Webmaster Notes
The Percy family is relevant because of the descendancy of the Harris family and the connection to the Raymonds through Oliver and Frances.
It would make sense if this page is accessed by someone researching the Raymond or Harris families. The connection to the Harris family in Essex is another "grey area". The Harris' of Creeksea and Shenfield have been researched but the circle has not been closed.
The Percy Family
The interest here, with respect to the history of Belchamp Walter, is to Sir William Harris who is shown as a descendant of Edward III.
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The Percy family are common in both the family trees shown here.
It would appear that both family trees show a dependancy. I suggest that this could be bought by someone
who wanted to have this as an accolade for their family heritage. So far I have located two examples
of The Plantagenet Roll of the Blood Royal: The Mortimer-Percy Volume.
I have a suspicion that there are many more.
Adam Rutherford, a twentieth-century geneticist, has claimed that it is "virtually impossible" that
a person with a predominantly British ancestry is not descended from Edward III.[2] According to his
calculations, "almost every Briton" is "descended between 21 and 24 generations from Edward III".[3]
The Alan Freer family tree for the Raymond family seems to repeat that of the Marquis of Ruvigny and Raineval.
