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This is the first volume of an eight-volume series pertaining to the early genealogy of Surry and Isle of Wight counties. The genealogies trace the various families in a six-generation format that includes all records, documents, and discussions of descent. Each genealogy begins with the immigrant ancestor and traces all descendants, male and female, down to the children of the fifth generation. The other books in the series consist of abstracts or transcriptions of the records of Isle of Wight County.

Volume 1 represents a detailed corrective to earlier research on the Thomas Harrises conducted by John Bennett Boddie and other genealogists. The five focal points of the study are: (1) Thomas Harris, the testator of 1688; (2) Thomas Harris, the testator of 1672 (whose son John owned land in Lancaster County, Virginia); (3) Thomas Harris, Jr.; (4) Thomas Harris, the testator of 1729 and probably son of Edward; and (5) Thomas Harris of Chippoakes, Surry County, Virginia. This volume proves that no relationship exists between any of these Thomas Harrises and John Harris of Crixse, Essex, England, and Charles City County, Virginia.

See also the other volumes in this series:

Volume 2: The Descendants of Robert Harris of Isle of Wight, County, Virginia
Volume 3: The Court Orders of Isle of Wight County, Virginia
Volume 4: The Descendants of Capt. John Jennings of Isle of Wight County, Virginia
Volume 5: Isle of Wight County, Virginia, Deeds, Wills, Conveyances, Book A
Volume 6: Isle of Wight County, Virginia, Will & Deed Book 1
Volume 7: The Pitt Family of Bristol, Gloucester, Charlestown, Massachusetts, and Isle of Wight County, Virginia
Volume 8: Isle of Wight County, Virginia, Will & Deed Book 2