Captain
William
Harrison
Born about in Stafford County, Virginia Colony
Ancestors 
Son of Thomas Harrison
and Anne (UNKNOWN) Harrison
Brother of
Burr Harrison Sr [half], Frances (Harrison) Peyton [half], Thomas Harrison II, Frances (Harrison) McMillion [half], Sarah Elizabeth (Harrison) Bullitt [half] and Cuthbert Harrison
Husband of
Sarah (Hawley) Lewis
— married
1702 in Overwharton, Stafford County, Virginia
Descendants 
Father of
William Harrison Jr., Sybil (Harrison) West, George Harrison, Sarah Hawley (Harrison) Lewis and Mary Harrison
Died
at about age 63
in Stafford County, Virginia Colony
Profile last modified
| Created 6 Aug 2010
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Biography
William Harrison is not specifically stated to be a son of Thomas Harrison in any public or Bible record which is known to exist: but the accounts preserved in the family state him to be.[1]
William Harrison with Thomas Harrison and others obtained a grant of land in Stafford County in 1706. He was appointed a justice of Prince William County in 1731 and was vestryman of Overwharton Parish, Stafford County, in 1746. The index to the lost Stafford deed book 1729-1748 refers to the inventory of the estate of William Harrison, deceased, so he probably died in Stafford between 1746-1748.
The late Rev. Douglas Forrest D.D. stated that William Harrison married Sarah Hawley and had issue.
Birth
- 1702-09-13 Stafford,, Virginia, USA
Death
- 1 JUL 1724 Stafford Co., VA, US[2]
Sources
- ↑ "Harrison of Northern Virginia (Continued)." The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography 23, no. 3 (1915): 331-33. Accessed March 31, 2020. www.jstor.org/stable/4243458.
- ↑ Family Tree by Ruby Williams Rucker Title: Family Tree by Ruby Williams Rucker (May 29, 1994)
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with William:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with William:
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~0.39%
James McClure
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A068083 [compare], Ancestry member Butch419
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T884702 [compare], FTDNA kit #157220
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~0.39%
Mary (Hudson) Byrd :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member nannabyrd78
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~0.39%
Janet (Manley) Derting :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member JanetReed69
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~0.39%
George Beers :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch T187263 [compare]
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~0.39%
Betty (Harrell) Gerlack :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member gerlackb
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~0.39%
Joey Eubank :
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Rejected matches › William Harrison (abt.1678-)
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His Geni profile has different parents for him:
https://www.geni.com/people/Captain-William-Harrison-I/6000000009074155256?through=6000000000953551242
From the marriage of Burr, II, and Mary Smith or a subsequent marriage unchronicled wr born two sons, William III, who married Sarah Hawley, and Thomas III, born Sept 7, 1665, who became an officer in Stafford County, Virginia, in 1700, where his name appears July 10, 1700 with the names of John Washington, Rice Hooe, George Mason and others "Of his Majesty's officers both civil and military" in a petition for protection against the indians.
Lineage 36-The Cuthbert Harrison Line of Barnwell, South Carolina and Georgia
Cuthbert Harrison b. 11 Jan 1606 England, m. Susanna-Ken Harrison [Ken5921 AT aol.com]
Burr Harrison b. 3 Jan 1637 England, d. abt 1706 VA, m. Frances Burdette
William Harrison b. 1667 SC, d. VA, m. Sarah Hawley
Thomas Harrison b. 1718 VA, d. 1755 SC, m1. Mary , d. abt 1757, m2. Hannah Sealy
James Harrison b. abt 1725, d. abt Mar 1800 Edgefield Co., SC, m. Ann
If you notice, it's all the same family...just misconnected according to the above.
edited by Debbie Gambrell
In 2019, someone changed the birth info on the profile for Anne Unknown attached as his mother from about 1680 to about 1670 to resolve the error, instead of changing parents. While I agree with the Harrison researchers who place this William as son of Burr, there isn't a reliable source for that relationship either.
Text from that page is accurately quoted, but appears to be in error... clicking the links for the names given as father and son - Burr Harrison II and Thomas Harrison III - arrives at Burr Harrison I with sons Thomas I & Burr II (Burr I married to "Frances (Mary) BURDETTE"). Clicking through to Burr II shows him with no children but married twice: "Family 1": Lettis (Greene) SMITH. MARRIAGE: 1692, Stafford Co., VA [S24] & "Family 2": Mary MANSBRIDGE. MARRIAGE: 1708, Stafford Co., VA [S24]
Burr Harrison I has four children listed at https://freepages.rootsweb.com/%7Eharrisonrep/genealogy/Harrison/d0021/g0000026.html#I1304 - Thomas I, William, Burr II, and Sybil. The link for William goes to https://freepages.rootsweb.com/%7Eharrisonrep/genealogy/Harrison/d0073/g0000056.html#I10542 & shows no dates for "Capt. William Harrison" but has him as a resident of Overwharton Parish, Stafford Co. VA, son of Burr HARRISON I & Frances (Mary) BURDETTE, and husband of Sarah HAWLEY & father of William Harrison.
That son William (of William, son of Burr) died 1 Dec 1745 according to his entry at https://freepages.rootsweb.com/~harrisonrep/genealogy/Harrison/d0071/g0000056.html#I10540 that also has his wife as Isabella TRIPLETT (married 1732, Overwharton Parish, Stafford Co. VA) and four children.
Going back to the quote & the link for Thomas III that goes to Thomas I... his entry - https://freepages.rootsweb.com/%7Eharrisonrep/genealogy/Harrison/d0022/g0000026.html#I1305 - has no son William listed except in the notes...
Thank You, Cheryl