Joseph Harrison

Joseph Harrison

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He married Dorcas Ward Harrison.

His children were Stephen, Ichabod, Phebe, Dorcas Williams, and Sarah.
His burial is, as per family (Genealogies of New Jersey Families, Volume 1), at the old Burying Grounds at Newark.
Source: Early Bergen County Families, by Pat Wardell, page 5, and
http://www.axtell-surname.org.uk/fam18241.html

HARRISON HERITAGE, p. 146 JUNE 1981

The Founders And Builders Of The Oranges

JOSEPH HARRISON (2),second child of Joseph (1) and Dorcas (Ward) Harrison, was born in 1697 and lived in what is now Orange. He married, first, Martha Sargeant and, second, Mary Tompkins, daughter of Micah. His children were: Hannah, born 1714, married Samuel Williams, son of Samuel; Dorcas, born 1725, married Benjamin Lindsley; David, married Sarah Day, second, Phebe Dod; Phebe, married Samuel Pierson; Martha, married Josiah Quinby; Mary, married Judge John Peck; Sarah, born 1836, married David Dod, son of John; Joannah, married Cornelius Jones; Elizabeth, married Jonathan Williams; Richard, born 1743; Jared, born 1745; Joseph, born 1747; Lydia, born 1750, married Zebulon Jones.

NATHANIEL HARRISON, fourth child of Joseph (1) and Dorcas (Ward) Harrison, was born in 1705 and died in 1779. His farm was located in East Orange, on the ridge through which Harrison Street now runs. The name of his wife is not known. His children were: Stephen, Ichabod, Phebe, Dorcas, married Capt. Thomas Williams, Sarah.

Stephen, the eldest son of Nathaniel, married Lydia, daughter of Matthew Williams, and had Abigail, Joseph, Abial, Martha, married Jabez Pierson, Mary, Eunice, Rufus.

Abial, son of Stephen, married Elizabeth Lyon, and had Lydia, Stephen, Sarah, Abby, Hannah, Elizabeth, Eliza, Richard B., born August 9, 1806.

(The Founders and Builders of the Oranges is by Henry Whittmore, 1896)

Married

1. Dorcas Ward (1662-1738). Daughter of Sgt. John Ward & Sarah Hill.

Children

1. Elizabeth. Married Caleb Baldwin.
2. Phebe. Married John Ward.
3. Mary. Married unknown Saffron.
4. Richard (1691-1786).
5. Joseph (1697-1779). Married 1) Martha Sareant; 2) Mary Tompkins.
6. Stephen (1698-1786). Married Joanna.
7. Nathaniel (1705-1779). Married unknown.

Sources

• 238. Harrisons of New Jersey - a Partial Genealogy, Jean Harrison Stokes Childs, self published - Mrs. Benjamin R. Childs, Newville, PA; 1990.
• 10. Condit Family Records, currently in the possession of David Condit; previously in the possession of Norman I. Condit. Family sheets collect for 1916 update of Condit genealogy, handwritten notes collected by Norman I. Condit, letters and genealogy sheets submitted by individuals to the Condit Family Association. These items collected since approximately 1885 and maintained by Condit and Cousins following the demise of the Condit Family Association.

Links

• http://www.condit-family.com/ps01/ps01_427.html