Richard Harrison

Richard HARRISON

• ____ - 1603
• *Repository ID Number: I974
• RESIDENCE: Lancaster, ENG; Accomac Co. VA
• DEATH: 1603, Accomac Co., VA [S9]
• RESOURCES: See: (SEE NOTES), [S9] [S461]
• Father: Peter HARRISON Of Cambridge
• Family 1 : Margaret PILKINGTON MARRIAGE: 1583, Standish In Lancaster Co., ENG [S9] Children
• + Benjamin HARRISON I (perhaps) Benjamin Harrison, I
• Peter HARRISON

Notes

http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~harrisonrep/genealogy/Harrison/d0065...

Richard was Master's Mate aboard Bartholomew Gilbert's vessel the "Adventurer", the ship sent to search for the lost colony of Roanoke Island. Richard and the Master, Bartholomew Gilbert were allegedly killed by Indians(native.american,inhabitants). Richard was the first white person killed by the Indians(native.americans) in the Colony of Virginia by Worth S. Ray, Pub. 1984.

“A house of Harrison“ by Murphy, Catherine May Bell Harrison, 1913- page 7. Archive.Org

5. Worth S. Ray, in his book "Tennessee Cousins", thinks Benjamin Harrison, Clerk of the Council, was son of Richard Harrison, the Master's Mate who was killed in 1603 by Indians on the Virginia coast. Richard left money with a brother, Peter Harrison of Warmington, only for a son, Peter. No mention was made of a son, Benjamin. There is a strange coincidence to back up Worth S. Ray's claim. Richard Harrison married Margaret Pilkington. A Margaret Pilkington and her husband, William, were found living next to Benjamin Harrison, Clerk of the Council, in Virginia - as a mother or a close relative, would follow to a new country and settle nearby.

References

• “Tennessee Cousins: A History of Tennessee People.” By Worth Stickley Ray. Page 505. GoogleBooks
• https://thedearsurprise.com/duties-of-the-sailing-master-and-master... “ Duties of the Sailing Master and Master’s Mate”
• Project Gutenberg's Ships & Ways of Other Days, by Edward Keble Chatterton link