Hannah Harrison

Not the same as Hannah Calvert

Haunted Berkeley Plantation

Benjamin Harrison IV met his death at Berkley Plantation one rainy night when he tried to close a jammed window and was struck by lightning and killed instantly. Unfortunately, two of Harrison’s daughters, including one carrying the infant Benjamin Harrison V, had come to his aid and were struck by the lightning as well, dying at their father’s side. The baby survived and went on to his place in history.

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Contributed by Carolyn Whitaker

• Will of Benjamin Harrison written 17 Oct 1743 Charles City County, Virginia
• names wife Ann
• son Henry dead and buried on Berkley Plantation (to be decently buried on Berkley Plantation near my little dear son Henry's grave)
• son Benjamin
• son Carter Henry
• son Henry
• son Robert
• son Nathaniel
• son Charles
• daughter Betty - (see below obtained letters of administration, who married in 1746 Peyton Randolph, 1st President of Continental Congress, had no children)
• daughter Anne (married William Randolph III of Wilton, see below obtained letters of administration)
• daughter Lucy (see Maryland newspaper, 1745 struck by lightening)
• daughter Hannah (see Maryland newspaper, 1745 struck by lightening)

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Maryland Gazette, Annapolis, July 18, 1745

Last Friday evening July 12 a most terrible accident happened in Charles City County; when a violent thunder gust arose, and lightning struck the house of Col. Benjamin Harrison, of Berkley, which kill'd him, and his two youngest daughters. He lived some minutes, but tho' a vein was opened by Dr Monger who happened to be on the spot, and was knock'd down by the lightning, but received little damage, it proved in vain, and he expired without speaking a word. His two daughters died instantly. The most melancholy affair was given a general concern, and particularly to all who were acquainted with the deceased. Col. Harrison had been many years a worthy representative of his county in assembly, and first in the commission of the peace, and his daughters very promising young ladies.

• Reference: Ancestry Genealogy - SmartCopy: Mar 11 2018, 23:18:27 UTC
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