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Pickwell Manor, Devon
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John Harris, the eldest son, succeeded to Wortham and Pickwell
Harris of Wortham and Pickwell
John Harris, the eldest son, succeeded to Wortham and Pickwell. He was Member of Parliament for Barnstaple, and died 1768, aged 64. He married Dorothy Herbert, sister of Henry Arthur Earl Powis, and she died 1759, aged 50. They had issue, besides three sons who died in infancy, a daughter Honour, who inherited Wortham and Pickwell, and of whom hereafter.
Samuel Harris, younger brother of the last named John, was of Smallacomb, in Lifton, Attorney-at-law. He married Florence, daughter of Henry Incledon, of Buckland, and they had issue three daughters, none of whom married, and of whom Dorothy was the ultimate survivor.
Miss Honour Harris, of Wortham and Pickwell, died unmarried 7th August, 1790. She left all her property to a stranger in blood, Maria, daughter of John Harrup, who married first John Middleditch, who died 1799, and secondly in 1800, Colonel, afterwards General Mackenzie, thus passing over her first cousin and heiress at law, Dorothy, daughter of her uncle, Samuel Harris of Smallacombe.
In 1806, Wortham was sold to Captain Cox, and Pickwell to one Newcombe a farmer, reserving a life interest to Mrs. Mackenzie. Mrs. Mackenzie died in 1827 at Pickwell. Eventually Pickwell was bought by Lord Fortescue, in whose family it remained until recent years. Wortham is, or until lately was, the property of the representatives of the late William Carew Rayer, of Holcombe Court, near Tiverton.
The descendants of Mrs. Gregor, Mrs. Colchester, or Mrs. Kenney, if any, now represent the family of Harris of Wortham and Pickwell. Failing them, the representation would appear to be in Major Charles Hamlyn Chichester, of Hall.Devon & Cornwall Notes and Queries vol. VII, (1912-1913), Exeter: James G. Commin. 1913. pp. 211-212.
[See vol.7, p.120, par.95. p. 178, par 131; Also 7, p.256, par.182.]
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J.F. Chanter
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Harris of Wortham and Pickwell
Devon & Cornwall Notes and Queries vol. VII, (1912-1913), Exeter: James G. Commin. 1913. p. 256.
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J.F. Chanter
Prepared by Michael Steer
The Note supplements records of the Harris family submitted by the author earlier in this volume. Pickwell manor was owned by John Harris who was the Member of Parliament for Barnstaple in the mid-19th century. During the Victorian era it was owned by the Hole family who paid for much of the Victorian restoration of St George's church in Georgeham. The church contains a "Pickwell chapel" dating from 1762. The manor lies between the village of Georgeham and the coast above Woolacombe and Putsborough beach. The article, from a copy of a rare and much sought-after journal can be downloaded from the Internet Archive. Google has sponsored the digitisation of books from several libraries. These books, on which copyright has expired, are available for free educational and research use, both as individual books and as full collections to aid researchers.
Note 182. HARRIS OF WORTHAM AND PICKWELL (VII., par. 95, p. 120). -
Since my answer to this query (VII., par. 31, p. 178) I have come across
in my notes some further references to this family. They were a branch
of Harris of Hayne. John Harris married April 10th, 1673, at Georgeham,
Dorothy Hancock — their son William Harris, bap. Oct. 27, 1678, married
Honor, d. of Arscott Bickford, at Bradford, 12 Feb. 1699. Pickwell came
to Harris from the Newcourts; the connection, I think, was from marriage
of Toby Newcourt with Mary Harris and of John Newcourt and Marie Harris
on Jan. 23, 1615, and there was also a relationship of both Harris and
Newcourt with Hext. The Newcourts were also connected with the Arundels -
so the manor of Godrevy may also have come to Harris through the
Newcourts. Wm. Newcourt devised all his property to John Harris of
Wortham, 20 June, 1666.
J. F. CHANTER.
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