HARNESS

THE ORIGIN OF HARNESS IS ENGLISH

THE COAT OF ARMS IS A RED SHIELD WITH A SILVER STAR, AND A GOLD CHIEF. THE CREST IS A GOLD DIAMOND SHAPE

SPELLING VARIATIONS INCLUDE:

ANNISS

ANNESS

ARNESS

ANNISON

ARNISON

ANNES

AND MORE

FIRST FOUND IN THE ENGLISH MIDLANDS COUNTY OF NOTTINGHAMSHIRE FROM VERY ANCIENT TIMES, WHERE THE FAMILY NAME HELD VAST ESTATES AND WERE AN IMPORTANT CONTRIBUTION TO THE EARLY LIFE AND TIMES OF THE COUNTRY. THEY WERE RECORDED IN THE DOMESDAY BOOK AS HOLDING LANDS AND MANORS, COMPILED BY DUKE WILLIAM IN THE YEAR 1086 A.D.

SOME OF THE FIRST SETTLERS WERE:

WILLIAM ANNIS SETTLED IN VIRGINIA IN 1639

THOMAS ANNISS VIRGINIA 1683

WILLIAM ARNESS PHILADELPHIA IN 1685-

RECORDS SHOW HE MOVED WESTWARD FROM THERE

CHARLES COLUMBUS HARNESS

BORN: 1877

IN:

DIED: 1950

IN: ANDERSON COUNTY, TN

BURIED:BRICEVILLE, ANDERSON, TN               

FATHER: JAMES A. HARNESS

BORN: 1846

IN:

DIED: 1917

MOTHER: LOTTIE

BORN: 1848

IN:

DIED: 1931

BURIED:

CHARLES MARRIED LONA BELL HENDRIX

LONA BELL HENDRIX

BORN: 1882

IN:

DIED: 1964

BURIED:

FATHER: WILLIAM J. HENDRIX

BORN: 1855

IN:

DIED: 1888

MOTHER: JOANNA BARKER

BORN: 1850

IN:

DIED: 1885

CHILDREN:

This page was last updated: June 29, 2008