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Jane HARRIS
- 1788
Has one ancestor but no descendants in this family tree.
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Name Jane HARRIS Relationship 
with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Gender Female Bequest 1782 In her husband's will - As well as appointing her executrix Matthew left her the residue of his estate in his will.
Executor / Trustee 7 Aug 1782 Archdeaconry Court of Totnes, Devon, England 
Sworn as executrix of her husband's will Will 23 Sep 1788 Written Buried 15 Oct 1788 St. Michael’s Church, Blackawton, Devon, England - From PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 22 Jun 2015)
"October 15 was buried Jane Bellamy" - under heading '1788'
Probate 18 Oct 1788 Archdeaconry Court of Totnes, Devon, England Granted to her John Prowse - Probate was granted to the executor, the husband of Jane's niece Jane Ferris, John Prowse.
We know of her will through extracts recorded by Miss Moger. She did not note which court proved the will, but it was probably the Archdeaconry Court of Totnes, given that it does not appear in Fry's calendar of the only other likely court, the Consistory Court of Exeter Diocese.
Siblings1 brother and 1 sister Patriarch & Matriarch 
HARRIS, d. Yes, date unknown (Father)
Notes - (Research):I have looked for the baptism of Jane and her sister Elizabeth in order to be able to estimate her husband's approximate dob better. There seems to be no Jane baptized around the right time in Dittisham, also although an Elizabeth dau of John was baptised in 1723, an Elizabeth Heris was buried in 1726
Person ID I18580 All Last Modified 14 Nov 2017
Father HARRIS, d. Yes, date unknown Married - I am only researching the Harrises in as far as they help exaplain the people mentioned in Jane Bellamy nee Harris's will, and may also enable me to find her dob and thus likely age of her husband, Matthew.
Family ID F7388 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Family Matthew BELLAMY, b. Est 1723, bur. 27 May 1782, St. Michael’s Church, Blackawton, Devon, England (Age ~ 59 years) Married 24 Dec 1769 St. George’s Church, Dittisham, Devon, England - From PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 20 Jun 2015)
Matthew Ballamy of Blackawton, Jane Harris Spinster of this [Dittisham] Parish, by Licence, both signed, witnesses John Littlejohn and John Horswill (both signed)
Just under a year before Matthew and Jane married Jane's niece, also Jane Harris, had married a William Ching and settled in Slapton. Matthew also had Ching relations, his sister Thomazin having married a William Ching in 1742. Their children included a William Ching - I wonder if he was the William Ching that Jane Harris married, and if it was through their marrying that Matthew and Jane met and subsequently married. (Jane cannot have married Thomazin's widow, since Thomazin did not die until 1773)
Possibly against this theory is that Matthew seems to have left bequests to most of his nephews and nieces, in fact I don't know of any definitely alive then who were omitted, but he left nothing to William Ching. The William who Jane married did not die until 1786, so I think most likely was another William Ching. (There were quite a few Chings in the area).
Last Modified 22 Jun 2015 Family ID F7375 Family Group Page | Family Chart
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Married - 24 Dec 1769 - St. George’s Church, Dittisham, Devon, England 
Buried - 15 Oct 1788 - St. Michael’s Church, Blackawton, Devon, England = Link to Google Earth (if installed; see link below to install) Pin Legend 
