Captain Burr Harrison, I, of Chopawamsic

Burr Harrison

• Birth: May 21 1699 - Chappawamsic, Prince William, Virginia, USA
• Death: Oct 18 1775 - Chappawamsic, Prince William, Virginia, USA (also seen as Oct 18, 1790)
• Parents: Thomas Harrison, Sithia Elizabeth Short
• Wife: Mary Ann Barnes

Children:

1. Anne Harrison,
2. Thomas Harrison, III,
3. Burr Harrison,
4. Jane Harrison,
5. Cuthbert Harrison,
6. Elizabeth Harrison,
7. George Harrison,
8. Matthew Harrison,
9. Seth Harrison,
10. George Harrison,
11. Sythia Short Harrison,
12. Sarah Harrison

Burr HARRISON was born 21 May 1699, Dettingen Parish and died 18 October 1775.

Married

1. 31 July 1722 to Ann Barnes.  She was the daughter of Matthew Barnes of Maryland.

Issue of Burr and Ann BARNES Harrison (Kentucky Bible, Cuthbert HARRISON):

1. Thomas (1723-1756) m Anne PEYTON
2. Jane (1726-1759) m John LINTON
3. Seth (1729-?) m John PEYTON
4. Elizabeth (1731-1781) m Joseph Combs
5. Burr (1734-1790) m Mary Anne BARNES
6. Anne (1736-?) m Craven PEYTON
7. Matthew (1738-1798) m. four times
8. Sarah (1740-1815) m Leven POWELL
9. George (1745-1805) m Elizabeth BEALE
10. Cuthbert (1749-1822) m three times

Notes

• Burr HARRISON "departed this life on Wednesday the 18th of October at 2 o'clock in the morning on 1775." (Kentucky Bible Record, op. cit.) (His will is not extant, but indexed in both Stafford and Prince William)
•  Burr HARRISON was the "eldest son of Cuthbert HARRISON, born in the City of Westminster in the parish of St. Margarets, the 28th day of December 1637." (Stanard)
• (Records of Dettingen Parish, p. 124) "Burr HARRISON married Ann, daughter of Matthew BARNES, at the bride's home at Portobaco [Charles Co], Maryland." (Kentucky Bible Records, Kentucky Genealogical Research Committee, DAR, 19488 [sic], pp. 10-22, Bible of Cuthbert HARRISON, son of Burr and Ann BARNES Harrison)

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• 1. Virginia Genealogies: A Genealogy of the Glassell Family of Scotland and Virginia : Also of the Families of Ball, Brown, Bryan, Conway, Daniel, Ewell, Holladay, Lewis, Littlepage, Moncure, Peyton, Robinson, Scott, Taylor, Wallace, and Others, of Virginia and Maryland (Google eBook). Horace Edwin Hayden. E.B. Yordy, printer, 1891 - Virginia - 759 pages. Page 512. "Excusus - Harrison.". "Cuthbert Harrison, Esq., of Acaster, Calon and Flaxby, in com. Ebor (Arms, "At. Three demi lions ramp, or."; crest, "A demi lion ramp. ar. holding a laurel branch vtrrt.); m. a dau. of Lord l^angdale of Holme, and d. 1714. He had an only dau. and heiress, Lenox, who m. Sir Lyon Pilkington, Bart., as his 2d wife. She d. s. p. (Collins' Bar.,V. 339.) The Virginia line probably descended from the Harrisons of Acaster, York. Bishop Meade says (II. 214): "On the first page of the vestry book of Dettingen parish I find a leaf taken from the old Overwharton vestry book, and fastened in the former doubtless by Rev. Mr. Harrison, in which there is the following genealogy taken from the parish record of St. Margaret's, Westminster, and certified by Richard Gibson, London": "Burr Harrison of Chappawamsie, born in England, son of Cuthbert Harrison, baptized in the parish of St. Margaret's, Westminster, 28th of December, 1637. His son Thomas born in 1665; grandson Burr born May 21, 1699; great grandson Thomas born 3d of March, 1723; his sister Jane the 9th of December, 1726; his sister Seth the 30th of November, 1729."
• 2. Virginia Genealogies: A Genealogy of the Glassell Family of Scotland and Virginia : Also of the Families of Ball, Brown, Bryan, Conway, Daniel, Ewell, Holladay, Lewis, Littlepage, Moncure, Peyton, Robinson, Scott, Taylor, Wallace, and Others, of Virginia and Maryland (Google eBook). Horace Edwin Hayden. E.B. Yordy, printer, 1891 - Virginia - 759 pages. Page 513. "Excusus-Harrison" (continued). "It is impossible from this limited data to give a satisfactory deduction of this family. The descendants to whom application was made showed no interest in the matter and have furnished no records. The wills, &c, supra, show that—
• * 1. Cuthbert Harrison, of England, had—2. Burr, who came to Va.
• * 2. Burr Harrison, of Chappawamsie, b. Eng.; B. Dec. 28, 1637; had—3. Thomas.
• * 3. Thomas Harrison, b. 1665; had—4. Burr. 5. Cuthbert.
• * 4. Burr Harrison, b. May 21, 1699; m. Ann ;had—6. Thomas,b. Mar. 3, 1723. 7. Jane, b. Dec. 9, 1726. 8. Seth, b. Nov. 30, 1729; m. John Peyton. (peyton 38.) 9. Burr, b. June 16, 1734.
• 3. Extracted from "Five Generations of the Family of Burr HARRISON of Virginia, 1650-1800," John P. Alcock, Heritage Books, Inc., 1990.
• 4. Harrison of North Virginia" by W. G. Stanard, published in the "Virginia Magazine of History and Biography," Vol. XXIII (1915), pp. 214-216; 331-333; and 443-445.

Links

• http://www.combs-families.org/combs/assoc/harrison.htm
• https://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/getperson.php?personID=I1012...