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95. Harris of Wortham and Pickwell. — I should be 
glad to know in whose possession now exist the deeds and 
muniments of the family of Harris of Wortham (1725) and of 
Pickwell (1750). I should also be glad to ascertain how this 
family of Harris became possessed of the Manor of Godrevy, 
formerly part of the possessions of the Arundells. John 
Harris, of Pickwell, was also the owner of the Manors of 
Gurlyn and Tregender. A reference to the pedigree of this 
family of Harris would oblige. 9-£i£- 1 ^/^^ J. H. R. 

131. Harris of Pickwell. (VII., par. 95, p. 120.) — 
I do not know of any pedigree of this family, but the following 
extracts from Georgeham Register, which show that the 
family were at Georgeham from 1679 to 1790, may be of use 
to J.H.R. 

Baptisms. 

1678. William, s. Mr. John & Dorothy Harris, Oct. 27. 
1681. Tobias, s. Mr. John & Doroty Harris, Sep. 22. 
1685. Edward, s. Mr. John & Dorothy Harris, Oct. 28. 
1694. Mary, d. Mr. John Harris, Aug, 21. 

1702. Elizabeth, d. William Harris, gent., Apr. 21. 

1703. John. s. William Harris, gent., Sep. 6. 
1705. Honour, d. William Harris, gent., July 18. 

1707. Samuel, s. William Harris, gent., born Apr. 28, bap. 
May 20. 

1709. Jane, d. William Harris, gent., Aug. 4. 

1732. William, s. John Harris, Esq., Sep. 11. 
1735. Honour, d. John Harris, Esq., Oct. 30. 

Burials. 

1681. Tobias, s. Mr. John Harris, Mar. 2. 

1694. Dorothy, wife Mr. John Harris, Dec. 17. 

1695. Edward, s. Mr. John Harris, July n. 
1705. Honour, d. William Harris, gent., Aug. 3. 
1716. Honour, wife William Harris, Esq., Oct. 29. 
1720. William Harris, Esq., May 4. 

1733. William, s. John Harris, Esq., Sep. 24. 

1733. Dorothy, d. John Harris, Esq., Sep. 24. 

1734. J onn J s. John Harris, Esq., Dec. 26. 
1759. Dorothy, wife John Harris, Esq., July 30. 
1768. John Harris, Esq. of Pickwell, Feb. 20. 
1790. Honour Harris, of Pickwell, Aug. 14. 

I did not observe any marriages of Harris family in the 
Register, but Lysons states that John Harris, who died in 
1768, married a sister of Earl Powis. There are several other 
Harris entires in Georgeham Registers, but they do not appear 
to belong to the same family. T. F. Chanter. 

149. Harris of Wortham and Pickwell (VII., par. 95, 
p. 120; and par. 131, p. 178.) — The family of Harris of 
Wortham, in Lifton, and afterwards also of Pickwell, in 
Georgeham, was a cadet branch of Harris of Hayne descended 
from the family of Harris of Radford, see Vivian's Visitations 
of Devon, p. 451 ; deriving from Thomas Harris of The 
Mount, St. Hilary, co. Cornwall, third son of Arthur Harris 
of Hayne, ib. y p. 449. 

Wortham was acquired through the marriage of John 
Harris, son of the above named Thomas Harris of the Mount, 
with Mary, daughter and co-heiress of John Hext of Alterton 
and co-heiress to her uncles, John and Arthur Dynham, 
of Wortham. 

Pickwell originally belonged to the Newcourt family. 
Mary Harris, daughter of Arthur Harris of Hayne, and 
sister of Thomas Harris, of The j Mount, married Tobie 
Newcourt, of Pickwell, to whom she bore one son John, 
and three daughters Elizabeth, Jane, and Margaret. John 
Newcourt married Mary, daughter of William Fry of Yarty, 
by whom he had four sons John, Tobie, W 7 illiam, and John. 
Jane Newcourt, above named, daughter of the first mentioned 
Tobie, survived her two sisters, her only brother John, and 
all his four sons. She married Gregory, son of Henry 
Chichester, of Bittadon, and dying, without issue, was buried 
at Georgeham, 30th July, 1685. 

The childless Gregory and Jane Chichester adopted 
Dorothy, daughter of John Hancock, of Combmartin, which 
Dorothy married in 1678 at Georgeham, Jane Chichester's 
first cousin once removed, John Harris of Wortham, son and 
heir of the before mentioned John Harris and Mary his wife, 
daughter and co-heiress of John Hext, of Alterton. 

John Harris, of Wortham, who died in 1727, and Dorothy, 
had issue, besides a sonj ohn and a daughter Mary, who 
died in infancy, a daughter, Jane, who married at Swimbridge 
in 1693 Arthur Chichester, then of Stowford in that parish, 
and afterwards of Hall, from whom descended the Chichesters 
of Hall, and a son. 

W T illiam Harris, born 1674, who died in vita patris, and 
was buried at Georgeham in 1720. To this William Harris, 
Jane Chichester devised Pickwell. He married Honor, 
daughter of Arscott Bickford, of Dunsland, and they had 



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issue two sons, John and Samuel, and three daughters, Dorothy 
(wife of Francies Gregor, of Trewarthenick, Cornwall), 

Elizabeth (who married , Colchester) and Jane (who 

married Kenney.) 

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. A.B.C. 

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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