Birth 1536 in.Hatherop, Gloucestershire, England.
Death 8 Nov 1599 in Hatherop, Gloucestershire, England.
He is the son of John Percy Harris(1513-1554) and Anne Annis(1512-1585)..
He and his brother are listed in his father's will, dated October 22, 1533, and proved June 4, 1544. His two sons, WILLIAM and John Harris, received seventy-two acres of land occupied by William Carney, a sheep pasture and also ten sheep and a bullock apiece..
William was married twice. He married his first wife,.
Katherine Kiche(1547-1579) on 21 Nov 1568. They had the following children:.
*Anne Harris(1569-1597)
*William Harris II(1571-)
*Anthony Harris(1573-)
*John Harris(1575 – 1623)
*Joan Harris(1578 – )
He secondly married.
Agnes Mason(1559 – 1586) on 30 Jan 1579. They had the following children:.
*Thomas Harris(1580–1634)
*Edmund Harris(1582–)
*William Harris III(1584–)
*Robert Harris(1586 – 1599)

WILLIAM HARRIS of Hatherup, married November 21, 1568, in Cheltenham, co. Gloucester, Katherine Kiche. She died before 1579, when on January 30 he married Agnes Mason, daughter of Henry Mason of Cheltenham, who left legacies to her and her husband's daughter Anne Harris in his will in 1584.
His will, dated October 1, 1598, was proved November 8, 1599, by his widow and executrix, Agnes Harris. After directing that he be buried in the church or churchyard of Hatherup, he left œ5 apiece to his sons William (eldest), Anthony and John, œ12 to his son-in-law John Iles and a cow to Joan Iles, daughter of his son-in-law, to be given her when she became seven years old. He then devised the residue of his property to "Annis Harris my late Wife but if it please God to change the mind of Annis Harris* my late Wife and Join herself in marriage and so alter the name, then my 4 youngest Sons: Thomas Harris, Edmund, William and Robert Harris shall have one half of my Goods." Henry Mason of Cheltenham and John Iles of Hatherup were named overseers..

*The Ancestry of Bethia Harris 1748-1833 Wife of Dudley wildes of Topsfield Massachuesetts by Walter Goodwin Davis.
* The Ref Annis Harris must have meant Agnes as it clearly states her as his late wife and mentions their children.

*Ref: Glocestershire Parish Records Office
"I regret that we do not have a plan of the burials, so we are only able to identify recent grave stones. It is also likely that all the churchyard has been used several times in five hundred years. The graves are all within the confines of the churchyard around the church."
The churchyard of Hatherup "The Church is called the church of St Nicholas in the parish of Hatherop, in the Diocese of Gloucester. The postal address is Hatherop, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, GL7 3NB."