Becky,
Thanks for this interesting bit of info. I wanted to ask, is that a
typo in the date in the article's title? You have 1779-1771, should that
just be reversed or should it be 1679-1771? I know the Burr mentioned
couldn't be the Burr born 1661 but he did marry a Letice GREEN so it's
interesting that this article links the Harrisons and Greens in this
"heresy".
Linda
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From: Becky Bonner <[email protected]>
To: [email protected] <[email protected]>;
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Date: Saturday, February 28, 1998 7:49 AM
Subject: Burr Harrison - 1770 Baptist
>I am not certain which Burr Harrison the following is referring to but came
>across it in my hunt for my BASS ancestors. The BASYE named below was of
>Prince William, Fauquier and Culpeper Co. VA. Some of these descendants
>removed to Bourbon Co. KY.
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>Virginia Historical Magazine, vol. XXXV, p 390-392 in the article entitled
>"The Baptists in Fauquier County, 1779-1771" [cited in The Basye Family in
>the United States" by Otto Basye.
>"The account book of Peter Hitt was for many years in the possession of
>members of that family and is now in the hands of the Fauquier Historicial
>Society. Its chief value consist in the light thrown by most of the
>extracts upon the state of the Baptist Church in Fauquier County, Virginia.
> The extract shows that as early as 1770-1771, the PICKETTS, MAUZYS,
>WITHERS, BURR HARRISON, the GREENS, ASHLEYS, PAYNES and BASYES, all of whom
>were families of prominence in Fauquier, had left the church of England and
>had connected themselves with the Baptist church."
>
>Perhaps some looking in the Baptist church records can help elucidate some
>of our mysteries. Linda Cassidy-Lewis line surely has the naming pattern
>of the Burr Harrison line of Stafford/Prince William/Fauquier Co. VA. What
>is also interesting is that from Culpeper, the Baptists swarmed into SC to
>further their missionary work. I don't think they were much liked in VA
:-)
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>becky
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>Becky Bass Bonner Email: [email protected]
>Home of the *HARRISON* Repository
>http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~harrisonrep/
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>Data Managed by me and my mom Josephine Lindsay Bass ([email protected])
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