Dee,
I finally found my copies of the Harrison chapter in Virginia Genealogies
Vol. III. This is what it says:
"Cuthbert Harrison, of Prince William County, born ____, died about 1771.
He was colonel of the militia in Prince William County. He married Nov 19,
1738, Frances Osborne, daughter of Matthew and Frances (Osborne) Barnes.
He died about 1771, and if he made a will it does not appear in the
fragmentary records of Prince Wm Co. There is a record in that county,
under date Feb 1, 1771, a division of the estate of Col. Cuthbert Harrison,
deceased, between his widow Frances, and his children Seth, Cuthbert,
Frances, Ann and Mrs. Elizabeth Scott. He had issue;
Elizabeth, born Feb 16, 1740, married James Scott and died Nov 9, 1823;
Seth, born May 14, 1742, died unmarried 1783;
John, born August 18 1744; no farther information;
Cuthbert, born Aug 28, 1747, died in 1783, unmarried. He is stated to
have removed to Kentucky & a copy of his will proved there in 1787. His
will dated Oct 28, 1778, and proved in Prince William Feb 7, 1780. He gave
his sister Seth Harrison the land taken up by his grandfather, Thomas
Harrison; made bequests to his sisters Frances and Ann, and Sarah Harrison,
and Elizabeth Scott, and directed his land in the branches of Chappawamsic,
Stafford County, to be sold;
Frances, born Aug 11, 1749, married ____ Short;
Ann, born Jan 12, 1752, died unmarried 1783. Her will was proved in
Prince William Dec 1, 1783. Legacies: to sister Seth Harrison, sister
Elizabeth, sister Frances Short, Nephew Thomas Harrison, Nephew James
Scott, Frances Barnes Harrison, Mary Ann daughter of Col. Burr Harrison,
Mary Stuart Alexander, daughter of Col. Wm. Alexander, James and Nancy,
children of her sister Elizabeth Scott, and refers to her deceased brother
Cuthbert Harrison;
Sarah born July 26, 1754, died Dec 16, 1742, married on Dec 9, 1775 he
cousin Rev. Thomas Harrison.
Linda
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> From: DeAnna Fisher <[email protected]>
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: CUTHBERT HARRISON
> Date: Monday, June 09, 1997 2:49 PM
>
> I guess I started this confusion !! I have heard from some of you and I
have
> checked some WFT CDs since I first posted the question and it seems to me
that
> there may have been some mistakes made long ago which have been
perpetuated
> through the years.
>
> This documentation should be absolute proof that Cuthbert HARRISON of
Prince
> William Co. Va. married the widow of Thomas OSBORNE who died abt 1737.
Any
> marriage record would use her married name Osborne, who is she ??
Apparently
> some people think that Cuthbert married Frances OSBORNE in 1739 <right
time
> frame> but list her father as BARNES. Could she be Frances (nee Barnes)
> Osborne ?? Did someone get the names backwards ?? Does anyone have a clue
that
> might help me find out the name of the widow Osborne who married Cuthbert
> Harrison??
> Notes
> Prince William Co., Book M, pps. 117-118; Lease and Release--Oct. 20,
1750.
> John Randolph of Prince William Co. Va. Planter, and Ann, his wife, one
of the
> daughters and co-heirs of the late Thomas Osborne, of this county, Gent.,
> dec'd, parties of the one part, lease and release to Cuthbert Harrison of
the
> other part, all that undivided share and the part of the said John
Randolph
> and Ann, his wife, in that plantation whereon the said Cuthbert Harrison
now
> liveth, and all and every land belonging to the said Thomas
Osborne...which
> upon his death descended and came to his daughters and co-heirs of the
said
> Thomas Osborne's widow, who has since intermarried and is now the wife of
> Cuthbert Harrison.
>
> Notes
> Nelson County Records:
> Deed: 24 Nov 1810 - P of A Wm Hughes and wife Mildred, Thos. Randolph
and
> wife Mary, & JOhn Hughes, Wm Bland & wife Sarah, Osborn Bland & wife
Lettica,
> Samuel Bland & wife Mary Ann, Daniel Bland & wife Elizabeth, Isaac Bland,
> appoint John Bland to recover from Thos. Osborn, decd. estate, being our
> Grandfather, we the heirs of Margaret Bland, wife of JOhn Bland, decd (3
> legatees of Thomas Osborn
> estate; Margaret Bland, Nancy Randolph, Mary Hendley to recover of
Cuthbert
> Harrison husband of widow of said Osborn in Prince William Co, VA.
>
> Thanks
> Dee <[email protected]>
>
>