934 (Malmesbury)
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