Family:Thomas Harrison and Margaret Unknown (2)

Parents: Thomas Harrison and Dorothy Unknown Lieutenant Thomas Harrison b. 1 Mar 1656/57 New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United States d. 1 Jan 1725/26 Branford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States	Margaret _____ b. Bef 1666 d. Bef 7 Jan 1730/31

m. Bef 1690

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Marriage^[1]

Bef 1690

Estimate based on date of birth of eldest known child.

Children

		Birth	Death
1.	Lydia Harrison	24 Aug 1690 Branford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
2.	Jemima Harrison	12 Mar 1691/92 Branford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States	1730
3.	Captain Thomas Harrison	12 Oct 1694 Branford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States	16 Jun 1758 Morris, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States
4.	Abigail Harrison	17 Mar 1696/97 Branford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
5.	Benjamin Harrison	7 Aug 1698 Branford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States	6 Mar 1760 Waterbury, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
6.	Joseph Harrison	25 May 1700 Branford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States	23 Jul 1748 Branford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
7.	David Harrison	7 Feb 1702/03 Branford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States	21 Mar 1767 Northford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
8.	Aaron Harrison	4 Mar 1704/05 Branford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States	30 Nov 1708 Branford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
9.	Jacob Harrison	23 Oct 1708 Branford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States	Bef 20 May 1737

References

↑ Harrison, in Jacobus, Donald Lines. Families of Ancient New Haven. (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Pub. Co., 1974)
3:720.

"Thomas (Harrison) … m Margaret _____, …"
3. Lieut. Thomas³ Harrison, in Corbin, Frances Harrison. Five Generations of Connecticut Harrisons. New England Historical and Genealogical Register. (New England Historic Genealogical Society, Jan 1916)
70:70.

"Lieut. Thomas³ Harrison … married, in 1689, Margaret ~~Stent, daughter of his stepmother~~; …"

Savage was the probably the first to identify Thomas Harrison's wife as a Stent, and the identification has been often repeated. Jacobus found no evidence for the identification, and there appears to be no existing record evidence to support it.