Lord of Gobions Manor Thomas Harrison, of St. Giles

Benjamin Harrison, I Is not proven as his son

Thomas Harrison (son of Robert Harrison and Elizabeth Fitzgiffory) was born 1568 in St Giles,Northamptonshire,England, and died 1625 in St Giles,Northamptonshire,England.

He married Elizabeth Bernard, daughter of Francis Bernard and Alice Haselwood.

Children of Thomas Harrison and Elizabeth Bernard Include:

1. Elizabeth Harrison, b. 1623,

Biography

From https://en.everybodywiki.com/Thomas_Harrison,_Lord_of_Gobion%27s_Manor

Thomas Harrison was born in Gobion's Manor, St. Giles, Northamptonshire in 1568. His parents were Robert Harrison and Elizabeth Fitz-Geffery. His father was a descendant of the noble Harrison family, tracing their lineage all the way back to Norse Vikings that had arrived in England with King Cnut the Great. He had purchased the 300 acre Gobion's Manor from the noble Turpin family, thus becoming Lord of the Manor. When his father died in 1598, Thomas succeeded him as the Lord of Gobion's Manor.

In 1581, at the age of 13, Thomas married Elizabeth Bernard, a descendant of Joan of Acre, daughter of Edward I of England

In 1621, Lord Harrison sold his estate to the Corporation of Northampton, although the exact reason remains unclear. In 1625, at, the age of 57, the Lord of Gobion's Manor died in his own estate. His wife, Elizabeth, outlived him by 5 years, dying in London in 1630.

Issue

Thomas Harrison married Elizabeth Bernard and had 9 children:

• Benjamin Harrison I (1593-1677): Emigrated to Jamestown, Virginia, in 1630, founder of the Harrison family of Virginia. Married Mary Stringer. ?????
• Thomas Harrison II
• Richard Harrison son of Thomas married Alice Winnard 23rd of Sept 1562, birth of daughter in Grace in Garstang 1565, married William Pye .The Pye family are still living in Lancashire 2017.
• Elizabeth Harrison William
• Ann Bernard Harrison
• Johnathan Harrison
• Ursula Harrison
• Francis Harrison
• William Harrison: Had a son, Edward.

Legacy

Thomas Harrison symbolized the end of an era in the Harrison family. In other words, it was a transition from being an English noble family, with a pedigree dating from 1374, to an immigrant family. Benjamin Harrison I founded a prominent family in the Americas, while others of his children and family left England for the New World

Links

• http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/s/p/a/Marilyn-J-Spangenb...

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