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Anna Harrison (Mercer)

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Marlborough, Stafford, VA
Death: August 28, 1787 (26)
Charles City, VA, United States
Immediate Family:

Wife of Benjamin Harrison, VI, of Berkeley
Mother of Benjamin Harrison, VII

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About Anna 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.


Note: She died 8 days after giving birth to Benjamin Harrison VI's only child .


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Anna Harrison's Timeline

1760
September 9, 1760
Marlborough, Stafford, VA
1787
August 20, 1787
Berkeley Plantation, Charles City, VA
August 28, 1787
Age 26
Charles City, VA, United States