John
Harrison
Born about in West Kirby, Cheshire, England
Ancestors 
Son of Richard Harrison Sr.
and Margaret (Picke) Harrison
Brother of
Richard Harrison Jr, Robert Harrison, Margaret Harrison, Elizabeth (Harrison) Morris, Anna Harrison, Thomas Harrison, Ellen (Harrison) Thompson, Samuel Harrison and Maria (Harrison) Pierson
Husband of
Katherine (Unknown) Harrison
— married
4 May 1653 in Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut Colony
Descendants 
Died
at about age 33
in Wethersfield, Connecticut
Profile last modified
| Created 30 Nov 2010
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Biography
John Harrison was born in West Kirby, Cheshire, England in 1633. he emigrated to Boston in 1641 with his family.
"John Haryson" married "Catcherin" at Wethersfield, Connecticut on 4 May 1653.[1]
Children Rebecca, Sarah, Mary.
Death 3 Aug 1665[2]
HARRISON, JOHN, Wethersfield, merchant, freeman of Conn. 1657, d. 3 Aug. 1666, leaving large estate, three daughters: Rebecca, Mary, and Sarah. His widow Catharine, of unpleasant temper, was indict. as a witch, and found guilty; but the Court had more sense than the jury, set aside the verdict, and advised the prisoner to remain out of the reach of her timid or malignant neighbours. [3]
Sources
- ↑ "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPQZ-PP8G : 21 September 2019), John Haryson in entry for Catcherien, 4 May 1653; citing Marriage, Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, British Colonial America, Compiled by Lucius A. and Lucius B. Barbour, housed at State Library, Hartford, Connecticut; FHL microfilm 008272251.
- ↑ Stiles: Families of Anc. Weth.
- ↑ A Genealogical Dictionary of The First Settlers of New England, Before 1692. Volume #2 By James Savage http://www.usgennet.org/usa/topic/newengland/savage/bk2/harris-hasey.htm
- Stiles, Henry Reed. Families of Ancient Wethersfield Connecticut; Consisting of the History of Ancient Wethersfield, Comprising the Present Towns of Wethersfield, Rocky Hill, and Newington; and of Glastonbury Prior to Its Incorporation in 1693, from Date of Earliest Settlement Until the Present Time, with Extensive Genealogies and Genealogical Notes on Their Families. Vol II. (1904).At HathiTrust p 416
- U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s
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Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 67 markers, haplogroup RM269, FTDNA kit #N56000 - Glennon Harrison :
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On 10 Nov 1680, "Josiah Hunt Sometime husband of Rebecka Hunt Late deceased Daughter of John and Keatheran Harison Somtimes of wethersfeild in New England And Theophilus Turford Husband of mary Turford Daughter of the aforenamed John and Keatheran Harison and Thomas Vaile Husband of Sarah Vaile Daughter also of the aforenamed John and Keatheran Harrison beeing all of the Jurisdiction and Colony of new york" sold to "John woodbridge of weathersfeild" a homested in Wethersfield "which formerly Appurtained unto our aforenamed father in Law John Harrisson Deceased" (Wethersfield Land Records, Vol 3, Pt 1, p. 91).
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