Thomas Harrison II (1704 - 1774)

Born 1704 in Stafford, Colony of Virginia

Ancestors

Descendants

Died Dec 1774 at about age 70 in Stafford, Colony of Virginia

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Biography

Col Thomas Harrison IV, husband of Ann Grayson Quarles Harrison; son of Col Thomas Harrison III, grandson of Burr Harrison II, great-grandson of Cuthbert Harrison I of Westminster, London, England who immigrated to Virginia. Believed to be buried in the historic Harrison Family Cemetery that is contained within the grounds of the Quantico National Cemetery and Marine Base in Virginia. The government acquired 50,000 acres in 1942 to expand the Marine Base, and with it took over many old family cemeteries. Most of the original markers for the Harrison ancestors buried here no longer exit, however descendants placed a Memorial Marker recognizing a few of those believed to be buried on the grounds of the old Harrison family plantation that was then located in what was part of Stafford County. ^[1]

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Death

Death:

Date: DEC 1773

SDATE 15 DEC 1773

Place: Fauquier Co., VA, US

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Sources

1. ↑ Find A Grave Memorial# 74802936

• Source: S1781 Abbreviation: Harrison of Northern Virginia Title: Harrison of Northern Virginia (Virginia Historical Magazine Vol 23.) Subsequent Source Citation Format: Harrison of Northern Virginia BIBL Harrison of Northern Virginia. Virginia Historical Magazine Vol 23. Note: Call number: TMPLT TID 0 FIELD Name: Footnote VALUE Harrison of Northern Virginia (Virginia Historical Magazine Vol 23.) FIELD Name: ShortFootnote VALUE Harrison of Northern Virginia FIELD Name: Bibliography VALUE Harrison of Northern Virginia. Virginia Historical Magazine Vol 23.

• Source: S-235326442 Repository: #R-846336025 Title: Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Page: Ancestry Family Tree Data: Text: http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=75498298&pid=30

1774 Will

Last Will & Testament of Thomas Harrison, Gentleman, deceased.

Bequests:

Son William - slaves, land

Son Thomas - slave, land, money

Son Burr - slaves, land

Son Benjamin - old plantation, mill and land

Daughter Susannah Gibson - slaves, money

Daughter Mary Fowkes - slaves and money

Daughter Ann Gillison - slaves and money

Son-in-law Jonathan Gibson - cancellation of a debt

Son-in-law Chandler Fowke - cancellation of loans

Grandchildren mentioned - Thomas Gibson, John Gibson, Benjamin Harrison (s/o Burr), Thomas Harrison Fowke, John Gillison, Burr Harrison (s/o Wm), Jonathan Catlett Gibson, Ann Harrison Fowkes, Lucy Harrison (d/o Wm), Ann Grayson Gibson.

Executors - Sons William and Benjamin, and son-in-law Jonathan Gibson

Book: Five Generations of the Family of Burr Harrison of Virginia, 1650-1800

Author: John P. Alcock, Heritage Books, 2008.

also Abstracts of Fauquier County Virginia, Wills

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External File

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Title: HarrisonburgVirginia

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Leads

From Landmarks of Old Prince William, Volumes I & II, by Fairfax Harrison. Publication sponsored by the Prince William County Historical Commission. 1987 (Originally printed 1924, Richmond, Virginia.)

• pp 345-346, footnote 99. Thomas Harrison, the younger, was a son of Thomas Harrison of Chipawansic (ante., p 338 [see his father's profile]) and a grandson of the ambassador to the Piscataways. He makes his appearance as 'Thomas Harrison, jr.' in 1733, when he served the office of Sheriff of Prince William, and thereafter is so designated with his father in several commissions for Prince William until, after his father's death in 1746, he succeeded him as 'first' in the County Court and probably also as County Lieutenant....

Acknowledgements

• WikiTree profile Harrison-1298 created through the import of Foster-Volkenant.ged by Terry Foster on May 31, 2011 .
• WikiTree profile Harrison-8198 was created by Debra Downs through the import of Maret Family Tree.ged on Dec 4, 2015.