Andrew Harrison (abt. 1653 - aft. 1718)

Descendants

Died after 1718 after about age 65 in St. Marys Parish, Essex, Virginia

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Biography

Andrew Harrison married about 1684 Eleanor Elliott they had four known children vizt. ^[1]

1. William Harrison m. Hannah Christopher
2. Andrew Harrison m. Elizabeth Battaile
3. Elizabeth Harrison m. John Munday
4. Margrett Harrison m. Gabriel Long

1710 To all Christian people to whom these presents shall come I Andrew Harrison Senior Send greeting in our Lord God Everlasting Now Know you that I the aforesaid Andrew Harrison Senior for diverse good causes & considerations me thereunto moveing but more Especially by reason of ye naturall affection I bear towards my Son William have granted given assigned ..... & confirmed & by these presents do give grant assign ....... & confirm unto my Son William aforesd. and his heirs forever ye quantity of Two hundred & seventy acres of land being and being the third part of a division of Land granted to me Andrew Harrison, Richard Long & Samuell Elliott being ...... land Lying on ye South Side of Rappahannock river being bounded as followeth viz. bounded by a Line of Richard Long on ye Northwest side & by the north east side by a line of Mr. John Buckner and on the South Side a dividing line between Andrew Harrison junr. & William Harrison to have and to hold ye said Two hundred & seventy acres of Land & all & Singular the appurtenances thereunto belonging in as Large & ample manner as is granted unto me by Patent, to him the aforesd William Harrison & his heirs forever In witness whereof I have hereunto Sett my hand & Seale this 10th day of September Anno Domini 1710.

Andrew his H marke Harrison

Signed and Sealed & Delivered

in the presence of us

Test Thomas Munday

Andrew Harrison junr.

At a Court held for Essex County ye 10th day of October 1710

Andrew Harrison acknowledged this his Deed to William Harrison

and on ye sd William's motion was ordered to be Recorded, And is Recorded

Test. Richard Buckner CiCur

1710 To all Christian people to whom these presents shall come I Andrew Harrison Senior Send greeting in our Lord God Everlasting Now Know you that I the aforesaid Andrew Harrison Senior for diverse good causes & considerations me thereunto moveing but more Especially by reason of ye naturall affection I bear towards my Daughter Elizabeth Munday have given granted assigned ..... & confirmed and by these presents do give grant assign ....... & confirm unto my aforesaid Daughter Elizabeth Munday and her heirs forever ye quantity of Two hundred acres of Land being one moiety or half part of a Tract of four hundred acres being my proportionable part of a Patent granted to me Richard Long & Samuel Ellit being .... land lying on ye South Side of Rappahanock river being bounded by the Land of my Son Andrew Harrison on the North Side & on ye South East Side by the line of Richard Long this being the bounds of my four hundred acres & ye lower part whereof is the part which I give unto my aforesaid Daughter Elizabeth Munday To have and to hold the sd Two hundred acres of Land & all & Singularly & appurtenances thereunto belonging in as Large & ample manner as is granted unto me by Patent, to her the aforesd Elizabeth Munday & her heirs forever In witness whereof I have hereunto Sett my and Seale this 10th day of October 1710.

Andrew his H marke Harrison

Signed and Sealed & Delivered

in the presence of us

Test Thomas Munday

William Harrison

Acknowledged by Andrew Harrison to Elizabeth Munday in Essex County Court ye 10th day of October 1710 And on motion was ordered to be Recorded, And is Recorded

Test. Richard Buckner CiCur

(Source - Essex, Virginia, Deed Book v.13 1707-1711, 1713-1714, p.367)

Will of Andrew Harrison

April ye 28th 1718Andrew's father's will passed probate on 18 November 1718 in Essex, Virginia, United States.^[2]

In ye name of God Amen. I Andrew Harrison of St. Marys Parish in ye County of Essex being grown very aged & at this time very sick & weak in body but in perfect sense and memory do now make this my last will and Testament commiting my Soul to god that gave it and my body to ye Earth to be buried according to ye discretion of my Exts. in sure and certainty of ye Resurrection of the dead through my Lord My Saviour Jesus Christ whom now according to ye faith of a Christian ..... to be siting at ye right hand of God making Intersession for me. And first I will that after my debts and funeral charges be paid ye rest of my worldly Estate be disposed of as followeth Viz.

2ndly I do ordain & appoint my beloved wife Eleanor my Executrix after my decease.

3rdly I do appoint my Son Andrew & my Son in Law Gabriel Long as Trustees and overseers to assist their ye performing of this my last will & Testament

4thly Whereas I have already settled three of my Children Viz. William, Andrew & Elizabeth on Lands on which they now live Viz. To mt Son William 270 acres & to my Son Andrew 200 acres & to my daughter Elizabeth 200 acres all which to Lands they are now possessed with and which I now give to them & to their heirs forever

5thly Whereas I have put into ye hands of William Hammmmond bills of Exchange for sixtyfive pounds & twelve shillings & five pence Sterling for him to buy me two negroes, I will that my Loveing Wife have ye use of these negroes or that money deserving her material life or widowhood and after her decease I give those negroes or that money & Increase of those negroes to my Daughter Margrett Longs three youngest Sons Viz. Richard, Gabriel & William to be given them & Equally Divided between them and their heirs as soon as they shall attain to ye age of twenty years if my wife should dye before, if not she to have ye use of them as aforesd & if my wife should dye before either of them comes to that age I will that my Son in Law Gabriel Long have the use of them till they do come to that age & that ... for the use of them to give them Schooling that is to Learn them to read & write & Cast account

6ly I give to my Daughter Margrett Long after ye decease of my Loveing wife one Servant boy named Richard Bradley till he comes to ye age of one & twenty years

7ly I give to my daughter Margrett Long after ye decease of my Loveing wife one feather bed & bolster and pillows & rugg & blanketts .... .... ... to her & to her heirs

8ly I give unto my son William after ye decease of my Loveing wife one feather bed & bedstead & all ye furniture belonging to it to ..... to his heirs forever

9ly [next few words unreadable] William [next two sentences unreadable] sadle to be delivered to him after my decease.

10ly I give unto my son William after ye decease of my loveing wife one ovall table to him & to his heirs forever

11ly I give unto my son William after ye decease of my loveing wife one Large Iron Pott to him & his heirs forever

12ly I give unto my son Andrew after ye decease of my Loveing wife one feather bed & bolster & pillows and all manner of furniture belonging to itt and one Large Iron pott to him & to his heirs forever

13ly I give all ye rest of my personall and moveable Estate after ye decease of my loveing wife to be Equally divided among my four Children Viz. William and Andrew and Elizabeth and Margrett and to their heirs and so revokeing all other wills and writings J} Carried over Brought over & Delivered with my own hand Signed and Sealed This my last will and Testament in the presence of these witnesses ye day and year first above written on ye other side.

Andrew his AHarrison mark & seal

Testes Jn. Ellitts

William his mark Davison

Mary her mark Davison

At a Court held for Essex County on Tuesday ye 18th day of November 1718.

John Ellitts a witness to ye above written will declared on oath yt ye sd Andrew Harrison was in perfect sense & memory at ye time of makeing ye above Will & ye herein saw him Sign Seal & acknowledge ye same to be his last will & Testament

Test. WBeverleyCiCur

At a Court held for Essex County on Tuesday ye 16th day of December 1718

This will was further proved by ye oaths of Wm. Davison and Mary Davison witnesses thereto & yf they did see ye Mr. Andrew Harrison Sign Seal & acknowledge the same to be his last will and Testament & he was in perfect sense & memory

Test. WBeverleyCiCur

At a Court held for Essex County on Tuesday ye 19th day of March 1718/19

This will was furthe proved by ye oath of Eleanor Harrison Executrix therein named & admitted to record.

Test. WBeverleyCiCur

(Source - Virginia, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1652-1900, Essex County, Will Books, Vol 3-4, 1717-1730; Vol 5, 1730-1734)

Research Notes

Birth is estimated from birth of daughter in 1690.

In the will dated 1718 Andrew mentions only his wife Eleanor and his 4 children viz. Andrew Jr, William, Elizabeth, and Margaret Long, her husband was Gabriel Long, and their 3 youngest sons Gabriel, Richard and William. If Andrew had all of the other children listed on Andrew Harrison Sr. (1648-1718). If so, wouldn't he have mentioned grandchildren? And his wife Eleanor was still living.

The other profile for Andrew has a birth 30 Dec 1648 in London, with no citation to prove this, therefore it should be replaced with possibly England.

There is a second wife attached - Elizabeth Palmer again with no citation, this should be removed for the time being and put as a possible in the research notes.

Andrew also has parents listed as Andrew Richard Harrison (abt.1628-1680) and Margaret (Barber) Harrison (1615-1676), again with no source material to suggest that they were related, these parents need removing and again left in research notes until an accurate source and citation is found.

Then we come on to the other 5 children viz. John Harrison was born in Yorkshire with no source, Thomas, Robert, Anne, Lovell Harrison, all with no source, again I would suggest removing and placing them in research notes.

I am quite willing to help sort out the other Andrew Harrison profile if the profile managers are in agreement.

Possible father of Andrew Harrison: A Richard Harrison patented lands in 1664 in New Kent County on the Mattaponi River and a branch of Dragon Swamp; one of whose headrights was a son, Andrew. Very little else is known about Richard. Records were few in those days and not many survived the years. (Source - A House of Harrison by Catherine May Bell Harrison Murphy, published 1913, page 14)

Sources

1. ↑ A House of Harrison, by Catherine May Bell Harrison Murphy published 1913
2. ↑ Will of father Andrew Harrison: "Virginia, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1652-1900"
   Will Books, 1717-1904; General Indexes to Wills and Fiduciary Accounts, 1717-1904; Author: Virginia. County Court (Essex County)
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 62347 #2530709 (accessed 20 January 2024)
   Name: Andrew Harrison; Gender: Male; Relationship: Son; Item Description: Will Books, Vol 3-4, 1717-1730; Vol 5, 1730-1734; Others Listed (Name)
   Relationship: Andrew Harrison
   Eleanor Harrison Wife
   Andrew Harrison Son
   Gabriel Long Son-in-law
   William Harrison Child
   Elisabeth Harrison Child
   Margrett Long Daughter
   Rictd Grandson
   Gabril Grandson
   William Grandson
   Richd Bradley Enslaved Person.

See also:

• Marriages of Some Virginia Residents 1607–1800, Volume II, I-Z; Page: 76; Editor: Dorothy Ford Wulfeck. Quote: MUNDAY, Thomas m. bef. 28 April 1718, Elizabeth Harrison, dau. of Andrew. Proven by Court Record of that date, Essex Co.