Thomas Harrison (1762 - 1851)

Ancestors

Biography

Sources

• https://www.mta.ca/marshland/topic5_engsettlers/agri_community/inhabitants.htm

John Harrison, of Rillington, Yorkshire, England, and his wife, Sarah Lovell, of the same place, with their family arrived in Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, in the spring of 1774, and settled on the Maccan River. They had family as follows: Luke, born August 25th, 1754, married Tryphena Bent, November 22nd, 1789 ; John, married twice, first wife Dinah Lumley, of Yorkshire, England, and second Charlotte Mills, of the State of New York ; Thomas born March 28th, 1762, married Mary Henry; Wil- liam, born March 25th, 1770, married Jane Coates ; Mary, married Matthew Lodge; Sarah, married James Brown ; Nancy, married John Lumley ; Hannah, married John Lambert; Elizabeth, married Henry Furlong.

Luke Harrison (son of John) and his wife Tryphena Bent, had family as follows : Jane, married William Bostock ; Margaret ; George, married Sarah Hodson ; Hannah, married George Boss : Amy, married Thos. Dodsworth ; Eunice, married Amos Boss ; Elizabeth, married William Smith ; Joseph ; Jesse, married Elizabeth Hoeg.

John Harrison (son of John), whose first wife was Dinah Lumley, and second Charlotte Mills, had family as follows : Sarah, John, Maria, Lovell, Mary, Char- lotte, Rebecca ; William, married Elizabeth Brown ; James.

Thomas Harrison (son of John) and his wife Mary Henry, had family as follows : Luke, married Hannah Lodge ; Sarah, married Martin Hoeg ; Clementina,