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Captain Thomas Harrison, Jr.
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Husband's Name
Thomas HARRISON (AFN:8LCN-C9) Pedigree
Born: 7 Sep 1665 Place: Chipawamsic, Stafford, Virginia
Died: 13 Aug 1746 Place: , Stafford, Virginia
Buried: Aft 13 1746 Aug Place:
Married: Abt 1696 Place: , Stafford, Virginia
Father: Burr HARRISON (AFN:8LCN-NT) Family
Mother: Mary (AFN:8LCN-P1)
Wife's Name
Anne (AFN:8LCN-DG) Pedigree
Born: Abt 1667 Place: , Stafford, Virginia
Married: Abt 1696 Place: , Stafford, Virginia
Father:
Mother:
Children
1. Sex Name
M Thomas HARRISON (AFN:8LCN-GS) Pedigree
Born: Abt 1701 Place: , Stafford, Virginia
Died: 1773/1774 Place:
2. Sex Name
M Thomas HARRISON (AFN:PFLV-8F) Pedigree
Born: Abt 1703 Place: <, , Virginia>
Died: 1774 Place:
3. Sex Name
F Sarah Elizabeth HARRISON (AFN:8LCN-J5) Pedigree
Born: Abt. 1707 Place: <, , Virginia>
4. Sex Name
F Ann Frances HARRISON (AFN:8LCN-LH) Pedigree
Born: Abt 1711 Place: <, , Virginia>
5. Sex Name
M Cuthbert HARRISON (AFN:8LCN-FM) Pedigree
Born: 1703 Place: , Stafford, Virginia
Died: Abt 1771 Place:
Buried: Abt 1771 Place:
6. Sex Name
M William HARRISON (AFN:8LCN-H0) Pedigree
Born: 1709 Place: , Stafford, Virginia
Died: 1746/1748 Place: , Stafford, Virginia
7. Sex Name
F Frances HARRISON (AFN:8LCN-KB) Pedigree
Born: 1707 Place: , Stafford, Virginia
8. Sex Name
F Elizabeth HARRISON (AFN:8LCN-MN) Pedigree
Born: 1705 Place: , Stafford, Virginia
Died: 1757 Place: , Prince William, Virginia
Buried: 1757 Place:
9. Sex Name
M Burr HARRISON II (AFN:8LCM-SD) Pedigree
Born: 21 May 1699 Place: Stafford County, Virginia
Died: 18 Oct 1790 Place:
Buried: Aft 18 1790 Oct Place:
References
- About 1707 Captain Thomas Harrison moved the family, including his second son & namesake, to the late father's seat on the Chappawamsic. The Captain had gained his military title in 1703 in the Stafford militia, & was Colonel after 1731.
He served under Col. George Mason, Col.. Rice Hooe & Maj. William Fitzhugh.
He was a Justice of the Stafford court & in 1731, when Prince William was carved out of the older county, he was first-ranked of its original thirteen justices.
He was also the first county Lieutenant commanding its militia, a post he held almost continuously until his death at age 81 in 1746.
The earliest mention of Thomas Harrison Jr. is found in the 1724 Overwharton Parish Register of tobacco planters. In the first agricultural production control act in U.S. history, Virginia had limited each grower to 6000 plants per "laboring person" plus 3000 per male between 10 and 16 years of age. In accord with this law Captain Harrison declared 44,024 plants, making him the biggest grower in the parish, and he listed his son among the men on his plantation.
He should not be confused with the Thomas Harrison that purchased land in Stafford from William Green in 1685/6, as he was not yet an adult.
Notes for SITHIA ELIZABETH SHORT: Her name was likely SETH SHORT.
From: "TWO MAY FAMILIES - OF HOLLOW SQUARE, GREENE COUNTY, ALABAMA" by Berenice May Fuller, Getweay Press 1988, page 300, "What these sources do not agree about is the name of his wife.
In 'Maryland Genealogies', Vol. I p. 233, (published by Genealogical Pub. Co., 1980), she is designated as SYTHIA ELIZABETH SHORT. One descendant, WALTER HARRISON (1863-1955) also names Sythia Short. On the memorial marker in the Harrison Cemetery the name is SOPHIA C. SHORT.
South Carolina genealogist Leonardo Andrea, using the Index of Wills in Stafford Co., Virginia, shows Wills recorded for Thomas Harrison and his wife Anna. --This could be a different Thomas Harrison." [This could also be a second spouse]
The will of JOHN WEST reports that she was "SEITH HARRISON,THE WIFE OF CAPTAIN THOMAS HARRISON", and she received 500 lbs of tobacco to buy a mourning ring. Coincidentally, he also left 1000 lbs of tobacco to "Seith Lucas, the wife of Henry Lucas."
-- Might they have been related? The only other woman known to have had this name were a daughter and three granddaughters of Capt. Thomas Harrison, Jr. and Seth Linton, the daughter of Moses Linton.
The last was a GODCHILD of the Capt. Harrison called his residence "Retirement," the name assigned by "OLD CAPTAIN BRENT" to his home on Aquia Creek.
Children of Thomas Harrison and Sithia Short are:
+ 17 i. William6 Harrison, b: Abt. 1685; died 1746.
+ 18 ii. Elizabeth Harrison, b: Aft. 1688; died 1742.
+ 19 iii. Frances Harrison, b: Abt. 1689 in of Stafford Co., VA.
+ 20 iv. BURR HARRISON II, b: 21 May 1699 in Stafford or Prince William Co., VA; died 18 Oct 1790.
+ 21 v. SETH HARRISON, born Abt. 1701; died Aft. 1788.
+ 22 vi. Cuthbert Harrison, b: Bet. 1710–1715, VA; d: 1768, Prince William Co., VA.
+ 23 vii. Col. Thomas Harrison, Jr., b: Abt. 1704, Stafford Co., VA; d: Abt. 1774, Fauquier Co., VA.
More About Thomas Harrison, Jr.:
Fact 1: Bet. 1741 - 1746, Member House of Burgess.
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