Thomas Harrison (1723 - 1756)

Born 3 Mar 1723 in Chappawamsic, Prince William County, Virginia

Ancestors

Husband of Anne Waye (Peyton) Harrison — married 2 Jul 1747 in Stafford, Virginia

Descendants

Died Feb 1756 at age 32 in Stafford, Stafford County, Virginia

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Biography

Thomas Harrison of Stafford County, Virginia was born March 3, 1723^[1] to Burr and Ann (Barnes) Harrison.^[2]

Burr Harrison of Prince William County (born May 21, 1699; died October 18, 1790) was the son of Thomas Harrison. On July 31, 1722, he married Ann, daughter of Matthew Barnes of Maryland. Thomas was their firstborn child.^[3][4]

Thomas Harrison married Ann Waye, daughter of John Peyton, on July 2, 1747^[5][6][7] in Overwharton Parish, Stafford County.^[8] Two sons, John Peyton Harrison and Valentine Harrison, were named in the will of Ann's father, John Peyton.^[9]

• John Peyton Harrison (grandfather's will)^[10]
• Valentine Harrison (grandfather's will)
• Thomas Harrison (family record)
• (not a son: Daniel Harrison^[11])
• Elizabeth
• Seth
• Cuthbert^[12]
• Frances^[13]
• Anna^[14]

Peytons of Virginia

Peyton Society of Virginia (no sources listed for the following information)

Anne Waye Peyton (c1731-1756), daughter of John Peyton, H Line, #H-2 in Peytons of Virginia II, Volume Two, page 430: married Thomas Harrison, 2 July 1747, Overwharton Parish, Stafford County, Virginia and had four children:^[15]

1. Burr Harrison (born c1748)^[15]
2. [Rev.] Thomas Harrison (born 2 October 1750)^[15]
3. John Peyton Harrison (born after 1750)^[15]
4. Valentine Peyton Harrison (born after 1751), "He served as a 2nd Lt., 2nd VA regiment, 1776-78^[15]

Sources

1. ↑ p 444, Bible record
2. ↑ p 331
3. ↑ p 331
4. ↑ oddly, their son Burr married Mary Ann, daughter of Matthew Barnes, in September 1760, according to account on p 98... something off?
5. ↑ from Marriage Records of the City of Fredericksburg, and of Orange, Spotsylvania, and Stafford Counties, Virginia, 1722-1850, Second Edition, compiled and edited by Therese A. Fisher:
   

   "HARRISON, Thomas (s/o Burr Harrison & Ann Barnes) & Anne Peyton (d/o John Peyton) ; 2 Jul 1747 (StM)" [Stafford County Marriage]

6. ↑ p 444, Overwharton Register
7. ↑ also listed on this page (transcript of Overwharton Parish Register)
8. ↑ "Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940," database, (FamilySearch : 11 February 2018), Thomas Harrison and Ann Peyton, 02 Jul 1747; citing Overwharton Parish, Stafford, Virginia, reference ; FHL microfilm 6,104,724.
9. ↑ p 444, other children listed do not have such solid proof
10. ↑ p 99 says he married (1) Frances, daughter of John Peyton and (2) Elizabeth, daughter of Yelverton Peyton (citing Hayden)
11. ↑ had been listed, p 444, citing "(Hayden, but without giving authority)" ; p 99 shows Dr. Daniel Harrison as a son of John Peyton Harrison & a correction: "Dr. Daniel Harrison was not a son of [this Thomas Harrison] as previously stated."
12. ↑ profile detached as son of Thomas (d 1756) and Anne Waye Peyton (died 1751); profile for Cuthbert shows birth in 1757.
13. ↑ profile detached as daughter of Thomas (d 1756) and Anne Waye Peyton (died 1751); profile for Frances shows birth in 1759
14. ↑ Since creating the bio listing his children, a profile for a daughter Anna has been attached. Both Frances and Anna, according to their WikiTree profiles, were born well after their father died (acccording to the death date in his profile). ^{[citation needed]} for all three dates. Death date for Thomas is omitted from source (p 444) that says Elizabeth, Seth, Cuthbert, and Frances are his children, from an "account, evidently by one who was well informed".
15. ↑ ^{15.0 15.1 15.2 15.3 15.4} Peytons of Virginia II, Volumes One and Two (2004, plus additional data edition 70 [March 24, 2013] : Peyton Society of Virginia).

• "Harrison of Northern Virginia (Continued)," The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 23, No. 4 (Oct., 1915), pp. 443-445 (Published by: Virginia Historical Society)
• "Harrison of Northern Virginia (Continued)," The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 23, No. 3 (Jul., 1915), pp. 331-333 (Published by: Virginia Historical Society)
• "Harrison of Northern Virginia (Continued)," The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 24, No. 1 (Jan., 1916), pp. 97-99 (Published by: Virginia Historical Society)
• A Brief History of the First Harrisons of Virginia, Descendants... By Henry Tazewell Harrison

Note

If the death date on this profile (February 1756) is correct, then the surmise in this book (see page 106) is wrong & the Reverend Thomas Harrison who died (probably) 1802 was not born 1723. I would suppose that Thomas born 1723 was this Thomas's father. Noland-165 21:52, 4 October 2014 (EDT)

(p 99 mentions Rev. Thomas Harrison)

Acknowledgements

• The WikiTree profile Harrison-486 was created through the import of Farmer Meanderings.ged on 31 January 2011. Source was Ancestry Family Trees (Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members).