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Susanna Harrison (Randolph)

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Birthplace: Henrico, Virginia, United States
Death: December 03, 1781 (28-29)
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Daughter of Richard Randolph, II and Nancy Randolph
Wife of Benjamin Harrison, VI, of Berkeley
Sister of Mary Amelia Bolling; Jane Meadows / Bolling; Richard Randolph, III; David Meade Randolph; Anne Randolph and 8 others

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About Susanna Harrison


Benjamin Harrison VI married two times. First, Harrison married a woman named Anna Mercer (1769-1787), and in 1776, broke relations with her and remarried to Susannah Randolph (1752-1781), a daughter of Richard Randolph II, who was a slave trader and the son of Richard Randolph of Curles. It is unknown why Harrison annulled his marriage with Anna Mercer, although it is probable that he wanted to increase his family's wealth and power by marrying into the Randolph family.

After his second wife's death in 1781, Benjamin fathered a son, Benjamin Harrison VII (1787 - 1842), with his first wife, Anna. However, some sources say that Harrison had another son, William Henry Harrison, whom he named after his brother.


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Susanna Harrison's Timeline

1752
1752
Henrico, Virginia, United States
1781
December 3, 1781
Age 29