George Harrison, of Westmoreland County

George Harrison Sr.

• BIRTH 1650
• DEATH Nov 1713 (aged 62–63) - Westmoreland, Westmoreland County, Virginia, USA
• BURIAL Yeocomico Episcopal Churchyard, Kinsale, Westmoreland County, Virginia, USA
• PLOT Cenotaph
• MEMORIAL ID 189708756 · View Source

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/189708756/george-harrison

Spouse Elizabeth Duncan Harrison 1655–1713

VA, Westmoreland Co., Cople Parish, Executor Bond
1713 Westmoreland, Co. VA,
WILL OF GEORGE HARRISON, dated 2 Oct 1713:
All my land to my sonns Thomas, George, John, William, James, Peter and Willoughby and their heirs to be equally divided. George and John to have their parts where they now live, and my son Willoughby to have his share where my now dwelling plantation is. If any of my sons die without issue, their parts to be equally divided betwixt the rest. In case any of my sons is minded to sell his part, he nor none of them shall sell to noe other person but to his brothers or brother who shall be willing to buy.
My sons George and John have had a bed pott and pewter. Each of the rest of my sons have so much and what remaineth to be equally divided betwixt them.
Thomas shall have a flock bed and my son Peter a flock bed and my sons William, James, and Willoughby shall have each a feather bed and furniture. Willoughby shall have the bed that I now lie upon with the green hangings and every one of my sons have what furniture belongeth to the beds. Whereas George and Peter have flock beds, I give them all my geese to be equally divided. What cattle and sheep I have will be equally divided among all my sons. What horses or mares there is to be equally divided. What household stuff to be equally divided among all my sons. What hogs I have shall be equally divided among my sons. What new goods is in my chest and trunk be equally divided between my sonns William, James, and Willoughby. What wearing clothes I have to my son Thomas. All my sons after my death shall all be free to work for themselves. My body to be decently buried by my sons George and John Harrison, who I make Executor.
George Harrison
25 Nov 1713, presented in court by his son George

comments

Date and place of birth have also been (erroneously?) reported to be 1650 at Overwharton, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England (unattested).

sources

• Settlers by the Long Grey Trail: Some Pioneers to Old Augusta County ... By John Houston Harrison page 290 GoogleBooks

links

• https://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/getperson.php?personID=I0227...
• https://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=REG&db=kekake0...
• https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/5348749/person/695...

content to clean up

George Harrison b. c1655, d. 1713 Westmoreland Co., VA, d. bef 25 Nov 1713 Westmoreland Co., VA, m. Elizabeth Duncan

Family

From https://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=REG&db=adgedge...

He married Elizabeth Duncan.

	  Children of George Harrison and Elizabeth Duncan are:

* 2 i. Thomas Harrison.

• + 3 ii. George Harrison was born in , Westmoreland Co., Virginia, and died 1733/1734 in , Westmoreland Co., Virginia.
• 4 iii. John Harrison.
• 5 iv. William Harrison.
• 6 v. James Harrison.
• + 7 vi. Willoughby Harrison died 1749/1750.
• 8 vii. Peter Harrison was born in , Westmoreland Co., Virginia.

DNA studies

This George Harrison is a line starter / patriarch.

http://harrison.jhamedia.com/pats.html

Lineage 5-The Cheshire, England and Westmoreland County, Virginia Harrisons

George Harrison b. c1655, d. 1713 Westmoreland Co., VA, d. bef 25 Nov 1713 Westmoreland Co., VA, m. Elizabeth Duncan

The American founder of this line settled in Virginia in the 1670s, and many descendants of this line have been found in the South--particularly in South Carolina and Alabama. There is a 60/67 marker match to a Harrison family from Tytherington, Cheshire, England. This means that there is a 58% probability of a common Harrison ancestor in the last 16 generations, or since 1600, and a 92% chance of a common Harrison since the year 1400, so there is a definite connection between the Virginia and Cheshire, England branches of this Harrison family. This line is haplogroup R1b1a2.

Results page: http://harrison.jhamedia.com/results.htm

Will summary

Wills of Westmoreland County, Virginia , Page 51

HARRISON, GEORGE, 2 October 1713; 10 December 1713. Sons Thomas, George, John, William, James, Peter, and Willoughby Harrison all my lands and personal property.

Notes

From https://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=adgedge...

! (1) "Genealogies of Virginia Families From Tyler's Quarterly Historical and Genealogical Magazine" (Baltimore, Genealogical Pub. Co., 1981) Vol. II, p.170. (2) Eleanor Edmondson. E-mail: gen-pics@earthlink.net (2008). Cites: (a) "Wills of Westmoreland Co., VA, 1654-1800," by Augusta B. Fothergill (Genealogical Pub. Co., Baltimore, 1973).

! Birth: (1) s/o John HARRISON. [NO]
Marriage to Elizabeth DUNCAN: (1) Anne RUST. (2) Elizabeth DUNCAN. George HARRISON Jr. m. Anne RUST. Death: (1) Will dtd 2 Oct 1713, proved 25 Nov 1713.

(1) 1713, 2 Oct: George HARRISON of Westmoreland Co., VA made his will. (2) Will named no wife. Named sons Thomas, George, John, William, James, Willoughby and Peter. (1) 1713, 25 Nov: Will proved.

Biography

GEORGE HARRISON is said to (MAY) have been the son of JOHN HARRISON, who had a brother Dr. JEREMIAH HARRISON, (b 1718) and they were described as members of a large family widely spread through the Eastern counties of England. "This family had already furnished two emigrants at least, who had founded Harrison Families in Virginia -- BENJAMIN HARRISON, whose descendants furnished two Presidents of the United States, and RICHARD HARRISON, ancestor of the accomplished scholar Burton N. Harrison, private secretary to Jefferson Davis.

"Dr. JEREMIAH HARRISON settled on Queen's Creek, York Co., VA near his kinsman Richard Harrison, but did not survive long. In 1654 Mrs. Frances Harrison, his widow, patented 1000 acres in Westmoreland County and about the same time JOHN HARRISON patented a thousand acres in the same county, failing his heirs to his sister Mrs. Frances Harrison, and failing her heirs to Giles Brent of "Peace" in the same County . . . "

[Frances was the daughter of Thomas Whitgreave and Alice Pitt, daughter of Henry Pitt, Esq. Frances's brother Thomas Whitgreave, Jr., was a Catholic and devotedly attached to the cause of the Stuarts. Thomas, Jr., who married Lady Degges, widow of Sir Simon Degges, was on the list to be knighted by King Charles II, and hid Charles at his manor in Bushbury, Stafford Co., England, when he was a fugitive after the battle of Worcester, until his escape to the Continent.]

Jeremiah's widow Frances, "Mrs. Harrison became the wife of Col. Giles Brent (his 2nd wife) but it appears that she died and had no issue by either marriage.

"It was perhaps otherwise with her brother-in-law JOHN HARRISON. His will has not been found, but there can be little doubt that he was the father of GEORGE HARRISON, who made his will in Westmoreland County, 2 October 1713, which was proved 25 Nov 1713. . ."

There were at least two Harrison families in old Craven District, which became Kershaw and Fairfield Cos., SC -- both from the Northern Neck of Virginia, ours from Westmoreland Co., VA, and the other Burr Harrison family from Frederick/Berkeley Cos., VA. Both had many SC and VA deeds and other records in the same counties.

Our family descends from George Harrison (died 1717, Westmoreland Co., VA) and his wife Elizabeth Duncan/Dunkan, daughter of Peter Dunkan (born 1633 Scotland, died 1696) and his wife Bessie Caldwell, all of Westmoreland Co. Westmoreland Co., birthplace of George Washington, his parents and grandparents, lies on the southwestern side of the Potomac River.

Recently the term "Northern Neck" was clarified for me; it applies to the land lying between the Rappahannock River on the South to the Potomac River on the north. The Potomac goes as far inland as Loudoun Co., VA where I knew my Longley, Bodine, Wilks, and Mead families were in the Northern Neck, but I never realized the term applied primarily to the coastal areas between these two great rivers. (Northern Neck Map)

George Harrison and his wife Elizabeth Duncan (daughter of Peter Dunkan born 1633 in Scotland and wife Bessie Caldwell) of Westmoreland Co., VA, had a son named Willoughby, as did several of their sons. This unusual name established an obvious connection to our William Harrison of SC who had a son Willoughby, as did William's son Reuben.

George Harrison died 1713 in Westmoreland Co., VA, after writing his will in October and its being recorded in November. George is said to be the son of John Harrison.

Elizabeth apparently preceded her husband George Harrison in death, for she was not mentioned in his will naming sons Willoughby, James, George, Thomas, William, John, and Peter. Nor were any daughters mentioned.

County of Westmoreland, VA

Will of George Harrison, dated 2 October 1713

All my land to my sonns Thomas, George, John, William, James, Peter and Willoughby and their heirs to be equally divided. George and John to have their parts where they now live, and my son Willoughby to have his share where my now dwelling plantation is. If any of my sons die without issue, their parts to be equally divided betwixt the rest. In case any of my sons is minded to sell his part, he nor none of them shall sell to noe other person but to his brothers or brother who shall be willing to buy.

My sons George and John have had a bed pott and pewter. Each of the rest of my sons have so much and what remaineth to be equally divided betwixt them.

Thomas shall have a flock bed and my son Peter a flock bed and my sons William, James, and Willoughby shall have each a feather bed and furniture. Willoughby shall have the bed that I now lie upon with the green hangings and every one of my sons have what furniture belongeth to the beds. Whereas George and Peter have flock beds, I give them all my geese to be equally divided. What cattle and sheep I have will be equally divided among all my sons. What horses or mares there is to be equally divided. What household stuff to be equally divided among all my sons. What hogs I have shall be equally divided among my sons. What new goods is in my chest and trunk be equally divided between my sonns William, James, and Willoughby. What wearing clothes I have to my son Thomas. All my sons after my death shall all be free to work for themselves. My body to be decently buried by my sons George and John Harrison, who I make Executor.

George Harrison

25 Nov 1713, presented in court by his son George

When our forebear George Harrison died, he divided his real estate among his sons and directed that if any of them should wish to sell, they must sell only to their brother or brothers. These deeds of sale help to prove the relationships among family members.

The earliest land Westmoreland Co., VA record found for George Harrison.

On 1697, he received a 354-acre grant by Margaret Lady Culpeper and Thomas Lord Fairfax, Proprietors of the Northern Neck of Virginia.

Origins Discussion

not the son of Richard Harrison, of Cumberland County or of Margaret Barber (who married Andrew Harrison)

https://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/getperson.php?personID=I0227... Shows him as son of the 2nd Anthony Harrison by unknown mother Anthony Harrison, Jr., of New Kent County & Rebecca Scott Harrison

However, that is “Harrison Lineage 4” And Y DNA testing suggests different origins to this George.

“Lineage 4 - The Andrew Harrison Line of Cambridgeshire & Virginia

The descendants of Andrew Harrison are discussed in "Andrew Harrison and Other Early Harrisons" by Abner Harrison, http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/%7Eharrisonrep/AbnerH/ANDRT... family is said to have its earliest known origins mentioned in the will of John Harrison of St. Andrews, Cambridgeshire, who died in 1538. This line is haplogroup R-M269.”

“More authorities agree that George, at least, v/as the son of John Harrison who came to Westmoreland Co., Va,, in 1654 with his brother. Dr. Jeremiah and Dr. Jeremiah's wife, the former Frances Wingreave. John and Jeremiah were sons of Henry Harrison of St. Nicholas, Colchester, England. They were related toAnthony; although they were "Gobion Manor" rather than "Goldsmith" Harrisons.Dr. Jeremiah bought land in Queen's Creek, York Co., Va., near his close kinsmen but he did not live long. His widow, Frances, married Giles Brent as his secondwife. There was no issue either marriage. George married and had children: Samuel, Thomas, George (married Anne Rust), John, William, James and Peter Willoughby Harrison.”
”“NO PROOF has been found, however, of a relationship between John Harrison and George, and the wording of the grant may suggest that John was childless.”

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From https://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=helens&...

Citing Harrisons of Dallas Co., Ark.; 17th Century Colonial Ancestors, p. 117; Dau. of Amer. Colonists V5, p. 307, 4910; Heitman'sRegister of Officers in the Continental Army; Va. Magazine of History, v. 55; Transallegeheny Pioneers; PA Archives (checkindexes of 3 and 6 series); History of Westmoreland Co., Pa., edited by George Dallas Albert; Tenn. Cousins, by Worth S. Ray, p. 501 !Internet, Aug., 1996: :

Anthony came to Virginia by 1650 accompanied or induced to come through the efforts of SamuelBONNAM. George was listed as a child of Anthony (ID# 987) by Tenn Cousins but other references indicated George (ID# 1015) is a child of John Harrison. We are currently using Otey's conclusions on this family. More research is necessary to determine actual ancestry. See further records on ID# 6346.Anthony + (Jr) who migrated with his father to Virginia along with cousin Benjamin (alegedly the ancestor of Ben the Signer)

notes

(1) "Genealogies of Virginia Families From Tyler's Quarterly Historical and Genealogical Magazine" (Baltimore, Genealogical Pub. Co., 1981) Vol. II, p.170.

(2) Eleanor Edmondson. E-mail: gen-pics@earthlink.net (2008). Cites: (a) "Wills of Westmoreland Co., VA, 1654-1800," by Augusta B. Fothergill (Genealogical Pub. Co., Baltimore, 1973).

! Birth: (1) s/o John HARRISON.

Marriage to Elizabeth DUNCAN: (1) Anne RUST. (2) Elizabeth DUNCAN. George HARRISON Jr. m. Anne RUST. Death: (1) Will dtd 2 Oct 1713, proved 25 Nov 1713.

(1) 1713, 2 Oct: George HARRISON of Westmoreland Co., VA made his will. (2) Will named no wife. Named sons Thomas, George, John, William, James, Willoughby and Peter.

(1) 1713, 25 Nov: Will proved.