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Flakefield, William (fl. c. 1670–1700), soldier and linen weaver  

Edwin Cannan

revised by Anita McConnell

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23 September 2004
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23 September 2004

Flakefield, William (fl. c. 1670–1700), soldier and linen weaver, was, according to Ure, son of one Wilson of Flakefield, in the parish of East Kilbride, Lanarkshire, who became a merchant in Glasgow about 1650, and was called Flakefield in order to distinguish him from another merchant named ...

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Harris, Benjamin Randell (1781–1858), soldier and shoemaker  

Rosy Lyne

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Published in print:
23 September 2004
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23 September 2004

Harris, Benjamin Randell (1781–1858), soldier and shoemaker, was born in 1781 in Portsea, Hampshire, and was baptized on 28 October 1781. He was the eldest of the two sons of Robert Harris, a shepherd, and his wife, Elizabeth, née Randell (d. 1788)...