John Harris

• General Notes
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    Jane,
    Just thought you would like to know that the John Harris/Sarah Tyner relationship did in fact bear natural children. The children were not adopted by John Harris as some speculate. The DNA results just came in 2 days ago, and a living Tyner is confirmed to have the same Y-Chromosome DNA markers as a living Harris. The common ancestor is Thomas Harris 1636 IOW.
    Further up the direct male line are included the powerful Heriz knights of Nottingham. Even further back, these are Normans that were with William the Conqueror during the Battle of Hastings. The Heriz knights were feudatory to William Pevrel, the natural son of William the Conqueror. Evidence
    suggests that the Heriz family either fought alongside Pevrel or Robert de Beaumont during the Battle of Hastings.
    Cheers,
    Michael Harris