I12801: William F. BURKS (1838

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John Bennett Boddie, Historical Southern Families Vol IX, Genealogic Pub. Co., Baltimore, 1965.

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HARRISON OF JAMES RIVER

(See H.S.F., Volume V, p. 74, revised as follows:)

Robert Harrison, son of Benjamin4 Harrison and his wife, Anne Carter Harrison, was b. ca 1732, Charles City Co., and d. 1788. He attended William & Mary College with his brothers, Carter, Henry, and Nathaniel. He m. 1754, Elizabeth Hill. He removed from Charles City Co., ca 1765, with his young family, and established a residence on a six hundred acre tract known as Bicars and Curetons on Tar Bay of the James River in Prince George Co., directly across the river from Berkeley, which his father, Benjamin Harrison, had purchased in 1733, and where he d. in 1788. The Bicars tract continued to be held and occupied by his descendants until 1926.

Children:

1. Robert Harrison, Jr., b. Charles City Co., 2/11/ 1755, d. Prince George Co., 7/8/1797. Pvt. 15th, and 5th and 11th Va. Reg. of Foot, 1777-1779, Rev. War. He m. 4712/1777, Henrietta Maria Hardyman, b. 2/14/1751, d. 8/17/1836, dau. of William and Angelica Epes Hardyman. Issue: Seven children.

2. Sally Harrison, m. 11/13/1780, Thomas Mattox. Issue: Nine children.

3. Susanna Harrison, m. Jesse Binford.

4. Mary Harrison, assumed d.s.p. post 1792.

5. Duke Harrison, assumed d.s.p. ante 1811.

NOTE: This revision shows Robert Harrison, ca 1732-1788, as being the son of Benjamin Harrison of Berkeley, and not the York River Robert Harrison, of the same era, so placed by Keith, Stanard, and Boddie.

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NOTES ON THE YORK RIVER HARRISONS

The York River Harrison family was founded by Robert Harrison, b. 1603, in London, and who settled in York Co., in the early 1600's, about the same time that Benjamin Harrison, founder of the James River Harrison family appeared in Surry Co., and Jamestown. The will of Robert Harrison was proved in York Co. Court, 4/10/1667. The early generations of the York River family seem to have intermarried with the Braxton family of King William, and with the Minge and Collier families in the Weyanoke area, in the eastern part of James City and Charles City Counties, where these families were large land holders.

There seems to have been a Robert in each succeeding generation of the York River Harrisons. Robert Harrison of Charles City Co., m. Elizabeth Collier and had two sons: Collier Harrison and Braxton Harrison.

Collier Harrison of "Kittewan", m. Christiana Shields, widow of David Minge, from whom came "Kittewan," long a Minge holding. Issue: one dau., Elizabeth Collier Harrison. He m. (2) Bersheba Bryant. Issue: Braxton Harrison and Robert Carter Harrison. In his will, (proven Charles City Co., 7/20/1808), Braxton Harrison, d.s.p., bequeathed his place, "Farmer's Rest," several miles east of "Kittewan," to his namesake nephew, Braxton Harrison, II.

In his will, (proven Charles City Co., 2/15/1810), Collier Harrison of "Kittewan" bequeathed slaves, etc., to his daughter, Elizabeth, recognized his son, Braxton, as having inherited "Farmer's Rest," and bequeathed "Kittewan" to his son, Robert. He named among the executors, and guardian of his children, "my friend Mr. Benj. Harrison of Berkeley." This was Benjamin Harrison, VI, father of Benjamin Carter Harrison, who married Elizabeth Collier Harrison about the time of the will of Collier Harrison. So far as is known, this was the first intermarriage between the James River and the York River Harrisons.

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Harrison Genealogy Repository

William F. BURKS

1838 - ____

Repository ID Number: I12801

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Francis E. CONRAD

____ - 6 May 1900

Repository ID Number: I16122

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Robert HARRISON

ABT 1730 - BEF 1771

Repository ID Number: I444

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John Quincy POTTER

1849 - ____

Repository ID Number: I18492

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